Minutes of 10/12/09 SSHBEA Board of Directors Meeting

At 7:00PM on October 12, 2009, Mack Motes called the SSHBEA Board of Directors meeting to order and asked Janice Higgins to call the roll.  All were present except Ronnie Sapp, Maude Hopkins & Linda Bedwell who had all notified the office of their absence.   Janice Higgins then read the minutes from the last 2 meetings.  Sis Osborne made the motion to approve the August 10 minutes, Aaron Crafton seconded, motion passed.  Sis Osborne made the motion to approve the September 14 minutes, Holly Sanders seconded, motion passed. 

Danny Davis was present to report from the Judges Committee meeting.  A request will be made of the fall show judges to take a polygraph test.  Dr. Cezar had called Danny to tell him she had received videos from our fall show showing bad image horses and had been verbally told of other problems.   Most was false info.   

There will be a Judges Clinic at the SSHBEA office on November 14.

A letter had been received from the other spotted association requesting we try not to schedule our shows on the same dates again this year.   Mack appointed Dickie Gardner to head the committee to work with them, Sis Osborne made the motion to approve him, Benny Lance seconded, motion passed. 

Mack went over the changes in the Operating Plan Draft to be presented to the USDA.  Cindy Haley made the motion for Mack to make the best possible judgment that he thinks necessary on the Horse Protection Operating Plan.  Bob Wright seconded, motion passed.  Mack reported there is a teleconference tomorrow, Oct 13.  There is a meeting in Washington on November 10.  Bob Wright made the motion for Mack to go to Washington with a maximum budget of $1000 and to delay the November board meeting until November 16.  Roy Franklin seconded, motion passed. 

Mack informed the board that we are involved in a law suit.  A lady fell last fall at our fall show in the Celebration parking lot across the street from Calsonic Arena.  She has sued Celebration and SSHBEA.  We don’t feel we can be held liable since we don’t get any money from the parking there. 

Next Aaron Crafton presented the financial report.  He reported we cleared $12,616 on the 2009 Fall show.  There should be more income to add.  Dickie Gardner made the motion to approve the Financial Report, Kim McMahan seconded, motion passed. 

Gordon Hirschi reported he had attended a 3 day trail ride in Oklahoma.  They want to get an SSHBEA group organized in Oklahoma, Texas and Missouri and possibly a 4^th state.  They want to do another trail ride next year, want to start having shows, one person wants to become a board member, some want to be judges and inspectors. 

Doug Herring presented Gordon Hirschi with the $500 prize for being the Bronze winner of the 25^th Anniversary Olympic Games.  Doug reported we had a total of 72 new members resulting from the games. 

Sis Osborne made a motion to approve the following extra alternate members of the existing Hearing Committee, Aaron Crafton, Benny Lance, Holly Sanders and Larry Wilhoite.  Motion seconded and passed.  Other members are Don Woodson-Chairman, Chad Hillis, Randy Drinkard, Doug Herring, Dickie Gardner, Linda Bedwell and Alternates, Michelle Bailey & Janice Higgins. 

Cindy Haley made the motion to adjourn, Sis Osborne seconded, motion passed. 

Present for meeting                                                  Not present – notified office of absence

Mack Motes                                                                                       Ronnie Sapp

Bob Wright                                                                                         Maude Hopkins

Kim McMahan                                                                                   Linda Bedwell

Aaron Crafton

Roy Franklin                                                                                       Guests

Cindy Haley                                                                                        Chad Hillis

Michelle Bailey                                                                                    Larry Wilhoite

Holly Sanders                                                                                     Wade Hill

Doug Herring                                                                                      Danny Davis

Freda Bullard                                                                                      Ryan Haley

Gordon Hirschi                                                                                   Patricia Lance

Benny Lance

Shane Hartwig

Don Woodson

Dickie Gardner

Sis Osborne