Woodstock Riding Club
January 16, 2017
Present: Laura Padusnak, Cody Bisignano, Brinn Dimler, Nancy Locke, Pat Elliott, Brenda Locke, Roberta Jackson, Susan Garrison and Susan Leiching
Meeting was called to order by the President Roberta Jackson at 7:00pm.
Secretary report: None available
Treasurer report: None available
Old Business:
1. The president introduced the new officers for 2017:
President – Roberta Jackson
Vice President – Patricia Elliott
Treasurer – Jane Booth
Secretary – Susan Leiching
Board Members:
Nancy Locke
Jennifer Lang
Cody Bisignano
Susan Garrison
1st alternate for board: Marie Webster
2nd alternate for board: Nin Brudermann
2. We are currently working on posters for the registration booth to help guide participants through the show registration process. There will be more tables available and a tent if necessary to reduce the amount of congestion around the booth.
New Business:
1. The show dates are set:
May 21 – Dressage Schooling Show
June 4 – Annual June Show
July 9 – Annual Horse and Pony Show
September 10 – Annual Fall Show
October 1 – Dressage Show
October 8 – Fall Classic
2. May 13th will be the Yard/Bake/Plant sale held at the riding club grounds. There will be more information to follow. Volunteers will be needed, so mark your calendar.
3. There are minor changes in the 2017 prize list. It will be available with the catalogue and on the website.
4. With the minutes there are attachments about the advertising/sponsorships. If you know someone who is interested is advertising or sponsoring a class, show, or division – please give them this information. The deadline is March 15, 2017.
5. We discussed some materials needed for the club
a. Roberta contacted HITS about some jumps which we need.
b. We discussed the need for an overhang on the registration booth. The cost of materials will be put together.
6. We still have no food vendor for the shows. Laura will post an ad on Craig’s List.
7. The club has been approached by a judge to rent our grounds for a day or weekend. She is interested doing western dressage or dressage clinics featuring ride/clinic/ride. I will contact her to see what days she is thinking about and confer with the treasurer regarding cost and insurance. She has her own insurance policies.
8. There was a suggestion made to have an August picnic to celebrate our 70th birthday. Some of the ideas were a catered barbeque and square dancing. More information will follow.
9. Members would like to resurrect the hunt course. Brinn, Laura and Roberta will walk the course to see what this would involve. At the least the course would need to be disc and shrubbery removed.
10. Anyone interested in working in the registration booth – we will have a short meeting day/time TBA. We will review the steps to follow to complete the show registration correctly.
Meeting was adjourned at 7:50pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Susan Leiching
Check out the Woodstock Riding Club website – https://woodstockridingclub.com Current information is being posted.
The next meeting is at the Olympic Diner, Washington Ave, Kingston, NY on February 20th at 7:00 PM.
