April 25, 2020 MEETING MINUTES
CLD Board Meeting Minutes April 25, 2020
The meeting was called to order at 2:06 pm by President Teresa Litchfield. Attendees included Kate Fleming-Kuhn, Malcolm Kuhn, Martin Kuhn, John Simpson, Casey Eiten, Leslie Burket, Marilyn Weber, Judy Nordstrom and Paula Briney. To conform to the social distancing guidelines, we used a different platform, allowing us each to all call into the meeting yet remain offsite. It worked well.
PRESIDENT’S REPORT - TERESA LITCHFIELD
First item on the agenda was the Zoom meeting, organized by our Region 2 Director, Debby Savage, and the 35 GMO presidents from Region 2. All states in our region were present except West Virginia. At that time, all states were still on lock down and the USDF/USEF had suspended all shows until May 31st. Debby promised more meetings as we move forward.
TREASURER REPORT - KATIE KEIM
Bank Bal: $5,086.45
Savings: $25,910.01
Net Loss: ($651.13)
WEBMASTER REPORT - MARTIN KUHN
Newsletters sent out since last report: 4
Subscribers: 140 – down one from last report
Average opening rate: 45 – 50%
Total Opens: 157
WEBSITE TRAFFIC
Site visits are down 50% from last year
Page views down 27% from last year
SOCIAL MEDIA CHAIR – JUDY NORDSTROM
Facebook followers: 762, up 1 from last report
Twitter followers remain at 41
CLASSIC SHOWS – JOHN SIMPSON
John confirmed that all shows, at this time, are suspended by USEF/USDF and the board all agreed to formally cancel Classic I & II. In order to try and keep the show alive this year, John suggested trying to reschedule it to September as the Fairgrounds has an open weekend. After a brief discussion, John motioned and Paula seconded to not reschedule the original Classic Shows for 2020.
John said he would notify the Fairgrounds, as well as the officials (judges, TD, Manager and Secretary) of the cancellations.
Teresa is going to request a refund on the insurance policy. With no show income, and a quick discussion, it was decided to request our deposit for the fairgrounds also be returned.
WRAP UP
Our country has been asked to Shelter in Place until the CoronaVirus (Covid-19) is under control and we, the people, are no longer at such high risk. Unfortunately, as a horse oriented group, that has an impact on all we do, how we do it and when we do it. We had several discussions (awards, ribbons, dates, etc) but were unable to make any decisions so we tabled planning until we have some direction and options available to us.
Paula motioned to adjourn and Marilyn seconded. The meeting was adjourned at 2:46 pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Leslie Burket
