October 2009 Minutes

A regular meeting of the Columbia Riding Club Board of Directors was called to order by President Steve Vrabel on Monday, October 12, 2009 at 7 pm at Hot Z's Pizza. Eight board members present included Mark and Heather Anderson, Anita Butler, Christina Fry, Dick Getz, , Diane Reese, Brent Talbot, and Steve Vrabel There were also three other member in attendance.

TREASURER'S REPORT

Christina handed out paperwork from Pat indicating an ending balance . The minutes of the September meeting were then read and approved.

MEMBERSHIP

No change. We had a total of 90 memberships in 2009.

BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

Nothing was done with the canopy so far. The mowing seems to be done for the year. Fall fertilizer needs to be applied to the ring. Brent volunteered to apply it, hopefully over the next weekend. The fall cleanup is scheduled for this Sunday, October 18. We also plan to have another on Sunday the 25th, both at 1 pm. Steve reported on replacing the ring boards in the upper ring. We will need to make a decision on this at the next meeting. Pat will have the gas turned off, and the water will be turned off after the clean-up. The trash will also be cancelled. The water truck battery will need charged or replaced next year.

WAYS AND MEANS

Cathy Bowman suggested May 1, 2010 as the date for the community day. She discussed having the police give rides, and having demos. She is open to suggestions.

ADVERTISING

Christina reported that Amanda is working on the year end ad for "The Paper Horse".

HORSE SHOW COMMITTEE

Various ways of handling year end awards will be discussed at an upcoming horse show committee meeting. Christina set the date for Monday, November 2 at 5:30 at Hot Z's. This meeting will be used to discuss 2010 dates, class lists, and the continuance of the hunter show series. Also, she wants to talk about clinic ideas and the possibility of having winter luncheon meetings with judges or clinicians as possible speakers.

YOUTH

Clinics to be discussed at the Nov 2nd meeting. .

OLD BUSINESS

Heather moved to make a $250.00 payment to the Lancaster City Police and Anita seconded. It was approved by the board.

NEW BUSINESS

The meeting was adjourned at 8 pm.

The next regular board meeting is scheduled for Monday, November 9, at 7 p.m. at Hot Z's Pizza.

Respectfully submitted,

Diane L. Reese

Secretary