2005 Convention Notes
Youth Meeting Notes
Friday, February 25, 2005 12:30pm
Present- Daniella Beintema (Youth Advisor)
Shalene Shingelton (Assistant Youth Advisor)
20 + Youth Members
Welcome and Introduction
Youth POA Chat Site as a Tool
-Daniella reminded the youth to use the Yoouth Chat site that Shane created
to help communicate with other youth across the Nation. The site address can
be found at http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/youthpoa/messages.
-Daniella also reminded the youth that theey could contact her at the email
address [email protected] if they had any questions, comments, or
concerns.
Youth Gaming Polo Shirts
-The idea for making and selling a Youth GGaming shirt was proposed several
months ago by Tori. At the Convention Mrs. Shingelton and Mrs. Payne
suggested that we work on getting the shirts started. Mrs. Payne came to the
youth meeting and proposed some ideas for making the shirts. It was decided
by the youth that the polo shirts would have a pocket design of a pony
running around a barrel marked POAC, and under the design would be the words
�Turn and Burn!� On the back of the polo shirts would be the POA design of
the two crossed ponies. The shirts would be silk screened in black ink.
Morgan suggested that we have people pre-order the shirts so that we know
exactly how many to order without loosing any money. Mrs. Payne took on the
responsibility of continuing to work on the shirts. Hopefully the polo
shirts will be available in several colors and an order sheet will be in the
POA magazine in the coming months.
The profit from the polo shirts sold will be put toward the Youth fund.
Regional Director Nominations
-Daniella explained that she had received some nominations for a few of the
Regions but not all of them. She asked if there were any more nominations at
that time. Since there were no more than 4 nominees from each region, and no
more than 2 from each state is was decided by the youth present that an
election was not necessary. So, the nominees were automatically elected
Youth Regional Directors and were then read:
Area I (Northwest) � None Elected
Area II (Southwest) � DeeAnna McBride, CA � [email protected]
Leah Miller, AZ � [email protected]
Area III (Rocky Mountain) � None Elected
Area IV (Mid-West) � Amanda Reed, IA � [email protected]
Alex Tarazewski, IL � [email protected]
Alisa Dykstra, IA � [email protected]
Whitney Jarvis, WI � [email protected]
Area V (Mid-America) � Shane Hampton, OK � [email protected]
Area VI (Mid-East) � Shalene Shingelton, IN � [email protected]
Heidi Harper, OH � [email protected]
Area VII (Southeast) � Nikki Bach, TN � [email protected]
Morgan Jiles, FL � [email protected]
Jessica Smith, GA � [email protected]
Eva Evans, TN � [email protected]
Area VIII (Northeast) --Travis Rigg, VI �
Andrew Burger, NY � [email protected]
-The youth discussed the responsibilities of the Youth Regional Directors
and it was decided that they should be in the 13-18 age group and would have
to attend as many of the major shows as possible. The Youth Regional
Directors would also have to hold meetings at their regional shows and
report the information at the major Youth meetings. Daniella said that she
would email the Youth Regional Directors when she got home.
Election of New Youth Advisor
-The youth decided that there would be twoo positions that the Youth Regional
Directors would have to nominated and elect. The first position would be the
Youth Advisor (Daniella�s Position) and the second would be an Assistant
Youth Advisor/Secretary (Shalene�s Position). Daniella said that she would
like to have this election done by the International so that she could hand
over her position to the new Youth Advisor.
19 & Over Program
-The youth were aware that the Adults disccussed proposing an Adult ROM
award. It was discussed and the youth felt that it would be unfair if the
Adults were able to take their seasoned ponies and complete the Supreme
Champion awards. However, the youth did feel that an Adult JPFC ROM would be
acceptable. The expansion of the 19 & Over program was also discussed. The
youth felt that is should still remain as the decision of the show committee
as to how many 19 & Over classes should be offered. They agreed that forcing
all states to have large 19 & Over programs would be unfair because is would
make their shows longer and some states don�t have very many adults
interested in the 19 & Over program.
Height
-The youth discussed the topic of raising the height limit to 14.2 hands or
58 inches. Several of the youth pointed out that ApHC had lowered its
minimum height requirement to 14.0 hands or 56 inches. A majority of the
youth agreed that there was no more �grey area� to argue. It was also
proposed to only measure your pony once a year rather that at every show.
Mrs. Payne pointed out that maybe we could measure weanlings, yearlings, and
2 year olds at every show, but only measure 3, 4, and 5 year olds once at
the beginning of the year. The youth remained undecided and split on the
topic of height and measuring.
National Gaming Age Group High Point
- The youth felt that a National Gaming Hiigh Point would be nice for
competitors who taking gaming seriously and have ponies who excel in it. It
was proposed that a high point would be made for each age group, 8 & under,
9-12, and 13-18. In the future the youth would like to see a high point for
individual games, but the youth also noted that not all states do all the
games offered. It was decided that an individual game high point would have
to be discussed and worked out sometime in the future.
Feelings about the Youth Club
- The youth felt that the Youth Advisory Board was a very positive thing
and was helpful in communicating everyone�s ideas and concerns.
Close meeting
2:15 pm
Daniella Beintema
POAC Youth Advisor
Note: Daniella attended the General Membership meeting and Mr. Hutchcraft and Mr. Chestnut advised me to select a few adults to serve as Adult Advisors to our Youth Advisor Board. Several adults expressed their interest in helping the Youth. Daniella asked these adults if they would like to serve as Advisors: Judy Katzenberger, DJ Jiles, Charlene Shingleton, Darren Vincent, and Michelle Payne all agreed to help. They will be available to help out at any time.
