Meeting called to order by President Wayne Gifford.
Minutes of last meeting read and approved. Treasury
Report given, $4223.24 in the bank account.
Old Business: Wayne and Clare met with the Fair
Board last month. They are moving ahead with plans to
replace the pens in the sheep barns. The old pens have
been removed and the new ones will be started by
1/1/09. They will be made out of metal bars and will be
4’ high, not sure what the length and width will be
yet. The Goat Superintendent for the Payette County
Fair will not change as far as we know. The weight
guidelines will change to 50 # at weigh in, and 80# at
fair time. Canyon County Fair will have market wethers
this year. They will follow the same guidelines as the
Malheur County Fair. with no weigh in weight limit and
they will have weight categories.
Lynn Fowler will get prices for T-shirts, hats and vests
for association members. Judy Novak made motion for
design of logo to be a Boer goat head with SRMGA around
it, either embroidery or screen printing.
Wether Lottery – It won’t be with the show this
year, that is really too late for most animals to make
weight by fair weigh in. Carol Blandford and Dennis
Hooper will get a list of 4 H clubs and see how many
kids would be interested. Children wishing to
participate would have to apply before the lottery so
the association would know how many wethers we would
need. Members will report at next meeting how many
animals they will have available. The lottery would
need to be in the first part of April.
Show Committee – Show Superintendent Janene Jones
advised judges have been contacted for the Boers de Mayo
show May 2nd & 3rd. They will be
Julie Brown from Florida and Robert Washington from
Texas. They will charge us $250 plus airfare and motel
room. Entry fees will be same as last year. The awards
will be different items, tote bags, waterbottles, etc
with SRMGA logo, date and name of show on them. All
entries should be sent to Janene and she will forward
the info on to Gary Custer, who will do the catalog.
Everyone is encouraged to get ads and award sponsorships
for the catalog. ABGA is cutting back on their
sponsorship participation. They will still supply
ribbons, but not sure whether they will still give
money. High Desert Feed will have a booth to promote
their new goat feed products.
Marketing Committee – Rob & Michelle Stokes in Vale
are buying doelings and wethers. Weight needs to be no
less than 65# and no more than 100#. The animals need
to still have their milk teeth. They are paying .85 per
pound. Del Treasure is still paying .85 to .90 a
pound. Local producers would need to kid at the same
time of year to take maximum advantage of sales.
Mountain States Meat Goat Assoc. is shipping 200 to 300
per month to Illinois and getting $1.40 per pound
hanging weight with the heads on. It was decided to
contact Rob Stokes and see if he would come and talk to
the association about what he needs as a buyer.
Youth Committee – June Lee was not attending as Bob
is recovering from surgery and Don Sperry is still in
the nursing home. Our best wishes go out to both of
them. Junior Member Stormy Slate reported that the doe
that she got through the doeling program is due in the
spring, but the doe she got from Red Crown at the sale
had quads, 3 bucks and a doe, all are doing well. Also,
a percentage doe that she got last year at the sale had
twins and another doe she bought from Red Head Boers,
had twins, a buck and a doe. Her herd has increased by
leaps and bounds. She was congratulated for doing such
a fine job.
Librarian/Historian – Judy Novak advised the
scrapbook was in the works. She has a new CD on hoof
trimming. It was discussed to have Ben Childers do a
seminar on hoof trimming for the association next time
he’s in the area.
Sale Committee – We have 124 animals consigned at
this time. So consignments are now closed. That
doesn’t mean there won’t be some changes. If some of
the sellers don’t use all the lots they have asked for,
the slots will be made available for other sellers.
Edgar Edmundson, Dennis Hooper, Toby Young, Gary
Askew and Wayne will set up a work day to build the
portable alley for moving the animals from the barns to
the sales arena.
New Business: Motion was made and seconded to buy a
laptop and printer on which to keep all the association
records.
Also discussed contacting Becky Gates about updating
the website with information about the 2009 show and
sale, Clare Askew will take care of notifying her.
Election of officers was held and they will remain
the same. President Wayne Gifford, Vice President Gary
Custer, Secretary/Treasurer Clare Askew,
Librarian/Historian Judy Novak.
It was brought to our attention that all the owners
of champion market animals at the Payette County Fair
get belt buckles. It was decided that goat producers in
the area will take up a collection and purchase a buckle
for the owner of champion market meat goat. We also
discussed possibly supplying trophies or belt buckles
for the other fairs for the champion market wether.
Meeting was adjourned.
NEXT MEETING WILL BE MARCH 7, 2009 AT 1 PM
AT JUDY NOVAK’S PLACE
195 Glen Loop, Jerome, ID 83338. I will get
directions out when I send a reminder to everyone for
the meeting.
Clare Askew
Secretary/Treasurer
