July/August 2015 MQHA Journal

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Hi Everyone!

It's hard to believe we are getting ready to leave for the Harbor Classic in a few days. It feels like I just put away my winter coat...oh wait, I did! By the time you receive this issue that show will be behind us and we'll be looking towards the Michigan Quarter Horse Breeders Futurity (and probably getting our darn winter coats out again)!

What an amazing season we have had so far this year. I couldn't be more proud of our Board of Directors for all the hard work they have put in to running some of the largest shows we have held in several years and can't thank them enough for their dedication to our association. I hope everyone is utilizing the option to preenter for their classes prior to the shows. In case you didn't realize that was an option, you can find the entry forms on both the website at www.miquarterhorse.com and the Michigan Quarter Horse Association Facebook page. I also want to personally say “welcome” to our 128 new members. If you see me at a show, please stop and say Hi! The rules and constitution committee have been working diligently on updating the association’s rule book and may be calling a general membership meeting towards the end of the year to vote on changes for 2016. This is very important and does affect you, so I encourage everyone that can attend, to please do so.

Good luck to all of our talented youth headed to the world show! Tons of hard work goes into the preparation for that by the kids, parents and our youth adviser, Nicole Veldhoff and her youth committee. For some, you have been there before, for others this will be your first trip. Regardless of how you place, don't forget to step back and think about the journey you have been on to get there, you are living an experience many can only dream of!

Happy Trails to all of you, Tiffany Weitzel www.MIQuarterHorse.com

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2015 THAYNE MINER MEMORIAL HORSEMANSHIP AWARD

Congratulations AlyssaLuckhardt & Booty

Congratulations to Alyssa Luckhardt for winning the Thayne Miner Memorial Trophy awarded this past May, at the MQHYA Spartan Spectacular Horse Show. Alyssa, and sixteen other competitors, participated in this class at the MSU Pavilion in East Lansing, Michigan.

Alyssa and her horse, Invitation To Boot, aka Booty, have done very well over the last two years that they have been showing together.

They have won many all-arounds, and circuit championships. Alyssa and Booty will be competing at the AQHYA World Show in Oklahoma City, OK in late July, early August as a member of the MQHA Youth World Team as well. They will be competing in Showmanship, Horsemanship, Trail, Western Pleasure and Halter.

The MQHA and the MQHYA congratulate Alyssa and Booty on winning the Thayne Miner traveling trophy and we wish them both the best of luck at the World Show.

Thank you all for participating!

“In riding a horse, we borrow freedom”. ~ Helen Thomson

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Thayne Miner of Freeland, MI was a member and a good friend of the MI Quarter Horse Association.

Thayne lived most of his life in Midland County, where he was raised. He became interested in horses at a young age, and was active in the MQHA as a youth.

Thayne was successful at training and showing horses, and devoted much of his time to the youth activities within the association. As a youth adviser for four years, Thayne always suppor ted the MQHYA and sought to help then reach their goals. Thayne was also an active 4-H judge and always found time to participate in judging and training clinics. He was elected to the MQHA Board of Directors for three years, and also served on many committees.

Thayne Miners death in July of 1979, after battling cancer for two years, was deeply felt by his wife, two children and many friends within the Michigan Quarter Horse Association.

In 1980, MQHA President Clinton Raines, MQHYA Director Mike Havens, Youth President Mike Carroll, the entire Youth Board instituted the “Thayne Miner Memorial Trophy.” The trophy is to be awarded annually to a Michigan youth in memory of a great horseman who was loved by all who worked with him, showed with him, and knew him.

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Help Prevent an EHV Outbreak by Protecting Your Horse’s Immune Function

by Juliet M. Getty, Ph. D. The recent outbreak of equine herpes virus (EHV) has caused great concern among horse owners throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Did you know that your horse is already likely to be infected with this virus? Virtually all horses carry this opportunistic organism and it remains latent until something (usually stress) triggers it and it has an "opportunity" to show symptoms, producing respiratory and even neurological distress. Ever have a cold sore? That's also herpes and it remains dormant in our systems until we get physically or mentally stressed.

Some Stress Is Inevitable Traveling long distances, strange settings, unfamiliar horses, performance intensity, different smells and noises … the list is long. Heavy travel seasons are coming up this summer -- July and August are popular horse fair months. And stress suppresses the immune function, making it difficult for your horse to combat illness. Now is the time to get your horse's immune system in tip top shape so he is less, much less, likely to succumb to a stressrelated illness such as EHV. The key to prevention is twofold: Reduce stress and boost immunity.

An Empty Stomach = Stress One of the most stressful situations for any horse, regardless of the horse's schedule and environment, is an empty stomach. Not being permitted to graze continually on pasture and/or hay goes against a horse's instincts and innate physiology. This is because the horse's stomach, unlike our own, continuously secretes acid, even when empty. Chewing produces saliva, a natural antacid, which neutralizes that acid. Left without anything to chew, and the horse will suffer, both physically and mentally. Furthermore, the motility of the gastrointestinal tract (which is made of muscles) depends of a steady supply of forage flowing through it in order to prevent colic. And finally, exercising on an empty stomach can lead to an ulcer as the acid sloshes around to the unprotected areas of the stomach's lining.

Horses are “trickle feeders,” designed to continually and freely roam and graze. But in addition to 24/7 turnout and free choice access to pasture and/or hay, there are many helpful nutrients that can protect your horse, especially while training, traveling, and performing. Vitamins E and C, in particular, as well as vitamin A (beta carotene), magnesium, adequate protein, and Omega 3 fatty acids stabilize the immune system, allowing your horse to be less susceptible toward developing infections.

How Much Supplementation, You Ask? Vitamins E and C are potent antioxidants and are best increased to higher levels during intense physical and mental stress. Offer 5 IUs of vitamin E and 5 mg of vitamin C per pound of body weight (10 IUs of vitamin E and 10 mg of vitamin C per kg of body weight).

Slowly wean your horse down to lower levels of these vitamins (especially vitamin C) during maintenance periods (unless you have an older horse, who will need extra vitamin C due to reduced production).

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to 5 mg of selenium per day for heavily active horses .

Hay has little, if any, beta carotene (used to make vitamin A). Most vitamin/mineral supplements and feeds are fortified with this vitamin. Offer 60 to 120 IU/kg body weight for performance; 30 IU/kg bw at maintenance.

Omega 3 fatty acids are best provided by flaxseed meal -- provide 1/2 cup per 400 lbs (180 kg) of body weight. Chia seeds are also high in omega 3s (1/4 cup per 400 lbs of body weight).

Protein should be 14-16% of the diet, and be of high quality. Offer a variety of sources (grass plus alfalfa, for example) so they can complement each other's amino acid profile.

Don't forget the magnesium – important for muscle and nerve function. Borderline deficiencies can affect your horse's behavior and stamina. An appropriate dose is 5,000 mg of magnesium per 500 lbs (227 kg) of body weight.

It's Amazingly Simple All this may sound complicated, but it's actually just the opposite.

It's amazingly simple. Allow your horse to nibble on hay all day and night, and never let him perform without some hay in his digestive tract. Fill in the nutritional gaps that exist in hay with a good vitamin/mineral supplement, offer omega 3s and extra antioxidants during stressful times, and your horse will not only perform better, calmer, and more gracefully, but will come home healthy and ready to learn more.

Helpful Supplements An overall balanced diet, along with stress-reduction measures (including free choice pasture and/or hay) will keep your horse's immune system in top shape. During intense training and activity, additional nutrients are helpful: SuPer Antioxidant (Gateway): This overall antioxidant preparation offers high levels of several key nutrients. http://gettyequinenut rition.biz/products/superantioxidant.htm Nutra Flax (Horsetech): This product contains only flaxseed meal (with a slight amount of calcium to correct for the naturally inverted calcium to phosphorus ratio found in flaxseeds). It is stabilized against rancidity for 6 months when stored in a cool, dry place. http://gettyequinenutrition. biz/products/nutraflax.htm MMX (Horsetech): This is a nutritional calming supplement that offers magnesium, as well as B vitamins (and high levels of thiamin), without any herbs (that can have long-term side effects or test during performance). http://gettyequinenutrition .biz/products/mmx.htm MQHA Journal • July/August 2015 • 05

MQHA 2015 MQHA OFFICERS Tiffany Weitzel, President 25122 D. Drive South Homer, MI 49245 517-206-1986 cell tiffyree@yahoo.com Jacque Moody, Vice President 10415 Territorial, Munith, MI 49259 517-596-2900 • 248-207-3800 cell jacquelin.moody@lpl.com Karen Waite, Past President 1580 Hawley Road, Mason, MI 48854 517-432-0383 • 517-331-3681 karen_waite@mac.com Kristie Woroniecki, Secretary/Treasurer PO Box 278, Greenville, MI 48838 616-225-8211 • 616-225-8313 fax mqha@hotmail.com AQHA NATIONAL DIRECTORS Chris Baldwin 2215 N. Sheridan Rd., Stanton, MI 48888 989-944-3212 cell cbqh@frontier.com Kelly Chapman 15665 Dunn Road, Bellevue, MI 49021 269-209-6269 cell kellyboleschapman@gmail.com 2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trevor Barnes 6466 McCue Road, Holt, MI 48842 517-204-7326 cell barnzt09@gmail.com Meggen Baynes 14020 Boichot Rd., Lansing, MI 48906 517-582-5286 cell mbaynes82@hotmail.com Kathy Christensen 4470 84th St., Caledonia, MI 49316 616-291-3784, 616-891-5618 fax kathy.christensen@henryschein.com

MQHYA Jill Finley 1349 Sargent Ave. SE, Ada, MI 49301 616-443-9574 cell • 616-682-5582 fax jill@noblehillsfarm.com Sasha Glover 4920 Bell Oak Rd., Webberville, MI 48892 517-920-0136 gloversasha@gmail.com Megan Hirschman 2576 S. State Road, Ithaca, MI 48847 989-875-3355 • 989-330-1265 cell Hirschm8@msu.edu Robert Milks 8360 N. Winans Rd., Alma, MI 48801 989-620-0766 cell milksrobert@yahoo.com Monty Montgomery 113 W. Sprague, Homer, MI 49245 269-830-7932 cell bayhushorses@yahoo.com Chris Perniciaro 3221 Williams Rd., Leslie, MI 49251 517-589-8778 • 517-281-4985 cell chris23250@hotmail.com Tom Powers 9675 Alden Nash Ave., Alto, MI 49302 616-262-2836 cell tomcpowers@aol.com

Sasha Glover, President gloversasha@gmail.com Miller Lantis, Vice President memiller1@netzero.com Maddie Sharnowski, Youth Secretary m.sharnowski@gmail.com Kodi O’Boyle, Youth Reporter koboyle23@gmail.com Hayley Giamo, Youth Treasurer cgiamo@wmis.net Michelle McDowell, Past President Mcdowellm123@gmail.com Nicole Veldhoff, Youth Advisor nicole@nbvperformancehorses.com Board Of Directors Lauren Barnes lindab@accidentfund.com Audrey Barnes lindab@accidentfund.com Emme Lantis mlantis15@gmail.com Elizabeth West enwest525@aol.com Katherine West krwest525@aol.com

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Mike Sinko 4400 W. Jackson Rd., Alma, MI 48801 989-560-0140 cell sinkomichael@hotmail.com Cathy Thaler 507 Kitty Hawk Lane South Haven, MI 49090 269-637-4612 • 269-214-2111 cell thalercathy@gmail.com Nicole Veldhoff 1195 West E Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49009 440-858-7823 cell nicole@nbvperformancehorses.com

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Taylor Fabus 624 S. Main St., Ovid, MI 48866 517-862-4059 • 517-862-4059 cell tenlenta@msu.edu

Morgan McCarthy Warda 1301 Vernor Rd., Lapeer, MI 48446 810-358-1468 cell mowarda@umfint.edu

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ELECTROLYTES: A DELICATE BALANCE

by Karen Briggs, Green Grass Syndicated Features Someone from a more genteel era than our own once observed that "men perspire, women glow, and horses sweat". Whatever the physiological implications of "glowing" might be, the last part of the comparison is accurate enough -- horses do sweat, and that ability (which is actually fairly rare in the animal world) is one of the qualities that make them the superior athletes they are. Having large body masses, horses need an efficient way of dissipating the enormous amount of heat that accumulates in their tissues when they work. Sweat, evaporating on the skin surface, accomplishes this and allows the horse to keep working at peak efficiency.

But sweating isn't a perfect process. It cools the body at a price.

Along with the heat loss comes the loss of fluids and electrolytes (minerals involved in metabolism) -- and in a high-performance athlete, such as a racehorse, polo pony, or endurance competitor expending an extreme amount of energy, those losses can be significant. Conditions of high heat and humidity, and situations such as stressful transport in a closed trailer, can also lead to serious fluid and electrolyte losses from sweating.

Weighing a horse before and after strenuous exercise can demonstrate just how much weight a horse can lose due to sweat.

In one study, Standardbreds showed weight differentials of at least 12, and sometimes up to 33 pounds, before and after a one-mile race. Even more dramatic losses are seen during longer exercise intervals -- Arabians in endurance races of 50 to 100 miles, for example, can lose up to 100 pounds!

Electrolyte losses due to sweat can also be measured in performance horses. Dr. Laurie Lawrence, Ph.D., a professor of Animal Science at the University of Kentucky, found in a comparative study of exercising horses that racing Standardbreds tended to lose a total of 1/4 - 1/2 half cup of total electrolyte salts in a onemile race. Of that, between 16 and 46 grams were composed of sodium, 31 - 88 grams were chloride, and six to 17 grams were potassium (with trace amounts of other minerals such as calcium and magnesium). Those losses were even higher when horses had been administered a diuretic such as furosemide (Lasix).

In order to maintain high performance levels, horses need to be able to replenish these substances. When the rate of loss exceeds the rate of replacement, not only does their performance fade, they're also susceptible to exercise-related problems such as tying up and synchronous diaphragmatic flutter, or "thumps" (which is caused by insufficient plasma levels of calcium). Unfortunately, horses have no capacity to store extra electrolytes in the body in case they are called on to perform at maximum intensity. They rely, instead, on their diet to supply them with enough water, salt, potassium, and trace elements. High-performance athletes can benefit from replenishing amounts of fluids and electrolytes both before and after heavy exercise, particularly when the ambient heat and humidity are extreme.

There are lots of commercially available electrolyte products, but not all of them are worth having. A lot of paste formulations, in particular, contain far more sugar, flavor and color than they do www.MIQuarterHorse.com

salt! If you purchase a commercial electrolyte formula, look closely at the label; choose a product that lists sodium, chloride, and potassium as the first few ingredients, and avoid those, which list sucrose, glucose, dextrose, fructose, or other sugars above the salt content.

You can also mix up your own electrolyte paste by mixing equal parts of regular table salt and "lite" salt in a few tablespoons of applesauce -- or for a more complete range of minerals (including sodium, chloride, potassium, magnesium, and calcium), use 40% regular salt, 40% "lite" salt, and 20% dolomite (magnesium and calcium), again in applesauce, syringed into the horse's mouth.

Determining exactly how much electrolyte to administer to a horse can be a bit tricky, but you can estimate how much they are likely to lose in sweat by keeping in mind the losses listed above for a Standardbred in a one-mile race. Endurance riders, who are probably the most practiced users of electrolytes, try to replace a third to half of those lost salts over the course of their competition, preferably divided up into several smaller doses. For a racehorse, who performs for a shorter period, administering half of the total dose before training or racing, and the other half afterwards, makes good sense.

Keep in mind that horses don't need electrolyte supplementation after every exercise session, just those in which sweat losses have been significant. Administering electrolytes probably isn't necessary for most equine athletes in the winter months, for example, nor on light training days. For horses that are not sweating heavily, adding high levels of electrolytes daily only increases their water intake, urine losses ... and the groom's sweat losses while mucking the stall! Save electrolyte supplementation for times when your horses have been stressed and sweating heavily -- as they might during a race in August humidity, or a long summer trailer ride. And when you offer electrolytes, be sure there's lots of fresh water available to the horse too.

Award-winning journalist KAREN BRIGGS is the author of two equine books and contributes to over 20 magazines throughout the world including Equus, The Horse, Horse Illustrated, Eventing and Dressage Today. She lives in Canada and competes in threeday eventing with her Thoroughbred, Sweeney Todd.

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MQHA MICHIGAN QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATION Meeting of the Board of Directors April 16, 2015 Meeting Minutes President Tiffany Weitzel called a meeting of the MQHA Board of Directors to order at 7:00 p.m. at the MSU Pavilion, East Lansing, MI. The following Directors and staff were present: Trevor Barnes, Meggen Baynes, Kathy Christensen, Taylor Fabus, Sasha Glover, Megan Hirschman, Monty Montgomery, Jacque Moody, Chris Perniciaro, Mike Sinko, Cathy Thaler, Nicole Veldhoff, Debbie Wadds, Tiffany Weitzel and Kris Woroniecki. Excused were: Chris Baldwin, Kelly Chapman, Warren English, Jill Finley, Robert Milks, Tom Powers, and Morgan Warda.

AGENDA: Monty Montgomery made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. Mike Sinko seconded the motion. Motion passed with none opposed.

MEMBER COMMENT: Jacque Moody welcomed MQHA Past President, Dutch Guthrie. Jacque explained that Dutch is working with the Rules and Constitution Committee and is bringing a lot of good, historical information to the Committee. Dutch addressed the Board with his experiences as a Director and Past President. He explained about the development of the MQHA Business Plan, the MQHA Vision and Mission statement, as well as other pertinent information to help the newer Directors gain some knowledge.

MINUTES: Cathy Thaler made a motion to accept the February 17, 2015 Board of Directors minutes with one typo correction.

Kathy Christensen seconded the motion.

Motion passed with none opposed.

REVIEW OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: Kris Woroniecki presented the financial statement for the period ending February, 2015. The total assets of the Association as of February 28, 2015 are listed at $283,705.43; the total liabilities at $101,144.53 and the total members' equity is listed at $182,560.90. The net income as of the end of February is listed at $2,571.76 compared to $7,144.33 for the same period in 2014. A motion to approve the February, 2015 statement was made by Kathy Christensen. Monty Montgomery seconded the motion. Motion passed with none opposed.

Kris Woroniecki presented the financial statement for the period ending March, 2015.

The total assets of the Association as of March 31, 2015 are listed at $317,053.77; the total liabilities at $132,213.50 and the total members' equity is listed at $184,840.27. The www.MIQuarterHorse.com

net income as of the end of March is listed at $4,851.13 compared to $9,741.17 for the same period in 2014. A motion to approve the March, 2015 statement was made by Megan Hirschman. Monty Montgomery seconded the motion. Motion passed with none opposed.

Kris went on to remind the Directors that the financials are affected by MQHA not hosting a horse show in February. Once the Spartan Spectacular is over, we will need to pull numbers from the tack sale, the Easter show and the Spartan Spectacular to compare to 2014 to get a good feel about whether taking the February show out and splitting it up was a good financial move.

TREASURER'S REPORT: Kris Woroniecki presented the check detail report showing all checks written for February, 2015. Megan Hirschman made a motion to accept the check detail report for February. Debbie Wadds seconded the motion. Motion passed with none opposed. Kris Woroniecki presented the check detail report showing all checks written for March, 2015. After discussion, Monty Montgomery made a motion to accept the check detail report for March. Debbie Wadds seconded the motion. Motion passed with none opposed.

Kris Woroniecki presented the accounts payable and accounts receivable report. After review, Sasha Glover made a motion to accept the treasurer's report for April. Mike Sinko seconded the motion. Motion passed with none opposed.

PRESIDENT'S REPORT: President Tiffany Weitzel started by thanking the Easter show committee for an exceptional event. She heard a lot of great comments. She saw a lot of people helping. There were many fun pictures being posted on Facebook. AQHA contacted us seeking more information on the show. She stated that the Board should be really proud of a great show!

Tiffany then went on to remind the Directors that if they receive any email corre-spondence from the MQHA office, they should respond to it in some manner and not just ignore it. Also, if the Directors are asked to vote on something, they need to do so.

VICE PRESIDENT'S REPORT: Vice President, Jacque Moody congratulated the Easter show committee and the MQHA office for a great show. Jacque also indicated that there would be a lot of information to share with regard to the committees.

OFFICE REPORT: Kris Woroniecki stated that the office has been very busy. Since the Easter show, there were 36 MQHA membership renewals, 15 new MQHA memberships, 28 AQHA memberships and 15 AQHA incentive

fund forms which all had to be handled prior to getting into the processing of the rest of the Easter show. Since the show happened, there were 270 payments that had to be posted.

COMMITTEE REPORTS – INCLUDING GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AWARDS: Monty Montgomery reported that they put on a silent auction during the Easter show to help benefit the Year End Awards budget. The auction raised just over $1000.

Monty thanked everyone who donated, purchased and Cathy Thaler who helped manage it during the day. Monty also showed an example of a leather jacket the committee is considering as one of the awards for year end.

He requested input on the jacket and also asked for ideas for awards.

CONSTITUTION & BYLAWS COMMITTEE: April 2015, submitted by Cathy Thaler, Chair The committee met twice since original assignments were made. Committee members include: Cathy Thaler (Chair), Bob Milks, Tiffany Weitzel (President), Jacque Moody (Vice President), Kris Woroniecki (Treasurer/Executive Secretary), Dutch Guthrie (President 2000), and Trish Steele (President 2011-2012). Dutch and Trish were asked to become committee members to give us valuable input as former presidents. They can shed additional light on the document, its contents, history, and any rationale regarding changes that have previously taken place. In addition, Dutch is the person who wrote the Association's last business plan and Trish has expertise with human resources. Almost everyone on the committee has served, or is currently serving, on other non-profit organization boards of directors.

The committee's three goals for 2015 are: 1. Review and make recommendations for changes to the Constitution and By-Laws for board review and approval.

2. Present rewritten mission and vision statements that more closely represents the Association to the board for review and approval.

3. Insure recommended changes meet all legal State and Federal requirements and provide the Association with a document that meets the needs of the organization and its members in 2016 and beyond.

The way in which the committee plans to approach these tasks is to bring a small number of changes to each board meeting for discussion. This approach will allow the board to give any recommended changes their full attention, rather than inundating everyone with too much information at any one time. Some proposed revisions will be nothing more than MQHA Journal • July/August 2015 • 09

MQHA April 16, 2015 Meeting Minutes, cont. cleaning up grammar, a slight change in April verbiage, or something as simple as numbering. Others will need much more discussion as they could mean a major change to Association structure. All changes that the board agrees to take to the general membership for approval must be approved no later than the November board meeting.

To date the following proposed changes have been identified: Proposed minor changes 1. Foreword: Change title of document from “Rulebook” to “Constitution and By-Laws.”

2. Third Paragraph Under Foreword: Replace first sentence with “MQHA is managed by a volunteer Board of Directors.”

3. In all instances throughout the document change “Rules” and “Rules and Regulations” to “By-Laws.”

4. Page 4: The Mission and Vision statements should be included in the Constitution instead of Section 3 (not in the Foreword), which will then affect all Section numbering.

5. Page 6: In Section 2, letter D Youth - Remove fees under the youth membership section as they are outlined in another section and no other membership type fees are included here.

6. Page 6 and Throughout: Remove word “Monthly” when describing the Journal. In addition, make sure all references to member voting is the same in regards to how (in person, electronically, by mail, etc.) and where voting can take place.

7. Page 9: Remove word “raves” from line 13.

8. Page 10: In Section 3 – President - we need to add the same verbiage that is under Section 4 – Vice President - regarding replacement of the officer if necessary. Section 7 – Advisory Board - change wording to read “An advisory board to the Michigan Quarter Horse Board of Directors will consist of all past presidents.”

A motion was made by during the Board meeting by Megan Hirschman to accept the Proposed minor changes – numbers 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 and to hold off on items 1 and 3 until legal counsel can be consulted regarding the ramifications of changing the word “rules” to “by-laws”. Debbie Wadds seconded the motion. Motion passed with none opposed.

Proposed Major Changes: 1. The committee unanimously agreed that the number of directors on the board should be reduced. The board should determine if they would like the committee to recommend an www.MIQuarterHorse.com

optimum number of directors or if the board would like to determine that number at a board meeting. Kris and Dutch can explain how the Association board accumulated so many board members, most of which were for geographical reasons based on previous geographic representation requirements.

Once the board has determined how we should proceed, the committee will present a recommendation regarding implementation to the board for review and approval.

2. The committee also unanimously agreed that the mission and vision statements need to be rewritten to more closely represents the Association. The board should determine if they would like the committee to recommend revisions or if this should be developed by the board as a whole.

A motion was made by Megan Hirschman during the Board meeting that the Rules and Constitution committee bring forward recommendations on board reduction and that they leave the Mission and Vision amendments for a later date. Taylor Fabus seconded the motion. Motion passed with none opposed.

In reviewing the document page-by-page, the committee become aware of other issues that do not fall under the purview of this committee.

Of most urgent note is the fact that now that the Association has paid employees, there is a need to develop an employee handbook to protect the Association and its employees regarding human resource issues. Trish said she will provide a handbook that her company recently developed to use as a template; but once the document is complete it should be reviewed by an attorney. The committee believes that the development of an employee handbook should be completed by officers of the Association.

Megan Hirschman made a motion that the Rules and Constitution committee takes the Employee Handbook under their jurisdiction gets it updated and brings it back to the Board for approval with input from the attorney before finalizing anything. Sasha Glover seconded the motion. Motion passed with none opposed.

The committee also recommends that a business plan be completed. The last time the Association had a business plan was in 2000 and it has never been updated.

CONVENTION: Debbie Wadds reported that the 2016 Convention dates will be January 9 and 10. She did contact the Firekeepers Casino but she said that the prices are considerably more than we are currently paying, so that location won't work. Her recommendation is to stay at our current venue. She also reiterated the idea of having people sign in if they are there to receive their awards to help speed up

the process during the presentation. If people aren't in attendance, then their names won't get called out.

FINANCE: Finance Committee Goals as submitted by Warren English: 1. Make board members aware of what GOOD shape this organization is in financially.

2. Get them to review the financial statements and ask us questions by email so we can answer them all at board meetings.

3. Give us input into the budget.

4. Train committee members to move up into the chair positions.

5. Require the Vice President to be on the Finance Committee so that as President they are familiar with the finances of the organization.

Kris Woroniecki reported that she has been in touch with the CPA firm and the tax return will be done prior to the May 15 deadline. The quarterly reports due in April have been submitted. Kris also brought the Prepaid Horse Show Program to the attention of the Directors again. This year, we have 32 people participating in the program which is going to skew the profit and loss for the horse shows considerably. The finance committee will need to look this over at year end and determine if the money that people are saving is going to end up hurting the Association in the long run and whether or not there should be a cap on the number of these we take each year. Megan Hirschman made a motion to refer the $1500 Prepaid Horseshow Program structure back to the finance committee for input. Debbie Wadds seconded the motion. Motion passed with none opposed. Kris went on to explain that the entry for this money is typically made at the end of the year but thought it might be best to do it sooner than that. Megan Hirschman made a motion to allocate the money from the prepaid program back to the shows in the month they are held. Cathy Thaler seconded the motion. Motion passed with none opposed.

JOURNAL/WEBSITE: Journal/Website goals submitted by Kathy Christensen: 1. Primary Goal is to get the Website functional and UP! 2. Wish to work with committees, to get information out to the membership more effectively.

3. Actively maintain Marketplace requests and posts.

4. Photograph the shows and post pictures of members, get more activity on the FB Page.

5. Email photos from shows to GoHorse Show.com – Promote Michigan Shows!

6. Bring more valuable information to the membership thru FB and Website.

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Currently the FB page has 2081 likes and the MQHA Marketplace has 4702 members.

MEMBERSHIP/PUBLICITY: Membership Committee goals submitted by Morgan Warda: 1. Attend at least 5 events that are NOT run by MQHA, identify specific events or shows and bring the MQHA tri-fold and a small gift (like a pen with our website imprinted on it).

2. Increase membership by 5% 3. Offer an extra incentive to all NEW members (this will need further discussion fairly quickly and a budget). Maybe have a drawing, all new members names are put in, for a gift. We need to identify what we wish to offer and a time frame for new member registration. It would be something we can advertise on the FB page and website.

QUEEN: Queen Committee goals submitted by Kathy Christensen 1. Create an application, rules and format for the Princess Contest. This would include the Jr. Princess also.

2. Add the Princess Contest to the website and FB page.

3. For the future Queen, identify as a committee what items we wish to gift the future Queen and Queen Candidates.

4. Set a goal for sponsorship money that would directly help offset the Queen's expenses.

5. Look for other avenues that might benefit the Queen… Horsemanship sessions, Interview experience, Test questions, Public speaking experience.

6. My Primary goal is always to try to create a wonderful experience for the Queen and the candidates.

Kathy Christensen reported that she hasn't heard of anyone running for queen at this point.

She is hoping that we do end up with some candidates.

SHOW APPROVAL: Show approval goals submitted by Megan Hirschman 1. Identify and develop a feedback tool (e-mail survey, paper survey at show office, facebook feedback request…) for show participants to be able to provide show management/staff with helpful suggestions.

2. Host a showbill review committee meeting in November/December to review showbills and offer opportunities for changes (similar to what we did this year).

STALLION SERVICE SALE: Chris Perniciaro reported that many of the stallions went at their www.MIQuarterHorse.com

minimum bid during the sale. A few have been sold since the sale. Breeding is down everywhere and there are only a few auctions still running anymore. We should be proud that we still have a viable sale.

YOUTH: Youth Board Goals and Objectives as submitted by Youth President Sasha Glover: 1. Provide easy communication between MQHYA Board of Directors and members/ guests. a. This will be done by implementing a new email system called “Google Groups.”

Members will subscribe to receive emails from an email account that will be monitored and supported by the current MQHYA president and advisor. The email account will be available for use by all current MQHYA board members and highlight upcoming events and opportunities.

2. Use larger fundraisers to support the MQHYA and continue to do few little fundraisers and continuing to sustain our current financial stability. a. The MQHYA will accomplish this by implementing a new sponsorship program where donors will receive incentives and kickbacks for their support. Doing this the MQHYA hope that we will be able to receive larger mone-tary donations while continuing to recognize our supporters. The MQHYA also plans on achieving this goal by hosting the youth raffle where members and guests can purchase tickets for $5.00 each to be entered in a drawing for $1,000 or $500. Last year this fundraiser was successful. The Assocation also plans on continuing to do a few of the smaller successful ones such as the soup fundraiser and dog races.

3. Continuing to encourage youth participation. a. Member participation is something that the youth association has continued to grow stronger in but however still finds itself to struggle with. The association plans on continuing to encourage participation by offering incentives and providing rewards for members participation and support. Such rewards and incentives can include hosting a year end party, providing gifts such as gift cards, and public recognition of their support and hard work.

Youth President Sasha Glover reported that the youth are again doing their “Winny” program where they welcome new people to our events and provide them with a small token. Sasha also explained that he is working to set up the email list so that it is a perpetual list and can be passed from youth president to youth president without the document having to be recreated. Sasha also presented the new Youth

Sponsorship program which has different tiers with costs and benefits at each level. Megan Hirschman made a motion to accept the new youth sponsorship program levels. Kathy Chris-tensen seconded. Motion passed with none opposed. Nicole Veldhoff reported that the Spartan Spectacular horse show is on track. Awards have been chosen and help is lined up.

EASTER SHOW: Monty Montgomery began by thanking Directors Cathy Thaler, Meggen Baynes and Kathy Christensen for their help during the Easter show. He reminded the board that there was an agreement to pay 1/6 of the profit from the Easter show to the Youth Association due to breaking the February show up. Monty explained the preliminary financials from the show. He shared that the awards cost was up significantly but Toledo Ticket picked up the majority of the cost of the circuit awards.

There were more class awards to purchase due to the show being six judges instead of four judges. There was also more sponsor-ship money collected this year. The Easter show increased by twenty stalls, ten campers and had 2,144 entries. Monty also discussed the EHV-1 Virus. He stated that as the Committee chair, he kept in touch with several veterinarians and with the MQHA office staff so that the office could give educated responses to people who called with questions.

HARBOR CLASSIC: Mike Sinko reported that the showbill was finalized with some minor changes. The party is on Friday evening instead of Saturday, based on conversation with everyone at the showbill meeting.

Saturday ran late again last year and several exhibitors are still showing horsemanship.

Saturday is also the fourth of July this year, so it was thought that people might like to go downtown for fireworks. Kathy Christensen was consulted about the Queen's contest and she agreed that it could be on Friday with the exhibitor party.

As part of the showbill, we discussed the awards. We will do saddles for high point.

Headstalls for reserve high point and do the jackets for the circuit awards. We did make some changes to eligibility for high point awards. The saddles for the show as well as the queen saddle will be ordered soon. We have Quality Bedding and Tom Powers has also agreed to sponsor one. We have several more saddle sponsors to get as well as show sponsors. Judges are all confirmed. Tom Gear is confirmed to announce. We have one ring steward confirmed for the entire show.

HARVEST CLASSIC: Harvest Classic goals submitted by Meggen Baynes and Debbie Wadds-

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BAILEY ARMOCK

LAUREN BARNES

I am seventeen years old and I am currently finishing my Junior year at Sparta High School.

This will be my fourth year competing at the Youth World Show. This year will be a new adventure for me and my new horse My Work Of Art, better know as Lana. I am really looking forward to our first Youth World Show together. When I am not riding horses, I enjoy volunteering, as well as spending time at our cottage with friends and family. I want to thank my trainer, Suzanne Chubb and my family for their support and encouragement. Good luck to everyone on the 2015 Michigan Quarter Horse Youth World Team!

Hello, my name is Lauren Barnes. I am a senior at Morrice High School, and will have graduated by the time I go to the Youth World Show. I am looking forward to attending college this fall and will be studying occupational therapy. I have been riding horses since I was seven years old and have participated at local shows, 4-H for five years, and then at the MQHA shows. My horse is a great partner, his name is TC Casual Attire, aka Ollie. When I am not riding, I enjoy playing sports. I played 3 years of basketball, 4 years of softball and track at my school. I live with my mother, father and my little sister, Audrey.

I can’t wait to compete at the 2015 Youth World Show, best of luck everyone!

MADISON BURLETT

MACKENZIE CHAPMAN

13 y/o Madison Burlett is a 7th grade honor student at Beach Middle School, in Chelsea, MI. Playing clarinet in school band and running cross country round out her busy schedule. Playing one-on-one basketball with her brother, riding/jumping their pony, teaching tricks to the 3 family dogs, and riding go-carts are activities she enjoys at home. 6 years ago, she began riding and showing Invitation to Dream (Max) in Small Fry and 13 & Under instructed by Becky Schooler. Her challenge in 2015 is riding her new 4 y/o gelding, I'm Too Sleepy (Moe).

Madison is continuing her training with Beckey Schooler assisted by Becca Hurst in Hunter Under Saddle and Showmanship. Madison is supported in all her endeavors by her mother, Susan, step-dad, Steven, and her brother, Matt.

MacKenzie Chapman is 16 years old, from Bellevue, MI and is a sophomore at Pennfield High School and the Battle Creek Area Math and Science Center, also in Bellevue, MI. Active on her school’s soccer and volleyball teams, she’s a member of the National Honor Society and Battle Creek’s Youth Alliance Committee, a youth group that promotes youth leadership, philanthropy and community service.

A member of the Barry County Baseline 4-H Club, she shows market hogs and market lambs.

This year, MacKenzie is showing Famous Potential in showmanship, horsemanship, equitation, trail and western pleasure, and her gelding, Oh Why So Sudden in 3 year-old non-pro western pleasure events.

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AMANDA EISTERHOLD I started showing in 4-H when I was 12 and I’ve been hooked every since. Last year when I realized that I was coming upon my last year as a youth rider, I really wanted to step up my showing. My horses name is Elegantly Elite, a 2008 mare by Pass The Asset, out of Charlies Lace. We excel in HUS, Showmanship, and are starting to show Hunt Seat Equitation. She is the horse of my dreams and I cannot imagine a greater partner leading me through my last youth year. I would like thank Cindy Reynolds of Reynolds Riding Academy for her countless hours of help and support, my best friend Chelsea Reynolds for always being there and pushing me to go the extra mile, and my mom for giving up everything to help me follow my dreams in a sport that I am passionate about. You are all my family, I could not do any of this without you!

PHILLIP GROEB My name is Phillip Groeb and I am a freshman at Onsted High School in Onsted, MI, where I participate in JV Football and JV/Varsity Golf. I play French Horn in the high school band and also play with the Adrian Community Band. I am an honor roll student and participate in several clubs. I show a 4 year old mare named Touching Intensions in MQHA youth halter classes. We call her Stella and she is really easy-going and fun to show! This is my first year showing halter horses. I have learned a great deal from Kelley Stone, and Jennifer Sovocol from Diamond 2M Show Horses. I wish to thank my parents, Ernie and Susan Groeb, for supporting me in all my sports, music and equestrian pursuits. It is a dream of mine to compete at the Youth World Show this year! www.MIQuarterHorse.com

HAYLEY GIAMO

Hi, I’m Hayley Giamo. I am 18 years old and have just completed my senior year at Caledonia High School. I started riding at a young age, and have participated in 4-H, middle school and high school equestrian teams. I work part-time and volunteer at the Kent Special Riding Program.

This will be my 4th year showing MQHA and I am excited to finally compete at the Youth World Show this year! My teammate this year is Space Age Irons, aka Brady. We are nationally qualified in Hunter Under Saddle. I have enjoyed showing AQHA and MQHA for the past few years, and serving on the Youth Board. When I am not showing, I like to run and spend time with family and friends. Good luck to everyone!

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MORGAN HULL

Hi, my name is Morgan Hull and I’m now approaching my senior year of High School.

This is my second year showing Quarter Horses and being with my horse Beau. We ranked on national point standings in novice western pleasure and novice hunter under saddle last summer.

We are so excited to go to the Youth World Show again this year, and enjoy the trip with our friends!

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ALEEHA KRUPA

I am 16 years old and will be a junior at Great Lakes Bay Early College this fall.

I have shown horses at the AQHYA World Show for the past two years in the halter events. I started showing in the riding events about two years ago. It has been exciting to venture into showing in the All-Around events this year with my new horse Chocolately Special K. Her barn name is Kay-Kay. She is a 4 year old mare out of One Hot Krymsun. She is perfect for me, we both hate early mornings! This year has been a whirlwind, considering Kay-Kay had never shown in HUS when we bought her. Surprisingly, that is our best event and will be showing in HUS at the Youth World Show. I look forward to competing with my fellow teammates, and wish everyone the best of luck!

I am currently a senior at Stoney Creek High School. I will be attending the University of Findlay in the fall where I will be studying pre-veterinarian medicine. I have been showing on the AQHA circuit for the past 5 years and I am currently the MGLQHA Youth President. I will be showing Just Fabuluke, a 7 year old gelding out of Fabuluke.

This will be my first World Show with him, and I couldn’t be more thrilled! We are nationally qualified in Aged Geldings and will be showing in HUS, Equitation and Showmanship. I would like to thank my trainer Michelle McCarthy Warda for all of her help with Luke these past few years, we couldn’t have done it without you! Also thank you to my parents and brother for being my number one supporters when I’m in the show pen. Good luck everyone competing at the World Show!

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Hi, my name is Rowan Lafrance. I am 16 years old and I will be starting my senior year at Traverse City West Senior High in the fall.

I have been riding horses for about ten years, but I just started participating at MQHA shows about two years ago. I started riding with Betsy Howell at that time. My horse Ben and I have been showing at hunter/jumper shows around Michigan, along with showing on the Quarter Horse Circuit.

I am excited to have this opportunity to represent Michigan at the Youth World Show this year!

ALYSSA LUCKHARDT Hi, my name is Alyssa Luckhardt. I am 17 years old and a junior at Saline High School.

This is my third year at the Youth World Show, and I am excited to be representing Michigan.

This will be my second year showing Invitation To Boot, aka Booty. I have nationally qualified in horsemanship, trail, western pleasure, and performance halter mares. When I am not showing, I like to hang out with my friends, and show livestock at 4-H and at our local fair. I have been active in Saline FFA for three years.

Special thanks to my trainer, Beckey Schooler for all her support and guidance to help me achieve my goals, and to my parents, Gary and Renee, and my brother Ryan, for supporting me throughout the past years. Best of luck to all youth showing in Oklahoma City!

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KODI O’BOYLE

ALEX STARK

Hello! I live in St. Louis, MI with my parents, Thad and Kim and my sister Taylor. I am 16 years old and this is my 10th trip to the Youth World Show. I am currently showing my 4 y/o gelding, Aint I Sumthin, aka Merlin. I am nationally qualified in Youth Performance Geldings, Showmanship and Trail.

I have been a MQHYA board member for 10 years, and have helped with most of the youth fundraisers. I am also very involved at my high school. I am on the Varsity Cross Country Team, and Varsity Bowling Team, where we were Div. 4 Bowling Champions. I am currently on the honor roll, and volunteer for Unified Bowling, and Track and Field for Special Olympic teams. I would like to thank the following people for their love and support; my parents, my sister, Diane Troyer, my grandparents, and all of my horse show friends.

I wish everyone good luck in Oklahoma!

Hello, my name is Alex Stark and I live in Clare, MI. This will be my third and final year competing at the AQHYA World Championship Show. I will be showing in Performance Halter Mares, Horsemanship, Equitation, Showmanship and Hunter Under Saddle with my horse, Hot Lollipop. I am 19 years old and have just finished my freshman year at college. I will be attending Texas Christian University this fall where I plan to continue my show career. I have been showing with Christa Baldwin and Baldwin Quarter Horses.

Best of luck to everyone headed to Oklahoma City - see you there!

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KATHERINE WEST

I am 12 years old and a 7th grade student at Williamston Middle School. I live with my parents, Christine and Jeff, and my twin sister, Katherine. I have been showing for 5 years and really enjoy the competition of horse showing and getting to see my friends at all the shows.

My horse’s name is Move With Me, or Trigger. We show in Showmanship, Hunter Under Saddle, Equitation and Horsemanship. We are two-time Congress Champions and one-time Congress Champions in HUS. Trigger and I also have a Youth Superior Championship in HUS. I am very thankful to be under the guidance of my trainer, Christie Showerman.

I am a director on the MQHYA board. Aside of horses, I play basketball for Williamston and on my AAU team, Capitol City Express.

I have shown horses for five years and have really enjoyed making new friends in the MQHA. My horse, Huntin A Good Return, or Tony, and I have been competing together for the last three years. We show the all-around classes under the guidance of Christie Showerman. We received a Youth AQHA Championship last year. In 2013 and 2014, Tony and I received multiple top ten placings at the All American Quarter Horse Congress. I have been a director on the MQHYA board for the last two years. I am 12 years old and a 7th grader at Williamston Middle School. In addition to showing horses, I play basketball for Williamston and on my AAU team, Capitol Express. I also play the oboe in band. My parents are Jeff and Christine West, and I have a twin sister named Elizabeth.

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HARVEST CLASSIC GOALS, cont.: 1. Increase stall revenue by 1.5% 2. Decrease awards expense by 5% 3. Increase class entry fee revenue by 2.5% Meggen also stated that she would like to discuss doing some sort of Crock-Pot/Chili cook-off during that show to increase income for the Awards Committee. Tentatively, two Ring Stewards have been secured for the show.

INTRODUCTORY SHOWS AND CLINICS: Goals and Objectives as submitted by Taylor Fabus (2015 Chair) and Trevor Barnes 1. Plan and coordinate the annual February Clinic Weekend in conjunction with the MSU Extension Specialist. Duties include, but are not limited to: a. Work with MSU Extension Specialist to secure the main clinician. In addition, work to publicize the event and gather riders interested in participating in riding portion of the clinic. b. Securing the classroom speakers & be there at the event to introduce speakers and help with technology or other speaker needs c. Secure volunteers to help with tack sale.

(Unloading tables & day of help if needed). d. Send thank you letters to all who helped and volunteered time following event.

2. Identify new & potential opportunities for engagement beyond our usual MQHA horse show participants.

3. Identify (at least) one article to be published in each MQHA journal. This article will intend to inform our readers on equine health issues.

Industry issues, alternative equine activities, etc. Articles will be fact based and from a reputable, unbiased source. See examples below (but not limited to): a. www.extension.org b. MSU Extension (http://msu.anr.msu.edu) c. Outside equine organizations representing new interests d. Carded judges Taylor Fabus reported that the clinic made a small profit of about $1200 for the 4H. She also asked the Board about a possible date change for the Tack sale. More discussion will follow on this.

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deliveries (have a few but would like more), have trailer of bedding on order, a permit has been submitted and granted for a 50/50 raffle, food concession has been confirmed, status of awards, the high points have been ordered, will be ordering class winner things within the week.

HALL OF FAME: Goals submitted by Jill Finley 1. To present the inductees in an interesting and engaging manner.

2. To have a display honoring both the person and horse being inducted.

3. To have more website/social media exposure for the inductees.

NATIONAL DIRECTORS: No report OLD BUSINESS: Discussion about the two electronic votes that took place between meetings was held. The results of those motions is below in the Electronic Board Correspondence. Kris clarified that MQHA will cover the cost of the seminar and the per diem and mileage per the IRS schedule.

As clarification on a recent discussion concerning an “abstention” vote, Tiffany also stated that abstentions are not allowed unless there is a conflict of interest. On all votes, everyone must vote yes or no, without a conflict.

NEW BUSINESS: A motion to adjourn was made at 9:56 p.m. by unanimous consent without objection.

ELECTRONIC BOARD CORRESPONDENCE: MQHA rules now allow for electronic voting when necessary. Any information voted on electronically between meetings will be recorded on the next set of minutes in this section: Bob Milks made a motion that MQHA will renew and pay for a Michigan Horse Council membership. Monty Montgomery seconded the motion. Additional “Yes” votes were returned by: Glover, Christensen and Wadds.

“No” votes were returned by Finley, Baldwin and Thaler. Abstaining was Fabus and Sinko.

Motion passed.

Megan Hirschman made a motion that MQHA sends Kris Woroniecki and Aschelle VanZandt to attend the AQHA show manage-ment seminar in Chicago on April 25 & 26. Motion was seconded by Sasha Glover. “Yes” votes returned: Veldhoff, Milks, Montgomery, Finley, Moody, Fabus, Christensen, English, Wadds, Thaler, Perniciaro, Powers and Warda. Motion passed.

NEXT MEETING: The next Board meeting will be Tuesday, May 12 at 7:00 at the MSU Pavilion, Classroom B.

MICHIGAN QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATION Meeting of the Board of Directors May 12, 2015 Meeting Minutes President Tiffany Weitzel called a meeting of the MQHA Board of Directors to order at 7:05 p.m. at the MSU Pavilion, East Lansing, MI. The following Directors and staff were present: Chris Baldwin, Trevor Barnes, Meggen Baynes, Kathy Christensen, Jill Finley, Sasha Glover, Robert Milks, Monty Montgomery, Jacque Moody, Chris Perniciaro, Tom Powers, Cathy Thaler, Nicole Veldhoff, Debbie Wadds, Morgan Warda, Tiffany Weitzel and Kris Woroniecki.

Excused were: Kelly Chapman, Warren English, Taylor Fabus, Megan Hirschman, Mike Sinko. President Weitzel welcomed the guests in attendance.

AGENDA: Bob Milks made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. Cathy Thaler seconded the motion. Motion passed with none opposed.

MINUTES: Bob Milks made a motion to accept the April 16, 2015 Board of Directors minutes.

Trevor Barnes seconded the motion. Motion passed with none opposed.

REVIEW OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: Kris Woroniecki presented the financial statement for the period ending April, 2015. The total assets of the Association as of April 30, 2015 are listed at $353,545.95; the total liabilities at $145,599.53 and the total members' equity is listed at $207,946.42. The net income as of the end of April is listed at $27,624.78 compared to $19,318.19 for the same period in 2014. A motion to approve the April, 2015 statement was made by Cathy Thaler. Debbie Wadds seconded the motion. Motion passed with none opposed.

TREASURER'S REPORT: Kris Woroniecki presented the check detail report showing all checks written for April, 2015. Debbie Wadds made a motion to accept the check detail report for April. Sasha Glover seconded the motion. Motion passed with none opposed.

Kris Woroniecki presented the accounts payable and accounts receivable report. After review, Sasha Glover made a motion to accept the treasurer's report for May. Debbie Wadds seconded the motion. Motion passed with none opposed.

PRESIDENT'S REPORT: President Weitzel congratulated the youth board for a successful show. She stated that there was lots of feedback provided. Some people came to her with comments. She asked others for their thoughts and is compiling them into three different categories: 1) to address with the office 2) to take to committee chairs 3) other.

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She also thanked the board for their time in filling out the executive secretary review. There were only a few that were not turned in and she thinks this is the most any board has ever turned in.

VICE PRESIDENT'S REPORT: Vice President Moody spoke and explained that she had asked for goals for each of the committees. She is now requesting for the Directors to return three goals they would like to see the Board accomplish for 2015. Jacque would like to compile this information and see if there is a consensus of what the Directors find important.

OFFICE REPORT: Kris Woroniecki reported that she and Aschelle VanZandt attended the AQHA Show Management Seminar which was held in Chicago. Kris stated that the seminar was enjoyable and that they came away feeling that it was time and money well spent. Kris also reported that the Summer Series in Allegan looks like it is going to be big. The show is currently at 232 stalls which is up 67 stalls from last year. Kris went on to mention that she is aware that there was discontent on the part of the exhibitors at the MQHYA Spartan Spectacular show. She invited Tom Gear, who was present as a guest, to speak as to his frustrations of managing the horse show from the announcers perspective. Tom Gear spoke and explained the messes caused by having half of a class enter at the gate and having exhibitors entering at the time the show is supposed to be starting. The rookie classes added 2 ½ hours to the Saturday schedule and over an hour to the Sunday schedule. Kris mentioned that the rookie classes were only offered a couple of times last summer and while people showed in them, the classes were small. When the rookie classes were added to the shows for the 2015 schedule, everyone gravely underestimated the participation in these classes and the time it would take during the days. Tom explained that he understands the importance of recognizing exhibitors and their efforts and that it is a balancing act between recognizing them and utilizing every moment possible to keep the show from running late. He also tries very hard to keep up with the announcing, but again, entries at the gate, horses not entered, bad numbers on judges cards and other factors can cause a “back up” in announcing. MQHA needs to work hard to continue to obtain competent gate help to be sure the numbers are caught on the way in. The ring stewards need to be verifying www.MIQuarterHorse.com

numbers on the cards before they are turned in.

Kris also mentioned that when we purchased the new equipment for the show office last year, one of the discussions was to come up with something that will show the numbers in the class. Tom Gear has worked that out and that equipment is available. The shows are also in need of additional radios. Bob Milks made a motion to purchase the terminal for class counts and any other equipment necessary to run efficiently, including the radios at a cost not to exceed $1000. Jill Finley seconded the motion. Motion passed with none opposed.

The discussion turned to encouraging entries early or at least in a timely manner.

COMMITTEE REPORTS AWARDS: Tiffany, Megan and Monty are working on revising the overall budget for the year end awards. Megan is working to do a survey on what they want and like for awards.

The Committee will work with the convention committee to coordinate.

CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS COMMITTEE: Cathy Thaler explained that due to discussion at the last meeting, the committee has determined that they will make it clearer that there are two separate documents within the publication. The footers on the sections will be named and there will be a title page dividing the sections. The employee handbook is being reviewed at the May 27 finance committee meeting. There needs to be discussion about the ramifications of changes as they concern the budget. Cathy is looking for input on the reduction of the board size. She asked the Directors to research various groups to help determine what the optimum board size should be.

CONVENTION: Debbie Wadds mentioned that a member had asked about looking at the Causeway Bay Hotel in Lansing as a possible location for the Convention. Debbie is going to look into it.

FINANCE: Kris Woroniecki stated that the 990 and 990 T will be completed and returned by May 15. She also reviewed some information from the CPA firm. The IRS has made some rule changes regarding tangible property regulations. The IRS issued final tangible property regulations at the end of 2014 which go into effect at the beginning of 2014. Basically, it affects any business or non-profit that has fixed assets, repair and maintenance costs and supplies and materials. The IRS clarified the definitions of these items and they say that if a business is following the old rules, they need to file a Form 3115 Change In Accounting Method, to show that the company is now following the new definitions. Because of this, MQHA needs to file an additional form in order

to stay in compliance. There aren't any other actual changes that we have to do other than have a written capitalization policy. It needs to be determined what the amount is going to be set at to capitalize assets. The CPA suggested $1000 and anything under that amount can be written off as an expense instead of putting it on the books as a fixed asset and depreciating it.

If we set it at $1000 then we are allowed to clean up the depreciation schedule which means we remove all items under $1000 from the depreciation schedule. Sasha Glover made a motion to complete the Form 3115 Change In Accounting Practice and to set the cap at $1000. Cathy Thaler seconded the motion.

Motion passed with none opposed.

Kris also reminded the board that they are all invited to attend the Finance meeting at the office. Warren English has set the meeting up for May 27 at 10:30 a.m. Warren will be performing the due diligence review at this time.

FUTURITY: Jacque Moody stated that the committee is taking notes from the first shows of the year. They will work on getting better movement of horses in and out of the show pen and other challenges that running a show at MSU bring. They will also be looking at class awards.

JOURNAL/WEBSITE: Kathy Christensen mentioned that she does not have the final draft of the new website yet, but should have it soon.

She also said that the Facebook Marketplace page has 4800 members and the official MQ Facebook page has 2100 likes.

MEMBERSHIP/PUBLICITY: Morgan Warda reminded the board that the committee wants to have an item to hand out to exhibitors at one of the shows. She said that they decided that they would like to do it for the Futurity/Great Lakes Classic. The committee has narrowed it down to either pens or hand towels. She will come back to a future board meeting with an item, a quantity and a cost.

NOMINATIONS: Bob Milks stated that he will be soliciting members for various committees from the membership beginning by asking for somebody with financial experience to join the finance committee. He will also ask other committees to contact him if they are looking for additional help. Bob asked if he could use space in the MQHA journal to ask the membership for help in these areas. He would like to specifically list the committee chairs and contact numbers for them. By listing all of them, this will show the membership how much help is needed and show them they can support the association, even if just in small ways.

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STALLION SERVICE SALE: Chris Perniciaro reported that the 2014 Stallion Service Sale made about $53,000, selling 65 stallions. The 2015 sale is currently at about $45,000 with 63 stallions sold. Many of the popular stallions went for minimum bid this year. The sale will likely be down about $6300 from last year unless more sell. The stallions are available until September 10.

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EASTER: Monty Montgomery shared the thank you ad for the Easter sponsors and volunteers.

HARVEST CLASSIC: Meggen Baynes stated that she has two ring stewards confirmed. She is also working with Taylor Fabus to see if anyone from the MSU judging team might be able to help. Meggen would like to host a crock pot cook off during the show on Saturday to give people an option of something to eat and to help raise money for the year end awards rainy day fund. Debbie Wadds is working on obtaining sponsorships to help to cover the cost of the all arounds and reserve all arounds.

Debbie also talked to Tom's Western Store and they will do a discount on buckles and would sponsor one if we chose to go that route.

Debbie got list of people who make donations.

SUMMER SERIES: Trevor Barnes reported that

he has received the awards for the Summer Series horse show. He is still looking for ring and gate help. Cathy Thaler has organized a 50/50 raffle to be held during the show.

NATIONAL DIRECTORS: No report OLD BUSINESS: NEW BUSINESS: A motion to adjourn was made at 8:53 p.m. by unanimous consent without objection.

ELECTRONIC BOARD CORRESPONDENCE: MQHA rules now allow for electronic voting when necessary. Any information voted on electronically between meetings will be recorded on the next set of minutes in this section: NEXT MEETING: The next Board meeting will be Tuesday, June 9 at 7:00 at the MSU Pavilion, Classroom B. There is no JULY meeting.

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Hello Everyone!

My reign as 2014 MQHA Queen has been a time of my life that I will never forget. The last few months have been quite a rush! I was honored to present awards for the Thayne Minor Horsemanship class at the MQHYA Spartan Spectacular the first weekend in May. It was a great privilege and a great memorial to the wonderful horseman that Thayne was.

I was also very excited when Mr. Tom Powers asked if I would like to present awards at the prestigious Triple Challenge Futurity on June 25th. It was my second to last appearance as the 2014 MQHA Queen and a fantastic day spent with some of the greatest horses in the country.

The last thing on my agenda as 2014 MQHA Queen was the Third Annual MQHA Princess Competition. Nothing excites me more than to see the future of our industry already so full of passion for horses. We have so much to look forward to in the future. As I reflect back on the last year, there are so many opportunities and experiences that this crown and this association has granted me. It truly has been a ride that I will hold near and dear to my heart for the rest of my life.

We have an amazing association, full of amazing members, and amazing horses.

Embrace all that this equine lifestyle has provided you with. There are unique experiences awaiting us around every corner. As I address you for the last time as the 2014 Queen, I leave you with this, do not be afraid to step outside of where you feel most comfortable. I just think of how hesitant I was to run for Queen at this time last year. If I would have succumbed to my fears, I would have never met some of the most wonderful people, experienced some of the most wonderful things, and never had these memories that will surely last me a lifetime.

Thank you to Kathy Christensen and the Queen Committee for all that they have done and continue to do. Also, thank you to the MQHA and its members for all of the support, it truly has been an honor.

“Half the failures in life arise from pulling in one's horse as he is leaping.” A.W. Hare Don't be afraid to leap!

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Hi, my name is Alyssa Luckhardt and I am a senior at Saline High School. I have been riding horses for 12 years. I show my horse Invitation To Boot, aka Booty.

We have been showing together for two years and compete in showmanship, horsemanship, trail, western pleasure, and halter. Booty and I have won many all-arounds, as well as circuit champions, plus the Thayne Miner Award. We have been top 10 at the congress along with multiple top 15’s and finalists.

When I'm not showing my horse, I like to show livestock animals at the 4-H and Saline Community Fair. I currently show dairy feeder calves at fair, but have shown pigs and sheep. I have won the senior showmanship class multiple times with all my animals. My favorite animal to show is feeder calves.

I would like to ride in college and plan to pursue a degree in agriculture or animal science.

Special thanks to my trainer, Beckey Schooler, and my family for all the support throughout the years.

year by each recipient and it is the responsibility of the current recipient to present the Memorial Trophy to the following year’s recipient. The traveling trophy stands four feet tall and includes all of the past winners names engraved on a nameplate.

Thayne Miner was a horse trainer who was instrumental in forming the Michigan Youth Association and he was also the first MQHYA advisor. Cancer took this young horse trainers life extremely early, but his legacy is kept alive in this annual youth completion.

Up and Coming Events We are excited that this year we have 16 exhibitors and 19 horses attending the AQHA Youth World Show at the beginning of August held in Oklahoma City. See this issue of the Journal for photos and bios on each member.

The youth are working on one last big

fundraiser for this year for the NYATT team.

They are looking for sponsors to help suppor t the association activities.

Sponsorships will help the NYATT team to attend The All American Quarter Horse Congress this October. Sponsor-ships can be accepted at any level of donation and all come with advertising and many other benefits to thank you, the donor for your generosity.

If you have decide to get involved with the youth, all you have to do is walk up to a youth member and let them know that you would like to get involved, or if you would like more information you can contact either Youth Advisor, Nicole Veldhoff at nicole@nbvper formancehorses.com or Youth President, Sasha Glover at gloversasha@gmail.com.

Hope to see everyone at the next show!

Good luck, Kodi O’Boyle, Youth Reporter MQHA Journal • July/August 2015 • 21

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