2006_02_01_archive

Welcome back Animal Science Club!

Here are the minutes from our first meeting of the semester:

New Officers and Committee Chairs Needed

The Executive Board went through a few changes this past Winter

Session. One of our Historians, Jodi Lasko, graduated over Winter, and

our Treasurer, Matt Brodsky, decided to take some time off from

school. In order to run smoothly, the club is looking for members to

fill these vacancies and assume their duties ASAP. If you would like

to run for Historian or Treasurer, please email me at

jesshall@udel.edu before Wednesday. The club will take a vote at the

next meeting. (Duties for Treasurer include: collecting dues and

receipts, keeping accurate inventory, handle all expenses, submit

annual treasurer's report, and serve as Fundraising Committee Chair.

Duties for Historian include: help in compiling scrapbook, take

pictures at events, and maintain club website.)

The club is also looking for a new Social Committee Chair and a new

Pre-Vet Committee Chair. If you are interested in either position,

please email before Wednesday, and we will vote on this next meeting.

*Reminder* If you are interested in running for next year's President,

then you must have at least served as a committee chair. We encourage

all of our members to consider our open positions as an excellent

opportunity to get more involved with ANSC Club.

Scrapbook

We are still debating whether we want our scrapbook to follow the

National Block and Bridle guidelines in order to be submitted, or if

we want our scrapbook to be more of a personal-picture-album-type

scrapbook. If we want to turn it in to BB, then it will require

committee chairs to keep better documents of activities. Please take a

look at the requirements

(http://www.blockandbridle.org/AWARDS/scrapbk.htm) , and we will take

a final vote on the matter at the next meeting.

Alumni Newsletter

Our Alumni Newsletter was sent out over Winter Break. Thanks, Jodi!

Semester Calendar

Please check out our revamped club website at

http://copland.udel.edu/stu-org/ansci/index.html. It contains

up-to-date club minutes and a calendar of events for the Spring

Semester. If you would like to see the ANSC Club do certain events or

activities this semester, please share your ideas by emailing Amanda

at akilby@udel.edu. One of our most important events this semester is

AG Day, and we'd like to dedicate the club meeting before AG Day

entirely to preparation for the event. We would like to think of new

crafts and possibly incorporate an educational theme. Although we will

discuss more about AG Day at future meetings, please start

brainstorming ideas. Also, start to think about awards you'd like to

give out at our Awards Banquet at the end of the semester.

Regionals

We will be taking University vans and leaving for Amherst at 12:30pm

on Friday, 2/24, and returning to Delaware on Sunday, 2/26. Remember

that you will need at least one nice outfit for the awards dinner.

Also, please be prepared if you will be presenting a scientific paper

at the meeting. (Email Carolyn at cschnek@udel.edu for more

information.)

There will be a livestock judging practice at Amanda's house on

Friday, 2/17. We will be meeting in the Russell lot at 3:45pm to drive

over. If you are going to Regionals, we ask that you make an effort to

come to this practice, as it should be very beneficial.

That's it for last week's minutes. Please be reminded that there will

be committee meetings this week. Also, our meeting has been moved to