OCDA MEETING MINUTES

January 7, 2010
The meeting was called to order at 7:20 PM

Quorum Check:
Present were Helen Lamison, Kerry Rose, Stacy Rose, Trudi Graham, Henriette Glahn, Joan Grogan

Secretary’s Report:

Treasurer’s Report 10/01/09 – 01/07/10
Deposits of 2010 Membership Dues, Awards Dinner, Training Grant, Sussex Show.  Additional deposits for shirts
sold, schooling show and dressage camp.  (+$3,219.00)
Debits of USDF Dues, Awards Dinner, L Program, Schooling Show.  (-7,304.70)
Current Bank Balance as of January 7, 2010 = $7,515.45

Membership Chairperson:
Twenty-three members as of January 7, 2010.
                21 renewals
                02 new

Old Business:
Awards Dinner:  Positive response from attendees
                Reminder for 2010 Dinner – Do not schedule Awards Dinner for same weekend as the Windy Hollow Hunt
                Dinner; 1st Saturday of November.

New Business:

Meeting adjourned at 9:00 PM

Next Meeting:  Thursday, February 4, 2010 at Kerry and Stacy Rose’s

November 5th Minutes
The meeting was called to order at 7:20PM
Quorum Check: Present were Helen Lamison, Kerry Rose, Stacy Rose, Marissa Sarbak, Lisa Toaldo, Trudi Graham and Henriette Glahn
Secretary’s Report:
Treasurer’s Report: Up until the last part of the L-Program the balance was $11,600. Money from a couple of new memberships will go into the account, otherwise no other activity.
Membership Chairperson: 4 new members signed up. The new year for membership started on November 1. Membership forms were mailed out to people attending the OCDA Show at Mirabella. Did get some new members from that mailing.

Old Business

L-Program: The program was very successful. Lisa has received many thank you notes and emails commenting on how well the program were run. The instructors were very happy. It ended up having 9 participants and 4 passed with distinction – which is unusual. Lisa will be writing an article for the USDF Connection Magazine.
GMO Delegate at Convention in Austin, Texas: Helen is not able to go. Lisa is going (on her own), but may not be able to represent us as a proxy. She will double check the convention schedule and see is she can do it, otherwise Helen has been emailing with someone from USDF regarding having somebody there represent us. This will be decided shortly.
Dinner: 30-31 people signed up to attend. There will be a Chinese auction at the dinner. At the meeting we discussed the possibility of changing the date of the dinner next year so as not to coincide with the Windy Hollow Hunt Ball. Also, we might make it a wine/cheese tasting event next year instead of a dinner.

New Business

Calendar of Events for next year: We are hoping that more of our members will participate in the events we plan for next year. OCDA will be planning 2 mini events – in April and August. We will arrange a Dressage Camp again in September and Helen will look into the possibility of doing a Clinic with George Williams.
Junior Committee Ideas: Marissa Sarbak will attempt to get a Junior Committee going. She would like to do a Lyndon Grey Clinic. Lisa suggested also contacting Courtney King and get her to do a clinic as well, and possibly mention that she would try to get Pony Clubs in the area and even jumpers to participate. Marissa will find out if LG and CK are available, and if so, when and the cost.
Bylaws to be updated: We will spend the next meeting updating the bylaws.

Meeting adjourned at 9:30PM
Next meeting: January 7, 2010 at Trudi Graham’s