WSCA Digital Spotlight www . wsca . org 2024 - December - 13
WSCA General Meeting Minutes
Publicity : Lori Taylor
The new 2024-2025 Royalty introduced themselves and shared their upcoming events they plan on attending . Their schedule for the next couple months includes attending the general meeting and banquet , the Crazy Horse Market , Winter Carnival parade , Arena Trailer Sales Event , Skijoring , saddle club banquets , bell ringing , the NFR in Las Vegas and possibly a polar plunge . The new court will be helping at the awards banquet . Lori acknowledged past WSCA Royalty who were in attendance .
Royalty : Bridget Behrns
The silent auction held during Champ Show by the contestants had 111 items and raised $ 6,150 . Half of that amount goes to WSCA and the other half will be divided amongst the new royalty court . The raffle raised $ 10,941 , which is divided between WSCA and the royalty contest .
Safety Committee : Corey Swartout Absent . A big thank you to Corey for having him with us during champ show
Scholarship : Julie Gintner
It was an exciting year for scholarships with 21 applicants this year . The judges did an excellent job reviewing all of the applicants . 4 scholarships will be awarded at tonight ’ s banquet , 2 for new graduates and 2 for continuing education . WSCF will also be awarding a scholarship to 1 recipient .
Old Business : 2025 Champ Show was covered in the Champ Show report . Glenn Strube ( Tri-County Riders ) asked the question if you now have to qualify for the Ranch classes for 2025 Champ Show , instead of open entry . James Duenow replied with yes , now that we have rules for the Ranch classes . The same question was asked about Walk / Trot . James replied with yes . Sara Schwartz made a clarification that these rules take effect January 1 st , 2025 .
New Business : Midwestern Extreme Obstacle Association is set up in the back of the room
Adjournment : Motion was made by Julia Northwick ( Painted Sunrise Saddle Club , seconded by Matt Gilbertson ( Northwest Saddle Club ) to adjourn the meeting at 4:50pm . Motion carried Unanimously .
Next General Meeting : March 2nd , 2025 Western Saddle Clubs Association , Inc . General Meeting Minutes , October 26 , 2024 Submitted by Liz Bauer , WSCA Executive Secretary