Jenny JordanExtension 4-H Specialist

Georgia 4-H

Georgia 4-H CongressJuly 24-27, 2012

Georgia 4-H Congress Wimba Session• Overview of Congress

• Opening Program• Leadership Banquet• Annual Banquet• Tours & Other Special Events• Project Competition• Questions & Answers

Jenny Jordan Extension 4-H Specialist

Georgia 4-H

Georgia 4-H CongressA Tradition of Excellence• 1904 Boys Corn Club presented harvest

• 1935 first District Project Achievements in all Districts

• Master 4-H Club formed in 1935

• First State 4-H Club Congress held in Atlanta, 1943

Jenny JordanExtension 4-H Specialist

Georgia 4-H

Dress Code• A step up from every day wear• Opening Assembly: Better School clothes; Honorees should have on

coats, ties & dresses• Leadership Banquet: Better Sunday dress; Coat & tie, dresses• Presentation & Portfolio Judging: Coat, tie, dresses, pants suits or

appropriate presentation apparel• Six Flags: Shorts (not short shorts) with Congress shirt (provided)• Celebration Breakfast: Tour Dress• Tours: professional casual dress (not shorts or t-shirts); may be coat &

tie• Annual Banquet: Dressier dresses, maybe semi formal, coat & tie• Thursday night: shirts & shorts or jeans; must wear shoes; no short

shorts• Friday morning Winners Meeting: collared shirts, shorts, belts, no short

shorts• Free Time: Collared shirts tucked in , shorts. No short shorts

Jenny Jordan Extension 4-H Specialist

Georgia 4-H

Tickets• 4-H’ers: Receive at District Meeting (complimentary)• Full time Adults: Receive at District Meeting (may prepay with credit

card or pay with check on site)• Special Events Honor 4-H’ers: Receive ticket at Special Events check

in (complimentary)•Special Events Coach (one/team or high individual): Receive ticket at Special Events check in

• If coach is an Extension professional, must receive authorization, purchase ticket & file for reimbursement

•Pre purchased tickets (general admission): Will call at 4-H Information•Tickets on sale, while they last, for Annual Banquet at 4-H Information Booth•Tickets can not be held without payment

Jenny Jordan Extension 4-H Specialist

Georgia 4-H

Tickets• Leadership Banquet $ 64• Night at Six Flags $35• Celebration Breakfast $ 27• Annual Banquet $ 57

• Total Package $183

Jenny Jordan Extension 4-H Specialist

Georgia 4-H

Upon Arrival• Hotel Rooms are not usually ready before Opening

Assembly • Nametags, tickets, hotel keys are all distributed during 3:30

District Assembly• Arrive before 2 p.m. but not too early

• Scholarship Honorees, Leadership in Action Competitors or State 4-H Officers arrive earlier

• Park in hotel parking; mini buses park in mall across the street. Leave everything in the car

• Perimeter Suite is a holding area for items that can not be left in vehicles because of the heat, etc

• 4-H Information sells general admission tickets and has general information; this is not a registration or check in station

Jenny Jordan Extension 4-H Specialist

Georgia 4-H

Opening Program 2 p.m.• Scholarship Honorees: Arrive early; report to Azalea• Arrive on time; Several dozen donors are in

attendance• Sit in county groups• Photos are taken in back corner of room• Be patient ….there are a lot of winners• Immediately following

• Scholarship winners who are non Congress delegates are dismissed

• Everyone else report to District Meetings

Jenny Jordan Extension 4-H Specialist

Georgia 4-H

Leadership Banquet• Honoring Leadership in Action winners, Counselor &

Camping Leadership, Sutton Scholarship Winners• More than 50 special guests including 4-H Advisory

Committee invited as guests• General Admission Tickets available for Honorees

guests only

Jenny Jordan Extension 4-H Specialist

Georgia 4-H

• Performing Arts Competition

Immediately Following

• Tour Chaperone Meeting

Immediately Following

Donor Reception & Annual Banquet• Patience is a virtue…this is a great chance to practice

• Banquet Could Include:• 48 project Winners• 200 Special Events Honorees• 4 William H Booth Honorees• Rising Star, State Officer Induction & Green jacket

award• 225 District Winners• 125 full time Adults• 200 Invited Guests• Before any tickets are sold

Jenny Jordan Extension 4-H Specialist

Georgia 4-H

Donor Reception

• Winners: Special Events & Project• Agent of Winners• Coaches of Special Events• Donors, Administration, Specialist/Project

Coordinators• Parents and others are asked to join agents in the

banquet rather than donor reception• Goal is for 4-H’er & donor to interact• Photographers photos are posted on the website

Jenny Jordan Extension 4-H Specialist

Georgia 4-H

Annual Banquet• There are as many 200 4-H’ers who are honorees

tonight• No early entry into banquet area• Donor Reception enters banquet area from Donor area

and has early admittance• Parents of Winners: Gold tickets (one per winner) to

accompany paid ticket (early open door)• Special Events Winners will be honored on risers to side

of head table & seated as groups• Project Winners seated at head table• State Officer Inductees, William H Booth, Rising Star

honored on risers• Green Jacket & Friend of 4-H Award at the Podium

Jenny Jordan Extension 4-H Specialist

Georgia 4-H

Special Events• Prep those BEFORE Congress • Facilities, program, etc

• Register team & one coach in Event Registration• On Site Registration• 3:30 on Thursday of Congress at Spec Events check in

across from the Information Booth• Hotel room keys will be available at Ashford Rm• Counties can collect packets all week (without room keys)

• Attend Donor Reception; one coach may also attend• If also project winner, process in Special Events but seated

with project winners• Invited to stay Thursday night for dance• Attend Winners Meeting on Friday if a winner

Jenny Jordan Extension 4-H Specialist

Georgia 4-H

Tours• What Fun…everybody has one• Adults either as drivers or chaperones• Some by project; some by county• Sit together on Thursday at breakfast• Myths• There are no new tours• If you go four years, you go to the same tour• This is just a way to get us out of the hotel on

Thursday• You’ll ride everywhere, don’t worry about your shoes

Jenny Jordan Extension 4-H Specialist

Georgia 4-H

Project Competition• Nearly 1500 4-H’ers competed in District• About 250 are at State• 48 will place first• Who are the Judges?• Presentations• Rooms have two tables• Bring your own easel

• Portfolio Judging• Participants talk with the judges (not an interview)• In curtained room like a presentation room (Table with two

judges on one side 4-H’er on the other)• Annoucement of Winners at Six Flags• Winner Meeting to Prep for Thursday before breakfast Thursday

Jenny Jordan Extension 4-H Specialist

Georgia 4-H

Questions

Jenny Jordan Extension 4-H Specialist

Georgia 4-H