Committee Assignments

2009 TRIP COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
CITIZENSHIP WASHINGTON FOCUS

Liason Committee
Kailin McClung Victoria Osler
Caitlyn Olson Dakota Clough
Josha Gifford Tom Kelly

1. Each committee member have 2 letters to write to assigned individuals, please inform them of our trip and what you expect to learn from your experience. Names and addresses have been provided below.
2. Act as official speakers when we meet with our Congressmen. One or two
committee members should be appointed to serve as group spokes persons.
3. Write thank you=s to appropriate individuals following our experience.
Brenda will provide you with a list during or after the trip.

Josha Gifford Caitlyn Olson
ÎLincoln County 4-H Council ÎKeith County 4-H Council
115 West 4th Box 450
North Platte, NE 69101 Ogallala NE 69153

ÏKeith County Commission=s ÏLincoln County Commission=s
511 North Spruce Street 301 North Jeffers
Ogallala, NE 69153 North Platte, NE 69101


Kailin McClung Victoria Osler
ÎDeuel-Graden County ÎKAP Extension BOard
Extension Board PO Box 450
PO Box 487 Ogallala, NE 69153
Chappell, NE 69129
ÏFrontier County 4-H Council
ÏDeuel County 4-H Council 404 East 7th Street
PO BOX 487 Curtis, NE 69025
Chappell, NE 69129

Dakota Clough Tom Kelly
ÎPerkins County 4-H Council ÎLincoln/McPherson County Extension Board
Box 99 115 West 4th Street
Grant, NE 69140 North Platte, NE 69101
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ÏMcPherson County 4-H Council
ÏPerkins County Commission=s 115 West 4th Street
200 Linocln Avenue North Platte, NE 69101
Grant, NE 69140







2009 TRIP COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
CITIZENSHIP WASHINGTON FOCUS

Blog Committee
Candice Shelton Abby Burrows
Marie Fisher Laura Steffes
Danae Schufeldt Shawn Farley

1. Write brief explanations of what the group saw, did or participated in each day. Your dairy writings will be posted on our blog throughout the trip.
2. You have been assigned specific days to cover and post updates on our blog.
3. Be sure to tell where the group went that day, what things you liked the most, include funny, sad, stupid or boring events that may have occurred during the day. You may want to include what you ate or even how much it cost you to eat. What was the hot souvenir item that everyone seemed to purchase that day.
4. Take official pictures for the group that can be posted on the blog.
5. Arrange for a group picture to be taken before we leave and several times throughout the trip.
6. Plan to coordinate with others to share pictures via the blog while gone.
June 4 to 7 - Candice Shelton June 10 to 11 - Abby Burrows
June 8 to 9 - Marie Fisher June 12 to 15 - Danae Schufeldt
June 16to 18 - Laura Steffes


2009 TRIP COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
CITIZENSHIP WASHINGTON FOCUS

Trip Media Committee
Tanya Metcalf Seth Burge
Steven Tolle Brooke Poppe
Mackenzie Hite

1. Write news articles for local papers before, during and after our return.
2. The final article needs to be completed by our arrival home,
June 18. This shoudl be 800 to 900 words in length with several group photos.
This article could be wrote while traveling home on the bus the final day.

Keith County: mpierrce@ogallalakcnews.com
Perkins County: grantrib@gpcom.net
North Platte Telegraph: editor@nptelegraph.com
Heartland Express: curriefrns@nebi.com
KNOP TV: knop@nponline.net
Sutherland Courier: suthcourier@gpcom.net



Each article should end with High Plains CWF Trip Media Committee and all names of 4-H=ers and towns where you are from.




2009 TRIP COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
CITIZENSHIP WASHINGTON FOCUS

Daily News Committee
Nick Turner - June 5 & 13 Kye Kurkowski - June 6 & 15
Jeremy Hagan - June 7 & 16 Kristin Beck - June 10 & 17
Brian Krajewski - June 11 & 18 Jessica Day - June 13 & 15


1. Obtain a copy of the daily paper each day and review for the group news happenings in the Aoutside world@ each morning. Don=t forget Ann Landers and the comics.
2. Each committee member has been assigned one time to update the group while traveling.

2009 TRIP COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
CITIZENSHIP WASHINGTON FOCUS


Education/ Activity Committee
Amber Willard Nikki Radke
Andy Faesser Jennifer Dealey
Taylor Boldt

1. Each of you should plan 10 to 15 minutes of get-acquainted activities for the first night of the trip. Keep in mind that these activities will have to be done on the bus, but we will be able to move around.
2. Learn some songs and be prepared to teach the group at informal gatherings or while on the bus.
3. Each of you should plan one other activity that can be done for fun.
4. Learn some recreational ideas to keep the group entertained as we travel. These may be active-type ideas of sedentaryBsuch as written gimmicks, etc.

5. See enclosures for ideas!


2009 TRIP COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
CITIZENSHIP WASHINGTON FOCUS
Travel Committee
Trevor Lee Shalee Pollard
Gabrielle Patrick Jayde Olson
Christian Miyamoto Calle Mailand

Each of you are responsible for cleaning the bus each night before unloading at the hotels. I would suggest that fifteen minutes prior to arriving at the hotel, this committee organize a garbage sweep of the bus. Garbage bags will be available from the bus driver. This committee needs to encourage each 4-H=er to pick up after themselves. Each night a sponsor will be checking that the bus is cleaned thoroughly, if not this committee will be brought back onto the bus to clean up after the entire group.
1. Maintain cleanliness and orderliness of the busses throughout and after each day of travel.
2. En route to and from Washington, D.C., help distribute room keys and collect keys before departure and turn in to group sponsors or check-out desk.



2009 TRIP COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
CITIZENSHIP WASHINGTON FOCUS


Luggage Committee
Henry Aufdenkamp Alek Pelster
Chase Lampmann Tyler Brott
Drew Curtis Eric Trumbull
Ryan Klaasmeyer Aksel Wiseman

Each of you need to be at your departure locations 30 minutes early and help the sponsors attach luggage tags and hand out t-shirts to each 4-H=er prior to our departure on June 4th.

Once on the road, this committee will be the first 4-H=ers off the bus to help set the luggage on the curb for the entire High Plains 4-H group.

Each morning plan to be at the bus at least 10 minutes early before loading to check in each peice of luggage and load it onto the bus. If a bag is missing a luggage tag, a sponsor should be notified immedietely. This committee needs to work together and everyone should do their part.

1. Organize the luggage and other travel gear as it is loaded onto the busses each day.
2. Unload the luggage for each participant to carry at each stopover.
3. Assist the sponsors as needed in transporting non-luggage items, if needed.


Brent will over see this committee. This committee should be the first ones off the bus at each hotel unless we are not sure where to unload. All committee members should be the first ones to the bus in the morning and be the only ones who load luggage onto the bus.
2009 TRIP COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
CITIZENSHIP WASHINGTON FOCUS


Trip Refreshments Committee
Amber Maassen - COOLER Elisa Carlson
Jenni Sis Candace Lee
Leslie Burge - COOLER Debbie Dahlkoetter
Tyler Bollosh Mitchell Cornelius - COOLER

Each assigned member is responsible to bring a chest cooler with them on the bus. Please bring your cooler filled with ice when we depart on June 4.

Plan to arrive at you assigned departure location at least 15 minutes early to help the entire CWF group get no more than three beverages clearly marked in the coolers and packed in ice before we depart.

Each of the color groups will have a large container to hold all the beverages under the bus.

Once on the road, this committee needs to work together to dump water each night and re-ice each cooler each morning prior to our departure. Please plan ahead, this means being up a little early before the bus departs from each hotel. Be sure you select an appropriate place in the parking lot each evening/morning to drain the water out of the coolers.
coolers available for the

Each 4-H=er is allowed to bring 6 beverage cans or bottles with them on the trip, but only three can be in a cooler at one time.