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Iowa
Brown Swiss Association |
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Officers:
President:
Jim Pfeiler
23335 Flannagan Rd
Holy Cross, IA 52053
563.870.4885
Vice President:
Dennis Worden
17195 45th St
Oelwein, IA 50662
319.283.4544
Secretary/Treasurer:
Jonna Schutte
P.O. Box 95
Monona, IA 52159
563.539.4599
Princess:
Cassie Frieden
P.O. Box 156
Elgin, IA 52141
563.426.5387
Junior Advisors:
Kevin & Shelly Frieden
P.O. Box 156
Elgin, IA 52141
563.426.5083
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President's
Message - March 2008 |
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Hello, once again! Last year I remember my newsletter
message was about spring being just around the corner
with the state sale approaching, but digging out of
12 inches of snow just before I write this makes it
hard to believe that, so I think I'll stay away from
the weather analogies this time. It seems like we just
finished the annual meeting and I won't go over everything
that happened (that's what we print the minutes in the
Iowa Echo for). I would however like to sum up three
points that we can work on in the future. These would
be membership, finance, and outreach. We had considerable
discussion on how to increase people's involvement in
the organization. A strong membership is vital to any
organization because it leads to a great diversity of
ideas and opinions. Having a large membership is only
half the battle if we don't know what the members think
and want their association to be. Finances came up because
although our finances are strong right now, a look at
the minutes will show that our expenses keep going up
and as we all know it costs money to do anything. Maybe
an invigorated membership could give us new ideas how
to develop this financing? Outreach would be something
to fulfill our mission statement, "to promote Brown
Swiss cattle in Iowa". One idea brought up would
be to put a Brown Swiss Bulletin in the hands of some
ag related businesses. Would it help promote our breed
if more farmers saw a copy of the Bulletin on the coffee
table at the local bank, or on the counter of their
feed store, or at the neighborhood implement dealer?
I can't help but think that all three of these things;
membership, finance, and outreach are interrelated.
Maybe if we all put our heads together we could come
up with some new, creative ways to accomplish these
goals.
Jim Pfeiler, President
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Dates
To Remember |
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April 4-5: Youth Dairy
Coalition
April 15: Applications
due for Ambassador
July 2-5: National Convention
- Lima, Ohio
National
Brown Swiss Association
Membership |
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Herds of 1-20 Cows: $10
Herds of 21-100 Cows: $.50/cow
Herds over 100 Cows: $50
Number of Cows
Associate Member: $10
Junior Member: $5
Send Dues to: Jonna Schutte at P.O. Box 95, Monona, IA 52159
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