ND FFA Foundation, Inc.
Annual Meeting
Minot State Fair
July 24, 2004 4:00 pm
The annual meeting was called to order
by President Bridgette Readel. There were 20 members present.
Self introductions were made.
Jerry Wettlaufer moved to accept the
sponsors and state officers as voting members.
Bruce Bachmeier seconded the motion.
The motion passed.
The secretary’s minutes were
distributed. Mara Glasow moved to
approve the minutes as presented. Ryan
Hauck seconded the motion. The
motion passed.
Beth Bakke Stenehjem presented the
treasurer’s report. Bruce
Bachmeier moved and Bryan Strom seconded the motion to accept the treasurer’s
report. The motion passed.
COMMITTEE
REPORTS
Auction
Alumni
The Alumni is wondering if the state fair
is the best time for the auction. Tom
Ross of the alumni has been in touch with the Ag Expo people about a time slot
during the Ag Expo in January. Pros
and cons were discussed. Beth is to talk with Tom Ross and take back the idea of
having two auctions.
State
Convention
Steve Zimmerman presented highlights of
the state FFA convention. The
overall attendance was more than 1500 people, the convention ran well, a
“Guests from the Past” picnic was held and a tree planting ceremony was
held.
Promotional
Items
There are still some items left for sale.
Some of it was sold at the auction, so the inventory has been reduced.
National
Convention
The convention will be held on October
26-30 in Louisville. Registration
is due by August 23rd. The North
Dakota delegation will be staying at the Clarion.
Honorary American FFA Degree recipients will be
Kirk Sand and Gary Hoffman. Steve
Zimmerman is no longer on the national board.
State
Fair
There are 16,488 exhibits, more than
1000 additional exhibits over last year and no livestock or second vegetable
show numbers are included. Livestock schedule is different this year and an FFA
horse and goat show is also included.
OLD
BUSINESS
Phonathon
ImagineND
Beth stated that Wayne Kutzer and his
board are still considering other options in their fund raising effort that had
been proposed to the Foundation. No
action has been taken on this matter.
Performance
Review
Bridgette Readel and Doug Vannurden went over
the performance reviews of Beth and Joel. The
report showed that things are going well with a couple of small matters to work
on.
Newsletter
Beth stated that over 700 newsletters were
sent out for this issue. All of
those who attended the “Guests from the Past” picnic were sent one, as well
as others.
Sponsorships
A list of needed sponsors was handed out.
More sponsors are needed. Get
the names to Beth.
Additional sponsorships may have to be included into the budget (i.e.
horse and goat awards at state fair, home site evaluation).
VSO
& Farm Management Contracts
Joel Janke stated that the VSO contract
for $16,500 has been approved by the State Board.
The Farm Management contract was approved earlier.
Golf
Tournament
To date, there are only some 40 people
signed up for the golf tournament that is scheduled for August 12th at Hawk Tree
Golf Course in Bismarck. More are needed. Beth’s
goal is at least 72 golfers.
FFA
Day at the Dome
There were about 100 North Dakotans that
attended FFA Day at the Dome. The state FFA officers sang the National Anthem
along with the Minnesota state officer team.
NEW
BUSINESS
76th
Anniversary Booklet
WLC
Scholarships
Beth read a thank you letter from Jeff
Wald of Maddock about his wonderful experience at the WLC.
April 1st is the due date for the applications.
Problems have arisen with this date.
Jerry Wettlaufer moved and Al Giese seconded the motion to change the due
date to May 1. The motion passed.
Many full and partial scholarships were awarded to members and advisors.
Fiscal Year Change
Bridgette discussed some of the problems
with the way the fiscal year is set up for the Foundation.
Al Giese moved to change the fiscal year to a calendar year, so that the
by-laws can be changed (change to be voted on at the next meeting).
Bev Janke seconded the motion. The
motion passed.
The voting on the by-laws change will take place at the next
meeting.
Formation
of Human Resources Committee
Bruce Bachmeier gave his input about
forming a human resources committee to review compensation for the staff and to
update the policy manual, as well as other things.
The committee would provide recommendations and report back to the rest
of the board.
Al Giese moved to form a human
resources committee. Bruce
Bachmeier seconded the motion. The
motion passed.
Bryan Strom moved that there be no more
than two people on the human resources committee.
Al Giese seconded the motion. The
motion passed.
Bruce
Bachmeier and Joel Janke will serve on the committee.
ELECTION
OF BOARD MEMBERS
Doug Vannurden moved to cast a
unanimous vote for Jerry Wettlaufer and Mara Glasow to be reelected to the
board. Riston Zielke seconded the
motion. The motion passed.
Bruce Bachmeier moved to nominate and
elect by unanimous ballot Lane Moellenkamp and Thomas Williams as new directors
to the board. Bev Janke seconded
the motion. The motion passed.
ELECTION
OF OFFICERS
Elected as officers for the Foundation
include:
President
Bridgette Readel
Vice
President Bruce Bachmeier
Secretary
Mara Glasow
Treasurer
Steve Zimmerman
OTHER
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Beth handed out thank you notes to be
signed by the board members.
The new state FFA officer team was
challenged to get other chapters involved in bringing items to the auction.
The next meeting will be held on
Wednesday, September 15th in Jamestown. The meeting will start at 9:00 am.
Beth will send out location of the meeting.
On Sunday, August 6th, the Janke’s
will hold a picnic at their place. All
are invited to attend. Serving
starts at 6:00 pm but you can show up earlier.
With no further business, Ryan Hauck
moved and Wade Bomber seconded the motion to adjourn the meeting.
The motion passed. The
meeting was adjourned at 5:45 pm.
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