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February 2021 Meeting Minutes

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Submitted by secretary, Eden Copeland.

The meeting of the High Country Handiworkers was called to order at 7:02 p.m. on February 8, 2021 by President Josh Ryan. The meeting was held on Zoom.

The pledges were led by Ethan and Nolan Osusky.

Roll call was taken by typing member names in the chat. The question asked was “What projects are you enrolled in?”

Josh opened the floor for nominations for the office of secretary. Eden Copeland had submitted an application for the office. Seeing no other nominations, nominations were closed. Josh cast the ballot for Eden Copeland to take the office of secretary.

There were no minutes for the January meeting.

The treasurer’s report was given by Clara Coats: CD = $2,060.82, Checking = $4,032.32, and Savings = $3,964.34.

Victoria Freeland moved to make Sharel Cameron the second signer on all club accounts. Motion seconded and APPROVED.

No reporter’s report was given.

The sunshine report was led by Kathryn Cox and Wyatt Grundy. We had two February birthdays.

There was no Cloverbud report.

Leaders Report:

Extension Agent – Our new extension agent, Katie Daywalker, was present. She introduced herself and told the club a little about herself.

McKee Building Status – The McKee Building may be open to us in April, but we won’t know until the end of February.

Shooting Sports Leader Training – Training will be hosted by Larimer County and hosted in Weld County on March 13–14. The Shooting Sports certification renewal training will be virtual.

Scholarships – The Larimer County 4-H Foundation scholarships applications are available. The deadline for submission is March 20.

Sewing Project – Avery Kemper told us about the sewing workshop she attended. At the workshop they talked about the requirements for the project.

Parliamentary procedure – Rob Ryan told us about how to make a motion and why we are supposed to read the minutes. 

Old Business:

Enrollment – The deadline is March 15 for new and returning members to participate in the Larimer County Fair. We have 54 members enrolled from our club now.

New Business: 

Carnival – Everyone in the club is requested to sell 25 tickets before March 6. The carnival and auction have been postponed until fall, tentatively October.

Shooting Sports Orientations – Sharel Cameron reported that orientations are on February 11 and 18 via Zoom. You have to register online.

Shooting Sports Practices – .22 Rifle and .22 Pistol start February 14 at Front Range Gun Club. We are waiting for permission for the other practices.

Club T-Shirts – Send in your t-shirt designs before the March meeting so the club can vote. The designs will be posted online.

The next meeting will be March 8 at 7:00 p.m.

Nolan Osusky moved to adjourn the meeting. Seconded and APPROVED.

January 2021 Meeting Minutes

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Submitted by newly-elected secretary, Eden Copeland

The meeting of the High Country Handiworkers was called to order at 7:03 p.m. on January 11, 2021 by President Josh Ryan. The meeting was held on Zoom.

The pledges were led by Marley Gebhardt and Andrea Newby.

We did not take roll call.

There were no minutes from the previous meeting.

The treasurer’s report was given by Clara Coats: CD = $2,060.82, Checking = $4,032.32, and Savings = $3,964.34.

No reporter’s report was given.

The sunshine report was led by Wyatt Grundy.

Cloverbud report: Cloverbuds did turkey activities. Emmalin presented a demonstration.

Leaders Report:

McKee Building Status – The McKee Building is still occupied for COVID lease.

Shooting Sports Leader Training – Training will be hosted by Larimer County on March 12–14. Registration opens on January 15. You need to renew if it has been 7 years.

Exchange Club – Under new leadership and accepting new members. Must be a senior member to travel, but if they aren’t traveling the first year, members can join at 13.

Project Leader Reports – Photography has new, revised manuals. Jenelle Kemper will be having photography club. Any member is welcome, even if they aren’t enrolled in the project.

National Western Stock Show Catch-A-Calf – Delaney Newby showed her calf. Applications are open for next year now. Kids who complete the project qualify for scholarships from NWSS. Must be 12–18 as of the end of December.

Old Business:

Enrollment – The deadline for returning members to enroll is February 1. We only have 16 members enrolled now.

New Business: 

Election of Officers – Avery Kemper made a motion to keep our current officers from 2020. Andrea Newby, secretary, wants to step down. Secretary will be elected. Motion seconded and APPROVED.

4-H Truck Raffle – Pam received funds from last year’s ticket sales. We raised $4,730.

Carnival – We are still doing ticket sales. It’s the 62nd year for the carnival. We will discuss booth ideas at the next meeting.

Carnival Auction Baskets – We’ll post a form with ideas to vote on.

Shooting Sports Orientations – Returning members can register for orientation now.

Shooting Sports National Participants – Our club has three members who qualified for Nationals: Walker Cameron, Nate Rogers, Nick Freeland. Haley McNear moved for the club to fund $100 for each. There was discussion about increasing the amount. Haley amended her motion to $200. Seconded and APPROVED.

Club T-Shirts – Work on designs. We will order in March.

Junior Leader Food Drive – The Junior Leader Club is doing a canned food drive. Donations can be dropped off at Cindy’s shop in Berthoud.

Andrea Newby moved to adjourn the meeting. Seconded and APPROVED.

Club Meeting and Q&A on Zoom / July 11 at 7:00 p.m.

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There’s a lot going on getting ready for fair! Let’s “see” each other and to have a Question and Answer session. We hope you decide to jump online and participate. Join us this Saturday, July 11 at 7:00 p.m. Check your email for the link to the Zoom meeting.

March 2020 Meeting Minutes

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Submitted by Eden Copeland in the absence of club secretary, Andrea Newby.

The meeting of the High Country Handiworkers was called to order at 7:05 p.m. on March 9, 2020 by President Josh Ryan.

The pledges were led by Walker Cameron and Alexis Grundy.

Roll call was taken by Leader Cindy Buckardt and the question asked was “What are your plans for Spring Break?”

Walker Cameron moved to approve the minutes. Seconded and APPROVED. 

The treasurer’s report was given by Clara Coats: Checking = $5,473.55 and Savings = $3,959.30.

No reporter’s report was given.

The sunshine report was led by Kathryn Cox and Wyatt Grundy. We had four March birthdays. A card for Leslie was passed around to thank her for sharing at the last meeting. 

The Cloverbud report was given by Kinzie Copeland. The Cloverbuds learned about insects and played bug bingo. They had Babybel cheese that looked like bugs.

We had a guest speaker, Rachel Metcalf and her mother Robyn. She talked about her entomology project and how she will be doing a series of workshops.

Leaders Report:

4-H Carnival – Cindy said thank you to all adults who helped fill in during the carnival.

Club Leadership – Anita Ballinger has chosen to join another club and will no longer be a leader in our club.

Parliamentary procedure instruction was led by Rob Ryan on how to address the chair and definitions of other parliamentary procedure elements. 

Old Business:

Carnival Recap – Several of the members gave reports on working at the carnival and their experiences.

Our club collected a total of 4,989 tickets from our booths, which equals 1,827 people who played, and a total of $623.63. The shooting sports booths collected a total of 2,109 tickets equal to 883 people.

Members in our club who sold the most pre-sell tickets are Walter Buckardt (537 tickets), Alexis Grundy (425), Liam Babcock (275), Walker Cameron (130), Willow Cameron (130), Eden Copeland (125). Our club sold a total of 3,387 tickets.

The live auctions raised over $11,000, and Cindy is hoping the carnival reached its overall goal of raising over $50,000!

Enrollment – The deadline for new members to enroll March 16, 2020. This is also the deadline to add or drop projects.

New Business: 

Club Shirts – Sharel Cameron gave a report on the club t-shirts and how to order them. New members, leaders, and Cloverbuds each get one shirt or hoodie for $10 off. Returning members and adults can purchase at full-price. The order form will be on the website.

Demonstration Night – The club discussed having a demonstration night in June. Cindy will determine a date.

There were no demonstrations. Cindy asked Walker Cameron to do a demonstration next month and explain how it’s done.

Riley Peterson moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:56 p.m. Seconded and APPROVED.

Cloverbuds Learn about Entomology

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​This month’s Cloverbuds meeting was about bugs. The Cloverbuds learned about entomology and that it is a 4-H project. They played bug bingo and talked about one thing they knew about each of the insects in the bug bucket. Then they had ladybugs for snack and decorated cookies.

February 2020 Meeting Minutes

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Submitted by Andrea Newby, Club Secretary.

The meeting of the High-Country Handiworkers was called to order at 7:07 p.m. on February 10, 2020 by President Josh Ryan.

The pledges were led by Gavin Johnson and Victoria Freeland.

Roll call was taken by Secretary Andrea Newby and the question asked was “How many projects do you have this year?”

Alexis Grundy moved to approve minutes as corrected with the January meeting end time changed to 7:52 p.m. not 8:52 p.m. Seconded and APPROVED. 
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The treasurer’s report was given by Clara Coats: Checking = $2,757.18 and Savings = $3,959.30.

Reporter CharLee Davis had nothing for the reporter’s report this month.

The sunshine report was led by Kathryn Cox and Alexis Grundy (standing in for Wyatt Grundy who was absent). We had two February birthdays.

The Cloverbud report was given by Morgan Copeland (in the absence of Kinzie Copeland). The Cloverbuds learned the 4-H pledge and made 4-H Clovers and learned what the four Hs stand for and played 4-H bingo. 

Parliamentary procedure instruction was led by Rob Ryan on how to make a motion. 

Leaders Report:

Horse Project – Our guest Leslie Wiebel-Duke offered leadership assistance regarding horse projects. She also talked about the Junior Livestock Sale Committee. 

T-shirts – Extra t-shirts from previous years were shared.

Visual Arts and Home Decor Workshop – Reminder that the workshop is coming up on on February 20.

Clothing – Shavawn Cornett was introduced as a Clothing Construction leader.

Old Business:

Shooting Sports Orientation – There will be a shooting sports orientation on March 28 for those who did not make the ones in January or are new to the program.

4-H Carnival – Alexis Grundy, Eden Copeland, Ava Lewis, and Genesis Rivera offered to make ticket boxes and Shavawn Cornett has offered to make posters. Sharel Cameron will post a SignUpGenius for working the carnival booths on the club website.

New Business: 

Fair Parade Theme – The Fair Board has requested idea submissions for the fair parade theme.

Performing Arts Contest – Shavawn Cornett informed the club about the performing arts contest and who can participate.

Meat Quality Assurance (MQA) – MQA will be on February 29 for the Field Day and May 15 will be a Friday night opportunity.

Friends of the NRA Banquet – The club discussed paying for shooting sports leaders to attend the Friends of the NRA banquet on April 11. Emmett Manzella moved to pay $25 of the dinner cost. Seconded and APPROVED. 

Demonstrations:

  • Ava Lewis, brownie sampling comparison between grocery store and bakery.
  • Nate Rogers, 3 types of welding.

CharLee Davis moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:58 p.m. Seconded and APPROVED.

January 2020 Meeting Minutes

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Submitted by Andrea Newby, Club Secretary.

The meeting of the High Country Handiworkers was called to order at 7:05 p.m. on January 13, 2020 by former President Brooke Carlson. President Josh Ryan and Vice President Nate Rogers were unable to attend.

The pledges were led by Eden Copeland and Sydney Gray.

Roll call was taken by Secretary Andrea Newby and the question asked of members was, “What project are you most excited for this year?”

Sydney Gray moved to approve the minutes as posted on the club website. Seconded and APPROVED. 

The treasurer’s report was given by Clara Coats. We have $3,959.30 in our savings account and $2,757.18 in our checking account after receiving payment of $2,265 from the Colorado State 4-H Foundation for our truck raffle sales.

No reporter’s report was given by CharLee Davis because she just took office at this meeting.

Katherine Cox and Wyatt Grundy invited the members with January birthdays forward and sang to them for the sunshine report.

Cindy Buckardt and Kinzie Copeland gave the Cloverbud report since the Cloverbud leader Lacey Adams was absent. 

There was no information discussed about parliamentary procedure due to Rob Ryan’s absence.

Leader’s Report:

Carnival Baskets – Members were reminded to bring items for the club’s carnival baskets. Our themes are dogs and outdoors. We will be at the King Soopers on Eagle Drive on February 8 and 9 from 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. to sell carnival tickets. The signup is on the club website.

Shooting Sports Orientations – The shooting sports orientation for returning members is on January 23. Orientation for new members or any returning members who were unable to attend or are adding a new discipline is on January 25.

FAQs – Cindy went over questions about how to find what room meetings will be held in, contests versus projects, demonstrations, eRecords, etc.

Clover Connections Newsletter – If you have feedback about the new format for the newsletter, let Cindy know so she can pass it on to the Extension office.

King Sooper Rewards – Go to your account on King Soopers website to choose the Larimer County 4-H Foundation for Community Rewards. 5% of your purchases with your loyalty card benefits 4-H.

Old Business:

Enrollment – Enrollment is due for all returning members on February 3. The sooner enrollment is complete, the better.

New Business: 

Truck Raffle – The truck raffle is our club’s main fundraiser and that there is a club expectation for all members to volunteer. There will be a signup on the club website when the date gets closer.

Carnival Booths – Booth ideas for the carnival were discussed and the final booths are the lockbox, the iron man, the toilet paper toss, and the rubber band gun.

Hoshiko Memorial Golf Tournament – Save the date for the golf tournament hosted by the Colorado State 4-H Foundation on Jun 5, 2020. Our club has assisted in the past as one of our community service projects.

There were no demonstrations.

Riley Peterson moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:52 p.m. Seconded and APPROVED.

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