Minutes archives
March 1, 2015
Hong Kong Buffet 2:00pm
Meeting was called to order by President Jesse Willour at 2:00 pm
Sign in sheet was passed around and there were18 people in attendance.
Minutes were read and accepted as read. Motion made by Judy to accept and Cindy N seconded.
Treasure’s Report, Lisa P was absent. Jesse read the treasure’s report in Lisa P’s place. Checking balance is $1,199.03 and savings is $2,538.06. Motion to receive the treasure’s report was made by Karen H and seconded by Cindy N.
Correspondence: Jesse is sending out thank you cards as she receives paid sponsors.
Old Business
Great Lakes Rodeo: MAY 22, 23, & 24
· Double point show on Saturday. Second set of speed will be Sunday starting at 10 am.
· Tess Jessica will be doing stalls. Cathy Waller emailed Carissa all of the information to update the website. A correction to the website will need to be made to list the judges as both being on Saturday.
Iron River: June 27-28
· Paid their sanction fee
· Rick Fanella and Jody Zuelsdorff as judges. Motion made to accept both judges made by Karen H. and seconded by Phyllis L.
· Speed will be Saturday night with a double point show on Saturday. Second day of speed will be Sunday at 9am. Contact Belle Uren for stalls. $27 a stall.
· Correction to the website will need to be made to list the judges as both being on Saturday.
MCHC: June 13-14
· Two day show
· No cows. Nothing on Friday night so arena will be open for riding
· Contact Janece Hanycz for stalls. $27 for stalls
Silver Spur Show: July 10-11
· Contact Traci Gartland for stalls. $30
· Double point show on Saturday. First set of speed will be Friday night with the time to be determined.
WaPHC: September 5-6
· Double point UPHA show on Sunday with the first set of speed being on Saturday night running with the Appaloosas. Will not start before 5pm.
· $30 for stalls. $15 for tack. Terie is taking stall reservations. Stalls do not need to be prepaid but if you can’t make it please cancel your stalls. Honor system. Will only have the arena barn available for the weekend. Will not be able to use gate 5 like last year but Terie is working on having exhibitors wear wristbands to get in and out of the grounds.
Members Show: July 24-25-26
· Website needs to be updated. Janece is not taking checks for the stall reservations so it needs to be changed to Lisa P. Karen H is taking stall reservations
· Speed Friday night starting at 6pm
· Pleasure show with speed on Saturday
· Second day of pleasure on Sunday.
· Will have a High point award. Along with the traveling trophy the winner will receive a customized chair and a halter made by Cindy N.
· Will offer jumping classes
Awards
· We have 49 first place “recycled” prizes
· 25 second places
· 40 thirds
· 49 fourths
· 74 fifths
· Saturday awards: we will have the special 50th anniversary award ribbons from Action awards and they will $0.92 a ribbon. They will have the 50th anniversary logo on them. HMB craft gift cards for first place. She will bring her printing press again and be set up to customize orders right there at the show
Other
· Abby is still collecting for the raffle bucket.
· Terrie will do the awards for lead line and lead line trail.
· Job list was passed around.
· Gladstone Key Club will clean stalls again.
· Still need gate people and trail set up.
· Dave will do insurance. Robynne will call about his concession.
50th Anniversery
· Jesse had tee shirts and cups made to sell as a fundraiser with the 50th anniversary logo. $15 a tee shirt with XXL being $18 because of the upcharge for getting larger. $12 for cups. Jesse will make up a price list.
New Business
· Judy went to an Escanaba fair board meeting. Silver Spur is in the process of getting panels for the new arena. Tearing down old registration building and building a new one but leaving the pavilion for shade. The arena will not be made wider or longer. Will hopefully be done by the end of May.
· April meeting falls on Easter. The next meeting will be April 12 in Escanaba at 2pm at The Family Inn.
· Directors meeting at MCHC Saturday night to finalize anything for our Members show
Banquette:
· Jesse asked Andi Goriesky and Maddi Zimmerman to come to the banquette and present the Memorial award to the winner.
· Abby will do a price sheet for special 50th anniversary banquette invites.
Meeting adjourned at 3:00 pm. Judy made the motion and Karen H seconded.
Hong Kong Buffet 2:00pm
Meeting was called to order by President Jesse Willour at 2:00 pm
Sign in sheet was passed around and there were18 people in attendance.
Minutes were read and accepted as read. Motion made by Judy to accept and Cindy N seconded.
Treasure’s Report, Lisa P was absent. Jesse read the treasure’s report in Lisa P’s place. Checking balance is $1,199.03 and savings is $2,538.06. Motion to receive the treasure’s report was made by Karen H and seconded by Cindy N.
Correspondence: Jesse is sending out thank you cards as she receives paid sponsors.
Old Business
Great Lakes Rodeo: MAY 22, 23, & 24
· Double point show on Saturday. Second set of speed will be Sunday starting at 10 am.
· Tess Jessica will be doing stalls. Cathy Waller emailed Carissa all of the information to update the website. A correction to the website will need to be made to list the judges as both being on Saturday.
Iron River: June 27-28
· Paid their sanction fee
· Rick Fanella and Jody Zuelsdorff as judges. Motion made to accept both judges made by Karen H. and seconded by Phyllis L.
· Speed will be Saturday night with a double point show on Saturday. Second day of speed will be Sunday at 9am. Contact Belle Uren for stalls. $27 a stall.
· Correction to the website will need to be made to list the judges as both being on Saturday.
MCHC: June 13-14
· Two day show
· No cows. Nothing on Friday night so arena will be open for riding
· Contact Janece Hanycz for stalls. $27 for stalls
Silver Spur Show: July 10-11
· Contact Traci Gartland for stalls. $30
· Double point show on Saturday. First set of speed will be Friday night with the time to be determined.
WaPHC: September 5-6
· Double point UPHA show on Sunday with the first set of speed being on Saturday night running with the Appaloosas. Will not start before 5pm.
· $30 for stalls. $15 for tack. Terie is taking stall reservations. Stalls do not need to be prepaid but if you can’t make it please cancel your stalls. Honor system. Will only have the arena barn available for the weekend. Will not be able to use gate 5 like last year but Terie is working on having exhibitors wear wristbands to get in and out of the grounds.
Members Show: July 24-25-26
· Website needs to be updated. Janece is not taking checks for the stall reservations so it needs to be changed to Lisa P. Karen H is taking stall reservations
· Speed Friday night starting at 6pm
· Pleasure show with speed on Saturday
· Second day of pleasure on Sunday.
· Will have a High point award. Along with the traveling trophy the winner will receive a customized chair and a halter made by Cindy N.
· Will offer jumping classes
Awards
· We have 49 first place “recycled” prizes
· 25 second places
· 40 thirds
· 49 fourths
· 74 fifths
· Saturday awards: we will have the special 50th anniversary award ribbons from Action awards and they will $0.92 a ribbon. They will have the 50th anniversary logo on them. HMB craft gift cards for first place. She will bring her printing press again and be set up to customize orders right there at the show
Other
· Abby is still collecting for the raffle bucket.
· Terrie will do the awards for lead line and lead line trail.
· Job list was passed around.
· Gladstone Key Club will clean stalls again.
· Still need gate people and trail set up.
· Dave will do insurance. Robynne will call about his concession.
50th Anniversery
· Jesse had tee shirts and cups made to sell as a fundraiser with the 50th anniversary logo. $15 a tee shirt with XXL being $18 because of the upcharge for getting larger. $12 for cups. Jesse will make up a price list.
New Business
· Judy went to an Escanaba fair board meeting. Silver Spur is in the process of getting panels for the new arena. Tearing down old registration building and building a new one but leaving the pavilion for shade. The arena will not be made wider or longer. Will hopefully be done by the end of May.
· April meeting falls on Easter. The next meeting will be April 12 in Escanaba at 2pm at The Family Inn.
· Directors meeting at MCHC Saturday night to finalize anything for our Members show
Banquette:
· Jesse asked Andi Goriesky and Maddi Zimmerman to come to the banquette and present the Memorial award to the winner.
· Abby will do a price sheet for special 50th anniversary banquette invites.
Meeting adjourned at 3:00 pm. Judy made the motion and Karen H seconded.
UPHA Minutes
February 1, 2015
Family Inn
Meeting was called to order by President Jesse Willour at 2:17 pm.
Sign in sheet was passed around there was 13 people in attendance.
Minutes were read individually. Motion to accept the minutes as read by Lisa P. Karen H seconded.
Treasures Report read by Lisa P. Our checking account has $348.93 and $2,537 in savings. Motion to accept the Treasures Report made by Judy Nelson and seconded by Abby Woodaz.
Correspondence: A judge by the name of Christene Maynard contacted Abby about judging for UPHA. Abby forewarned the email to Carissa. No other contact has been made
Old Business:
Silver Spur Saddle Club Annual Clinic.
May 9th. There will be a used tack sale. Katie Sufok will be a clinician for dressage and Jamie Novak for western. More details will be posted on their Facebook page as plans are made.
Wisconsin Appaloosa Horse Club
WAPHC has their judges for approval: Steve Papaeliou approved by Karen H and seconded by Cindy N. Richard Rushing as the second judge, approved by Karen H and seconded by Abby W.
Saturday and Sunday showing. No Friday classes this year. Speed will not run before 5pm on Saturday. UPHA Speed will run along with the Appaloosa’s speed on Saturday night. The second set of speed with be Sunday after the normal UPHA classes. Cattle Classes for the Appaloosa show will run Saturday not before 2pm. Double judged UPHA show on Sunday. Open Jackpot classes will be held Saturday, any breed is welcome. Stall Price $30 and $15 for tack. Terie is taking reservations.
Marquette County Horse Club
Regular two day show. Team sorting on Friday night, starting with a practice and followed by a jackpot.
Saturday Judge will be Kirsten Mellenberger. Approved by Karen H and seconded by Lisa P. Carissa is working on a second judge.
Great Lakes Rodeo
Saturday judges will be Sara Gronski, motion to approve made by Abby W. and seconded by Karen H. Tara Weisman for the second day, motion to approve made by Lisa P and seconded by Karen H.
Members Show
· Judge for the second day of the Members Show is Stephanie Adams. Motion to approve by Cindy N and seconded by Karen H.
· Janece redid the class sign-up sheet adding Hunter in Hand, and the designated 30 minute warm ups. Discussion followed about the double point forms vs the single day forms. It was decided that we will use the single day form for our members show to take out the confusion of Friday night speed. This will make things easier on the riders, and the office staff.
· Job list was passed around. Looking for someone to be in the office to run the computer.
· Robynne will check with Dave of Circle M for insurance and concession.
· Mel’s will bring their shavings trailer again.
· Discussion of people prepaying for their shavings. People can send money for their shavings when they pay for their stalls. Then during the work bee the night before the shows, members that volunteer will put the shavings in front of the prepaid shavings stalls. Lisa P and Karen H will keep track of who pays for shavings and stalls.
· Karen H is taking stall reservations must be paid by July 1. $27 for stall and $15 for tack
· Sponsorships: We have 19 class sponsors and 8 weekend sponsors. Yay! J
· Awards: “Recycled” awards from past years for Sunday, this includes trophies, towels, etc. For Saturday ribbons 2nd through 5th with the 50th anniversary logo. These ribbons will be a little fancier than in past years due to the fact that we are celebrating the 50th anniversary. Jesse brought up the idea of having gift certificates to HMB crafts to use to have anything the winner wants made up. Jesse will do a price comparison for windy wares and Action awards for ribbon costs. She will also confirm with HMB crafts that she is willing to be there for the weekend.
· Versatility and High Points: Talk of changing the award amounts. The amount of people competing in Versatility has declined in years. But it takes more classes to win the highpoint. For this year because we already have committed sponsors we will leave it as is, $125 for versatility and $25 for highpoint. Hopefully we can get two sponsors for high points like we did last year for a total of $50 per highpoint.
· This year’s High Point Award will be in memory of Frank Zimmerman.
50th Anniversary
· HMB craft made our 50th anniversary logos. Jesse brought cups, decals, and mugs with the logo options on them. We would like to do a fundraiser for UPHA with these. We will order tee shirts in a variety of sizes, Mason jar glasses, travel cups, and the decals with this logo. If anyone else would like to special order they can order from HMB Crafts. Logos will be in a variety of black and dark blue. Grey tee-shirts with dark blue logos in a variety of sizes. Logo on the front with “Riding Together” on the back.
· Diane LaChance is looking for pictures from the past 50 years of showing. She would like to make a then and now board of pictures at the show and the banquette. There is a picture of all the old members lined up and we would like to take a “now” picture this year at the members show.
New Business
· Printer Ink for secretary printer. Abby has a $250 budget for office supplies. She will get with Lisa P to order ink for the printer to print minutes, and agendas.
Meeting adjourned 3:41. Motion to accept by Karen H seconded by Abby. Next meeting will be March 1 at Hong Buffet in Marquette at 2pm.
February 1, 2015
Family Inn
Meeting was called to order by President Jesse Willour at 2:17 pm.
Sign in sheet was passed around there was 13 people in attendance.
Minutes were read individually. Motion to accept the minutes as read by Lisa P. Karen H seconded.
Treasures Report read by Lisa P. Our checking account has $348.93 and $2,537 in savings. Motion to accept the Treasures Report made by Judy Nelson and seconded by Abby Woodaz.
Correspondence: A judge by the name of Christene Maynard contacted Abby about judging for UPHA. Abby forewarned the email to Carissa. No other contact has been made
Old Business:
Silver Spur Saddle Club Annual Clinic.
May 9th. There will be a used tack sale. Katie Sufok will be a clinician for dressage and Jamie Novak for western. More details will be posted on their Facebook page as plans are made.
Wisconsin Appaloosa Horse Club
WAPHC has their judges for approval: Steve Papaeliou approved by Karen H and seconded by Cindy N. Richard Rushing as the second judge, approved by Karen H and seconded by Abby W.
Saturday and Sunday showing. No Friday classes this year. Speed will not run before 5pm on Saturday. UPHA Speed will run along with the Appaloosa’s speed on Saturday night. The second set of speed with be Sunday after the normal UPHA classes. Cattle Classes for the Appaloosa show will run Saturday not before 2pm. Double judged UPHA show on Sunday. Open Jackpot classes will be held Saturday, any breed is welcome. Stall Price $30 and $15 for tack. Terie is taking reservations.
Marquette County Horse Club
Regular two day show. Team sorting on Friday night, starting with a practice and followed by a jackpot.
Saturday Judge will be Kirsten Mellenberger. Approved by Karen H and seconded by Lisa P. Carissa is working on a second judge.
Great Lakes Rodeo
Saturday judges will be Sara Gronski, motion to approve made by Abby W. and seconded by Karen H. Tara Weisman for the second day, motion to approve made by Lisa P and seconded by Karen H.
Members Show
· Judge for the second day of the Members Show is Stephanie Adams. Motion to approve by Cindy N and seconded by Karen H.
· Janece redid the class sign-up sheet adding Hunter in Hand, and the designated 30 minute warm ups. Discussion followed about the double point forms vs the single day forms. It was decided that we will use the single day form for our members show to take out the confusion of Friday night speed. This will make things easier on the riders, and the office staff.
· Job list was passed around. Looking for someone to be in the office to run the computer.
· Robynne will check with Dave of Circle M for insurance and concession.
· Mel’s will bring their shavings trailer again.
· Discussion of people prepaying for their shavings. People can send money for their shavings when they pay for their stalls. Then during the work bee the night before the shows, members that volunteer will put the shavings in front of the prepaid shavings stalls. Lisa P and Karen H will keep track of who pays for shavings and stalls.
· Karen H is taking stall reservations must be paid by July 1. $27 for stall and $15 for tack
· Sponsorships: We have 19 class sponsors and 8 weekend sponsors. Yay! J
· Awards: “Recycled” awards from past years for Sunday, this includes trophies, towels, etc. For Saturday ribbons 2nd through 5th with the 50th anniversary logo. These ribbons will be a little fancier than in past years due to the fact that we are celebrating the 50th anniversary. Jesse brought up the idea of having gift certificates to HMB crafts to use to have anything the winner wants made up. Jesse will do a price comparison for windy wares and Action awards for ribbon costs. She will also confirm with HMB crafts that she is willing to be there for the weekend.
· Versatility and High Points: Talk of changing the award amounts. The amount of people competing in Versatility has declined in years. But it takes more classes to win the highpoint. For this year because we already have committed sponsors we will leave it as is, $125 for versatility and $25 for highpoint. Hopefully we can get two sponsors for high points like we did last year for a total of $50 per highpoint.
· This year’s High Point Award will be in memory of Frank Zimmerman.
50th Anniversary
· HMB craft made our 50th anniversary logos. Jesse brought cups, decals, and mugs with the logo options on them. We would like to do a fundraiser for UPHA with these. We will order tee shirts in a variety of sizes, Mason jar glasses, travel cups, and the decals with this logo. If anyone else would like to special order they can order from HMB Crafts. Logos will be in a variety of black and dark blue. Grey tee-shirts with dark blue logos in a variety of sizes. Logo on the front with “Riding Together” on the back.
· Diane LaChance is looking for pictures from the past 50 years of showing. She would like to make a then and now board of pictures at the show and the banquette. There is a picture of all the old members lined up and we would like to take a “now” picture this year at the members show.
New Business
· Printer Ink for secretary printer. Abby has a $250 budget for office supplies. She will get with Lisa P to order ink for the printer to print minutes, and agendas.
Meeting adjourned 3:41. Motion to accept by Karen H seconded by Abby. Next meeting will be March 1 at Hong Buffet in Marquette at 2pm.
UPHA Minutes
January 4, 2015
Hong Kong Buffet
Meeting was called to order by President Jesse Willour at 2:03
Sign in sheet and email sheet were passed around there were 12 people in attendance.
Minutes were read by everyone individually. Robynne made a motion to accept the minutes, Karen seconded.
Treasure’s Report- Checking is Balance- Motion to accept the treasures report made by Karen H. Seconded by Cindy N.
Correspondence- Christmas card from NMU
Old Business
Treasure’s audit. Was completed by Judy and Jesse. The audit was completed but nothing from the deposits of the members show was able to be broken down into stalls, shavings, and entry forms due to missing forms.
For next year’s show the office volunteers need to put the check number and the total of the check written on the entry form. We also need to have one universal form for both double and single judged shows to be used at all UPHA shows.
There were extra office fees charged for people showing more than one horse.
According to the entry forms there was more money deposited than what should have been. Collected $890 worth of sponsor money just for the Members Show. People have to turn in receipts when they collect sponsor money.
Lisa P is going to request paper forms mailed to her for future bank statements.
Elections: Janece brought all the paperwork for Lisa P. Abby will meet with Carissa in the next couple of weeks to get what she needs that can’t be emailed such as printer and misc. office supplies.
New Reining Pattern: Robynne brought the MRHA reining pattern book to select a new reining pattern. We eliminated the reining pattern that only had the 90 turns. Putting in pattern 1 in the MRHA book in place of the old pattern. Motion made by Karen and seconded Lisa P.
Hunter In Hand: Make it the first class of the day so people will have time to change their outfits before Halter and Showmanship also give time to have the cones set up before the show starts. Robynne made the motion to accept and Lisa P. Seconded.
Rules from the ApHC rules were read by Robynne. Simplifying the breed rules by taking out the option that judges can call the horses back into the ring. Section 2, Letter A rules in the rulebook motion accepted by Robynne and seconded by Lisa P. Jesse will get the Appaloosa rulebook from Abby or Robynne to put in the UPHA rulebook.
Website: website has been renewed for 2 more years for $67.90. Carissa will continue to update the website. Discussion that Judy and Abby should have the password to the website to be able to update things when it comes to minutes and show results. Carissa was not in attendance to include on the discussion. Abby will have to work together with Carissa to see if this can be done.
New Business
Members Show: Second judge has not returned the contract yet. Karla Kegley will judge for us Sunday and was approved at the November meeting.
Job list was not printed off for this meeting but Jesse will have it at the next meeting.
Discussion about giving volunteers and directors free stalls. Discussion about the pros and cons of giving out free stalls because the people that have the time to volunteer don’t show. But the directors work all year long. No one will be getting a free stall.
Talk of contacting Robyn Rhode to see if she will be available to run the office all weekend. Therefore there will be more people to help elsewhere. Jesse is willing to step in if need be as show manager.
Jesse has sponsorship forms to pass out so everyone can start to find sponsors. We are doing the same package as last year where people can co-sponsor, class sponsor, weekend sponsor, high point sponsor, and Versatility sponsor. UPHA will continue to have high points as long as there are sponsors.
Robynne brought up that throughout this year that people should think about taking out the rule that we shouldn’t have a rule anymore making people go to a certain amount of shows to qualify. Discussion about the pros and cons. Will be brought up again in November.
Jesse will ask Judy to talk to Mels about bringing their shavings trailer and leave it at the grounds again. Talk about if people can prepay their shavings when they pay for their stall and have the shavings at the stalls when people arrive. For the next meeting we will have more information about the shavings.
Jesse will bring her jumps if there is enough people interested. Jesse will talk to the lady at the school to clean stalls again.
Abby will do a raffle bucket again. If anyone has anything they would like to donate please let her know or get it to her.
New Show Dates:
June 27, 28, Iron River Show. Further discussion. Nothing is concrete as of right now depending on their fair board.
June 13,14 Marquette County Horse Club is tentative scheduling this weekend but nothing is concrete yet due to lack of volunteers.
Labor Day weekend (Sept 4,5,6) for the WApHC. Terie was not at the meeting but will have further details for future meeting.
Rulebooks: Jesse has the rulebooks on her computer but the flash drive with the rulebook copy is MIA. She will get working on those to have printed for the next meeting.
Memberships: All directors need to have their memberships paid as soon as possible. People can mail them to Robynne or get them at the next meeting.
50th Anniversary: Diana LaChance is looking for old pictures. Jesse had HMB come up with some logos to put on merchandise to sell for the anniversary. Can we change our logo for the ribbons for the members show just for this year? Jesse will bring a price list and examples of the logos at the next meeting.
Banquette: November 7th at NMU
Motion to adjourn at 3:30 Karen and seconded by Robynne
Next meeting will be in Escanaba at The Family Inn February 1st at 2pm
January 4, 2015
Hong Kong Buffet
Meeting was called to order by President Jesse Willour at 2:03
Sign in sheet and email sheet were passed around there were 12 people in attendance.
Minutes were read by everyone individually. Robynne made a motion to accept the minutes, Karen seconded.
Treasure’s Report- Checking is Balance- Motion to accept the treasures report made by Karen H. Seconded by Cindy N.
Correspondence- Christmas card from NMU
Old Business
Treasure’s audit. Was completed by Judy and Jesse. The audit was completed but nothing from the deposits of the members show was able to be broken down into stalls, shavings, and entry forms due to missing forms.
For next year’s show the office volunteers need to put the check number and the total of the check written on the entry form. We also need to have one universal form for both double and single judged shows to be used at all UPHA shows.
There were extra office fees charged for people showing more than one horse.
According to the entry forms there was more money deposited than what should have been. Collected $890 worth of sponsor money just for the Members Show. People have to turn in receipts when they collect sponsor money.
Lisa P is going to request paper forms mailed to her for future bank statements.
Elections: Janece brought all the paperwork for Lisa P. Abby will meet with Carissa in the next couple of weeks to get what she needs that can’t be emailed such as printer and misc. office supplies.
New Reining Pattern: Robynne brought the MRHA reining pattern book to select a new reining pattern. We eliminated the reining pattern that only had the 90 turns. Putting in pattern 1 in the MRHA book in place of the old pattern. Motion made by Karen and seconded Lisa P.
Hunter In Hand: Make it the first class of the day so people will have time to change their outfits before Halter and Showmanship also give time to have the cones set up before the show starts. Robynne made the motion to accept and Lisa P. Seconded.
Rules from the ApHC rules were read by Robynne. Simplifying the breed rules by taking out the option that judges can call the horses back into the ring. Section 2, Letter A rules in the rulebook motion accepted by Robynne and seconded by Lisa P. Jesse will get the Appaloosa rulebook from Abby or Robynne to put in the UPHA rulebook.
Website: website has been renewed for 2 more years for $67.90. Carissa will continue to update the website. Discussion that Judy and Abby should have the password to the website to be able to update things when it comes to minutes and show results. Carissa was not in attendance to include on the discussion. Abby will have to work together with Carissa to see if this can be done.
New Business
Members Show: Second judge has not returned the contract yet. Karla Kegley will judge for us Sunday and was approved at the November meeting.
Job list was not printed off for this meeting but Jesse will have it at the next meeting.
Discussion about giving volunteers and directors free stalls. Discussion about the pros and cons of giving out free stalls because the people that have the time to volunteer don’t show. But the directors work all year long. No one will be getting a free stall.
Talk of contacting Robyn Rhode to see if she will be available to run the office all weekend. Therefore there will be more people to help elsewhere. Jesse is willing to step in if need be as show manager.
Jesse has sponsorship forms to pass out so everyone can start to find sponsors. We are doing the same package as last year where people can co-sponsor, class sponsor, weekend sponsor, high point sponsor, and Versatility sponsor. UPHA will continue to have high points as long as there are sponsors.
Robynne brought up that throughout this year that people should think about taking out the rule that we shouldn’t have a rule anymore making people go to a certain amount of shows to qualify. Discussion about the pros and cons. Will be brought up again in November.
Jesse will ask Judy to talk to Mels about bringing their shavings trailer and leave it at the grounds again. Talk about if people can prepay their shavings when they pay for their stall and have the shavings at the stalls when people arrive. For the next meeting we will have more information about the shavings.
Jesse will bring her jumps if there is enough people interested. Jesse will talk to the lady at the school to clean stalls again.
Abby will do a raffle bucket again. If anyone has anything they would like to donate please let her know or get it to her.
New Show Dates:
June 27, 28, Iron River Show. Further discussion. Nothing is concrete as of right now depending on their fair board.
June 13,14 Marquette County Horse Club is tentative scheduling this weekend but nothing is concrete yet due to lack of volunteers.
Labor Day weekend (Sept 4,5,6) for the WApHC. Terie was not at the meeting but will have further details for future meeting.
Rulebooks: Jesse has the rulebooks on her computer but the flash drive with the rulebook copy is MIA. She will get working on those to have printed for the next meeting.
Memberships: All directors need to have their memberships paid as soon as possible. People can mail them to Robynne or get them at the next meeting.
50th Anniversary: Diana LaChance is looking for old pictures. Jesse had HMB come up with some logos to put on merchandise to sell for the anniversary. Can we change our logo for the ribbons for the members show just for this year? Jesse will bring a price list and examples of the logos at the next meeting.
Banquette: November 7th at NMU
Motion to adjourn at 3:30 Karen and seconded by Robynne
Next meeting will be in Escanaba at The Family Inn February 1st at 2pm
UPHA Minutes
November 9, 2014
Hong Kong Buffet, Marquette
Meeting was called to order by President Jesse Willour at 1:04PM.
Sign in sheet was passed around, there were 16 people present.
Minutes were
Treasurers Report- Balance in Checking- . Balance in Savings- Motion to approve by Judy, seconded by Karen, motion carried.
Correspondence- Thank you from Terie Clark regarding her show.
OLD BUSINESS
Banquet
The banquet was a HUGE success. Janece is working on next year. Diane suggested next year to make sure we invite some of the original members of UPHA, collect old pictures, and get some special awards due to UPHA’s 50th anniversary.
Members Show
Escanaba, July 25 & 26.
Judge for Sunday, July 26 – Karla Kegley from Franksville, WI. $425 Flat Fee plus hotel. Motion to approve by Karen, seconded by Janece, motion carried.
Silver Spurs Show
July 10th and 11th. Judges Keith and Freida Mertz. Double point show Saturday with first set of speed on Friday. Motion to approve Freida by Janece, seconded by Karen, motion carried. Motion to approve Keith by Karen, seconded by Janece, motion carried.
GLR Show
Memorial weekend, May 23-24. More details to come
Alger
Chelsea Martin is thinking about holding a UPHA at the Alger Co Fairgrounds. She will come to the January meeting.
WApHC
Would like to hold a show in September, but are not sure on the weekend yet.
2015 Meeting Dates
January 4th at Hong Kong Buffet- Marquette, February 1st Family Inn- Escanaba, March 1st Hong Kong, April 1st Family Inn, May 3rd Hong Kong Buffet.
NEW BUSINESS
Website Renewal
Domain name will expire January 4th. Price to renew for 2 years is $67.90. Motion to approve by Judy, seconded by Karen, motion carried.
2015 Directors Results
President- Jesse Willour
Vice President- Karen Hendrickson
Secretary-Abby Woodaz
Treasurer- Lisa Pellegrini
Point Secretary-Judy Nelson
Assistant Point Secretary-RobynneWoodaz
Director- Cindy Nummilien
-Alternates
Kylee Kristo
Dianne LaChance
Phyllis LaCombe
Carissa Schwemin
Class Changes/Adds
o Add a Novice Canter Class (horse or rider being novice)- Motion made by Carissa, no second
o Walk Trot- Get rid of the 50 point maximum rule- Motion by Judy, seconded by Karen, motion carried.
o Add a Go As You Please Class- No motion made
o Add Hunter in Hand. This class is judged on confirmation and the horse’s movement. Exhibitor will wear Kakhi’s and Polo shirt or English attire. Horse would be shown in an English bridle. Motion to add the class by Robynne, seconded by Bobbi, motion carried. Where to add this class will be discussed at a later time.
o Kids 10 and under walking trail class. Leadline kids cannot compete in this class. No motion.
o 2 Day Shows- Hold Halter & English on one day and Western and Speed on another day. No motion.
o Change Mini Trail Class to be Mini Horse/Mini Donkey/Mule- No motion
Rule Changes
o Page 4, Remove- Article V. Officers, A. Regarding directors being nominated at the October Awards Banquet . Change to nominations being in place 30 days prior to voting. Motion to change rule by Bobbi, seconded by Robynne, motion carried.
o Page 5, Letter F. Add where to store records for “Unknown Horses” that have not been shown in years. Jesse made a motion to destroy all records of horses that have not been shown in 10 years. Karen amended the motion to destroy all records of horses that have not been shown in 20 years, seconded by Terie, motion carried.
o Page 5, Letter G. Change from “The Assistant Point Secretary” to “Point Secretary”. Motion to accept by Karen, seconded by Robynne, motion carried.
o Page 6, ARTICLE VII. A. Remove “in writing” and change “Board meeting” to “General Members Meeting”. Motion made by Terie, seconded by Karen, motion carried.
o Page 6, ARTICLE VIII. A. Remove from “October” and change to “End of Season”. Motion made by Janece, seconded by Phyllis, motion carried.
o B. Remove “Meeting in November” change to “Held on a date after the Awards Banquet”. Motion made by Karen, seconded by Bobbi, motion carried.
o Page 7, Remove C. and D. Motion made by Phyllis, seconded by Bobbi, motion carried.
o Page 7, B. Remove “Vice-Chairperson” and change to “Assistant Point Secretary”. Motion made by Phyllis, seconded by Karen, motion carried.
o Page 8, Continuation of Page 7, letter C. Take out “Show site should be inspected”. Change “enclosed by snow or board fencing” and change to “Enclosed Area”. Motion made by Judy, seconded by Terie, motion carried.
o Page 8, Change to “Shows will start at 8:30AM in respective time zone”. Motion made by Karen, seconded by Judy, motion carried.
o Page 9-10,Letter K- ADD- If there is a high point year end award you must participate in and not miss more than 1 in 5 shows, 2 of 6-10 shows and 3 of 11 or more shows. Motion made by Karen, seconded by Dianne, motion carried.
o Page 10, Letter L. Discuss further (Table until next meeting)
o Page 10, Letter M- Juvenile needs to be added under points and made retroactive. Motion made by Carissa, seconded by Judy, motion carried.
o Page 10, - Under Trail, Western Riding, Reining, Driving- “Jumping” needs to be taken out since points have never been tracked. Add in “Ranch Horse” since it’s no longer an optional class - points being retroactive. Motion made by Robynne, seconded by Karen, motion carried.
o Page 10, Superior Mini Award- Take out Obstacle and Jumping since we do not offer those classes. Motion made by Janece, seconded by Bobbi, motion carried.
o Page 11, Supreme Handler Award- Drop to 250 Points from 500 Points. Motion made by Terie, seconded by Bobbi, motion carried with one opposed. Take out certificate and trophy/neck ribbon and replace with appropriate award. Motion made by Janece, seconded by Phyllis, motion carried.
o Membership Form- Add in an area for a participant to check off if they think they are getting close to a Superior or Supreme Handler award. - Tabled
o Page 11, Revisit- All requests for awards must be received by August 1st. Motion made by Terie to Delete this rule, seconded by Phyllis, motion carried.
o Page 12- Delete R. Motion made by Bobbi, seconded by Robynne, motion carried.
o Add designated break times- Between leadline & English, Jumping &Walk Trot, and Trail & Barrels. Motion made by Karen to have 3 Required 30 minute breaks listed on the Show Bill, seconded by Phyllis, motion carried.
o Page 20, Letter F, # 4- Appropriate English attire should be worn for all English classes. Take out "chin strap" requirement. Reword whole paragraph including Appropriate English Foot ware. Motion made by Bobbie, seconded by Karen, motion carried.
o Page 21, #2- Take out Dismount and mount. Motion made by Karen, seconded by Terie, motion carried.
o Page 24, Pattern Marker colors. Motion made by Janece, seconded by Judy, motion carried.
o Page 29, Under ORHA Green AS GREEN A and B- Reword “Rider May ride with one or two hands”. Motion made by Jesse, seconded by Karen to take out colors as well, motion carried.
o Replace Reining Pattern #2 with a more advanced pattern. Motion made by Abby, seconded by Terie, motion carried.
o Add in Ranch Horse Western Pleasure patterns to the book. Motion made by Judy, seconded by Robynne, motion carried.
Next meeting to be held January 4th, at the Hong Kong Buffet in Marquette.
Motion to adjourn at 3:21 PM by Karen, seconded by Robynne, motion carried.
-Respectfully submitted,
Carissa Schwemin
November 9, 2014
Hong Kong Buffet, Marquette
Meeting was called to order by President Jesse Willour at 1:04PM.
Sign in sheet was passed around, there were 16 people present.
Minutes were
Treasurers Report- Balance in Checking- . Balance in Savings- Motion to approve by Judy, seconded by Karen, motion carried.
Correspondence- Thank you from Terie Clark regarding her show.
OLD BUSINESS
Banquet
The banquet was a HUGE success. Janece is working on next year. Diane suggested next year to make sure we invite some of the original members of UPHA, collect old pictures, and get some special awards due to UPHA’s 50th anniversary.
Members Show
Escanaba, July 25 & 26.
Judge for Sunday, July 26 – Karla Kegley from Franksville, WI. $425 Flat Fee plus hotel. Motion to approve by Karen, seconded by Janece, motion carried.
Silver Spurs Show
July 10th and 11th. Judges Keith and Freida Mertz. Double point show Saturday with first set of speed on Friday. Motion to approve Freida by Janece, seconded by Karen, motion carried. Motion to approve Keith by Karen, seconded by Janece, motion carried.
GLR Show
Memorial weekend, May 23-24. More details to come
Alger
Chelsea Martin is thinking about holding a UPHA at the Alger Co Fairgrounds. She will come to the January meeting.
WApHC
Would like to hold a show in September, but are not sure on the weekend yet.
2015 Meeting Dates
January 4th at Hong Kong Buffet- Marquette, February 1st Family Inn- Escanaba, March 1st Hong Kong, April 1st Family Inn, May 3rd Hong Kong Buffet.
NEW BUSINESS
Website Renewal
Domain name will expire January 4th. Price to renew for 2 years is $67.90. Motion to approve by Judy, seconded by Karen, motion carried.
2015 Directors Results
President- Jesse Willour
Vice President- Karen Hendrickson
Secretary-Abby Woodaz
Treasurer- Lisa Pellegrini
Point Secretary-Judy Nelson
Assistant Point Secretary-RobynneWoodaz
Director- Cindy Nummilien
-Alternates
Kylee Kristo
Dianne LaChance
Phyllis LaCombe
Carissa Schwemin
Class Changes/Adds
o Add a Novice Canter Class (horse or rider being novice)- Motion made by Carissa, no second
o Walk Trot- Get rid of the 50 point maximum rule- Motion by Judy, seconded by Karen, motion carried.
o Add a Go As You Please Class- No motion made
o Add Hunter in Hand. This class is judged on confirmation and the horse’s movement. Exhibitor will wear Kakhi’s and Polo shirt or English attire. Horse would be shown in an English bridle. Motion to add the class by Robynne, seconded by Bobbi, motion carried. Where to add this class will be discussed at a later time.
o Kids 10 and under walking trail class. Leadline kids cannot compete in this class. No motion.
o 2 Day Shows- Hold Halter & English on one day and Western and Speed on another day. No motion.
o Change Mini Trail Class to be Mini Horse/Mini Donkey/Mule- No motion
Rule Changes
o Page 4, Remove- Article V. Officers, A. Regarding directors being nominated at the October Awards Banquet . Change to nominations being in place 30 days prior to voting. Motion to change rule by Bobbi, seconded by Robynne, motion carried.
o Page 5, Letter F. Add where to store records for “Unknown Horses” that have not been shown in years. Jesse made a motion to destroy all records of horses that have not been shown in 10 years. Karen amended the motion to destroy all records of horses that have not been shown in 20 years, seconded by Terie, motion carried.
o Page 5, Letter G. Change from “The Assistant Point Secretary” to “Point Secretary”. Motion to accept by Karen, seconded by Robynne, motion carried.
o Page 6, ARTICLE VII. A. Remove “in writing” and change “Board meeting” to “General Members Meeting”. Motion made by Terie, seconded by Karen, motion carried.
o Page 6, ARTICLE VIII. A. Remove from “October” and change to “End of Season”. Motion made by Janece, seconded by Phyllis, motion carried.
o B. Remove “Meeting in November” change to “Held on a date after the Awards Banquet”. Motion made by Karen, seconded by Bobbi, motion carried.
o Page 7, Remove C. and D. Motion made by Phyllis, seconded by Bobbi, motion carried.
o Page 7, B. Remove “Vice-Chairperson” and change to “Assistant Point Secretary”. Motion made by Phyllis, seconded by Karen, motion carried.
o Page 8, Continuation of Page 7, letter C. Take out “Show site should be inspected”. Change “enclosed by snow or board fencing” and change to “Enclosed Area”. Motion made by Judy, seconded by Terie, motion carried.
o Page 8, Change to “Shows will start at 8:30AM in respective time zone”. Motion made by Karen, seconded by Judy, motion carried.
o Page 9-10,Letter K- ADD- If there is a high point year end award you must participate in and not miss more than 1 in 5 shows, 2 of 6-10 shows and 3 of 11 or more shows. Motion made by Karen, seconded by Dianne, motion carried.
o Page 10, Letter L. Discuss further (Table until next meeting)
o Page 10, Letter M- Juvenile needs to be added under points and made retroactive. Motion made by Carissa, seconded by Judy, motion carried.
o Page 10, - Under Trail, Western Riding, Reining, Driving- “Jumping” needs to be taken out since points have never been tracked. Add in “Ranch Horse” since it’s no longer an optional class - points being retroactive. Motion made by Robynne, seconded by Karen, motion carried.
o Page 10, Superior Mini Award- Take out Obstacle and Jumping since we do not offer those classes. Motion made by Janece, seconded by Bobbi, motion carried.
o Page 11, Supreme Handler Award- Drop to 250 Points from 500 Points. Motion made by Terie, seconded by Bobbi, motion carried with one opposed. Take out certificate and trophy/neck ribbon and replace with appropriate award. Motion made by Janece, seconded by Phyllis, motion carried.
o Membership Form- Add in an area for a participant to check off if they think they are getting close to a Superior or Supreme Handler award. - Tabled
o Page 11, Revisit- All requests for awards must be received by August 1st. Motion made by Terie to Delete this rule, seconded by Phyllis, motion carried.
o Page 12- Delete R. Motion made by Bobbi, seconded by Robynne, motion carried.
o Add designated break times- Between leadline & English, Jumping &Walk Trot, and Trail & Barrels. Motion made by Karen to have 3 Required 30 minute breaks listed on the Show Bill, seconded by Phyllis, motion carried.
o Page 20, Letter F, # 4- Appropriate English attire should be worn for all English classes. Take out "chin strap" requirement. Reword whole paragraph including Appropriate English Foot ware. Motion made by Bobbie, seconded by Karen, motion carried.
o Page 21, #2- Take out Dismount and mount. Motion made by Karen, seconded by Terie, motion carried.
o Page 24, Pattern Marker colors. Motion made by Janece, seconded by Judy, motion carried.
o Page 29, Under ORHA Green AS GREEN A and B- Reword “Rider May ride with one or two hands”. Motion made by Jesse, seconded by Karen to take out colors as well, motion carried.
o Replace Reining Pattern #2 with a more advanced pattern. Motion made by Abby, seconded by Terie, motion carried.
o Add in Ranch Horse Western Pleasure patterns to the book. Motion made by Judy, seconded by Robynne, motion carried.
Next meeting to be held January 4th, at the Hong Kong Buffet in Marquette.
Motion to adjourn at 3:21 PM by Karen, seconded by Robynne, motion carried.
-Respectfully submitted,
Carissa Schwemin
UPHA Minutes
October 5, 2013
Hong Kong Buffet, Marquette
Meeting was called to order by President Jesse Willour at 2:10 PM.
Sign in sheet was passed around; there were 12 present.
Minutes were read. Motion to accept by Karen, seconded by Abby, motion carried.
Treasurers report was read. Error on the regular treasurer’s report for $100 in our favor. Payment to Mel’s for shavings was actually $252, not $352. New balance in Checking $957.89, balance in Savings $4,737.80. The annual auditing meeting needs to be done. Judy and Jesse will take care of this. Motion to accept report as amended by Karen, seconded by Cindy N, motion carried.
Judy did question the amount that has been set aside for timer rentals throughout the years. Will be looked into.
Correspondence- Receipt for letters postage from Lisa P. Judy also has a few bills to turn in and also a check for timer rental.
OLD BUSINESS
Banquet Updates
We need everyone to pay up front and not at the door so we have an accurate number for food.
Jesse made the programs the same way as last year (one page). Very nice job!
Abby has enough items for one bucket. She still needs more donations for a second bucket. Abby has worked her butt off by visiting different locations for donations. Thank you Abby!
Silent Auction- So far we have some necklaces from Lady Z.
Gift Exchange- Bring one to get one
Door Prizes- Random drawings
Jesse suggested Lisa Anderson take pictures of award winners next to decorative table. Lisa agreed.
Abby is setting up a slide show on her laptop with show pictures. Carissa will make something for the UPHA Show Horses that crossed the rainbow bridge in 2014.
Awards- 100 and 200 point awards are ordered.
Whoever does not have their award choice in by the morning of Oct 14th will automatically receive a trophy.
Members Show 2015 July 25-26 is reserved. Carissa will get in contact with judges
NEW BUSINESS
Class Changes/Adds
Rule Changes
Nominations
Can submit to Lisa P
Next meeting “General Members Meeting” will be November 9, 1:00 PM at the Hong Kong Buffet in Marquette.
Motion to adjourn by Karen at 4:23, seconded by Cindy N. Motion carried.
October 5, 2013
Hong Kong Buffet, Marquette
Meeting was called to order by President Jesse Willour at 2:10 PM.
Sign in sheet was passed around; there were 12 present.
Minutes were read. Motion to accept by Karen, seconded by Abby, motion carried.
Treasurers report was read. Error on the regular treasurer’s report for $100 in our favor. Payment to Mel’s for shavings was actually $252, not $352. New balance in Checking $957.89, balance in Savings $4,737.80. The annual auditing meeting needs to be done. Judy and Jesse will take care of this. Motion to accept report as amended by Karen, seconded by Cindy N, motion carried.
Judy did question the amount that has been set aside for timer rentals throughout the years. Will be looked into.
Correspondence- Receipt for letters postage from Lisa P. Judy also has a few bills to turn in and also a check for timer rental.
OLD BUSINESS
Banquet Updates
We need everyone to pay up front and not at the door so we have an accurate number for food.
Jesse made the programs the same way as last year (one page). Very nice job!
Abby has enough items for one bucket. She still needs more donations for a second bucket. Abby has worked her butt off by visiting different locations for donations. Thank you Abby!
Silent Auction- So far we have some necklaces from Lady Z.
Gift Exchange- Bring one to get one
Door Prizes- Random drawings
Jesse suggested Lisa Anderson take pictures of award winners next to decorative table. Lisa agreed.
Abby is setting up a slide show on her laptop with show pictures. Carissa will make something for the UPHA Show Horses that crossed the rainbow bridge in 2014.
Awards- 100 and 200 point awards are ordered.
Whoever does not have their award choice in by the morning of Oct 14th will automatically receive a trophy.
Members Show 2015 July 25-26 is reserved. Carissa will get in contact with judges
NEW BUSINESS
Class Changes/Adds
- Possibly add in a Novice Canter Class (horse or rider being novice)
- Walk Trot- Get rid of the 50 point maximum rule
- Add a Go as you please class
- Add Hunter in Hand. Judged on confirmation and the horses movement. Show in different style clothes and horse needs to have a bridle.
- Kids 10 and under walking trail class. Leadline kids cannot compete in this class
- 2 Day Shows- Halter and English on one day and Western and Speed on another day
- Change Mini Trail class to be Mini Horse/Mini Donkey/Mule
Rule Changes
- Page 4, Romove- Article V. Officers, A. regarding directors being nominated at the Oct Awards Banquet. Change to nominations being in place 30 days prior to voting.
- Page 5, Letter F. Add where to store records for Unknown Horses that have not been shown in years.
- Page 5, Letter G. Change from “The Assistant Point Secretary” to “Point Secretary”
- Page 6, ARTICLE VII. A. Remove “in writing” and Change “Board meeting” to “General Members Meeting”
- Page 6, ARTICLE VIII. A. Remove “October” and change to “End of Season”
- B. Remove “Meeting in November” change to “Held on a date after the Awards Banquet”
- Page 7, Remove C. and D.
- Page 7, B. Remove “Vice-Chairperson” and change to “Assistant Point Secretary”
- Page 8, Continuation of Page 7, letter C. Take out: “Show site should be inspected”. Change: “enclosed by snow or board fencing” and change to “Enclosed Area”
- Page 8, Change to “Shows will start at 8:30 AM, in respective time zone”
- Page 9-10, Letter K- ADD- If there is a high point year end award you must participate in and not miss 1 in 5 shows, 2 of 6-10 shows and 3 of 11 or more shows.
- Page 10, Letter L. Discuss further (Table til next meeting)
- Page 10, Letter M- Juvenile needs to be added under points
- Page 10, - Under Trail, Western Riding, Reining, Driving- “Jumping” needs to be taken out since points have not been tracked. Add in “Ranch Horse” since it’s no longer an optional class.
- Page 10, Superior Mini Award- Take out Obstacle and Jumping since we do not offer those classes.
- Page 11, Supreme Handler Award- Drop to 250 Points from 500 Points. Take out certificate and trophy/neck ribbon and replace with "appropriate award".
- Membership Form- Add in an area for a participant to check off if they think they are getting close to a Superior or Supreme Handler award. Need to know who has the original membership form document?
- Page 11, Revisit- All requests for awards must be received by August 1st
- Page 12, Delete R
- Add designated break times- Between leadline & English, Jumping & WalkTrot, and Trail & Barrels
- Page 20, Letter F, # 4- Appropriate English attire should be worn for all English classes. Take out chin strap requirement. Reword whole paragraph.
- Page 21, #2- Take out Dismount and mount
- Page 24, Pattern Marker colors
- Page 29, Under ORHA Green AS GREEN A and B- Reword “Rider May ride with one or two hands”
- Replace Reining Pattern #2 with a more advanced pattern.
- Add in Ranch Horse Western Pleasure patterns to the book.
Nominations
Can submit to Lisa P
Next meeting “General Members Meeting” will be November 9, 1:00 PM at the Hong Kong Buffet in Marquette.
Motion to adjourn by Karen at 4:23, seconded by Cindy N. Motion carried.
Quick Directors Meeting - Aug 30, 8:39 PM
Attendance:
Lisa A, Lisa P, Jesse, Judy, Janece, Bobbi, Robynne, Abby, Eric, Carissa, Jr. Willour
Members Show
Came out negative $300. There was low attendance possibly due to many other shows going on the same weekend.
Show itself went very well. We had tons of sponsors which helped with awards.
Show Program
Is working great. All points and results are up to date. There hasn't been any complaints regarding using upha numbers as back numbers.
Year End Awards
Robynne and Abby will take care of the versatility and high point awards.
It was decided to let year end winners to choose between a trophy, sstack, riding club, TSC.
There was discussion on setting an amount to spend on 100, 200, 500 point awards. We don't have the exact amount in the bank account so Jesse will get in touch with officers after its decided.
Youth Award
$50 to spend on it. It's easiest to figure out an award after the final count is in this weekend.
Banquet
November 1st. Food choices need to be in soon. Need to get silent auction items and a raffle wheel barrow in place of a bucket. Continue to do the gift table (bring one, get one). Jesse will take care of the placing program.
Reminder we are having a meeting on October 5. This meeting will be for proposed 2015 changes which will be voted on November 9th.
Meeting adjourned at 9:11pm
Attendance:
Lisa A, Lisa P, Jesse, Judy, Janece, Bobbi, Robynne, Abby, Eric, Carissa, Jr. Willour
Members Show
Came out negative $300. There was low attendance possibly due to many other shows going on the same weekend.
Show itself went very well. We had tons of sponsors which helped with awards.
Show Program
Is working great. All points and results are up to date. There hasn't been any complaints regarding using upha numbers as back numbers.
Year End Awards
Robynne and Abby will take care of the versatility and high point awards.
It was decided to let year end winners to choose between a trophy, sstack, riding club, TSC.
There was discussion on setting an amount to spend on 100, 200, 500 point awards. We don't have the exact amount in the bank account so Jesse will get in touch with officers after its decided.
Youth Award
$50 to spend on it. It's easiest to figure out an award after the final count is in this weekend.
Banquet
November 1st. Food choices need to be in soon. Need to get silent auction items and a raffle wheel barrow in place of a bucket. Continue to do the gift table (bring one, get one). Jesse will take care of the placing program.
Reminder we are having a meeting on October 5. This meeting will be for proposed 2015 changes which will be voted on November 9th.
Meeting adjourned at 9:11pm
UPHA
May 3, 2014
Hong Kong Buffet
Meeting called to order by President Jesse Willour at 2:06 PM
Sing in sheet was passed around. There were 19 present.
Cindy N is sitting in for Lisa Anderson and Abby is sitting in for Robynne.
Minutes were read. Motion to approve by Judy, seconded by Karen, motion carried.
Treasurers Report- Balance in checking - $1308.60, balance in savings - $4516.89. Motion to accept by Judy, seconded by Karen, motion carried.
Correspondence- Flyer for the SSSC was passed around. Jesse heard from Cowboy Magic. They are donating $200 worth of stuff. UPHA will need to pay $50 for shipping. The Ad from the Escanaba Daily Press was also passed around.
OLD BUSINESS
Members Show
-Stall Cleaning- Jesse was able to get the Escanaba High School Key Club to clean stalls. UPHA will pay $8/horse and $3/tack.
-Show Program- It can provide a billing statement, results, announcer info, among other printouts. Amanda’s husband may be willing to be our main person to be paid and work the program at all the shows next year. There was discussion as to how it is needed for UPHA members/exhibitors needing to use their UPHA number as their back number. Motion to approve by Carissa, second by Karen, motion carried. We will need a lamination machine so new numbers will not need to be given at each show. Becky offered to check on prices and let Jesse know.
-Awards are almost all set.
-Leadline Class awards. Terie said her farm will donate stuff for all of the participating kids.
- High Point for the weekend- Eric Willour is making a custom saddle rack.
- Still lots of jobs to be filled.
Year End Awards
-Cindy talked to a relative who works at the Chip In Island Casino. She needs to write out a request to have them donate “goods”. She is going to request a saddle. If they donate a saddle, it will be used as an overall High Point year end award.
-SSSC has donated $75 so all of the high points will now be worth $50 instead of $25
Supreme Horse Award
Handler Award- Judy stated it should be 250 points, not 500. This will be brought up at the November meeting. If passed, points will be retroactive.
NEW BUSINESS
GLR/4-H Posse Show-
The 2nd judge will be Tia Koehler. Motion to accept by Karen, seconded by Janece, motion carried.
Banquet
Janece brought the dinner choices. The banquet will be held on November 1st. Items to vote on need be brought up 30 days prior to the “Members November” meeting. In order to keep the banquet fun, we will have a meeting on October 5th to bring up voting issues and our Nov meeting will be held on November 9th. Both meetings will be held in Marquette.
June Meeting
Jesse would like to have a directors meeting in June before the members show to make sure everything is set and in order. Meeting will be June 8th at the Family Inn, Escanaba at 2:00PM.
Motion to adjourn the meeting at 3:26 PM by Carissa, seconded by Karen, motion carried.
May 3, 2014
Hong Kong Buffet
Meeting called to order by President Jesse Willour at 2:06 PM
Sing in sheet was passed around. There were 19 present.
Cindy N is sitting in for Lisa Anderson and Abby is sitting in for Robynne.
Minutes were read. Motion to approve by Judy, seconded by Karen, motion carried.
Treasurers Report- Balance in checking - $1308.60, balance in savings - $4516.89. Motion to accept by Judy, seconded by Karen, motion carried.
Correspondence- Flyer for the SSSC was passed around. Jesse heard from Cowboy Magic. They are donating $200 worth of stuff. UPHA will need to pay $50 for shipping. The Ad from the Escanaba Daily Press was also passed around.
OLD BUSINESS
Members Show
-Stall Cleaning- Jesse was able to get the Escanaba High School Key Club to clean stalls. UPHA will pay $8/horse and $3/tack.
-Show Program- It can provide a billing statement, results, announcer info, among other printouts. Amanda’s husband may be willing to be our main person to be paid and work the program at all the shows next year. There was discussion as to how it is needed for UPHA members/exhibitors needing to use their UPHA number as their back number. Motion to approve by Carissa, second by Karen, motion carried. We will need a lamination machine so new numbers will not need to be given at each show. Becky offered to check on prices and let Jesse know.
-Awards are almost all set.
-Leadline Class awards. Terie said her farm will donate stuff for all of the participating kids.
- High Point for the weekend- Eric Willour is making a custom saddle rack.
- Still lots of jobs to be filled.
Year End Awards
-Cindy talked to a relative who works at the Chip In Island Casino. She needs to write out a request to have them donate “goods”. She is going to request a saddle. If they donate a saddle, it will be used as an overall High Point year end award.
-SSSC has donated $75 so all of the high points will now be worth $50 instead of $25
Supreme Horse Award
Handler Award- Judy stated it should be 250 points, not 500. This will be brought up at the November meeting. If passed, points will be retroactive.
NEW BUSINESS
GLR/4-H Posse Show-
The 2nd judge will be Tia Koehler. Motion to accept by Karen, seconded by Janece, motion carried.
Banquet
Janece brought the dinner choices. The banquet will be held on November 1st. Items to vote on need be brought up 30 days prior to the “Members November” meeting. In order to keep the banquet fun, we will have a meeting on October 5th to bring up voting issues and our Nov meeting will be held on November 9th. Both meetings will be held in Marquette.
June Meeting
Jesse would like to have a directors meeting in June before the members show to make sure everything is set and in order. Meeting will be June 8th at the Family Inn, Escanaba at 2:00PM.
Motion to adjourn the meeting at 3:26 PM by Carissa, seconded by Karen, motion carried.
UPHA
April 6, 2014
Family Inn, Escanaba
Meeting called to order at 2:13 PM by President Jesse Willour.
Minutes were read. Motion to accept by Karen, seconded by Robynne, motion carried.
Lisa Anderson is absent, Cindy Nummilien will vote in her place today.
Treasurers Report- A down payment was made on our awards. Balance in Checking- $838.60, balance in Savings- $4416.71. Motion to accept by Judy, seconded by Karen, motion carried.
No Correspondence but, Lisa P said Jackie has been sick and had surgery. She brought a card to pass for everyone to sign. UPHA will send her a flower arrangement with a limit of $50.
OLD BUSINESS
NBHA Speed Classes
It turned out there are other shows already going on in their district during the same dates as our shows so they will not be holding any classes with UPHA this year.
Members Show
Judges- Stacie Riehl $350 flat fee plus motel. Sunday- $450 flat fee plus motel. Motion to approve by Judy, seconded by Janece, motion carried.
Stall Cleaning- Jesse checked with the jail crew, but they are booked all summer. She suggested booking them for next year since we already set the date for our show. It was suggested for everyone to clean their own stalls. We will leave that as our fallback if no other group can be found. Jesse and Cindy N will check with some other groups. Jesse asked out of the people who are here if local members would be willing to go a day(s) early to start set up/wipe down, etc.
Show Program- Judy is still working with Robin Rhodes. The program that UPHA purchased has proved to be difficult to set up and use. The program is set up to go by the horse’s number. It would be easiest if exhibitors have a back number that matches the horse’s number regardless of the handler. If two people show the same horse, they should use the same back number. Robynne is going to get together with Judy to see what else they can figure out. Carissa will make some updates to the show bill to make it more compatible to the show program.
Judy needs a printer so the necessary paperwork can be printed out at the shows. Motion made by Karen to approve $200 budget for the printer and extra ink cartridge, seconded by Carissa, motion carried.
Jesse suggested that maybe next year it would be the best if we hire one person who can be trained in on the program and work registration at every show. Everyone agreed.
Rule Book- Page 10, Superior Horse Award, under 100 points Western Pleasure classes and English Pleasure class, Juvenile needs to be added back in. An amendment needs to be made. Motion for Carissa to type up the amendment by Judy, seconded by Cindy, motion carried.
Page 12- It states the Optional classes points will be kept towards 100/200 points. The points have not been tracked up to date.
Awards- Jesse suggested setting up an awards table in the shade away from the out-gate to prevent a jam up. It was suggested to put items in a grab bag to make the item choice much faster. Cowboy Magic has not got to back to Jesse with their final decision whether they will donate items for our show.
Jobs- There are lots of jobs that still need to be filled.
Raffle Buckets are coming along great.
Year End Award Sponsors
Judy received a sponsorship from Papa Murphy’s for the versatility award for $100. Judy put in the other $25. “Senior Division” Karen also received a versatility award sponsorship from Molly Huddleson (Big Creek Equestrian Center) “Junior Division”
Decals
Martha brought our decals/t-shirts to sell at the MCHC tack sale. She sold a few decals and received some shirt orders.
Escanaba Fairgrounds
Terie received a letter from the UP State Fairgrounds stating they have received the funding to redo the outdoor arena and it will be done this year. They are inviting people to come and share thoughts/suggestions on April 9th.
August Show
Terie stated they would like to add some jackpot classes to the open show. Because the Steam-Engine stuff going on, if people coming through the gate are not a exhibitor or volunteer, they will have to pay $5 to get in the gate. During the Appaloosa portion of the show (Saturday), there will be jackpot classes that are open to all breeds.
NEW BUSINESS
GRL/4-H Posse Show judge Miranda Weber.
There was discussion that due to too many people knowing her we cannot approve her.
May meeting
Yes we need one. We are going to try to get the room at Hong Kong Buffet instead of Perkins due to the noise.
Article in Daily Press
There will be an article on UPHA in the Escanaba Daily Press that will include show dates, how to become a member, who to contact, etc.
Silver Spurs Clinic
Just a reminder, SSSC still have some open slots and there will be a huge tack sale.
Manistique Horse Club
There is a horse club being put together that will focus on fun shows.
Judy made a motion to adjourn at 4:03PM, seconded by Cindy N, motion carried.
April 6, 2014
Family Inn, Escanaba
Meeting called to order at 2:13 PM by President Jesse Willour.
Minutes were read. Motion to accept by Karen, seconded by Robynne, motion carried.
Lisa Anderson is absent, Cindy Nummilien will vote in her place today.
Treasurers Report- A down payment was made on our awards. Balance in Checking- $838.60, balance in Savings- $4416.71. Motion to accept by Judy, seconded by Karen, motion carried.
No Correspondence but, Lisa P said Jackie has been sick and had surgery. She brought a card to pass for everyone to sign. UPHA will send her a flower arrangement with a limit of $50.
OLD BUSINESS
NBHA Speed Classes
It turned out there are other shows already going on in their district during the same dates as our shows so they will not be holding any classes with UPHA this year.
Members Show
Judges- Stacie Riehl $350 flat fee plus motel. Sunday- $450 flat fee plus motel. Motion to approve by Judy, seconded by Janece, motion carried.
Stall Cleaning- Jesse checked with the jail crew, but they are booked all summer. She suggested booking them for next year since we already set the date for our show. It was suggested for everyone to clean their own stalls. We will leave that as our fallback if no other group can be found. Jesse and Cindy N will check with some other groups. Jesse asked out of the people who are here if local members would be willing to go a day(s) early to start set up/wipe down, etc.
Show Program- Judy is still working with Robin Rhodes. The program that UPHA purchased has proved to be difficult to set up and use. The program is set up to go by the horse’s number. It would be easiest if exhibitors have a back number that matches the horse’s number regardless of the handler. If two people show the same horse, they should use the same back number. Robynne is going to get together with Judy to see what else they can figure out. Carissa will make some updates to the show bill to make it more compatible to the show program.
Judy needs a printer so the necessary paperwork can be printed out at the shows. Motion made by Karen to approve $200 budget for the printer and extra ink cartridge, seconded by Carissa, motion carried.
Jesse suggested that maybe next year it would be the best if we hire one person who can be trained in on the program and work registration at every show. Everyone agreed.
Rule Book- Page 10, Superior Horse Award, under 100 points Western Pleasure classes and English Pleasure class, Juvenile needs to be added back in. An amendment needs to be made. Motion for Carissa to type up the amendment by Judy, seconded by Cindy, motion carried.
Page 12- It states the Optional classes points will be kept towards 100/200 points. The points have not been tracked up to date.
Awards- Jesse suggested setting up an awards table in the shade away from the out-gate to prevent a jam up. It was suggested to put items in a grab bag to make the item choice much faster. Cowboy Magic has not got to back to Jesse with their final decision whether they will donate items for our show.
Jobs- There are lots of jobs that still need to be filled.
Raffle Buckets are coming along great.
Year End Award Sponsors
Judy received a sponsorship from Papa Murphy’s for the versatility award for $100. Judy put in the other $25. “Senior Division” Karen also received a versatility award sponsorship from Molly Huddleson (Big Creek Equestrian Center) “Junior Division”
Decals
Martha brought our decals/t-shirts to sell at the MCHC tack sale. She sold a few decals and received some shirt orders.
Escanaba Fairgrounds
Terie received a letter from the UP State Fairgrounds stating they have received the funding to redo the outdoor arena and it will be done this year. They are inviting people to come and share thoughts/suggestions on April 9th.
August Show
Terie stated they would like to add some jackpot classes to the open show. Because the Steam-Engine stuff going on, if people coming through the gate are not a exhibitor or volunteer, they will have to pay $5 to get in the gate. During the Appaloosa portion of the show (Saturday), there will be jackpot classes that are open to all breeds.
NEW BUSINESS
GRL/4-H Posse Show judge Miranda Weber.
There was discussion that due to too many people knowing her we cannot approve her.
May meeting
Yes we need one. We are going to try to get the room at Hong Kong Buffet instead of Perkins due to the noise.
Article in Daily Press
There will be an article on UPHA in the Escanaba Daily Press that will include show dates, how to become a member, who to contact, etc.
Silver Spurs Clinic
Just a reminder, SSSC still have some open slots and there will be a huge tack sale.
Manistique Horse Club
There is a horse club being put together that will focus on fun shows.
Judy made a motion to adjourn at 4:03PM, seconded by Cindy N, motion carried.
UPHA
March 2, 2014
Perkins Restaurant, Marquette
Meeting called to order by President Jesse Willour at 2:07 PM. There were 22 in attendance.
Jesse read an overview of the minutes.
Treasurers Report- Balance in savings $4216.36, checking- $4316.53. Motion to accept by Judy, seconded by Tina, motion carried.
No correspondence
OLD BUSINESS
Members Show
Lisa P will check with Cindy to make all of the trail patterns and Lisa will bring all the stuff that is needed.
2 Directors or alternates must stay until the end of the show
Sponsorships are going well. Need 3 versatility sponsors @ $125 each. Hi-Point sponsors are filled. Make sure thank you notes are sent out- letter from Bonnie Decaire- Jones.
Show Program
Robin Rhodes is still working on
NEW BUSINESS
Judges
Terie stated Mike Elliot and Carol Craig will be the judges for her show. Motion to approve by Karen, seconded by Judy, motion carried.
Esky Arena
The Escanaba Fair authority received a $10,000 grant and have another $10,000 grant pending for the outdoor arena. Stephanie stated it will not be done this year.
UPQHA
Jesse stated at this time, 2014 will be the last year UPQHA will hold a show in Escanaba due to lack of help.
Silver Spur Clinic
Jesse asked if UPHA will sponsor $20 for the Silver Spur Clinic, May 10th. Karen made a motion, seconded by Janece, motion carried.
UP Fair Sponsorship
Jackie asked if UPHA will donate $100 toward the UP State Fair Youth Awards. Motion to accept by Karen, second by Robynne, motion carried.
NBHA Classes to run at UPHA shows
Stephanie Barhman stated they would like to run their classes at the end of the day, after our normal speed classes. Table until the next meeting regarding days, times, etc.
Banquet
November 1st @ NMU. Lisa P and Jesse will organize.
Motion to adjourn meeting at 3:26PM by Judy, 2nd by Martha, motion carried.
March 2, 2014
Perkins Restaurant, Marquette
Meeting called to order by President Jesse Willour at 2:07 PM. There were 22 in attendance.
Jesse read an overview of the minutes.
Treasurers Report- Balance in savings $4216.36, checking- $4316.53. Motion to accept by Judy, seconded by Tina, motion carried.
No correspondence
OLD BUSINESS
Members Show
Lisa P will check with Cindy to make all of the trail patterns and Lisa will bring all the stuff that is needed.
2 Directors or alternates must stay until the end of the show
Sponsorships are going well. Need 3 versatility sponsors @ $125 each. Hi-Point sponsors are filled. Make sure thank you notes are sent out- letter from Bonnie Decaire- Jones.
Show Program
Robin Rhodes is still working on
NEW BUSINESS
Judges
Terie stated Mike Elliot and Carol Craig will be the judges for her show. Motion to approve by Karen, seconded by Judy, motion carried.
Esky Arena
The Escanaba Fair authority received a $10,000 grant and have another $10,000 grant pending for the outdoor arena. Stephanie stated it will not be done this year.
UPQHA
Jesse stated at this time, 2014 will be the last year UPQHA will hold a show in Escanaba due to lack of help.
Silver Spur Clinic
Jesse asked if UPHA will sponsor $20 for the Silver Spur Clinic, May 10th. Karen made a motion, seconded by Janece, motion carried.
UP Fair Sponsorship
Jackie asked if UPHA will donate $100 toward the UP State Fair Youth Awards. Motion to accept by Karen, second by Robynne, motion carried.
NBHA Classes to run at UPHA shows
Stephanie Barhman stated they would like to run their classes at the end of the day, after our normal speed classes. Table until the next meeting regarding days, times, etc.
Banquet
November 1st @ NMU. Lisa P and Jesse will organize.
Motion to adjourn meeting at 3:26PM by Judy, 2nd by Martha, motion carried.
UPHA
February 2, 2014
Family Inn, Escanaba
Meeting was called to order by President Jesse Willour at 2:02PM
Sign in sheet was passed around. There were 16 people in attendance
Minutes were read individually. Correction- Robin Rhodes will work with UPHA on a new show program if she cannot get ours to work.
Treasurers Report- Balance in checking $1363.54, savings $4216.19. Motion to approve by Martha, seconded by Judy. Motion carried.
OLD BUSINESS
Results from Auditing meeting
Judy said they need more papers to complete it.
Rule Books
Books are updated and 100 of them have been printed
Sue Henry Youth Sportsmanship Award
Jesse asked around the horse community for donations. She received a anonymous $50 donation. She suggested a plaque instead of a certificate.
Decals and T-Shirts
Jesse made up a purchasing form that can be kept in the registration booth. Cost for the small decals are $3 and $6 for large. T-Shirts will be $16.50 and $30 for hoodies. ($4 more for 2x)
Adding Showmanship to the required classes for the Versatility Award
There was some discussion as to if there would be too many classes and are there enough people who compete for Versatility. No motion brought forth to add it.
High Point/Versatility Sponsors
Chelsea Martin is sponsoring a high point. We still need two High Point and 3 Versatility Sponsors.
Labor Day Weekend Show Updates
First set of speed will run Saturday evening, second set will be on Sunday. Terie needs a good estimate to the number of campers to be expected due to the steam show. Use of the outdoor arena will be limited on Friday due to the Appy show. Judges names have not been released yet because they have not been approved by nationals. The only gate to be used will be the one between the two horse barns. Stall cost will be $30 per horse occupied stall and $15 per tack stall. There will be drawings throughout the show.
Members Show
Run speed on Friday/Saturday Night? Everyone agreed it worked well last year. Motion made by Judy to run speed on Friday/Saturday evening, seconded by Jance. Motion carried.
Judges- Ashley Huey- $450 Flat fee plus hotel. Motion to accept by Judy, seconded by Robynne, motion carried.
Stalls- Paid by June 1st. $27 horse occupied, $15 Tack Stall. Motion to accept by Judy, seconded by Abby. Motion carried.
Dave Moran Insurance- He said he will carry the insurance. Cost to UPHA is $25.
Class Sponsorships- Jesse made a new sponsorship form and also a receipt form for the member to hold on to. Gladstone Eye Care agreed to be a weekend Sponsor
Job list was passed around. It was suggested to make a new document with a description of each job.
Basic items that need to be brought to the show- Safety pins, paper, pencils, etc.
Everyone to make a list of items needed and bring to the next meeting
Registration- Judy will ask Robin Rhodes if she would be willing to help with registration.
Shavings- Judy checked with Mels and they will have a truck of shavings at the show. $5 per bag.
NEW BUSINESS
Judges to approve
MCHC- Liz Beula and Sara Gronski. Motion to approve by Lisa A, seconded by Judy, motion carried.
GLR- Samantha Johnson- Motion to approve by Carissa, seconded by Karen, motion carried.
Iron River Show start time
We agreed to run it on central time again.
Any new show dates
Due to the Esky Fairgrounds being booked all summer, Janece will contact the Chamber to see if we can book future years for the Members Show.
New Marquette meeting location
Perkins is willing to let us use the closed side of the restaurant. Robynne suggested the room in the Hong Kong Buffet. Decided to go with Perkins for our March meeting.
No other new business
Motion to adjourn at 3:37PM by Martha, seconded by Robynne, motion carried.
February 2, 2014
Family Inn, Escanaba
Meeting was called to order by President Jesse Willour at 2:02PM
Sign in sheet was passed around. There were 16 people in attendance
Minutes were read individually. Correction- Robin Rhodes will work with UPHA on a new show program if she cannot get ours to work.
Treasurers Report- Balance in checking $1363.54, savings $4216.19. Motion to approve by Martha, seconded by Judy. Motion carried.
OLD BUSINESS
Results from Auditing meeting
Judy said they need more papers to complete it.
Rule Books
Books are updated and 100 of them have been printed
Sue Henry Youth Sportsmanship Award
Jesse asked around the horse community for donations. She received a anonymous $50 donation. She suggested a plaque instead of a certificate.
Decals and T-Shirts
Jesse made up a purchasing form that can be kept in the registration booth. Cost for the small decals are $3 and $6 for large. T-Shirts will be $16.50 and $30 for hoodies. ($4 more for 2x)
Adding Showmanship to the required classes for the Versatility Award
There was some discussion as to if there would be too many classes and are there enough people who compete for Versatility. No motion brought forth to add it.
High Point/Versatility Sponsors
Chelsea Martin is sponsoring a high point. We still need two High Point and 3 Versatility Sponsors.
Labor Day Weekend Show Updates
First set of speed will run Saturday evening, second set will be on Sunday. Terie needs a good estimate to the number of campers to be expected due to the steam show. Use of the outdoor arena will be limited on Friday due to the Appy show. Judges names have not been released yet because they have not been approved by nationals. The only gate to be used will be the one between the two horse barns. Stall cost will be $30 per horse occupied stall and $15 per tack stall. There will be drawings throughout the show.
Members Show
Run speed on Friday/Saturday Night? Everyone agreed it worked well last year. Motion made by Judy to run speed on Friday/Saturday evening, seconded by Jance. Motion carried.
Judges- Ashley Huey- $450 Flat fee plus hotel. Motion to accept by Judy, seconded by Robynne, motion carried.
Stalls- Paid by June 1st. $27 horse occupied, $15 Tack Stall. Motion to accept by Judy, seconded by Abby. Motion carried.
Dave Moran Insurance- He said he will carry the insurance. Cost to UPHA is $25.
Class Sponsorships- Jesse made a new sponsorship form and also a receipt form for the member to hold on to. Gladstone Eye Care agreed to be a weekend Sponsor
Job list was passed around. It was suggested to make a new document with a description of each job.
Basic items that need to be brought to the show- Safety pins, paper, pencils, etc.
Everyone to make a list of items needed and bring to the next meeting
Registration- Judy will ask Robin Rhodes if she would be willing to help with registration.
Shavings- Judy checked with Mels and they will have a truck of shavings at the show. $5 per bag.
NEW BUSINESS
Judges to approve
MCHC- Liz Beula and Sara Gronski. Motion to approve by Lisa A, seconded by Judy, motion carried.
GLR- Samantha Johnson- Motion to approve by Carissa, seconded by Karen, motion carried.
Iron River Show start time
We agreed to run it on central time again.
Any new show dates
Due to the Esky Fairgrounds being booked all summer, Janece will contact the Chamber to see if we can book future years for the Members Show.
New Marquette meeting location
Perkins is willing to let us use the closed side of the restaurant. Robynne suggested the room in the Hong Kong Buffet. Decided to go with Perkins for our March meeting.
No other new business
Motion to adjourn at 3:37PM by Martha, seconded by Robynne, motion carried.
UPHA MEETNG
JANUARY 5, 2014
BONANZA
Meeting was called to order by President Jesse Willour at 2:05 PM.
Sign in sheet was passed around, there were 22 people in attendance.
Minutes were read. Jesse stated the auditing was not done. Motion to accept by Robynne, seconded by Jesse. Motion carried.
Treasurers Report
Balance in checking $1153.86, balance in savings $4116.19. Motion to accept by Tina, seconded by Martha. Motion carried.
Correspondence
Janece received a X-mas card for UPHA that was sent by NMU.
OLD BUSINESS
Results from Auditing meeting
It was not done. Judy and Jesse will get together as soon as they can.
Show Dates
As of right now Silver Spurs does not have a date.
Saddle Up Horse Club/Iron River- June 28-29. Double point show for pleasure on Saturday. Second set of speed to take place on Sunday. Judges- Paul Huettl and Betty Kowalski. Motion to approve dates and judges by Abby, seconded by Karen H. Motion carried.
GLR- Confirmed Memorial weekend. May 24-25. Motion to approve the dates by Janece, seconded by Judy. Motion carried.
WApHC- Pleasure and speed on Sunday. August 31, 2014. Terie would like to have a double point show. There was some discussion on having speed run twice on the same day. Karen H made a motion to approve the show date whether it be single or double points with more details to come, seconded by Martha. Bobbi opposed, motion carried.
Raffle Bucket
Abby will be in charge of organizing raffle buckets. One for the Members Show and one for the Banquet.
T-Shirts/Decals
Jesse had a sample T-Shirt with the UPHA logo and some decals made up. The design has a logo on the front and back. T-shirts would cost $13. Sweatshirts would cost $25. There was some discussion on marking up the price so UPHA can make some money off the sales. Decals- a 3.5x2 cost $1.50. Jesse will make up an order form to have available at the next meeting. It was suggested that each paid member will receive a small one for free, but it was then mentioned that if each member gets a free decal, then they won’t buy one.
NEW BUSINESS
Horse Show Program.
Robynne has it loaded on the computer. She still needs to put more information in it when we get closer to the shows. She stated it is not a user friendly program. She made a copy of it to give to Judy. Judy gave it to Robin Rhodes. If she can’t get it to work, then she will give UPHA a program to use.
Rule Books
Jesse now has the jump drive for the rule book. The changes have not been entered as of today. Robynne pointed out the Western Riding Patterns are upside down in the book. Jesse and Lisa A will get together and have them printed by the next meeting.
Members Show
Karen H will take care of stall reservations. Stall rental will stay at $27 each.
Jesse will look for a group to clean the stalls. If she cannot find a group by the next two meetings then, members will have to clean their own stalls.
Carissa and Jesse will look into judges.
Show manager- Having a show manager is a necessity. Amanda Winters will do it.
Insurance/Concessions- Robynne will check with Dave Moran.
Shavings- Jesse or Judy will check with Mels to see if they will bring in a trailer.
Award Ideas- First Place will get a special award and 2-5 will get ribbons. Phyllis suggested the Tractor Supply Gift card again for one day. Jesse brought a sample cup with customized decals. She also brought in a small customized towels in place of ribbons for one day.
One day will be drinking cup and towel for First place, colored towels for 2-5 place. The other day will be TS Gift cards with Ribbons for 2-5 place.
Optional Classes- We will offer the stallion’s class and both jumping classes. Jesse and Lisa will supply the jumps. Carissa made a motion to add the three classes to the show bill, seconded by Tina. Motion carried.
Class Sponsorships- Jesse made up a new sponsorship form for classes ($20) each and a weekend sponsor for ($75). Jesse brought up the idea of getting so much $ off each person’s show bill depending on how many sponsors each person gets. No more discussion at this time.
Traveling Award Dedicated to- Janece made a motion to dedicate the traveling award to Joyce Meyer, seconded by Lisa A. Motion carried. Jesse asked if we should put a cap on how many years in a row that a person can win it. No cap.
Sue Henry Youth Sportsmanship Award- Discuss more at the next meeting.
Versatility/High Point Sponsors
There are 3 Versatility and 3 High Point sponsors needed. Jesse stated Chelsea Martin would like to sponsor a High Point in the name of her salon. Judy stated that Tracie Gartland usually sponsors on of the Versatility awards and Karen H stated she usually sponsors one as well.
Versatility Award
Jesse stated that someone had suggested to her to add Showmanship to the versatility award class requirements. Table until the February meeting.
Reminder that all clubs holding a show owe their UPHA owe their sanction fee be paid before March.
Directors Owe Dues today
Carissa reminded all directors that dues need to be paid today.
Motion to adjourn at 3:48 pm by Martha, seconded by Lisa A. Motion carried.
JANUARY 5, 2014
BONANZA
Meeting was called to order by President Jesse Willour at 2:05 PM.
Sign in sheet was passed around, there were 22 people in attendance.
Minutes were read. Jesse stated the auditing was not done. Motion to accept by Robynne, seconded by Jesse. Motion carried.
Treasurers Report
Balance in checking $1153.86, balance in savings $4116.19. Motion to accept by Tina, seconded by Martha. Motion carried.
Correspondence
Janece received a X-mas card for UPHA that was sent by NMU.
OLD BUSINESS
Results from Auditing meeting
It was not done. Judy and Jesse will get together as soon as they can.
Show Dates
As of right now Silver Spurs does not have a date.
Saddle Up Horse Club/Iron River- June 28-29. Double point show for pleasure on Saturday. Second set of speed to take place on Sunday. Judges- Paul Huettl and Betty Kowalski. Motion to approve dates and judges by Abby, seconded by Karen H. Motion carried.
GLR- Confirmed Memorial weekend. May 24-25. Motion to approve the dates by Janece, seconded by Judy. Motion carried.
WApHC- Pleasure and speed on Sunday. August 31, 2014. Terie would like to have a double point show. There was some discussion on having speed run twice on the same day. Karen H made a motion to approve the show date whether it be single or double points with more details to come, seconded by Martha. Bobbi opposed, motion carried.
Raffle Bucket
Abby will be in charge of organizing raffle buckets. One for the Members Show and one for the Banquet.
T-Shirts/Decals
Jesse had a sample T-Shirt with the UPHA logo and some decals made up. The design has a logo on the front and back. T-shirts would cost $13. Sweatshirts would cost $25. There was some discussion on marking up the price so UPHA can make some money off the sales. Decals- a 3.5x2 cost $1.50. Jesse will make up an order form to have available at the next meeting. It was suggested that each paid member will receive a small one for free, but it was then mentioned that if each member gets a free decal, then they won’t buy one.
NEW BUSINESS
Horse Show Program.
Robynne has it loaded on the computer. She still needs to put more information in it when we get closer to the shows. She stated it is not a user friendly program. She made a copy of it to give to Judy. Judy gave it to Robin Rhodes. If she can’t get it to work, then she will give UPHA a program to use.
Rule Books
Jesse now has the jump drive for the rule book. The changes have not been entered as of today. Robynne pointed out the Western Riding Patterns are upside down in the book. Jesse and Lisa A will get together and have them printed by the next meeting.
Members Show
Karen H will take care of stall reservations. Stall rental will stay at $27 each.
Jesse will look for a group to clean the stalls. If she cannot find a group by the next two meetings then, members will have to clean their own stalls.
Carissa and Jesse will look into judges.
Show manager- Having a show manager is a necessity. Amanda Winters will do it.
Insurance/Concessions- Robynne will check with Dave Moran.
Shavings- Jesse or Judy will check with Mels to see if they will bring in a trailer.
Award Ideas- First Place will get a special award and 2-5 will get ribbons. Phyllis suggested the Tractor Supply Gift card again for one day. Jesse brought a sample cup with customized decals. She also brought in a small customized towels in place of ribbons for one day.
One day will be drinking cup and towel for First place, colored towels for 2-5 place. The other day will be TS Gift cards with Ribbons for 2-5 place.
Optional Classes- We will offer the stallion’s class and both jumping classes. Jesse and Lisa will supply the jumps. Carissa made a motion to add the three classes to the show bill, seconded by Tina. Motion carried.
Class Sponsorships- Jesse made up a new sponsorship form for classes ($20) each and a weekend sponsor for ($75). Jesse brought up the idea of getting so much $ off each person’s show bill depending on how many sponsors each person gets. No more discussion at this time.
Traveling Award Dedicated to- Janece made a motion to dedicate the traveling award to Joyce Meyer, seconded by Lisa A. Motion carried. Jesse asked if we should put a cap on how many years in a row that a person can win it. No cap.
Sue Henry Youth Sportsmanship Award- Discuss more at the next meeting.
Versatility/High Point Sponsors
There are 3 Versatility and 3 High Point sponsors needed. Jesse stated Chelsea Martin would like to sponsor a High Point in the name of her salon. Judy stated that Tracie Gartland usually sponsors on of the Versatility awards and Karen H stated she usually sponsors one as well.
Versatility Award
Jesse stated that someone had suggested to her to add Showmanship to the versatility award class requirements. Table until the February meeting.
Reminder that all clubs holding a show owe their UPHA owe their sanction fee be paid before March.
Directors Owe Dues today
Carissa reminded all directors that dues need to be paid today.
Motion to adjourn at 3:48 pm by Martha, seconded by Lisa A. Motion carried.
UPHA MINUTES
NOVEMBER 17, 2013
BONANZA (Marquette)
Meeting was called to order by Vice President Karen H at 1:11 PM.
Minutes were read. Motion to accept by Lisa P, seconded by Robynne, motion carried.
Treasurer’s report
Balance in checking $1,353.67, Balance in savings $3,915.86. Motion to accept by Jackie, seconded by Bobbi, motion carried.
Correspondence
Thank you card was received from Bonnie DeCaire-Jones for a great show season.
OLD BUSINESS
Meeting locations
Do members want to rotate back and forth between Mqt and Esky, Robynne stated the Family Inn in Escanaba would be willing to let us use their meeting room. There was some discussion as if we should add in an Eastern UP meeting location as well. Jackie made a motion to rotate meetings between Escanaba- Family Inn and Marquette- B Bonanza, with the exception Eastern UP members can check on possible meeting places as well, seconded by Jesse, motion carried.
January 5- Bonanza, February 2- Family Inn, March 2- Bonanza, April 6- Family Inn, May 4- Bonanza
Auditing Meeting
There was supposed to be an auditing meeting done prior to this meeting. It was not done, because a group was not chosen. Judy and Jesse volunteered to do this before the January meeting.
NEW BUSINESS
Horse Show Dates
Members show- Janece tentatively scheduled June 21-22 in Escanaba.
May 24-25 GRL
Silver Spurs May 31-June 1
Iron River June 28-29
MCHC July 12-13
Motion to approve the UPHA Members show and MCHC show dates by Jackie, seconded by Janece, motion carried.
Sick/Lame Horse
Having points transfer to another horse and be able to bring the original horse back if no longer sick or lame. Can a farrier determine the horse is lame instead of a vet?
-Delete Rule- Page 9 Letter I- A rider may change horses during the year upon application to the Board of Directors if the horse is sick or lame (vet certification) and points accumulated to be transferred to the new horse. Once a horse acquires UPHA points, the points are recorded forthe life of that horse and will follow the horse upon new ownership.
-Judy made a motion to throw the rule out, seconded by Terie. Nobody was opposed, motion carried.
Ranch Horse Western Pleasure
Robynne made a motion to add Ranch Horse Western Pleasure as a permanent class and keep the rules as is, seconded by Jackie, motion carried.
There was some discussion about moving the class to hold it after trail. It was decided to leave as is.
Change to Mini Horse Trail
Carissa made a motion to change Mini Horse Trail to say Mini Equine Trail class, seconded by Lisa P, motion was denied.
Add Classes suggestion
Add an in-hand trail class- no interest
Add a peewee division ages 3-7 for games and/or pleasure – no interest
Superior Horse Award- Rule Book
Rule book states, points needed in English Equitation. Judy made a motion to correct the rule book to take out Equitation, replace with Pleasure and make points retroactive, seconded by Lisa A, motion carried.
Ink Cartridge needed
Judy made a motion for a $250 Office supply budget for the year, seconded by Amanda, motion carried.
OTHER NEW BUSINESS
September show
Terie brought up a discussion about having a possible September show in conjunction with the WI Appaloosa Horse Club show in Escanaba. She will bring more info to the next meeting.
2014 Banquet
Janece talked to NMU and booked a tentative date for Nov 1, 2014
Decals/T-Shirts
Jesse stated she has unlimited access to screen printing and was wondering if we can do UPHA decals, t-shirts, sweatshirts, etc. She also wants to do a raffle bucket for each UPHA show. It was decided we will discuss more at the January meeting.
Voting of directors for 2014
President- Jesse Willour
Vice President- Karen Hendrickson
Treasurer- Janece Hanycz
Secretary- Carissa Schwemin
Point Secretary- Judy Nelson
Assistant Point Secretary- Robynne Woodaz
Director (Rule Book)- Lisa Anderson
Alternates- Tina Connor, Belle Uren, Abby Woodaz, Martha Koers, Cindy Nummilien.
Motion to adjourn at 3:06 PM by Carissa, seconded by Bobbi, motion carried.
NOVEMBER 17, 2013
BONANZA (Marquette)
Meeting was called to order by Vice President Karen H at 1:11 PM.
Minutes were read. Motion to accept by Lisa P, seconded by Robynne, motion carried.
Treasurer’s report
Balance in checking $1,353.67, Balance in savings $3,915.86. Motion to accept by Jackie, seconded by Bobbi, motion carried.
Correspondence
Thank you card was received from Bonnie DeCaire-Jones for a great show season.
OLD BUSINESS
Meeting locations
Do members want to rotate back and forth between Mqt and Esky, Robynne stated the Family Inn in Escanaba would be willing to let us use their meeting room. There was some discussion as if we should add in an Eastern UP meeting location as well. Jackie made a motion to rotate meetings between Escanaba- Family Inn and Marquette- B Bonanza, with the exception Eastern UP members can check on possible meeting places as well, seconded by Jesse, motion carried.
January 5- Bonanza, February 2- Family Inn, March 2- Bonanza, April 6- Family Inn, May 4- Bonanza
Auditing Meeting
There was supposed to be an auditing meeting done prior to this meeting. It was not done, because a group was not chosen. Judy and Jesse volunteered to do this before the January meeting.
NEW BUSINESS
Horse Show Dates
Members show- Janece tentatively scheduled June 21-22 in Escanaba.
May 24-25 GRL
Silver Spurs May 31-June 1
Iron River June 28-29
MCHC July 12-13
Motion to approve the UPHA Members show and MCHC show dates by Jackie, seconded by Janece, motion carried.
Sick/Lame Horse
Having points transfer to another horse and be able to bring the original horse back if no longer sick or lame. Can a farrier determine the horse is lame instead of a vet?
-Delete Rule- Page 9 Letter I- A rider may change horses during the year upon application to the Board of Directors if the horse is sick or lame (vet certification) and points accumulated to be transferred to the new horse. Once a horse acquires UPHA points, the points are recorded forthe life of that horse and will follow the horse upon new ownership.
-Judy made a motion to throw the rule out, seconded by Terie. Nobody was opposed, motion carried.
Ranch Horse Western Pleasure
Robynne made a motion to add Ranch Horse Western Pleasure as a permanent class and keep the rules as is, seconded by Jackie, motion carried.
There was some discussion about moving the class to hold it after trail. It was decided to leave as is.
Change to Mini Horse Trail
Carissa made a motion to change Mini Horse Trail to say Mini Equine Trail class, seconded by Lisa P, motion was denied.
Add Classes suggestion
Add an in-hand trail class- no interest
Add a peewee division ages 3-7 for games and/or pleasure – no interest
Superior Horse Award- Rule Book
Rule book states, points needed in English Equitation. Judy made a motion to correct the rule book to take out Equitation, replace with Pleasure and make points retroactive, seconded by Lisa A, motion carried.
Ink Cartridge needed
Judy made a motion for a $250 Office supply budget for the year, seconded by Amanda, motion carried.
OTHER NEW BUSINESS
September show
Terie brought up a discussion about having a possible September show in conjunction with the WI Appaloosa Horse Club show in Escanaba. She will bring more info to the next meeting.
2014 Banquet
Janece talked to NMU and booked a tentative date for Nov 1, 2014
Decals/T-Shirts
Jesse stated she has unlimited access to screen printing and was wondering if we can do UPHA decals, t-shirts, sweatshirts, etc. She also wants to do a raffle bucket for each UPHA show. It was decided we will discuss more at the January meeting.
Voting of directors for 2014
President- Jesse Willour
Vice President- Karen Hendrickson
Treasurer- Janece Hanycz
Secretary- Carissa Schwemin
Point Secretary- Judy Nelson
Assistant Point Secretary- Robynne Woodaz
Director (Rule Book)- Lisa Anderson
Alternates- Tina Connor, Belle Uren, Abby Woodaz, Martha Koers, Cindy Nummilien.
Motion to adjourn at 3:06 PM by Carissa, seconded by Bobbi, motion carried.
UPHA Minutes
October 12, 2013
Awards
Banquet, NMU
Meeting was called to order by Vice President Karen H at 5:02PM.
Minutes were read. Motion to accept by Jackie, seconded by Jesse. Motion carried.
Treasurers report-
Balance in Checking $2779.71, balance in Savings $3905.69. Jackie stated
she has not received the $100 check for UP State Fair. Motion to accept by
Jesse, seconded by Lisa. Motion carried.
No correspondence
OLD BUSINESS
Horse show recap
Intake $6142.00 Expenditures $4140.36. Invoice was just received for the light, rental, cleaning. It was approx. $600.
Nobody went for the Jr. Versatility award so Jesse stated she did not pay for it. Karen H asked if Jesse would like to split the cost of the Juv. Versatility with her. Jesse agreed.
No other old business
NEW BUSINESS
New meeting location needed as Wahlstroms has closed. Carissa has booked our November meeting at Bonanza. Date will be November 17, 2013- 1:00PM at Bonanza in Marquette.
Presentation of awards will be done by Lisa P.
Motion to adjourn by Jackie, seconded by Robynne at 5:36 PM. Motion carried.
October 12, 2013
Awards
Banquet, NMU
Meeting was called to order by Vice President Karen H at 5:02PM.
Minutes were read. Motion to accept by Jackie, seconded by Jesse. Motion carried.
Treasurers report-
Balance in Checking $2779.71, balance in Savings $3905.69. Jackie stated
she has not received the $100 check for UP State Fair. Motion to accept by
Jesse, seconded by Lisa. Motion carried.
No correspondence
OLD BUSINESS
Horse show recap
Intake $6142.00 Expenditures $4140.36. Invoice was just received for the light, rental, cleaning. It was approx. $600.
Nobody went for the Jr. Versatility award so Jesse stated she did not pay for it. Karen H asked if Jesse would like to split the cost of the Juv. Versatility with her. Jesse agreed.
No other old business
NEW BUSINESS
New meeting location needed as Wahlstroms has closed. Carissa has booked our November meeting at Bonanza. Date will be November 17, 2013- 1:00PM at Bonanza in Marquette.
Presentation of awards will be done by Lisa P.
Motion to adjourn by Jackie, seconded by Robynne at 5:36 PM. Motion carried.
UPHA- Directors Meeting
July 27, 2013
Members Show- UP State Fairgrounds-
Escanaba
A quick meeting was called in
order to discuss the High Point Award for the weekend at approximately 8:00PM
.
Robynne, Lisa P, Janece, Carissa, Abby, and Karen M were involved
in the discussion.
The question being: Should all class points,
including optional classes be included for determining the winner of the
Traveling High Point Award? After little discussion and a vote, it was decided
that optional class points will be included.
July 27, 2013
Members Show- UP State Fairgrounds-
Escanaba
A quick meeting was called in
order to discuss the High Point Award for the weekend at approximately 8:00PM
.
Robynne, Lisa P, Janece, Carissa, Abby, and Karen M were involved
in the discussion.
The question being: Should all class points,
including optional classes be included for determining the winner of the
Traveling High Point Award? After little discussion and a vote, it was decided
that optional class points will be included.
UPHA
April 7, 2013
Wahlstroms
Meeting was called to order by President Karen M at 2:02pm. There were 17 people in attendance.
Minutes from previous meeting were read. Motion to accept by Robynee, seconded by Karen H. Motion carried.
Treasurers Report- Balance in savings $3304.80. Balance in checking $2583.77. Motion to accept by Jackie, seconded by Carissa. Motion carried.
No correspondence
OLD BUSINESS
Sanction fees
Received by MCHC and GLR. No word from Belle Uren. Judy will check again with Silver Spurs as they should have already sent a check.
Members Show
Karen M needed confirmation on having Circle M County on the ribbons. There were a few left over from last year so she didn’t need to order as many as usual. There will be no trophies. Usable items instead.
Job sign up list was passed around
Need a volunteer to design trail patterns. Terie Clark volunteered.
Will Optional classes be held?
Motion to add stallions class by Karen H, seconded by Jackie. Motion Carried
Motion to add Ranch horse Western Pleasure by Karen M, seconded by Janece. Motion
carried.
Motion to add Hunter over Fences and Open Jumping by Jackie, seconded by Carissa. Motion carried.
Versatility/High Point awards sponsors- We need one versatility and two high point sponsors. Jessie volunteered to sponsor the Jr Versatility under Willour Farm.
Show chairman any questions or concerns? None at this time.
Any other old business?
Sue Henry Youth Award- Members will nominate other youth members when they see the youth helping out at the show. A nomination can, will be in the registration building. Gate, Ribbons Cleaning of hallway, Picking up around ring, sportsmanship in the ring, out of the ring, care of horse in ring, care of horse out of the ring, etc. This will be in lue of the flowers for her funeral. $50 award. Lisa P will keep track.
NEW BUSINESS
Do we need to have a May meeting? No meeting needed.
Carissa to get a free stall at the members show for work done on the website year round. Motion made by Jackie, seconded by Karen M. Motion carried.
Jackie asked if UPHA will donate $100 for youth awards at the UP State Fair. Motion by Carissa, seconded by Janece. Motion carried.
Motion to adjourn at 2:29pm by Karen H, seconded by Janece. Motion carried
April 7, 2013
Wahlstroms
Meeting was called to order by President Karen M at 2:02pm. There were 17 people in attendance.
Minutes from previous meeting were read. Motion to accept by Robynee, seconded by Karen H. Motion carried.
Treasurers Report- Balance in savings $3304.80. Balance in checking $2583.77. Motion to accept by Jackie, seconded by Carissa. Motion carried.
No correspondence
OLD BUSINESS
Sanction fees
Received by MCHC and GLR. No word from Belle Uren. Judy will check again with Silver Spurs as they should have already sent a check.
Members Show
Karen M needed confirmation on having Circle M County on the ribbons. There were a few left over from last year so she didn’t need to order as many as usual. There will be no trophies. Usable items instead.
Job sign up list was passed around
Need a volunteer to design trail patterns. Terie Clark volunteered.
Will Optional classes be held?
Motion to add stallions class by Karen H, seconded by Jackie. Motion Carried
Motion to add Ranch horse Western Pleasure by Karen M, seconded by Janece. Motion
carried.
Motion to add Hunter over Fences and Open Jumping by Jackie, seconded by Carissa. Motion carried.
Versatility/High Point awards sponsors- We need one versatility and two high point sponsors. Jessie volunteered to sponsor the Jr Versatility under Willour Farm.
Show chairman any questions or concerns? None at this time.
Any other old business?
Sue Henry Youth Award- Members will nominate other youth members when they see the youth helping out at the show. A nomination can, will be in the registration building. Gate, Ribbons Cleaning of hallway, Picking up around ring, sportsmanship in the ring, out of the ring, care of horse in ring, care of horse out of the ring, etc. This will be in lue of the flowers for her funeral. $50 award. Lisa P will keep track.
NEW BUSINESS
Do we need to have a May meeting? No meeting needed.
Carissa to get a free stall at the members show for work done on the website year round. Motion made by Jackie, seconded by Karen M. Motion carried.
Jackie asked if UPHA will donate $100 for youth awards at the UP State Fair. Motion by Carissa, seconded by Janece. Motion carried.
Motion to adjourn at 2:29pm by Karen H, seconded by Janece. Motion carried
UPHA Minutes
March 10, 2013
Wahlstroms Restaurant
Meeting was called to order by Vice President Karen H (Karen M was absent) at 2:07pm. There were 16 people in attendance.
Jackie was absent. Jessie voting in Jackie’s place.
Minutes from previous meeting were read. Motion to accept by Robynne, seconded by Lisa P. Motion carried.
Treasurers Report- Checking $2165.77, balance in saving $3204.67. Motion to accept by Carissa, second by Jessie. Motion carried.
Correspondence – Thank you card from the Meyer family.
OLD BUSINESS
Silver Spurs judges
Saturday- Sandy Vosekuil Sunday-Dan Grunewald. Motion to accept by Lisa P, seconded by Jesie. Motion carried.
Members show
Church group from last year will clean the stalls again.
Show chairman- We have a volunteer! Amanda Winter
Jessie stated Eric will take care of the arena work
Job sign up list was passed around.
Awards- Karen M is still working on
Mel’s will deliver a truck load of shavings. We need somebody to be in charge of selling shavings at the truck.
Concessions- As long as Dave has not sold Cherry Lane he will provide concessions.
Award/Class Sponsors
Mini Versatility- The Riding Club would like to sponsor it in honor of Joyce Meyer. Class requirements will be Mini Halter, Mini Trail, & Driving.
Traci & Tim Gartland will sponsor the Sr. Versatility award.
Sanction fees
We have not received any sanction fees from any of the clubs. Carissa will contact all clubs except Silver Spurs. Judy will take care of them.
NEW BUSINESS
Kathy Solka has donated a quilt that will be raffled off at the MCHC tack sale on 3/30. She sent coupons to today’s meeting for UPHA members to get two free tickets with the purchase 6 ticket for $5.
Motion to adjourn by Robynne, seconded by Abby at 2:28pm Next meeting will be April 7, 2013.
March 10, 2013
Wahlstroms Restaurant
Meeting was called to order by Vice President Karen H (Karen M was absent) at 2:07pm. There were 16 people in attendance.
Jackie was absent. Jessie voting in Jackie’s place.
Minutes from previous meeting were read. Motion to accept by Robynne, seconded by Lisa P. Motion carried.
Treasurers Report- Checking $2165.77, balance in saving $3204.67. Motion to accept by Carissa, second by Jessie. Motion carried.
Correspondence – Thank you card from the Meyer family.
OLD BUSINESS
Silver Spurs judges
Saturday- Sandy Vosekuil Sunday-Dan Grunewald. Motion to accept by Lisa P, seconded by Jesie. Motion carried.
Members show
Church group from last year will clean the stalls again.
Show chairman- We have a volunteer! Amanda Winter
Jessie stated Eric will take care of the arena work
Job sign up list was passed around.
Awards- Karen M is still working on
Mel’s will deliver a truck load of shavings. We need somebody to be in charge of selling shavings at the truck.
Concessions- As long as Dave has not sold Cherry Lane he will provide concessions.
Award/Class Sponsors
Mini Versatility- The Riding Club would like to sponsor it in honor of Joyce Meyer. Class requirements will be Mini Halter, Mini Trail, & Driving.
Traci & Tim Gartland will sponsor the Sr. Versatility award.
Sanction fees
We have not received any sanction fees from any of the clubs. Carissa will contact all clubs except Silver Spurs. Judy will take care of them.
NEW BUSINESS
Kathy Solka has donated a quilt that will be raffled off at the MCHC tack sale on 3/30. She sent coupons to today’s meeting for UPHA members to get two free tickets with the purchase 6 ticket for $5.
Motion to adjourn by Robynne, seconded by Abby at 2:28pm Next meeting will be April 7, 2013.
UPHA meeting 2/3/12
Wahlstroms Restaurant
The meeting was called to order at 2:05 p.m. by President Karen M. Abby Woodaz is filling in for Carissa as secretary. The sign in sheet was passed around and there were 14 people in attendance.
Everyone was to read the minutes on their own before the meeting. No corrections were made and the minutes were motioned to accept by Robynne, seconded by Lisa P. Treasure’s report was read by Janece we have $2,530 in checking and $3,104.45 in savings. Treasure report was motioned by Karen H and seconded by Robynne.
Correspondence: The receipt for new rule books, and the website payment were brought to Janece.
New Business:
Rule books are printed and will be handed out to paid members only. Lisa Pellegrini has ranch horse western pleasure patterns printed and will bring them to all of the horse shows. The judge may bring his/her own but can choose to use one of the four patterns UPHA has selected.
Members Show: The judges have been contacted and contracts have all been returned.
Dave Moron will co-sponsor with us for insurance as long as he still has Cherry Lane. He does not have anyone to clean stalls at this time. People please check and try to think of a group to clean our stalls for the members show. Karen M is going to check with the wrestling group that expressed interest last year.
Award Ideas: Abby Woodaz talked to Designs and Custom Imprinting about doing something between the price range of $10-$15 for first place and they got back to her about doing things such as hats, tote bags, mugs, etc. mugmenow.com is the website where there is a catalog online of things that they can make, whatever we choose they can either embroider or screen print our logo on to it. Was tabled till the March meeting. Janece made a motion to accept the buying of more ribbons for the member’s show, to fill in what was left over from last year, Jackie seconded.
Members show: Ranch Horse Western pleasure was added to the members show motion made by Karen H. and Janece seconded it.
Robynne brought up the idea of running Sunday’s speed show on Friday night since most people are there anyways riding. After some discussion of having to pay for an extra night and getting the word out to people. Robynne made a motion to have speed on Friday at the members show starting at 6 p.m. and Karen H seconded.
Show Chairmen: tabled to the next meeting.
Karen Hendrickson will now start taking stall reservations for the Members Show and must be paid for by July 1. Janece will start taking reservations for MQT as of March 1.
Iron River show will be run on central time and would like to have a double point show on Saturday with the second part of speed starting at 9am on Sunday. Stall reservations will be paid for by May 1st. Please contact Belle Uren at (906)-367-0269 or [email protected]. Address for checks is 1058 US 2 south Crystal Falls, 49920. Stalls are $27 with one bag of shavings included, 40 stalls are available. Awards are photos with frames. Ranch horse western pleasure will not be included in their class list. A motion to approve judges for Iron River was made by Karen M. and seconded by Robynne. The judges will be Samanatha Johnson and Tia Koehler.
Old Business
Versatility Sponsor: Karen H will sponsor the Juvenile age group for $125. Please start looking for sponsors.
Year-End banquet: Lisa P is volunteering to set up. Wahlstroms on October 12,, 2013. Karen M will do the awards again.
Silver Spurs: No correspondence or judges yet at this time.
Jackie brought to the attention that the State Fair will be broken up on two days with halter and English on Saturday and the show will resume on Sunday starting at 9am with walk trot and leadline and finishing with all the western classes.
Next meeting will be March 10, 2013, not March 3 like planed, at 2:00 pm. because of a conflict of dates at Wahlstroms.
Motion to adjourn was made by Karen H. and seconded by Robynne Woodaz.
Meeting adjourned at 2:40 p.m.
Abby Woodaz
Wahlstroms Restaurant
The meeting was called to order at 2:05 p.m. by President Karen M. Abby Woodaz is filling in for Carissa as secretary. The sign in sheet was passed around and there were 14 people in attendance.
Everyone was to read the minutes on their own before the meeting. No corrections were made and the minutes were motioned to accept by Robynne, seconded by Lisa P. Treasure’s report was read by Janece we have $2,530 in checking and $3,104.45 in savings. Treasure report was motioned by Karen H and seconded by Robynne.
Correspondence: The receipt for new rule books, and the website payment were brought to Janece.
New Business:
Rule books are printed and will be handed out to paid members only. Lisa Pellegrini has ranch horse western pleasure patterns printed and will bring them to all of the horse shows. The judge may bring his/her own but can choose to use one of the four patterns UPHA has selected.
Members Show: The judges have been contacted and contracts have all been returned.
Dave Moron will co-sponsor with us for insurance as long as he still has Cherry Lane. He does not have anyone to clean stalls at this time. People please check and try to think of a group to clean our stalls for the members show. Karen M is going to check with the wrestling group that expressed interest last year.
Award Ideas: Abby Woodaz talked to Designs and Custom Imprinting about doing something between the price range of $10-$15 for first place and they got back to her about doing things such as hats, tote bags, mugs, etc. mugmenow.com is the website where there is a catalog online of things that they can make, whatever we choose they can either embroider or screen print our logo on to it. Was tabled till the March meeting. Janece made a motion to accept the buying of more ribbons for the member’s show, to fill in what was left over from last year, Jackie seconded.
Members show: Ranch Horse Western pleasure was added to the members show motion made by Karen H. and Janece seconded it.
Robynne brought up the idea of running Sunday’s speed show on Friday night since most people are there anyways riding. After some discussion of having to pay for an extra night and getting the word out to people. Robynne made a motion to have speed on Friday at the members show starting at 6 p.m. and Karen H seconded.
Show Chairmen: tabled to the next meeting.
Karen Hendrickson will now start taking stall reservations for the Members Show and must be paid for by July 1. Janece will start taking reservations for MQT as of March 1.
Iron River show will be run on central time and would like to have a double point show on Saturday with the second part of speed starting at 9am on Sunday. Stall reservations will be paid for by May 1st. Please contact Belle Uren at (906)-367-0269 or [email protected]. Address for checks is 1058 US 2 south Crystal Falls, 49920. Stalls are $27 with one bag of shavings included, 40 stalls are available. Awards are photos with frames. Ranch horse western pleasure will not be included in their class list. A motion to approve judges for Iron River was made by Karen M. and seconded by Robynne. The judges will be Samanatha Johnson and Tia Koehler.
Old Business
Versatility Sponsor: Karen H will sponsor the Juvenile age group for $125. Please start looking for sponsors.
Year-End banquet: Lisa P is volunteering to set up. Wahlstroms on October 12,, 2013. Karen M will do the awards again.
Silver Spurs: No correspondence or judges yet at this time.
Jackie brought to the attention that the State Fair will be broken up on two days with halter and English on Saturday and the show will resume on Sunday starting at 9am with walk trot and leadline and finishing with all the western classes.
Next meeting will be March 10, 2013, not March 3 like planed, at 2:00 pm. because of a conflict of dates at Wahlstroms.
Motion to adjourn was made by Karen H. and seconded by Robynne Woodaz.
Meeting adjourned at 2:40 p.m.
Abby Woodaz
UPHA Meeting
January 6, 2013
Wahlstroms Restaurant
Sign in sheet was passed around. There were 23 people in attendance.
Meeting was called to order by Vice President Karen Hendrickson at 2:02pm. Karen McCormack was absent.
Jackie Hurley was also absent. Alternates in place of absent directors are Jesse Willour and Abby Woodaz.
Minutes from previous meeting were read. Judy corrected a previous motion regarding Robynne choosing a reining pattern. Her motion was to add a new reining pattern. Motion to accept with correction by Robynne, seconded by Lisa P. Motion carried
Treasurers Report- Laptop was purchased. Balance in checking $2475.16 Savings $3004.20. Correction on report, Equifest did not rent the timer it was Giddy up and go. Motion to accept report as corrected by Abby, second by Carissa. Motion carried.
Correspondence- Janece received the contract from the fairgrounds for the members show.
OLD BUSINESS
Laptop
Robynne is learning how to use Windows 8.
MCHC Show June 29-30. Motion to accept by Lisa P, seconded by Janece. Motion carried.
Rule Book
Lisa P stated the Supreme Horse Award needs to be added. Emily S. will get the final version from Jackie. Ranch Horse Western Pleasure- The AQHA rules were read. It was asked does the judge provide the pattern or do we use AQHA patterns to put in the book? It was decided we will have a couple back up patterns if a judge does not have their own. Motion to accept rules with discussed exceptions, by Lisa P, seconded by Jessie W.
Members Show
The show has been booked for July 27-28 in Escanaba. Janece will send the contract and deposit back to the fairgrounds.
Dave Moran is carrying insurance again this year for a $25 charge. Judy will check with him on insurance and concessions. She will also ask him to see if Bethany Lutheran will be interested in cleaning stalls.
Awards- Jesse stated the Escanaba Fair had iron silhouette as awards. She will find out who the company is. Everyone is to bring ideas back to the next meeting.
Show Chairman- No volunteers. Table until next meeting.
Karen H will take stall reservations.
NEW BUSINESS
Website Renewal $67.90/ 2 years. Abby made the motion to pay the renewal amount for the website, Janece seconded. Motion carried.
Judges
GLR- Jen Kvalheim & Noelle Weis
MCHC- Sara Gronski & Tera Wisemen- Swanson
Members Show- Becky Myszka from Wausau, WI. $200, $0.50 a mile plus hotel and Joe Pribek from Kewaunee WI $300, gov’t mileage plus hotel.
Motion to accept judges by Robynne, seconded by Lisa P. Motion carried.
No judges from Silver Spurs yet.
New show dates
Saddle Up- Iron County- (Iron River)- June 1-2. Belle will check to see how many stalls they current have and will also check on having portable stalls put up as well. She also stated she would have approximately 5 stalls available at her place in Crystal Falls as well. Motion to accept show dates by Carissa, seconded by Janece. Motion carried.
Traveling Award for Members Show-
Judy suggested her father. Roy Swanson was a founding member of UPHA. Motion made by Lisa P, seconded by Abby. Motion carried.
Janece suggested a youth award dedicated to Sue Henry. She will further discuss with Phyllis L. and Belle U.
Guest speaker Cathy Ruprecht on large animal rescue.
She is looking to put on a course for Large Animal rescue in 2014. She is asking if UPHA is interested in fundraising to help. Fundraising will be tabled.
Motion to adjourn at 3:20pm by Carissa, seconded by Lisa P.
Respectfully-
Carissa Schwemin
January 6, 2013
Wahlstroms Restaurant
Sign in sheet was passed around. There were 23 people in attendance.
Meeting was called to order by Vice President Karen Hendrickson at 2:02pm. Karen McCormack was absent.
Jackie Hurley was also absent. Alternates in place of absent directors are Jesse Willour and Abby Woodaz.
Minutes from previous meeting were read. Judy corrected a previous motion regarding Robynne choosing a reining pattern. Her motion was to add a new reining pattern. Motion to accept with correction by Robynne, seconded by Lisa P. Motion carried
Treasurers Report- Laptop was purchased. Balance in checking $2475.16 Savings $3004.20. Correction on report, Equifest did not rent the timer it was Giddy up and go. Motion to accept report as corrected by Abby, second by Carissa. Motion carried.
Correspondence- Janece received the contract from the fairgrounds for the members show.
OLD BUSINESS
Laptop
Robynne is learning how to use Windows 8.
MCHC Show June 29-30. Motion to accept by Lisa P, seconded by Janece. Motion carried.
Rule Book
Lisa P stated the Supreme Horse Award needs to be added. Emily S. will get the final version from Jackie. Ranch Horse Western Pleasure- The AQHA rules were read. It was asked does the judge provide the pattern or do we use AQHA patterns to put in the book? It was decided we will have a couple back up patterns if a judge does not have their own. Motion to accept rules with discussed exceptions, by Lisa P, seconded by Jessie W.
Members Show
The show has been booked for July 27-28 in Escanaba. Janece will send the contract and deposit back to the fairgrounds.
Dave Moran is carrying insurance again this year for a $25 charge. Judy will check with him on insurance and concessions. She will also ask him to see if Bethany Lutheran will be interested in cleaning stalls.
Awards- Jesse stated the Escanaba Fair had iron silhouette as awards. She will find out who the company is. Everyone is to bring ideas back to the next meeting.
Show Chairman- No volunteers. Table until next meeting.
Karen H will take stall reservations.
NEW BUSINESS
Website Renewal $67.90/ 2 years. Abby made the motion to pay the renewal amount for the website, Janece seconded. Motion carried.
Judges
GLR- Jen Kvalheim & Noelle Weis
MCHC- Sara Gronski & Tera Wisemen- Swanson
Members Show- Becky Myszka from Wausau, WI. $200, $0.50 a mile plus hotel and Joe Pribek from Kewaunee WI $300, gov’t mileage plus hotel.
Motion to accept judges by Robynne, seconded by Lisa P. Motion carried.
No judges from Silver Spurs yet.
New show dates
Saddle Up- Iron County- (Iron River)- June 1-2. Belle will check to see how many stalls they current have and will also check on having portable stalls put up as well. She also stated she would have approximately 5 stalls available at her place in Crystal Falls as well. Motion to accept show dates by Carissa, seconded by Janece. Motion carried.
Traveling Award for Members Show-
Judy suggested her father. Roy Swanson was a founding member of UPHA. Motion made by Lisa P, seconded by Abby. Motion carried.
Janece suggested a youth award dedicated to Sue Henry. She will further discuss with Phyllis L. and Belle U.
Guest speaker Cathy Ruprecht on large animal rescue.
She is looking to put on a course for Large Animal rescue in 2014. She is asking if UPHA is interested in fundraising to help. Fundraising will be tabled.
Motion to adjourn at 3:20pm by Carissa, seconded by Lisa P.
Respectfully-
Carissa Schwemin
UPHA Meeting
November 18, 2012
Wahlstroms Restaurant
Sign in sheet was passed around. There were people 23 in attendance.
Meeting was called to order at 1:00 pm by President Karen McCormack
Minutes from previous meeting were read. Motion to accept by Karen H, seconded by Janece. Motion carried.
Treasurers Report- Balance in checking $3,173.32, balance in savings $ 2,803.72 . Motion to accept by Karen H, seconded by Carissa. Motion carried.
Correspondence
Jackie Lubke Putz sent a Thank you card for letting her judge.
OLD BUSINESS
Laptop
Janece is going to purchase a new laptop. Karen M is going to make sure the new show program is compatible with Windows 8.
NEW BUSINESS
It was suggested to review all the changes first and then go back and vote.
Officer Positions/duties
Under President- Delete, ‘The secretary will compile all ballots for the annual November meeting’ and delete ‘appointing a three person nomination committee.’
Vice President- Take away membership duties and move to point secretary. Include ‘The Vice Chairperson should assist the Chairperson with all duties and responsibilities requiring assistance.’
Secretary- Remove ‘Be responsible for purging all show result sheets every year, keeping records for 10 years’- move to Point Secretary. Add- ‘Responsible for all correspondence for UPHA’
Treasurer- Remove- ‘Should this office be combined with the Secretary, the Secretary/Treasurer will be responsible for both duties.’
Add- A special auditing meeting shall be held prior to the November meeting. The Chairperson will appoint a committee to audit the Fiscal year November 30 thru November 29.
Point Secretary- ‘Add responsible for purging all show result sheets every year, keeping records for 10 years.’
Assistant Point Secretary- Add ‘Will be responsible for obtaining and recording all UPHA memberships and provide a list of all members eligible to vote.’ Also, ‘be responsible for maintaining UPHA’s laptop and the show program to track all of the current points.’
7th director shall be responsible for taking care of the rule books.
Karen H made a motion to accept changes, seconded by Lisa P. Motion carried
Rule Book
Make sure Directors are changed to 7 directors and 5 alternates.
Superior Horse Award
This was already voted on previously. Points will start in 2013. Motion to begin tracking for the Superior Horse Award by Jackie, seconded by Janece. Motion carried.
Add Ranch Horse Western Pleasure Class
Walk job and lope both directions, extended job and lop in at least one direction. Follow AQHA rules and suggested patterns. This is a class for more of the speed horses, not show horses because banding, tail extensions, show clothes, etc are discouraged. Robynne stated this is a pattern/individual class and it will make the day longer. Maybe make it an open (non age group) optional class this year? Motion made by Karen H to add the Ranch Horse Western Pleasure Class as an optional class. If the club decides to hold this class, it will need to be added in after Reining, before Trail. Seconded by Lisa P. Motion carried.
Lisa Anderson made a motion to add Open Jumping as an optional class. If the club chooses to hold Open Jumping and/or Hunter over Fences (hunter hack) the classes will be held after the completion of the English Classes. Seconded by Jesse W. Motion carried
Suggestion was made to list all option classes at the end of class list on the show bill.
Add Disciplined rail Class
It was discussed it is a lot like horsemanship. No motion
Speed Classes
In the event of a tie, instead of making the horses run again, give two of the same place and throw out the next placing. No motion
Mini Trail class
Motion made by Janece regarding wearing a hat in Mini Trail optional. Seconded by Carissa. Motion carried.
Add a 200 point award in the rule book.
Motion made by Robynne, seconded by Lisa A. Motion carried.
Add additional reining patterns.
Currently there are 4 patterns listed in the rule book. Robynne brought in some sample patterns. Judy made a motion to remove pattern 1, keep 2,3,4 and add in an additional pattern chosen by Robynne. Seconded by Jackie. Motion carried.
Give the judge the option to have rail work for equitation and horsemanship classes. Carissa made a motion, seconded by Karen M. Motion carried. Clubs should list on the patterns whether there will be rail work or not.
Show dates
GLR Memorial Day Weekend. May 24-26. Double point show on Saturday, second speed on Sunday. Cowboy Challenge. Motion to accept the dates by Jackie, seconded by Karen M
Silver Spur- July 13-14. Motion to accept by Tina Connor, seconded by Becky McNutt. Motion carried.
MCHC Tentative June 29-30.
Members Show in Escanaba tentative July 27-28. Janece will check on dates and report back at the January meeting.
Guest Speaker at the January meeting, Cathy Ruprecht on Large Animal Rescue. Everyone was in agreement. Robynn suggested UPHA sponsoring a workshop.
January Meeting will be January 6, 2013
Other New Business
Jesie M stated that she believes Cheyenne Meyer should receive her points. Karen H stated she did not join. There was further discussion and because this situation has happened in the past, you cannot award points now, if you did not do it years ago. Karen M did buy Cheyenne a personalized swear shirt out of her own pocket as an apology.
Sue Henry has passed away. In the past UPHA has sent a $50 flower basket.
2013 voting of directors- Laurie Sampila was included on the ballot by mistake.
2013 officers will be:
President- Karen McCormack, Vice President- Karen Hendrickson, Secretary- Carissa Schwemin, Treasurer- Janece Hanycz, Point Secretary- Jackie Hurley, Asst Point Secretary- Robynn Woodaz, Rule Book Director- Lisa Pellegrini, Alternates- Tina Connor, Jesse Willour, Abby Woodaz.
Motion to accept officers Lisa P, seconded by Becky. Motion carried.
Motion to destroy the ballots by Judy, seconded by Jackie. Motion carried
Motion to set meeting dates January 6th, Feb 3rd, March 3rd, April, 7th, Optional May 5th by Karen M, seconded by Jackie. All meetings will be 2:00pm at Wahlstroms.
Motion to adjourn by Karen H, seconded by Jackie. Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Carissa Schwemin
November 18, 2012
Wahlstroms Restaurant
Sign in sheet was passed around. There were people 23 in attendance.
Meeting was called to order at 1:00 pm by President Karen McCormack
Minutes from previous meeting were read. Motion to accept by Karen H, seconded by Janece. Motion carried.
Treasurers Report- Balance in checking $3,173.32, balance in savings $ 2,803.72 . Motion to accept by Karen H, seconded by Carissa. Motion carried.
Correspondence
Jackie Lubke Putz sent a Thank you card for letting her judge.
OLD BUSINESS
Laptop
Janece is going to purchase a new laptop. Karen M is going to make sure the new show program is compatible with Windows 8.
NEW BUSINESS
It was suggested to review all the changes first and then go back and vote.
Officer Positions/duties
Under President- Delete, ‘The secretary will compile all ballots for the annual November meeting’ and delete ‘appointing a three person nomination committee.’
Vice President- Take away membership duties and move to point secretary. Include ‘The Vice Chairperson should assist the Chairperson with all duties and responsibilities requiring assistance.’
Secretary- Remove ‘Be responsible for purging all show result sheets every year, keeping records for 10 years’- move to Point Secretary. Add- ‘Responsible for all correspondence for UPHA’
Treasurer- Remove- ‘Should this office be combined with the Secretary, the Secretary/Treasurer will be responsible for both duties.’
Add- A special auditing meeting shall be held prior to the November meeting. The Chairperson will appoint a committee to audit the Fiscal year November 30 thru November 29.
Point Secretary- ‘Add responsible for purging all show result sheets every year, keeping records for 10 years.’
Assistant Point Secretary- Add ‘Will be responsible for obtaining and recording all UPHA memberships and provide a list of all members eligible to vote.’ Also, ‘be responsible for maintaining UPHA’s laptop and the show program to track all of the current points.’
7th director shall be responsible for taking care of the rule books.
Karen H made a motion to accept changes, seconded by Lisa P. Motion carried
Rule Book
Make sure Directors are changed to 7 directors and 5 alternates.
Superior Horse Award
This was already voted on previously. Points will start in 2013. Motion to begin tracking for the Superior Horse Award by Jackie, seconded by Janece. Motion carried.
Add Ranch Horse Western Pleasure Class
Walk job and lope both directions, extended job and lop in at least one direction. Follow AQHA rules and suggested patterns. This is a class for more of the speed horses, not show horses because banding, tail extensions, show clothes, etc are discouraged. Robynne stated this is a pattern/individual class and it will make the day longer. Maybe make it an open (non age group) optional class this year? Motion made by Karen H to add the Ranch Horse Western Pleasure Class as an optional class. If the club decides to hold this class, it will need to be added in after Reining, before Trail. Seconded by Lisa P. Motion carried.
Lisa Anderson made a motion to add Open Jumping as an optional class. If the club chooses to hold Open Jumping and/or Hunter over Fences (hunter hack) the classes will be held after the completion of the English Classes. Seconded by Jesse W. Motion carried
Suggestion was made to list all option classes at the end of class list on the show bill.
Add Disciplined rail Class
It was discussed it is a lot like horsemanship. No motion
Speed Classes
In the event of a tie, instead of making the horses run again, give two of the same place and throw out the next placing. No motion
Mini Trail class
Motion made by Janece regarding wearing a hat in Mini Trail optional. Seconded by Carissa. Motion carried.
Add a 200 point award in the rule book.
Motion made by Robynne, seconded by Lisa A. Motion carried.
Add additional reining patterns.
Currently there are 4 patterns listed in the rule book. Robynne brought in some sample patterns. Judy made a motion to remove pattern 1, keep 2,3,4 and add in an additional pattern chosen by Robynne. Seconded by Jackie. Motion carried.
Give the judge the option to have rail work for equitation and horsemanship classes. Carissa made a motion, seconded by Karen M. Motion carried. Clubs should list on the patterns whether there will be rail work or not.
Show dates
GLR Memorial Day Weekend. May 24-26. Double point show on Saturday, second speed on Sunday. Cowboy Challenge. Motion to accept the dates by Jackie, seconded by Karen M
Silver Spur- July 13-14. Motion to accept by Tina Connor, seconded by Becky McNutt. Motion carried.
MCHC Tentative June 29-30.
Members Show in Escanaba tentative July 27-28. Janece will check on dates and report back at the January meeting.
Guest Speaker at the January meeting, Cathy Ruprecht on Large Animal Rescue. Everyone was in agreement. Robynn suggested UPHA sponsoring a workshop.
January Meeting will be January 6, 2013
Other New Business
Jesie M stated that she believes Cheyenne Meyer should receive her points. Karen H stated she did not join. There was further discussion and because this situation has happened in the past, you cannot award points now, if you did not do it years ago. Karen M did buy Cheyenne a personalized swear shirt out of her own pocket as an apology.
Sue Henry has passed away. In the past UPHA has sent a $50 flower basket.
2013 voting of directors- Laurie Sampila was included on the ballot by mistake.
2013 officers will be:
President- Karen McCormack, Vice President- Karen Hendrickson, Secretary- Carissa Schwemin, Treasurer- Janece Hanycz, Point Secretary- Jackie Hurley, Asst Point Secretary- Robynn Woodaz, Rule Book Director- Lisa Pellegrini, Alternates- Tina Connor, Jesse Willour, Abby Woodaz.
Motion to accept officers Lisa P, seconded by Becky. Motion carried.
Motion to destroy the ballots by Judy, seconded by Jackie. Motion carried
Motion to set meeting dates January 6th, Feb 3rd, March 3rd, April, 7th, Optional May 5th by Karen M, seconded by Jackie. All meetings will be 2:00pm at Wahlstroms.
Motion to adjourn by Karen H, seconded by Jackie. Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Carissa Schwemin
UPHA Directors Meeting (Year End Banquet)
October 13, 2012
Wahlstroms Restaurant
Sign in sheet was passed around. There were 7 people in attendance.
Meeting was called to order by President Karen McCormack at 5:10pm.
Minutes from previous meeting were read. Motion to accept by Jackie, seconded by Janece, motion carried.
Treasurers report- Balance in checking $3080.76, balance in savings $2724.28. Karen H gave Janece some membership deposits that will add to the balance. Motion to accept by Carissa, seconded by Karen H, motion carried.
OLD BUSINESS
UPHA Laptop
Robynne has the laptop being cleaned up because it will not connect to the internet. If it cannot be fixed, UPHA will purchase a new one so our show program can be put into use.
Members show recap
We made a profit of $2651.57 (not including stall deposits). It was discussed we defiantly need a show chairman. Needs to be someone who is not showing.
NEW BUSINESS
Dee Dee Meyer was certain she had signed Cheyenne up for a UPHA membership (she did not). She even emailed Karen M on June 29th asking for her membership card. Karen M advised her to contact Karen Hendrickson which she did not do. Cheyenne would’ve had Grand Champion in a few speed events. Because Dee Dee was under the impression her daughter was a member Karen M made a motion to award Cheyenne points in the events she competed in during the 2012 show season. Carissa seconded. Directors voted no 4-3.
No other new business
Motion to adjourn by Karen H, seconded by Robynne, motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Carissa Schwemin
October 13, 2012
Wahlstroms Restaurant
Sign in sheet was passed around. There were 7 people in attendance.
Meeting was called to order by President Karen McCormack at 5:10pm.
Minutes from previous meeting were read. Motion to accept by Jackie, seconded by Janece, motion carried.
Treasurers report- Balance in checking $3080.76, balance in savings $2724.28. Karen H gave Janece some membership deposits that will add to the balance. Motion to accept by Carissa, seconded by Karen H, motion carried.
OLD BUSINESS
UPHA Laptop
Robynne has the laptop being cleaned up because it will not connect to the internet. If it cannot be fixed, UPHA will purchase a new one so our show program can be put into use.
Members show recap
We made a profit of $2651.57 (not including stall deposits). It was discussed we defiantly need a show chairman. Needs to be someone who is not showing.
NEW BUSINESS
Dee Dee Meyer was certain she had signed Cheyenne up for a UPHA membership (she did not). She even emailed Karen M on June 29th asking for her membership card. Karen M advised her to contact Karen Hendrickson which she did not do. Cheyenne would’ve had Grand Champion in a few speed events. Because Dee Dee was under the impression her daughter was a member Karen M made a motion to award Cheyenne points in the events she competed in during the 2012 show season. Carissa seconded. Directors voted no 4-3.
No other new business
Motion to adjourn by Karen H, seconded by Robynne, motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Carissa Schwemin
UPHA Minutes
May 6, 2012
Wahlstroms Restaurant
Sign in sheet was passed around. There were 16 people in attendance.
Meeting was called to order at 2:00 pm by President Karen MacCormack.
Minutes from previous meeting were read. Motion to accept by Karen Hendrickson, seconded by Robynne. Motion carried.
Addition to the agenda: New chairperson for members show needed. Add a members show committee meeting. Motion to accept the agenda by Lisa P, seconded by Robynne. Motion carried.
Treasurers report- Balance in checking $2770.07, balance in savings $2202.48. Motion to accept by Robynne, seconded by Carissa. Motion carried.
OLD BUSINESS
Members show Insurance
Robynne will check with Dave Moran on insurance
Job Sign Up List
The list was passed around. There are plenty of jobs left that still need to be filled.
Class Sponsors
A few class sponsors have been collected. All versatility and high point sponsors have been taken care of.
Mini Versatility Award
No sponsor this year.
Show Program/Laptop
Cindy does not have a laptop to donate. Robynne will check on process with some people that she knows that refurbish computers. Stephanie was going to order the show program. Karen M will check with Stephanie.
Rule Books
Janece had the rulebooks printed at Office Max. They are paid for.
NEW BUSINESS
PAC (Paint Alternative Competition)
UPHA is packed approved for 2012
Card for Sporattos
The Sporattos lost 13 show horses in a barn fire. Karen M picked up a card and had members sign it to send to them.
New Show Chairman
We may need a new show chairman for the members show. Chris Calderwood probably won’t be here. Karen H is going to double check.
Pre Members Show Directors Meeting
Saturday June 9th (after the MCHC horse show) gather at Karen MacCormacks trailer for a meeting to ensure all Members Show details are taken care of.
Members show Photography
Robynne asked if Hayden’s father can bring his camera and a back drop to take pictures at our members show. Everyone agreed.
Motion to adjourn at 2:34pm by Karen Hendrickson, seconded by Robynne. Motion carried.
May 6, 2012
Wahlstroms Restaurant
Sign in sheet was passed around. There were 16 people in attendance.
Meeting was called to order at 2:00 pm by President Karen MacCormack.
Minutes from previous meeting were read. Motion to accept by Karen Hendrickson, seconded by Robynne. Motion carried.
Addition to the agenda: New chairperson for members show needed. Add a members show committee meeting. Motion to accept the agenda by Lisa P, seconded by Robynne. Motion carried.
Treasurers report- Balance in checking $2770.07, balance in savings $2202.48. Motion to accept by Robynne, seconded by Carissa. Motion carried.
OLD BUSINESS
Members show Insurance
Robynne will check with Dave Moran on insurance
Job Sign Up List
The list was passed around. There are plenty of jobs left that still need to be filled.
Class Sponsors
A few class sponsors have been collected. All versatility and high point sponsors have been taken care of.
Mini Versatility Award
No sponsor this year.
Show Program/Laptop
Cindy does not have a laptop to donate. Robynne will check on process with some people that she knows that refurbish computers. Stephanie was going to order the show program. Karen M will check with Stephanie.
Rule Books
Janece had the rulebooks printed at Office Max. They are paid for.
NEW BUSINESS
PAC (Paint Alternative Competition)
UPHA is packed approved for 2012
Card for Sporattos
The Sporattos lost 13 show horses in a barn fire. Karen M picked up a card and had members sign it to send to them.
New Show Chairman
We may need a new show chairman for the members show. Chris Calderwood probably won’t be here. Karen H is going to double check.
Pre Members Show Directors Meeting
Saturday June 9th (after the MCHC horse show) gather at Karen MacCormacks trailer for a meeting to ensure all Members Show details are taken care of.
Members show Photography
Robynne asked if Hayden’s father can bring his camera and a back drop to take pictures at our members show. Everyone agreed.
Motion to adjourn at 2:34pm by Karen Hendrickson, seconded by Robynne. Motion carried.
UPHA Minutes
April 1, 2012
Wahlstroms Restaurant
Sign in sheet was passed around. There were 19 people in attendance.
Meeting was called to order by President Karen MacCormack at 2:03pm
Previous minutes were read. Motion to accept by Janece, seconded by Karen Hendrickson. Motion carried.
Addition to the agenda. Under old business. Possibly add mini versatility. New business MCHC. Motion to the accept the agenda by Jackie, seconded by Karen H
Treasurer’s report was read. Balance in checking $3423.26 Balance in savings $2102.14.
No Correspondence
Old Business
Dave Moran co-sponsor for the members show. It’s still up in the air. There was discussion as to if we should look at outside insurance if Dave will not do it. Terie stated that they are still checking on the Silver Spur show as well. Cathy Calderwood offered to check on having the 4-H posse get the insurance. Terie stated that the local 4-H club in Escanaba cannot get it at a discount.
It was stated that Dave Moran will supply the concession at the members show and Silver Spurs show.
Supreme Horse Award/Handler Award
Karen H made a motion to accept the Supreme Horse Award and the Supreme Handler Award as typed up by Jackie. This will be proposed to the members at the November meeting and voted on at that time. Seconded by Robynne. Motion carried.
Show Program Ideas
It was discussed that the Members Ease would be the most practical to purchase. Cindy Johnson had mentioned that she may have an old laptop that VAST may be able to donate.
Motion made by Robynne to pay $395 for the funware development show program contingent upon the ability to network the program on multiple computers and/or the purchase/donation of a laptop. Seconded by Jackie. Motion carried.
Mini Versatility Award
Do we want to have a mini versatility award this year? Table until May meeting
New Business
2013 Directors nomination committee
Lisa P and Jackie volunteered to be on the nomination committee
High Point sponsors
Karen M made up a letter to give to potential class sponsors. It is highly encouraged to get as many sponsors as possible. Please turn sponsors to any board member.
Rule books
Christa is charge of getting new rule books printed out. Terie will check with her.
MCHC is going to have a sportsmanship award dedicated to Elmi Filkens at the show in June. The winner doesn’t have to be a person who is showing. Whoever gets the most votes throughout the weekend will win.
Silver Spur is having a clinic. Terie has flyers
Equine Wellness Fair April 14-15
Tom Pierson clinic at Brandi’s in May
Rodeo Kick off party April 13th
Terie mentioned that the 4-H club is only going to clean the grounds not the stalls. Karen M mentioned that the youth wrestling club in Bark River is willing to clean stalls at $5 a stall. It’s an option to have members clean their own stalls for $5 as well. Will discuss further at the May meeting.
Motion to adjourn at 2:43pm by Karen H, seconded by Janece. Motion carried.
April 1, 2012
Wahlstroms Restaurant
Sign in sheet was passed around. There were 19 people in attendance.
Meeting was called to order by President Karen MacCormack at 2:03pm
Previous minutes were read. Motion to accept by Janece, seconded by Karen Hendrickson. Motion carried.
Addition to the agenda. Under old business. Possibly add mini versatility. New business MCHC. Motion to the accept the agenda by Jackie, seconded by Karen H
Treasurer’s report was read. Balance in checking $3423.26 Balance in savings $2102.14.
No Correspondence
Old Business
Dave Moran co-sponsor for the members show. It’s still up in the air. There was discussion as to if we should look at outside insurance if Dave will not do it. Terie stated that they are still checking on the Silver Spur show as well. Cathy Calderwood offered to check on having the 4-H posse get the insurance. Terie stated that the local 4-H club in Escanaba cannot get it at a discount.
It was stated that Dave Moran will supply the concession at the members show and Silver Spurs show.
Supreme Horse Award/Handler Award
Karen H made a motion to accept the Supreme Horse Award and the Supreme Handler Award as typed up by Jackie. This will be proposed to the members at the November meeting and voted on at that time. Seconded by Robynne. Motion carried.
Show Program Ideas
It was discussed that the Members Ease would be the most practical to purchase. Cindy Johnson had mentioned that she may have an old laptop that VAST may be able to donate.
Motion made by Robynne to pay $395 for the funware development show program contingent upon the ability to network the program on multiple computers and/or the purchase/donation of a laptop. Seconded by Jackie. Motion carried.
Mini Versatility Award
Do we want to have a mini versatility award this year? Table until May meeting
New Business
2013 Directors nomination committee
Lisa P and Jackie volunteered to be on the nomination committee
High Point sponsors
Karen M made up a letter to give to potential class sponsors. It is highly encouraged to get as many sponsors as possible. Please turn sponsors to any board member.
Rule books
Christa is charge of getting new rule books printed out. Terie will check with her.
MCHC is going to have a sportsmanship award dedicated to Elmi Filkens at the show in June. The winner doesn’t have to be a person who is showing. Whoever gets the most votes throughout the weekend will win.
Silver Spur is having a clinic. Terie has flyers
Equine Wellness Fair April 14-15
Tom Pierson clinic at Brandi’s in May
Rodeo Kick off party April 13th
Terie mentioned that the 4-H club is only going to clean the grounds not the stalls. Karen M mentioned that the youth wrestling club in Bark River is willing to clean stalls at $5 a stall. It’s an option to have members clean their own stalls for $5 as well. Will discuss further at the May meeting.
Motion to adjourn at 2:43pm by Karen H, seconded by Janece. Motion carried.
UPHA Minutes
March 4, 2012
Wahlstroms Restaurant
Sign in sheet was passed around. There were 14 people in attendance.
Meeting was called to order by President Karen MacCormack at 2:00pm
Robynne is absent so Lisa will be voting in her place.
Previous minutes were read. Correction to minutes. Jackie was to type up the Supreme
Horse Award as well. Motion to accept by Jackie. Seconded by Janece. Motion carried.
Addition to the agenda. Add in website maintaining fees. Motion to accept the agenda by
Bobbi, seconded by Karen M. Motion carried.
Treasurer’s report was read. Balance in checking 3523.26 Balance in savings 2002.14. Motion
to accept by Jackie, seconded by Karen. Motion carried.
Correspondence
No Correspondence
Old Business
Supreme Horse Award
Jackie typed up a list of the points in each division. Christa is not here so we will table the class discussion until the April meeting. Karen M pointed out that we do have until November to get everything together.
Versatility Award for the handler
Will be tabled until the April meeting.
Show Program Ideas
Tabled until the April meeting
Awards Update
The awards all ordered. The trophies will be picked up during the Madison Horse Fair to save on shipping.
Banquet Update
Lisa P passed around a voting slip for a date and location. Banquet will be October 13, 2012 at Wahlstroms in Harvey
Website updates.
Madeline suggested that Carissa get a free stall at the members show. It was discussed that it is usually very costly for someone to build and maintain a website. Jackie made a motion to provide one stall at the members show to Carissa for website updates, Bobbi seconded. Motion carried
New Business
Judge Tera Wiesman-Swensen for the cowboy challenge.
Karen H made a motion to accept the judge. Seconded by Janece. Motion carried.
No other show dates. Season is now set for the year
Set a date for Annual November meeting.
Needs to be 30 days after the banquet. November 17th 1:00 pm at Wahlstroms.
Any other new business?
Jackie asked if UPHA will donate $100 to sponsor 4 classes at the UP State Fair (Youth trophies). Carissa made a motion. Seconded by Karen H. Motion carried.
Terie stated that it would cost an extra $20 if you camp next to the barn and plug in at the Silver Spurs show. They are also looking at holding an extreme trail class on Friday night. $100 high point award for theweekend. One horse/one rider combination. Silver Spur clinic on May 5th.
Madeleine reminded everyone of the MCHC Tack Sale on March 31st.
Karen H made a motion to adjourn at 2:33pm, seconded by Jackie. Motion carried.
March 4, 2012
Wahlstroms Restaurant
Sign in sheet was passed around. There were 14 people in attendance.
Meeting was called to order by President Karen MacCormack at 2:00pm
Robynne is absent so Lisa will be voting in her place.
Previous minutes were read. Correction to minutes. Jackie was to type up the Supreme
Horse Award as well. Motion to accept by Jackie. Seconded by Janece. Motion carried.
Addition to the agenda. Add in website maintaining fees. Motion to accept the agenda by
Bobbi, seconded by Karen M. Motion carried.
Treasurer’s report was read. Balance in checking 3523.26 Balance in savings 2002.14. Motion
to accept by Jackie, seconded by Karen. Motion carried.
Correspondence
No Correspondence
Old Business
Supreme Horse Award
Jackie typed up a list of the points in each division. Christa is not here so we will table the class discussion until the April meeting. Karen M pointed out that we do have until November to get everything together.
Versatility Award for the handler
Will be tabled until the April meeting.
Show Program Ideas
Tabled until the April meeting
Awards Update
The awards all ordered. The trophies will be picked up during the Madison Horse Fair to save on shipping.
Banquet Update
Lisa P passed around a voting slip for a date and location. Banquet will be October 13, 2012 at Wahlstroms in Harvey
Website updates.
Madeline suggested that Carissa get a free stall at the members show. It was discussed that it is usually very costly for someone to build and maintain a website. Jackie made a motion to provide one stall at the members show to Carissa for website updates, Bobbi seconded. Motion carried
New Business
Judge Tera Wiesman-Swensen for the cowboy challenge.
Karen H made a motion to accept the judge. Seconded by Janece. Motion carried.
No other show dates. Season is now set for the year
Set a date for Annual November meeting.
Needs to be 30 days after the banquet. November 17th 1:00 pm at Wahlstroms.
Any other new business?
Jackie asked if UPHA will donate $100 to sponsor 4 classes at the UP State Fair (Youth trophies). Carissa made a motion. Seconded by Karen H. Motion carried.
Terie stated that it would cost an extra $20 if you camp next to the barn and plug in at the Silver Spurs show. They are also looking at holding an extreme trail class on Friday night. $100 high point award for theweekend. One horse/one rider combination. Silver Spur clinic on May 5th.
Madeleine reminded everyone of the MCHC Tack Sale on March 31st.
Karen H made a motion to adjourn at 2:33pm, seconded by Jackie. Motion carried.
UPHA Meeting
February 5, 2012
Wahlstroms
Restaurant
Sign in sheet was passed around.
There were 19 people in attendance.
Meeting was called to order by President Karen MacCormack at 2:00 pm.
Previous minutes were read. Motion to accept by Robynne, seconded by Karen H. Motion
carried.
Treasurers report was read. Balancer
in checking $3770. Savings $1901.99 Motion to accept by Robynne, seconded by
Bobbi. Motion carried.
Correspondence
Thank you card from Darlene and Jim Veiht.
Additions to the agenda. Rental of Esky fairgrounds/contract. Carol update on mini show. Motion to accept the agenda by Karen H, seconded by Janece. Motion carried.
Old Business
Supreme Horse Award
Will start in 2013. It has to be voted upon by the members at the 2012 November meeting. 50 points in halter (no color class), 100 points in English, 100 points in Western (pleasure classes) 50 points in speed (barrels, plug, and poles) 100 points in Trail, reining, or western riding. Total accumulation of 500 points. Showmanship, equitation, horsemanship do not count because those points go on the handler/rider.
Supreme Handler Award 500 points
Showmanship, Equitation, and Horsemanship
Mini Supreme Award 250 points
75 Halter, 75 Trail, 75 Driving- Extra 25 points in each class to make up the remaining points.
Christa will type up everything including all class suggestions and we will review at the March
meeting.
Another suggestion was a versatility award for the handler. She will also type this information up and bring to the March meeting.
Stephanie- Show program ideas. She brought information on 3 different points programs. Member Ease, EZ Show Win for Windows, and Show Secretary. Christa will look further into and bring an update to the March meeting.
Jackie had to leave early. Bobbi will be taking her voting place for this meeting.
Members Show Judges
Saturday Moira Martincheck from Charlevoix, MI. $400 flat fee plus hotel. Sunday Jackie Luebje-Puetz from Kiel, WI $200 plus (government) mileage on way. No hotel.
Motion to accept judges by Carissa, seconded by Bobbi. Motion carried.
Dave Moran Insurance. Judy has not spoken to him yet. She will report back at the March meeting
4-H clean up crew after the members show is a go.
Awards update
Windywares $600-$650 for trophies and ribbons. There will be a discount if you order by March 1st, 2012. Motion to approve the ordering the awards by Karen H, seconded by Janece. Motion carried.
Contract rental for the Esky Fairgrounds is $450. Karen M signed the contact. Motion to pay for the
fairgrounds by Karen H, seconded by Robynne. Motion carried.
Banquet Update
Holiday Inn Mqt, Ramada Inn Mqt, Bonanza Restaruant Marquette. All 3 places can have alcohol. Joyce and Madeline suggested Wahlstroms. Karen will check on prices and report back.
Mini’s in Motion Show
166 classes, two judges. Carol asked if UPHA would sponsor 4 classes again this year. Janece made a motion to pay Mini’s in Motion 4 class sponsorships @ $25 each. Seconded by Karen H. Motion carried.
New Business
Judges to approve for MCHC Dave Pansy and Kelly Mahloch. GLR 4-H Posse Sheila Kisling. Motion to approve by Karen H, seconded by Janece. Motion carried.
Clarification of fees. Jump out fee for MCHC. If someone ties to the trailer OVERNIGHT then
there would be a $20 fee. It was asked if we could put a disclaimer on the website that UPHA is not charging the jump out fee.
Year End Versatility sponsors. Karen H will sponsor Juvenile under Performance Plus Stables. Karen M will sponsor Junior under K&M Ranch. Traci and Tim Gartland will sponsor the Senior Division Versatility awards. No high point sponsors as of today.
Rule Book Change and printing of new books. Christa will make the change and will bring in the jump drive to have rule books printed. Motion to make change and print out 100 new books by Karen H, seconded by Janece. Motion carried.
Other new business
Karen M suggested that Carissa get a free stall at the members show for the website work. No motion was put forth.
Jerry Roberts has volunteered to bring and sell shavings at all the shows
Karen H made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 3:02 PM, seconded by Janece. Motion carried.
February 5, 2012
Wahlstroms
Restaurant
Sign in sheet was passed around.
There were 19 people in attendance.
Meeting was called to order by President Karen MacCormack at 2:00 pm.
Previous minutes were read. Motion to accept by Robynne, seconded by Karen H. Motion
carried.
Treasurers report was read. Balancer
in checking $3770. Savings $1901.99 Motion to accept by Robynne, seconded by
Bobbi. Motion carried.
Correspondence
Thank you card from Darlene and Jim Veiht.
Additions to the agenda. Rental of Esky fairgrounds/contract. Carol update on mini show. Motion to accept the agenda by Karen H, seconded by Janece. Motion carried.
Old Business
Supreme Horse Award
Will start in 2013. It has to be voted upon by the members at the 2012 November meeting. 50 points in halter (no color class), 100 points in English, 100 points in Western (pleasure classes) 50 points in speed (barrels, plug, and poles) 100 points in Trail, reining, or western riding. Total accumulation of 500 points. Showmanship, equitation, horsemanship do not count because those points go on the handler/rider.
Supreme Handler Award 500 points
Showmanship, Equitation, and Horsemanship
Mini Supreme Award 250 points
75 Halter, 75 Trail, 75 Driving- Extra 25 points in each class to make up the remaining points.
Christa will type up everything including all class suggestions and we will review at the March
meeting.
Another suggestion was a versatility award for the handler. She will also type this information up and bring to the March meeting.
Stephanie- Show program ideas. She brought information on 3 different points programs. Member Ease, EZ Show Win for Windows, and Show Secretary. Christa will look further into and bring an update to the March meeting.
Jackie had to leave early. Bobbi will be taking her voting place for this meeting.
Members Show Judges
Saturday Moira Martincheck from Charlevoix, MI. $400 flat fee plus hotel. Sunday Jackie Luebje-Puetz from Kiel, WI $200 plus (government) mileage on way. No hotel.
Motion to accept judges by Carissa, seconded by Bobbi. Motion carried.
Dave Moran Insurance. Judy has not spoken to him yet. She will report back at the March meeting
4-H clean up crew after the members show is a go.
Awards update
Windywares $600-$650 for trophies and ribbons. There will be a discount if you order by March 1st, 2012. Motion to approve the ordering the awards by Karen H, seconded by Janece. Motion carried.
Contract rental for the Esky Fairgrounds is $450. Karen M signed the contact. Motion to pay for the
fairgrounds by Karen H, seconded by Robynne. Motion carried.
Banquet Update
Holiday Inn Mqt, Ramada Inn Mqt, Bonanza Restaruant Marquette. All 3 places can have alcohol. Joyce and Madeline suggested Wahlstroms. Karen will check on prices and report back.
Mini’s in Motion Show
166 classes, two judges. Carol asked if UPHA would sponsor 4 classes again this year. Janece made a motion to pay Mini’s in Motion 4 class sponsorships @ $25 each. Seconded by Karen H. Motion carried.
New Business
Judges to approve for MCHC Dave Pansy and Kelly Mahloch. GLR 4-H Posse Sheila Kisling. Motion to approve by Karen H, seconded by Janece. Motion carried.
Clarification of fees. Jump out fee for MCHC. If someone ties to the trailer OVERNIGHT then
there would be a $20 fee. It was asked if we could put a disclaimer on the website that UPHA is not charging the jump out fee.
Year End Versatility sponsors. Karen H will sponsor Juvenile under Performance Plus Stables. Karen M will sponsor Junior under K&M Ranch. Traci and Tim Gartland will sponsor the Senior Division Versatility awards. No high point sponsors as of today.
Rule Book Change and printing of new books. Christa will make the change and will bring in the jump drive to have rule books printed. Motion to make change and print out 100 new books by Karen H, seconded by Janece. Motion carried.
Other new business
Karen M suggested that Carissa get a free stall at the members show for the website work. No motion was put forth.
Jerry Roberts has volunteered to bring and sell shavings at all the shows
Karen H made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 3:02 PM, seconded by Janece. Motion carried.
UPHA Meeting
January 8, 2012
Wahlstroms Restaurant
Sign in sheet was passed around. There were 27 people in attendance.
Meeting was called to order by President Karen Maccormack at 2:00PM
Motion to accept the agenda by Karen Hendrickson seconded by Robynne. Motion carried.
Previous minutes were read. Correction to minutes, Bobbi Meyer listed as alternate. Motion to accept by Karen Hendrickson, seconded by Robynne. Motion carried.
Treasurers report was read. Balance in checking $3620.00.Balance in savings $1,801.84. Motion to accept by Karen Hendrickson seconded by Carissa. Motion carried.
No Correspondence
Old Business
Members show- July 28th and 29th
Carissa will reserve the judges for the show.
Karen M will order the awards
Trophies one day and stuff the next day (first place). Trophies valued at $6 and stuff $5-$7. Karen will bring some information to the next meeting.
Judy will check with Dave Moran about co-sponsorship and Insurance for the members show.
Laurel to check with a cleanup crew after the members show. Laurel is not here so Judy will check on it. If the 4-H club will not do it then Karen M will take care of the clean up crew.
Carissa will bring the job signup list to the next meeting.
Karen Hendrickson will do stalls. Stalls must be paid for by July 1st. $27 for the weekend $15 for tack stall. Stall reservations are now being taken. Bring your own shavings.
It was decided that we need a chairman for the members show to ensure that all jobs are being taken care of. Needs to be someone who is not showing. Chris Calderwood volunteered.
Supreme Horse Award
Jackie has looked over the information and stated that we need to decide that if the points should start this year or if the points should be retroactive. The award would be an accumulated score of 500 points in Halter, Performance classes.
Motion to start a Supreme Horse award with points starting this year and deciding on classes at the February meeting made by Karen H, seconded by Jackie. Motion carried.
It was brought up that there were a lot of awards including the 100 point award. UPHA does give out 200 and 500 point awards, but it is not in the rule book to have more than a 100 point award.
Show Program
Stephanie does not have the information right now. She will have it at the February meeting.
New Business
New Show dates
Posse 4-H Club along with Great Lakes Rodeo will hold a UPHA sanctioned show on May 25-27, 2012 at the Marquette County Fairgrounds. Motion to accept by Karen H seconded by Janece.
June 30th- Timber Trails is putting on a jumping show
Carol S is having her Mini show on July 7-8, 2012 at the Escanaba Fairgrounds. She is looking for volunteers and prospective people to show. If anyone would like to sponsor a class it is $25.
Judges to approve
Silver Spurs- Rochelle Beene-Renn on Saturday and Keith Potter on Sunday. Motion to accept judges by Karen H, seconded by Carissa. Motion carried.
Stall reservations for Silver Spurs. Stall must be paid for by June 1st. 8365 30th Rd Rapid River, MI 49878. Reservations will be taken as of March 1st 2012. Traci 906- 474-6473. $30 for the weekend $15 for tack stall. Checks payable to Silver Spur. Mail payments to Traci Gartland [email protected]
Year End Banquet
Karen M and Lisa P will organize the banquet
Traveling Award
This year it will be dedicated to Elmi Filkins in 2012. Motion made by Karen H, seconded by Janece.
Judy would like to keep her father in mind for the future. He was one of the founding members of UPHA.
Darlene and Jim Veiht lost their house to fire last week. Karen H made a motion to send a card and donation to them for $100 from UPHA. Seconded by Carissa. Motion carried.
Motion to adjourn the meeting at 2:30PM made by Karen H, seconded by Robynne.
Respectfully submitted,
Carissa Schwemin
January 8, 2012
Wahlstroms Restaurant
Sign in sheet was passed around. There were 27 people in attendance.
Meeting was called to order by President Karen Maccormack at 2:00PM
Motion to accept the agenda by Karen Hendrickson seconded by Robynne. Motion carried.
Previous minutes were read. Correction to minutes, Bobbi Meyer listed as alternate. Motion to accept by Karen Hendrickson, seconded by Robynne. Motion carried.
Treasurers report was read. Balance in checking $3620.00.Balance in savings $1,801.84. Motion to accept by Karen Hendrickson seconded by Carissa. Motion carried.
No Correspondence
Old Business
Members show- July 28th and 29th
Carissa will reserve the judges for the show.
Karen M will order the awards
Trophies one day and stuff the next day (first place). Trophies valued at $6 and stuff $5-$7. Karen will bring some information to the next meeting.
Judy will check with Dave Moran about co-sponsorship and Insurance for the members show.
Laurel to check with a cleanup crew after the members show. Laurel is not here so Judy will check on it. If the 4-H club will not do it then Karen M will take care of the clean up crew.
Carissa will bring the job signup list to the next meeting.
Karen Hendrickson will do stalls. Stalls must be paid for by July 1st. $27 for the weekend $15 for tack stall. Stall reservations are now being taken. Bring your own shavings.
It was decided that we need a chairman for the members show to ensure that all jobs are being taken care of. Needs to be someone who is not showing. Chris Calderwood volunteered.
Supreme Horse Award
Jackie has looked over the information and stated that we need to decide that if the points should start this year or if the points should be retroactive. The award would be an accumulated score of 500 points in Halter, Performance classes.
Motion to start a Supreme Horse award with points starting this year and deciding on classes at the February meeting made by Karen H, seconded by Jackie. Motion carried.
It was brought up that there were a lot of awards including the 100 point award. UPHA does give out 200 and 500 point awards, but it is not in the rule book to have more than a 100 point award.
Show Program
Stephanie does not have the information right now. She will have it at the February meeting.
New Business
New Show dates
Posse 4-H Club along with Great Lakes Rodeo will hold a UPHA sanctioned show on May 25-27, 2012 at the Marquette County Fairgrounds. Motion to accept by Karen H seconded by Janece.
June 30th- Timber Trails is putting on a jumping show
Carol S is having her Mini show on July 7-8, 2012 at the Escanaba Fairgrounds. She is looking for volunteers and prospective people to show. If anyone would like to sponsor a class it is $25.
Judges to approve
Silver Spurs- Rochelle Beene-Renn on Saturday and Keith Potter on Sunday. Motion to accept judges by Karen H, seconded by Carissa. Motion carried.
Stall reservations for Silver Spurs. Stall must be paid for by June 1st. 8365 30th Rd Rapid River, MI 49878. Reservations will be taken as of March 1st 2012. Traci 906- 474-6473. $30 for the weekend $15 for tack stall. Checks payable to Silver Spur. Mail payments to Traci Gartland [email protected]
Year End Banquet
Karen M and Lisa P will organize the banquet
Traveling Award
This year it will be dedicated to Elmi Filkins in 2012. Motion made by Karen H, seconded by Janece.
Judy would like to keep her father in mind for the future. He was one of the founding members of UPHA.
Darlene and Jim Veiht lost their house to fire last week. Karen H made a motion to send a card and donation to them for $100 from UPHA. Seconded by Carissa. Motion carried.
Motion to adjourn the meeting at 2:30PM made by Karen H, seconded by Robynne.
Respectfully submitted,
Carissa Schwemin
2011
UPHA Meeting
November 20, 2011
Wahlstroms Restaurant
Sign in sheet passed around. There were 27 people in attendance.
Meeting was called to order by President Lisa Anderson at 1:08pm
Previous minutes were read. Motion to accept by Robynne, seconded by Cindy. Motion carried.
Treasurer’s report was read. Balance in checking $3,720.00. Balance in savings $1601.52. Motion to accept by Carissa, seconded by Robynne. Motion carried.
Correspondence email from Terie. She penciled in UPHA members show in Escanaba 21 and 22, 2012
Old Business
Members Show Review. It was a big success. It was mentioned that there were only 4 people who stayed to clean up.
Supreme Horse Award. Christa had given information to Jackie to review. Tabled until the next meeting.
New Business
Silver Spurs would like to hold a show at the Escanaba Fairgrounds on July 14-15, 2012. Two full day shows.
MCHC would like to hold a show at the Marquette County Fairgrounds on June 9-10, 2012. Two full day shows.
Motion to accept the show dates by Jackie, seconded by Janece. Motion carried.
Silver Spurs is holding a clinic at the Escanaba Fairgrounds on May 5, 2012. Ground, horsemanship, barrels, and trail. Great clinic for beginners.
MCHC is holding their annual tack sale on March 31, 2012.
Brandi Rolling is holding a clinic with Tom Pierson on May 18-20.
Carissa suggested the idea of partnering up with MCHC to hold the members show in Marquette for more help with cleanup. There was discussion about Marquette not having as many stalls as Escanaba.
There were ideas passed around about members cleaning up during the show. Jackie suggested to hold speed on Friday night and Saturday so clean up on Sunday would be done at a decent hour. It was stated that we would have to pay more to rent the grounds for the weekend.
Karen McCormack volunteered to put together a clean up committee for the members show.
Robynne mentioned that we should have a show chairman to make sure that all jobs are being taken care of.
Stephanie suggested that people sign up for jobs now and stay committed.
Lisa Anderson asked if there would be a 4-H club from Escanaba that would be interested in cleaning up the grounds.
Laurel said that there is a club down there that may be willing to help. She will check into it.
Janece made a motion told hold the members show on July 28-29, 2012 in Escanaba if available. If that is taken then we will have it the weekend before that is currently penciled in. Seconded by Carissa. Motion carried.
UPHA to purchase a printer for copies of agendas, minutes, forms for shows, etc. Cindy Johnson is donating a printer/scanner that she no longer needs.
UPHA to purchase a jump drive to keep membership information and horse points. Stephanie suggested that we purchase a Show Program that stores all information and points. It will even transfer information over to other associations (PAC, etc). Laurie will check on prices. Tabled until the January meeting.
Possible rule book changes:
Correct rule book to state 6 directors and 6 alternates with the highest voted alternated listed as the 7th director for State Non-profit policies
President: Karen McCormack
Vice President: Karen Hendrickson
Treasurer: Janece Hanycz
Secretary: Carissa Schwemin
Point Secretary: Jackie Hurley
Asst point secretary Robynne Woodaz
Alternate Directors will be:
Lisa Anderson
Judy Nelson
Lisa Pellegrini
Andi Goriesky
Christa Nedeau
Laurel made a motion to accept the directors and alternates. Seconded by Terie. Motion carried.
Meeting dates and locations. Meetings will be at Wahlstroms in Harvey. Meeting dates will be January 8, February 5, March 4, April 1, and May 6 (optional if needed)
Motion to adjourn at 2:25PM by Andi, seconded by Ray. Motion carried.
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UPHA Directors Meeting
UPHA Banquet, Peninsula Bay Inn, Escanaba
October 8, 2011
Sign in Sheet was passed around. Norm, Cindy, Bobbi, Joyce, Robynne, Christa, Jackie, Lisa, Janece, and Carissa were present.
Meeting was called to order by President Lisa Anderson at 5:10 PM
Previous minutes were read. Motion to accept by Robynne. Seconded by Bobbi.
Treasurers Report was read. Balance in Checking $3108.99 Savings $1501.33. Members Horse Show profit was $2039.67. UPHA has not paid for trophies for the banquet yet. Lisa has the bill for $250. Robynne has a bill for the versatility awards.
Banquet meals and gift certificates are paid for except for Circle M Country. Dave will bring the bill and the gift cards with him tonight.
Judy gave UPHA a check for timer rentals for the Escanaba Fair and the Giddy Up and Go horse show. Motion to accept by Jackie. Seconded by Christa. Motion carried.
Old Business
Members Show- The treasurer’s report shows all the stats for the members show. Including expenses and profit.
New Business
Members Show in Escanaba. Escanaba Chamber of Commerce regarding show dates. Christa stated that the Silver Spur wants to hold a UPHA sanctioned show the 14th and 15th of July. They have booked the fairgrounds.
Suggestions for next year. Everyone will hold their suggestions during the banquet.
Tonight’s Award Presentation
Lisa will give the welcome and present the awards. Jackie will announce the award winners.
No other new business
Robynne asked if the assistant point secretary can hold two positions. It was said that yes they could, but then we would need someone else to be a director. UPHA must have 7 directors.
Motion to adjourn at 5:30pm by Robynne. Seconded by Cindy. Motion carried
November 20, 2011
Wahlstroms Restaurant
Sign in sheet passed around. There were 27 people in attendance.
Meeting was called to order by President Lisa Anderson at 1:08pm
Previous minutes were read. Motion to accept by Robynne, seconded by Cindy. Motion carried.
Treasurer’s report was read. Balance in checking $3,720.00. Balance in savings $1601.52. Motion to accept by Carissa, seconded by Robynne. Motion carried.
Correspondence email from Terie. She penciled in UPHA members show in Escanaba 21 and 22, 2012
Old Business
Members Show Review. It was a big success. It was mentioned that there were only 4 people who stayed to clean up.
Supreme Horse Award. Christa had given information to Jackie to review. Tabled until the next meeting.
New Business
Silver Spurs would like to hold a show at the Escanaba Fairgrounds on July 14-15, 2012. Two full day shows.
MCHC would like to hold a show at the Marquette County Fairgrounds on June 9-10, 2012. Two full day shows.
Motion to accept the show dates by Jackie, seconded by Janece. Motion carried.
Silver Spurs is holding a clinic at the Escanaba Fairgrounds on May 5, 2012. Ground, horsemanship, barrels, and trail. Great clinic for beginners.
MCHC is holding their annual tack sale on March 31, 2012.
Brandi Rolling is holding a clinic with Tom Pierson on May 18-20.
Carissa suggested the idea of partnering up with MCHC to hold the members show in Marquette for more help with cleanup. There was discussion about Marquette not having as many stalls as Escanaba.
There were ideas passed around about members cleaning up during the show. Jackie suggested to hold speed on Friday night and Saturday so clean up on Sunday would be done at a decent hour. It was stated that we would have to pay more to rent the grounds for the weekend.
Karen McCormack volunteered to put together a clean up committee for the members show.
Robynne mentioned that we should have a show chairman to make sure that all jobs are being taken care of.
Stephanie suggested that people sign up for jobs now and stay committed.
Lisa Anderson asked if there would be a 4-H club from Escanaba that would be interested in cleaning up the grounds.
Laurel said that there is a club down there that may be willing to help. She will check into it.
Janece made a motion told hold the members show on July 28-29, 2012 in Escanaba if available. If that is taken then we will have it the weekend before that is currently penciled in. Seconded by Carissa. Motion carried.
UPHA to purchase a printer for copies of agendas, minutes, forms for shows, etc. Cindy Johnson is donating a printer/scanner that she no longer needs.
UPHA to purchase a jump drive to keep membership information and horse points. Stephanie suggested that we purchase a Show Program that stores all information and points. It will even transfer information over to other associations (PAC, etc). Laurie will check on prices. Tabled until the January meeting.
Possible rule book changes:
Correct rule book to state 6 directors and 6 alternates with the highest voted alternated listed as the 7th director for State Non-profit policies
President: Karen McCormack
Vice President: Karen Hendrickson
Treasurer: Janece Hanycz
Secretary: Carissa Schwemin
Point Secretary: Jackie Hurley
Asst point secretary Robynne Woodaz
Alternate Directors will be:
Lisa Anderson
Judy Nelson
Lisa Pellegrini
Andi Goriesky
Christa Nedeau
Laurel made a motion to accept the directors and alternates. Seconded by Terie. Motion carried.
Meeting dates and locations. Meetings will be at Wahlstroms in Harvey. Meeting dates will be January 8, February 5, March 4, April 1, and May 6 (optional if needed)
Motion to adjourn at 2:25PM by Andi, seconded by Ray. Motion carried.
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UPHA Directors Meeting
UPHA Banquet, Peninsula Bay Inn, Escanaba
October 8, 2011
Sign in Sheet was passed around. Norm, Cindy, Bobbi, Joyce, Robynne, Christa, Jackie, Lisa, Janece, and Carissa were present.
Meeting was called to order by President Lisa Anderson at 5:10 PM
Previous minutes were read. Motion to accept by Robynne. Seconded by Bobbi.
Treasurers Report was read. Balance in Checking $3108.99 Savings $1501.33. Members Horse Show profit was $2039.67. UPHA has not paid for trophies for the banquet yet. Lisa has the bill for $250. Robynne has a bill for the versatility awards.
Banquet meals and gift certificates are paid for except for Circle M Country. Dave will bring the bill and the gift cards with him tonight.
Judy gave UPHA a check for timer rentals for the Escanaba Fair and the Giddy Up and Go horse show. Motion to accept by Jackie. Seconded by Christa. Motion carried.
Old Business
Members Show- The treasurer’s report shows all the stats for the members show. Including expenses and profit.
New Business
Members Show in Escanaba. Escanaba Chamber of Commerce regarding show dates. Christa stated that the Silver Spur wants to hold a UPHA sanctioned show the 14th and 15th of July. They have booked the fairgrounds.
Suggestions for next year. Everyone will hold their suggestions during the banquet.
Tonight’s Award Presentation
Lisa will give the welcome and present the awards. Jackie will announce the award winners.
No other new business
Robynne asked if the assistant point secretary can hold two positions. It was said that yes they could, but then we would need someone else to be a director. UPHA must have 7 directors.
Motion to adjourn at 5:30pm by Robynne. Seconded by Cindy. Motion carried
UPHA Minutes
May 1, 2011
Wahlstroms Restaurant
Meeting called to order by President Lisa Anderson at 2:00 pm.
Sign in sheet was passed around. There were 15 people in attendance.
Minutes from previous meeting were read. Motion to accept by Christa. Seconded by Jackie. Motion carried.
Treasurers Report- Checking $4092.43. Savings $1000.46. Motion to accept by Christa. Seconded by Robynne. Motion carried.
Correspondence- No correspondence.
Old Business
Members show
Trophies
Trophies will be $6.00. Ribbons will be around $1.70- $1.80 each. Bill will be sent to Janece. Windywares can do the neck rosettes for the members show as well.
Leadline Medals
Lisa will check on medals when she gets home today.
Stalls
Stalls for members show. 26 have been paid for. It was decided to push the due date to June 1st. It was also decided not to give a courtesy call.
Sponsor update
8 class sponsors to date
Muck Bucket Raffle
Robynne volunteered to do the shopping. It was decided to go with a large water bucket instead of a muck bucket. Christa made a motion to purchase $50 worth of “stuff” to put in a water bucket. Seconded by Janece. Motion carried. We will except donations for the bucket as well.
Job list
Was passed around. Most jobs are now filled. Carissa will send out an email reminder a week before the show to remind everyone of what jobs they signed up for.
Traveling award
Cost of the copper portion of the award was $206.70. Norm will build the wood portion.
The neck rosette will be awarded on Sunday of the show and the actual award will be given out at the banquet in October. The director that is in memory that year, will be announced at the banquet as well.
Banquet
Hotel rooms are $75.00 + tax. 2 beds, 2 adults. When calling to make your reservation make sure that you mention that you are with UPHA.
New Business
Versatility award
Karen would like to sponsor Juv instead of Junior. Still need a sponsor for Junior versatility.
Sanction fees
Sanction fees have all been paid
Equifest Timer Rental
Equifest has now been paid
Horsemanship and Trail-
The rule book says that you must use one hand in those classes. Can you use two hands on a junior horse? It was discussed that it says under Junior horses that you can use two hands.
Stephenson Marketing Coop
Asked what we would charge to place an add on the website. It was decided to see if they will sponsor either a class or the junior versatility award in exchange.
Marquette County Fairgrounds
Camping area is being excavated. Camping areas for horse shows may change. Do not park or camp in the taped off area’s.
Robynne made a motion to adjourn at 2:57 pm. Seconded by Christa. Motion carried.
UPHA Minutes
April 3, 2011
Wahlstroms Restaurant
Meeting called to order by President Lisa Anderson at 2:00 PM
Sign in sheet was passed around. There were 19 people in attendance,
Minutes from previous meeting were read. Motion to accept by Jackie. Seconded by Christa. Motion carried.
Treasurers Report- Checking has a balance of $3129.91. Savings $900.46. Motion to accept by Carissa. Seconded by Bobbi.
Robynne Woodaz is absent today. Bobbi Meyer (alternate) is voting in her place.
Correspondence- Katie Carr from EUPHA sent Lisa information on shows and a tack action. Encouraging everyone to attend. Info was passed around.
Old Business
Members show awards
Christa suggested First Day- $5 gift card to Circle M Country with 1-5 place rosettes. Second Day- Trophy for 1st and rosettes 1-5 places.
Everywhere that Christa looked at online required a minimum of $65 to put the UPHA logo on a ribbon. Windywares already has the UPHA logo.
Motion was made by Bobbi for First place to give a $5 Circle M Country gift card for the first day and order trophies valued up to $5 for the second day. Seconded by Jackie. Motion carried
Judy will order the trophies.
Lisa will look and see if she has enough medals for the leadline classes.
Supreme Horse Award Updates
Christa and Terie got together. Suggestions were made.
There was some discussion on if points should be retro active and if you should have to pay $15 for your point look up. Joyce suggested to bring this up the members show to see what members think of this award.
Mini Horse Versatility Award
It will happen this year. Freedom farm will sponsor half of it. Cindy will get the other half of the award sponsored.
Stalls for members show. Renting the speed barn
There are 9 stalls on the waiting list. It would cost an additional $300 for the weekend to rent the speed barn. It was decided to wait until closer to the date to decide. You don’t have to rent the barn in advance. You can do it the weekend of the show.
Banquet Meals
The meal will consist of Prime Rib, Chicken Cordon Blu, and Lasagna.
Hotel room price will depend on how many rooms are reserved. The more rooms that are reserved, the cheaper each room will be.
Class Sponsors
There are 7 class sponsors so far.
Rule Books
Rule books are done. Madeline stated that Andi needs 8 for judges.
Job Sign up List
Passed around.
November Meeting Date
Cindy made a motion to have our annual membership meeting Sunday November 21th, 1:00pm at Wahlstroms in Harvey. Seconded by Carissa. Motion carried. Lisa will make the reservation.
Nomination Committee
Carissa made a motion for Cindy Johnson and Bobbi Meyer to be our 2011 nomination committee. Jackie seconded. Motion carried.
May meeting
It was decided that we need to have a May meeting. May 1st, 2:00 Wahlstroms.
Reminder that stall payments due by May 1 for GLR- Cowboy challenge show.
Other New Business
Cindy asked if we were going to have hunter hack at the members show. Still open for now.
Cindy also mentioned that mini trail class has eliminated the jump. It was not changed in the new rule book. Christa will make that change.
Lisa brought in a sample picture for the Traveling Award. Everyone liked the sample. She mentioned that OCAP is taken care of.
Banquet raffle
Jewelry, Judy is donating a quilt, and Christa is donating photography. The donations will be for raising money for our banquet.
The idea was brought up to purchase a muck bucket filled with horse goodies to raffle off at the members show as well. It was decided to table until next month.
Carol asked if anyone would like to sponsor a class for her mini show @ $25 each. Jackie made a motion for UPHA to sponsor 4 classes at the mini show in July. Seconded by Janece. Motion carried.
Judy said that Silver Spur is putting together an informal riding event on May 14 in the outdoor arena. Cost is $10 for the day. Clinicians will be there as well. There is more information found on www.uppermichiganhorses.ning.com
Judy also mentioned that they are going to tear out and replace the footing in the outdoor arena in Escanaba this fall. Cost will be about $25,000- $30,000. Looking for sponsors.
Bobbi made a motion to adjourn at 3:28 pm, seconded by Jackie. Motion carried.
UPHA Meeting
Sunday March 6, 2011
Wahlstroms Restaurant
Sign in sheet was passed around. There were 25 people in attendance
The meeting was called to order at 2:03 PM
Minutes from the previous meeting were read. Motion to accept by Robynne. Seconded by Jackie. Motion carried.
Treasurers Report- Checking has a balance of $3269.81 and $800.36 in savings.
Motion to accept by Robynne. Seconded by Carissa. Motion carried.
Correspondence- Card from the Houghton County Fair thanking UPHA for the donation for John Bishop.
Old Business
Directors Traveling Award- Lisa and Christa were not able to connect to discuss last month. Lisa spoke with Copper World who put her in touch with Guy out of MN that works with Copper and Steel. For an award 10 inches wide 20 inches high- roughly $140. Need someone to build a wooden base.
Christa suggested a horse neck rosette for the winner to keep. Lisa will draw up the award and present it to get a price and then will contact the directors to approve.
Youth winning money- Stephanie looked up the 3 breed associations and they stated that youth cannot win money in breed shows. Youth can win money in Open shows. It was decided that we should not do money for first place this year.
PAC has been approved for 2011. Lisa is sending the book in this week to get OPAC approved.
Karen said that Performance Plus Stables will sponsor the Junior Versatility award.
Terie said that Rays Feed Mill is sponsoring two of the high point awards.
Supreme Horse Award- There was some discussion on what the point numbers should be and how far back you could go with points. It was decided that there should be a Supreme Horse Award Committee. Christa, Terie, and Jackie will be on the committee. Any further decisions will be tabled.
Norm asked if we could have a miniature horse versatility award. The mini would have to go in Mini Halter, Miniature Trail, and Driving. Same handler/horse. It was stated that he would need to get a sponsor.
Christa made a motion for a Miniature Horse versatility award. Jackie seconded. Motion carried.
New Business
UP Fair meeting. March 16, 2011 at 1:00 pm to discuss new footing in the outdoor arena. Just an FYI.
Class sponsors for the members show- Carissa suggested that everyone try to get a class sponsor to help out UPHA.
Stalls for members show. Karen stated that she’s having everyone send their stall money to Janece. It was discussed if we should rent another barn for the members show because there’s a waiting list already. We will wait to see how many more people get added to the waiting list before that decision is made.
No new show dates
Terie handed out meal choices for the banquet. Whatever dish gets the most votes wins.
Carissa reminded everyone of the MCHC tack sale March 26 at the Negaunee Township Hall.
No other new business
Robynne made a motion to adjourne at 3:05 pm. Seconded by Jackie. Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Carissa Schwemin
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UPHA Meeting
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Sign in sheet was passed around. There were 22 people in attendance.
The meeting was called to order at 2:04pm
Minutes from the previous meeting were read. Motion to accept by Robynne, seconded by Jackie. Motion carried.
Treasurers Report- Janece gave the Treasurers report. Checking account- $3444.91 and Savings $700.28. Motion to accept by Christa seconded by Robynne. Motion carried.
Janece stated that she was not sure how much money we made from the timer rental last year. Judy said $90 from the fair and $30 from another event. She also mentioned that we did not get the $30 for timer rental at Equifest. It was stated that if they want to rent it next year, they will have to pay in advance.
Old Business
Awards for members show- Lisa suggested Hodges for ribbons. 3 streamer ribbons would be $695 for both days. It was discussed about using money for First Place only. Everyone is unsure if Youth can win money. It was decided to table the decision until further research is done.
Lisa asked for volunteers for an awards committee. Christa and Lisa volunteered to be on the committee.
Judy asked if anyone contacted Circle M Country to see if they were going to co-sponsor the members show for insurance reasons. Lisa said that she talked to Dave and he said yes. He will also do the concession.
High Point Award in memory of John Bishop- It was decided that it should be a high point for over the course of the weekend. Judy made a suggestion for a copper award.
Stephanie suggested to start a “Directors Memorial” starting with John Bishop.
Jackie made a motion to have an annual high point, UPHA Directors Memorial Traveling Award for the members show starting this year with John Bishop. One award for traveling and then a miniature version for the award winner. Seconded by Christa. Motion carried.
Stall Cleaning- Mark charges for the work he does. Judy suggested that if the members clean their own stalls that he will only charge $3 to blow it clean. Mark (the church group) said that they will clean the stalls for the members show.
Banquet Details from Terie- The Peninsula Bay Inn no longer has a bar in the banquet area. We can either hire a bar tender or bring our own alcohol. Robynne stated that if you hire a licensed bartender, that bartender will be responsible for liability. If everyone brings their own alcohol then each individual will be responsible for themselves.
Terie reminded everyone that there is a $200 deposit. It is non refundable for cleaning services. Terie’s farm Ritero Appaloosa’s has generously donated some jewelry for raffle in order to help cover the $200 cost. Terie also offered to put in $200 to buy the jewelry herself in case there wasn’t enough money raised. Terie will sell tickets all show season long to raise as much money as possible.
Tax ID number- Janece did acquire a tax ID number
Stall Cleaning check was given to Mark and cashed
New Business
Judges for the members show were voted on by directors via email.
Christa checked on prices for hotel rooms for the judges in Escanaba. Econo Lodge $48.99 + tax, Super 8 single $65.39 with tax, and Peninsula Bay Inn is $65 plus tax. It was decided to go with Econo Lodge. Janece will make the reservations.
No other show dates have been submitted.
Other new business
Lisa stated that she needs a copy of the new rule book to get PAC and OPAC approved for the shows.
Christa asked how many rule books to have printed. It was decided to print off 80 again this year. Christa will send Carissa a PDF of the updated rule book for the website.
Versatility Award- Christa said that Tracy Gartland will sponsor the Senior Versatility Award
Terie said that she has a sponsor for the Juvenile and Junior Year End High Point awards.
Christa made a motion to have 3 age divisions, year end High Point awards. Seconded by Jackie. Motion carried
Robynne will be in charge of ordering the High Point and Versatility Awards
We still need two versatility awards sponsored.
Sturgeon River Performance Horses will sponsor the Senior High Point award.
Christa suggested that UPHA have a Supreme Horse award for individuals who accumulate a very high number of points in multiple classes. It was decided to be tabled until a future meeting.
Christa made a motion to adjourn at 3:04 PM seconded by Norm. Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Carissa Schwemin
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UPHA Meeting
Sunday January 9th, 2011 Wahlstroms Restaurant in Marquette
Sign in sheet was passed around. 27 people in attendance
The meeting was called to order at 2:02 PM
Minutes from the previous meeting were read. Motion to accept by Robin seconded by Christa. Motion carried.
Treasurers Report- No changes except 4 cents interest in the savings account. Total of $500.23 and $4118.81 in checking.
Judy asked why most of the funds are in checking instead of savings. It was stated that because UPHA does not have a Tax ID #, the account is under Taana’s SSN. She would have to claim the funds on her tax return if the money was in savings. Jackie asked about getting a tax ID number. Christa volunteered to get a tax ID. It was decided that the treasurer should be the one to get the tax ID.
Madeline asked what checks were still outstanding. Stall cleaning
Motion to accept the Treasurers Report by Norm Johnson seconded by Carissa
Old Business
Banquet- Read correspondence from Terie Clark. She mentioned that she still wants to organize the banquet with a date of October 8th, 2011 at the Peninsula Bay Inn, in Escanaba. It was asked what time the banquet was going to be at. Janece mentioned that the directors meeting is usually at 5 and dinner at 6.
Christa made motion to accept the date of the banquet and Janece seconded.
Great Lakes Rodeo show to be held July 16th and 17th and UPHA Members show to be held on July 23 and 24. Motion was made by Christa to accept both show dates, seconded by Robynne. Motion carried.
Jackie asked about Jesie mentioning that she wanted a double point the weekend of July 16th and 17th. Andi spoke for Jesie stating that if UPHA voted for her to host a show on those dates she will have a two day show.
Have we been reimbursed for the two bad checks by Michael Allard and Cory Hughes. Taana advised that she had spoke with Cory and she said she would pay it but she was waiting on buying sweatshirts first. The phone number on Michaels check was no good. It was discussed to put their names on a black list at registration stating that they are no longer allowed to write checks. If they come to another show, they will be required to pay their current show fees plus pay the amount due from the bad check with cash. Michaels owes $27. Corey owes $12
Stall cleaning- The check has not been cashed yet. Judy stated that she has not given Mark the check, because she could not get in contact with him. Carol was asked what he charged. Judy stated $8 per horse occupied stall and $3 per tack stall.
Rule book committee. Judy stated that she needs the new rules before she can change anything. Christa asked for the minutes from the 2010 meetings so she can clearly see the rule changes. The minutes will be emailed to Christa by Andi.
Judy asked how many rule books we will need. It was mentioned that we had ordered 80 last year. There are still 32 rule books left over from last year.
New Business
Website. It was discussed weather to renew for one year or two years. It was shown that it will save $12 by going for 2 years. Robynne made a motion to renew for two years. Janece seconded. Motion carried. Carissa stated that it will be back up and running as soon as she makes the payment.
Judges- Andi stated that she has Angela Pansy for Saturday and Lisa Childers for Sunday at MCHC show. Jodi Waller for Jody Zuelsdorff will be the judges for the GLR double point show. GLR show July 16th and 17th Judges will be Heather Lekan and Bill Heiser. Bill charges $9 per class for the classes that he judges, 25 cents a mile, and he brings his own ring master. It was discussed that he would be cheaper or equal to other judges.
Motion to accept all judges by Jackie seconded by Christa. Motion carried.
Carissa asked if anyone would like to get the judges for the Escanaba. Andi was volunteered and accepted to take care of getting the judges for the members show in Escanaba.
Lisa reminded all officers to pay their dues at this meeting.
Job duties for members show. Karen offered to take stalls reservations for members show. She asked if we should keep the stall fees the same. It was decided to keep the stall fees at $27 and to bring your own shavings.
Awards for members show. Lisa asked if we want to do "stuff" instead of trophies. It was asked if were going to do t-shirts again, to check sizes to make sure they're not too small. Judy suggested that she would like to see stuff that you can use up. Some people have a lot of buckets. She would like to see things that a person would use up, like showsheen, etc. Stephanie suggested cash back. Christa suggested a credit slip that you could cash in to use at, for example Circle M Country. Stephanie said that you should keep the awards to the weekend of the show. It was decided that the awards discussion was to be tabled until the February meeting. At that time we will come up with a plan to appoint a committee for awards at the members show.
The Members show job list sign was passed around and will continue to be passed around at future meetings.
Cleaning of stalls at the members show. Lisa asked if we want to go with the group from last year. It was stated that they do a good job. Judy said that they may not want to do it being as though they are doing the stalls for Carol's mini show. Judy will check with him and advise.
Any other new business?
Andy asked if we should contact the Great Lakes Arabian Horse Association about a possible show. It was decided that we should let them contact us if they are interested.
John Bishop passed away last week. Madeleine called Lisa and asked if UPHA would send flowers. Madeleine took care of it and UPHA needs to reimburse. Madeleine said that the funeral website asked to send memorials donated to the Houghton Co Fair. Jackie suggested to send $100.
Christa made a motion to donate $100 to Houghton Co Fair in honor of John Bishop seconded by Robynne.
Christa asked if we should have a high point award at the members show in memory of John Bishop. It was decided to table until the next meeting.
Janece asked about starting to get sponsors for the versatility award. 3 age groups @ $125 each. Christa will talk to Tracy to see if she’s interested in sponsoring.
Robynne made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 3:06 pm seconded by Christa.
Respectfully submitted,
Carissa Schwemin
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UPHA Annual General Membership Meeting
Sunday November 21st, 2010 Wahlstroms Restaurant in Marquette
Sign in sheet was passed around. 30 people in attendance
The meeting was called to order at 2:03 p.m.
Minutes from the previous meeting were read, motion to accept by Jackie, second by Karen, motion carried.
The treasurers report was then given showing an ending balance of $4118.81. Taana did report that we still have not collected the check amount or the overdraft fees from Mike Allerd from the members show or the overdraft fee from Cory Hughes, additional invoices have been sent out to both parties. Taana also reported that we have not yet received an invoice from the youth group in Escanaba for stall cleaning; she has contacted him and spoke with him, giving him her contact address. Judy did state she will contact him for totals. $1228.25 was deposited form the banquet . Andi made a motion to accept the treasurers report as given, second by Karen , motion carried.
OLD BUSINESS
Janece asked if there was a profit and loss report from the members show in July, showing if we made money or lost money. Taana did not have a profit & loss statement but Cindy did have entry totals from each show. Expenses from the members show was $1798.62, not including the stall cleaning.
Laurel Swanson asked when membership starts and runs through; it is not clearly stated in the rule book. Laurel did ask if she could pay for membership and be able to vote today. Both Judy and Jackie explained that as a rule, you must be a paid member in advance for that calendar year. Laurie Hurley suggested that we add that to the membership cards, showing an expiration date. Andi made a motion to amend the current rule book, clearly defining the membership, Article III Membership, Section E membership shall run from January 1st through December 31st of that calendar year, Karen second, motion carried.
NEW BUSINESS
Jesie Melchiori asked for UPHA approval for 2 different dates for a UPHA sanctioned show; memorial day Weekend again for the U.P. Challenge May 27th – 29th, 2011, double point show being Saturday and for July 16th & 17th, not sure if 2 day show or double point one day show. Decided to table until further in the meeting as the limit of double point shows is on the agenda to discuss.
Joyce Meyer wanted to get everyone’s opinion of the Marquette County Fair presidents plan to black top certain areas at the Marquette County fairground. It was brought up at a previous MCF meeting to lay black top going down both hills to the arena and blacktop a pad area for wheel chairs etc. Everyone felt that this would be extremely dangerous to both humans and horses. Joyce did let everyone know of the next MCF meeting in hopes of expressing our disapproval.
No further new business.
AGENDA ACTION ITEMS
Joyce made a motion to eliminate the jump from the mini trail class, second by Carol Sherbinow, motion carried.
Carissa stated that she felt stall fees should be lowered if shavings are not provided and we have to bring our own bedding. Judy then stated that this is basically up to the sponsoring club if they want to provide bedding or not and they set their own stall fees; this is not regulated by UPHA.
Jesie then proposed her dates again of Memorial Day weekend for a double point show on Saturday and a possible double point show the weekend of July 16th & 17th. Janece expressed the possibility of this July weekend being a members show in Escanaba. Jesie said this was the only weekend left in July for her to host a show at the MCF, would UPHA members mind checking on the following weekend. Andi reiterated that the Quarter Horse shows in July have been rescheduled to July 1-4th in Escanaba. Janece will check with the Escanaba fair office for other dates and report back at the next meeting. Jackie made a motion to accept the dates of Memorial Day weekend, May 25th through the 27th for the second annual U.P. Cowboy Challenge, second by Judy, motion carried. Jesie will accept stall reservation after January 9th
On behalf of the Marquette County Horse club, Andi asked for the dates June 11th & 12th, 2011 for a UPHA show, with Angela Pansy being one judge. Karen made the motion to accept, second by Jackie, motion carried. Jesie again will take those stall reservations after July 9th as well.
Christa then asked if every effort could be made to get the point / place standings on the web page as soon as possible so members can keep track of their points. Andi also then read the rule that all entry sheets are to be turned into the secretary within 15 days after a show or event.
Jackie noted that members upon paying for their membership, should be given their UPHA number or know their number so it can be placed on their registration sheets for easier record keeping. Bobbi then suggested maybe that exhibiter numbers be the persons UPHA number? Members felt that would be too confusing as some members show multiple horses.
Voting in of new 2001 officers. President Lisa Anderson picked Terie Clark and Abby Woodaz to count and tally the votes. Andi then handed out the ballots to all paid and current UPHA 18 years and over.
The new 2011 UPHA officers are as follows:
President Lisa Anderson
Vice President Robynne Woodaz
Secretary Carissa Schwemin
Treasurer Janece Hanycz
Point Secretary Jackie Hurley
Asst Point Sec Christa Nadeau
Alternates are: Andi Goriesky
Norm Johnson
Jesie Melchiori
Cindy Johnson
Joyce Meyer
Bobbi Meyer
Cindy Johnson will serve as the 7th director for tax purposes.
Andi made a motion to accept the new officers as voted on, second by Jackie, motion carried.
Judy made a motion to destroy the ballots, second by Terie, motion carried. 4 people opposed the destroying of ballots since there were no names and could be saved within the UPHA files.
Terie then made a motion to adjourn the meeting, second by Christa, motion carried.
Next meeting will be January 9th, 2011 2:00 p.m. at Wahlstroms Restaurant in Harvey.
Respectfully Submitted,
Andi Goriesky
May 1, 2011
Wahlstroms Restaurant
Meeting called to order by President Lisa Anderson at 2:00 pm.
Sign in sheet was passed around. There were 15 people in attendance.
Minutes from previous meeting were read. Motion to accept by Christa. Seconded by Jackie. Motion carried.
Treasurers Report- Checking $4092.43. Savings $1000.46. Motion to accept by Christa. Seconded by Robynne. Motion carried.
Correspondence- No correspondence.
Old Business
Members show
Trophies
Trophies will be $6.00. Ribbons will be around $1.70- $1.80 each. Bill will be sent to Janece. Windywares can do the neck rosettes for the members show as well.
Leadline Medals
Lisa will check on medals when she gets home today.
Stalls
Stalls for members show. 26 have been paid for. It was decided to push the due date to June 1st. It was also decided not to give a courtesy call.
Sponsor update
8 class sponsors to date
Muck Bucket Raffle
Robynne volunteered to do the shopping. It was decided to go with a large water bucket instead of a muck bucket. Christa made a motion to purchase $50 worth of “stuff” to put in a water bucket. Seconded by Janece. Motion carried. We will except donations for the bucket as well.
Job list
Was passed around. Most jobs are now filled. Carissa will send out an email reminder a week before the show to remind everyone of what jobs they signed up for.
Traveling award
Cost of the copper portion of the award was $206.70. Norm will build the wood portion.
The neck rosette will be awarded on Sunday of the show and the actual award will be given out at the banquet in October. The director that is in memory that year, will be announced at the banquet as well.
Banquet
Hotel rooms are $75.00 + tax. 2 beds, 2 adults. When calling to make your reservation make sure that you mention that you are with UPHA.
New Business
Versatility award
Karen would like to sponsor Juv instead of Junior. Still need a sponsor for Junior versatility.
Sanction fees
Sanction fees have all been paid
Equifest Timer Rental
Equifest has now been paid
Horsemanship and Trail-
The rule book says that you must use one hand in those classes. Can you use two hands on a junior horse? It was discussed that it says under Junior horses that you can use two hands.
Stephenson Marketing Coop
Asked what we would charge to place an add on the website. It was decided to see if they will sponsor either a class or the junior versatility award in exchange.
Marquette County Fairgrounds
Camping area is being excavated. Camping areas for horse shows may change. Do not park or camp in the taped off area’s.
Robynne made a motion to adjourn at 2:57 pm. Seconded by Christa. Motion carried.
UPHA Minutes
April 3, 2011
Wahlstroms Restaurant
Meeting called to order by President Lisa Anderson at 2:00 PM
Sign in sheet was passed around. There were 19 people in attendance,
Minutes from previous meeting were read. Motion to accept by Jackie. Seconded by Christa. Motion carried.
Treasurers Report- Checking has a balance of $3129.91. Savings $900.46. Motion to accept by Carissa. Seconded by Bobbi.
Robynne Woodaz is absent today. Bobbi Meyer (alternate) is voting in her place.
Correspondence- Katie Carr from EUPHA sent Lisa information on shows and a tack action. Encouraging everyone to attend. Info was passed around.
Old Business
Members show awards
Christa suggested First Day- $5 gift card to Circle M Country with 1-5 place rosettes. Second Day- Trophy for 1st and rosettes 1-5 places.
Everywhere that Christa looked at online required a minimum of $65 to put the UPHA logo on a ribbon. Windywares already has the UPHA logo.
Motion was made by Bobbi for First place to give a $5 Circle M Country gift card for the first day and order trophies valued up to $5 for the second day. Seconded by Jackie. Motion carried
Judy will order the trophies.
Lisa will look and see if she has enough medals for the leadline classes.
Supreme Horse Award Updates
Christa and Terie got together. Suggestions were made.
There was some discussion on if points should be retro active and if you should have to pay $15 for your point look up. Joyce suggested to bring this up the members show to see what members think of this award.
Mini Horse Versatility Award
It will happen this year. Freedom farm will sponsor half of it. Cindy will get the other half of the award sponsored.
Stalls for members show. Renting the speed barn
There are 9 stalls on the waiting list. It would cost an additional $300 for the weekend to rent the speed barn. It was decided to wait until closer to the date to decide. You don’t have to rent the barn in advance. You can do it the weekend of the show.
Banquet Meals
The meal will consist of Prime Rib, Chicken Cordon Blu, and Lasagna.
Hotel room price will depend on how many rooms are reserved. The more rooms that are reserved, the cheaper each room will be.
Class Sponsors
There are 7 class sponsors so far.
Rule Books
Rule books are done. Madeline stated that Andi needs 8 for judges.
Job Sign up List
Passed around.
November Meeting Date
Cindy made a motion to have our annual membership meeting Sunday November 21th, 1:00pm at Wahlstroms in Harvey. Seconded by Carissa. Motion carried. Lisa will make the reservation.
Nomination Committee
Carissa made a motion for Cindy Johnson and Bobbi Meyer to be our 2011 nomination committee. Jackie seconded. Motion carried.
May meeting
It was decided that we need to have a May meeting. May 1st, 2:00 Wahlstroms.
Reminder that stall payments due by May 1 for GLR- Cowboy challenge show.
Other New Business
Cindy asked if we were going to have hunter hack at the members show. Still open for now.
Cindy also mentioned that mini trail class has eliminated the jump. It was not changed in the new rule book. Christa will make that change.
Lisa brought in a sample picture for the Traveling Award. Everyone liked the sample. She mentioned that OCAP is taken care of.
Banquet raffle
Jewelry, Judy is donating a quilt, and Christa is donating photography. The donations will be for raising money for our banquet.
The idea was brought up to purchase a muck bucket filled with horse goodies to raffle off at the members show as well. It was decided to table until next month.
Carol asked if anyone would like to sponsor a class for her mini show @ $25 each. Jackie made a motion for UPHA to sponsor 4 classes at the mini show in July. Seconded by Janece. Motion carried.
Judy said that Silver Spur is putting together an informal riding event on May 14 in the outdoor arena. Cost is $10 for the day. Clinicians will be there as well. There is more information found on www.uppermichiganhorses.ning.com
Judy also mentioned that they are going to tear out and replace the footing in the outdoor arena in Escanaba this fall. Cost will be about $25,000- $30,000. Looking for sponsors.
Bobbi made a motion to adjourn at 3:28 pm, seconded by Jackie. Motion carried.
UPHA Meeting
Sunday March 6, 2011
Wahlstroms Restaurant
Sign in sheet was passed around. There were 25 people in attendance
The meeting was called to order at 2:03 PM
Minutes from the previous meeting were read. Motion to accept by Robynne. Seconded by Jackie. Motion carried.
Treasurers Report- Checking has a balance of $3269.81 and $800.36 in savings.
Motion to accept by Robynne. Seconded by Carissa. Motion carried.
Correspondence- Card from the Houghton County Fair thanking UPHA for the donation for John Bishop.
Old Business
Directors Traveling Award- Lisa and Christa were not able to connect to discuss last month. Lisa spoke with Copper World who put her in touch with Guy out of MN that works with Copper and Steel. For an award 10 inches wide 20 inches high- roughly $140. Need someone to build a wooden base.
Christa suggested a horse neck rosette for the winner to keep. Lisa will draw up the award and present it to get a price and then will contact the directors to approve.
Youth winning money- Stephanie looked up the 3 breed associations and they stated that youth cannot win money in breed shows. Youth can win money in Open shows. It was decided that we should not do money for first place this year.
PAC has been approved for 2011. Lisa is sending the book in this week to get OPAC approved.
Karen said that Performance Plus Stables will sponsor the Junior Versatility award.
Terie said that Rays Feed Mill is sponsoring two of the high point awards.
Supreme Horse Award- There was some discussion on what the point numbers should be and how far back you could go with points. It was decided that there should be a Supreme Horse Award Committee. Christa, Terie, and Jackie will be on the committee. Any further decisions will be tabled.
Norm asked if we could have a miniature horse versatility award. The mini would have to go in Mini Halter, Miniature Trail, and Driving. Same handler/horse. It was stated that he would need to get a sponsor.
Christa made a motion for a Miniature Horse versatility award. Jackie seconded. Motion carried.
New Business
UP Fair meeting. March 16, 2011 at 1:00 pm to discuss new footing in the outdoor arena. Just an FYI.
Class sponsors for the members show- Carissa suggested that everyone try to get a class sponsor to help out UPHA.
Stalls for members show. Karen stated that she’s having everyone send their stall money to Janece. It was discussed if we should rent another barn for the members show because there’s a waiting list already. We will wait to see how many more people get added to the waiting list before that decision is made.
No new show dates
Terie handed out meal choices for the banquet. Whatever dish gets the most votes wins.
Carissa reminded everyone of the MCHC tack sale March 26 at the Negaunee Township Hall.
No other new business
Robynne made a motion to adjourne at 3:05 pm. Seconded by Jackie. Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Carissa Schwemin
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UPHA Meeting
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Sign in sheet was passed around. There were 22 people in attendance.
The meeting was called to order at 2:04pm
Minutes from the previous meeting were read. Motion to accept by Robynne, seconded by Jackie. Motion carried.
Treasurers Report- Janece gave the Treasurers report. Checking account- $3444.91 and Savings $700.28. Motion to accept by Christa seconded by Robynne. Motion carried.
Janece stated that she was not sure how much money we made from the timer rental last year. Judy said $90 from the fair and $30 from another event. She also mentioned that we did not get the $30 for timer rental at Equifest. It was stated that if they want to rent it next year, they will have to pay in advance.
Old Business
Awards for members show- Lisa suggested Hodges for ribbons. 3 streamer ribbons would be $695 for both days. It was discussed about using money for First Place only. Everyone is unsure if Youth can win money. It was decided to table the decision until further research is done.
Lisa asked for volunteers for an awards committee. Christa and Lisa volunteered to be on the committee.
Judy asked if anyone contacted Circle M Country to see if they were going to co-sponsor the members show for insurance reasons. Lisa said that she talked to Dave and he said yes. He will also do the concession.
High Point Award in memory of John Bishop- It was decided that it should be a high point for over the course of the weekend. Judy made a suggestion for a copper award.
Stephanie suggested to start a “Directors Memorial” starting with John Bishop.
Jackie made a motion to have an annual high point, UPHA Directors Memorial Traveling Award for the members show starting this year with John Bishop. One award for traveling and then a miniature version for the award winner. Seconded by Christa. Motion carried.
Stall Cleaning- Mark charges for the work he does. Judy suggested that if the members clean their own stalls that he will only charge $3 to blow it clean. Mark (the church group) said that they will clean the stalls for the members show.
Banquet Details from Terie- The Peninsula Bay Inn no longer has a bar in the banquet area. We can either hire a bar tender or bring our own alcohol. Robynne stated that if you hire a licensed bartender, that bartender will be responsible for liability. If everyone brings their own alcohol then each individual will be responsible for themselves.
Terie reminded everyone that there is a $200 deposit. It is non refundable for cleaning services. Terie’s farm Ritero Appaloosa’s has generously donated some jewelry for raffle in order to help cover the $200 cost. Terie also offered to put in $200 to buy the jewelry herself in case there wasn’t enough money raised. Terie will sell tickets all show season long to raise as much money as possible.
Tax ID number- Janece did acquire a tax ID number
Stall Cleaning check was given to Mark and cashed
New Business
Judges for the members show were voted on by directors via email.
Christa checked on prices for hotel rooms for the judges in Escanaba. Econo Lodge $48.99 + tax, Super 8 single $65.39 with tax, and Peninsula Bay Inn is $65 plus tax. It was decided to go with Econo Lodge. Janece will make the reservations.
No other show dates have been submitted.
Other new business
Lisa stated that she needs a copy of the new rule book to get PAC and OPAC approved for the shows.
Christa asked how many rule books to have printed. It was decided to print off 80 again this year. Christa will send Carissa a PDF of the updated rule book for the website.
Versatility Award- Christa said that Tracy Gartland will sponsor the Senior Versatility Award
Terie said that she has a sponsor for the Juvenile and Junior Year End High Point awards.
Christa made a motion to have 3 age divisions, year end High Point awards. Seconded by Jackie. Motion carried
Robynne will be in charge of ordering the High Point and Versatility Awards
We still need two versatility awards sponsored.
Sturgeon River Performance Horses will sponsor the Senior High Point award.
Christa suggested that UPHA have a Supreme Horse award for individuals who accumulate a very high number of points in multiple classes. It was decided to be tabled until a future meeting.
Christa made a motion to adjourn at 3:04 PM seconded by Norm. Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Carissa Schwemin
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UPHA Meeting
Sunday January 9th, 2011 Wahlstroms Restaurant in Marquette
Sign in sheet was passed around. 27 people in attendance
The meeting was called to order at 2:02 PM
Minutes from the previous meeting were read. Motion to accept by Robin seconded by Christa. Motion carried.
Treasurers Report- No changes except 4 cents interest in the savings account. Total of $500.23 and $4118.81 in checking.
Judy asked why most of the funds are in checking instead of savings. It was stated that because UPHA does not have a Tax ID #, the account is under Taana’s SSN. She would have to claim the funds on her tax return if the money was in savings. Jackie asked about getting a tax ID number. Christa volunteered to get a tax ID. It was decided that the treasurer should be the one to get the tax ID.
Madeline asked what checks were still outstanding. Stall cleaning
Motion to accept the Treasurers Report by Norm Johnson seconded by Carissa
Old Business
Banquet- Read correspondence from Terie Clark. She mentioned that she still wants to organize the banquet with a date of October 8th, 2011 at the Peninsula Bay Inn, in Escanaba. It was asked what time the banquet was going to be at. Janece mentioned that the directors meeting is usually at 5 and dinner at 6.
Christa made motion to accept the date of the banquet and Janece seconded.
Great Lakes Rodeo show to be held July 16th and 17th and UPHA Members show to be held on July 23 and 24. Motion was made by Christa to accept both show dates, seconded by Robynne. Motion carried.
Jackie asked about Jesie mentioning that she wanted a double point the weekend of July 16th and 17th. Andi spoke for Jesie stating that if UPHA voted for her to host a show on those dates she will have a two day show.
Have we been reimbursed for the two bad checks by Michael Allard and Cory Hughes. Taana advised that she had spoke with Cory and she said she would pay it but she was waiting on buying sweatshirts first. The phone number on Michaels check was no good. It was discussed to put their names on a black list at registration stating that they are no longer allowed to write checks. If they come to another show, they will be required to pay their current show fees plus pay the amount due from the bad check with cash. Michaels owes $27. Corey owes $12
Stall cleaning- The check has not been cashed yet. Judy stated that she has not given Mark the check, because she could not get in contact with him. Carol was asked what he charged. Judy stated $8 per horse occupied stall and $3 per tack stall.
Rule book committee. Judy stated that she needs the new rules before she can change anything. Christa asked for the minutes from the 2010 meetings so she can clearly see the rule changes. The minutes will be emailed to Christa by Andi.
Judy asked how many rule books we will need. It was mentioned that we had ordered 80 last year. There are still 32 rule books left over from last year.
New Business
Website. It was discussed weather to renew for one year or two years. It was shown that it will save $12 by going for 2 years. Robynne made a motion to renew for two years. Janece seconded. Motion carried. Carissa stated that it will be back up and running as soon as she makes the payment.
Judges- Andi stated that she has Angela Pansy for Saturday and Lisa Childers for Sunday at MCHC show. Jodi Waller for Jody Zuelsdorff will be the judges for the GLR double point show. GLR show July 16th and 17th Judges will be Heather Lekan and Bill Heiser. Bill charges $9 per class for the classes that he judges, 25 cents a mile, and he brings his own ring master. It was discussed that he would be cheaper or equal to other judges.
Motion to accept all judges by Jackie seconded by Christa. Motion carried.
Carissa asked if anyone would like to get the judges for the Escanaba. Andi was volunteered and accepted to take care of getting the judges for the members show in Escanaba.
Lisa reminded all officers to pay their dues at this meeting.
Job duties for members show. Karen offered to take stalls reservations for members show. She asked if we should keep the stall fees the same. It was decided to keep the stall fees at $27 and to bring your own shavings.
Awards for members show. Lisa asked if we want to do "stuff" instead of trophies. It was asked if were going to do t-shirts again, to check sizes to make sure they're not too small. Judy suggested that she would like to see stuff that you can use up. Some people have a lot of buckets. She would like to see things that a person would use up, like showsheen, etc. Stephanie suggested cash back. Christa suggested a credit slip that you could cash in to use at, for example Circle M Country. Stephanie said that you should keep the awards to the weekend of the show. It was decided that the awards discussion was to be tabled until the February meeting. At that time we will come up with a plan to appoint a committee for awards at the members show.
The Members show job list sign was passed around and will continue to be passed around at future meetings.
Cleaning of stalls at the members show. Lisa asked if we want to go with the group from last year. It was stated that they do a good job. Judy said that they may not want to do it being as though they are doing the stalls for Carol's mini show. Judy will check with him and advise.
Any other new business?
Andy asked if we should contact the Great Lakes Arabian Horse Association about a possible show. It was decided that we should let them contact us if they are interested.
John Bishop passed away last week. Madeleine called Lisa and asked if UPHA would send flowers. Madeleine took care of it and UPHA needs to reimburse. Madeleine said that the funeral website asked to send memorials donated to the Houghton Co Fair. Jackie suggested to send $100.
Christa made a motion to donate $100 to Houghton Co Fair in honor of John Bishop seconded by Robynne.
Christa asked if we should have a high point award at the members show in memory of John Bishop. It was decided to table until the next meeting.
Janece asked about starting to get sponsors for the versatility award. 3 age groups @ $125 each. Christa will talk to Tracy to see if she’s interested in sponsoring.
Robynne made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 3:06 pm seconded by Christa.
Respectfully submitted,
Carissa Schwemin
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UPHA Annual General Membership Meeting
Sunday November 21st, 2010 Wahlstroms Restaurant in Marquette
Sign in sheet was passed around. 30 people in attendance
The meeting was called to order at 2:03 p.m.
Minutes from the previous meeting were read, motion to accept by Jackie, second by Karen, motion carried.
The treasurers report was then given showing an ending balance of $4118.81. Taana did report that we still have not collected the check amount or the overdraft fees from Mike Allerd from the members show or the overdraft fee from Cory Hughes, additional invoices have been sent out to both parties. Taana also reported that we have not yet received an invoice from the youth group in Escanaba for stall cleaning; she has contacted him and spoke with him, giving him her contact address. Judy did state she will contact him for totals. $1228.25 was deposited form the banquet . Andi made a motion to accept the treasurers report as given, second by Karen , motion carried.
OLD BUSINESS
Janece asked if there was a profit and loss report from the members show in July, showing if we made money or lost money. Taana did not have a profit & loss statement but Cindy did have entry totals from each show. Expenses from the members show was $1798.62, not including the stall cleaning.
Laurel Swanson asked when membership starts and runs through; it is not clearly stated in the rule book. Laurel did ask if she could pay for membership and be able to vote today. Both Judy and Jackie explained that as a rule, you must be a paid member in advance for that calendar year. Laurie Hurley suggested that we add that to the membership cards, showing an expiration date. Andi made a motion to amend the current rule book, clearly defining the membership, Article III Membership, Section E membership shall run from January 1st through December 31st of that calendar year, Karen second, motion carried.
NEW BUSINESS
Jesie Melchiori asked for UPHA approval for 2 different dates for a UPHA sanctioned show; memorial day Weekend again for the U.P. Challenge May 27th – 29th, 2011, double point show being Saturday and for July 16th & 17th, not sure if 2 day show or double point one day show. Decided to table until further in the meeting as the limit of double point shows is on the agenda to discuss.
Joyce Meyer wanted to get everyone’s opinion of the Marquette County Fair presidents plan to black top certain areas at the Marquette County fairground. It was brought up at a previous MCF meeting to lay black top going down both hills to the arena and blacktop a pad area for wheel chairs etc. Everyone felt that this would be extremely dangerous to both humans and horses. Joyce did let everyone know of the next MCF meeting in hopes of expressing our disapproval.
No further new business.
AGENDA ACTION ITEMS
- 1. Clarification of the color class. Robynne and Terie Clark both wanted to add that as an example, in the Appaloosa classes, they are judged 60 / 40; Judy reiterated that conformation should play a part in judging. Carol Sherbinow also then stated that the color class gives nicely colored horses a chance to go in a halter class that may not be as correct as true halter horses. Judy made a motion to keep the class rules 60 / 40, making it a multi color class and stating in the rule book that the entire class be ran and judged by a walking circle both directions, then line up for judges inspection, second by Jackie, motion carried.
- Surprise class, Madeleine made a motion to eliminate the surprise class, second by Andi, motion carried.
- Trail classes; Robynne made a motion to have the trail class as a maximum of 10 obstacles, minimum of 6, 3 being from the UPHA approved list and the sponsoring club may pick the remaining obstacles keeping safety and age appropriateness in mind, second by Jesie, motion carried. Cindy suggested we read over the approved obstacle list to see if we should delete or change any. Jackie read the list from the rule book, decided to keep as is, encouraging all clubs or organizations to use wooden poles instead of pvc pipes.
Joyce made a motion to eliminate the jump from the mini trail class, second by Carol Sherbinow, motion carried.
- Next on the agenda was the UPHA monthly meetings; location and times. Decided to table until we discussed further agenda items, membership must attend 50% of meetings.
- Next was holding year round meetings. All felt that with the November annual meeting now being held with open membership voting, most things would be decided on already. No motions made.
- Membership must attend 50% of meetings. Everyone agreed that some members do not even show and it’s senseless to require attendance at meetings. No motion made.
- Back to the monthly meetings. Madeleine made a motion that the monthly meetings be held in Marquette as most of the membership is from Marquette or closely surrounding areas, second by Jesie, Motion carried. Madeleine did check with Wahlstroms on availability of January 9th, February 6th, March 6th and April 3rd, 2011 May meeting is optional.
- Christa made a motion that the memberships should be recorded but not necessarily computer recorded and given to the secretary and point secretary within 10 days, second by Judy, motion carried. Christa then volunteered to collect any changes to the rule book, put into a PDF file for proofing and correction by Judy. Taana made the motion to accept both Christa and Judy as the Rule Book Changes committee, second by Karen, motion carried.
- Robyyne then made a motion that we create a position from the membership to act as a rule book steward and to be the “go to” person at the shows and events. Judy stated that any director should be able to address any concerns or questions. No motion was carried.
- Age group changes. Much discussion was then held as to changing the age groups, trying to keep it consistent with local fairs vs. having the junior class be too small then. Rebecca commented that really only two classes would change. Terie reiterated that we need to keep what’s best in mind for the children and to be competitive with other groups or associations for possible future sanctioning. Andi then read what Timber Trails and Tri County age groups are. No motion made, leave as is.
- Discussion of deleting poll roll back. Even though it is one of the lowest attended classes, decided to leave as is.
- Changing speed age groups to 19 & under and 20 & over; leave as is.
- Combining Junior horse classes; decided to leave as is.
- Year end points and all memberships being handed into the president and secretary by September 1st of that calendar year. No motion made, just mention that this should be done already as discussed in previous discussion #8.
- Western Riding. Judy expressed that we are the only association that offers western riding as a class. No motion made, leave as is.
- Adding 5 & under junior barrels. Bobbi added that we have junior classes for pleasure horses and this may be a nice addition for speed horses just starting out. No motion made, will not add at this time.
- Banquet planning committee. Terie Clark and Laurel Swanson offered to organize and book the banquet for 2011, handing out menus for 2 different places in the Escanaba area. Decided we should wait until the show schedule is finalized first. Christa made a motion, second by Jesie, to form a committee of 2 members for banquet planning at the January or February meeting. Motion carried. Everyone agreed they were not happy with the Terrace Bay Inn in the past.
- Hiring of local judges. Much discussion regarding hiring of local judges vs expense and mileage. Jackie made a motion that we do not hire judges within the U.P., second by Karen, motion carried. This was once stated in the rule book.
- Limit on the amount of double point shows. Judy stated that this is ultimately up to the directors to approve or not approve.
Carissa stated that she felt stall fees should be lowered if shavings are not provided and we have to bring our own bedding. Judy then stated that this is basically up to the sponsoring club if they want to provide bedding or not and they set their own stall fees; this is not regulated by UPHA.
Jesie then proposed her dates again of Memorial Day weekend for a double point show on Saturday and a possible double point show the weekend of July 16th & 17th. Janece expressed the possibility of this July weekend being a members show in Escanaba. Jesie said this was the only weekend left in July for her to host a show at the MCF, would UPHA members mind checking on the following weekend. Andi reiterated that the Quarter Horse shows in July have been rescheduled to July 1-4th in Escanaba. Janece will check with the Escanaba fair office for other dates and report back at the next meeting. Jackie made a motion to accept the dates of Memorial Day weekend, May 25th through the 27th for the second annual U.P. Cowboy Challenge, second by Judy, motion carried. Jesie will accept stall reservation after January 9th
On behalf of the Marquette County Horse club, Andi asked for the dates June 11th & 12th, 2011 for a UPHA show, with Angela Pansy being one judge. Karen made the motion to accept, second by Jackie, motion carried. Jesie again will take those stall reservations after July 9th as well.
Christa then asked if every effort could be made to get the point / place standings on the web page as soon as possible so members can keep track of their points. Andi also then read the rule that all entry sheets are to be turned into the secretary within 15 days after a show or event.
Jackie noted that members upon paying for their membership, should be given their UPHA number or know their number so it can be placed on their registration sheets for easier record keeping. Bobbi then suggested maybe that exhibiter numbers be the persons UPHA number? Members felt that would be too confusing as some members show multiple horses.
Voting in of new 2001 officers. President Lisa Anderson picked Terie Clark and Abby Woodaz to count and tally the votes. Andi then handed out the ballots to all paid and current UPHA 18 years and over.
The new 2011 UPHA officers are as follows:
President Lisa Anderson
Vice President Robynne Woodaz
Secretary Carissa Schwemin
Treasurer Janece Hanycz
Point Secretary Jackie Hurley
Asst Point Sec Christa Nadeau
Alternates are: Andi Goriesky
Norm Johnson
Jesie Melchiori
Cindy Johnson
Joyce Meyer
Bobbi Meyer
Cindy Johnson will serve as the 7th director for tax purposes.
Andi made a motion to accept the new officers as voted on, second by Jackie, motion carried.
Judy made a motion to destroy the ballots, second by Terie, motion carried. 4 people opposed the destroying of ballots since there were no names and could be saved within the UPHA files.
Terie then made a motion to adjourn the meeting, second by Christa, motion carried.
Next meeting will be January 9th, 2011 2:00 p.m. at Wahlstroms Restaurant in Harvey.
Respectfully Submitted,
Andi Goriesky
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Special UPHA Directors meeting
Wednesday June 30th 9:30 a.m. e.s.t.
President Lisa Anderson called a special directors meeting via telephone regarding the cancellation of the GLAHA / UPHA show on August 7th & 8th, 2010. The Great Lakes Rodeo would like to pick up that date and hold a one day, double point show being held at the Marquette County Fairgrounds on Saturday August 7th, and the second day of speed held on Sunday August 8th starting at 8;30 a.m. e.s.t.
President Lisa Anderson received verbal votes from the following directors:
President / Lisa Anderson “yes”
Vice Pres / Karen Hendrickson “yes”
Treasurer / Taana ‘yes”
Secretary / Andi “yes”
Point Sec / Jackie “yes”
Asst P.S. / Robynne “yes”
UPHA Directors have approved the Great Lakes Rodeo UPHA dates of August 7th & 8th, 2010 for a one day, double point show by majority of votes. Judges to be announced.
Tentative judges based on prior UPHA approval are:
Jodi Zuelsdorf ( already approved for Norway show)
Nikki Butler (already approved for Norway show)
Holly Osbourne
Any inquiries regarding these changes can be directed to President Lisa Anderson at 906-370-9266.
Special UPHA Directors Meeting
Sunday June 6th 2010 10:00 a.m.
Meeting was called to order in the registration booth at the Marquette County fairgrounds by President Lisa Anderson at 10:00 a.m. e.s.t. Directors present were Lisa, Karen, Andi, Jackie, Robynne and alternates Cindy, Norm, Tammy Carello, Maddie and Joyce.
The meeting was called regarding the weather conditions and condition of the ring. Todays judge made the suggestion to cancel Hunter Hack for safety reasons and since it’s an optional class, that does not need to be voted on and approved by UPHA directors. It does however state in the rule book on page 19 for English equitation and on page 21 for western horsemanship, that riders must go at a walk, trot and lope one way of the ring and individual pattern work prior to rail work. The judge has asked to perform individual pattern work while on the rail for safety reasons and the condition of the inner portion of the ring.
Karen made the motion to comply with the judges request for pattern work, second by Jackie, motion carried. Mini trail and lead line trail will be held directly outside the ring, also for safety reasons. Decided that we will make no decisions regarding reining and western riding at this time and see what the weather does.
Karen made the motion to adjourn, second by Cindy at 10:08 a.m., motion carried.
UPHA May 2nd, 2010
Meeting Minutes Wahlstroms 2:00 p.m.
The meeting was called to order at 1:55 p.m. at Wahlstroms Restaurant in Marquette. There were 20 people in attendance. All directors were present with the exception of the Asst. Point Secretary, but an alternate, Cindy Johnson was available.
The minutes from the previous meeting were read with the corrections; motion to accept by Taana, second by Karen, motion carried.
The treasurers report was then read by Taana, including a check returned for $100.00 plus the service fee and the check from the ribbon order clearing, leaving a balance of $630.30 in the checking, no change in the savings. Motion to accept y Andi, second by Jackie, motion carried.
OLD BUSINESS:
Andi has the amendments for the current rule books done but forgot them at home and will get to Karen this week. Current rule books with amendments have been mailed to all judges for this year.
The job sign up sheet has been passed around again and “open” jobs highlighted. Everyone was encouraged to sign up for some sort of a job so things don’t fall on the same people.
There is a boy scout group in Escanaba that may be interested in cleaning of grounds after the show; $5.00 per stall, $3.00 per tack stall and $50.00 additional for grounds clean up. They will let me know in the near future. If not, there is another Marquette boy scout group who may be interested.
Andi brought up about UPHA using the MCHC’s wireless microphone for the announcing of gait changes during the show by the ringmaster and having the announcer announce only the placings and everyone agreed to give it a try. Cindy just made mention that it may not be compatible with the loud speaker system there.
Lisa Anderson stated that she’s been in contact with the GLAHA Assoc regarding theor UPHA open show in Norway and their judges they picked are Nikki Butler from Madison, Wisconsin and Jodi Zuelsdorf from Merril, Wisconsin. Jackie made a motion to accept both judges, second by Andi, motion carried. Lisa will continue to correspond with Randy regarding stall reservation. A list was sent around with everyone writing their desired number of stalls down but still encouraged to contact GLAHA themselves.
NEW BUSINESS:
Lisa announced that written nominations can now be accepted for UPHA officers and may be turned into the nomination committee; Robynne Woodaz or Jackie Hurley.
Carissa has available dates for the UPHA awards banquet and presented with Saturday October 9th, 2010 at Wahlstroms in Harvey. Andi made a motion to accept, second by Jackie.
Karen reported that the 4-H Horse College will be held Saturday May 15th at Willow Farm in Harvey and that any non-profit group could have a table there and she would be there for UPHA to sign new members up and have rule books available if anyone would like to be there with her.
Jackie Hurley asked if UPHA would once again sponsor 2 classes at the youth horse show at the U.P. State Fair in Escanaba; Andi made a motion to sponsor the 2 classes, second by Karen, motion carried.
Karen will check with Cathy Waller and Cathy Calderwood in regards to working registration at the members Show in July and Andi will check with Jesie Melchiori.
Terri Clarke wanted to let everyone know that Jill McDermott has rescued 19 Arabian horses ( six now left) and is wondering if any trainers are willing to donate approximately 100 hours of training to re-home these animals. If interested, please contact Jill at 280-0415 or food4ourhorses.com .
Andi wanted to let every9one know that she will put together a list of all jobs signed up for at the members show and e-mail it out to everyone and update as they occur.
Andi made a motion to set the November Annual Membership meeting for November 14, 2010 at Wahlstroms in Harvey, second by Karen, motion carried. Andi will make arrangements.
Karen made a motion to adjourn at 2:40 p.m. second by Cindy, motion carried. There is no meeting set until October unless the directors deem necessary. \
Respectfully,
Andi Goriesky
UPHA MEETING MINUTES
APRIL 11TH, 2010
GREAT NORTHERN BUFFET IN ESCANABA
The meeting was called to order at 2:03 p.m. e.s.t. and there were 23 people in attendance.
Minutes were read from the previous meeting, motion to accept by Cindy, second by Jackie, motion carried. Taana gave the Treasurer report showing we have $1158.00 in the checking and $500.04 in the savings. Motion to accept by Karen, second by Robynne, motion carried.
Before we moved on to old business, Judy Nelson had a few comments to make regarding making motions and seconding at UPHA meetings, stating that only directors should be making motions and seconding at meetings and that alternates can only be doing so if they are taking a directors place at the meeting. She also made note that members may only vote at the annual meeting in November. A correction needs to be added to the current rule book inserted in Article V “Officers” section A, at the end of the description, add “ no alternate will have nominating or voting powers unless they are representing an absent director at a regular monthly meeting. Jackie made the motion to correct, second by Karen, motion carried. Judy also wanted to note that a correction needs to be made in the new rule book regarding Article IV (6), section D. “a quorum shall be ¾ of the paid directors present”, not paid members. Jackie again made the motion to make changes, second by Karen, motion carried. Judy did however comment though on how nice the new cover for the rule book is.
OLD BUSINESS
Members Show in July. Cindy reported that we have 17 classes sponsored so far and that a big thank you goes out to Carissa for obtaining a lot of them! We want to remind everyone to still try and obtain more sponsors and give the business name to Cindy to keep track of and the $ goes to Taana.
Next we discussed adding the stallions halter class as an optional class and it was felt not to add at this time as the number of stallions is too low. If someone shows up with a stallion, they can go in the multi, solid or any performance or speed classes.
Madeleine reported that the ribbons have been ordered and a bill was given to Taana for $725.70.
Andi then read correspondence from a UPHA member stating they did not agree with directors approving a UPHA double point show over Memorial Day Weekend because there are too many graduations etc. and if someone misses that particular show, it could harm them for points for the year.
We then brought up that we need a volunteer to pick and order the Versatility Awards for 2010 and Robyyne excitedly offered to do it!
Next we discussed the finalizing plans for the UP Cowboy challenge taking place over Memorial Day weekend. Jesie presented a check to Taana for $100.00 for the sanction fees and Cathy Calderwood presented Andi with copies of the approved judges signed contracts. Cathy went on to explain that all obstacles within the trail portion will be safety first and age appropriate. We next discussed running speed all on Saturday or Saturday and then again on Sunday. Cathy explained that again for safety reasons of both horse and rider and to shorten the day on Saturday, to hold speed on Saturday and then again Sunday morning, plus it has also been advertised that way from the beginning. Janece then reiterated that, in the UPHA rule book, it was decided long ago that it is left up to the hosting club how they want to run their UPHA show as long as it is within UPHA guidelines. It was discussed that basically it is a 2 day, 2 judge, 2 entry fee show being held on ONE DAY and as Cindy pointed out, only ONE bath too!
NEW BUSINESS
No representative from the Great lakes Arabian Association could make it today but has corresponded at great length with Andi and Andi read a letter from Randy Mattson stating that they have obtained written confirmation from their fair board for grounds rental and have obtained one judge, stalls will be $27.00 for the weekend with one bale of shavings provided, camping available for $20.00 with water and electric. Karen made a motion to accept the dates as a sanctioned UPHA show for August 7 & 8th, 2010 at the Norway fairgrounds, second by Lisa, motion carried. Stall contact person will be Randy Mattson and can be reached at 221-6230. Upon hiring of their final judge, it can be approved by UPHA directors through either an e-mail or phone by the May meeting as stated in the rule book.
Before adjourning, Lisa commented that at the banquet instead of door prizes would it be possible to still ask everyone for a donation but use them as bucket drawings instead or doing a silent auction to try and raise a little money. Everyone was in agreeance.
It was discussed if we should have a May meeting and most people felt we should have a brief meeting on May 2nd in Marquette to finalize volunteers for the members show in July and any remaining questions with other shows. It was then noted that we still need volunteers for various jobs at the members show in July, like ribbon people both days, gates for the p.m. both days and for registration as Madeleine may not be able to be there. We also need a group of some sort to clean stalls on Sunday for $5.00 per stall or it is mandatory that everyone clean their stalls and will be inspected before leaving and you will get your $5.00 back.
Karen made a motion to adjourn at 3:15 p.m, second by Lisa, motion carried. Next meeting will be May 2nd, 2010 at Wahlstroms in Harvey at 2:00 p.m. Andi will contact them.
Respectfully,
UPHA March Meeting Minutes
March 7th, 2010 Wahlstroms in Harvey
The meeting was called to order by President Lisa Anderson at 1:55 p.m. There were 25 people in attendance.
The minutes from the previous meeting were read by Andi, motion to approve minutes as read by Karen, second by Laurie, motion carried. The treasurers report was given by Taana, motion to accept by Andi, second by Joyce, motion carried. Madeleine presented a check for $100.00 on behalf of the MCHC for their sanction fees.
OLD BUSINESS
Members Show in July was covered once again, reiterating that we still need volunteers for some jobs at the show, Andi passed around the job sign up list. Andi also reported that she has received all judges contracts back in the mail and that lodging has been taken care of for the two Escanaba judges at the Econo Lodge, across from the fairgrounds. President Lisa Anderson asked if any members have obtained any class sponsors yet, no sponsors as of yet. Madeleine suggested that if all directors and alternates obtain 2 sponsors, that’s a big help and the remaining classes members can get sponsored. It was also brought up that we should have someone to keep track of sponsors and if they request certain classes; Cindy Johnson volunteered to do this job.
Lisa questioned if we could add Hunter Hack to the Members show as the option class? After some discussion it was decided to add the hunter hack class, Sturgeon River Performance horses will sponsor the class for both days and Lisa Anderson will bring any necessary jumps for the class. Motion was made by Robynne to add, second by Becca, motion carried.
Mary Woodaz has obtained the final Versatility Jr. Award, being Joe’s Auto Body of Munising. ALL 3 versatility and all Hi Point awards have now been sponsored. Lisa reminded everyone to please collect the $$ for the sponsors and turn in a.s.a.p to bring our treasury up in order to pay for upcoming ordering of awards and ribbons.
Discussion then followed regarding the ordering of ribbons for the members show, should we order 1st place ribbons or just 2-5 to save some money? Terri Clarke felt we should order 1-5 ribbons as some first time showers or children enjoy getting a ribbon also and that it’s only fair. Alice suggested dropping to just one streamer ribbons instead of two streamers to save some money also. Alice will check into and report back to Lisa Anderson for ordering.
NEW BUSINESS:
Correspondence:
Andi read a letter from Doreen Pasuello / U.P. Equifest Championship Show committee regarding sanctioning a show on Memorial day weekend. The show proposes to be an AQHA and a UPHA show run together over the weekend; performance being one day and speed the other day. Much discussion followed and many different opinions were expressed. Most members present felt that the first show of the year is already too hectic and disorganized and it would be hard to keep track of points and if people were members or not. Some members felt that it would be too challenging for the younger competitors and that AQHA Youth / Congress team candidates would be going into UPHA youth age groups as “practice” classes. It was also brought up by some members that UPHA works hard to maintain that we are an OPEN association and would then be affiliated with AQHA and could be misleading to potential UPHA members.
Jesie Melchiori from Great Lakes Rodeo and Cathy Calderwood from U.P. Riders 4-H club presented UPHA members and directors with hand outs proposing to do a UPHA double point / 2 judge show along with a cowboy challenge over the 3 day weekend. Again, discussion was held between members with both Cathy and Jessie answering numerous questions regarding what if a tie, stalls, etc..Mary Woodaz did positively comment that UPHA has not sanctioned anything like this in a very long time, only horse shows.
Karen made a motion to accept the U.P. Cowboy Challenge 2010 proposed UPHA date, second by Mary Woodaz, motion carried. It was reiterated by Lisa Anderson to try and hire judges right away and get in touch with UPHA directors and alternates for approval or we can approve at next meeting.
It was then brought up next if the Great lakes Arabian association will be hosting a UPHA show? Andi had corresponded with them a couple of weeks prior to the UPHA meeting but no representative was available at today’s meeting. Terri Clark stated that she thought the rep had to work today but was going to be in touch with someone in UPHA to possibly propose the dates of August 7th & 8th. It was decided that if they approach us at the UPHA April meeting for date and judge approval, that would be fine.
No other New Business or correspondence was brought up. Karen made a motion to adjourn, second by Robynne, motion carried at 2:55 p.m.
Next meeting will be Sunday April 11th (due to the Easter holiday) at 2:00 p.m. at the Great Northern Buffet in Escanaba. Andi has already confirmed the reservations for 1:00 p.m. until 4 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Andi
UPHA Meeting MinutesFebruary 7th 2010 2:00 p.m.
Escanaba, Mi
The meeting was called to order by President Lisa Anderson at 1:58 p.m.
Sign in sheet passed around, there were 23 people in attendance. The minutes were read from the previous meeting held on January 3rd; motion to accept the minutes as read by Bobbi Meyer, second by Taana, motion carried.
Treasurer Taana handed out copies of the Treasurers report for all members to view. Taana explained that since opening the new account for both checking and savings, to avoid a service charge in the savings we must have a minimum of $500.00 and we only have $234.19. After some discussion, a motion was made by Karen Hendrickson to accept the report as given and transfer the money from checking to savings to avoid service charges, second by Bobbi, motion carried.
OLD BUSINESS:
UPHA Members Appreciation Show in July
Andi was able to hire Sara Gronski-Medick for Saturday July 10th. Her rates are $275.00 flat rate, no mileage, plus hotel. Andi was also to able to hire David Pansy for Sunday July 11th at a rate of $400.00 flat rate, plus hotel. Motion to approve both judges by Karen, second by Joyce, motion carried. Andi will get appropriate contracts in the mail a.s.a.p. and obtain hotel rooms.
It was then discussed every member trying to obtain a $20.00 sponsor per class and their name be listed on appropriate show bills and on our website. Every member is encouraged to try and do so. Karen also reiterated that all stalls should be paid for by June 1st.
Awards : Lisa Anderson donated 32 neck medals to use as awards for the smaller childrens classes such as lead line and lead line trail and will donate the rest to use for the MCHC show and other possible clubs sanctioning a UPHA show. Lisa Anderson and Janece also purchased brand new high quality t-shirts to use as awards for the remaining day of showing in various color and styles. Motion to approve the purchase and using of t-shirts was made by Madeleine, second by Karen, motion carried. It was also noted that Taana is volunteering her time and donating her camera usage, props etc. for awards for Saturday. We will leave it up to Taana to decide where to take the pictures and what kind of props but Andi does have the UPHA banner if need be.
Judy noted that we never paid the youth group for the cleaning of stalls after the show last year and Janece responded saying that we never received a bill from them. Karen stated that we should pay them for the cleaning of the stalls X $8.00 per stall and $3.00 per tack stall. No motion made as it was a bill from last year and has been brought up at a previous meeting. We also made mention to have them for this coming years show but pay them at the show.
The floor was then given to the MCHC for date and/or judge approval. Andi stated that the MCHC has chosen the dates on June 5th & 6th for their sanctioned UPHA show with Tricia Stutz and Sheila Kisling as their chosen judges. Motion to accept by Laurie, second by Bobbi. Motion carried.
Next the floor was opened up to anyone else for date / judge approval. Mary Lindon from the Great Lakes Arabian Horse Association expressed their interest in hosting a UPHA sanctioned show in Norway Michigan. They explained that they have access to 70 stalls, plenty of camping sites with water/electric/Internet hook ups and bedding for stalls at a charge. They questioned what it takes to host a show and various members explained the sanction fee of $50.00, hiring your own judges and having people to work the show. It was also explained that the profit from the show is theirs and their success rate is very high as UPHA members want their points for year end and would like to see shows held somewhere else for a change. Mary explained that they have hosted numerous shows for years and understand what it will take to put a show on. They will go back to their prospective club members on Tuesday the 9th for date selection and judge selection and will present at our next meeting.
Judy Nelson had a question regarding the color and solid halter classes and feels we need better clarification for the two. It was explained by various members that if you have a color type of breed ie: Appaloosa, Paint or Pinto, you would go in that respective class and if you have s solid color horse, to go in the solid class. For this year, please use your best judgment of your horses color.
Andi & Jackie Hurley presented the revised rule book for 2010 with class changes and additions including a new UPHA cover. Most members liked the new cover but felt we should continue with the current logo and add the other clip art. Karen made a motion to accept the changes and additions to the rule book with the new cover, second by Jackie, motion carried. 100 copies will be made and have available at the next meeting.
Versatility Awards for 2010. Judy nelson reiterated that Double Tee Farms, Tracy Gartland, will again sponsor the Senior Versatility Award. That leaves us with only one more to obtain, the Junior Versatility Award at $125.00. The two Hi-Point awards should also read “ Riteroo Appaloosas” . It is encouraged that all the Versatility Sponsors please try to pay for their sponsors before May 1st and that members try to get the last Versaility Award.
NEW BUSINESS
Carissa informed everyone present of a benefit being organized for Janece Hanycz on March 19th at NMU Jacobetti Center. There will be a spaghetti dinner along with raffle prizes and a silent auction. Andi made a motion for UPHA to donate $50.00 towards a gas card for the silent auction, second by Madeleine, motion carried.
President Lisa Anderson asked the general membership for volunteers for the nominating committee for 2010/2011 officers to be set in motion by May1st. Both Jackie Hurley and Robynne Woodaz volunteered; motion to accept by Joyce, second by ray, motion carried.
The Marquette County Horse Clubs annual tack sale will be held on Saturday March 27th 2010 from 11-2 like last year. Tack sale sheets are available on Mqtchc.net
Any word on the Memorial Day Show? As of today, no one has stepped forward to sponsor any of the shows during Memorial Day.
Karen made a motion to adjourn, second by Andi at 3:20 p.m., motion carried.
Next meeting will be Sunday M<arch 7th 2:00 p.m. at Wahlstroms in Harvey.
Respectfully,
Andi Goriesky
January 3rd, 2010 2:00 PM E.S.T.
Wahlstroms Restaurant in Marquette
The attendance sheet was passed around and there were 28 people in attendance.
The meeting was called to order by President Lisa Anderson at 2:01 pm. Introductions were made of the 2010 UPHA officers and alternates followed by the general attendance.
Minutes from the previous meeting were read by the secretary; motion to approve the minutes as read by Karen Hendrickson, second by Bobbi Meyer, motion carried.
A detailed list was then handed out by the 2009 Treasurer Janece showing the 2009 expenditures and intake. Motion to approve treasurers report by Karen, second by Norm, motion carried. Karen then added that she has not been reimbursed for the award that was purchased for Judy at the banquet; motion made by Andi to reimburse Karen $23.00, second by Lisa Anderson, motion carried.
OLD BUSINESS:
Qualifications for the color class. Both Joyce Meyer and Lisa Anderson brought some literature regarding color / multi color classes. Discussion followed regarding color vs. conformation and the majority felt that conformation must play a fair amount in the judging of the class since it is a halter class. It was then brought up by Cindy that if we add a color class, in all fairness, we should add a solid class as well. Bobbi then suggested and reminded everyone that we are an open association and should make all efforts to accommodate all breeds and registries. Norm then added that we make sure we have all the qualifications form and understandable for all participants. Andi made a motion to add the 2 classes; solid halter class and color halter class, second by Cindy, motion carried. The qualifications will be judged on 60% color and 40% conformation. We will try it this year and fine tune next year if need be. These will be immediately following the halter classes and before the showmanship classes.
Next we discussed the list of approved classes for the surprise class. Many suggestions were made by the general membership and this list was compiled:
Next on the agenda was the rebuilding of the UPHA website. Both Carissa and Amanda showed the membership their websites they built and discussion followed regarding price, availability and information available. We then discussed having classified ads for a price as a means to help pay for the website. Both websites were quite impressive and informative and the general membership decided to go with website #1 for $39.99. Motion was made by Bobbi, second by Karen, motion carried. The UPHA website will be UPHA.net and will be added to show bills, rule books etc..
Versatility and Hi Point awards for the end of the year. Terri Clark has sponsored two of the Hi Point awards and Lisa Anderson of SR Performance Horse has volunteered to sponsor the remaining award at $25.00. Karen Hendrickson of Performance Plus Stables will sponsor the Juvenile Versatility Award; the remaining 2 still need to be sponsored and paid for. It is asked that all members please try to obtain these sponsors. Robynne suggested that we reiterate that the awards are for horse and rider combinations and must make ¾ of the shows.
Next we discussed the UPHA Members show. Andi brought up of possibly re-naming the show “ UPHA Open Show, sponsored by the UPHA Directors & Members” so the general public does not think they must be a member to show. Robynne also then added that this is UPHA 45th year. Discussion followed of where to have the show and some of the attendance felt that the Escanaba area draws more people in and we have use of the indoor arena, while others felt that the expense was too great and the majority, if not all, of the people to work the show is from the Marquette area. Karen made a motion to have the show in Escanaba on the dates of July 10th and 11th, second by Norm, motion carried. Janece will contact the grounds for reservations. Cindy Johnson will contact Dave Moran regarding co-sponsorship of the show as well as the concession stand.
We also then discussed the various jobs that need to be commited to by members for the UPHA Open Show to be successful. Andi also brought up of having it be “ B.Y.O.S.” = bring your own shavings, meaning we would not have the expense of buying them and then hauling then and storing them throughout the weekend. Explained that we would need to make it perfectly clear to all that it is bring your own bedding in all advertisements and that when Karen takes stall reservations, she let everyone know also. Other duties included:
Andi – hire judges
Karen – Stall reservations
Karen will also contact Judy regarding the youth groups from last year to clean stalls.
Lisa A – awards for the weekend, Taana will do pics for 45th anniversary show and some other award for the following day.
Discussion followed regarding having a one day show over two days; pleasure one day and speed the next, possibly over the Memorial Day Weekend. It was questioned if any club or organization had requested those dates yet; no one has come forward as of yet.
NEW BUSINESS:
The Marquette County Horse Club is still discussing show dates and report back at the next meeting.
It was then brought up that the April meeting falls on Easter Sunday. Andi made a motion to change the April meeting to the following Sunday, April 11th 2:00 pm in Escanaba at the Great Northern Buffet.
Andi made a motion to appoint Jackie Hurley as the 2010 Rule Book chairman and make any necessary changes to the new rule book, second by Lisa, motion carried. Andi has the existing rule book in CD form and will assist Jackie with this job.
Andi then let everyone know that she has the appropriate forms for PAC approval and will fill in and send for the 2010 show season and this can be added to the website also. Lisa Anderson will check with OCAP and Arabian associations as well and report at the next meeting.
Karen made a motion to adjourn, second by norm, motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 4:04 pm
The next meeting is Sunday February 7th at 2:00 pm in Escanaba at the Great Northern Buffet (confirmed).
Respectfully submitted,
Andi G
Annual General Membership Meeting
November 21st, 2009 2:00 PM E.S.T. Wahlstroms
The meeting was called to order by President Judy Nelson at 2:13 P.M. There were 36 members in attendance.
Everyone present received an agenda, an official voting ballot and a spreadsheet with the list of classes and overall attendance in each class.
First item on the agenda was the addition or deletion of classes.
1. STALLIONS HALTER CLASSDiscussion on deleting the stallions halter class as the attendance has been very low for quite some time. The possibility was brought up of putting the stallions in with the geldings, majority felt this was not a good idea. Robynne Woodaz made a motion to Grandfather the Stallions halter class and make it an option to each individual club to hold the class or not, no year end award being offered but any stallions previously shown in the class will accumulate points still, second by Madeleine, motion carried. 2. POLE ROLL BACKIt was asked as to why delete this class? Discussion was then held as to the set up time, purchasing flour vs. deleting the class to add another? Decided to keep the class as already is. 3. Adding a COLOR HALTER CLASSMuch discussion followed to what the qualifications would be for this class and how would it be judged. Some members present suggested 80% color and 20% conformation and any horse that can be registered in a color association also ie: Buckskin, Paint, Palomino etc. Robynne made a motion to add the color halter class, second by Jackie Hurley, motion carried. Decided that the directors can decide the final qualifying rules for the class. 4. Adding DICIPLINED RAIL CLASSThere was question from many members present as to exactly what a disciplined rail class is? Lisa Anderson explained to everyone that it is basically rail work but the judge can ask for side passing, counter cantering etc. Members present felt that at this time it would not be a beneficial addition, no motion made to add the class. 5. Adding WORKING HUNTER OR HUNTER HACKThe question was brought up by some members that would we be adding the class just to make it easier for people to qualify for the U.P Equifest Championship Show in September? Decided to leave it as is as our current rule already states that Hunter Hack is a Grand fathered class and any individual club can add it to their show bill, no year end award given. No motion made to add the class. 6. Adding SPEED & ACTION CLASS Judy & Robynne explained to members present what the class is and after some discussion, majority of members decided not to add at this time, no motion made. 7. Adding a SURPRISE CLASSDiscussion followed as to what the class would be and when to add it to the show bill. Both Cindy Johnson & Andi agreed that it could be a nice addition for both pleasure & speed people and just to bring fun back to the show ring. Some members asked what kind of classes could be held and Cindy explained that we could leave it up to each individual club to pick their surprise class from a list of approved classes such as Egg & Spoon, Catalog Race, Dollar Race etc.etc.. It was suggested to add it immediately after the last pleasure class (trail) and right before speed classes. Karen Hendrickson made a motion to add the class, second by Ray Meyer, motion carried. Decided that the directors can combine a list of approved classes. 8. PUTTING A CAP ON PLEASURE & SPEED CLASSES OR YOUTH CLASSESMuch discussion followed regarding clubs being able to make enough money to cover trophy & ribbon costs by putting a cap on the classes. Judy added that in the UPHA rule book it only states that the class fee cannot exceed $5.00 and that if any individual club wants to put a cap on them or make the fees less they can. It was suggested that when the secretary mails out show packets, to make sure it is outlined they can use their discretion for entry fees. No motion made. 9. VERSATILITY AWARD VS. HI POINT AWARD / YEAR ENDLisa Anderson suggested having one (1) overall Hi Point Award for horse & rider combo. Most members felt that it would not be fair if one person goes in many classes and that generally, youth would not have a chance. Karen pointed out that the versatility class encourages riders to go in classes they generally would not go in and thus giving the club hosting the show extra money. Terrie Clark suggested if a hi point is added, can it be sponsored just like the versatility is but for maybe $25.00 each. Robynne Woodaz made a motion to keep the Versatility Award as is and adding a High Point award to each age division, second by Lisa Anderson, motion carried. 10. UPHA MONTHLY MEETING DATES & TIMESTerri Clarke started the discussion asking can we please keep at least one monthly meeting in Escanaba as it is easier for her to make it. Robynne asked is it necessary to have a meeting every month during the winter? After much discussion, it was decided to keep the meeting schedule as is starting in January until April, may optional as stated in our current rule book. Show dates & judges must still be submitted BY the March meeting. Discussion then followed regarding the rotating of meeting places between Marquette and Escanaba and possibly Houghton. Karen stated that she did not want to travel to Houghton for meetings and both Lisa Anderson & Taana stated that they do not mind traveling to Marquette & Escanaba for meetings. Decided to leave the meeting places as is; first meeting in January in Marquette, either Wahlstroms or Bonanza, February in Escanaba at The Great Northern Buffet, March in Marquette again and April in Escanaba. May will be decided upon closer to the time. Andi will check with Wahlstroms & Bonanza and Terrie Clark will check with Great Northern Buffet. Meeting date was discussed next. After much discussion, it was felt that Sundays worked better for most people and that 2:00 would be easier for people who travel. Joyce Meyer made a motion to change the meetings to the 1st Sunday of the month at 2:00 P.M., E.S.T. second by Jackie Hurley, motion carried. 11. UPHA WEBSITEKaren relayed a message from Brandi Rolling ( who has been involved in the managing of the current website) that she has not received the information in the correct format to update the website. Andi then added that the directors & alternates haven’t been corrected in 2 years and our UPHA website should possibly have our registration forms available and possibly UPECS qualifying forms to make it easier for people to sign up for classes. Both Amanda and Carissa Schwemin volunteered to design and manage a new UPHA website or update & maintain the current website. After some more discussion regarding whether or not the “ UPHA” name would be taken already or if we could do a Yahoo or Facebook website, it was decided to cancel the current website and both Carissa and Amanda will check into the cost and/or availability of the UPHA name and report back at the next meeting. Karen will let Brandi know to cancel the current UPHA website. Motion was made by Joyce to cancel the current website, second by Andi, motion carried. 12. HELMET RULEMontana Lotterman commented that she’d like to see the helmet rule dropped and leave it optional for the rider. Discussion followed regarding insurance liability issues and the importance of wearing a helmet for overall safety reasons. Decided to leave the helmet rule as is: Mandatory for riders 18 & under. That concluded the agenda items up for discussion/voting. The floor was then opened up for any members who had any other suggestions or additions or deletions. Madeleine suggested deleting the Lead Line Trail class as it takes time to set up and get every rider through the class. Cameron Calderwood commented that she started out in lead line and lead line trail and she felt it was easier for the young kids. It was decided to leave it as is but to try to make it as similar to mini trail as we can for ease up set up time. Andi commented that she received letters from 2 different judges from the 2009 show season stating they felt we should re-think our rule for the Horsemanship & Equitation classes to shorten up the day. Currently, we require a pattern and both ways of rail work; it was suggested we require a pattern and one way of rail work. Andi made a motion to change the rule, require a pattern and one way of rail work, judges discretion as to pattern first or last, second by Ray Meyer, motion carried. Andi relayed a suggestion from a non-present member of possibly changing the age groups. Janece felt that we’ve changed the age groups too many times and should leave as is. Robyyne suggested we try to keep the age groups as consistent with local fair age groups and Terri Clark agreed. After lengthy discussion, it was decided to leave as is for now. Cindy brought up the suggestion of having Trail class held in a different location and possibly appointing someone to judge the class to try and shorten up the day also. Judy felt that we’ve tried this before and some show grounds don’t have adequate space to set up in a different location. Decided that if it can be set up in a different location without any one practicing, that will work but will be judged by the hired judge. No motion made. Terri Clark asked if individual classes can be sponsored and Laurie Samppala explained that it is up to the individual club to seek their own sponsors to cover costs for award. Robynne pointed out that if we are having a UPHA Members Show, I should be voted on. Motion made by Terrie Clark to have a Members Show, second by Norm, motion carried. President Judy Nelson, then asked if anyone had anything else up for discussion. General voting done. (4:15 p.m.) Before the voting for officers will proceed, Judy explained that Joyce Hoskins, on the ballot for an alternate, will not be able to fulfill the obligation and to please remove her from the ballot. Judy also asked everyone to please remove her name from the ballot as she will not be able to make Sunday afternoon meetings. Janece also then explained that we need 7 Directors for tax purposes and for our non exempt status. It was suggested by Judy that of the alternates on the ballot, to pick the highest votes as the 7th director, all agreed. Jackie Hurley made a motion to change the ruling to 7 directors, second by Norm, motion carried. Judy also reminded everyone present that you MUST be a paid UPHA member and 18 years and older to vote. The ballots will be turned in to one person chosen by the president for tallying . VOTING FOR UPHA 2010 DIRECTORS & ALTERNATES President – Lisa Anderson Vice President – Karen Hendrickson Secretary – Andi Goriesky Treasurer – Taana Kallinen Point Secretary – Jackie Hurley Assistant Point Secretary – Robyyne Woodaz Alternates are as follows: Cindy Johnson Bobbi Meyer Joyce Meyer Norm Johnson Madeleine Zimmerman Tammy Carello The 7th Director will be Cindy Johnson. Joyce Meyer made a motion to destroy the ballots, second by Karen, motion carried. Motion to adjourn the meeting by Karen Hendrickson, second by Terri Clark, motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 4:40 P.M. The next UPHA meeting will be January 3rd, 2010 at Wahlstroms Restaurant in Marquette at 2:00 pm E.S.T. Respectfully submitted, Andi GorieskyUPHA Secretary
Wednesday June 30th 9:30 a.m. e.s.t.
President Lisa Anderson called a special directors meeting via telephone regarding the cancellation of the GLAHA / UPHA show on August 7th & 8th, 2010. The Great Lakes Rodeo would like to pick up that date and hold a one day, double point show being held at the Marquette County Fairgrounds on Saturday August 7th, and the second day of speed held on Sunday August 8th starting at 8;30 a.m. e.s.t.
President Lisa Anderson received verbal votes from the following directors:
President / Lisa Anderson “yes”
Vice Pres / Karen Hendrickson “yes”
Treasurer / Taana ‘yes”
Secretary / Andi “yes”
Point Sec / Jackie “yes”
Asst P.S. / Robynne “yes”
UPHA Directors have approved the Great Lakes Rodeo UPHA dates of August 7th & 8th, 2010 for a one day, double point show by majority of votes. Judges to be announced.
Tentative judges based on prior UPHA approval are:
Jodi Zuelsdorf ( already approved for Norway show)
Nikki Butler (already approved for Norway show)
Holly Osbourne
Any inquiries regarding these changes can be directed to President Lisa Anderson at 906-370-9266.
Special UPHA Directors Meeting
Sunday June 6th 2010 10:00 a.m.
Meeting was called to order in the registration booth at the Marquette County fairgrounds by President Lisa Anderson at 10:00 a.m. e.s.t. Directors present were Lisa, Karen, Andi, Jackie, Robynne and alternates Cindy, Norm, Tammy Carello, Maddie and Joyce.
The meeting was called regarding the weather conditions and condition of the ring. Todays judge made the suggestion to cancel Hunter Hack for safety reasons and since it’s an optional class, that does not need to be voted on and approved by UPHA directors. It does however state in the rule book on page 19 for English equitation and on page 21 for western horsemanship, that riders must go at a walk, trot and lope one way of the ring and individual pattern work prior to rail work. The judge has asked to perform individual pattern work while on the rail for safety reasons and the condition of the inner portion of the ring.
Karen made the motion to comply with the judges request for pattern work, second by Jackie, motion carried. Mini trail and lead line trail will be held directly outside the ring, also for safety reasons. Decided that we will make no decisions regarding reining and western riding at this time and see what the weather does.
Karen made the motion to adjourn, second by Cindy at 10:08 a.m., motion carried.
UPHA May 2nd, 2010
Meeting Minutes Wahlstroms 2:00 p.m.
The meeting was called to order at 1:55 p.m. at Wahlstroms Restaurant in Marquette. There were 20 people in attendance. All directors were present with the exception of the Asst. Point Secretary, but an alternate, Cindy Johnson was available.
The minutes from the previous meeting were read with the corrections; motion to accept by Taana, second by Karen, motion carried.
The treasurers report was then read by Taana, including a check returned for $100.00 plus the service fee and the check from the ribbon order clearing, leaving a balance of $630.30 in the checking, no change in the savings. Motion to accept y Andi, second by Jackie, motion carried.
OLD BUSINESS:
Andi has the amendments for the current rule books done but forgot them at home and will get to Karen this week. Current rule books with amendments have been mailed to all judges for this year.
The job sign up sheet has been passed around again and “open” jobs highlighted. Everyone was encouraged to sign up for some sort of a job so things don’t fall on the same people.
There is a boy scout group in Escanaba that may be interested in cleaning of grounds after the show; $5.00 per stall, $3.00 per tack stall and $50.00 additional for grounds clean up. They will let me know in the near future. If not, there is another Marquette boy scout group who may be interested.
Andi brought up about UPHA using the MCHC’s wireless microphone for the announcing of gait changes during the show by the ringmaster and having the announcer announce only the placings and everyone agreed to give it a try. Cindy just made mention that it may not be compatible with the loud speaker system there.
Lisa Anderson stated that she’s been in contact with the GLAHA Assoc regarding theor UPHA open show in Norway and their judges they picked are Nikki Butler from Madison, Wisconsin and Jodi Zuelsdorf from Merril, Wisconsin. Jackie made a motion to accept both judges, second by Andi, motion carried. Lisa will continue to correspond with Randy regarding stall reservation. A list was sent around with everyone writing their desired number of stalls down but still encouraged to contact GLAHA themselves.
NEW BUSINESS:
Lisa announced that written nominations can now be accepted for UPHA officers and may be turned into the nomination committee; Robynne Woodaz or Jackie Hurley.
Carissa has available dates for the UPHA awards banquet and presented with Saturday October 9th, 2010 at Wahlstroms in Harvey. Andi made a motion to accept, second by Jackie.
Karen reported that the 4-H Horse College will be held Saturday May 15th at Willow Farm in Harvey and that any non-profit group could have a table there and she would be there for UPHA to sign new members up and have rule books available if anyone would like to be there with her.
Jackie Hurley asked if UPHA would once again sponsor 2 classes at the youth horse show at the U.P. State Fair in Escanaba; Andi made a motion to sponsor the 2 classes, second by Karen, motion carried.
Karen will check with Cathy Waller and Cathy Calderwood in regards to working registration at the members Show in July and Andi will check with Jesie Melchiori.
Terri Clarke wanted to let everyone know that Jill McDermott has rescued 19 Arabian horses ( six now left) and is wondering if any trainers are willing to donate approximately 100 hours of training to re-home these animals. If interested, please contact Jill at 280-0415 or food4ourhorses.com .
Andi wanted to let every9one know that she will put together a list of all jobs signed up for at the members show and e-mail it out to everyone and update as they occur.
Andi made a motion to set the November Annual Membership meeting for November 14, 2010 at Wahlstroms in Harvey, second by Karen, motion carried. Andi will make arrangements.
Karen made a motion to adjourn at 2:40 p.m. second by Cindy, motion carried. There is no meeting set until October unless the directors deem necessary. \
Respectfully,
Andi Goriesky
UPHA MEETING MINUTES
APRIL 11TH, 2010
GREAT NORTHERN BUFFET IN ESCANABA
The meeting was called to order at 2:03 p.m. e.s.t. and there were 23 people in attendance.
Minutes were read from the previous meeting, motion to accept by Cindy, second by Jackie, motion carried. Taana gave the Treasurer report showing we have $1158.00 in the checking and $500.04 in the savings. Motion to accept by Karen, second by Robynne, motion carried.
Before we moved on to old business, Judy Nelson had a few comments to make regarding making motions and seconding at UPHA meetings, stating that only directors should be making motions and seconding at meetings and that alternates can only be doing so if they are taking a directors place at the meeting. She also made note that members may only vote at the annual meeting in November. A correction needs to be added to the current rule book inserted in Article V “Officers” section A, at the end of the description, add “ no alternate will have nominating or voting powers unless they are representing an absent director at a regular monthly meeting. Jackie made the motion to correct, second by Karen, motion carried. Judy also wanted to note that a correction needs to be made in the new rule book regarding Article IV (6), section D. “a quorum shall be ¾ of the paid directors present”, not paid members. Jackie again made the motion to make changes, second by Karen, motion carried. Judy did however comment though on how nice the new cover for the rule book is.
OLD BUSINESS
Members Show in July. Cindy reported that we have 17 classes sponsored so far and that a big thank you goes out to Carissa for obtaining a lot of them! We want to remind everyone to still try and obtain more sponsors and give the business name to Cindy to keep track of and the $ goes to Taana.
Next we discussed adding the stallions halter class as an optional class and it was felt not to add at this time as the number of stallions is too low. If someone shows up with a stallion, they can go in the multi, solid or any performance or speed classes.
Madeleine reported that the ribbons have been ordered and a bill was given to Taana for $725.70.
Andi then read correspondence from a UPHA member stating they did not agree with directors approving a UPHA double point show over Memorial Day Weekend because there are too many graduations etc. and if someone misses that particular show, it could harm them for points for the year.
We then brought up that we need a volunteer to pick and order the Versatility Awards for 2010 and Robyyne excitedly offered to do it!
Next we discussed the finalizing plans for the UP Cowboy challenge taking place over Memorial Day weekend. Jesie presented a check to Taana for $100.00 for the sanction fees and Cathy Calderwood presented Andi with copies of the approved judges signed contracts. Cathy went on to explain that all obstacles within the trail portion will be safety first and age appropriate. We next discussed running speed all on Saturday or Saturday and then again on Sunday. Cathy explained that again for safety reasons of both horse and rider and to shorten the day on Saturday, to hold speed on Saturday and then again Sunday morning, plus it has also been advertised that way from the beginning. Janece then reiterated that, in the UPHA rule book, it was decided long ago that it is left up to the hosting club how they want to run their UPHA show as long as it is within UPHA guidelines. It was discussed that basically it is a 2 day, 2 judge, 2 entry fee show being held on ONE DAY and as Cindy pointed out, only ONE bath too!
NEW BUSINESS
No representative from the Great lakes Arabian Association could make it today but has corresponded at great length with Andi and Andi read a letter from Randy Mattson stating that they have obtained written confirmation from their fair board for grounds rental and have obtained one judge, stalls will be $27.00 for the weekend with one bale of shavings provided, camping available for $20.00 with water and electric. Karen made a motion to accept the dates as a sanctioned UPHA show for August 7 & 8th, 2010 at the Norway fairgrounds, second by Lisa, motion carried. Stall contact person will be Randy Mattson and can be reached at 221-6230. Upon hiring of their final judge, it can be approved by UPHA directors through either an e-mail or phone by the May meeting as stated in the rule book.
Before adjourning, Lisa commented that at the banquet instead of door prizes would it be possible to still ask everyone for a donation but use them as bucket drawings instead or doing a silent auction to try and raise a little money. Everyone was in agreeance.
It was discussed if we should have a May meeting and most people felt we should have a brief meeting on May 2nd in Marquette to finalize volunteers for the members show in July and any remaining questions with other shows. It was then noted that we still need volunteers for various jobs at the members show in July, like ribbon people both days, gates for the p.m. both days and for registration as Madeleine may not be able to be there. We also need a group of some sort to clean stalls on Sunday for $5.00 per stall or it is mandatory that everyone clean their stalls and will be inspected before leaving and you will get your $5.00 back.
Karen made a motion to adjourn at 3:15 p.m, second by Lisa, motion carried. Next meeting will be May 2nd, 2010 at Wahlstroms in Harvey at 2:00 p.m. Andi will contact them.
Respectfully,
UPHA March Meeting Minutes
March 7th, 2010 Wahlstroms in Harvey
The meeting was called to order by President Lisa Anderson at 1:55 p.m. There were 25 people in attendance.
The minutes from the previous meeting were read by Andi, motion to approve minutes as read by Karen, second by Laurie, motion carried. The treasurers report was given by Taana, motion to accept by Andi, second by Joyce, motion carried. Madeleine presented a check for $100.00 on behalf of the MCHC for their sanction fees.
OLD BUSINESS
Members Show in July was covered once again, reiterating that we still need volunteers for some jobs at the show, Andi passed around the job sign up list. Andi also reported that she has received all judges contracts back in the mail and that lodging has been taken care of for the two Escanaba judges at the Econo Lodge, across from the fairgrounds. President Lisa Anderson asked if any members have obtained any class sponsors yet, no sponsors as of yet. Madeleine suggested that if all directors and alternates obtain 2 sponsors, that’s a big help and the remaining classes members can get sponsored. It was also brought up that we should have someone to keep track of sponsors and if they request certain classes; Cindy Johnson volunteered to do this job.
Lisa questioned if we could add Hunter Hack to the Members show as the option class? After some discussion it was decided to add the hunter hack class, Sturgeon River Performance horses will sponsor the class for both days and Lisa Anderson will bring any necessary jumps for the class. Motion was made by Robynne to add, second by Becca, motion carried.
Mary Woodaz has obtained the final Versatility Jr. Award, being Joe’s Auto Body of Munising. ALL 3 versatility and all Hi Point awards have now been sponsored. Lisa reminded everyone to please collect the $$ for the sponsors and turn in a.s.a.p to bring our treasury up in order to pay for upcoming ordering of awards and ribbons.
Discussion then followed regarding the ordering of ribbons for the members show, should we order 1st place ribbons or just 2-5 to save some money? Terri Clarke felt we should order 1-5 ribbons as some first time showers or children enjoy getting a ribbon also and that it’s only fair. Alice suggested dropping to just one streamer ribbons instead of two streamers to save some money also. Alice will check into and report back to Lisa Anderson for ordering.
NEW BUSINESS:
Correspondence:
Andi read a letter from Doreen Pasuello / U.P. Equifest Championship Show committee regarding sanctioning a show on Memorial day weekend. The show proposes to be an AQHA and a UPHA show run together over the weekend; performance being one day and speed the other day. Much discussion followed and many different opinions were expressed. Most members present felt that the first show of the year is already too hectic and disorganized and it would be hard to keep track of points and if people were members or not. Some members felt that it would be too challenging for the younger competitors and that AQHA Youth / Congress team candidates would be going into UPHA youth age groups as “practice” classes. It was also brought up by some members that UPHA works hard to maintain that we are an OPEN association and would then be affiliated with AQHA and could be misleading to potential UPHA members.
Jesie Melchiori from Great Lakes Rodeo and Cathy Calderwood from U.P. Riders 4-H club presented UPHA members and directors with hand outs proposing to do a UPHA double point / 2 judge show along with a cowboy challenge over the 3 day weekend. Again, discussion was held between members with both Cathy and Jessie answering numerous questions regarding what if a tie, stalls, etc..Mary Woodaz did positively comment that UPHA has not sanctioned anything like this in a very long time, only horse shows.
Karen made a motion to accept the U.P. Cowboy Challenge 2010 proposed UPHA date, second by Mary Woodaz, motion carried. It was reiterated by Lisa Anderson to try and hire judges right away and get in touch with UPHA directors and alternates for approval or we can approve at next meeting.
It was then brought up next if the Great lakes Arabian association will be hosting a UPHA show? Andi had corresponded with them a couple of weeks prior to the UPHA meeting but no representative was available at today’s meeting. Terri Clark stated that she thought the rep had to work today but was going to be in touch with someone in UPHA to possibly propose the dates of August 7th & 8th. It was decided that if they approach us at the UPHA April meeting for date and judge approval, that would be fine.
No other New Business or correspondence was brought up. Karen made a motion to adjourn, second by Robynne, motion carried at 2:55 p.m.
Next meeting will be Sunday April 11th (due to the Easter holiday) at 2:00 p.m. at the Great Northern Buffet in Escanaba. Andi has already confirmed the reservations for 1:00 p.m. until 4 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Andi
UPHA Meeting MinutesFebruary 7th 2010 2:00 p.m.
Escanaba, Mi
The meeting was called to order by President Lisa Anderson at 1:58 p.m.
Sign in sheet passed around, there were 23 people in attendance. The minutes were read from the previous meeting held on January 3rd; motion to accept the minutes as read by Bobbi Meyer, second by Taana, motion carried.
Treasurer Taana handed out copies of the Treasurers report for all members to view. Taana explained that since opening the new account for both checking and savings, to avoid a service charge in the savings we must have a minimum of $500.00 and we only have $234.19. After some discussion, a motion was made by Karen Hendrickson to accept the report as given and transfer the money from checking to savings to avoid service charges, second by Bobbi, motion carried.
OLD BUSINESS:
UPHA Members Appreciation Show in July
Andi was able to hire Sara Gronski-Medick for Saturday July 10th. Her rates are $275.00 flat rate, no mileage, plus hotel. Andi was also to able to hire David Pansy for Sunday July 11th at a rate of $400.00 flat rate, plus hotel. Motion to approve both judges by Karen, second by Joyce, motion carried. Andi will get appropriate contracts in the mail a.s.a.p. and obtain hotel rooms.
It was then discussed every member trying to obtain a $20.00 sponsor per class and their name be listed on appropriate show bills and on our website. Every member is encouraged to try and do so. Karen also reiterated that all stalls should be paid for by June 1st.
Awards : Lisa Anderson donated 32 neck medals to use as awards for the smaller childrens classes such as lead line and lead line trail and will donate the rest to use for the MCHC show and other possible clubs sanctioning a UPHA show. Lisa Anderson and Janece also purchased brand new high quality t-shirts to use as awards for the remaining day of showing in various color and styles. Motion to approve the purchase and using of t-shirts was made by Madeleine, second by Karen, motion carried. It was also noted that Taana is volunteering her time and donating her camera usage, props etc. for awards for Saturday. We will leave it up to Taana to decide where to take the pictures and what kind of props but Andi does have the UPHA banner if need be.
Judy noted that we never paid the youth group for the cleaning of stalls after the show last year and Janece responded saying that we never received a bill from them. Karen stated that we should pay them for the cleaning of the stalls X $8.00 per stall and $3.00 per tack stall. No motion made as it was a bill from last year and has been brought up at a previous meeting. We also made mention to have them for this coming years show but pay them at the show.
The floor was then given to the MCHC for date and/or judge approval. Andi stated that the MCHC has chosen the dates on June 5th & 6th for their sanctioned UPHA show with Tricia Stutz and Sheila Kisling as their chosen judges. Motion to accept by Laurie, second by Bobbi. Motion carried.
Next the floor was opened up to anyone else for date / judge approval. Mary Lindon from the Great Lakes Arabian Horse Association expressed their interest in hosting a UPHA sanctioned show in Norway Michigan. They explained that they have access to 70 stalls, plenty of camping sites with water/electric/Internet hook ups and bedding for stalls at a charge. They questioned what it takes to host a show and various members explained the sanction fee of $50.00, hiring your own judges and having people to work the show. It was also explained that the profit from the show is theirs and their success rate is very high as UPHA members want their points for year end and would like to see shows held somewhere else for a change. Mary explained that they have hosted numerous shows for years and understand what it will take to put a show on. They will go back to their prospective club members on Tuesday the 9th for date selection and judge selection and will present at our next meeting.
Judy Nelson had a question regarding the color and solid halter classes and feels we need better clarification for the two. It was explained by various members that if you have a color type of breed ie: Appaloosa, Paint or Pinto, you would go in that respective class and if you have s solid color horse, to go in the solid class. For this year, please use your best judgment of your horses color.
Andi & Jackie Hurley presented the revised rule book for 2010 with class changes and additions including a new UPHA cover. Most members liked the new cover but felt we should continue with the current logo and add the other clip art. Karen made a motion to accept the changes and additions to the rule book with the new cover, second by Jackie, motion carried. 100 copies will be made and have available at the next meeting.
Versatility Awards for 2010. Judy nelson reiterated that Double Tee Farms, Tracy Gartland, will again sponsor the Senior Versatility Award. That leaves us with only one more to obtain, the Junior Versatility Award at $125.00. The two Hi-Point awards should also read “ Riteroo Appaloosas” . It is encouraged that all the Versatility Sponsors please try to pay for their sponsors before May 1st and that members try to get the last Versaility Award.
NEW BUSINESS
Carissa informed everyone present of a benefit being organized for Janece Hanycz on March 19th at NMU Jacobetti Center. There will be a spaghetti dinner along with raffle prizes and a silent auction. Andi made a motion for UPHA to donate $50.00 towards a gas card for the silent auction, second by Madeleine, motion carried.
President Lisa Anderson asked the general membership for volunteers for the nominating committee for 2010/2011 officers to be set in motion by May1st. Both Jackie Hurley and Robynne Woodaz volunteered; motion to accept by Joyce, second by ray, motion carried.
The Marquette County Horse Clubs annual tack sale will be held on Saturday March 27th 2010 from 11-2 like last year. Tack sale sheets are available on Mqtchc.net
Any word on the Memorial Day Show? As of today, no one has stepped forward to sponsor any of the shows during Memorial Day.
Karen made a motion to adjourn, second by Andi at 3:20 p.m., motion carried.
Next meeting will be Sunday M<arch 7th 2:00 p.m. at Wahlstroms in Harvey.
Respectfully,
Andi Goriesky
January 3rd, 2010 2:00 PM E.S.T.
Wahlstroms Restaurant in Marquette
The attendance sheet was passed around and there were 28 people in attendance.
The meeting was called to order by President Lisa Anderson at 2:01 pm. Introductions were made of the 2010 UPHA officers and alternates followed by the general attendance.
Minutes from the previous meeting were read by the secretary; motion to approve the minutes as read by Karen Hendrickson, second by Bobbi Meyer, motion carried.
A detailed list was then handed out by the 2009 Treasurer Janece showing the 2009 expenditures and intake. Motion to approve treasurers report by Karen, second by Norm, motion carried. Karen then added that she has not been reimbursed for the award that was purchased for Judy at the banquet; motion made by Andi to reimburse Karen $23.00, second by Lisa Anderson, motion carried.
OLD BUSINESS:
Qualifications for the color class. Both Joyce Meyer and Lisa Anderson brought some literature regarding color / multi color classes. Discussion followed regarding color vs. conformation and the majority felt that conformation must play a fair amount in the judging of the class since it is a halter class. It was then brought up by Cindy that if we add a color class, in all fairness, we should add a solid class as well. Bobbi then suggested and reminded everyone that we are an open association and should make all efforts to accommodate all breeds and registries. Norm then added that we make sure we have all the qualifications form and understandable for all participants. Andi made a motion to add the 2 classes; solid halter class and color halter class, second by Cindy, motion carried. The qualifications will be judged on 60% color and 40% conformation. We will try it this year and fine tune next year if need be. These will be immediately following the halter classes and before the showmanship classes.
Next we discussed the list of approved classes for the surprise class. Many suggestions were made by the general membership and this list was compiled:
- Egg & Spoon
- Ride A Buck Bareback 50% payback
- Catalog Race
- Boot race
- Speed & Action
- Bubble Gum Race
- Soap Race
- Diciplined Rail
- Musical Buckets
- Tennis Ball Race
Next on the agenda was the rebuilding of the UPHA website. Both Carissa and Amanda showed the membership their websites they built and discussion followed regarding price, availability and information available. We then discussed having classified ads for a price as a means to help pay for the website. Both websites were quite impressive and informative and the general membership decided to go with website #1 for $39.99. Motion was made by Bobbi, second by Karen, motion carried. The UPHA website will be UPHA.net and will be added to show bills, rule books etc..
Versatility and Hi Point awards for the end of the year. Terri Clark has sponsored two of the Hi Point awards and Lisa Anderson of SR Performance Horse has volunteered to sponsor the remaining award at $25.00. Karen Hendrickson of Performance Plus Stables will sponsor the Juvenile Versatility Award; the remaining 2 still need to be sponsored and paid for. It is asked that all members please try to obtain these sponsors. Robynne suggested that we reiterate that the awards are for horse and rider combinations and must make ¾ of the shows.
Next we discussed the UPHA Members show. Andi brought up of possibly re-naming the show “ UPHA Open Show, sponsored by the UPHA Directors & Members” so the general public does not think they must be a member to show. Robynne also then added that this is UPHA 45th year. Discussion followed of where to have the show and some of the attendance felt that the Escanaba area draws more people in and we have use of the indoor arena, while others felt that the expense was too great and the majority, if not all, of the people to work the show is from the Marquette area. Karen made a motion to have the show in Escanaba on the dates of July 10th and 11th, second by Norm, motion carried. Janece will contact the grounds for reservations. Cindy Johnson will contact Dave Moran regarding co-sponsorship of the show as well as the concession stand.
We also then discussed the various jobs that need to be commited to by members for the UPHA Open Show to be successful. Andi also brought up of having it be “ B.Y.O.S.” = bring your own shavings, meaning we would not have the expense of buying them and then hauling then and storing them throughout the weekend. Explained that we would need to make it perfectly clear to all that it is bring your own bedding in all advertisements and that when Karen takes stall reservations, she let everyone know also. Other duties included:
Andi – hire judges
Karen – Stall reservations
Karen will also contact Judy regarding the youth groups from last year to clean stalls.
Lisa A – awards for the weekend, Taana will do pics for 45th anniversary show and some other award for the following day.
Discussion followed regarding having a one day show over two days; pleasure one day and speed the next, possibly over the Memorial Day Weekend. It was questioned if any club or organization had requested those dates yet; no one has come forward as of yet.
NEW BUSINESS:
The Marquette County Horse Club is still discussing show dates and report back at the next meeting.
It was then brought up that the April meeting falls on Easter Sunday. Andi made a motion to change the April meeting to the following Sunday, April 11th 2:00 pm in Escanaba at the Great Northern Buffet.
Andi made a motion to appoint Jackie Hurley as the 2010 Rule Book chairman and make any necessary changes to the new rule book, second by Lisa, motion carried. Andi has the existing rule book in CD form and will assist Jackie with this job.
Andi then let everyone know that she has the appropriate forms for PAC approval and will fill in and send for the 2010 show season and this can be added to the website also. Lisa Anderson will check with OCAP and Arabian associations as well and report at the next meeting.
Karen made a motion to adjourn, second by norm, motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 4:04 pm
The next meeting is Sunday February 7th at 2:00 pm in Escanaba at the Great Northern Buffet (confirmed).
Respectfully submitted,
Andi G
Annual General Membership Meeting
November 21st, 2009 2:00 PM E.S.T. Wahlstroms
The meeting was called to order by President Judy Nelson at 2:13 P.M. There were 36 members in attendance.
Everyone present received an agenda, an official voting ballot and a spreadsheet with the list of classes and overall attendance in each class.
First item on the agenda was the addition or deletion of classes.
1. STALLIONS HALTER CLASSDiscussion on deleting the stallions halter class as the attendance has been very low for quite some time. The possibility was brought up of putting the stallions in with the geldings, majority felt this was not a good idea. Robynne Woodaz made a motion to Grandfather the Stallions halter class and make it an option to each individual club to hold the class or not, no year end award being offered but any stallions previously shown in the class will accumulate points still, second by Madeleine, motion carried. 2. POLE ROLL BACKIt was asked as to why delete this class? Discussion was then held as to the set up time, purchasing flour vs. deleting the class to add another? Decided to keep the class as already is. 3. Adding a COLOR HALTER CLASSMuch discussion followed to what the qualifications would be for this class and how would it be judged. Some members present suggested 80% color and 20% conformation and any horse that can be registered in a color association also ie: Buckskin, Paint, Palomino etc. Robynne made a motion to add the color halter class, second by Jackie Hurley, motion carried. Decided that the directors can decide the final qualifying rules for the class. 4. Adding DICIPLINED RAIL CLASSThere was question from many members present as to exactly what a disciplined rail class is? Lisa Anderson explained to everyone that it is basically rail work but the judge can ask for side passing, counter cantering etc. Members present felt that at this time it would not be a beneficial addition, no motion made to add the class. 5. Adding WORKING HUNTER OR HUNTER HACKThe question was brought up by some members that would we be adding the class just to make it easier for people to qualify for the U.P Equifest Championship Show in September? Decided to leave it as is as our current rule already states that Hunter Hack is a Grand fathered class and any individual club can add it to their show bill, no year end award given. No motion made to add the class. 6. Adding SPEED & ACTION CLASS Judy & Robynne explained to members present what the class is and after some discussion, majority of members decided not to add at this time, no motion made. 7. Adding a SURPRISE CLASSDiscussion followed as to what the class would be and when to add it to the show bill. Both Cindy Johnson & Andi agreed that it could be a nice addition for both pleasure & speed people and just to bring fun back to the show ring. Some members asked what kind of classes could be held and Cindy explained that we could leave it up to each individual club to pick their surprise class from a list of approved classes such as Egg & Spoon, Catalog Race, Dollar Race etc.etc.. It was suggested to add it immediately after the last pleasure class (trail) and right before speed classes. Karen Hendrickson made a motion to add the class, second by Ray Meyer, motion carried. Decided that the directors can combine a list of approved classes. 8. PUTTING A CAP ON PLEASURE & SPEED CLASSES OR YOUTH CLASSESMuch discussion followed regarding clubs being able to make enough money to cover trophy & ribbon costs by putting a cap on the classes. Judy added that in the UPHA rule book it only states that the class fee cannot exceed $5.00 and that if any individual club wants to put a cap on them or make the fees less they can. It was suggested that when the secretary mails out show packets, to make sure it is outlined they can use their discretion for entry fees. No motion made. 9. VERSATILITY AWARD VS. HI POINT AWARD / YEAR ENDLisa Anderson suggested having one (1) overall Hi Point Award for horse & rider combo. Most members felt that it would not be fair if one person goes in many classes and that generally, youth would not have a chance. Karen pointed out that the versatility class encourages riders to go in classes they generally would not go in and thus giving the club hosting the show extra money. Terrie Clark suggested if a hi point is added, can it be sponsored just like the versatility is but for maybe $25.00 each. Robynne Woodaz made a motion to keep the Versatility Award as is and adding a High Point award to each age division, second by Lisa Anderson, motion carried. 10. UPHA MONTHLY MEETING DATES & TIMESTerri Clarke started the discussion asking can we please keep at least one monthly meeting in Escanaba as it is easier for her to make it. Robynne asked is it necessary to have a meeting every month during the winter? After much discussion, it was decided to keep the meeting schedule as is starting in January until April, may optional as stated in our current rule book. Show dates & judges must still be submitted BY the March meeting. Discussion then followed regarding the rotating of meeting places between Marquette and Escanaba and possibly Houghton. Karen stated that she did not want to travel to Houghton for meetings and both Lisa Anderson & Taana stated that they do not mind traveling to Marquette & Escanaba for meetings. Decided to leave the meeting places as is; first meeting in January in Marquette, either Wahlstroms or Bonanza, February in Escanaba at The Great Northern Buffet, March in Marquette again and April in Escanaba. May will be decided upon closer to the time. Andi will check with Wahlstroms & Bonanza and Terrie Clark will check with Great Northern Buffet. Meeting date was discussed next. After much discussion, it was felt that Sundays worked better for most people and that 2:00 would be easier for people who travel. Joyce Meyer made a motion to change the meetings to the 1st Sunday of the month at 2:00 P.M., E.S.T. second by Jackie Hurley, motion carried. 11. UPHA WEBSITEKaren relayed a message from Brandi Rolling ( who has been involved in the managing of the current website) that she has not received the information in the correct format to update the website. Andi then added that the directors & alternates haven’t been corrected in 2 years and our UPHA website should possibly have our registration forms available and possibly UPECS qualifying forms to make it easier for people to sign up for classes. Both Amanda and Carissa Schwemin volunteered to design and manage a new UPHA website or update & maintain the current website. After some more discussion regarding whether or not the “ UPHA” name would be taken already or if we could do a Yahoo or Facebook website, it was decided to cancel the current website and both Carissa and Amanda will check into the cost and/or availability of the UPHA name and report back at the next meeting. Karen will let Brandi know to cancel the current UPHA website. Motion was made by Joyce to cancel the current website, second by Andi, motion carried. 12. HELMET RULEMontana Lotterman commented that she’d like to see the helmet rule dropped and leave it optional for the rider. Discussion followed regarding insurance liability issues and the importance of wearing a helmet for overall safety reasons. Decided to leave the helmet rule as is: Mandatory for riders 18 & under. That concluded the agenda items up for discussion/voting. The floor was then opened up for any members who had any other suggestions or additions or deletions. Madeleine suggested deleting the Lead Line Trail class as it takes time to set up and get every rider through the class. Cameron Calderwood commented that she started out in lead line and lead line trail and she felt it was easier for the young kids. It was decided to leave it as is but to try to make it as similar to mini trail as we can for ease up set up time. Andi commented that she received letters from 2 different judges from the 2009 show season stating they felt we should re-think our rule for the Horsemanship & Equitation classes to shorten up the day. Currently, we require a pattern and both ways of rail work; it was suggested we require a pattern and one way of rail work. Andi made a motion to change the rule, require a pattern and one way of rail work, judges discretion as to pattern first or last, second by Ray Meyer, motion carried. Andi relayed a suggestion from a non-present member of possibly changing the age groups. Janece felt that we’ve changed the age groups too many times and should leave as is. Robyyne suggested we try to keep the age groups as consistent with local fair age groups and Terri Clark agreed. After lengthy discussion, it was decided to leave as is for now. Cindy brought up the suggestion of having Trail class held in a different location and possibly appointing someone to judge the class to try and shorten up the day also. Judy felt that we’ve tried this before and some show grounds don’t have adequate space to set up in a different location. Decided that if it can be set up in a different location without any one practicing, that will work but will be judged by the hired judge. No motion made. Terri Clark asked if individual classes can be sponsored and Laurie Samppala explained that it is up to the individual club to seek their own sponsors to cover costs for award. Robynne pointed out that if we are having a UPHA Members Show, I should be voted on. Motion made by Terrie Clark to have a Members Show, second by Norm, motion carried. President Judy Nelson, then asked if anyone had anything else up for discussion. General voting done. (4:15 p.m.) Before the voting for officers will proceed, Judy explained that Joyce Hoskins, on the ballot for an alternate, will not be able to fulfill the obligation and to please remove her from the ballot. Judy also asked everyone to please remove her name from the ballot as she will not be able to make Sunday afternoon meetings. Janece also then explained that we need 7 Directors for tax purposes and for our non exempt status. It was suggested by Judy that of the alternates on the ballot, to pick the highest votes as the 7th director, all agreed. Jackie Hurley made a motion to change the ruling to 7 directors, second by Norm, motion carried. Judy also reminded everyone present that you MUST be a paid UPHA member and 18 years and older to vote. The ballots will be turned in to one person chosen by the president for tallying . VOTING FOR UPHA 2010 DIRECTORS & ALTERNATES President – Lisa Anderson Vice President – Karen Hendrickson Secretary – Andi Goriesky Treasurer – Taana Kallinen Point Secretary – Jackie Hurley Assistant Point Secretary – Robyyne Woodaz Alternates are as follows: Cindy Johnson Bobbi Meyer Joyce Meyer Norm Johnson Madeleine Zimmerman Tammy Carello The 7th Director will be Cindy Johnson. Joyce Meyer made a motion to destroy the ballots, second by Karen, motion carried. Motion to adjourn the meeting by Karen Hendrickson, second by Terri Clark, motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 4:40 P.M. The next UPHA meeting will be January 3rd, 2010 at Wahlstroms Restaurant in Marquette at 2:00 pm E.S.T. Respectfully submitted, Andi GorieskyUPHA Secretary
UPHA DIRECTORS MEETING
SATURDAY OCTOBER 17th, 2009
The meeting was called to order by President Judy Nelson prior to the Annual Awards Banquet at 5:17 pm. Directors and Alternates present were Judy Nelson, Karen Hendrickson, Andi Goriesky and alternates Jackie Hurley and Janece Hanycz.
Minutes were read from the previous meeting on July 11th, motion to approve by Karen, second by Judy, motion carried.
Janece presented the treasurers report showing an ending balance in the treasury of $3583.95.Jackie brought up the expense of the rental of the UP State fairgrounds for our show in July and Judy brought up the rate of the Sunday judge in Escanaba also; discussion followed. Jance also brought up that we have not yet been presented with a bill from the youth group who cleaned stalls in Escanaba. Judy made a motion to accept the treasurers report, second by Karen, motion carried.
Jackie Hurley mentioned that prior to the awards presentation this evening, she would like to say a few words regarding the November annual meeting and the voting process and if anyone would like to still nominate tonight they can. Discussion followed then who will present trophies tonight and who will announce, decided the President should actually present and shake hands and Andi will announce, door prizes to follow.
Motion to adjourn by Karen, second by Judy, motion carried. Meeting was adjourned at 5:52 p.m.
Respectfully,
Andi Goriesky
Minutes were read from the previous meeting on July 11th, motion to approve by Karen, second by Judy, motion carried.
Janece presented the treasurers report showing an ending balance in the treasury of $3583.95.Jackie brought up the expense of the rental of the UP State fairgrounds for our show in July and Judy brought up the rate of the Sunday judge in Escanaba also; discussion followed. Jance also brought up that we have not yet been presented with a bill from the youth group who cleaned stalls in Escanaba. Judy made a motion to accept the treasurers report, second by Karen, motion carried.
Jackie Hurley mentioned that prior to the awards presentation this evening, she would like to say a few words regarding the November annual meeting and the voting process and if anyone would like to still nominate tonight they can. Discussion followed then who will present trophies tonight and who will announce, decided the President should actually present and shake hands and Andi will announce, door prizes to follow.
Motion to adjourn by Karen, second by Judy, motion carried. Meeting was adjourned at 5:52 p.m.
Respectfully,
Andi Goriesky
Directors Meeting
July 11, 2009
The UPHA directors called a special meeting, after the members show on July 11, 2009. Meeting was called to order 7:45 p.m. Directors and alternates present were; Judy Nelson, Andi Goriesky, Karen Hendrickson, Janece Hanycz, and Jackie Hurley.
Jackie Hurley brought up the fact that a few hundred point awards had been missed over the past few years and wondered if those could be ordered and presented at the year's banquette. All agreed to go ahead and do so. Next we discussed who will order year end awards and versatility awards. Judy agreed to order year end trophies and/or gift cards from Circle M Country. Andi agreed to contact versatility winners and order versatility awards. Janece agreed to do third place certificates. Andi also agreed she will amke reminder invitations for each place setting at the banquette. reminding members of our annual UPHA general membership meeting. Discussion followed of when and where to hold our annual meeting. It was decided that Marquette was the central location for most members. Directors decided upon Saturday November 21st at 2pm Est. Andi will contact Wahlstroms to make reservations.
Karen made a motion to adjourn. 2nd by Judy, motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 8:05 pm.
Jackie Hurley brought up the fact that a few hundred point awards had been missed over the past few years and wondered if those could be ordered and presented at the year's banquette. All agreed to go ahead and do so. Next we discussed who will order year end awards and versatility awards. Judy agreed to order year end trophies and/or gift cards from Circle M Country. Andi agreed to contact versatility winners and order versatility awards. Janece agreed to do third place certificates. Andi also agreed she will amke reminder invitations for each place setting at the banquette. reminding members of our annual UPHA general membership meeting. Discussion followed of when and where to hold our annual meeting. It was decided that Marquette was the central location for most members. Directors decided upon Saturday November 21st at 2pm Est. Andi will contact Wahlstroms to make reservations.
Karen made a motion to adjourn. 2nd by Judy, motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 8:05 pm.
