Meeting called to order by
President Ryan Kish.
Introductions of members
attending meeting were
done. Minutes of last
meeting and treasurer’s
report were read and
approved. We have $2027.57
in the bank.
Old Business:
Report from Show Committee
Chairman, Janene Jones. The
two day show will be held
May 3 & 4 and will be called
The Boers of Mayo. The
awards will be ribbons and
etched glass and mirrors for
Reserve and Grand Champion.
There will be 52 awards
costing $500.00 with a one
time charge for set up fee
of $250.00 plus a half page
ad in program for the
engraver. Members were
encouraged to sponsor awards
and to contact commercial
vendors for sponsors.
Judges of Dr. Fred Homeyer
for Saturday and Beverly
Hadley for Sunday were voted
on and approved. Their
charges are $800 for
transportation, lodging and
judging. Dr. Homeyer will
also give a clinic Saturday
after the show.
Lynn Fowler will be the ring
helper. Evelyn Simon will
supply the PA system and
will check if Joe is free to
be the announcer. Dennis
Hooper and Ryan Kish will do
the health and tattoo check
when animals are unloaded.
No microchip reader will be
available. Exhibitors will
have to supply their own if
their animals are identified
in that manner. Linda
Hernandez and June Lee will
take care of the hospitality
table with coffee, hot water
for cocoa and tea, water and
snacks. Donations will be
accepted to pay for these.
Judy Novak will be our
photographer. Charlie
Jones, Janene’s dad, will
manage the information table
and the raffle. Members are
encouraged to donate items
and contact vendors to
donate items for the
raffle.
Don Sperry suggested a
clinic for showing by Ryan
before the show Anyone
wishing to participate could
bring a tame animal to
Ryan’s on the day of the
clinic. A date was
discussed but not decided
on. It will be set up at
the next meeting.
June Lee and Linda Hernandez
will make a 6’x3’ banner for
our events.
Report from Sale Committee
Chairman, Wayne Gifford.
Changes suggested for next
sale will be that health
certificates will be the
responsibility of the buyer
and a veterinary will be
available to provide one if
needed. Each consigner will
be allowed to submit 10
animals, 2 of which may be
bucks. More will be
accepted if consignments are
low. Maximum animals for
sale will be 135 with each
commercial lot counting as
one animal. These changes
were voted on and accepted.
Fees and commission will be
handled the sale as the 2007
sale with the entry fee of
$20 being refunded and the
commission being between 7
and 10 percent. The date of
the 2008 sale will be
September 13, 2008. It will
be held at the Payette
County Fairgrounds in New
Plymouth, Idaho starting at
12 noon.
Gary Custer thanked and
complimented everyone for
their hard work on the
sale. We have gotten a lot
of compliments on our sale
from both consigners and
buyers.
Report from Youth Committee
Chairman, June Lee. There
are 4 youngsters interested
in participating in the
doeling project. Two
doelings have been donated,
two more are needed. Anyone
wishing to donate an animal,
contact June in January.
Percentage doelings of 88%
or more will be accepted.
Another person is needed to
do inspections of the care
sites for the animals. The
juniors participating must
be 8 to 18 years of age and
in FFA or 4H. They will be
required to keep a notebook
on the care and feeding
program for the animal they
receive.
Report from Marketing
Committee Chairman, Evelyn
Simon. Wethers are selling
for around $1.15 at this
time. There is a USDA
slaughter house in Nampa and
Gem Meat Packing in Garden
City that will butcher and
cut and wrap goats.
Suggestions were make to
contact Farmer’s Markets and
ethnic grocery stores to
sell packaged meat.
New Business:
Election of officers for
2008.
Wayne Gifford was elected
President, Gary Custer was
elected Vice President and
Clare Askew was re-elected
to Secretary/Treasurer.
A motion was made and
approved to have a new
position of
Librarian/Historian. Judy
Novak was elected. Anyone
having items to donate to
the library to be checked
out by other members, please
bring them to the next
meeting for Judy.
Members were reminded that
small ads could be put in
the newsletter. The cost is
$5.00 per newsletter.
The room at the Hampton Inn
ended up costing $111.00.
$70.00 was raised in
donations to pay for it.
Our next
meeting will be at the Best
Western Motel in Mountain
Home on February 9, 2008 at
1 pm.
The Best
Western is located off the 2nd
Mountain Home exit, on the
north side of the freeway.
It is next to the Chevron
Station. Contact Wayne
Gifford about carpooling
from the west end of the
valley.
REMINDER: To any member who
paid their association dues
before September 2007, your
2008 dues now need to be
paid. Those dues are
$20.00. Anyone who paid
after September 2007, those
dues are $14.00.
Thanks and see you all
at the next meeting.
Clare Askew
Secretary/Treasurer
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PAST
PRESIDENT’S
MESSAGE
Dear
Members,
It
has
been
an exciting
year!
There
have
been
leaps
and
bounds
of
excitement for
the
development
of
the
SRMGA.
It
has
been
truly
a
hope
of
mine that
has
come
true,
when
I
had
the
idea
of
forming
this
club. However,
I
can’t
take
all
the
credit
if hadn’t
been for
other
key
participants
such
as
Clare
Askew,
June
Lee,
and
their
spouses
just
to
mention
a
few.
We
have
had
a
successful
first
year
and
great
feed
back
with
the
production
sale.
Also
all
the
committees
are
working
well
together
and
we
are
melding
well
together;
as a
result
we
have
planned
for
a
strong
2008
year.
How
neat
it
will
be
to
have
a show
to
promote
the
meat
goat
industry
in
Idaho.
Thank
you
all
for
your
time
and
skills
to
make
it
happen.
Well
now
is
the
time
for
me
to
hand
over
the
baton
to
our
newly
elected
officers .Wayne
Gifford Pres.
and
Gary
Custer
VP.
They
are
both
strong
leaders
and
trust
they
will
do a
great
job
in
their
new
positions. Always
give
encouragement
and
feed
back
to
them,
and
I am
sure
they
will
do
the
same.
Thank
you
all for
support.
It
has
been
a
great
time
serving
all
of
you.
Sincerely,
Ryan
R.
Kish
CLASSIFIED
ADS
SIMON
BOERS
Meat
Goats
(208)
837-6523
Fullblood,
Purebred,
&
Percentage
Breeding
Stock
-
USDA
Chevon
Hagerman,
Idaho
www.geocities.com/simonboergoats
Foxtail
Farm
Boer
Goats
Gary
&
Clare
Askew
5180
SE 1st
Avenue
New
Plymouth,
ID
83655
(208)
278-3859
(208)
250-9518
foxtailfarms@hotmail.com
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