Santa Clara County 4-H Club Council
Tuesday, March 11, 2003

President Vicky Bosworth called the meeting to order at 7:30 pm.
The Pledge of Allegiance and the 4-H Pledge were led by County All-Stars
Amanda Pollock, Lora Carey, and Margo Lang

Roll call by club:
 

(blank -> no representatives
x -> representatives present)

Reports:
-minutes from last meeting approved as posted.

-president's report
Thanks to all who came to the memorial service for Dan Chitwood. The family was very glad to see all the 4-H members there.

Homesteaders volunteered to provide refreshments for May meeting.
Piedmont Acres volunteered for July meeting.

VGBosworth will be in China on the 8th of April, so the exec board meeting will be moved to April 15th in the board room or town hall.

-Power of Youth
DV report -> assembly at Westmont High School. 1100 students attended, as well as Assemblymember Rebecca Cohn. Her office provided funds to print the flyer that was developed by our 4-H delegates.

-All Star Report -> mini golfing 7-9 PM at golfland off of Blossom Hill

Ski trip this weekend to Donner Ski Ranch. 10 signed up to go.

All Star workshop will be 1 April at the fairgrounds.

All Star selections -> May 4 in the afternoon. Applications will be due April 15th.

-C.A.L. report -> Alicia Drummond reported on the weekend

-Citz. Report -> NC Sectional citizenship conference at Walden West. Mok trial about children's rights.

-State Ambassador Report -> community service project (surveys on why older youth leave 4-H). Yesterday was the deadline for the signup for workshops for SLC. About 50 have been signed up for now. Applications to attend SLC/YLS will be available on the state 4-H website in a couple of months.

-Other Reports

-Small Animal -> Field day announcement.
No birds will be at the field day, nor at county or state fairs.

- CE office -> Fe will be on a year long sebatical starting August 1st. Charles Go of Alemeda County will be responsible for policy question resolution.


-Engineering Science ->
State Tech Conference concurrent with YLS.

-Camp -> Amanda Pollock will be one of the three youth directors for this summer's camp. Applications will be coming soon. July 13-17. King County has 10 campers who are looking to participate in a camp.

Opportunities for youth:
SLC: YLS, and Tech Conference
California Focus in June,
County Camp.

-Family and Consumer Science ->
-Fashion Review April 5 at Westhope church. Tee shirt decorating will be a new event.
-Fav. Foods Day also april 5 at westhope church.

-Social Science -> 19 members going to NC Sectional Presentation Day at UCDavis on 29th of March.

-Citizenship focus on Santa Clara County. third week of June. Need an adult and youth chair to volunteer.

-Cynthia Lydon will be adult chair for Clover Camp

-Plant Science -> Medalist test during the fair.

-New Business
-Dan Chitwood Scholarship
Established last month by Exec Board. Deborah Lang, Mark Teagle and Carol Jaques will work on how to distribute the money that has been donated to the fund. $1730 donated so far; more is expected.

Lonnie Toensfeldt has resigned as Key Leader.
Deborah Lang has acepted the request by Madame President for her to take over as Key Leader, but Deborah will not continue as corresponding secretary. So, there is an opening on Executive Board which will need to be filled.

No awards chair yet. If there is no one willing to act as awards chair, there will be no award ceremony at the county fair.

March 18 here at the fairgrounds for food booth meeting.

John H. brought up the fact that the state budget cuts will have a very negative impact on 4-H this coming year. He lamented the fact that Fe will not be here for that year, since she has been such a strong supporter of the 4-H program in Santa Clara County.

Club Phone tree is an effective tool to get people organized and mobilized for presentations at the county supervisor's meetings, if required.

Meeting adjorned at 8:35 pm.

Respectfully Submitted,

Gary Lang, SCC4H Recording Secretary