The following update will have information that relates to the Banquet, Awards, County Wide Activities, and potential Program Area Committee Bylaw Updates.
We are currently taking orders for lamb and goat tags for the spring major shows. These tags are $17 each. Do not forget that if you are showing at the major shows you must have completed quality counts prior to entry submission. The banquet planning meeting that was scheduled for August 1st has been cancelled. We will meet again to discuss the banquet on August 22nd at 5pm in the Extension office. Everyone is welcomed, but this is especially important for the kids on county council or kids interested in serving on county council. The theme is Glow Crazy with 4-H and we will have a baked potato bar and glow in the dark cup cakes. We have 3 amazing volunteers who are making cupcakes for us. The office is providing the potatoes, plates, cutlery and tea. We have asked each group to provide assigned items. Please get with your club manager and see what you can bring. This will be an evening to recognize our 4-H members who go above and beyond but also to celebrate and bring all of the kids together. Awards given at the banquet will be different that what has been done in the past. We will be recognizing completed project areas. To signify completion, a 4-H member needs to have submitted a record book. These record books do not need to be perfect, however they do need to have evidence that the 4-H member was active in that project area. Being active in a project area is more that attending one event; it needs to be a sequence of events that can demonstrate evidence of growth. I know that things have not been done this way previously, however I also want to make sure that we are recognizing the very hard work that a lot of our 4-H members do while they have also progressed in their project areas. It would not be fair for a child who worked hard and completed or organized several activities in their project area to recieve the same recognition as a child who participated in one activity. This is also a way to encourage completion of record books that will need to be available whenever it is time for scholarship applications. At the club level, if you would like to recogonize the 4-H members for each of the activities they have participated in, that is certainly your perogative and a great way to show encouragement to 4-H members who are still exploring their interest areas. If you are concerned about kids not getting recognized, we are still taking record books, we have created a mock record book with a step by step how to guide, and have several additional resources available. You can even bring your 4-H member to the office and I will personally help them get it done. The county council had their first meeting yesterday evening. I am so grateful and excited to see what the three young ladies who attended will develop this year. They have already committed to provide free bottled water at our promotional booth at the Veteran's Salute in Linden in September. In addition to the Veteran's Salute, we are planning on hosting a rummage sale in October in conjunction with Treasure Trails. The county council would like to also sell baked goods. If you have any old trash that might be someone else's treasure, please consider donating it to this effort! We do not have the date for the rummage sale yet, however we are going to start collecting items now. We are also looking for volunteers to help work this event. The 4-H program area committee met on Monday of this week. They elected officers and recommended some bylaw changes. Please look at the bylaw changes and if you have an opinion or a concern, let your club's representative know. We will vote to adopt these changes at the August Meeting. Change 1- Article 6 Voting Procedures and Quorums In an event that an electronic vote is required on a time sensitive issue, the agents will send out a link to all of the voting PAC members. The agents will also contact via text or phone call each of the committee members to ensure that they are aware of the time sensitive vote. The vote will end once a clear majority has been established. Change 2- Article 5 The program area committee shall meet every other month.
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