CS-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 22, 1994
A NEWSLETTER FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE
PENNSYLVANIA DAIRY HERD IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION
David C. Slusser,
General Manager
PA DHIA announces (he appointment ol Dave Siusscr a:
General Manager. He will be responsible for the overall
adminislralion of personnel, financial, and legal manage
ment aflairs ol the PA DHIA operation. This will includf
(he areas ol Field Operation, Laboratory Operation and
Record Processing Operations.
Siusscr earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Penn
Stale, he was named Distinguished Alumnus for the
Department ol Dairy and Animal Science in 1991. Dave
has worked for Penn Slate and Ohio State Universities
with (he Extension Service, and was also employed with
the Pa Holstein Association. Most recently, he was a
Holstein breeder from Crawlord County, Pa for 23 years,
During that period, Dave served 19 years on the Atlantic
Breeders Coop. Board; 10 years of which he was presi
dent. He was a member of Federated Genetics Council,
the Nat. Assoc, ol Animal Breeders Board, and the Nat.
Council ol Dairy Cattle Breeding.
Mr Slusser's involvement with DHIA has included the
Dairy Records Processing Advisory Committee and the
State DHIA Task Force. In Northwestern PA., Dave
served as a director of Farm Credit and taught computer
seminars lor regional farmers, a financial workshop lor
bankers, and courses on agricultural careers tor high
school students.
In the local community Dave has served his church as
moderator, deacon, trustee and Sunday School teacher.
He served as a 4-H dairy club leader, a director of the
Crawlord County Holstein Club, and a committee-person
lor the extension Dairy Advisory Committee.
Most recently Dave and his wife Kaye worked with
Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance; advisin;
tanners about lomting cooperatives in Bolivia, South
America,
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January 22, 1994 Vol. 9, No. 1
Lancaster Farming Pages C-8 to C-ll
COMPARISON OF
CURRENT AND NEW
PA DHIA BYLAWS
Membership
Current;
-provides three membership
categories, direct, affiliate and
asssociate.
-Associates have no authority.
New;
-provides two categories, direct
and associate. Members of
independent local associations
will be direct members like
members in merged counties,
-associate members have voting
privilege at the local level.
Local Unit Voting Privileges
Current;
-members arc allowed one vote
each.
-resolutions have no force of
authority.
New:
-only members with valid
membeiship contracts may vote
at the local level. Official herds
must have a valid contract,
-resolutions are permitted by
Bylaws and must be addressed at
the disrict level.
Membership Districts
Current:
-five district associations with
their own bylaws and officers,
minimum of three state directors
per district.
-no limit on district size.
-no procedure for changing
district boundaries.
-delegate representation based on
cows per county.
New:
-18 districts with one state
director per district.
-districts must be within + or -
39% of the average number of
voting members in each district,
-rcdistricting committee elected
(Coin’d on Pg. C-10)
PA DHIA Receives an
Excellent Score on
Quality Certification
Each year PA DHIA is rated on the
job it does as a service provider.
National DHIA scores each module
in different areas within its certain
area of service.
We are proud to announce that Na
tional DHIA rated PA DHIA 100
percent on the NCDHIP Scorecard.
We would like to thank everyone for
a job well done!
Inside
You May be a Winner!!
Excellent Score for Pa 8
New Members 9
Multiple Component Pricing 9
District Meeting Schedules 9
Extension Corner 9
Major Accomplishments 9
Young Co-Op Leaders 10
Pa Technician Awards 11
LapTopUndste 11
Pa Tech. Training & Certll. Comm.ll
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR PA DHIA
1994
Jan 15
Jan 19
Dauphin Counly Annual Meeting
District 7.8 Meeting
Mercer Counly Annual Banquet
Montour County Annual Banquet
District 4 Meeting
District 13.14.16 Meeting
District 11,12 Meeting
Schuylkill County Annual Meeting
District 15.17.18 Meeting
Garden Spot Annual Meeting
Feb 9 District 3.6 Meeting
Feb 17 PA Stale Board Meeting
Feb 18-19 6th Annual Meeting
25th Anniversary Celebration!
Jan 20
Jan 25
Jan 27
Feb 1
Some ol (he 1994 District Meetings have been scheduled and
arc included in the Association calendar. District Meetings
are open to all DHIA members. Local county committees will
be noli tied of details and are encouraged to attend. Districts
that have not scheduled meetings are 1,2.9,10.
PAD
Board Meeting September 30,1993
It was approved to accumulate
and include Lancaster County data
processed at Raleigh in
the information provided by PA
DHIA for the Pennsylvania Diary
man's Association Yearbook.
An Independent County agree
ment with Chester County DHIA
was approved.
A merger agreement with Fulton
County DHIA was approved.
The Fiscal 1994 Capital Budget
was approved.
The Fiscal 1994 Revenue and
Expense Budget was approved
which reflects an average 5 1/29?
increase in fees plus a two cent
per cow increase designated for
cash reserves. Also included is a
one. two, or three cent per cow
increase to the direct counties that
are below the average rate across
the state but no additional change
to the direct county rates that are
above the average range.
Effective with the November 1,
1993 invoices.
The board clarified that there
can be only one delegate re
cognized per herd.
Policy 3.1 dealing with employee
cducalion benefits was recinded.
A request by National DHIA was
approved to provide data to
NASS, a national agricultural
statistics service.
The improve communications, it
was approved to send the
membership type information not
only to the contact person (local
chairman or president) but to all
eommittee/board members.
It was approved to hold the
annual meeting of the corporation
at Toftrecs in State College on
February 18-19,1994.
Board Meeting July 7-8,1993
Merger agreements were
approved with Potter. Blair,
ARP MEETI
Bedford, and Tioga County
DHIA's.
A joint policy siatcmcni regard
ing marketing DHIA services
between PA DHIA and Northeast
DHIA was adopted by the board.
The chartei (or the Technician
Training and Certification
Advisory Committee was ap
proved.
The Help Center; concept was
approved to provide assistance
to technicians throughout the
implementation of lap top
computers.
The board approved (he new by
laws to become effective
January 1. 1994.
A History Committee was
approved to put together informa
tion and suggestions for the
annual meeting in February that
will celebrate the 25th Anniver
sary of the incorporation of PA
DHIA.
The board accepted the resigna
tion of General Manager
J. Richard Barth.
Jim Garrity was appointed
Interim General Manager.
A search committee was
assembled to lind a suitable
candidate to fill the position
Board Meeting November 8,1993
Merger agreements were approved
with Clinton County DHIA as well
as Huntingdon County DHIA.
A policy was approved that would
prohibit any custodial or finance
charge being assessed by PA DHIA
on (he balances being held for
individual county local units
It was approved to abolish the joint
policy statement regarding marketing
in Norlheast/Pennsylvania DHIA
territories.
It was approved that in order to keep
the regular terms of state directors,
that the terms for the state director
elections in District 4 be for one yeaf
and District 12 for two year icon.
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