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Minutes of April Meeting 2007
Present were Lynette Otto, Mary Bak, Michaele and Chris Dimock, Verlane Desgrange, Greg Blessing, Amanda Neal, Melanie Thompson, Anita Angelo, Marilyn Weaver, Marilee Sorenson, Christy Tharp, Joie Merendino and Patti Davis. Read and approved with the notation that Pam Jackson’s name was spelled wrong. Treasurers Report $3999.76 in checking. Glad to report that the judge’s plane ticket was only $215,00 and the show is proceeding as planned. A $10.00 profit was made at the Amy Larson Clinic on March 17 & 18. Another clinic with Amy is scheduled for April 21 & 22. Contact Molly Long for details at 587-8020. There was no one present to talk about the Amy Brittain clinic after the May show. There are lots of videos that are overdue – please return them. The 3M meeting at Sherring Burke’s will be held on June 5, 2007. More on this in May. We will be meeting in April and reviewing the program to be included in the Standing Rules. Old Business Lynda Peter’s memorial plaque will be placed at Warfield Park hopefully by the Memorial Day horse trials. The cost will not be as much as originally thought. Test booklets are in – a cost of $5.60 payable to the club. Contact Catherine Pinegar. Marilee talked to Nancy Chesney about doing a clinic in September and found out that Nancy has raised her price to $75/lesson. Marilee will see if she will consent to her old price of $65 for us and let us know at the May meeting. Mary presented a revised version of the Standing Rules and will contact members on further revisions needed. She will e-mail members with a completed version so we can vote on it at the May meeting. Verlane opened a discussion on giving students a break on clinic fees. A motion was made to have a 40% discount to all clinics available to NWC Equestrian program students, Pony Club members and all juniors who are MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING OF HMDC. That means they must attend at least 5 meetings OR 3 meetings and help with a clinic or show during the year. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously. This should be put on the web site also. It was also brought up that we make a budget. Yearly expenses that include insurance, dues, travel expenses, supplies, etc should be included. Also included would be possible income as well. We will have more discussion at the May meeting. Webmaster Pat Stuart was wondering if we wanted to include the general membership on the web site with addresses. It was decided that we didn’t. A flyer will be made up to advertise the club at the college bulletin board in the barn. Joie will take care of distribution. The meeting was adjourned. Mary Bak |
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MARCH 2007 MINUTES
The March meeting of HMDC was held at Joey’s Martini Bar in Powell. Present were Melanie Thompson, Catherine Pinegar, Sherring Burke, Lou Kennedy, Molly Long, Joey Merendino, Barbie Bell, Gail Moore, Mary Bak, Pam Johnson, and Christy Tharp and son. Catherine Pinegar called the meeting to order at 6:40 p.m. The minutes were read and approved with the note that the Riverton Show was managed by Tammy Fagen and can be contacted at www.TriStateDressage.net for future dates. The Treasurers report showed that we had $7952 on hand in the checkbook and CD’s. Committees The Show Committee reported that high point Jr, Sr and ribbons to 6th place will be the only awards at the May show. Additional show and clinic forms will be in the newsletter. There will be no western saddles allowed for the Prix Caprilli classes. A clinic with GiGi Brittain will be held the next day (Sunday). The Clinic Committee reported that the Amy Larson Clinic is full. Molly will e-mail the schedule to the membership. There was much discussion about subsidizing future clinics by the club. Possibly having the club pay for transportation so the cost per lesson could be reduced. In order to achieve this without depleting our treasury perhaps a ceiling could be put on the account so there would always be a reserve. It should be taken on a case by case basis – clinic by clinic – not just across the board. It was proposed to pay Nancy DeVaney’s transportation costs this fall so the average cost of a lesson would be $65 instead of $90 this one time to see if this will encourage all slots to be filled. The motion passed. Education Committee had no report. The 3M meeting will be at Sherring Burkes house in Powell tentatively planned for June 5 at 5:30. She will demonstrate driven dressage with her 26 year old retired Morgan gelding Razzy. There will be more on this as well as directions in May’s newsletter. The Scholarship Committee had no report. OLD BUSINESS The ‘GiGi Britain Clinic’ after the May 5 show has the cost of lessons at $60. Travel expense for the judge/clinician again raised it’s head. Cost of the show is $250 for judge for the day - $450 for transportation - $44 for insurance - $150 for the arena – totaling $894.00. There must be 55 rides at the show in order for us to break even – knowing this –we discussed perhaps we could manage without such a distinguished judge in the future for our schooling shows. Having a clinic the day after the show will help defray the cost. The club will pick up the tab if necessary. Is it time to raise the entry fees????? Melanie and Pam talked about the Bridger Trail Ride on May 19 of this year. Proceeds will benefit the Pony Club and also the Leukemia Society and is a 10 mile loop. Sponsorships are available. Joie Merendino wanted to know if it was possible to post the yearend award requirements either in the newsletter or on the web site. It is. Also, Joie requested a donation for the Commencement Show at the college. She needs to bring in $150 in donations as a graduation requirement and the club decided to give $75.00 to the college. Catherine will buy 10 USDF 2007 Test Booklets for the club to sell. They are priced at $5.75 each . All agreed that Joey’s was a fine place to have our meetings. Meeting adjourned at 8:03 p.m. Next meeting is at the Sunset House in Cody on April 3rd at 6:30. This is the last meeting before the spring show and only two are left until next fall. Please try to come. We need your input. Respectively submitted Mary Bak |
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February 2007
The February meeting of HMDC was called to order by President Lynette Otto on February 6, 2007 at the Sunset House in Cody. Those present included Mandy Neal, Mary Bak, Molly Long, Barbie Bell, Catherine Pinegar, Marilee Sorenson, Lynette Otto, Kathy Redish, Michelle Dimock, Verlene DesGrange, Lou Kennedy, Carol Austin, Christy Tharp, Pam Jackson, Gail Moore, Melanie Thompson, Joie Merendino, Marilyn Weaver and Greg Blessing. Visitors included Annie Barker, Erin Lafferty and Kelly Bauer. The minutes of the January meeting were read and approved. There was no treasurers report. The Show Committee reported that GiGi Brittain would be the judge on the May 5 show at Crooked Creek Ranch in Lovell. She is an ‘l’ graduate and Grand Prix rider from Denver. Volunteers are welcome – please contact Melanie (587-6975) or Pam (272-7414). The Clinic Committee reported only 4 rides have been signed up for the March 17-18 clinic at Molly Long’s barn with Amy Larson. The Education Committee reported that more videos are coming thanks to late fees! A motion was made to move the library to Kathy Redish’s store (Cody Custom Cycle, 527-4553, 1131 12th St) because of a more central location south of the Irma. It was seconded and passed by a slim margin. Kathy stated that she will not be responsible for late fees, that she will pass the information on to the president and it can be dealt with then. Her store hours are Tuesday thru Friday 10-5 , Saturday 10-2. Also it was noted that many of us have back issues of our favorite magazines and are welcome to bring them to the meetings free for the taking. The Scholarship Committee reported that they were out of money! A scholarship had already been awarded to Barbie Bell for her schooling ‘l’ program. She will receive her entire amount. A couple of suggestions were given to enlarge the scholarship coffer - $5.00 per member voluntary contribution payable with dues, continue with the $1.00 dollar per meeting donation from members, and why have a ‘scholarship fund’ at all? It was agreed upon to take the needed money out of the General Fund.The scholarships are a fixed and definite amount each year. Old Business VP Catherine Pinegar reported that USDF has changed their fiscal year to start November 30. This means our dues must be turned in by November 1. Catherine called USDF to explain our special situation and they agreed to keep us on board even if we were 2 months late this year. Dues to USDF are $17.00 per year. No word has been from the Warfield Show this summer. A discussion was held on a future DeVaney clinic possibly this fall. Should the club subsidize her trip to help defray the cost to members? Does it benefit everyone – auditors and participants alike - enough to justify the use of funds from our general fund? The last DeVeney Clinic did not fill all the slots available due to the high cost, would a lower cost make it more appealing to the general membership? The Clinic Committee will look into this and bring to the table some hard figures to substantiate the pros and cons. Could we use grant money from possibly the Boomer Grant program from USDF or the Wy. Travel Council to help fund future clinics? New Business The issue of Hooley’s as a meeting place was discussed – it is too smoky and likely to close soon. Suggestions for alternate places resulted in Joey’s Martini Bar being the final choice. Lynette will check with them for availability – watch your e-mail for the next meeting place. Barbie Bell gave a report on her first ‘A’ session on her judging program. It was held in Ft. Collins - February 3 & 4. Saturday and Sunday morning were spent studying in class and the Sunday afternoon lab outside with horses. There are four such sessions A, B, C & D, held one month apart. Barbie stated that the program emphasizes getting all the judges on the same page – using the same vernacular – and especially “to benefit the horse.” It was noted that March 31 is the Riverton Show – and also that one is scheduled for September of this year. Joie Merendino stated that our spring show is on the same date as their Commencement Show at the college. Would there be any way to change the date. After much discussion it was decided that the May 5 date will stand. This is the second year is a row that the shows are on the same date. Carol Austin noted that the Rheinland Pfalz-Saar International registration group is willing to come to Cody for mare inspection to be included in their general book. They require 12 horses to be inspected and Carol knows of 7 or 8 available. If anyone is interested in having their mare inspected – please contact Carol at 587-5105. Lynette passed around a sheet for the membership to sign up for various committees. The 3M meeting s Showing Sporthorses in Hand, was held on January 20 at Shamrock Farms. It lasted 1½ hours with 25 people in attendance. Horses in attendance were Melanie’s seasoned Quarter Horse mare Rusty and Lynette’s novice gelding Zhivago. Items discussed were general inspections, breed shows, a training process, tack and grooming, conformation evaluation, on the triangle and turnout. Thank you Melanie and Carol for a very interesting and informative class. The meeting was adjourned. The next meeting will be March 6 at ????? Mary Bak, Secretary |
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Minutes – January 2007
The January meeting of HMDC was called to order by President Lynette Otto on January 2, 2007 at Pepe’s Mexican restaurant in Powell. (Hooley’s was unexpectedly closed.) Those present included Mandy Neal, Carol Austin, Marina Murray, Catherine Pinegar, Lynette Otto and Mary Bak. The minutes of the December meeting were read and approved. There was no treasurers report. There were no education, clinic or show committee members present. A question came from our new vice president concerning our GMO status, what happens at the beginning of the year, and just what she is expected to do as far as membership, dues, etc. She will contact the USDF and get correct information. We also agreed that new tests must be bought for the upcoming shows. Our 3M meeting will be held at Shamrock Farm on January 20 at 1:00 p.m.. It will be on the handling and showing of young sport horses in hand. Organizers are Melanie Thompson 587-6975 and Carol Austin 587-5105. The Scholarship Committee agreed on awarding Barbie Bell a scholarship in the amount of $100.00 for her pursuit of her ‘l’ judging certification. Good luck Barbie. There was no ‘old business.’ Don’t forget about the ‘Amy Larson Clinic’ to be held March 17 and 18 at Molly Long’s arena. Saturday will be for riding and Sunday will be for showing in hand. Sign up sheets are in this issue of Forward West. Lynette will e-mail the general membership for volunteers to sign up for the various committees. There was some discussion on the footing of Shamrock’s arena. Catherine will visit with Marilyn about it. It was noted that one of our members, Michelle Imburgia, was in the hospital for surgery. Also, Christy Lovegrove at Warfield Equestrian Center is having a show this year to honor Linda Peters. It would be nice to have a good representation at it from our club members. Time and date to be announced. The meeting was unanimously adjourned. The next meeting will be February 6 - 6:30 p.m. at the Sunset House in Cody. Mary Bak, Secretary |
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Minutes of the December 17, 2006 Meeting
In attendance were Marilyn Weaver, Melanie Thompson, Verlane Desgrange, Catherine Pinegar, Kathy Redish, Michelle Dimock, Sherring Burke, Molly Long, Barbie Bell, Carol Austin, Pat Davis, Joie Merendino, Christy Tharp, Jesse DeHaan, Marilee Sorensen, Sara Commons, Marina Murray, Lou Kennedy, Pam Jackson, Mandy Neal, and Lynette Otto. The meeting was called to order after dinner and before dessear, at 2:00 pm. Lynette read the minutes from the November meeting. The minutes were approved as read. Treasurer’s Report Committee Reports Barbie ordered the “On the Levels” videos and the accompanying book and they should arrive sometime this month. She has the idea of ordering DVDs with recent FEI performances. Several people expressed interest in seeing these. Lou moved that we order these DVDs, Marilyn seconded and the motion passed. Clinic Committee Molly reported that the Amy Larson clinic is scheduled for the weekend of March 17. We had discussion about whether to have 2 days of dressage lessons, or a day or lessons and a day of in-hand instruction. The consensus seemed to be to have a day of dressage lessons and another half day or in-hand lessons. The clinic will be at Molly’s. Under this scenario, there will be 8-10 riding slots available and Molly reminded folks that Amy does like to do semi-private lessons if people of similar abilities want to have a lesson together. Show Committee Mid Month Motivator Meetings The 3M meeting will be held January 20th at 1pm at Shamrock Farms arena. The subject will be Working your Sport Horse In-hand. Carol would like to do a press release and talked about only having this event open to members. There was much discussion about whether we wanted to have it only open to members, as some people thought that having such an event open to anyone might get people interested in becoming members. After some more discussion, Lynette moved that we proceed with a press release and have the event open to all. Marina seconded and the motion passed. Kathy offered to do a press release and Michelle will put a notice in the Boot and Bottle newsletter. Scholarship Committee Lynette reminded everyone that the application is on the website and the deadline is December 15. Carol made the suggestion to have a scholarship for the Nancy DeVaney clinics, maybe based on need. The committee will discuss this. Old Business Verlane has the GMO basket ready to go minus some photos for the photo album. Several people brought photos to the meeting to add to the album. Marilyn talked about the Christmas party. A few people asked about having the party on the weekend so we can have a more relaxed time together. Marilee likes the idea and suggested either the 12th, the 16th, or the 17th of December. After some discussion, it looked like Sunday the 17th was the best for most people. Marilyn will confirm this with Marilee. New Business Marilyn read the nominations for 2007 officers that she has received so far: President – Lynette Otto; Vice-President – Catherine Pinegar; Secretary – Christy Tharp and Mark Bak; Treasurer – Emmanuelle McCarty; Member-at-Large – Marina Murray and Patty Davis. Anyone with other nominations, please submit them to Marilyn and we will vote at our December meeting/Christmas party. Marilyn passed around the new boots that Greg is carrying at The Barn. These are like easy boots and would be good for use in parade riding or trail riding with an unshod horse. Barbie announced that she is going to be working on her “L” judging certification. The program is 4 weekends in Colorado, starting this February. This certification is the first step in the judging program and qualifies you to judge schooling shows. Lynette showed the hats that Marilee is selling as a fundraiser for the Humane Society. The hat design is blue denim with “I love (heart symbol)” …and then a picture of your favorite breed of dog or horse or a dressage horse. Order forms are available from Marilee and she will be selling them at the craft fair later in November. Marilyn asked everyone how they liked the ride times being emailed out. People responded favorably. Lynette moved to adjourn the meeting, Melanie seconded and the meeting was adjourned at 7:35 pm. Respectfully submitted, Lynette Otto, Secretary |
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Minutes of the November 7, 2006 Meeting
In attendance were Marilyn Weaver, Melanie Thompson, Verlane Desgrange, Catherine Pinegar, Mark Bak, Kathy Redish, Michelle Dimock, Sherring Burke, Molly Long, Barbie Bell, Carol Austin, Pat Davis, Joie Merendino, Christy Tharp, Pam Jackson, Mandy Neal, and Lynette Otto. Treasurer’s Report Committee Reports Show Committee Lynette reported that the fall schooling show was a success. All participants seemed to have a good time and the judge enjoyed herself. We had wonderful volunteers. We don’t have the official net profit calculated yet, but Lynette thinks we made almost $300 from the show. Scholarship Committee Mid Month Motivator Meetings A 3M meeting will be scheduled for January. Pilates is a possible topic. Carol is also considering doing some in-hand demonstrations. Perhaps this could be combined with the clinic. Carol will investigate this idea. Verlane has the GMO basket ready to go minus some photos for the photo album. Several people brought photos to the meeting to add to the album. Lynette moved to adjourn the meeting, Melanie seconded and the meeting was adjourned at 7:35 pm. Respectfully submitted, Lynette Otto, Secretary |
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Minutes of the October 3, 2006 Meeting In attendance were Molly Long, Marilyn Weaver, Kathy Redish, Mary Bak, Verlane Desgrange, Lynette Otto, Joie Merendino, Carol Austin, Christy Tharp. The meeting was called to order at 6:45 pm. Lynette read the minutes from the September meeting. There were no changes and the minutes were approved as read. Treasurer’s Report The checking account balance is $3717.01. This is after receipts and expenses for the Nancy clinic. The clinic lost $96 as we didn’t fill all the ride slots. Committee Reports Show Committee Everything is on schedule for the show. Lynette has entries for 22 rides so far. Jeff and Catherine Peterson are donating prizes. Mary Bak showed everyone the saddlepads that will be given as prizes for the high point junior and senior riders. Greg Blessing gave us a 75% discount on the pads, and Mountain West donated the screenprinting. Each pad has a dressage horse silhouette and says “Heart Mountain Dressage Club High Point Winner Fall Show 2006”. Lynette has a few volunteers lined up and will be signing up others. Clinic Committee Marilyn reported a message from Marina that we need to think about whether we want to schedule Nancy this coming spring. This spurred discussion on why the clinic did not fill this fall. Several people talked about how valuable they thought riding with Nancy was, and we know that people auditing get a lot out of it. We hope that people are not intimidated about riding with Nancy because she truly enjoys working with training level riders. Marilyn will work with Marina to try to understand why more people don’t sign up for the clinics. Maybe we will take a survey of members to figure this out. Education Committee Melanie sent her monthly video picks for people to check out. Terry Livermore donated a few books that Marilyn had for anyone to check out. These books will be at Lynn’s clinic with the videos. 3M Meetings Everyone really enjoyed the September 3M meeting with Kim Barhaug doing the equine massage. A few club members have had her work with their horses since that meetings and are having good results. The next meeting will be in January. Carol’s ideas for that meeting include sport horse judging and equine nutrition. More details later this fall. Old Business Marilyn has talked to Christy Lovegrove about the plaque for Linda’s jump at Warfield. Christy’s idea is to plan a show up there in the spring and dedicate the plaque at that time. We all thought that was a good idea. Verlane is getting the GMO basket together and several members brought pictures and other Wyoming items for the basket. Anyone wanting to donate items for the basket should touch base with Verlane in the next couple weeks. We had a brief discussion about the idea of writing a letter to the parade board with recommendations on parade safety. The majority of people who spoke were concerned about doing this as a club, and felt it was more appropriate to provide these comments as individuals. New Business There is a fox hunt in Worland this coming weekend if anyone is interested. Marilee has offered to host the Christmas party once again. She is not available the first week of December but the second week is a possibility. Marilyn will confirm this with Marilee. Officers will be elected at the next meeting. We should include a nominations sheet in the next newsletter, maybe with a brief description of the duties of each office. It is time for year-end awards. Molly offered to take care of these. To qualify, a person must have 2 scores of 60% or above (at the same level) from 2 different judges at HMDC schooling shows or any recognized show. The year end award includes a certificate and brass halter plaque. You need to send a copy of these scores to Molly as soon as possible. Kathy made the motion to adjourn the meeting, Molly seconded and the meeting was adjourned at 7:50 pm. |
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Minutes of the September 5, 2006 Meeting
In attendance were Marilyn Weaver, Melanie Thompson, Verlane Desgrange, Deb Hayber, Joie Merendino, Christy DeHaan, Sara Commons, Pam Jackson, Mandy Neal, and Lynette Otto. The meeting was called to order at 6:45 pm. Lynette read the minutes from the August meeting. There were no changes and the minutes were approved as read. Treasurer’s Report The checking account has a balance of $3582.45. Insurance has been paid for the clinic and the show, and $100 was paid to Marina for the scholarship. Committee Reports Clinic Committee Marilyn stated that Marina still has open ride times for the Nancy clinic this weekend. Nancy will be staying at Shamrock Farms and Marina is looking for someone to take Nancy to dinner Saturday night. Sara and Marilyn will prepare the arena for the clinic. Marilyn reminded everyone that she is scheduling ride times in Lynda’s arena and Sara will be the back up if Marilyn is not available. Marilyn passed on that Marina appreciates the scholarship she received to finish up her certification. Show Committee The show is set for October 14th and Judy Ehlers from Billings will be the judge. Lynette spoke with Stacy Sullivan about judging but she lives north of Missoula so the travel would be too expensive. Judy Ehlers is available and her fee is very reasonable. Lou will host Judy at Crooked Creek. Marilee has offered to be the gatekeeper for the show. Lynette will be calling show committee members (and others if need be) for help scribing, scoring, and for arena set-up. Joie mentioned that NWC has a show scheduled for the same day so students will have a hard time attending our show. Education Committee No report. We asked Melanie if Lynn’s office had room for books as well as the videos as this had come up in the last meeting. Melanie said that there was some room, but based on how little the videos get checked out, she doesn’t think people would check out many books. We had some discussion about whether it would be more convenient to have the video library in town. As a reminder, the Lynn’s clinic is open 7-12 and 1-5 M-F, and 8-12 on Saturdays. Melanie offered to bring some “monthly picks” to meetings to get more interest in the videos. Scholarship Committee Lynette stated that the application is now on the website. The next deadline for a scholarship is December 15. Mid Month Motivator Meetings The 3M meeting is scheduled with Kim Barhaug doing muscle massage. An idea suggested for winter is to do pilates. Marilyn will pass that idea along to Carol. Old Business Verlane read the obituary she submitted to Chronicle of the Horse on Lynda. The submission was printed. The Chronicle is a prestigious weekly magazine that is read by high level competitive riders. Verlane will give her copy of the magazine with Lynda’s obituary to Stan. Marilyn gave an update on Sara and her babysitting needs. She now has good daycare for her son as Sara has gotten a job with the Cody school system. This is exciting because Lynda really wanted to see Sara get a good job with the school. Christy Lovegrove sent us the costs of the plaque for Lynda’s jump at Warfield. The cost of the plaque is $125 and $50 to mount it. After brief discussion, Deb moved the club pay for the entire cost, Melanie seconded the motion, and the motion passed. Marilyn asked Verlane to talk about the progress being made looking into parade safety. Verlane shared a letter that she received from her friend who has ridden in the Rose Bowl parade. She will email this to members. We had discussion again about whether the club wants to provide recommendations to the parade board on additional safety ideas for the Cody parade. Comments were made about being careful about laying blame on any one entity for Lynda’s accident. Verlane will continue to collect information on this subject and then the club can decide how to proceed. New Business Verlane asked about putting together a GMO basket for the USDF convention in December. GMOs are encouraged to provide a basket of items from their area and it would be nice to have HMDC and Wyoming represented. Ideas for the basket were buffalo jerky, a Cody mug, pictures of Heart Mountain, Yellowstone items. Items have to be something you can carry-on an airplane. Verlane offered to do all the paperwork if the club wants to do this. After more discussion, Lynette moved to do a GMO basket and spend up to $50 for the items. Verlane seconded the motion and the motion passed. Verlane moved to adjourn the meeting, Deb seconded and the meeting was adjourned at 7:40 pm. Respectfully submitted, Lynette Otto, Secretary |
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Minutes of the August 2, 2006 Meeting
In attendance were Marilyn Weaver, Lou Kennedy, Marilee Sorensen, Sherring Burke, Jeff and Catherine Peterson, Verlane Desgrange, Desiree and Chad Trujillo, Marina Murray, Catherine Pinegar, Barbie Bell, Sara Commons, Carol Austin, Debby Reiff, Mandy Neal, and Lynette Otto. The meeting was called to order at 6:45 pm. Lynette read the minutes from the May meeting. There were no changes and the minutes were approved as read. Treasurer’s Report There was no treasurer’s report; Marilyn not does think there has been any changes in the accounts recently. Committee Reports Clinic Committee Marina stated that the Nancy DeVaney clinic is the weekend after Labor Day, September 9-10. Marina is looking for someone to host Nancy, which Lynda has done in the past. Suggestions were Pat Stuart or Judy Blymyer. Marina will check with them. The registration will be $90 a ride as before and the registration form will be in the August newsletter. Debby said she is still communicating with Sandy Savage to see if and when she is coming to our area. Show Committee Lynette is managing the fall schooling show and the date will be October 14. The show will be at Crooked Creek. Lynette is going to contact Stacy Sullivan, who has judged schooling shows at Creekside, to see if she could judge our show. We are not sure where in Montana she lives, and travel distance could be an issue. If Stacy doesn’t work, Judy Ehlers from Billings would be our next choice. Education Committee The education committee has been on summer break. Barbie stated that there is a lot of money to be spent on videos if anyone has suggestions. One suggestion presented was to purchase the new USDF Guide to Dressage. Barbie will purchase that. Another suggestion was to purchase books. Lou moved to purchase books (if Lynn has the room!), Sara seconded and the motion passed. Barbie will come up with a list of books for the club to consider buying. Scholarship Committee Lynette stated that the committee received one scholarship application in June, from Marina to finish the last part of her instructor certification. As this was the only application received, it was granted. Lynette apologized for not having the scholarship application on the web, she will get it to Pat shortly. Marilyn announced that we need another scholarship committee member as Lynda was our third. Catherine Peterson volunteered and was voted in. Mid Month Motivator Meetings Carol is working on the next 3M meeting topic. Muscle massage was suggested and Marina recommended Kim Barhaug who did a presentation for Pony Club. Old Business There was no other old business. New Business Marilyn reminded everyone of the work day at Shamrock Farms to help Stan out. This will be August 13, starting at 7 am and then again at 7 pm. Bring your weeding equipment. Marilyn initiated a discussion of how the club can best remember Lynda. She began by reading the email from Christy Lovegrove detailing the plaque that is being made for Lynda’s jump at Warfield Park. Christy wanted to know if the Club wanted to contribute to the cost of the plaque. Most people thought this was a good way to remember Lynda, but that we need to wait until Christy knows the cost of the plaque before we decide on a donation amount. Marilyn will let us know when Christy gets us the figures. Other ideas discussed were to purchase a USDF brick, and to name the educational scholarship fund after Lynda. Another suggestion was to help Lynda’s daughter Sara with the babysitting that Lynda was going to do. We had much discussion about this and that the need may be more for a good person to babysit than the money. Debby Reiff offered to talk to Sara about what her particular needs are. We had a lengthy discussion about the organization and management of the Cody Parade and how several people felt accidents such as Lynda’s could be avoided. Many people felt that the City of Cody and the Parade Board had some responsibility for what happened. People shared experiences they had with other city parades that have stricter safety requirements, which prevent horses and entries with loud noises (guns, fire engines) from being in close proximity. After much discussion, Verlane and Debby volunteered to look into some of these issues and talk to other horse groups in Cody about these concerns. Anyone who has suggestions or comments on this should email them to Debby or Verlane. Barbie brought up the fact that the club is short one officer. Debby offered to do the membership job until the next election. We briefly discussed how we can help with the chores at the Shamrock Farms arena. There were suggestions that we have a write board up in the arena where people can write down things they notice need to be worked on. We also may need to have a sign up for getting some of this work done. Catherine moved to adjourn the meeting, Marina seconded and the meeting was adjourned at 7:50 pm. Respectfully submitted, Lynette Otto, Secretary |
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Minutes of the May 2, 2006 Meeting
In attendance were Marilyn Weaver, Lou Kennedy, Mary Bak, Christy DeHaan, Joie Merendino, Bryan Macomber, Marina Murray, Catherine Pinegar, and Lynette Otto. The meeting was called to order at 6:40 pm. Lynette read the minutes from the April meeting. There were no changes and the minutes were approved as read. Treasurer’s Report Marilyn presented the treasurer’s report prepared by Emmanuelle. This year to date, the club has had a total income of $5561 and expenses of $4940. Current checking account balance is $3598.15. The net profits from clinics are $99.65. Membership is up 19% from last year. The treasurer’s report was approved as read. Committee Reports Clinic Committee Marilyn read the names of those on the clinic committee: Mary Bak, Christy DeHaan, Catherine Pinegar, Lou Kennedy, and Marina Murray. Mary reported that the Ride-a-Test clinic was a success. Many people have commented that it was very valuable and people would like to see the club do this again in the future. The net profit from the clinic was $8.65 with 12 rides. Part of the expenses were the purchase of a judges table and some food. Marilyn would like to see the club do this clinic and the cavelletti clinic annually. Show Committee The Show committee is made up of the following people: Marilee Sorenson, Michelle Dimock, Debby Reiff, Joie Merendino, Melanie Thompson, and Sherring Burke. The Spring Fling was great fun! Pony Club did pretty well on the concessions. People liked Rae Ann as the judge. We had 52 rides, 17 adult riders and 5 juniors. High Point Sr. award went to Lynette Otto, and High Point Jr. award went to Desiree Murray. Both high point winners received a $10 gift certificate to The Barn and a free ride time at Shamrock Farms. A big thank you to Greg Blessing for the gift certificates and the Nicker Makers he provided for each blue ribbon awarded. Marilyn also wanted to recognize Alex Deer and Sue Lyke for helping so much at the show when they aren’t even members. The show only made a $6 profit mainly because the judge was more expensive than normal. Her fee was $200 but travel from Ft. Collins cost an additional $250. A suggestion was made that if we had Rae Ann back, we could ask her if she would do a clinic the day after the show and that would provide more income to offset the travel expenses of getting her here. Education Committee The education committee consists of Barbie Bell, Carol Austin, Debby Reiff, Melanie Thompson, Verlane Desgrange, and Deb Hayber. Old Business In old business, Lou said that her toilet in the indoor arena could not keep up with the demand at the show and so during these events it can only be used for serious bathroom needs (aka #2). New Business Under new business, we looked at the potential of having a summer show. With some discussion, we concluded that it is probably too late to start the planning for a summer show. We will plan on having our next show in the fall. Marilyn stated that a reporter from the Cody Enterprise wants to do a feature story on the club. Marilyn will contact her and get her in touch with various club members for interviews. As we previously decided not to hold meeting during the summer, our next meeting will be in Septmber at the Sunset House. Lou will do an August newsletter to include the registration for the Nancy DeVaney clinic September 9-10. Marilyn congratulated Marina on completing her certification (minus one small part). Marina explained some of aspects of the certification. She had to do two rides, one on a familiar horse and one on an unfamiliar horse, lungeing, and both verbal and written tests. She said the expectations were very high, as they should be. Lou suggested that Marina write a follow up to her earlier story on starting the certification process. Lou moved to adjourn the meeting, Mary seconded and the meeting was adjourned at 7:40 pm. Respectfully submitted, Lynette Otto, Secretary |
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Minutes of the April 4, 2006 Meeting
In attendance were Marilyn Weaver, Lou Kennedy, Mary Bak, Sarina Wayne, Verlane Desgrange, Patty Davis, Christie DeHaan, Josh Charp, Joie Merendino, Bryan Macomber, Lynda Peters, Kathy Redish, Molly Long, Carol Austin, Marina Murray, Greg Blessing, and Lynette Otto. The meeting was called to order at 6:40 pm. Lynette read the minutes from the March meeting. Molly made one addition to the minutes, that when we supply 1099 forms for clinicians, we need to provide the clinician’s address and social security number. Whoever organizes a clinic needs to get that information to Emmanuelle. Molly also agreed to add those items to the form clinicians fill out when we schedule a clinic. The minutes were approved with this addition. Treasurer’s Report There was no treasurer’s report. Lou reported that the cavelletti clinic made $180 and Barbie had requested that that money be put into the scholarship fund. Patty Davis made a motion to put half of the money, $90, into the scholarship fund, Lynda seconded, and the motion carried. Committee Reports Clinic Committee In addition to the money made at the cavelletti clinic, Lou reported that everyone had fun and there were about 15 rides. Mary is managing the ride-a-test clinic and she has eight entries so far. She will need the clinic committee to help with the set up. Lou is on that committee so she will schedule the set-up. Mary also asked for scribes and got a few volunteers. There will be a total of 12 rides and if anyone wants to do the Prix Caprilli, that test will be done last and someone will have to help with jump set up. Marina reported on the Nancy DeVaney clinic, and explained that Nancy missed her plane to Cody due to extremely long security lines and ended up driving all night to Cody. The number of rides on Saturday were reduced because of this. The clinic made $12. Nancy is able to reschedule the flight for a $100 fee, so Marina (after consulting board members) scheduled another flight for Nancy for the weekend of September 9. We can certainly have Nancy come back earlier but as the summers are often busy for people with vacations, etc, fall seemed like a safer choice. Education Committee Lynette apologized for not having a scholarship application ready, it is in draft and she will have the board review it and then have it available on the website. Marilyn reported that Verlane’s 3M meeting on bits was great and several members said they learned a great deal. Carol said that the next 3M meeting will be in June and Marina will do a demonstration of lunging with a rider. This will be June 15th at Lynda’s arena at 6:30 pm. Marilyn reminded people to get their video reviews to Lou for the newsletter. A suggestion was made to also do book reviews. Another suggestion was made to video the 3M meetings and have those in the library. Show Committee Marilyn asked for volunteers for the arena set up and score runners for the upcoming schooling show. She mentioned we will have lunch time entertainment with Desiree Murray and Kendra Ostrom doing a pas de deux. We will have no more than 60 rides (it will be the first 60 entries received) for the show so get your entries in! Barbie is revising the Prix Caprilli test for the large dressage arena so anyone who wants a copy, contact Lou. Lynda asked the group if we were interested in having a professional photographer take pictures at the show. These photos would then be available for purchase from the photographer’s website if you so chose. The photographer charges $80 to come take the photos but no one is obligated to make a purchase. There was much discussion about this and Marilyn said she would email all members to get feedback on this idea. Old Business There were no old business items. New Business Lynda asked anyone who is interested in schooling at her arena the week before the show to contact her. She will be out of town that week so wants to have people scheduled before she leaves. Lou mentioned that the people putting up the mirrors at her arena may be here this coming weekend, so folks coming to the “Dressage Outside the Box” need to be aware of the men working. Verlane moved to adjourn the meeting, Kathy seconded and the meeting was adjourned at 8:05 pm. Respectfully submitted, Lynette Otto, Secretary |
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Minutes of the March 7, 2006 Meeting
In attendance were Marilyn Weaver, Lou Kennedy, Michelle Imburgia, Pam Jackson, Catherine Pinegar, Lynda Peters, Mandy Neal, Molly Long, Barbie Bell, and Lynette Otto. The meeting was called to order at 6:40 pm. Lynette read the minutes from the February meeting and the minutes were approved as read. The insurance premium is due the end of this month and we will add Lou’s arena to our policy. Lynda shared a letter from the insurance company asking if we wanted to increase our coverage. After some discussion about this, no one was interested in increasing the insurance. Also, now we must provide 1099 forms to clinicians. Emmanuelle will take care of this. Committee Reports Clinic Committee We lost $40 on the Nancy DeVaney clinic as not all the rides were filled. The next Nancy clinic on March 25 still has 6 ride slots available. Barbie talked about the schedule for the cavelletti clinic this weekend. There will be a total of 9 rides, mostly groups of 3. Lou will send out barn rules and toilet instructions! Lou reminded everyone to please be on time for your rides and she and Barbie asked for volunteers to help pick up poop and move cavellettis if needed. Marina’s ride-a-test clinic will be held April 15 at Crooked Creek. Marilyn asked if anyone would be willing to be the manager, she will do it if no one else can. Barbie mentioned that we could do the Prix Caprilli test in this clinic if people are interested. The lower level tests (Intro – Training Level, Test 2) will be done in the small arena and anything above that (as well as the Prix Caprilli) will use the large arena. No one had any information on the Sandy Savage clinic. Marilyn will try to get ahold of Debbie on that. Show Committee Our schooling show will be April 29 at Crooked Creek. The judge will be RaeAnn Cook, a USDF certified instructor and “L” judge. She has trained and competed through Grand Prix. We will offer all levels plus the Prix Caprilli. Kathy will put up flyers and there was some discussion about where these should go. Marilyn stated that 3 rides on the same horse will be the maximum allowed. Marilyn asked for volunteers for running scores, arena set-up, and scribing. Education Committee The 3M meeting will be March 16 at the Boot and Bottle Club. Verlane will talk about bits and bridling. Barbie reminded everyone about the watch-a-video month. She encouraged people to get a club video, watch it, and submit a review to Lou for the newsletter. Barbie also reminded everyone about the Max Gahwyler clinic May 5-7 at Creekside. Anyone interested in auditing that needs a auditing form, please contact Barbie. Old Business Marilyn brought up the scholarship policy, and as she has not had any negative feedback, stated that the board will adopt the policy. Lynette will draw up the application form. We discussed moving money from our general account into the scholarship fund so we would have enough to actually award a scholarship. Molly made a motion to move $100 into the scholarship fund, Lynda seconded, and the motion passed. New Business Lynda shared with us the invitation we received to the USDF ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new facility in Kentucky on April 21. Robert Dover is doing a free-style clinic. The meeting was adjourned at 8:10 pm. Respectfully submitted, Lynette Otto, Secretary |
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February 6, 2006
In attendance were Marilyn Weaver, Lou Kennedy, Barbie Bell, Mary Bak, Michaele Dimock, Verlane Desgrange, Michelle Imburgia, Deb Hayber, Sherring Burke, Carol Austin, Melanie Thompson, Debby Rieff, Clint Rieff, Christy deHaan,Joie Merendino, Lynda Peters, Greg Blessing, Sara Commons, and Marilee Sorensen. The meeting was called to order at 6:35 p.m. Marilee read the minutes from the January meeting and the minutes were approved as read. TREASURER’S REPORT: Due to the absence of Emmanuelle McCarty, Marilyn read her treasurer’s report: Checking account as of 2/5/06 was $2,979.28. The two donation checks have been sent out in the amount of $250.00 each. The donations had been approved at the December meeting. Marilyn introduced Ms. Donna Flory representing the Cody Cupboard. She thanked members for the donation to Cody Cupboard which has been in existence since January 1987. They provide food on a temporary basis for local people and some travelers. Working with donations, on a referral basis, the volunteers work Monday thru Friday from 8:30 to 4 p.m. using cell phones to answer food requests. Last year they filled 703 calls and supplied 295 Christmas baskets. Marilyn asked that members, who have not already done so, sign up for a committee. Marilyn gave out handouts she had designed, for those who had already signed up. The folders contained helpful information concerning each member’s selected committee. Marilyn reported that the Nancy DeVaney clinic, which will be held on February 11th and 12th , had 4 rides still available. Those present were reminded that auditing was without charge. Debby Rieff reported that she does not know, as yet, when the Sandy Savage clinic can be held. Deb Hayber is working with Sheila Ruble to teach a class. Four riders are needed at a cost of $35.00 plus the arena fee. This is not a club function. After discussion, Barbie will hold her cavelletti clinic at Lou’s arena on Saturday March 11th with Lynda’s arena as a back up. With Barbie’s suggestion, February was declared “Watch a Video Month”. Each member was asked to take a video home and then write a synopsis of what they learned which could then be placed in the newsletter. Carol Austin has talked with Verlane about a “Bits and Bridle” presentation as the Mid-Month Motivator meeting. Lou added that Diane Stanley T.D. is writing an article about bits. Verlane said she had a great quantity of bits and a plastic horsehead to use for demonstration purposes. It was suggested to have the 3M meeting the third Thursday in March at the Boots and Bottle Club. This will be announced as soon as the Boots and Bottle Club room is secured. Barbie announced that the Max Detweiler clinic has been rescheduled by Creekside for May 5,6, and 7th. She highly recommended auditing all his classes. Because of the conflicting dates of the Max Detweiler clinic and our spring show, Lou made a motion, seconded by Michaele to change the date of the HMDC show. After Marilyn, at the meeting, talked on the cell phone with Marina, the date of the show was changed to April 29th at Lou’s arena and the ride-a-test clinic will be rescheduled at a later date. Carol Austin asked if anyone was interested in going to Las Vegas for the World Cup. Marilyn asked members to contact Carol if anyone was interested. Michaele asked if the summer show could include driving. After discussion as to what events would work well with driving, Michaele and Sherring will work on ideas for next month’s meeting. Lynda Peters reported that the Scholarship Committee had met and had come up with a rough draft of guide lines for application purposes. Some were: member in good standing…attending at least 5 meetings a year; member would attend a higher caliber type meeting/clinic (dressage or jumping related) and would report back as to what had been learned perhaps at a 3M meeting. $100.00 would be the maximum scholarship given. Marilyn suggested having a calendar created with photographs taken by HMDC members of their horses (not necessarily being shown). Members would vote for the pictures to be placed in the calendar. Sales could go toward the scholarship fund. Michelle Imburgia volunteered “Mail Boxes” saying they could and would be able to put the calendar together free of charge. Lou asked if everyone was getting the newsletter as some members could not access the emailed newsletters. After discussion, Marilyn told the members to let her know if they were having problems. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:10 p.m. Motion by Mary Bak, seconded by Sara Commons. Respectfully submitted, Marilee Sorensen |
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January 3, 2006
In attendance were Marilyn Weaver, Lou Kennedy, Joie Merendino, Mary Bak, Catherine Pinegar, Lynda Peters, Debbie Reiff, Clint Reiff, Christie de Haan, Carol Austin, Marina Murray, and Lynette Otto. The meeting was called to order at 6:40 pm . Lynette read the minutes from the December meeting and the minutes were approved as read. Treasurer’s Report There was no treasurer’s report. Committee Reports Marilyn passed out the sign-up sheet for committees. Clinic Committee Debbie gave some details on Sandy Savage and how she will be in this area over the summer. She had emailed this information out previously and had received a lot of interest in setting up a clinic with Sandy. It was unanimous that Debbie should pursue this. Debbie will talk to Sandy about a date and figure out a location for the clinic. Deb is still working on getting in touch with Sheila Ruble about doing a clinic or lessons here. We discussed the idea of Marina doing a ride-a-test clinic. This would be a one day clinic, with lessons being about 40 minutes, enough time for warm-up, riding the test, critique, some schooling, and then riding the test again. We set this for the date of April 22. Barbie is thinking about doing a cavelletti clinic in February or March so stay tuned. Carol brought up the idea of having a press release mailing list which would consist of people we wanted to alert about certain upcoming events but we don’t want to send them the whole newsletter (ie. they are not club members). Show Committee Once the show committee is formed for this year, we will start working on a spring schooling show. Marilyn will lead the effort at this point. Lou offered her arena for the spring show. We tentatively set up May 6th as a date for the show. Anyone interested in managing the show, contact Marilyn. Marilyn would like to see us have spring, summer, and fall schooling shows. Education Committee Anyone with ideas on videos or DVDs that would be good for the club to purchase, contact Marilyn. Carol has some European stallion videos that she will donate to the club. Old Business Lynda presented the year-end awards. Awards went to Marina and Patriot at Second Level, Marina and Quad at First Level and Lynette and Zhivago at Training Level. Congratulations! Marina presented the Pegasus award for outstanding volunteer efforts to Lynda Peters. Lynda has been a great Vice-President, hosted numerous clinics and the last schooling show at her farm. Thank you Lynda for all you do! Marilyn stated that Pat Stuart has asked for feedback on the HMDC website, so she asked if people were using the website and how they felt about it. Most people who commented said they liked having the website and looked at it, especially after clinics and shows. Several people agreed that the more (and higher quality) pictures of club activities that appeared on the site, the more club members would visit it. The suggestion was made that the club could buy a good digital camera to have good pictures of events. Lynda volunteered to be the club photographer and provide photos for the website as she has a high quality digital camera. As Carol has volunteered to be the Mid-Month Motivator meeting organizer, she asked for suggestions for these meetings. She passed around a sheet for people to write in suggestions and there were several new ideas thrown out. Marilyn asked if the club wanted to continue the policy of not meeting in June, July and August. It was unanimous among those present to continue with that policy. Marilyn reminded everyone that membership dues are due by the end of January. Lynette will attempt to convene the scholarship committee this month. New Business Catherine made the suggestion to have a tack swap at the next show or clinic. Perhaps the Pony Club kids would be interested in running this and making a percentage of the profits. Marina will bring this up with the Pony Club. Marilyn asked everyone to think about inviting people to the next meeting and see if we can get some new members. The meeting was adjourned at 8:10 pm. Respectfully submitted, Lynette Otto, Secretary |
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Minutes of the December 6, 2005 Meeting
In attendance were Marilyn Weaver, Molly Long, Emmanuelle McCarty, De bHayber, Mary Bak, Sara Commons, Marilee Sorensen, Catherine Pinegar, Michelle Dimock, Kathy Redish, Cindy Collins, Verlane Desgrange, Carol Austin, Sherring Burke, Chris Pogue and Lynette Otto. The meeting was called to order after our lovely meal. Lynette read the minutes from the November meeting and the minutes were approved as read. Treasurer’s Report Emmanuelle gave us a yearly report, stating that our net income for the year was $1022.91.That breaks down to $363.94 from clinics, $667.71 from shows, and $173.26 from membership. Current amount in the checking account is $3555.32 and we have the 2 CDs. Committee Reports Clinic Committee Marilyn has talked to Barbie and Marina about doing clinics and they are both willing to do this in the near future. Deb mentioned she is interested in getting Sheila Ruble down for lesson or a clinic and she will coordinate this. Anyone interested in participating can contact Deb. Show Committee Marilyn reported that we don’t have any show plans in the works at this point but we will start looking at spring plans soon. Maybe we can useLou’s arena?!
Education Committee We discussed the fact that the club has a fair amount of money and maybe we should spend this on some additions to our video library. The suggestion was made that maybe we should purchase DVDs rather than videos (when they are available) because the quality would be better. Old Business The year-end awards will be given at the January meeting, as Lynda is in Mexico. New Business Elections: Marilyn asked for nominations for officers for 2006. Most of the members present were in favor of keeping the same slate of officers for the coming year, if the officers were willing. Votes were taken and the 2005 officers were unanimously re-elected. Therefore, the officers for 2006 are President-Marilyn Weaver, Vice-president-Lynda Peters, Treasurer-Emmanuelle McCarty, and Secretary-Lynette Otto. Deb mentioned that Greg Blessing at The Barn inherited what tack she had left when she closed her store, and he is trying to carry English riding items. Please let Greg know if there is something you want him to carry. He has been very supportive of the club so we want to return the support. Marilyn made the suggestion to have the Mid-month Motivator meetings quarterly rather than every month. People are so busy, its hard to squeeze in another meeting so quarterly might work better for everyone. She also asked if someone would be willing to head up organizing the meetings. Anyone willing, please contact Marilyn. Verlane is still willing to do a 3M meeting on saddle-fitting, possibly in the spring. Another idea Marilyn had was to have someone be the official photographer or historian for the club. We need someone who would be willing to take pictures at our events. Lou does a great job taking photos for the newsletter, but it would be good to have someone committed to photo documentation. Anyone interested in this, please contact Marilyn. Marilyn encouraged people think about joining the Boot and Bottle Club and she would like to see more interaction between our clubs. Dues for the Boot and Bottle are only about $12/year and you get to use the big arena for free. Marilyn gave a big thank you to Lou for doing such an outstanding job on the newsletter, and Kathy for doing a great job with public relations for the club. Also a big thank you to Sara for all her hard labor for our club. Marilyn would like the club to do some events to benefit the community. We have a good sum of money in the bank, and with the profit we saw this year, maybe next year we should do a show to benefit community organizations like the Humane Society. A suggestion was made that, since we don’t make a profit every year (and sometimes we might have a loss), maybe just donate some of the money we have now. After some discussion on this idea, Cindy moved donate $250 to Cody Cupboard and $250 to Holiday Helpers. Deb seconded the motion, and the motion passed. A reminder that membership dues are due next month. Lynette will ask Lou to include a membership form in the next newsletter. Send dues to Lynda by the end of January. Respectfully submitted, Lynette Otto, Secretary |
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Minutes of the November 1, 2005 Meeting
In attendance were Marilyn Weaver, Molly Long, Lynda Peters, Marina Murray, Mary Bak, Patti Davis, Christy de Haan and her sister Jesse, Jeff and Catherine Petersen, Lou Kennedy, Kathy Redish, and Lynette Otto. The meeting was called to order at 6:40 pm. Lynette read the minutes from the October meeting and the minutes were approved as read. Treasurer’s Report There was no treasurer’s report. Committee Reports Clinics Marina reported that the Nancy Chesney clinic made $40 for the club. People enjoyed both riding and auditing. Nancy did 9 rides each day which seems to be a good number, and based on the participation, we will probably do another 2 day clinic next time Nancy comes. Marilyn asked Marina if she had thought any more about doing a clinic. Marilyn would like to see Barbie and Marina offer clinics if they would be willing. Marina would be willing to entertain the idea of doing a “ride a test” clinic, where riders would ride dressage tests as Marina watched and then she would discuss the test and ways to improve with the rider who could then ride the test again. There was also interest in Barbie doing another cavelletti clinic. Two other ideas discussed were the person that Debby Reiff bought up by email who will be coming to our area this summer, and maybe inviting Sheila or Julie Ehlers from Billings here to clinic. Show Committee Marilyn reported that the net profit from the show was $417! She expressed appreciation for Greg at The Barn who donated bags of Nickermakers for the winners of each class. Marilyn asked for feedback on having the show at Lynda’s arena. Most people commented how fun and well run the show was, how friendly everyone was, and how great the volunteers were. Other comments related to having a port-a-potty to supplement the existing bathroom, that it was often hard to watch the tests because the door had to stay closed, we had too many rides for one day, and it might be a good idea to have all the juniors’ ride times together so they wouldn’t have to warm-up with the bigger horses.We had some discussion about the closed door policy for the arena during tests. We want to keep it fair for the riders and keep distractions to a minimum, but we also want people to be able to watch the riders as much as possible. We could try opening the large door facing the alfalfa field where there is not a lot going on for people to sit and watch. Old Business The Mid-month Motivator meeting will be at the Boot and Bottle building, Thursday, November 17th at 6:30. Tracy Clark will teach us “Yoga for Riders”. Please bring a mat or saddle blanket with you. Lynette will try to convene the Scholarship Committee this month to start discussing rules for using the scholarship fund money. Marina reminded everyone to submit your scores for the year-end awards. You are eligible if you have 2 test scores over 60% from 2 HMDC schooling shows or 2 recognized shows. Scores must be from 2 different judges. New Business The word from Lynn Chadwick is that VS is still in the area and a new case has shown up in cattle in the Heart Mountain area. It may not be possible to get a health certificate to leave Park County at this point. Everyone should check their horses carefully daily for symptoms. Marilyn asked if anyone wanted to be a delegate from our GMO to the Board of Governors at the USDF Convention, or whether we should send a proxy. There was no interest in attending so a proxy will be sent and someone from region will represent us. Marilee has invited us to her house for the Club Christmas party. She had suggested doing this on weekend since it is a longer drive to her house. After some discussion, the majority felt that it was best to keep the meeting on its regularly scheduled day as people’s weekend schedules are busy. The party will be Tuesday, December 6th at 6:30pm. Please RSVP to Marilee so she knows how many to expect. At 7:35 pm, Lynda moved to adjourn the meeting; Lou seconded the motion and the motion passed. Respectfully submitted, Lynette Otto, Secretary |
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