WSCA Digital Spotlight www . wsca . org 2024 - March - 7
Board Meeting Minutes
Motion made by Steve Bobzin , seconded by Karson Duncanson , to approve the 2024 Championship Horse Show as presented by the committee . Motion carried unanimously .
The Champ show budget was presented showing what costs would look like with 25 %, 50 % and 100 % sponsorship . Costs have been increased from 2023 by 5 % for 2024 .
Motion made by Amber Duncanson , seconded by Julia Northwick , to approve the 2024 Championship Horse Show proposed budget . Motion carried unanimously .
Computer : Jake Flodquist
Absent . Qualifications computer has been given to Natali Steffenson . Natali Steffenson was introduced as the new Qualifications Coordinator , who is scheduled to meet with Ev Moorehouse to start working together .
Drills and Squares : Marlys Mooney Nothing to Report .
Futurity : Josh Tjosaas
Absent . Report read by Liz Bauer . Josh has appointed Tina Langness to serve as Vice-Chair of the Futurity Committee and he has found several new members willing to serve on the advisory committee regarding updates and changes to the futurity . The Committee is planning to have a meeting with James and Lynn-Ellen to review the futurity and look for changes going forward .
Historian : Tim Wampfler Absent . Nothing to report .
Judges : Lynn-Ellen St . Martin
Application materials sent to 1 person interested in testing for 2024 , and sent to 1 person interested in testing 2025 . Working on materials and planning for the judges clinic . Budget prep is being started . First year judges payments have been received from 2 of the 3 judges , the third has been reminded and their payment should be sent out soon . Lynn-Ellen has formed her Judges committee for 2024 . Sara Schwartz as Vice-Chair , Kim Ziegler , Clara Buchal ( would serve as Judges representative ), Julie Gintner ( would serve as Board member ), Bill Freitag , Sally Daluge , and Shannon Jones .
Motion made by Lori Taylor , seconded by Karson to approve the Judges Committee Vice-Chair and committee members as presented . Motion carried unanimously .
Marketing & Promotions : Rachel Duenow
Rachel has been busy updating Champ Show forms and sponsorship and vender agreements . The only change has been removing the dates on the Web-banner ad . Prices for sponsorship and vendors stay the same , as this is what worked last year . All ads will be in color . She has been working on the Marketing Budget for 2024 , which will be presented at the February meeting . There will be no January Spotlight , as there is not enough content . There was discussion on vendor space in the coliseum , and requirements on tear down times .
Nominating : Ann Goebel Ann has appointed Julia Northwick as Vice-Chair , and Alaina Dettling as committee member .
Motion made by Steve Bobzin , seconded by Amber Duncanson to approve the Futurity Committee Vice- Chair and committee members . Motion carried unanimously .
Procedures : Sandy Strube
Sandy presented the revised Futurity Committee procedure , with the help of James and Lynn-Ellen . The goal of this revised procedure is to get Futurity classes to run fluid with Champ Show . It was noticed that wording in the first sentence of item 4 , should be changed to state “ Responsible , under the Championship Show Chairperson ( s )…”.