President Justin Balsdon called meeting to order at 7:03 P.M.

Officer Reports:

Personal Introductions

Vice President Danny Middlestead: No tours lined up

Mike Gross: Talk to Polansky about lining up tours in next couple weekends.
Justin Balsdon: He’ll be busy during that time at work, but we’ll try line up tours

Curt Thoreson: Line up a tour for Monday or Wednesday nights, I have a list from previous minutes for tour ideas.

Dr. Bon: Encouraging officers to come up with meeting activities, and tours to set up as schedule for spring semester.

Treasurer Paul Stellpflug: ASABE: $1111.96
¼ Scale: $2416.82
Alpha Epsilon: $242.86

Deposit from lawnmower/snowblower came in ($586) and some quarterscale deposits, and a payment for the polaris rear axle.

Double check that lawnmower/snowblower money is in for ¼ scale too.

Secretary Curt Thoreson: Nothing

CSO Matt Wold: Nothing

CASAC Dan Coffman: Nothing yet this year

E&A Rep Nic Hodnefield: I need a schedule of what the club will do this semester to post with the rest of the E & A clubs. He needs that so he can be fed again.

Scribes: Ross brought his camera and is taking pictures.
Start working on AEM report
Due on March 17, 2008

Dr. Bon: Try making changes to make better score on it

President Justin Balsdon:
Mailbox:
-Small bill due for $4.40 for XMAS party
-Campus attractions need applicants, due by 18th
-Service project on MLK day on the 21st, 1-4 if you’re free
-Relay for life, April 18-19
-Table Tennis club, who cares
-Little “I” would like us to set up a booth there
Curt: What kind of booth would we set up there?
Justin: Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes.
Curt: We’ll need a new poster
Curt Thoreson moved to set up a booth at Little I during the show
Matt Wold 2nd
Discussion:
Matt Wold moved to postpone decision to next meeting
Curt 2nd
Vote: AYE!
Motion Tabled

Dates for meetings, Jan 24, Feb 7, 21 Mar 13 27, Apr 10, 24
Curt: I’ll post up online

Turn in dept. scholarships, and national scholarship apps, (Feb 11 and Mar 17)
Also can enter in national scholarship competitions (team or individual)

Dr. Bon: Typically 8-20 people apply for national scholarships, so the odds are pretty good at winning one at that level. Several people present have potential to be strong contenders for these scholarships. Also FM Engineers society needs their app in soon as well.

Dr. Somebody needs help in the Soil/Water dept with some stuff. Need instrumentation background, let Justin know so he can forward email to you.

Membership dues are DUE!!!!

Nic Hodnfield moved to offer people who recruited 2 or more members a free t-shirt
Mike Gross 2nd
Discussion:

Nic Hodnefield moved to amend the motion to include:
“They need to have also paid their semester dues”
Matt Wold 2nd
Discussion: None
Vote: AYE!
Amend Carries

Vote: AYE!
Motion Carries

Need service project, habitat for humanity could be possible.
Dr. Bon: They have 4 houses scheduled this spring, could also get a rep in as a speaker.
Dan: I can find out about when they’re doing houses and get us lined up for helping out.
Justin: Get back to us on that for the next meeting.

Ag Tech Expo:
Ryan Nagel: it’s the 60th Annual, so lets do something special.
Can buy your name on a pen for $75-100 for a middle class pen.
ASABE and ASM have talked about sponsoring
Going thru Crown Trophy for these things, checked out their pen collection
Nic Hodnefield moved to donate $100 to Ag Tech Expo for pen and booklet sponsorship
Mike Gross 2nd
Discussion: We used to spend $55 for a page anyways, so its not that big of a difference
Vote: AYE!
Motion Carries

Officer meeting next Thursday at 6:00
Dr. Bon: Use meeting to set up and plan out upcoming semester
-Address membership issues
-Advertising events

Professor Backer suggested a name change for Ag Tech Expo since we have the Biosystems portion of major.

Committee Reports:
Lawnmower/Snowblower Clinic: Nothing

Website: Nothing

Pictureboard: Needs updating, Nagel is still a Junior on it

Membership: Need to work on membership

Activities/Tours: Nothing

T-shirt/Jacket: Will be in next week

Community Service: Already talked about

¼ Scale: Meeting to follow tonight’s meeting

Spring Break Trip: We NO LONGER NEED A PASSPORT to get to Canada
There are several attractions up there
-Buhla Tractor
-Snowblowers, 3 pt. hitches
-Macdon
-McLeod Harvest
-Delnon?
-Manitoba Big Roy

-Air Seeder Plant (several companies)
-Brandt
-Rite-Way

-Bobcat
-John Deere Air seeder plant
-Summers
-Wilrich
-Cloverdale
-(in North Dakota obviously)

Dr. Bon: Could visit the University of Manitoba for the trip. Check out their campus.

Danny: How many days should the trip be in length?
Ryan Nagel: 5 days
Dr. Bon: Could use a Sunday night to start travels.
Justin: Talk more @ next meeting

Unfinished Business:
Nothing

New Business:
Nothing

Announcements:
Next meeting, on Jan 25
Pay dues to Paul
Eat Pizza

Advisor Comments:
None

Mike Gross motioned to adjourn
Dan Coffman seconded

Meeting Adjourned

Attendance:
Name: Major: Member:
Danny Middlestead ABEN Y
Mike Gross ABEN Y
Justin Balsdon ABEN Y
Nic Hodnefield ABEN Y
Matt Wold ABEN Y
Ross Peterson ABEN Y
Michael Meschke ABEN Y
Ryan Nagel ABEN Y
Dan Coffman ABEN Y
Paul Stellpflug ABEN Y
Mukesh Kumar ABEN N
Curt Thoreson ABEN Y
Advisor Dr. Bon ABEN A