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ND FFA Foundation Annual Meeting &
Board Meeting
The meeting was called to order by President Al Giese. 21 members were present. Self introductions were made. Tom W. moves to accept all sponsors and State Officers present to be voting members, Myron seconds the motion. Motion passes. Secretary’s report
was given by Mara G. Addition and correction to the 3-21-07 minutes to include that the contract with US Bank goes thru 1-09, instead of being stated as a year to year contract. Discussion as to the wording concerning the Bakk land.
Bryan S. said that on the deed we are legally listed as the ND FFA Foundation
Inc., internally we will still use the name Bakk when referring to the land.
Steve Z. moves and Tom W. seconds that Mara and Steve Z. moves and Jesse H. seconds to accept and approve the minutes with corrections. Motion passes. Treasures Report was presented by Al G. for Beth. Packets were handed out prepared by Beth. Discussion held about investments and selling our Ford stock. Board consensus was to leave this up to the financial committee. Lenny T. moves and Ben S. seconds to approve the treasures report. Motion passes. Committee Reports Auction- preliminary numbers-the auction took in $6,730.00 Alumni Association- Lenny reported that the alumni is once again raffling off a 4-wheeler, shotgun, 3-$100 cash prizes and $50 gun case. Tickets have been mailed out to the affiliates. The raffle will be held during the Greenhand and ALD conference. An added incentive to sell tickets will be the chance for affiliates to win one of four $200 scholarships. If your affiliate sells all 40 tickets their name will be put in a drawing for one of the scholarships. For every 40 tickets sold you get one more chance. State Convention Highlights- Steve reported that the convention went really well. The only downside was that costs were up about $7000. It costs $140,000. Beth was recognized with the V.I.P. award. National FFA Convention- Steve reports that everything is moving right along. There are 42 proficiency applications in and 1 nomination for Star in Agribusiness. The four nominations for the National American Degree are; Ellen Heuber, Julie Ellingson, Brenda Herring and Glenn Huetel. Ben Seidler will be our candidate for National officer. State Fair- Steve Z. reports that everything is going well. Numbers are up in all exhibits and the crops are the highest they have been in 5 years. One of the biggest boosts has been the added space for exhibits. Bakk Trust
Committee- Old Business Sponsors needed- Updated list provided by Beth Fundraisers- July 22 FFA day with the Twins - August 1 Redhawks FFA day – September 8 will be FFA day with the NDSU Bison- preliminary plans include a tailgating party. NDSU will use this as a recruiting tool for their AG program. VSO, Farm management contracts, Ag in the classroom, and CTSO- all is status quo- plans are still in place to continue this. Joel handles most of this work. The CTSO contract is considered a flow thru, this is not a money maker for us, money comes in and goes out. Board member to National Convention.- Tom W. moves to send Lenny as our rep. to the National Convention. Dennis W. seconds. Motion passes. Performance Review for Beth- Al G. is willing to send out emails concerning this and compile all replies. The Committee consists of Tom W., Lane M., and Doug V.; Al G. will be there if Doug cannot attend. This will be done by the Sept. meeting. AG Education scholarships- a packet of ideas for scholarships & SAE grant application was presented. Beth is looking for feedback and ideas concerning these. These are not set in stone. Example- SAE grant applications should be due in the fall. Steve recommends that we give Beth our feedback as soon as possible. SteveZ. moves to put in place 7, $1000 grants for beginning 7, 8, & 9 th grade SAE projects with a due date of Set. 15 for the application. Jesse H. seconds the motion. Discussion was held. Dennis W. moves to amend the motion by striking the number of grants and to instead have a $7000 limit for the program with a $1000 maximum grant. Cody F. seconds. Motion passes. Emily Martwick spoke for the Association. They would like to see a scholarship program in place for Ag Education majors. Al encouraged her and the association to pursue this with Beth and Dr. Brent Young. Steve Z. brought to our attention that we had postponed a vote on the Job Interview travel Stipend. The postponed motion stated that we sponsor a travel stipend for the Job Interview contest. It was moved by Lane M. and seconded by Tom W. This vote was postponed at our March meeting to be voted on at the July meeting. Discussion was held. Pres. G. called for the vote and the motion failed to pass New Business Jacket Fund- 75 jackets were awarded to new or existing members out at the State Convention. After discussion it was suggested that we hand these out during the Greenhand convention. If a recipient is not present we will send theirs home with their chapter. Conflict of Interest Policy – IRS – A copy of the conflict of interest policy was handed out. This will appease the IRS. It is a form policy given to us by our tax man. Lane M. moves and Myron J. seconds that we adopt the conflict of interest policy as presented to our board. Motion passes. On behalf of the Board Tom W presented Al Giese with a token of our appreciation for his many years of service to the Foundation Board. Thank you Al for all of your hard work and dedication. Election of Officers Ag teachers- Myron J nominates Kim Murphy. Lane M. moves that we ease nominations and cast a unanimous ballot for Kim Murphy. Lenny T. seconds the motion. Motion passes. AG Business- Tom W moves that we nominate Bryan Strom & cast a unanimous ballot. Dennis seconds. Motion passes Alumni- Jesse H. moves that nominate Lenny Teske & cast a unanimous ballot. Bruce B. seconds. Motion passes. Ag Business- Bryan S. moves that we nominate Dennis Walsh & cast a unanimous ballot. Tom seconds. Motion passes. President- Bryan S. moves Tom Williams. Lenny T moves to close nominations and cast a unanimous ballot. Motion passes. Vice President- Myron moves to nominate Dennis Walsh, Tom seconds. Motion passes. Secretary-Lenny nominates and Dennis seconds Mara Glasow. Motion passes Treasurer. Dennis W moves to cast a unanimous ballot for Steve Zimmerman. Motion passes. Next Board meeting September 19, 2007 Jamestown Farmers Union. Tom W. moves to adjourn and |
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