Wisconsin FFA

Script for FFA Opening & Closing Ceremonies

Opening the Meeting

(When the time set for the opening of the meeting arrives, the president, after quietly arranging for any necessary officer substitutions, rises, raps for attention, secures order, and proceeds as indicated below. The other officers rise as called upon by the vice president, and remain standing until seated by the president.)

President: "The ______ will come to order. We are now holding a meeting of the ______________ FFA chapter. Mr./Mdm. Vice President, are all officers at their stations?"

Vice President: (Rising and facing the president) “I shall call the role of officers, determine if they are at their stations and report back to you, Mr./Mdm. President."

Vice President: (Calling roll of officers)
"The Sentinel."

Sentinel: "Stationed by the door."

Vice President: "Your duties there?"

Sentinel: "Through this door passes many friends of the FFA. It is my duty to see that the door is open to our friends at all times and that they are welcome. I care for the meeting room and paraphernalia. I strive to keep the room comfortable and assist the president in maintaining order."

Vice President: The Historian?

Historian: "Stationed at the chapter scrapbook."

Vice President: "What are your duties?"

Historian: "Tradition and history are a source of pride for our organization. It is my duty to maintain a record of chapter achievements and promote excellence through highlighting activities, events and accomplishments so that our chapter membership is motivated by our past successes and looks to future achievements."

**Another Historian duties part may be: I compile a written and pictoral record of all our chapter's activities and assemble them in the chapter scrapbook.

Vice President: "The Parliamentarian?"

Parliamentarian: "Here by a copy of Robert’s Rules of Order."

Vice President: "What are your duties?"

Parliamentarian: "Any organized group must be run by a set of rules that its members can understand and accept. It is my duty to possess a working knowledge of parliamentary law so I may answer any
questions that might arise."

Vice President: "The Reporter."


Reporter: "The reporter is stationed by the flag."

Vice President: "Why by the flag."

Reporter: "As the flag covers the United States of America, so I strive to inform the people in order that every man, woman and child may know that the FFA is a national organization that reaches from the state of Alaska to Puerto Rico and from the state of Maine to Hawaii."

Vice President: "The Treasurer."

Treasurer: "Stationed at the emblem of Washington."

Vice President: "Your duties there."

Treasurer: "I keep a record of receipts and disbursements just as Washington kept his farm accounts-carefully and accurately. I encourage thrift among the members and strive to build up our financial standing through savings and investments. George Washington was better able to serve his country because he was financially independent."

Vice President: "The Secretary."

Secretary: "Stationed by the ear of corn."

Vice President: "Your duties there."

Secretary: "I keep an accurate record of all meetings and correspond with other secretaries wherever corn is grown and FFA members meet."

Vice President: "The Student Advisor."

Student Advisor: "Stationed by the Key"

Vice President: Why are you so stationed?

Student Advisor: The key is the symbol of our future and success. We face many challenges in our lives. We must discover the key to our future and use it, for the key will unlock our potential for success.

Vice President: "The Advisor."

Advisor: "Here by the owl."

Vice President: "Why stationed by the owl?"

Advisor: "The owl is a time-honored emblem of knowledge and wisdom. Being older than the rest of you, I am asked to advise you from time to time, as the need arises. I hope that my advice will always be based on true knowledge and ripened with wisdom.

"Mr./Mdm. Vice President, why do you keep a plow at your station?"

Vice President: "The plow is the symbol of labor and tillage of the soil. Without labor, neither knowledge nor wisdom can accomplish much. My duties require me to assist at all times in directing the work of our organization. I preside over meeting in the absence of our president, whose place is beneath the rising sun."

Advisor: "Why is the president so stationed?"

Vice President: "The rising sun is the token of a new era in agriculture. If we will follow the leadership of our president, we shall be led out of the darkness of selfishness and into the glorious sunlight of brotherhood and cooperation. Mr./Mdm. President, all officers are at the stations."

President: (Rises and faces the vice president) "Thank you, Mr./Mdm. Vice President." (All take seats at tap of gavel) "The secretary will call the roll of members."

Secretary: "There are ___ members and ___ guests present, Mr./Mdm. President."

President: "Thank you. FFA members, why are we here?" (All members stand at 3 taps of gavel.)
All members in unison: "To practice brotherhood, honor agricultural opportunities and responsibilities, and develop those qualities of leadership which an FFA member should possess." (All are seated at 1 tap of gavel.)

President: "May we accomplish our purposes. I now declare this meeting of the ______________ FFA Chapter duly opened for the transaction of business, or attention to any matters which may properly be presented." (Proceed with the regular order of business.)

Closing the Meeting

When the business at hand has been disposed of or an appointed time for closing has arrived, the procedure is as indicated below.

President: "Mr./ Mdm. Secretary, do you have a record of any further business which should now be transacted?"

Secretary: (Rises, replies and is seated.) "I have none, Mr./Mdm. President."

President: "Does any member know of any new or unfinished business which should properly come before this meeting? (If no answer, proceed as follows)

"We are about to adjourn this meeting of the ______________ FFA Chapter."

As we mingle with others, let us be diligent in labor, just in our dealings, courteous to everyone, and above all, honest and fair in the game of life. Fellow members and guests, join me in a salute to our flag."

(Taps three times with gavel to call members to stand, face the flag at the at the reporters station, and, with their right bands over their hearts, repeat the following pledge.)

All in unison: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

President: "I now declare this meeting adjourned." (Taps once with gavel and the meeting is adjourned.)


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