YEAR-END REPORT         Date: August 2004
Committee: Youth Activities - ADGA National Convention

Committee Chairperson: Mary Katherine Biddle (co-chair)

Committee Members: ADGA Associate Manager, Danielle Barbour, Wilma Behrman, Gail Biddle, Pegi Ficken, Bruce Foster, Jason Gray, Pamela Haney, Michael Johnson, Jesecca Kaul, Debra Macke, Roxane McCoy, Susan Parker, Laurie Petersen, Cathy Pindell, Amy Plummer, Paul Plummer, Rebecca Potosky, Krista Senn, Sam Watson, and Mandi Zieglar.

1. STATEMENT OF GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE YEAR: Goals/objectives for the year included the following:
1. Start immediate contact with 2004 youth liaison for the 2004 convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
2. Work with annual meeting committee (Joan Vandergriff) and keep them updated on youth activities for convention so they can be posted ASAP on the ADGA web site and have a write up included in the ADGA news and quarterly events.
3. Try to simulate adult lectures at convention in the sense of having different options for youth participants depending upon age, interest, and knowledge level.

2. SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE WORK AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR:
1. The tentative 2004 ADGA Convention youth schedule is as follows: Sunday, October 24

-9:00am Catch Bus for Goat Packing Trip - 3:00pm arrive back to convention site (includes lunch, 11:15am, touring of the museum, site seeing, etc.)

-3:30-5:00pm Break into groups to start Posters for Poster Competition

-5:30 Dinner (Gallery)

-6:00pm Meeting with Youth Representative Contestants (Katie Biddle) (Pool side)

-7:00-9:00 Youth Pool Party

Monday, October 25
-8:00-9:00am Art project/Goat Heads
-9:10-10:00am Katie Biddle "Dairy Goat Timeline Management"
-10:10-12:00pm Joel Smith "Showmanship/Fitting"
-12:10:1:00pm Lunch Break (lunch provided)
-1:00-2:15pm Cindy Foglesong, Donna Dudley, and Suzanne Hammond "Taking Great Pictures"
-2:15-6:15pm Theresa Wade A.I.
-6:30 Welcome Dinner
-After Welcome Dinner, room will be open for youth participants to work on posters and/or goats heads at their leisure

TUESDAY OCTOBER 26
-8:00-9:00am Youth Representative Contestant Personal Interviews
-9:00-12:00pm Youth Skillathon (Rebecca Potosky) and Poster Presentations (Katie Biddle) running simultaneously
-12:00-1:00pm Lunch Break (Lunch provided)
-1:00-till done Youth Dairy Goat Quiz Bowl (Bruce Foster)
-6:00pm Meeting with Youth Representative Contestants (Katie Biddle)
-7:00pm Youth Banquet

3. FINANCIAL STATEMENT-COMMITTEE EXPENSES: There are no expenses at this point in time.

4. PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED: Its unfortunate that a large proportion of the committee does not attend convention as it would be great to utilize them as a judge or to have them help run contest.

5. DECISIONS REQUIRING BOARD ACTION: At this point there is none.

6. WORK TO BE COMPLETED BY NEXT YEARS COMMITTEE: For next year we would like to include more activities for the youth as well as improve the current ones. In the ADGA news and quarterly there will be a section for this years participants to write, call, or email the committee chair any suggestions that they might have to improve next years convention.

7. LONG RANGE GOALS (5 YEARS) FOR COMMITTEE: Our long-range goal for the committee is to be able to have consistent improvement and new youth activities at the ADGA national convention on a yearly basis.

Chairperson's Signature: Mary Katherine Biddle