ADS Meeting Minutes
July 10, 2014
1) Call To order – Meeting was called to order at 6:42 pm. Present were:
Eileen Krause Sandra Thompson Michele Linch
Judy Dent Alex du Celliee Muller
2) President Report
a) Marion documents and thumb drive – no progress to report.
b) Annual report is due to Sherry Guess (Region 9) by 7/23/2014. Eileen to complete.
c) Taxes are due, and Judy will complete.
3) Secretary Report
a) Meeting minutes – meeting minutes for June meeting were approved with a change to remove 5c. Motion made by Eileen, second by Alex. Motion approved.
b) Membership update – 98 members to-date.
4) Treasurer’s Report
a) Not provided at this meeting.
5) Vice President’s Report
a) Insurance fee for Instructor’s workshop was reduced to 85.00. The other workshop in 2014 was not charged for insurance.
6) Show Manager’s Report
a) Judy to identify someone to fill in for her at the October 5 show as she will be out of town.
b) Michele Linch made a motion for a November 2 show. The motion was seconded by Alex and the motion passed. Alex to confirm with G&H if they want to host this show as a farm show.
7) Web Master Report
a) Not provided at this meeting.
8) Old Business
a) Michele requested that duplicate items between Café Press and ZIKY be eliminated.
b) By-law changes:
- Age of members to vote; must be of legal age, i.e. 18 years. If a family membership is held, the parent can cast the vote. As always, only one vote per family membership
- Board members should be of legal age.
- Secretary duties – to include having a membership list at each general membership meeting to ensure only current members cast votes. Current membership is defined as dues paid for the membership year at least 7 days prior to the meeting.
c) Discussion of the USDF workshop series to be tabled until the next meeting, as requires board discussion and vote.
d) Junior/Young Rider Clinic: September 27-28 is the tentative date. A clinician and budget are the next steps.
e) Mid-year general membership meeting: August 23, 2014. Michele volunteered to identify a location.
9) New business
None for this meeting.
Adjourn at 7:45pm.
Meeting Minutes written by Sandra Thompson.
Addition to July 10th Meeting Minutes:
At the end of the mid-year general membership meeting on August 23, 2014, the board met to determine the cost to be set for the Junior/Young Rider camp to be offered on September 26-28. The board approved costs to be set at 125.00 for a private lesson; 75.00 for a semi-private lesson, and for the registration fee to be for both Saturday/Sunday. Danielle and Alex agreed to provide small group discussion topics throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday.