2005 International Notes
International Meeting Notes
Saturday, July 16, 2005
Youth Pizza Party
1. Roll Call for Directors Present- Only about half of the directors were present at the meeting. The meeting time was very difficult; some youth thought the meeting was the following day after trail, and others were too busy with getting their ponies ready to attend. A few directors did not attend the International at all.
2. Gaming Shirts- Michelle Payne came and delivered the Youth Gaming Polo shirts from the fundraiser that she helped with. Most of the shirts were delivered and the ones that were not picked up were mailed to the buyers. Thanks so much to Michelle for taking on the fundraiser! There are plans for continuing the Polo shirts and perhaps for making a Generic POA sticker for trucks and trailers. Michelle is looking into this for a future fundraiser.
3. Spending funds- The youth decided that they would like to peruse the sponsorship of a National High-Point gaming category for 8 & under, 9-12, and 13-18. Each sponsorship costs $100.00, and since the National club already sponsors a High-Point Top Timed Pony the youth only need $200.00 for the other two categories. Michelle told the youth that they have enough money in the account for that now. The youth also voiced that they would like to bring back saddles as a high point at the International. Michelle said that maybe a working saddle at whole-sale price may be possible. A 50/50 Raffle was held again at the International show and the money was then to be put back into the Youth Account that Michelle is working on organizing.
4. New Reining Patterns- At the Adult BOD meeting the new patterns were discussed and it was decided that perhaps the new and old patterns will be blended together to help make a more realistic set of patterns. Hopefully this will save time and cut down on confusion.
5. New Business from Directors- Discussion of incorporating Team Tournament into the International was brought up. Since there will no longer be a World POA show the youth wanted to still continue this event. The proposal would not add any more classes to the International Show schedule, but rather be based on points only. Each team is allowed a certain number of member and they chose who from their group will compete in a set of events. Ex. Sally is competing in Showmanship for her team. Sally gets 3rd in Showmanship 9-12. Her points from that placing will be used as her team tournament score. Sally will not be allowed to be her team�s representative in Showmanship next year. Since so many POA�s are involved in Special Olympics for handicapped children there was an idea to add a National year end High-Point for disabled persons. Some technical things still need to be worked out involving membership, but Michelle was hoping that the National Office would wave the Membership fee because POA does not have to host the Special Olympics but rather just keep track of the points. The National Youth Advisory Board needs to start making a letter head with a formal letter to start sending out the major companies and business asking for more sponsorships. Several of the International High-Points are in jeopardy of being taken away due to lack of sponsorship. The youth hope that by looking outside the club for sponsorships they will be able to bring more awards and recognition to the youth that compete in the International Show.
6. Elections- The regional directors voted for the next Youth Advisor and Assistant. Shane Hampton was named the new Youth Advisor when Eva Evans declined her nomination. By a majority vote Shalene Shingelton was named the new Assistant Advisor. Shane and Shalene have now taken over their positions and will hold them through the next election.
