WSCA Digital Spotlight www . wsca . org 2025 - March - 7
WSCA Board Meeting Minutes
Nominating : Ann Goebel
Nominating committee does not operate on a budget . She has begun to review the procedure . There will be 4 board members whose terms are up at the end of the year : Julia , Rachel , Lori and Amber .
Procedures : Sandy Strube
Dustin has received his procedure book . She is working on updates to the Judges procedure . It was brought up that we may want to look into reactivated the Banquet procedure . The board will decide in February on whether or not to host a 2025 banquet .
Publicity : Lori Taylor
Queen Eliza shared on the court ’ s latest events and plans for future events . The court attended bell ringing at the Mall of America , Horse Crazy Market and the NFR . Upcoming events include Winter Carnival , Skijoring , Arena Trailers Event , and polar plunge . Lori shared that the court will not be attending Special Olympics , as Special Olympics MN has unfortunately made the decision to cancel the Equine events . The board looked at this as an opportunity to share the new adaptive riding classes WSCA is offering with the special Olympics participants . Lori will send information on adaptive riding to Kris Kelly , to pass along to participants . It was mentioned that the Royalty hopes to present and assist with awards for the 2025 Champ Show ’ s adaptive riding classes .
Royalty : Bridget Behrns
Bridget is looking into facilities and dates for the 2025 Royalty Clinic as well as the banquet . She is working on a budget to present next month .
Rulebook : Cindy Ladd
The committee is meeting January 16 th to review the rulebook . A big thank you was given to Cindy and Sandy for their work on the updated rulebook .
Safety Committee : Corey Swartout Absent . He is on board for 2025 Champ show .
Scholarship : Julie Gintner
Thank yous from the 2024 scholarship recipients will be shared in the February issue of the Spotlight . Donations from champ show judges and coliseum box rentals were positive . WSCF will discuss possibly presenting a scholarship again for 2025 .
Old Business :
New Business :
-Executive Committee for Open / Closed shows- the committee will be evaluating concerns as the come in , making sure that the association ’ s current definition of what constitutes a closed show or open show still is in line with values today , and that such events are being put on in the spirt of what WSCA values . Anyone who has thoughts or concerns are asked to bring them to the committee .
-Committee Vice Chairs chosen so far were presented as follows : Judges- Sara Schwartz Drills and Squares- Mandy Gustafson Marketing and Promotions- Emily Berger Nominating- Courtney Betsch Procedures- Sara Schwartz Publicity- Dani Heitz Royalty- Rachel Duenow Scholarship- Jan Deile