Illinois Hereford Association Board of Directors Meeting

Sunday, Aoril 2, 2023 @ 10:30

List of Board Members Present: Kent Burns, Kevin Babbs, Craig Crutcher, Jody McMillan, Matt Anderson, Jimmy Bernard and Chad Benedict, Absent: David Biggs, Kim Carney-Rhodes, Cody Crum and Andrew Spinazola

DISCUSSION TOPICS

1. Meeting called to order by President Burns

2. Secretary’s Report – Edenburn a. Benedict motioned and Babbs seconded all approved minutes of annual meeting for publication. b. Babbs motioned and McMillan seconded all approved minutes of 3/5/2023 Board of Directors meeting.

3. Treasurer’s Report – Edenburn a. Year to year comparison was presented for review and discussion. No action necessary. b. The outcome of the Junior Auction at the banquet was discussed, netting $2,005 this year. The board is happy with the results to date. Thoughts for future auctions include trying to get some more cutting-edge bulls. c. Membership is 67 as of today.

4. Membership Services Report and Communications Report - Edenburn a. Ways to get more membership were discussed. Ideas include: i. Making the web page more interactive for members. Including giving advertising opportunities and developing a for-sale page. ii. Developing a sale for members. iii. Trying to get more attendance at the Banquet. iv. Doing more in the Hereford portion of the IBA Magazine. Including a Presidents message, Fieldman message and more marketing information from AHA. v. Discussed developing some marketing materials for display at IBE, Production Sales, Preview Show, and other locations. vi. Discussed talking during the IJHA Preview show banquet about value of membership. vii. Talking to State Fair staff about tying membership to showing in the open show. viii. McMillan is going to work with daughter Lauren to start developing some marketing/display ideas. b. Next issue of the Bulletin submission date is April 15th. i. Need to publish Annual meeting minutes. ii. Want to get a tour together and publish. iii. Publish preliminary info for potential sale. iv. Want to publish short articles with pictures of award winners from the Banquet over the next year. v. Can also publish list of award winners as filler over the next year. vi. Buddy will start getting the PDF version of the Hereford pages and forwarding it to all members. c. No update available for Webpage.

5. 2023 IHA Committee Discussion & Appointments led by President Burn’s. Crutcher motioned and McMillan seconded, all in favor of the following list., a. Executive Committee i. 2023 – Burns, Babbs, Edenburn b. Sale Committee i. 2023 – Bernard, Babbs, Crum, Anderson c. Banquet Committee i. 2023 – Edenburn, Burns, McMillan d. Jr. Scholarship & Activities Committee i. 2023 – Edenburn, Benedict, Carney e. Director Nominating Committee i. 2023 – Burns, Crutcher, Biggs f. Tour Committee i. 2023 – Burns, Spinazola, Bernard, Anderson, Babbs g. Show Committee

6. Sale Committee i. 2023 – Babbs, Crutcher, Bernard a. AHA field man Noah Benedict presented a proposal for a future breed sale. Much discussion followed and choices were narrowed down to the following: i. Auctioneer Cody Lowderman ii. Location Moline IL pending site visit and discussion with facility. iii. Date February 17. iv. More discussion and update on April 12th conference call.

7. Banquet Update (Annual Meeting) a. Need to look for a less expensive location. The price in Bloomington is $50 per person so the banquet is losing money. b. Discussed the possibility of going to IBA building in Springfield. Buddy will follow up with Josh St. Peters.

8. Tour Committee Update a. Matt Anderson graciously offered to be the Saturday night stop in Moline. Several possible stops were discussed in the area including: Fleishner, Earlybird, Johnson, Mullinex, Cagwin, Knott, Peterson. Lemenager, Youngs and others. Members will contact individuals about being stops. b. Confirmed yes: Andersen, Fleishner and Young. c. Confirmed no: Torrance, Lemenager

9. Show Committee - Babbs a. Breck Denbam is confirmed at the State Fair Open Judge. b. State Fair has given us 6 more classes for the open show. Need to confirm if that is total or 6 each for horned and polled. c. Would like to discuss with the state fair superintendent making IHA membership a requirement for showing in open show. d. Jensen has provided a belt buckle for Reserve Champion Horned Hereford. They would like to change this to the Champion since no one is providing a price for that. This is no problem, just need to coordinate with the State Fair superintendent. e. Discussed providing prizes for the Junior Show divisions and champions. IHA has coordinated donations in the past for this, but it takes a lot of effort. Also, many of the prizes were going to juniors who had no affiliation to IHA or IJHA. Individuals are willing to donate but someone has to volunteer to organize it.

10. American Hereford Association Update from Noah Benedict.

11. Next Meeting – Tour and Sale committees required, all welcome. Wednesday April 12th at 8 pm. Buddy will send a meeting invite to all.

IHA Update

The Illinois Hereford Association will be hosting a consignment sale on February 17, 2024. It will be hosted in Moline, Illinois. Cattle will be consigned from all over Illinois and some surrounding states. All cattle in the sale will have been through a nomination and screening process. Any member of The Illinois Hereford Association is eligible to nominate cattle. More details will be coming out very soon. In the meantime, keep an eye on the Illinois Hereford Association website and Facebook page for updates. We hope to see a lot of people in Moline on 2/17/2024!