This message is from: Julia Will <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
NFHR Conference Call, September 23, 1998 Present on the line: Marcy Baer, Storrs Bishop, Keith Brighton, Roger Cabic, Dennis Johnson, Mike May, Lindsay Sweeney, Gayle Ware, Julie Will 1. Minutes of the August 19, 1998 conference call were approved as amended. (PO Box number corrected.) 2. Treasurers report: Checking, $12558.23; Savings, 5903.28; CDs, 11018.99; Investment, $11784.03. Approved as presented. 3. The most recent information from Fjord Horse International was reviewed. Keith Brighton made a motion that the NFHR by one share of stock, thereby becoming a member. Seconded by Dennis Johnson and carried. The cost in US dollars is $1324.24. 4. Breed Standard: The final draft has been presented by the Breed Standard Committee, incorporating the suggestions from the membership and input from the Norwegians. Motion was made, seconded and carried to accept the Standard as it now is worded. Mike May will post the Standard on the NFHR web page with the NFHR Logo and page numbers on each page. The NFHR logo will also be used on the cover when a hard copy is printed. The drawings done by Marcy Baer will be incorporated in the appendix. The Standard will also appear in the next issue of the Harold. Every three years the Standard will be reviewed. 5. New software: Mike May is sending the design for the new registration certificates to the programmer to be incorporated into the NFHR program. When the final transition is done from our old program to the new one, there will be a period of about a week when registrations cannot be done. The changeover should take place within the next few weeks. 6. Election Results: Elected for a three-year term are Dennis Johnson, Lindsay Sweeney and Julie Will. Congratulations to all. Election of officers and committee appointments will occur next meeting. 7. The Annual NFHR meeting was attended by 57 NFHR members and interested parties, including Wayne Hipsley, who contributed a lot of good information about the evaluation process. Also discussed were the two evaluations, the pre-evaluation clinic hosted by Gayle Ware, and highlights of Equitana. A video of Equitana is in the works and should be available soon as a promotional tool. Although formal minutes were not taken, Storrs Bishop will write up an overview for publication in the Herald. 8. Julie Will advised the Board of her wish to be relieved of the duties of acting secretary for at least a year. The position will be offered to Marcy Baer, but should she not be able at this time to take over, the suggestion was made to offer the job to Sharon Falck as a non-board member secretary. Agenda item for the next meeting. 9. Gayle Ware advised the Board that Wayne Hipsley has indicated to her that he will not be doing evaluations anymore. He offered to help develop a program for training new evaluators. Brian Jensen has been working with Gayle to put together a proposal for the Board relative to evaluations. Lindsay mentioned that the Dutch have a manual for training judges that we might be able to obtain. The evaluation program will be an agenda item for the next meeting. 10. Gayle Ware has been invited by Jim Havelhurst to attend the Oregon Horsemans Association program and make a presentation on the Fjord breed, followed by a hands on judging by learner judges. The dates are November 21st and 22nd. 11. Mike May suggested that it is about time for the Board to review the bylaws. This will be an agenda item for next meeting. 12. The Board expressed their appreciation to Gayle Ware for her 6 years of valuable contributions. This will be her last meeting for awhile, as she has served 2 consecutive terms. 13. The next meeting will be on November 4th, 1998. 14. Meeting adjourned at 10:45 PM. Respectfully submitted, Julie Will
