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• President called the meeting to order at 5:34pm
• President led 4-H pledge and handshake
• Secretary welcomed new faces:  two families (11 and 7 yo, and 12 yo)
• Secretary read minutes; X made motion to approve; Y seconded; Motion carried
• Treasurer presented the Treasurer’s Report
• Adult led a project brainstorming session to help the club leaders and parents understand the interest from the members as they plan for 2017/2018 projects
• Cool Person from Our Community: (search and rescue volunteer), talked to us about wilderness safety.  There were lots of questions and interest in doing another longer session with her
• Meeting adjourned at 6:47pm.  X made motion; Y approved; motion carried

• Meeting called to order at 5:30pm
• Secretary led the 4-H pledge and handshake
• New faces: one new parent and daughter
• CLOVER BUDS EXIT
• Secretary read and got approval for the minutes
• Treasurer read the treasurer’s report
• VP announced the next meeting
• Adult announced the Bay Street Farmers Market on April 15th and talked about 4-H T-shirts
• Member and Member did the Calligraphy, Cursive, Collage project report
• Adult talked about small animal field day
• Adult talked about Las Posadas camp
• CLOVER BUDS RETURN
• Member led a Stretch Break
• Cool Person (teacher) talked about community and led the group in exploration of inclusion
• Member gave a motion to adjourn the meeting
• Member seconded the motion
• Member made a comment
• Meeting adjourned at 6:24pm

• President called the meeting to order at 535pm
• VP led the 4-H pledge and handshake
• Secretary welcomed new faces
• Secretaries Read Minutes from January meeting
  • X made a motion to approve
  • Y seconded the motion
  • After a vote, the motion carried
• Member read the Treasurer’s Report (since Treasurer could not attend.  We paid our program fees this month of about $3000.  We have $2859.96 in our operating budget.  (Coop construction fees are kept separately)

Upcoming Happenings and Announcements

• Secretary announced the next Community Club Meeting – Monday March 20, 2017
• VP announced the Bay Street Farmers’ Market opportunity:  April 15
• We had two Project Reports:
  • Coop FUNraising Update:  entire team plus EBI CFO who thanked us for the effort and said she was proud of our efforts and what we learned
  • Coop Construction Update:  Member shared the update and announced that the project has begun.

• Member and Member presented their Presentation Day report on Bacon; they received a Gold award and were invited to the next level
• Adult reviewed the upcoming County Events because Adult wasn’t there
• Adult reminded us about Las Posadas 4H camp.  Registration starts 4/1 for Ages 9 and up.

Cool Person from Our Community:  (lawyer).

• Uncommon Law – talk to people in Jail and talk to the managers to help them get out of jail and not go back
• Not all people in jail are guilty.  Some are.
• When he started talking to people in jail, he thought they might be mean but he found out they are actually nice – just people
• He has been doing this more than 10 years
• Lots of children and adults asked questions

Meeting adjourned at 6:40pm

• X made a motion
• Y seconded
• After a vote, motion carried

Kids were asked and invited to make Valentine’s Day card for the Senior Center who will deliver the cards to seniors receiving Meals on Wheels and others.

4-H Community Club Meeting, January 9, 2017

(taken and typed up by Secretary)

• Meeting called to order at 5:43 pm
• Pledge and handshake lead by VP
• VP welcomed new faces
  • 3 kids
• VP lead the buddy activity
  • Singing or Dancing better
• Seniors from Emeryville Senior Center were the cool people
  • Talked about getting lai-see on Chinese new year, which is a red envelope with money inside
• Clover buds EXIT
• Secretaries read the minutes from December meeting
• Treasurer did the treasurers report
• Secretaries got an approval to spend $50 on a scrapbook to record our year
• President read the upcoming happenings
• Adult reminded us about presentation day on February, 11th
• Member and Member did a report on the Drone Discovery Project
• VP and Secretary lead a Stretch Break
• Secretary announced the spring projects
  • Adult talked about First Aid
  • Adult talked about Computer Game Investing
  • Adult and Adult talked about Cursive, Calligraphy, and collage
  • Adult and Adult talked about Social Science
  • Adult talked about Coop Construction
  • Adult talked about Chicks
  • Adult and Adult talked about Farm Park Exploration
  • Adult talked about backpacking
• We all sang Happy Birthday to Member
• Adult gave out cupcakes
• Member moved to adjourn the meeting
• Member seconded the motion
• Meeting adjourned at 6:36 pm

• Opened by President at 5:35
• Pledge
• Handshake
• Welcomed 3 new kids
• Buddy Activity – Two Groups
• Cloverbuds Go Out
• Secretary Speeches
  • Approved as co-secretaries!
• Secretaries read the minutes from last meeting. Minutes approved.
• Treasurer’s Report:
  • Beginning balance $5, 188.74 November
  • Income: $415
  • Expense: $62.51
  • Total Closing Balance: $5, 541.23
• VP announced next mtg: Monday January 9th – Spring Sign Ups
• Project Reports:
  • Sewing – Member – Sewing a button, made pencil pouches and tote bags.
    • Practiced Cooperation, Planning, Personal Safety, Self-Motivation, Self- Discipline
  • Coop Fundraising – Craft Fair – made $788
    • Went out to local companies and got encouragement and supplies and donations.
    • Goal-setting, Planning, Organizing
  • Goats – Member and Member
    • Three things they did in their last mtg.
    • Life skills practiced
• Adult & Adult talked about Presentation Day on Feb 11
• Cool Person – (climate change intern from City of Emeryville)
  • Scientist in Costa Rica & Tibet & Australia became a Climate Change Policymaker
  • and worked with a group called Civic Spark
  • also a Permaculture Designer, Artist + Activist
• Holiday Card Making
• Meeting adjourned at 6:30 pm….
• Record book covers available for $3

• opening: 5:34 pm
• Pledge..
• Handshake..
• Welcome new kids from EBI + The Berkeley School + families
• Activity: kids split up between 10 and up and 10 and under..
• Pairing up with a buddy by colors…Find one other thing that you have in common – 5 minutes
• Cloverbuds (7 & under) go outside
• Minutes read…
• Member read the treasurer’s report:  $4,645.09 Received $543.65 Expense: $57.51 Balance: $5, 126.23
• Question about Cloverbuds. President responds.
• Next club mtg: Dec. 12 (a little longer because we’ll be making holiday cards for seniors).
• Maker Faire report by Member: crafts, 15 people signed up on interested list (new member one of them), thanks to people who helped. Showed photos.
• Project report on Coop Fundraising from Member:
• Need $2500 to build the chicken coop designed last year.
  • 1st mtg – talked about persuasion techniques, pitches, practiced those.
  • Next mtg: going to places to pitch and try to fundraise.
  • Life Skills: collaboration, persuasion, presentation
• EBI Craft Fair – next Wednesday Nov. 23rd booths – will serve holiday sweets and crafts – 4H kids to make the crafts. Mugs + frames to decorate. Drop it in the box by Tuesday…the 22nd
• Cereal box notepads…or other craft projects welcome.
• Bike project update:
  • 1st mtg – bike inspection check list, helmets, etc.
  • 2nd mtg – Met at SeaBreeze, biked up hills, on path, Albany bulb, Member got skunked and his chain fell off.
  • Next mtg – Riding across to Treasure Island…Everyone welcome..
• Adult talked about Upcoming Dec. 4 Dunsmuir Hellman Petting Zoo day – to help or bring animals
• Feb 20 – Equine Day
• Put May 27th on the calendar – Big Field Day
• Member + Member did stretch break + chant.
• Cool person from community: Seasoned Member from Oaktown 4-H
• Oaktown 4H. Talk about record books. If you’re interested in showing or entering an animal or project at the fair it’s a good idea to keep a record book.
• In order to earn stars for your 4H hats you have to keep your record book to earn start ranks. She has platinum rank and is a county all-star.
• Good idea to keep track of your volunteering and leadership, and to remind you. You can look back at what you’ve done, and your progress.
• What is it? Personal info, star ranking.
• 4H events attended, leadership development, community service, citizenship…awards..what you do outside of 4H – keep track here.
• Talked about her swine project. Raising and selling the pigs at the fair.
• She talked about why she loves 4H. Creating a Leader Conference – youth 11 and up – cabins Walker Creek Ranch ….last weekend in January –
• Adult talked about the project report form, pick up a record cover – $3
• Officer Elections: 3 candidates
  • Treasurer candidate: Member
  • Vice-President: Member
  • President: Member
• Adult and Adult congratulated all the officers.
• Adult volunteers still needed.
• Buddies reported on each other.
• Mtg adjourned.
• We howled at the super- Duper moon!!