January 18,2020 MEETING MINUTES

CLD Board Meeting Minutes January 18, 2020

The first meeting of 2020 was called to order at 2:15pm by President Teresa Litchfield. Present at today’s meeting was Jordan Wilton, Paula Briney, Marilyn Weber, Katie Keim and Judy Nordstrom. Inclement weather prohibited Leslie Burket from attending.

TREASURER’S REPORT – KATIE KEIM

• Bank balance: $5,753.63

• Savings: $25,893.96

• 2019 Net Loss: ($1,925.31)

• Classic is showing a profit of $666.70

• Firecracker: $420.39

• Icebreaker: $382.78

• Lost ($1,668.04) on the awards banquet

• Made $1,111.00 on memberships

• Lost ($2,838.14) on misc.

• 2019 1099’s will be sent this week by the 1/31/20 deadline.

MEMBERSHIP CHAIR – JORDAN WILTON

• Jordan reports that we currently have 34 members on our roster. Judy and Jordan plan to work together to mail out reminders to past members to renew their memberships.

• The issue of holding member’s checks too long, before depositing them in the bank, was discussed, as well as solutions to get them deposited in a more reasonable amount of time.

SOCIAL MEDIA CHAIR – JUDY NORDSTROM

Judy has agreed to be the CLD Social Media Chair. Welcome, Judy!

SCHOOLING SHOWS

• Dates have been set for our 2020 schooling shows. Icebreaker will be held on May 2 and Firecracker on July 11.

• Teresa will manage both schooling shows.

• In light of the recent increase in number of participants and long show days, as well as a shortage of stabling, a discussion was held as to the feasibility to hold two-day schooling shows. The conclusion was that the added expenses would out-weigh the benefits.

DIRECTORS AT LARGE

• Paula is hosting Melanie Michalak clinic at Pratense Farm on February 15-16, 2020. Rides will be $105 each. Please contact Paula.

• Paula informed us that the dates for the 2020 Illinois Horse Fair are March 6-8.

• Melanie is doing a freestyle clinic at the 2020 Illinois Horse Fair.

• The Illinois Horse Fair is hosting a freestyle competition on Saturday afternoon. It will be open to Dressage, western dressage, reining and costume categories and will have an overall Champion. The contest will have its own warmup.

• Paula asked that CLD sponsor the freestyle event at Horse Fair. Marilyn suggested that the sponsored amount be set at $200, as we have done in previous years. A vote was taken and a majority was obtained through text messaging. The motion was unanimously passed.

NEW BUSINESS

• Teresa asked for suggestions on having a social event this winter. After some discussion, a decision was made to hold a pot luck get-together at Pretense Farm on February 15, from 4-7pm. CLD will provide the main meat dish. We will have a Valentine theme and try to entice more youth to attend.

• The question of whether to try the CLD clothing line again was presented but tabled for a later time.

THANK YOU JUDY!

Teresa, on behalf of the CLD board, presented a beautiful, embroidered Eddie Bauer jacket to Judy Nordstrom for her 6 year tenure as President. Judy was surprised and elated. She promptly put the jacket on, which fit perfectly.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:17pm

Respectfully Submitted,
Judy Nordstrom for Leslie Burket