October 9, 2007

October NAB Meeting

Members Present:
Jessica Falkenthall- Web Team Liaison
Amy Schwertner- Secretary, proxy for Sarah Edens
April Mendenhall- Conference Coordinator, proxy for Tommy Inglis
Christy Clary- Advocacy Liaison
Jasmine Honore- Business Manger
Amber Mathisen- Western Region Second Year NAB

Members Absent:
Beth Bray- North Central Region Second Year NAB
Vanessa Cerny- North Eastern Region Second Year NAB
Antoine Jefferson- Southern Region Second Year NAB
Megan Baker- North East Region President
Kristie Storms- North Central Region President
Sarah Edens- Southern Region President
Austin Bishop- Ag Consortium Liaison
Tommy Inglis- Western Region President and NAB Chair

Members of the National Action Board met on October 9, 2007 via teleconference call for the monthly meeting. The first item of business was discussion on the document to Cathann Kress. The document is to explain how the National Action Board can benefit the National Collegiate 4-H Organization and how the board and the organization can benefit the National 4-H program. Falkenthal announced that she would be meeting Kress at a conference on October 19, and that she could bring the finished document with her to discuss the information in it in person. Information discussed to be put in the document included the following:
-Purpose of the National Action Board
-Training/Spreading Ideas
-National Calender
-Ways NAB could provide resources
-National Conference
-Club Initiatives
-Alternative Spring Break Program
-National Commercial

After discussion on the document, Falkenthal announced that the Grab Life, Give Life voting begins on October 21, 2007. If collegiate 4-H can get 20,000 votes first, then the National Collegiate 4-H Organization will receive a $20,000 endowment. To win, the organization needs 2,000 undergraduate students to vote every day for 10 days straight. To vote, students can go to www.grablifegivelife.com and vote for the Colorado State University’s “Dane-A-Thon.” Falkenthal also mentioned that if collegiate 4-H can win this endowment, then it could prove to National 4-H council that people actually care about the National Collegiate 4-H Organization. Falkenthal announced that she would send an e-mail via the list serve to announce the voting.

Mendenhall then gave an update on the 2008 National Collegiate 4-H Conference. Registration will be out November 5. The ski information is already on the conference website. Workshops that have already been determined will be on the conference website within the next few weeks, and currently, the cost per person is $225.

Falkenthal then made a quick announcement that a web cast about 4-H SET would be shown on Thursday, October 11 from 2-3. If anyone was interested in viewing it they should pre-register. Information could be found in the mass e-mail she sent.

The discussion ended at 10:24 PM (CST).

Respectfully,
Amy Schwertner
NAB Secretary