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National Tunis Junior Association Outline

The following is the outline for the "National Tunis Junior association". All Tunis Youth Members will automatically be a member of the NTJA.

The "National Tunis Junior Association Board of Directors" will offer leadership and educational opportunities on a national level. Seven Directors and Seven Intern Directors will make up the Jr. Board. The National annual meeting will be at The North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE) in Louisville Kentucky.

The seven NTJA Directors will serve a two year term. The age limit for these positions will be 14-21 years old.
The age limit for the Intern positions will be 12-18 years old. The Intern Director position will be a one year term.
Any Candidate running for an NTJA Board of director position must have served at least one term as an intern director or as an officer in another organization pertaining to agriculture. (With the exception of the first ever NTJA Board of Directors Election).

There will be one NTJA Director and one NTJA Intern from each region of the country. This will create an equal opportunity for all junior members in North America.

There will be three adults to help direct the Junior board in the first eighteen months that the organization is forming to give their opinions/suggestions as the NTJA writes their Constitution and By Laws. There will also be four other adults that will act as mentors. After the first eighteen months the original three adults that have helped with the formation of the NTJA will step back and continue to be a mentor. After the eighteen months the NTJA will take full reign and the seven adults will act as mentors / helpers for their region. This should create Junior Leadership representation and mentorship on a National level.

The NTJA will carry out programs and events to serve the Junior Members and promote the Tunis Breed across the Nation. The NTJA Board will also make recommendations for new programs and ideas to the National Youth Director and to the Board of Directors of the NTSRI. This will help to develop leadership potential and also to promote the Tunis Breed.

The Applications will be available under the youth section of the National Tunis web site around the first of December. They must be e-mail dated or post marked by January 15th. Phone interviews will be conducted January 2nd - March 31st. We will have an announcement sent out in a special Jr. News Letter in April to announce the seven NTJA Board of Directors and the seven Intern Directors.

The NTJA Board of Directors will have their first function at the 2012, National Tunis Show and Sale in Wooster Ohio. The NTJA Board will be introduced and they will give two NTJA sales credits in the denomination of their choice. They will also announce on that weekend the activities for that event and all other major Jr. shows and sales that they will plan activities for the rest of the year.

This is the best and most fun way to promote leadership to grow the Youth membership and the Tunis Breed. Please get your applications in and let's have one of the most awesome youth organization in North America!

Please send all NTJA Board of Directors and Intern Applications to, (Jeff & Julie Munsey, 413 Castlewood CT. Lafayette, IN. 47905) We are looking forward to getting the NTJA kicked off in 2012 !!!!!!!!

Best Regards,
Jeff & Julie Munsey
NTJA Coordinators

Application for NTJA

The National Service Project by the Junior Tunis Members collected over 52 pounds of tabs for Riley's Children Hospital/Ronald McDonald House. On Friday, June 24 we presented the tabs to the “House at Riley”.

The funds received from the recycling of tabs are a significant source of revenue for the “House at Riley” totaling on average between $50,000 and $70,000 annually. The funds are applied to the operating expenses and underwrite the approximate cost of operating three rooms for an entire year.