Michigan Holstein Association ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES

February 11, 2023 Mt. Pleasant, Michigan

Meeting called to order at 11:01 am by President Brent Moyer. It was noted that the call to meeting was in the Winter MDCN. Brent thanked Kim Bremmer for her Ag Inspiration presentation this morning. Brent introduced Mandi Kipp from HAUSA and Greg Lavan from AJCC. Brent announced that MHA hired a new Executive Secretary in October 2022 and introduced Carrie Delong.

The 2022 Annual Meeting minutes are printed in the meeting booklet for membership to review. John Lehman made a motion to accept the minutes as presents, supported by Jess Jakubik and motion passed.

Financial reports were printed in the magazine. The totals were erroneously miscalculated. Motion made my John Lehman and supported by Drew Rupprecht to accept the financials presented with corrections. Motion passed. It was highlighted that the Golden Ticket helped offset funding for the summer show.

Adalee Thelan gave the report for MJHA. They also conducted a silent auction for baskets during last evenings sale and this morning breakfast. Winners were announced prior to the start of this meeting.

Melissa Hart gave an update on the MDCN. She first thanked Kelly Raterink and Malissa Reed (membership committee) for their work on planning the annual meeting. Highlights include that Indiana Holstein Association is providing subscriptions to their members and we are seeing an increase in breeder advertising from Indiana members. Melissa announced the Jersey Cow of the Century and Holstein Cow of the Decade winners. Brent thanked Melissa for her hard work in making the MDCN a successful magazine.

Membership report was printed in the magazine. There is a vacancy for Vice President and three open director seats on the board. It was noted that Allison Schafer resigned from the MHA board effective January 1, 2023. Kelly Raterink and Lauren Siver’s director seats are up for election.

The nominating committee presented the following nominations: Jessica Jakubik for Vice President, Kelly Raterink and Lauren Siver for directors at large. Nominations from the floor were opened. Joe Kuhlhawick was nominated for Vice President, Ethan Haywood and Moss McCauley were nominated for directors’ seats. Motion was made to close vice president and director nominations, supported, and passed. Motion was made to nominate Steve Reed as President and vote by unanimous ballot, supported and passed.

Voting for Vice President and directors were completed by ballot and results as follows: Vice -President - Jessica Jakubik. Directors at Large – Lauren Siver and Kelly Raterink. Ethan Haywood was voted in as Director at Large to finish out Allison Schafer’s term. Motion made to destroy ballots, supported, and passed.

Steve thanked Brent for his past three years of leadership as President of MHA. Brent’s forward thinking and vision has resulted in successful changes for MHA.

Sale Report: Brent thanked George Bush, Dave Bennett, and Lauren Siver for working on the online sale that was held last night. Chad Kreeger stated that the high seller was $4025 and the 39 lots averaged $2614. There were registered bidders from over a dozen states.

Brent asked the membership what direction they would like the sale committee to go with future sales. Much discussion followed that included the following.

• Having a good mix of group lots and individual show prospects

• A team to assist consigners with videos/picture editing for online sales and advertising

• Having a tag sale

• Online sale pictures and videos need to have clean animals in a clean area (not meaning clipped)

• Producers need an outlet for cattle, group lots of 8-12 work well.

Nicole Vanderploeg and Lauren Siver gave the Show Committee report. They announced the spring and summer shows for 2023 and presented the All-Michigan Holstein and All-Michigan Jersey awards.

By-law changes that were sent out in January with membership renewals were presented.

The first change presented was a new amendment. In the event of MHA dissolving, an endowment through Dairy Memorial Scholarship at MSU will be created in the name of MHA for students with dairy interest. Discussion followed and a motion by John Lehman and supported by Tom Atherton to add to the amendment without a new dairy organization being formed. Motion passed.

Motion made by Drew Rupprecht and supported by Lauren Siver to add the following amendment to the by-laws: In the event of MHA dissolving without a new dairy organization being formed, an endowment through Dairy Memorial Scholarship at MSU will be created in the name of MHA for students with dairy interest. Motion passed.

Motion made by Drew and supported by Eric to change the dues by-law to increase the base membership rate to $50. Motion passed.

Joe Kuhlhawick presented Max Dunseth with the Distinguished Service Award.

Max Dunseth presented Wayne Webster Outstanding Young Breeder Award to Adam Preston. Max also presented the Master Breeder Award to Gary Wieber.

Beth Rupprecht presented Ethan Haywood with the Jersey Outstanding Young Breeder Award.

Mandi Kipp announced herd awards and gave an update from HAUSA.

Meeting adjourned at 1:15 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Carrie Delong MHA Executive Secretary