Show Judging

Five Myths of Horse

2 & 3 Year Old Incentive Program

On the Cover 2 &3 YO Incentive Program………..……………………11 Five Myths of Horse Show Judging…………………..12

In This Issue Newsletter…………………………...…………………………2

Business Directory………..…..……………………………..2

Meet A Member: Dustin Boehmer.………………......5

MApHA Youth Update……………………………………..9

Board Meeting Minutes………………………………….13 MApHA Incentive Program……………………………..16

Current 2014 Board of Directors………………….…...18

General Membership Minutes………………………..19

Become A Member TODAY!...................................21

Greetings, with continued excite-ment , I bring you the March edition of The MApHA Magazine. This month we feature MApHA’s Non-Pros.

Occasionally, I will be calling on you to be apart of this growing online publication. As always we’ll continue to share show related news and ways you can support our club and it’s members and continue to get all gen-eral information that you as a mem-ber (or potential member) need to know.

Please take a moment and share this issue and the following issues on all of your social media sites! Get the word out there and support your lo-cal Appaloosa! If you would like to continue to receive a “printer friend-ly” of the newsletter and meeting

minutes, that option is still available.

If you have anything you’d like to submit, please contact Dustin Boehmer at 269-420-1242 or e-mail at boehmer3@msu.edu.

Until next month,

Newsletter

Showing - Lessons - Training - Sales

Mason, MI - 517-256-6548

If you are interested in placing a business

card in our monthly newsletter, contact

me using the information provided on the

Board of Directors page for information.

How did you get started with Appaloosas, the national and affiliate associa-tions? How did you become involved with the MApHA board? A client, Julie Townsend, brought me to the breed and subsequently to the Board of Directors. When I first was employed by Julie she was successfully showing Headline Story, a gelding that she had leased from Brandi (Buchman) Johnson. Under my guidance she rode Linus to several year end high points both nationally and locally.

Considering you are new to the breed and it’s organizations, what have you done up until your involvement with the Appaloosa Club and it’s affiliate? I’ve been involved in the equine industry since I was 14, beginning with an Arab gamer and quickly moving on to my first quarter horse. Although not very successful with him, I did go on to many wins in the penning and sorting world due to the generosity and guidance of Slippery F Farms and their horses. During college at Michigan State, I made the drastic switch to pleasure horses and found my niche. After college I began judging local open shows and added that title to my resume. To my credit, I’ve earned numerous local and national level year end top 5’s, Reserve and World Champion Buckskin placings, MQ Futurity titles, and several firsts and grands in AQHA, ABRA, ApHC shows. Finally, for the past two years I’ve been assistant coach to the MSU judging team and helping them in all their endeavors!. How are you currently involved with Appaloosas, the national organization and affiliate associations outside your responsibilities on the Board of Directors? I still work with Julie and help her to promote her current mount, Zippy Monte Rockin M. I’m exploring other op-portunities to further my involvement throughout the year, very excited to get some shows under my belt. What do you consider is your greatest achievement in the industry? As far as the Appaloosa industry, my time has been limited. It’s really been a pleasure working for Julie and pro-moting two very successful horses. As a whole, I think it’s a unbelievable achievement when a client, appaloosa or otherwise meets their goal. I’ve been involved in all levels of the equine industry and the grand's at the Michigan State 4-H show was as big of an accomplishment as the world titles I’ve earned. So far I’ve been fortunate to have a great record and wish the greatest success for all my clients! What most fuels your desire to continue to support MApHA? The common, albeit very true answer is the people, you will not find a group of more dedicated, caring people that you could show with. As an organization and a business, I do see room for growth. I’m very excited to under-stand the inner workings and offer my knowledge, when appropriate, to help further the development of such a wonderful club. What are you most excited about in 2014? My past couple years outside of the Appaloosa world have, what I consider to be “building years”. I’m really ready for several of my clients to have a great year showing and achieve some really big goals in their respective indus-

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try’s. This year we plan to qualify Monte for worlds and am very excited about promoting him thru the year and push him and Julie towards that goal. This could be industry related or not. Who is the most influential person of your lifetime? I have been blessed with some awesome teachers, traditional and non, in my life. Subsequently a couple of Karen’s top the list. The first I met thru our college secretary, Karen DeVlieger who was in search of a barn manager. She gave me the best knowledge base a person in the pleasure industry could ask for. Also like to credit Karen Waite for her knowledge shared in hu-man behavior! Through her I’ve learned to view the world as an environment where everyone can learn something from some-body and how to convey that something to somebody. Ulti-mately there are so many more that I’d like to credit for helping me along my way, but instead I will sum it up with a simple thank you! Would you like to add anything in closing? Thank you for giving me a great opportunity to continue my

learning and sharing my knowledge. Have a great 2014!

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SUPPORT MApHA YOUTH

Cut the proof of purchase from

any Tribute bag and turn in to a

youth member or advisors.

TRIBUTE will generously donate

a portion of their proceeds back

to our organization. If you’re interested in pur-

chasing TRIBUTE Feeds to help support MApHA

Youth, please contact Cathy Wood using the in-

formation provided in our Business Directory.

Thank you TRIBUTE for this wonderful program.

The MApHA Youth held their annual

meeting on Saturday, January 26 in con-

junction with the Annual Banquet.

The officers for the 2014 year include:

Emily Savedes, President, Ally Brown,

Vice President, Katherine Maivelle, Secre-

tary; and Kristeena Wright, Treasurer.

Fundraisers for the year were discussed

and following are the details.

May Spring Show – Chili and Baked

Goods Sale. The Wright family will coordi-

nate. All families to bring chili and baked

goods.

June Mason Show – Strawberry Short-

cake fundraiser on Saturday. The Kline

family will coordinate.

May & June Mason Shows – coffee and

donuts. The Maiville family will coordi-

nate. The youth agreed to buy a new

coffee maker as the old no longer works

well. If anyone has a large coffee maker

they would like to donate to the youth

please contact one of the youth advisors

before April 1.

August 23 Show – Pulled Pork Dinner.

The Simpkins family to coordinate.

August 2 Show – Celebrating Home and

Yankee Candle Fundraiser Forms availa-

ble. The Denham and Ekovich families to

coordinate. All youth should pick up sales

materials at this show. The Celebrating

Home fundraiser ships direct to the

“sellers” location so delivery of this prod-

uct is very easy for all youth to partici-

pate.

Again this year the youth will be col-

lecting Tribute Feeds proof of purchase.

Please remember to cut and save your

Tribute proof of purchase and turn in at

any MApHA event or to any youth mem-

ber. This is a great fundraiser for the

youth.

The youth also agreed to support the In-

centive Classes at the MApHA shows. A

$25 cash prize will be awarded to the

highest placing youth in the class, as long

as there are at least 3 youth exhibitors in

the class. If there are fewer than three

youth exhibitors in the class there will be

no payout. The 8 incentive classes in-

clude: Aged Gelding, Aged Mares, Junior

Hunter Under Saddle, Senior Hunter Un-

MApHA Youth Update

der Saddle, Junior Western Pleasure, Sen-

ior Western Pleaaure, Open Camas Prai-

rie Stumps and Open Nez Perce Stakes.

For more information about any of the

MApHA Youth activities contact advisors:

Cathy Wood

(cwoodshowhorses@aol.com) or Kelly

Bristle Ekovich (ekovichka@aol.com).

With show season just around the corner, like most of you, I’ll be chang-ing gears as soon as the weather gets warmer than 40 degrees. For most of my life the “gear change” was to get back into the show ring, and in that regard, not much has changed. The last several years, however, I have been showing my horses less and less, and judging more and more. Over the years, I have been blessed with some nice horses, and some great trainers, but I can honestly say that judging was the “missing link” in my horse show education, if you will. I never really knew what showing horses was about until I started judging…and in light of that, and in honor of show season, I’m going to share what I have found to be (my) top five myths of horse show judg-ing, in no particular order. Others proba-bly have their own list (and are free to start their own blog).

1. If you win, it means the judge really “likes” you and your horse.

Sometimes. But not always. Occasionally when you win, you were the best of what was out there, so don’t let it go to your head. Actually, you’d be better served to develop the ability to self evaluate your own performance and decide how happy to are with it. It’s better for every-one. And sometimes you get to see hors-es and riders that take your breath away. Those are the best days.

2. Judging is just “someone’s $5 opin-ion”.

Sometimes. But not re-ally. There are specifica-tions to each class and carded judges spend a lot of time learning those specs, honing their craft, and developing a system whereby they can make decisions fast enough for everyone to

get through 150 classes by 6:00 pm. There may be some opinion involved in separating close pairs, but usually that opinion is based on class specifications and not much else.

3. Judging is really easy. If you’ve shown, you can do it.

Wrong again. Judging is one of the most physically and mentally demanding things I’ve ever done, with the possible excep-tion of running the Detroit Marathon (and I use the term “running” loosely, but I did finish before they took down the finish line, which was my goal). Back to judging horse shows. It’s hot. The days are long. The potty breaks are few. And every judge I know is dedicated to doing the best job possible based on the class specs mentioned above. I’d agree that often times finding the first, second and third place horses is pretty easy, but after that it can get messy, and that is probably where opinion comes into play more than anywhere else. In pleasure, for example, do I want to use the horse that lopes true, and drives hard off the hock when its because he’s running off, or do I want to use the one that listens to his rider, but maybe isn’t as high quality a mover as some of the others? (Again, this deci-sion has to be made in about 3 seconds, taking all other gaits into consideration as well, in 90 plus degree heat, and 200 % humidity. Ok that’s an exaggeration I guess.)

4. Judges don’t understand what it is

like to be an exhibitor, show a Morgan, etc..

That would be tough. I don’t know any judges who have never shown a horse. Now, I will admit that some open horse show judges may have classes or breeds that they are more well versed in than others, based on their back-ground. I would get extremely frustrat-ed, for example, when an older gentle-man who probably hadn’t done a great showmanship pattern…well, maybe ever, didn’t appreciate the obvious skill of my superhorse and I. But eventually I figured out that said gentleman probably had more years working with and evaluating western horses, or cow horses, or Mor-gans, than I’d ever dreamed of. So when I became a judge, I told myself that I’d be a judge that truly appreciated showman-ship and pattern classes, and the effort that goes into them. Because I’ve been there. I also told myself that I’d be a judge who learned to appreciate a great horse regardless of breed, color, or disci-pline. I think most judges try to do the same.

5. Judges want people to fail

Absolutely not. Judges want to see peo-ple do their best, and treat their horses well, and work very hard to sort out tal-ented horses and riders. That is what makes it fun. Going back to number two, I’d much rather sort horses and riders based on positive things, as opposed to who had the fewest problems. If you’ve ever wondered what goes through many judges heads it’s probably something along the lines of “Come on kiddo, nail that turn. Come on horse, lift your back and lope like I know you can. Listen to your little girl, do what she asks.” I want to see those horses that take my breath away…and those riders who obviously love what they are doing…just like I do when I show.

Want more? You can visit outofthebox-stall.wordpress.com and read more from Karen Waite.

Five Myths of Horse Show

Judging

The Board of Directors meeting was

held at the Michigan State University Pavilion

beginning at 12:07 PM on Saturday, February

8, 2014. President Bobbie Best called the

meeting to order. Those present were: Bob-

bie Best, Cathy Wood, Amy Zeigler, Kay Bow-

en, Amy Schweiger, Bob Clark, Lee Fischha-

ber, and Dustin Boehmer. Kari Klein arrived

at 12:10 PM. Unexcused absences were:

Dean Wintjen. Frannie Wintjen, and Jennifer

Schulte. Also present was Dave Best and

Judy Biber.

Agenda – No changes to the advanced agen-

da

Minutes – Minutes for the January 11, 2014

meeting were presented. Being no correc-

tions, Bob Clark made a motion that the

minutes be approved as presented, seconded

by Amy Zeigler. The motion carried by a ma-

jority vote.

Treasurer’s Report – Judy Biber presented

the financial statement as of February 8,

2014. The money market savings has

$63,381.19 and checking has $8,572.33, for a

total of $71,953.52. The General Fund is at

its lowest point but this is typical for this time

of the year. We have had expenses but no

income coming in because show season has-

n’t started. The Youth and Non Pro funds are

in good shape.

There was a question asked about the insur-

ance for the Sizzler Show. This is a joint

show with WMAR and MApHA and Bobbie

wondered if it would be possible for the two

clubs to contract for one show and split the

cost, rather than both clubs having their own

policy. This insurance does not cover any

member that is injured during the shows, so

the coverage is limited to general public/non-

members, or damages to the facility. A com-

mittee of Tami Vickery, Judy Biber and Lee

Fischhaber was assigned to look into this

question and report back to the Board.

There being no other questions about the

Treasurer’s Report, Amy Schweiger made a

motion to accept the report as presented,

seconded by Dustin Boehmer, and the motion

carried by a majority vote of the Board.

Correspondence – There was no correspond-

ence.

Reports – The following reports were given.

Spring Show – Bob Clark asked for confirma-

tion that the Grand and Reserve Ribbons had

been purchased. Lee Fischhaber reported

that she had purchased them for all of the

MApHA shows for 2014.

Summer Sizzler – Nothing to report.

Classic Show - Lee Fischhaber was working to

get sponsorship for the high point awards and

wanted to know if the Board would allow

some sponsor advertising in exchange for

their donation. This definitely would be ac-

ceptable.

Judges – Nothing to report.

Non Pro – Nothing really to report. The Tack

Sale for last weekend didn’t bring in much.

Youth – Nothing new to report.

Games – Nothing to report.

Banquet – Kay Bowen reported that meal

subsidy was about $450, which can be con-

tributed to the reduced numbers for lunch.

There were no complaints about the food this

year, even though we did run out of mashed

potatoes. Judy Biber brought up that we

might want to check out catering services

from her son-in-law for next year. Kay will

check out cost for a proposed menu for next

year.

Awards – Nothing to report.

Website – Bobbie Best reported that she has

information that needs to be posted and will

do this soon.

Pointskeeper – There was nothing to report.

Member Services – Nothing to report.

Show Approval – Nothing to report. The

membership had voted to accept the recom-

January BOD Minutes

mended show schedule and the General

Membership meeting on January 25th.

OLD BUSINESS

Scholarship - Jackson Fitzgerald did not come

to the Banquet to receive her award because

it was her mother’s birthday. Do we want

her to come to a Board meeting to receive

the award or do we want to just mail it?

After much discussion Dustin Boehmer made

a motion that we mail the check to Jackson

Fitzgerald, seconded by Amy Schweiger. The

motion carried by a majority vote of the

Board.

Appaloosa Journal Advertising – Bobbie Best

reported that Dustin Boehmer has been look-

ing at new ways to advertise about our

shows. He has a copy of “InStride” available

for us to review as a possible option. He has-

n’t checked out prices yet but will explore this

option further. He also has researched a

website called “Go Horse Shows” that has a

print and on-line option. Their pricing is

$130 for a single page but if you purchase

four pages, it would be $120 per page. There

was discussion whether we should use these

options instead of the App Journal. We need

to make certain that the word gets out about

our new Incentive classes.

Judy Biber suggested that we should investi-

gate how we can do more direct marketing.

Could we send information about our shows

and our new incentive classes to trainers and

exhibiters to encourage them to come to

Michigan shows. We have never done any-

thing like this. We could brainstorm to come

up with names. Bobbie Best asked Dustin

whether he would be willing to pick up this

idea to see what we could do. Dustin agreed

to work on this. Dustin suggested that we do

more than just mailing of show bills. We

need to do things to follow-up, i.e. phone

calls, with the recipients to ask them to show

at our shows. A committee of Dustin

Boehmer, Cathy Wood and Bobbie Best was

assigned to develop a list of possible direct

marketing recipients. Kari Klein also suggest-

ed that the local tack stores should be includ-

ed in the direct marketing efforts. The ques-

tion was whether we still wanted to advertise

in the App Journal. After much discussion, a

motion was made that Dustin Boehmer ex-

plore the costs of alternate advertising vehi-

cles such as InStride, Go Horse Shows and

direct marketing, as well as the cost to in-

crease our ad size in the App Journal, and

report back to the Board via e-mail by Febru-

ary 15, 2014. The motion was seconded by

Amy Schweiger and carried by a majority vote

of the Board.

Ribbons for Classis Show – Question was

raised about whether we should explore pur-

chasing ribbons for the Classic Show that

would have both club names on the ribbon

rather than two separate ribbons. It would

acknowledge the joint front of both Clubs and

would save costs to both Clubs. There is an

initial cost to creating a new template. Lee

Fischhaber was assigned to look more into

the cost and discuss with WMAR.

2013 Open Show Ribbons – The invoice for

the ribbons has been paid.

Expo – The raffle colt is in good shape and

volunteers to help sell tickets are always wel-

come. Just get in contact with Sharon Clark.

New Business

Patterns for Classes – Bobbie Best reported

that she was approached by individuals at the

Banquet about trying to keep the pattern

equipment set-up the same for all classes.

This is normally handled by the Non Pro and

they tried to do this last year but also wanted

to use more complicated patterns. They will

work to select patterns with this request in

mind for the 2014 show season.

Performance Halter and 2 Yr Longe Line Clas-

ses – Question was raised about whether

these classes, because it is not a Nationally

approved class, should count for year-end

high point awards. Based on by-laws, this

class is only offered at the Sizzler and Classic

shows so as it stands now, the points would

not be counted but then is there any incen-

tive for members to participate? The incen-

tive would be the fact there are no national

point fees. After much discussion, Bob Clark

made a motion to stay with a $20 class fee for

showing under all four judges, seconded by

Kari Klein. The motion carried by a majority

vote of the Board. If the participation is

high, then the Board can choose at a later

date to offer a high point award if it so choos-

es.

Because the national point fee was discussed,

Cathy Wood asked if we have actually dis-

cussed Show Office arrangements for the

2014 show season. Judy Biber reported that

she has had verbal discussion with Brad and

Kyle and they have agreed to do the show

office for the same fee in 2014 as was

charged in 2013. Judy, however, will con-

firm and report back to the Board.

2014 Banquet – It was suggested that we

consider going to a one-day banquet sched-

ule that would include the MApHA and

WMAR awards presentation on the same day.

This may be advantageous to members who

do not wish to tie up both days of the week-

end to receive awards. The proposed sched-

ule that was distributed prior to the Board

meeting was:

10:30 AM – WMAR Board meeting

11:00 AM – WMAR General membership

meeting

January BOD Minutes

$$ Incentive Class

AGED GELDINGS

JUNIOR HUNTER UNDER SADDLE

JUNIOR WESTERN PLEASURE

OPEN CAMAS PRAIRIE STUMPS

AGED MARES

SENIOR HUNTER UNDER SADDLE

SENIOR WESTERN PLEASURE

OPEN NEZ PERCE STAKES

Classes Eligible For Incentive Money

$100.00 Added To Each Class For All Three 2014

MApHA Shows

Pays National Point Fee Non-Pro and Youth members only in the following classes:

Aged Gelding, Junior HUS, Senior WP

$100 added to each class listed above and

paid to the top four placing's.

Additional Money for the highest placing

MApHA youth exhibitor. Must be three

youth exhibitors per class to be eligible for

payout.

Additional Money for the highest placing

MApHA Non-Pro exhibitor. Must be three

Non-Pro exhibitors per class to be eligible

for payout.

Incentive class will run concurrently with

regularly scheduled class on show bill.

Exhibitor & Owner of the Horse must be

MApHA members to be eligible for pay-

out.

Class will be placed under a “Call Judge”

determined at random immediately prior

to beginning the class.

No added entry fee to be eligible for the in-

centive money.

Payout are to be made in Cash, USD cur-

rency.

Rules:

11:30 AM - WMAR Youth/Open Awards

12:00 PM – LUNCH coordinated by

WMAR banquet committee - Youth Pizza

Party if they want.

1:00 PM – WMAR Non Pro and High

Point Awards

1:30 PM – MApHA Non Pro meeting fol-

lowed by set up of Silent Auction items

3:00 PM - MApHA Youth Meeting.

4:00 PM - MApHA General Membership

Meeting

5:00 PM - MApHA Non Pro and Youth

awards.

6:00 PM - Dinner coordinated by MApHA

banquet committee.

7:00 PM - Live Auction and closing of

Silent Auction.

7:30 PM - MApHA Scholarship Awards

and Open and High Point Awards.

8:30 PM - DJ and Dancing

After much discussion, Bob Clark made a mo-

tion that we plan for a one day banquet agen-

da. The motion was seconded by Kari Klein

and carried by a vote of the Board present.

Kay Bowen, as Banquet Chairperson, will

contact the hotel to book it as a one-day

event and investigate whether there would

be any cost changes with the hotel.

Postage Costs – Judy Biber brought up the

recent increase in the cost of a postage

stamp to $.49. She questioned whether we

should continue to mail membership cards

out. It’s her understanding that WMAR

does not mail them, and instead, distributes

them at their first show. After discussion on

the pros and cons, Amy Schweiger made a

motion that all new memberships be mailed

out along with the information that goes in

the membership packet. Any renewal will

be held for distribution at the first show of

the season. The motion was seconded by

Dustin Boehmer and carried by a majority

vote of the Board.

Bond Policy Renewal – As usual, the bonding

policy renewal is due. This is to bond the

check signers, Judy Biber and Bobbie Best.

Amy Zeigler made a motion that we renew

our bond policy and pay the invoice of $187,

seconded by Lee Fischhaber. The motion

carried by a majority vote of the Board.

Bob Clark asked whether the Board was going

to have a meeting on March 8, 2013. This is

during the Expo weekend and we need as

many people as possible to sell tickets on the

Yearling Gelding Raffle. Lee Fischhaber made

a motion that we cancel our March meeting,

seconded by Amy Schweiger. The motion

carried by a majority vote of the Board. Judy

Biber will confirm that our April meeting will

be held at the Okemos Fairfield Inn.

Bob Clark also asked the Board to keep it in

the backs of their minds that adding the

weanling halter class at the Classic Show this

year could be the start of more futurity type

classes in 2015. We need to be thinking

about it over the year so we can find ways to

encourage breeding and build a strong futuri-

ty program in the future.

At 1:45 PM, Lee Fischhaber moved that the

meeting be adjourned, seconded by Kari

Klein. The motion carried by a majority vote.

Respectfully Submitted,

Kay Bowen, Recording Secretary

January BOD Minutes

Bobbie Best—President 25401 Dunning St Cassopolis, MI 49031 Home: 269-445-3357 Cell: 269-214-0097 Email: Best Farms Term Expires: 2016 Cathy Wood—Vice President/Youth Advisor PO Box 173 Mason, MI 48854 Cell: 5172566548 Email: cwoodshowhorses@aol.com Term Expires: 2016 Judy Biber—Executive Secretary/Treasurer 28328 Dixboro Rd South Lyon, MI 48178 Home: 248-486-0695 Email: Judybiber@comcast.net Term Expires: 2016 Kay Bowen—Banquet/Minutes Keeper 9245 N Wyman Rd Barryton, MI 49305 Home: 989-382-8952 Cell: 231-3577366 Email: c4amile@dishmail.net Term Expires 2016 Dustin Boehmer—Newsletter/Summer Sizzler 6466 McCue Rd Holt, MI 48842 Cell: 269-420-1242 Email: boehmer3@msu.edu Term Expires: 2014 Frannie Wintjen—Classic Show/Show Approval 3234 Moyer Rd Williamston, MI 48895 Cell: 517-719-8941 Email: dsfancy499@aol.com Term Expires: 2014

Jennifer Schulte—Classic Show 1760 Ranch Drive NW Grand Rapids, MI 49504 Cell: 616-826-8004 Email: jennifer.schulte3@gmail.com Term Expires: 2016 Lee Fischhaber—Summer Sizzlwer/Trail Coordinator 22341 M Drive N Marshall, MI 49065 Home: 269-781-3453 Cell: 616-403-1073 Email: Jlee4140@gmail.com Term Expires: 2014 Dean Wintjen 3234 Moryer Rd Williamston, MI 48895 Home: 517-655-2763 Email: deano327@aol.com Term Expires: 2016 Kari Klein—Youth Advisor/Website 415 N Gould St Owosso, MI 48867 Cell: 989-382-8138 Email: Kariklein@hotmail.com Term Expires: 2015 Amy Zeigler—Open Awards/Show Bill 10327 W Grass Lake Rd Barryton, MI 49305 Home: 989-382-8138 Cell: 989-600-9922 Email: Appy_pharm06@hotmail.com Term Expires: 2015 Amy Schweiger 1805 Riley Center Riley Twp, MI 48041 Cell: 810-602-8998 Email: amyschweiger@yahoo. Com Term Expries: 2016 Bob Clark—Spring Show 2776 Bellevue Road Leslie, MI 49251 Home: 517-589-9711 Email: clarkappaloosas@yahoo.com Term Expires: 2014

Board of Directors

The General Membership meeting

was opened at 2:00 PM with President, Bob-

bie Best, presiding. A membership sign in

sheet was passed around and found thirty

seven (37) present, which included the fol-

lowing Board members—Bobbie Best, Amy

Schweiger, Bob Clark, Frannie Wintjen, Dean

Wintjen, Kari Klein, Amy Zeigler, Kay Bowen,

Jennifer Schulte, Dustin Boehmer and Lee

Fischhaber. Board members absent were

Cathy Wood.

Bobbie Best opened with comments about

the make-up of the current Board of Direc-

tors. The Board is a combination of long-

term members and new members. This

brings stability to the Board because you

have the past experiences of the long-term

members and the new ideas of the new

members. With those comments she then

introduced each of the Board members.

Minutes – The November 9, 2013 general

membership minutes were read by recording

secretary, Kay Bowen. A motion to approve

the minutes was made by Dean Wintjen, se-

conded by Jennifer Schulte and approved by a

majority vote of those present.

Financial Report– Judy Biber distributed fi-

nancial reports detailing that we have funds

as follows:

$59,148.10 in the General Fund

$2,455.89 in the Scholarship Fund

$1,072.32 in the Breeders’ Futurity Fund

$93 in the Jr Game Class Fund

$355 in the Pleasure Incentive Class Fund

$6,721.83 in the Non Pro Fund

$5,732.30 in the Youth Fund

Total cash balance is $75,578.44, with money

market savings of $73,372.87, and the check-

ing account has $2,200.37. The remainder of

the report provides the breakdown of reve-

nue and expenses for each of the funds. A

motion to accept the financial report as pre-

sented was made by Julie Mayer, seconded

by Tami Vickery . The motion carried by a

majority vote of those present.

Expo - Bobbi reported that we have a geld-

ing that will be raffled off at this year’s Stal-

lion Expo on March 7, 8 and 9, 2014. Anyone

who would like to help with selling tickets

should sign-up on the list at the registration

table. You can also take tickets to sell prior

to Expo, as long as all tickets are returned

prior to Expo. We need to have all tickets

available on that weekend to make certain

we don’t run out of tickets at the event and

so we can account for all unsold tickets for

the Lottery Commission.

By Law Changes - The By-Law change that

was submitted at the General Membership

meeting on November 9, 2014 by Amy

Schweiger was reviewed by the Board at their

January 11, 2014 meeting and was approved.

This rule change to Section 14.6(A) assures

that a Youth or Non Pro High Point, or a Re-

serve High Point, award would only be given

if there are at least two nationally approved

classes used in the tabulation. This is in line

with the requirements for the open High

Point and Reserve High Point Awards.

Proposed 2014 Show Schedule – Frannie

Wintjen presented the 2014 show schedule

that was approved by Board of Directors at

their January 11th meeting for presentation to

the General Membership. The schedule

recommended was as follows:

Spring Show – May 10 & 11, 2014 at Mason

Quadarama – May 17 & 18, 2014 at Findley,

OH

WMAR – June 7 & 8, 2014 at Mason

WMAR – July 19 & 20, 2014 at Centreville, MI

Summer Sizzler – August 2 & 3, 2014 at MSU

Classic Show – August 22 – 24, 2014 at MSU

Freedom Classic – September 13-14 at New

Castle, IN

Frannie explained that the Hoosier Appaloosa

Association was offering two other shows in

Indiana and had requested that the MApHA

approve them for our 2014 Show Schedule.

Those shows were in April and August. The

Board had reviewed them and decided not to

recommend the two additional shows be-

cause April is extremely early in the season

for Michigan members, and the August show

would make three shows in the same month.

However, if the membership wanted those

shows to be added, it was up to the general

membership to vote to include them. After

discussion, Sharon Clark made a motion that

the 2014 Show Schedule, as presented and

recommended by the Board, be approved.

The motion was seconded by Susan Ogier.

The motion carried by a majority vote of the

members presented.

2014 Class Changes – Bobbie Best explained

that the Board has also approved some

changes in the classes offered in 2014. Those

changes include:

Added Performance Halter Class –

Any participant in this class must also

participate in one other performance

class.

All Breed Pony Class - This class is

added as a fun class for our little tikes

who bring their ponies for the week-

end. No fees required.

Disabled Rider Class – We are reach-

ing out to disabled rider groups to

offer this class at the Classic Show.

Weanling Halter Class – We are going

to offer a weanling halter class at the

Classic Show.

Eliminated Foundation Classes due to

lack of participation.

Added a new Incentive Program for

payment of Incentive money to the

top four placing Michigan members

January General Membership Minutes

in eight classes offered at all three

MApHA shows. This incentive pro-

gram is being implemented in order

to encourage individuals to partici-

pate in these classes. The Club will

pay $100, paid to the top four placing

Michigan members, for each of the

following classes:

o Aged Geldings

o Aged Mares

o Junior Hunter under Saddle

o Senior Hunter under Saddle

o Junior Western Pleasure

o Senior Western Pleasure

o Open Stakes

o Open Camas Prairie Stumps

The Non Pro have agreed to contribute $50 of

additional money to be paid to the highest

placing Non Pro in each of the eight incentive

classes. The Youth have agreed to contribute

$25 of additional money to be paid to the

highest placing Youth in each of the eight

incentive classes.

In addition, the MApHA will pay the national

point fees for any Non Pro or Youth Michigan

member who participates in the following

classes:

Aged Geldings

Junior Hunter under Saddle

Senior Western Pleasure

Newsletter – Dustin Boehmer presented a

new idea for getting our newsletter to mem-

bers. This is an on-line magazine called

“Issu”, where we have our own pages with

news about the Club, and it will provide expo-

sure to non-members as well as members.

There is no cost to the Club to use this web-

site. Dustin showed the sample pages that he

has developed and posted for our Club. We

have already had 800 reads and this has only

been up since the Board of Directors meeting

on January 11, 2014. We can also offer use

of our pages for advertising by members for

free and non-members would pay a $20 fee

to our Club for use of our pages. The mem-

bership reaction was very receptive and we

will continue to use this avenue in the future.

Regional Club Report – Judy Biber presented

that the Regional Club Report, as required by

the National Club, has been completed by the

Board of Directors and is available after the

meeting for anyone who cares to review it. It

will be mailed to the National Club after this

meeting.

Kay Bowen, as Banquet Chairperson, asked

the membership to offer suggestions that

would make this Banquet more successful

and rewarding in the future.

There being no further business, a motion

was made by Frannie Wintjen to adjourn,

seconded by Jennifer Schulte. The motion

carried and the meeting adjourned at 2:45

PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Kay Bowen, Recording Secretary

January General Membership Minutes

Become a Member Today Why? MApHA offers a unique opportunity for those owners and enthusiast to engage in relationships and competition with fellow members of similar interests. For years MApHA has been considered a great family organization and though we may not be related by blood we do share a undeniable common interest in the horses that we care for dearly.

Aside from the companionship gained from our wonder-ful organization are many other opportunities. Annually we award our top showmen at the MApHA Banquet, held in conjunction with our friends at WMAR. MApHA provides it’s youth members the chance at a yearly scholarship for educational purposes and provides youth

with many other unique opportunities to grow relationships and responsibility. We also provide absolutely free ad-vertising to you members in our monthly magazine, which in it’s first month reached 1000 viewer! While we remain proud of our Michigan residents, competitors come nation wide to enjoy the professionalism and proficiency of our shows. Time and time again, we here that we have some of the best shows and our national standings annually only prove the satisfaction rate!

We also engage in community events to help grow friendships and interest by attending tack sales, encouraging open shows via an annual high point award and supporting other organizations such as the Michigan Horse Council. At the Stallion Expo & Trade show MApHA hosts an infor-mation booth and raffles off a gelding to help promote the breed, engage the public and grow our organization.

Whatever reason you choose, we hope that you choose MApHA and all the wonderful people that make us great. Thank your for your consideration. We hope to be having a great 2014 with you, whether it be in or outside the show pen!

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