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Mar 1, 2005 10:16 pm
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(This is a summary by Cathann Kress, CSREES) Feature Question: What does the President's Budget mean for 4-H? Most of you know by now that earlier this month,...
This is information you may want to know now, in the future, or never. At the national 4-H is influenced directly or indirectly by each of these national ...
I have a queston. I had some parents suggest to me last night that they think if 1 child in the family comes it should count for all what do you think. ...
I definitely don't agree. Meetings are a learning experience. If one going for all worked, I would have skipped a LOT more classes in school. Church would sure...
I don't think it should count. I won't count it. The warm body needs to be there to count!! Annette North Dakota www.rockemanherefords.com ... From: Brenda...
All club members participate in the point system. Each member gets one sheet per month and they turn one in at each meeting. It helps to color code them and...
NO!!!! If a child is considered a member of a club THAT child should attend meetings, not just send a representative. Just free advice and you know what...
Hi Brenda, If only one child in the family comes, how does that benefit the other children ? The general meeting it actually teaching the members how a...
No way! If the person is not there physically they are absent! We do mark members as "excused" in our club if they call ahead (sometimes a parent tells me...
absolutely not!! The requirements for stars says 80% attendance of club meetings. I they don't show, it doesn't count. JMO Karen ... From: Brenda To:...
Absolutely not! You would be discriminating against the only children in your club. Seriously, each member must attend to get credit for attendance. It...
Here another problem, what do excuses, do they go towards how many meetings they attend or do you count as a meeting missed. Brenda ps our ext. office says its...
It depends for me and how much the kid is borderline. My club requires 75% attendance. If they don't make it I will offer 'makeups' where they spend 3 hrs...
_____ Absolutely not! Ditto that is doesn't work in school or church (at least as far as I know LOL) One of the things that we stress in our club is "4-H is...
We do not set (are not allowed to) attendance requirements. The excused absence just shows that the member (or parent) took the time to call and had a reason...
I only excuse absences IF they call me or e-mail me BEFORE the meeting or if I get home and there is a message on my phone message machine. The excused...
Brenda, Do the missing family members get to voice their own individual thoughts on any decisions being made at the meetings? Do they get to vote on motions ...
When we have kids with excused absences in our club they still need to make them up (usually by attending a county event or some other activity approved by a...
In our club an absence is an absence (no excused absences). They do not get credit if they do not attend themselves. I realize that members are busy and...
Thanks for your imput. I am so glad I joined this list. This is the kind of support I need. Sometimes this gets really hard. It sucks that my pig leader,...
Brenda It sounds like they are just in it for the money that they can make at auction. We have a few of those and I'm sure every club does. I do like the...
In our club, since all members are homeschoolers and we meet during typical school hours, and since many of our families travel as part of their "curriculum"...
In a message dated 3/1/05 9:55:48 AM Central Standard Time, ... I don't think so. It's a pilot, from my understanding, and not ready for distribution. Dan...
Karen, It is a county rule - the 80% is not only for club attendance, but also for project attendance. When the leaders sign off on the project report forms ...
The only excuse that I allow continously is work. That has to come first. The kids usually help out in other ways, making phone calls, putting in extra time...
We make an exception also for other 4H representation. For example if some of our kids are going to compete at a regional 4H event that falls on the same date...
At our auction, the buyer is given an 8.5 x 11 sheet that has a 4H design around it. In the middle is a picture of the 4H member and their auction animal....
I may get blasted here for being 'too loose' with my club attendance requirements, but there is no way I could emphasize 100% or even 80% attendance in our...
Hi Liz, I think that you made several GOOD points. First off, when the 4-H members are showing their animals, that should deffently be counted as be at a...
