January 2010 Minutes

A regular meeting of the Columbia Riding Club Board of Directors was called to order by President Steve Vrabel on Monday, January 11, 2010 at 7:10 pm at Hot Z's Pizza. Six board members present included Christina Fry, Kelley Livelsberger, Amanda Reed, Diane Reese, Brent Talbot, and Steve Vrabel. There were also three other members in attendance.

The minutes from the December meeting were read, added to, and approved.

Treasurer's Report

Pat is out of town and sent the report to Christina.

Membership

2010 applications are on the website, and Christina handed out copies.

Buildings and Grounds

Steve stops by the grounds and checks on a regular basis, and reported everything is OK. A spring clean up will be scheduled at a future meeting. Cathy Bowman suggested we look into replacing the footing in the upper ring before we replace the fence. Amanda stated the membership fees were increased and ground fees were instituted, for the purpose of grounds improvement. Any of these improvements will be an expensive project. Christina passed around a book with a picture of a message center. We will look into the possibility of building one this year.

Ways and Means

Cathy Bowman reported on the community day scheduled for May 1. She suggested we purchase a wireless microphone, and it was noted that Pat was previously asked to look into this so we will check with her to see what she found out. Kathy also noted that since the police horses are all large, that we should perhaps have a smaller horse or two available for the pony rides and she will check into finding them.

Advertising

Brent furnished us with sponsor applications and letters.These will be sent to prospective advertisers and distributed at local businesses. A silent auction is planned for the spring show.

Horse Show Committee

Amanda sent letters, sponsor sheets, and calendars to the membership via e mail. Christina is preparing a newsletter with the same to send via snail mail. Christina also handed out show book drafts and reviewed them.

Old Business

Officers for 2010 were approved as follows: President - Brent Talbot, Vice President- Heather Anderson, Secretary - Diane Reese, and Treasurer - Pat Hill. Also voted on was the "Workhorse of the Year" award and the winner was Amanda Reed.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:20 pm.

The next regular board meeting is scheduled for Monday, February 8, at 7 p.m. at Hot Z's Pizza.

Respectfully submitted,

Diane L. Reese
Secretary