6/24/24 Meeting Minutes

6/24/24 Rotary Meeting Minutes
 
Attendees: Catti, Chris, Adam, Hubert, Joel, Bob F., Ann, Deb Q., Ann, Aaron K.
 
Brag Bucks:
- Aaron K: 51st birthday on 6/13
- Bob F: Substate in Halbur July 21st and last 2 weeks
 
Club business:
  1. No socials during the summer
  2. Financial update: moved funds from club account to foundation account by motion of Aaron K and 2nd by Bob F.
    1. New Hope donation of $3K
      1. Motion by Deb
      2. 2nd by Ann
      3. Pass
    2. Merchants donation of $2K
      1. Motion by Bob F.
      2. 2nd by Chris
      3. Pass
    3. Bandshell donation of $2K
      1. Motion by Bob F.
      2. 2nd by Deb
      3. Pass
Speaker: Stephanie Wetter – National Pork Producers: Director of Animal Welfare (6 years)
- background in animal science
 
Mission to do 3 things:
  1. Research
  2. Promote
  3. Educate
* $0.35 of every dollar goes towards their mission
 
Goals:
  1. Show we care
  2. Keep animals healthy
  3. Drive demand
- Principles x Practice x Proof = Public Trust
- building programs to keep farmers and vets communicating 24/7 with technology.
- working with HyVee on promotions for pork.
- At any given time, there are approximately 1 million pigs on the road.
- 73 million hogs produced in the US annually
 
Next meeting is on Monday, July 1st with Jessica Stangl from Carroll High School talking with us about the Iowa Jobs for America’s Graduates program.