A communication vehicle for the Chehalem Mountain Chapter of the Oregon Dressage Society.

Sunday, January 24, 2016

January minutes

Here are the minutes for our most recent meeting, held on Wednesday, January 13, at Clover Valley Equestrian Center. Our next meeting will be held at the same place on Wednesday, February 10, at 7:00 p.m.

CMC minutes, 1/13/2016

Introductions
No shiny new faces needed to be introduced.

News & Shares
Kristy DeVries' memorial service will be in February, date TBA, according to Kristy's husband Dirk. CMC chapter members will be welcome.

Treasurer’s report
Jorine (the treasurer) couldn't come. The second-Wednesday meeting dates are not good for her for the first six months of the year. (See also meeting date topic, below.)
The insurance issue for Bears got resolved.
Key Bank CD matures on March 19 2016.
The treasurer’s report was given by Mary Ann, and accepted.

Bears show update
1) Volunteers (Sharon)
Sharon sent email requesting volunteers, but many holes remained. Signup sheet passed. Several slots were filled at tonight's meeting.

2) Sponsor solicitation (Jane)
Jane has recruited a few sponsors already.
Jane read a letter requesting businesses or individuals to sponsor a Bears class. (See under Advertising/Promotion, below.)
There will be a program for the show (for the first time ever).

3) Prizes (Mary Ann & Patty)
First place prizes: mugs filled with peppermints. Mugs are $4-5 apiece. 
Motion: We will buy 72 blue mugs, which will cover 1st place prizes for two years.
Motion passed.
Some new dressage books (ten or so), donated by Cary Kraft, can be given as 2nd or 3rd place prizes.

4) Advertising/Promotion
Using the new mailing list, the secretary will send the following Bears-related materials to all CMC members.
The letter requesting businesses or individuals to sponsor an event.
The prize list.
The concession stand's menu.
(At this time, the secretary described how draft minutes will be emailed to attendees within 24 hours for their review. Concerning distribution of these minutes beyond CMC: Patty will post the minutes on our chapter's Facebook page. Michelle will post them on our blog. Michelle will also rewrite the minutes in a narrative form, and submit the narrative to ODS for publication in Flying Changes.)

5) Other Bears-related matters.
Show signup opens January 20. 
Parking passes for paid campers: Vickie Smith will make out parking passes.
Goodie bags: Mary Ann read a portion of the minutes from last meeting. According to those minutes, we liked the idea of goodie bags for each participant.
Motion: we will not provide goodie bags. We will buy a large bag of carrots so that we can have carrots available in the office.
Motion passed.

Meeting dates
Beginning in March, we will move the meeting to the 3rd Wednesday of the month. The February meeting will be on February 10.

New business
Is anybody going to the ODS retreat? Tentatively: Mary Ann, Karina Molatore, Vickie Smith. 
Motion: The chapter will pay their costs, so that they will represent us.
Motion passed.

Vickie described the judging of the 4H dressage program in Yamhill County. Could this chapter support hiring a dressage judge who knows how to judge? 
Motion: CMC chapter will donate funds to hire an L-judge for one day for pre-fair and one day for the Fair. (This is a chance to promote dressage beyond our own activities, and promote dressage to youth.) 
Motion passed.

Chapter activities: this item was on the agenda, but we ran out of time. We will discuss chapter activities at the next meeting. Come with ideas.

Present
Patty Armstrong, Jane Baer, Kate Beevers, Sylvia Kantas, Sharon Knowlton, Cary & Janet Kraft, Eric McKown, Michelle McMillen, Karina & Paul Molatore, Suzi Ronning, Vickie Smith, Robin Stern, Mary Ann Trout, Janis & Will Worrall.

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Gearing up for Bears

Our chapter's annual Bears Above the Ground ODS League show is coming up at the end of February. Entries open next week, so start filling out those entry forms! Volunteers are needed, too. See our prize list below.

The Yamhill County Fairgrounds has a new concessionaire with good food and prices, so we hope everyone will support it. The menu is included after the Bears prize list.


Sunday, January 10, 2016

First meeting of 2016

Our first chapter meeting for 2016 will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 13th  at 7:00 pm.  We will meet at Clover Valley Equestrian Center, 14275 NE Tangen Rd. Newberg, OR.  Be sure to mark it on your calendar.

I copied and pasted the above from the last email Kristy sent out to the chapter the night of December 18. Kirsty was the impetus to revive this blog as a communication vehicle. Let's honor her intention of being active in our chapter (and doing more with her horses this year) by showing up! I will share the news I have through Rick from Kristy's husband Dirk.

See you there, friends.