CLD March 19, 2024 Board Meeting Minutes

CLD minutes 3/19/24

MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:02

PRESENT WERE DEBBIE BONNER, TAE EICKSON, JUDY NORDSTROM, KATIE KEIM, SUSAN ROSSE, PAULA BRINEY, ALICE MARTIN, AND MARILYN WEBER.
MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH WERE APPROVED BY UNAMOUIS VOTE.

VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED FOR ICEBREAKER. THERESA WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO BRING SOMEONE TO HELP OUT. PAIGE BURDETTE HAS VOLUNTEERED TO HELP. WE WILL HAVE A BETTER IDEA ON HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED WHEN ENTRIES ARE IN.

CLASSIC: SPONSORSHIPS FOR CLASSIC: JUDY TRIED TO REACH OUT TO MILTON. HE IS HAVING HEALTH ISSUES BUT HIS WIFE SAID SHE COULD HELP OUt. DEB SUGGESTED USING THE OLD SPONSORSSHIP PACKAGE. THERE WAS DISCUSSION ON THIS AND ON HAVING SIGNAGE FOR THE SPONSORS.

JUDY IS WORKING ON A SPONSOR FOR THE PIZZA PARTY. SUSAN SUGGESTED TIER SPONSORSHIPS. CLASS SPONSOR WOULD BE THE BOTTOM TIER WHERE PIZZA PARTY OR (EVEN RING SPONSORSHIP) THE TOP TIER. PIZZA SPONPONSORSHIP WOULD BE AROUND $300.00.
THERE WILL BE SOME PRINTED PROGRAMS AND ALSO A QR CODE WITH SPONSORS LISTED. ALICE PROPOSED THE CLASS SPONSORSHIPS BE $30.00. IT WAS ALSO SUGGESTED THAT THE FIRST TIER BE $50.00. IT WAS ALSO SUGGESTED THAT THE LARGER THE DONATION, THE LARGER THE PRINT FOR THE SPONSOR. ALICE WIL PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER WITH THE SPONSORSHIP COMMITTEE.

TAE SAID RIBBONS HAVE ARRIVED AND SHOULD LAST 2 YEARS. TAE ASKED IF THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR CLASSES WITH 3+ ENTRIES. THERE ARE SOME MEMORIAL AND PERPETUAL TROPHIES THAT WILL NED TO BE GIVEN SUCH AS THE KUHN JR RIDER, CHERYL FINKIE FREEESTYLE AND BANDANA NON-TRADITIONAL BREED TROPHIES.

PAULA REPORTED THAT HEIDIE BERRY IS HIRED. SHE IS STILL WORKING ON HOTELS AND AN EMT. KATIE WILL GET A CHECK FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AG FOR $1,750.00 TO PAULA FOR THE FAIRGROUNDS.

MEMEBERSHIP TO DATE IS 44.

FIRECRACKER: NO JUDGE IS HIRED YET. IT IS DURING PONY CUP.

NEWSLETTER: ALICE HAS SENT COPY TO DEB FOR PUBLICATION. IT SHOULD BE OUT LATE THIS WEEK OR NEXT. THERE WILL BE 1 BIO PER NEWSLETTER. THE BOARD MEMBERS NEED TO GET BIO AND PICTURES TO ALICE.

WEBMASTER: DEB WILL BE SENDING THE NEWSLETTER SHORTLY AND REMINDERS FOR ICEBREAKER ENTRIES BEING DUE.

TAE HAS REACHED OUT TO AN ONLINE SHOW SERVICE AND WOULD LIKE CLD TO HAVE AN ONLINE SHOW. SHE STATED SPONSORSHIPS ARE FREE AT GAIL MATHEUS SPOTLIGHT SERIES SHOWS.

NEXT MONTH SHE SUGGESTED DISCUSSING AN ADDED ONLINE HIGH POINT CATEGORY TO OUR AWARDS PROGRAM.

DEB MOTIONED AND SUSAN SECONDED TO ADJOURN AT 7:43 PM.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY

MARILYN WEBER