A discussion was held and it was decided that the name of the board members group would be called The Teen Council

The votes were added up and the The Teen Council board members were announced. It was also brought up that this was our first voting experience and things didn't run as smoothly as we thought they should. The voting process was discussed and we'll improve that in the future. Six months from the first election will be the second one.

It was decided that the teen group members would have a bake sale at the Crazee Days celebration. The members each said what items they would like to bake for the sale. Charlotte suggested they make big portions that could be sold for $1. each.

The July 25, 2009 BBQ was discussed. The members were asked to volunteer to serve food at the BBQ which will be held in the old El Rancho parking lot. 

The mud bog events were discussed and members were asked to volunteer to help sell candy at the mud bogs. The mud bogs are held at Optimist Park every other week.

Farmers Market was discussed, again, members were asked to volunteer to sell vegetables, fruit, candy, soda and popcorn.

Volunteers were asked if they could show up at and help to clean the front area outside of the Youth Center and it was also brought up that the inside was going to need to be cleaned and this would need to be done before the BBQ which would also be an open house for the Youth Center. A date was set for April 24, 2009, for members to show up and help clean the area in front of the youth center. A discussion was held about the possibility of a new logo or painting the old one.

The next meeting dates were discussed and the meeting was closed.

Attending the meeting were:
Beth, Maddison, Chris, Dustin

Discussions included:

Volunteers are needed for Crazee Days. What positions do people want to have when they are at Crazee Days? Ticket sellers, popcorn sellers, baked goods/water sellers etc. and it was decided that we would need at least two people at each bouncy toy. It was asked who would be paying for the ingredients to cook at the bake sale, each person would provide their own ingredients for that things they make. It was discussed that flyers could be made and put on car windshields.

It was decided that there would be a Guitar Hero contest at the Youth Center on Crazee Days.

Needed changes in the voting and electing process were discussed. What would happen if any one stepped down or lost their position on the council was discussed briefly. It was decided that further discussion was needed on this subject. Theresa has set the bar for being removed, if a person misses two meetings they're out automatically.

Clean up of the Youth Center was discussed. It was brought up to paint the bathrooms. Some colors were suggested, it was decided that a vote would be taken to decide on colors. Dustin said he would talk to Mr. Johnson at his school to find out about getting left over paint from the school being painted.

Laser tag was brought up. Trying to find ways to make it profitable. The company said they would wave their delivery and pick up fees if we rented from them.

Volunteers were asked if they could show up at and help to clean the front area outside of the Youth Center and it was also brought up that the inside was going to need to be cleaned and this would need to be done before the BBQ which would also be an open house for the Youth Center. A date was set for April 24, 2009, for members to show up and help clean the area in front of the youth center. A discussion was held about the possibility of a new logo or painting
the old one.

Chris was going to talk to Mr Starky about getting making announcements at school.

Ideas for the BBQ were discussed and it was decided that a dunking booth would be too much going on all at once.

Other discussions included events for the center, things suggested were: Talent shows, a play and bake sales every friday at the center. Charlotte said that possibly, Mrs. Custer, with the Mountain Home Arts Council could help out with the play idea.

No new meeting date was set for the next Teen Council meeting.

The meeting opened with Noie discussing voting and how people need to pay attention to who they are nomination and voting for and pay attention to their behavior.

It was decided that Noie would get three more meetings worth of help from the adults and then he would need to start taking charge on his own.

It was brought up that we only have 22 more days left until Crazee days and that there is a lot that needs to be done before then. Cleaning the inside of the center needs to be done as well as painting. The discussion turned to the fact that there are going to be two events taking place on the same day. Crazee Days with the jumpy toys and the Guitar Hero tournament sponsored by the city of Mountain Home. Kathy brought up the point that this was going to be a lot to have going on on the same day. It seems that everyone wants to volunteer for the Guitar Hero part of the event and ignore the jumpy toys needs. Sharon agreed with Kathy and a bit of a discussion was held as far as volunteers being needed for BOTH areas. 

A lot of the teens said they didn't want to work the actual jumpy area or sell food, they just wanted to be where the
Guitar Hero tournament was going to be. We told them that wasn't going to happen and talked about how long each person would be volunteering for each event. It was decided that a list was going to be made of who was going to volunteer in which areas at what times. It was also said that the old Thrifty Car lot was decided on for where we would have the jumpy toys. CJ said that he was going to try to work it out so that the Guitar Hero event could be held inside at the Thrifty lot.

A vote was taken to see who wanted to have the two events on the same day. The vote was five for yes and three for no. Also discussed was the fact that we need more adults to be at Crazee Days to volunteer.

Summer hours were discussed with Charlotte asking for suggestions and letting the youth know that the final decision was hers. The teens said they like the hours on Fridays and would like them to remain the same. A change of weekday hours was suggested from 4:00pm - 7:00pm. These hours were suggested to work around the hours of the pool being open.

CJ Talked with Noie and Maddison about making up an agenda for each meeting so that things could be a bit more orangeade. They talked about making a list of things that need to be in the discussions of the meeting, placing a time limit on how long that topic would be discussed and taking questions. GREAT IDEA!

Days for clean up were decided on and will be:

Friday - May 8th at 5:00pm 
Friday - May 15th at 5:00pm
With Painting being on Saturday, May 16th. Kathy said she would provide ice cream for those who showed up to paint and CJ said he would provide pizza...YAY Kathy and CJ :)

The next teen meeting was scheduled for: 

May 22 at 7:00pm. After the meeting there will be a quick clean up to get ready for Crazee Days.

A new volunteer showed up and helped clean the kitchen...Welcome Debbie!

It was suggested that in order to advertise that we are having fund raisers and trying to raise money for the new center, a news station should be called and maybe they could do a story on what we're trying to accomplish. Also suggested was getting involved in more ways to raise the communities awareness of what we are trying to do.

Once again, the July 2th BBQ was discussed and a volunteer sign up sheet was put up.

Painting was discussed as far as what colors to use. Chris said his father is going to donate some paint and it was decided that a vote for colors would be made after we see what colors are actually available to us. 

June 26, 2009 - 7:00pm

Attending the meeting were: Jacob, Beth and Maddison. Debbie and Sharon were also there. 

A discussion was held to elect the new President and Vice President due to the absence of the President for the last three meetings. Chris was excused due to visiting his mother.

Jacob was elected as the new President and Beth was elected as the Vice President. 

It was decided to meet at Albertson's Saturday morning to sell tickets for the BBQ and get people to sign up for the Partnership cards.

July 10, 2009 - 7:00pm

Attending the meeting were: Jacob, Beth , Diane, Charlotte and Sharon.

Ideas for fundraisers were discussed including a haunted house, soccer tournament, flag football and volleyball.

It was decided that we need a new logo and that we would need to get that done before our next meeting in order to have the
   new logo on the t-shirts for mud volleyball. Beth and Jacob were coming up with ideas and drawing them.

Jacob is going to call Stoney's and search online to find out prices for a new pool table, preferably one that is coin operated. If a 
   coin operated one can be purchased, it will then be the responsibility of the treasurer to keep track of the money earned from the
   table.

The topic of Youth Council member eating free at the BBQ came up. It was decided that since the food was no longer going to be
   donated, that Youth Council members could eat at a discounted rate.

Charlotte stressed that if someone volunteers for any fundraiser or anything at all, they need to be there unless something comes
   up and they are unable to show up. 

September 1, 2009 - 6:00pm

Attending the meeting were: Jacob, Beth , Diane, Charlotte, Kathy, Pam and Sharon.

Decorating the float for AFAD was discussed. It was decided that the float decorations would be worked on throughout the week and that the 11th would be the day the float would be put together. Jacob said he would get volunteers to help with that.

Volunteers were decided to ride on the float and to work the mud bogs later in the evening. There was a discussion about if the volunteers would be able to watch the mud bogs or not. Charlotte said if we have enough volunteers, they could.

A date was decided for a dance to be held on October 9, 2009. Charlotte was able to get a DJ to volunteer to play the dance. WAY TO GO CHARLOTTE! The dance will be from 7:00pm until 10:30pm.

There was a discussion about some of the Halloween events coming up, the spooky house and a dance were discussed.

It was decided that during meetings, ALL cell phones should be turned off. It is important for the volunteers to pay attention to the meeting and what is being palnned and discussed.

The next meeting was scheduled for September 8, 2009 at 6:00pm.