Meeting the Parliment

  Tonight was our quarterly 4-H County Council and Volunteer Leaders' Association meeting.  We did the typical meeting things, catching up on what the clubs are doing, what we have done in the program, what's coming up in the program and important club deadlines.
  Tonight was also the deadline to turn in Electric projects and project records for those wanting to go to Electric Congress this year.  Martae Callahan learned about wiring sockets with his project.  Jalen King learned about different things that conduct or insulate electric current.  D. J. Brown also submitted an electric portfolio for the opportunity to attend this event that will take place in July.

  At the end of the night the County Council officers led an activity involving making trail mix using parliamentary procedure.  Each of the youth had to make specific motions involving placing items in the trail mix and often it created an animated discussion.  Youth quickly learned how to amend motions and call the question so they could get down to business and eat what they had created.
  Our next meeting will be June 4 at the Cooperative Extension office.  For more information please contact Wendy Maynor 4-H Program Associate at (910) 671-3276 or Wendy_Maynor@ncsu.edu.