April 28th,2013 - Gander Mtn 3:00pm
Minutes read by David Schroeder
Treasurer report - Marissa Spencer - looks like our deposit was repeated- Marissa will verify.
Nancy & David spoke at Pelican Lake 4-H club and read thank you sent to us.
Alyssa, Aimee and Jason Burley took instructor training in April, Hackensack training was cancelled.
All youth are responsible for their wildlife hours and more hours will be done as a group.
Alyssa showed us the new contact books that she and Aimee have worked on.
Youth expo on June 8th at the Lakeshore Conservation Club- we will have a booth this year.
Adopt A River is June 2nd 2:00 at Kiwanis Park - email sent to all project members.
Still working on grants and donation letter for the trailer.
Instructors worked on needs for their books and setting up first practice schedule.
Next meeting scheduled for May 19th, 3:00pm at Mills Indoor Shooting Range.

Sign in - Alyssa Burley
Minutes read by David Schroeder
We did not receive a treasurer report
Nancy talked about the Pelican Lake Club invite and who would like to go.
We decided to pre-pay for training and discussed who will go for instructors and who will take the Minn Aqua
Nancy spoke of the need for release forms for all youth and asked for adult help to get them signed
Nancy spoke about Project Wild and how we can learn more about it.
We spoke about the trailer and where we are with getting one. We will be sending out an email to all members asking for 2 more suggestions from each for sponsors.
We will meet at the Trailside in Pequot Lakes again on March 23rd from 1-4 and will include a snack.
Alyssa and Aimee will be working on packets that will be filled with contact information for leaders and instructors and will be given to all families in the SS/W project.
We spoke about having each youth fill out their wildlife hours form Jan 26th in Pequot Lakes.
Next SS/W PDC meeting - April 14th 3:00pm Gander Mtn Baxter

Project Talks were given by:
Addison Hillman on how to make a towel potholder
TJ Graves on his dog named Bear

The meeting was called to order by President, Veronica Nelson. The secretary's report was read by Hannah Studniski . Treasurer's report was given by TJ Graves.

Conner Becker gave a report on County Project Day. The Club Project Day committee reported that Club Project Day is scheduled for Saturday, April 6 from noon to 4 at the new Daggett Brook Town Hall. A motion was made and seconded to change the date to Sunday, April 7 due to various community conflicts. Motion passed.

Fruit and Meat sales are due to Becker's by February 27.

Kris Schubert announced that the Township has asked the club to serve refreshments at the Annual Meeting March 8.

Hannah Hinrichs reported on the County Cloverbud Day she attended February 16.

The club was reminded that March 16 is the Dairy Princess Banquet at the Pierz Ballroom. Veronica Nelson is running for Dairy Princess. Josh and Grace Studniski are running for Dairy Ambassador. Also, a sign-up sheet was passed around for club members to register for serving at the Heartland Symphony April 14. Daric Caughey made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 8 p.m.

The next meeting will be held on Monday, March 11, 2012 at 7 p.m. at the Daggett Brook Town Hall.

Respectfully submitted by: Madeline Hinrichs, Daggett Brook 4-H Club Reporter

Nancy spoke about the pampered chef fundraiser and Alyssa will send thank yous to everyone who supported us.
Nancy spoke about enrolled and the list she gets through the county.
We spoke about the Friends of the NRA banquet set for March 14th at Breezy Point and asked for youth help with flyers and the auction.
Palisade Day is set for May 4th - this is for all youth enrolled in the SS/W project. Details to follow.
Aimee spoke about closing the Hot Shots and what needs to be done.
We scheduled an event for youth in the SS/W project for Jan 26th at the Trailside building in Pequot. Instructors will be going over safety with youth, there will be youth presentations, wildlife hours and and a potluck meal.
We spoke about fundraising and working towards a trailer for our equipment. Kim is working on the letters.

Next meeting is set for Feb 10th 3:00 Gander Mtn

Horse PDC Webinar Notes
December 3rd, 2012

-Reviewed the county PDC structure, and how they can work efficiently/effectively.

-How the 4-H State Horse Association will change-
*The purpose is to raise funds on a state wide basis.
*Plan and promote the Horse PDC.
*The structure is to promote good education for all.


-The new regional system- WILL BE HELD JANUARY 12 FROM 10AM-1PM AT GRAND RAPIDS. (Sawmill Inn)
*New members will be voted in.
*Anyone who shows up can vote.
*There is no age requirement.
* TWO adults and TWO youth will be elected at the meeting for the state Horse PDC.
*The goal is to find a way to promote educational information among counties, and have time to discuss needs and problems.


-Horse Ethics Curriculum-
*To enhance the appearance and performance of horse and rider.
*Discuss all the options and possibilities.
*Reduce the number of ethical issues.
*Need to make changes to the curriculum or make it mandatory.

-Request for counties to pilot a points system...There is nothing set yet.
Waiting for counties to share their feedback!
**This new system will probably be set after the county fair of 2013.**

Meeting called to order.
Motion made and seconded to "dispense reading of minutes since it was emailed out" - Passed
Treasurer report read. Alexis was asked to put together a budget. Motion made and seconded to "Set a clinic budget amount at $1350.00" - Passed
Motion made and seconded to "approve the budget" - Passed
New President welcomed and thanked all for attending the PDC meeting.
Committee reports were reported on as follows...
Drill Team - holding a few game shows as fundraisers for the drill team, discussed the need to start earlier and hold more practices, discussed new State rules, discussed costumes - County and State different and adding more bling.
Clinics - discussion on too many kids for 1 clinician, holding clinics before drill practice, splitting by ability, experienced 4H helping clinician with novice 4H, good clinicians that have judging experience.
State Deco - no meetings yet
Fundraising - no meetings yet for general - Milk booth: doing with Dog again, after the first of the year Donna will be making sponsor calls.
Fun Show - no meetings yet, emails with ideas happening. Possible food stand sharing with other counties. Split into 2 days, set alternate date.
Judge Recommendation - no meetings yet. Better to do via emails based on chair working nights. Alexis offered to start the emails going to the committee.
Hippology & Judging - no meetings yet
Horse bowl - no meetings yet. New materials have been budgeted.
State Show - changes are coming - attend the webinar. Winter Round-up is Jan 25-27 in Grand Rapids. Drill Team performing before the Parade, not sure how the team will be decided. Next meeting Jan. 12, 2013 in Grand Rapids. Dan Patch is splitting into 2 divisions, grades 6-9 and 10+, Alexis will help you with applications if you are interested. Horsebowl and hippology will be getting additional reference materials.
Western heritage - no meetings yet.
Achievement and Records - no meetings yet.
Handbook and Premium Book - get information to Tammy if you have anything.
Participation Points - no meetings yet.
Orientation - Speakers lined up as follows...
• Horsebowl Team
• Hippology - Sierra Hynes
• Judging - Rylee Minton
• Clinics - Kerri Beach
• Fun Show - Tyler Blazek
PDC will provide beverages and Tyler will bake some goodies, anyone is welcome to bring goodies too. This is to take place in February at the PDC meeting.

Old business:
Motion made and seconded to "form a point system committee in case the state passes something down that will effect our system that we need to act on" - Passed
Potential members if the committee is needed after the webinar are
• Kathy Bernier
• Alexis Visser
• Kerri Beach
• Tammy Blazek
• Tyler Blazek
• Rene Goedderz
• Denise Reeser

No other old business was addressed.

New business:
Jackie & Aimee will be speaking about mini shows - most likely in March would work best.

US Bank has grant money they want to give for anything that will benefit 4H. Cindy Terwilliger will be writing this up and will include our requests. Give Cheyenne Wilson ideas. Some items discussed were Arena Sand, Awning, Clinicians, Speakers and PA System.
Motion made and seconded to "table State Grant topic for a future meeting" - Passed

Horse PDC should have representation at the Federation meetings held on the 4th Monday of November, February, April, June, and September. This is been done by the Vice Chair in the past and it should be one of that officers duties.

Thank you campaign is to send 5 Thank Yous to major contributors of the Horse Project either financial or otherwise... Cheyenne Wilson offered to write the Thank Yous and send out to...
• JB Western - always helping with High Point, discounts, prizes.
• Kemps - milk supplier
• Mills - Milk Booth area
• Jennifer Chisolm - stepping right into the judges ring to help our show last year
• Fair board - use of the Arena, buildings, barns.

Motion made and seconded to " purchase 2 of the 3-tier saddle racks during a huge sale to be used at State for $49.95 each. Passed. Tammy and Bridget will purchase and get reimbursed.

Next Meeting - December 3, 2012 for State PDC webinar 6:30pm Land Services Building

Meeting Adjourned.

Demonstrations and Project Talks given (please write name and topic):

Project Talks were given by Jenna & Arica Caughey on "Sharing a Bedroom" and Shelby Reeser on "4-H Horse Drill Team".

A team demonstration was given by Daric, Andrew and Joseph Caughey on "Homemade Christmas Ornaments".

Meeting items discussed were:

The meeting was called to order by President, Veronica Nelson. The secretary's report was read by Josh Studniski . Treasurer's report was given by TJ Graves. 30 members were present.

A report was given on the Horse PDC and the club Halloween Party.

Madeline Hinrichs' reported that 5 families donated bars and the Reeser's, Hinrichs', and Schroer's served the Heartland Symphony Orchestra concert in October. This continues to be a good community service project and reliable fundraiser. Plans were made to serve the December concert, too.

A motion was made by TJ Graves and seconded to have a Winter Party. Motion was passed. The standing committee will finalize the details.

An update was given on the building of the new Daggett Brook Town Hall. Lindsay Raddatz agreed to visit the next township meeting to again state the club's offer of 500 hours of service towards the town hall construction.

The Crow Wing County 4-H Awards Program will be held Sunday, November 18 at 4 pm at First Lutheran Church, Brainerd. Even if members didn't turn in records, they are encouraged to attend. They are looking for help at the registration table and for clean-up.

Club leader, Heather Becker, presented the preliminary 2012-2013 budget for the charter renewal process. Madeline Hinrichs made a motion to approve the budget as stated. Motion passed.

The next meeting will be held on Monday, December 10, 2012 at 7 p.m. at the Daggett Brook Town Hall.

Reported by: Madeline Hinrichs, Daggett Brook 4-H Club Reporter

The meeting started early with a presentation from Renee Kostick on what the role of a PDC is. It serves as an advisory voice to the Federation; it is to provide education and events. (CWC does this)

The topic of how items get voted on was addressed... to vote and motion, you must be a 4H youth or 4H adult member AND enrolled in the Horse Project. (CWC does this)

A few things that are getting discussed statewide are....
• POINT SYSTEM... still in the discussion phase but they are looking at creating 3 systems that each County could choose from depending on what works best for them. The decision on which of the 3 will get used will come from the Counties Horse PDC committee.
• PARTICIPATION POINTS... this is still in the investigative stage Statewide. The reason for this is to look at how restrictive and what will be too restrictive or not restrictive enough on earning participation points to be State eligible.
• Mini Shows - at this point there are for sure at least 2 clinics and 2 regional shows that will happen, after that it is basically still in the growing phase. Counties are encouraged to add some mini classes to their shows.
• Dressage and Reining are in the investigative stage and they might start making a rise in the future.
• There is a PDC webinar coming up in December...
• The State PDC is bringing in 2 Regional Horse Meetings per year. Many clubs are not familiar with all of the different Horse Project functions so the first one is the 2nd Saturday of January and the second one is sometime in April. The goal for this is to get the counties in the region to share knowledge and ideas.

Secretary's report was passed out. Correction was made in the Drill team report... Tanya stepped down and Rene, Tammy, and Kerri will be taking it over rather then Lataya and Tyler taking it over. Addition was made that Kerri will print up a thank you for Jessica Olson since this has not yet been done.

Treasurer's report was read. Balance of $5,694.35 as of 10/22/2012 with 2 outstanding bills, one for Rene for material and one for Lataya for her State Scholarship. Additional monies coming in from the 'Halloween at the Ranch fundraiser'.

SUB-COMMITTEES
sign up sheets were passed out for people to volunteer to serve. The sub committee chair persons are...
• Hippology and Judging - Denise Reeser
• Achievement and Records - Tammy Blazek
• Fun Show - Kerri Beach
• Decorations/Stall Curtains - Rene Goedderz
• Western Heritage - Alexis Visser
• Horse Bowl - Alexis Visser
• Drill Team - Tammy, Rene, Kerri
• Fundraising - Bridgett Crabtree
• Orientation - Officers
• Clinics - Lataya Goedderz
• Participation Points - Tammy Blazek
• Handbook/Premium Book - Tammy Blazek
• Judge Recommendation - Jami Becker

OLD BUSINESS
Budget - Denise Reeser motioned that the new officer team along with volunteers go over and plan the budget to be ready for the November meeting. Cheyenne Wilson seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Inventory - Tammy was doing inventory. Kerri noted that there were several personal items that went missing during state. Please be sure to look and make sure your stuff belongs to you. If you did not bring it there, but now have it, be sure to find the owner.
Point-System - Jamie Johnson motioned to table the Point System discussion until we hear from State about any changes. Denise Reeser seconded the motion. Motion passed

NEW BUSINESS
Election of officers - new officers were elected as follows
• Chairperson - Lataya Goedderz
• Vice Chair - Korbyn D'Ambrogio
• Secretary - Maddie Atwater
• Treasurer - Alexis Visser

Congratulations Officers we look forward to you leading us through another successful year of 4H Horse Project fun and learning.

Nancy explained the difference between a club, a project and a PDC
Treasurer report read by Marissa Spencer
Minutes report read by David Schroeder

Old business:
- Discussed state shoot 2012
-Adopt-A-River fall clean up scheduled for Oct 21st 1:00
-Discussed Ambie training - Alyssa, Abbie and David to attend
-Read the age recommendations for our project
-When, where and how often to meet. Meet at Gander on Sundays every other month, second Sunday of the month 3:00pm
-Family information packets discussed by Alyssa
-Anyone wanted to represent our project at the Baxter Sandpiper meeting on Nov 1st should contact Nancy
-Pampered Chef fundraiser for our project - Nancy
-Friends of the NRA grant - Roger and Nancy

New business:
Elections
Chair - Alyssa Burley
Co-Chair - Nancy Schroeder
Recorder of Minutes - David Schroeder
Treasure - Marissa Spencer
Committee members:
Adults -Nancy Schroeder, Roger Schroeder, Jason Walkowiak, Jason Burley, Aimee Burley,Harold LeBlanc
Youth - Alyssa Burley, Abbie Burley, David Schroeder, Cameron Walkowiak, Marissa Spencer, Kaelyn Spencer, Sam Guida