First quarter calendar 

Calendar & meeting planning tool for September, October, November

Club events

• Re-enrollment opens mid-September

• Fiscal 4-H year ends September 30

• Charter process begins (Google Doc)

• Club officer election or leadership structure is decided (some clubs choose to do this in earlier)

• Club officer installation (Google Doc)

• Club planning - yearly (web page)

• Club communication

  • 4HOnline tools (coming soon for 4HOnline 2.0)

  • Facebook tutorial (video)

Local events

• National 4-H Week – Celebrate! Acknowledge Your Members! And Recruit New Members!

• Club officer training

• County awards/recognition night

• Club charters due November 1

• Annual volunteer training

• Federation/Leader’s Council meeting

State events

• State Shoot (web page)

• State Horse Show (web page)

• State Dog Show (web page)

Welcome activity resources

• Pre-meeting activities & roll call ideas (web page)

• Welcoming new members  (Google Doc)

Meeting resources

• Club planning page (web page)

• Sample constitution/bylaws (Google Doc)

Education and recreation resources

• Youth Development curriculum library (web page)

Risk management resources

• Campfires (web page)

• Hayrides (web page)

Meeting order

• Welcome activity - 10-15 minutes

• Business meeting - 15 minutes

  • Pledge of Allegiance and 4-H Pledge

  • Roll call

  • Secretary report

  • Treasurer report

  • Committee reports

  • Old business

  • New business

  • Dates and deadlines

• Education activity - 20-30 minutes

• Recreation activity - 10-15 minutes

New business topics

• September - Establish committee/volunteer leaders

• October - Fall outing

• November - Celebration

Contact

Jeremy Freeman, volunteer systems director, jeremyf@umn.edu, 612-624-6807