Meeting was called to order at 6:30 pm. by President, Susan Dezavelle.
Roll: Present: Susan Dezavelle, Beth Frilling, Barbara Burkhardt, Donald Simpson, Marybeth Perez-Sota, Randi Phillips. Absent: Rena Haynes, Irena Callahan, Ulla Hudson, Mary Lou Winclechter, Betty Jorgensen and Harold Baskin. Guests: John Collins, Amy Lee Mowins, John Mowins, Dianne Fay and Sue Ann Kirkby.
Approval of Minutes: The October 6th minutes were approved as submitted.
Financial Report: The net income is $2,136.67. We now have 95 active members. We will plan to review a proposed 2010 budget in the January meeting. The report was approved as submitted.
Schooling Show Update: This will be discussed in a later agenda item.
Recognized Show Update: Donald announced we will have a NM State Champion Show in Oct of 2010.
OLD BUSINESS:
Year End Awards Event: We had 60 members come to the event. The net cost came to about $600. The overall evening was a success with excellent food, but slow service. We will learn from this year to plan next year's event.
Publication of Member Listing: Donald sent out the directory with the ballots.
GMO Convention: Rusty Cook is presently attending the national convention if Denver. There will be a discussion at the January meeting concerning a travel budget for the delegate next year. We will do more research in 2010 in order to plan for giving more input at the convention.
Newsletter Update: The election results and several articles written by members will be included in the next newsletter. This will be distributed via paper and email per member's requests. Plan to distribute in the next week.
2010 Membership: The new member roster, 95, was submitted to USDF.
NEW BUSINESS:
Election Results: Thanks to Donald for managing the nominating committee and John and Jean for helping. Susan remains the President and Beth the Vice President. Rena remains the Treasurer. Sue Ann Kirkby is now the secretary. The time frame to mail in the ballot was tight due to the holiday. We may change the by-laws in order to extend the mailing time for next year.
Chair Positions: Ulla will remain the Education Chair and Randi the Awards Chair. Dianne Fay volunteered to be the Newsletter Editor. Amy Mowins volunteered for the Schooling Show Chair and she will store the arena flat bed. Membership and Publicity Chairs are still open, not known if Junior/Youth Chair will be open or not.
2010 Schooling Show Schedule: We are considering another shared event with the Arabian Horse Club in Feb, since they have the Expo NM site, which is better if the weather is bad. John Collins volunteered Cherry Tree for at least two shows. We are aiming for nine total, which includes the Arabian Club shows. We will continue to hold the schooling shows on Sundays. A request was made to have small "r" judges participate in some spring/summer shows to receive more variety.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Sue Ann Kirkby, secretary