Old Dominion Morgan Horse Association
Meetings/Events 2007
Minutes of the ODMHA July 14th, 2007
The meeting was held at Edgewood
Farm in Beaverdam., and was well attended with over 20 members present. It was
called to order by President Sandy Monolo.
The minutes of the last meeting
could not be read because the Secretary had brought the wrong folder. Sandy pointed
out that they are on the website, www.odmhamorgans.com and people should read them there.
Futurity Report
Beryl Herzog gave a report on
the Futurity. She passed out copies of the forms we had used in the past. She tested these on a member who had never seen one, and she felt they were easy to
understand so Mary Ann Massie will retype them putting in the new fees. Once
they are done they will be put on line, but people will be able to request hard copies if they wish. The new Futurity will
start in 2008.
AMHA Report
Loretta Brown, who is an at-large
member of the AMHA Board reported on AMHA activities. The Registry is doing well
financially and will soon be available on line to look up horses and their pedigrees.
Since this was quite expensive to set up, there will be fees for using this service. Loretta stated that this should
be practically real time, with a horse that is registered one day, being on line the next.
She also stated that the AMHA
had a few more expenses than expected this past year, largely due to the search for a new director. They are working on the 2008 budget now, and will have to make some cuts.
They will meet in Buffalo in August to discuss the budget.
Nominating Committee Report
The nominating committee is made
up of Mary Ann Massie and Byran Childress. Mary Ann reported that they have had
trouble filling the positions of President and Secretary. Sharon Owen has agreed
to run for Vice President, Josie will stay as Treasurer and Byran Childress and Sandy Monolo will fill in the vacant Board
positions. After much discussion from the floor, Pam Thomson agreed to run for President, and Kathy Freise volunteered to
run for Secretary again if no one else stepped forward. The officers will be
elected at the annual meeting in November, at which point nominations will be accepted from the floor.
Show Committee Report
Karen Sansom gave the report. She explained that the committee had only mailed prize lists to those who had shown
the last two years. Any one else who would like one can get one on line from
our web page. The limited mailing was one way to save money, which is important
since we are moving to the Coliseum at the Horse Center this year, which is more expensive.
Karen also pointed out that Dressage,
Carriage and Trail will all be open classes this year. This year the Trail classes
will be “Opportunity Classes, which is a new option from USEF. This means
that if exhibitors are only coming to the show to do Open Trail classes they will not be required to pay the usual USEF fees. This would make them eligible for AMHA Open Points, but not for USEF Points. It is hoped that this will encourage more trail participation.
Entries for the classes close
August 1st, though late entries will be accepted for an additional fee.
It was also stressed that we
will need more volunteers than ever this year, and everyone was encouraged to solicit both class sponsorships and raffle items. Champion Sponsorships will be $100 and regular classes will be $25 with 2 offered
for $40.
Treasurer’s Report
Josie Thomas reported that we
have $9,883.62 in our money market account and $7,165.99 in the regular account. $1,302.00
of the money in the regular account belongs to the youth group. Expenses since
the beginning of the year have included $600 to set up the new web page plus $19.95 a month to maintain it. There have also been two newsletters, and our insurance is now up to $1,682 annually.
Karen Sansom made a motion that
we put the funds from the money market into a short term CD that would give us better interest, with Josie researching the
best place to put them, and making the move after all of the expenses from the Fall Show have cleared. Beryl Herzog seconded the motion and it was passed.
Old Business
Beryl Herzog wanted to know how
many people got the Virginia Equine Survey this year. Several people indicated
that they had gotten it. She was worried that Morgan representation wouldn’t
be high enough, but felt reassured after seeing the responses.
She was asked to report on the
State Fair, since she is on the Board. She said that things are going ahead,
and that the Equine facilities would be the first done, but that right now things are on hold while Caroline and Hanover counties
figure out what to do with the waste water. She also said that the Board will
be selling naming rights to various venues at the fairgrounds.
It was suggested that we have
a speaker from the State Fair speak at our annual dinner, and that we look into the possibility of holding a meeting at the
Mansion at the fairgrounds.
New Business
Karen Sansom pointed out that
the Banner we have been using for the Fall Show picture backdrop will not be big enough to really show in the Coliseum. She said that MID A had a sign that was at least 8 feet tall and 12 feet wide. There was discussion on what we could do, but it was agreed that there really isn’t
enough time to do anything for this year, so it was moved by Mary Ann Massie and seconded by Dutch Dorschel that we will go
with what we have for 2007, possibly putting it on one of the coliseum walls for better effect. We will study our pictures compared to Mid A’s and will consider getting a new sign for 2008. Martha Allen agreed to research possibilities and costs. This motion passed.
Loretta Brown made a motion that
the club donate money to the fund to help Shelly Temple (a club Board member) defray the costs of taking her Morgan to the
World Pony Driving Championships in Denmark. Various amounts were discussed,
but it was finally moved that we donate $250. Kathy Freise seconded this and
it was passed.
Beryl Herzog moved to adjourn
the meeting. Byran Childress seconded, and the business part of the meeting was
adjourned.
The members then had potluck lunch, and a raffle of baked goods and
fruits of the season that raised $203. We also had a chance to meet new members
Jeri and Ralph Stallard who recently moved to Virginia from Pennsylvania with their Morgans.
Then we heard new member Dawn Cooper explain the Equine myotherapy services that she will be offering next weekend,
with the proceeds also going to Shelly’s fund
