Board Meeting Feb. 2012

The Clark County NV Farm Bureau Board Meeting was held Wednesday, February 29. Glen Hardy being president, took charge of the meeting. The first item of business was the financial report given by Jim Hardy. He went over the budget for the year so far and discussed what changes could be made for next years budget. Jim explained that membership fee's are down this year which means there won't be as much money coming in. Another thing in the budget was to get Maggy the Milking Cow. Jim informed us that the cow had been ordered and they were waiting for it to arrive.

Next item of business was the booth at the fair, Kaluna Aki attended the meeting. He is in charge of getting the small animal building organized with different vendors and where they will have their booths. Kaluna explained that the Farm Bureau booth would be in the same location as last year but will also have more space. He also had drawn a sketch of a background he can build for the Farm Bureau.

Glen turned the time over to the Young Farmer Rancher organization to tell about the activities they have done, Stephanie Bunker told about her trip to Heber UT and Jim said he would like to organize a meeting for the YF&R during the fair. An upcoming activity in Dryer was also discussed.

The Women's Leadership Committee was next to tell of their activities, which entailed donating $500 to the Ronald McDonald house, and Food Check-Out Week. Next month they will be reading agriculture books at schools and then donating those books to the school. The Women's Leadership Committee Conference will be coming to Las Vegas in April of 2013 and Cindy told of ideas she has for tours that will be offered.

Hank Combs told about what is going on at the State office. They are moving policy development forward, and have three new brand inspectors. They are Susan Pulsipher, Tanya Barlow, and Ralph Frymire. The state FB is also putting together a Political Action Committee, or PAC, they recruited Lindsey Dalley and Rick Eidie from Clark County to be members of the committee.

Bob Combs told of how Andrew Zimmerman came to R.C. farms on Feb. 15. He has a Television show where he goes around the world eating exotic things. They showed how pork goes from the farm to the buffet. R.C. Farms roasted a pig for Andrew to eat.

Thank you Glen and Shirley for hosting the board meeting, and preparing the Wally's pizza for dinner!