Submitted by secretary, Eden Copeland.
The High Country Handiworkers meeting was called to order at 7:11 p.m. on May 8, 2023 by President Josh Ryan at the McKee Building at The Ranch.
The pledges were led by Abby McNear, Paige Box, Adalynn Hasting, Lucy Shrout, Levi Shrout, and Carter Lambert.
Roll call procedure: Please take your nametag from the alphabetized file box at the start of the meeting, when you grab your agenda and Parli Pro book. Then at the end of the meeting, drop the name tags in the buckets at the exits of the room. This will be more effective for roll calls, saving time going through the entire list of members.
Willow Cameron moved to approve the minutes from April as submitted by Eden Copeland and posted on the club website. The motion was seconded and APPROVED.
Treasurer Gideon Rivera presented the treasurer’s report. In the checking account, we have $4,887.48, in the savings account we have $5,591.72 and the CD has $2,089.47.
Avery Kemper gave the reporter’s report. It was submitted to the local papers and posted to our club website and social media.
Willow Cameron, Paisley Dennis, and Charlie Gilmore led the sunshine report for the May birthdays. There were cards created for the Shooting Sports leaders, Jim and Jackie Easthouse.
The Cloverbuds made flowers and learned about gardening. On May 20, 2023, there will be a Cloverbuds field trip to the Berthoud Rec Center Park. All Cloverbuds and club members are invited, but please sign up on the website.
Leader’s Report:
Clover Connection – Be sure to read the Clover Connection newsletter to learn about upcoming workshops, events, and news for your projects.
Calendar – Look at the calendar on the website so you won’t miss any important dates.
Project Workshops – Please attend the workshops specific to your project. There will be important information presented at these workshops.
Construction at The Ranch – Emails will be sent about traffic pattern changes due to the ongoing construction.
Visual Arts – There will be a guest speaker at the next meeting.
Beekeeping – The beekeeping project will have a field trip on May 22, 2023 to Bee Squared Apiary. Please use the signup on the website.
Photography – The next meeting will be on May 16.
Clothing – Hanna Copeland is hosting a meeting on May 20 at The Ranch. On May 3, they will meet at Leader Joan Belk’s at 9:00 a.m.
Junior Leadership Club – The will be moved to the third Thursday of the month. The next meeting is May 18 at 6:30 p.m.
Model Rocketry – Ryan Gebhardt is the leader. He will be reaching out to members with more information.
Dog – Hailey McNear talked about additional training available for obedience, rally, agility, and showmanship. See her for more information.
There was no parli pro report.
Old Business:
Community Service at Courtyard Assisted Living – No update.
Meat Quality Assurance (MQA) – MQA is required for members doing a livestock project. Members must do the MQA training if they are new to livestock, and once as a junior and once as a senior. The make-up date to attend is May 19.
Club Shirts – Shirts were ordered and will be distributed when they arrive.
Fair Parade Committee – The people on the committee are Hanna Copeland, Karley Fitzgerald-Rivera, Felicia Snyder, and Lorinda Deleau. The theme chosen is Through the Decades.
Demonstration Nights – Every member is required to present a demonstration. Demonstration nights have been scheduled for June 2 and June 30 at 5:30 p.m. to allow members to do them outside of club meetings.
New Business:
Lon Hagler Community Service – We are helping at the Lon Hagler Archery range to paint benches and picnic tables as part of their workday on May 13 at 8:00 a.m. This counts as a community service project for your record books. Please sign up.
Contests – For upcoming contests, you do not have to be enrolled in the project to participate. Cloverbuds can also do the cake decorating contest. For the Fashion Revue, members have to be in a project that makes something to wear.
Sheep and Goat Weigh Day – Reminder that sheep and goat weigh day is on May 9 at 4:00 p.m.
Demonstrations:
- Summit Opila: training a hunting dog,
- Avery Kemper: how to dispose of used ammunition,
- Lacey Kemper: how to clean a horse’s hoof,
- Franco Kintzley: how to make a paper airplane,
- Cooper Hastings: anatomy of a .22 rifle round.
Tigran Sargsyan moved to adjourn the meeting. Seconded and APPROVED. The meeting was adjourned by Josh Ryan at 7:54 p.m.