WSCA Digital Spotlight www . wsca . org 2024 - February - 7
Board Meeting Minutes
Committee Reports : Championship Horse Show : James Duenow
The final payment from Equiscribe has come through after cleaning up refunds . Preliminary State Fair bill is $ 43,087.57 , which is at least $ 15,000 less than what was estimated . We will be patient and wait for the final bill , but so far looking good . Working on next year already . Looking at working on Marketing and Sponsorship to get that out earlier . A lot of positive feedback has been coming in . A set of photos from Champ Show for the Adaptive Riding has been saved . James received and email from an individual wanting to know how to become a sponsor for next year for Adaptive Riding . Rachel is looking at ways to increase the value of sponsorship packages for next year .
Computer : Jake Flodquist Absent . Computer found for new qualifications coordinator .
Drills and Squares : Marlys Mooney Absent . Nothing to Report .
Futurity : Josh Tjosaas ( Newly appointed Chair ) Absent . James reported that Josh is excited and already working on creating his committee . With roots in WSCA and other organizations , he with make a great fit . James and Lynn-Ellen are working to develop Futurity Procedure .
Historian : Tim Wampfler Absent . Nothing to report .
Judges : Lynn-Ellen St . Martin ( Newly appointed Chair ) Newly approved judges have been notified of their approval and advised to send their pro-rated judges fees to Arlene .
Marketing & Promotions : Rachel Duenow Rachel is looking to roll out sponsorship applications in January . Currently waiting to proof the December edition of the Spotlight . This is the Champshow Results Edition . If anyone reaches out to us for out of date issues on WSCA . org , let them know we are aware and are working through these issues .
Nominating : Ann Goebel ( Newly appointed Chair ) Ann has no updates . She will be working with previous chair Kevin Berger as well as other Board members in her new position . Every board member can help direct potential candidates for nominating .
Procedures : Sandy Strube Absent . Nothing to report .
Publicity : Lori Taylor Lori has completed the 2024 MN Horse Expo registration for the new court . Waiting for Winter Carnival registration to open . Lori will get dates of winter carnival to Liz to obtain the Certificate of Insurance for the event . Sara Schwartz shared the courts recent actives and upcoming event schedule . This included attending recent saddle club banquets , the upcoming Horse Crazy Market , Vegas trip to the NFR and Winter Carnival . WSCA has a table skirt available for the court to use at their events .
Royalty : Bridget Behrns She is finalizing getting remaining awards to the new court . Buckles were delivered and sashes are complete .
Rulebook : Cindy Ladd Absent . Nothing to report . .
Safety Committee : Corey Swartout Absent . Nothing to report .
Scholarship : Julie Gintner Copies of each recipients thank yous have been submitted to Herald Journal for the December edition of the spotlight .
Old Business : Qualifications Computer has been purchased .