ILR Show Division

YOUTH COMMITTEE Minutes
July 9, 2013

Time: 8:00 pm Eastern Time

Action items are in bold.

In attendance: Elaine Brovont, Sharon Carrier, Karen Baum, Michelle Kutzler.

I.        Old Business: Minutes from the last meeting were approved via email.

II.   New Business: There are several areas in the Guidelines regarding the Youth program that need to be     revised.

A.     Page 93, Section F. Approved Youth Point Classes

a.       Youth Judging is not included in this list and it should be.

b.       Elaine motioned that Youth Judging be added to this list ("e) Youth Judging")/

                                                                           i.       Sharon seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

                                                                        ii.      Michelle will email Debbie with the approved change so that she can email all of the approved changes to the Guidelines Committee.

B.     Page 95, Section H. Purpose

a.       The explanation of the purpose does not include the use of ILR-SD Youth Judging Forms or Tests.

b.       Elaine motioned those explanatory sentences for the purpose be changed as follows (change marked in italics): "To provide the opportunity for ILR-SD members to experience the show ring from the Judge's perspective and encourage members to pursue judge's training. This may be held in conjunction with an ILR-SD sanctioned show or in conjunction with a different event, provided that an ILR-SD judge is used and is qualified to judge the classes in the competition, and that ILR-SD approved Youth Judging Forms and ILR-SD approved Tests are used."

                                                                           i.      Sharon seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

                                                                        ii.      Michelle will email Debbie with the approved change (see above).

C.     Pages 95-96, Section H1.  Participants

a.       The Youth Judge mentorship program has been put on hold until we can develop the program and there is only one place in the 2013 Guidelines that still mentions this. It happens to be in this section, which is confusing.

b.       Elaine motioned that the reference to the Youth Judge mentorship program be deleted from this sentence so that it reads as follows: "The ILR-SD Youth Judging Competition is a separate class."

                                                                           i.      Karen seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

                                                                        ii.      Michelle will email Debbie with the approved change (see above).

D.     Page 96, Section H3.  Classes to be Judged

a.       There was some discussion about the Shorn Fleece division being included as one of the four divisions for youth judging. 

                                                                           i.      Currently, there are no youth judging forms developed for this class; nor is there a point system developed for scoring the youth shorn fleece judging classes.

                                                                         ii.      Youth judging already adds additional time to the show so adding another class within youth judging may make it too long of a time commitment to be included in a show.

                                                                        iii.      Having a reliable source of reasonable quality fleeces that can be worked over by youth during the judging class is an unknown variable.

                                                                       iv.      Are there youth and judges interested in participating in and judging these classes.

b.       After this discussion, Karen motioned that we send this problem to the Fleece committee for their input. If they agree that the fleece judging option should be removed from youth judging competition, then the Youth Committee will bring this back for a vote.

                                                                           i.      Michelle seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

                                                                        ii.      Michelle will email this information to the Fleece Committee.

E.      Page 96, Section H4. Process

a.       The current guidelines do not specify that juniors need to complete an ILR-SD approved Youth Judging test.

b.       Elaine motioned that the following would be changed in the guidelines (change marked in italics): "Juniors would complete a written ILR-SD approved Youth Judging test."

                                                                           i.      Karen seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

                                                                        ii.      Michelle will email Debbie with the approved change (see above).

F.      The ILR-SD Youth Judging forms need to be included in the 2014 Guidelines under Appendix A: Sample forms. Michelle will send these to the Guidelines Committee.

G.     The ILR-SD Youth Committee needs to finalize the Youth Judging Manual and submit it to the Governing Committee by August 28, 2013.

a.       Michelle will re-send out the last draft of this manual to the Youth Committee. 

b.      Michelle will connect with Debbie via phone to develop an action plan for completion of the Youth Judging Manual.

c.       Michelle and Debbie will send out assignments to the Youth Committee via email to work on independently and submit back to the committee before the next committee conference call.

H.     Next ILR-SD Youth Committee Meeting is scheduled for Monday, August 5, 2013 at 8 pm EDT.

I.        Adjournment

1.       Elaine motioned to adjourn, Karen 2^nded the motion; motion to adjourn passed unanimously.

2.       Meeting adjourned at 9:25 pm EDT.

Respectfully submitted by Michelle Kutzler, ILR-SD Youth Committee Secretary