February 11, 2008 Membership Meeting

Horses Rock 4-H Minutes from Feb. 11, 2008 Meeting

Call to order Codi Spence brought the meeting to order at 7:10.
Inspirational
Pledges
The group said the Pledge of Allegiance, and the 4-H Motto and Pledge,
Roll call Members present were noted on the attendance sheet
Reception of new members and recognition of guests Our newest member was introduced, Helena Snowden, and we repeated the motto and pledge.
Reading and approval of minutes The reading of the last meeting’s minutes was suspended
Reports-officers, committees, project groups, special activities, leaders
Drill Team Report: we had a Drill Team discussion led by Casey Carville. We discussed the number of horses compared to the number of members and decided that Mr. Eric Carville offered to find out he rules on ownership of show horses; dates and locations for drill meetings were included in this topic.
April Play Day It was then decided that Alena would also ask about dates for the upcoming “play day” at the Signal Hills Arena.
TEXAS A&M Open House A discussion on the open house at A&M on march 29th from 9-5 was led by Ms. Carson.
February Trash Pick-up Ms. Carson announced that the trash pick-up day was rescheduled and to check your email for that!
Unfinished business
April Retreat Ms. Holly Carson led a discussion on the member approved 4-H retreat. The date of April 4th was confirmed at the Highlands Lake and Conference Center. It was decided that a committee will be put together (consisting of officers) to plan the retreat.
New business
District Show It was brought up that the District show paper work - in Seguine on June 26th – was due on May 1st.
Club Work Day at Signal Hill Ranch It was moved, seconded, and voted in favor of having a “giving back” work day at the Signal Hills Arena on Nutty Brown Rd. Alena Enno volunteered to discuss work day dates with the owner.
NEW ROSTER Ms. Carson announced that a new roster would be sent out.
WEB SITE It was decided that the internet will be an important tool for this county 4-H since it is so large.
Horse Judging Team A possible horse judging team was discussed as we have much interest in it from other parts of the county. There is a judging camp in July at A&M, and a “how to” video on the website.
Parent Volunteers The importance of parent volunteers was brought up because Ms. Carson and Mr. Carville cannot head up every committee.
Program Meeting Prodecures We then had a quick “reminder” lesson on Parliamentary Procedure
Adjournment
It was moved and seconded for the end of the meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 8:21.
Recreation (Adult meeting, during recreation) We did not host any recreation