It is traditionally our first county event of the year, 4-H County Council and Leaders' Association officer orientation. This is the first chance for our officers elected in November to come together and learn about their job responsibilities, what is expected of them, and what will be coming up in the new 4-H year.
This year we also had a little parliamentary procedure training as part of our event. We started with gavel protocol that will be used at our meetings. One tap of the gavel means the meeting is adjourned or to sit down. Two taps of the gavel means the meeting is called to order. Three taps means everyone stands in unison on the third tap. Many taps means order, when things get a little off the topic. As our Presidents practiced everyone got a chance to get up and or sit down and have a little fun.
The officer made trail mix using proper parliamentary procedure. One officer would make a motion to add an ingredient, a second would be made there would be discussion and a vote. Although some ingredients were tame (the pretzels, Cheerios, and m&ms) others got a little heated in the debate. For example when one officer suggested adding a half a can of coke and there was a second, another officer pointed out that the coke might be "nasty", since they had to eat the trail mix. That was one of the ingredients that didn't make it in. When they got done they had learned a little bit, had a lot of fun, and made a really good trail mix.
You will get a chance to see the officers in action and get a chance to use parliamentary procedure at our next 4-H County Council and Volunteer Leaders' Association Meeting, February 2, 2009 at the 4-H office. the meeting will start promptly at 6:30 with an ice breaker at 6:15. We are looking forward to seeing all of our members and volunteers at the meeting.
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