Present:

Old Business:

Terms of the members was discussed and clarified.

1. Consumer Choices Contest age divisions. The board supports the new age categories as
   proposed. The board supports the optional choices for youth whose age fits choosing
   between the two contest age categories. (Information from the survey of staff is inconsistent
   with what the Consumer Choices Committee recommended to us and the committee is now
   also divided.)
    

2. Livestock. (January 4, 2005 sub-committee report)

• Lease agreements. No action other than research what other states do. Group will report at
  future meeting.

• Tagging. Referred to livestock for a future meeting.

• Aerosols. 4-H not take a position, no follow-up required.

• State Contest competition in following year. Team members that participate at a ‘national’
  competitive judging event are not eligible to participate in a state judging contest in a
  subsequent year. This item referred back to Livestock policy sub-committee and are asked to
  solicit feedback from youth who were previous participants.

• Docking rule. An educational program should be conducted about this. Data collection should be
  done a state fair. (Has it already been done?) Rick Schmidt mentioned the lamb sale dates and
  tracking. The sub-committee will monitor this agenda issue.

• Livestock Ethics curriculum. Committee supports moving ahead with the training in pilot locations.
  Questions about the intended audience for the training. Agents would like to review curriculum for
  applicability on North Dakota.

New Business

Enrollment form. The board reviewed the suggestion of having the enrollment form integrated into the

4-H Family Guide. Consensus was that the form should not be integrated into the family guide since a

distinction between application to be a leader and certification of a leader must be maintained for

Youth Protection Policy considerations.

The meeting was adjourned due to time limitations.