District 7 Meeting Minutes

Thursday, September 4, 2008

(updated on 9/12/08)

The fall meeting of the District 7 Agricultural Educators was held on September 4, 2008 at Licking Valley High School. The meeting was called to order @ 4:01 p.m. by President-Jeff Ellis following a great meal that was provided to us by our FRUIT SUPPLIERS.

• Meal was provided by Bill Diley (DB Yummers), Tim Tosco (Will Fisher), Roy Singleton (Florida Farm Bureau), and Leo George (Florida Fruit Association)
• Bill gave an update during the meal that we need to expect fruit prices to increase due to hurricane damage.
• Please make sure that you are dealing with a fruit company that donates to the Ohio FFA Foundation.
• Statewide kickoff is earlier this year, October 3^rd. But feel free to start later if you would like too.

• Welcome new / student teachers
• Josh Bluck--Teays Valley
• Cassandra Yantis—Liberty Union
• Kar-Lyn Lambert—Westfall for this year
• Danielle Hewlett—Clearfork
• Robert Knecht—Eastland Career Center
• Eric Valentine—South-Western Career Academy
• There are a lot of student teachers and early field experiences in our district. Thank you to those cooperating teachers.

• Update was given on Neil Lenhart and his current health condition. Please keep Neil and his family in your prayers and maybe even send a card if you would like too.

• Steve Gratz—Ohio Department of Education
• Visit the web under Teacher Resources for the updated information.
• Contact Universal Lettering if you need any Ohio FFA products.
• Eventually the updated website will have an FFA shopping area on it for Ohio FFA Chapters and members.
• Still need donations for the Dr. Kantner Scholarship that Mark Sanborn started.
• Ohio has quite a few National Finalists for proficiencies.
• Visit Teacher Links on the website for Official Content Standards
• Document is about 200 pages long. Hopefully will be up in about a month on ODE Site. New Content Standards includes Bio-Technology and Food Science. Plant and Animal Science Course in addition to Ag Science for 9th or 10^th grades.
• Lead the Way (Pre-Engineering) Program
• The National FFA has a goal of 10,000 programs by 2015.
• There is currently a movement towards TECH PREP.
• To access the course builder from the website you will need the following:
• Username: dev
• Password: pass
• This doesn’t include an instruction manual so you will just need to play around on it until you figure it out. Supposed to be pretty easy.
• 36 unit weeks with benchmarks for 10^th, 12^th, and associates degree level. You can also share lesson plans. You can link the State OGT standards that can be printed out.
• The proficiency list is up to date.

BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES!!

• Secretary Report
• Moved by Debra Burden to approve minutes. Report will stand as read.
• Treasurer’s Report
• Balance is $2,573.28.
• Reminder that Dues are $.50 per member, due no later than October 31^st. You can obtain the invoice from the District 7 webpage.
• Moved by Susan Metzger to approve report. Report will stand as read.

• OAAE
• Reminder to pay your dues as soon as possible.

• Legislative
• Watch your emails for any updates.
• Camp Board
• With the passing of Charlotte, please keep her family in your thoughts and prayers.
• There is a meeting next week so more details will follow later.

• CDE
• Reminder that State Forestry was changed to Sept. 27^th at Hocking College.
• Reminder that Forestry this year is an odd year.
• District Soils will be at OU-Lancaster starting at 9:00 a.m. The practice pit will be open from 8-8:40 a.m. with the contest starting promptly at 9:00 a.m.
• State Soils is also in Fairfield County.
• Knox County Forestry Invitational is at Knox Woods on Sept. 25^th at 3:00 p.m.

• Fruit Coordinator
• Expect fruit prices to be up this year because of the hurricane on citrus and frost damage on apples.

• Trophies
• Continue the same as previous years.
• Reminder to check the website for spelling corrections for plaques.

• Alumni

• State Advisory Council / Committee—Loren Young

• If you haven’t seen the remodeled Ohio FFA Center you are encouraged to do so. It looks really nice.
• They are possibly going to combine the State and American Degree pages into the same page.
• There is a possibility of separating the applications.
• It has also been proposed to send 2 applications instead of 3 from the district to the state evaluations.
• Next meeting is September 25th

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

• Moved by Loren and 2^nd by Aaron Hanslemen to move Officer Training to April 16^th at Canal Winchester and to hold District Officer Elections at the State Convention. After much discussion the motion FAILED.
• Moved by Scott Sharp and 2^nd by Cindy Brill to move Officer Training to Wednesday, April 22^nd at Canal Winchester at 4:00 p.m. Motion Passed.

• District Calendar was reviewed. Here are any additions of Corrections:
• Sept. 23^rd --District SOILS will start at 9:00 a.m. in Fairfield County
• Sept.25^th-Knox County Forestry Invitational at Knox Woods at 3:00 p.m.
• Nov. 11^th Ag Communications at Amanda-Clearcreek at 3:30 p.m.
• Nov. 13^th Food Science Contest at Zane Trace at 3:00 p.m.
• Dec.2^nd-- Parli-Pro Contest at Westfall at 3:00 p.m.
• Jan. 20^th -- Job Interview/Ag Sales at Lancaster at 3:00 p.m.
• Feb. 5^th -- District Evaluations at Ohio Dept. of Ag at 9:00 a.m.
• Feb. 9^th Post Evaluations at Fairfield Union at 3:00 p.m.
• Feb. 17^th Public Speaking at Pickaway-Ross at 3:00 p.m.
• Feb. 25^th Tractor Trouble Shooting at Pickaway-Ross at 4:00 p.m.
• Mar. 10^th Ag Mechanics at Teays Valley at 3:00 p.m.
• April 7^th Small Engines at Teays Valley at 3:00 p.m.
• April 22nd Spring District Meeting at Canal Winchester at 4:30 p.m.

Other

• NONE

It was moved by Rick Metgzer at 6:25 p.m., and 2^nd by Steve Priest. Motion passed.

Respectfully Submitted 9/12/08

Debra Burden

Secretary/Asst. Chair