REGION 8 FALL MEETING

November 13, 6:00

VIA ZOOM

  • Regional Director welcome and update
  • Region 8 Financials    

Generous donations to PM delegate travel fund

  • US Dressage Finals
    • Fantastic showing by our region!
    • Generous donations for swag
  • Convention November 29-December 3!
    • Region 8 Meeting on Thursday 11/30 1:00-2:40
    • Elections for all three ALD’s, and the candidates will speak from 1:56-2:25
    • GMO and PM delegates…
    • Region 8 Table at Gala – Sally Davenport and Beth Jenkins will receive very special awards!
    • Colors?
  • Old Business
    • Freestyle Challenge?
    • No more NEDA Omnibus
  • New Business

REGION 8 FALL MEETING NOTES

November 13, 2023

Helen van der Voort (HCV) called the meeting to order at 6:00 and talked about the success of the Dressage Finals the previous weekend. She also thanked the generous donors and SmartPak for the contributions that allowed gifts of tote bags, saddle pads, and hats to all the competitors. Susan Stickle was on hand to take a picture of the group. Region 8 is the only region that does this for their people. HCV also thanked Kate O’Connor, Diane Holston, Jamie Fell, Jane Hannigan, Molly Maloney and Bobbi Carleton for their generous donations to make the PM Delegate Travel Fund Silent Auction a huge success.

HCV went on to remind everyone of the upcoming convention, and asked that everyone review the documents at https://www.usdf.org/zip/governance/index.asp as we will be discussing them at our regional meeting on Thursday, the 30th at 1:00. In addition to this conversation, the candidates for the At Large Directors positions will all be making presentations to us. GMO delegates and proxies are being finalized, and if any GMO needs a proxy, please contact HCV. It was decided that the official color for Region 8 at the BOG is blue – preferably royal blue, but any blue will do…HCV will look into arranging for tables for Beth Jenkins, Sally Davenport and Region 8 be put close to each other.

NEDA recently announced that they could no longer publish the Omnibus due to a lack of shows willing to buy space and the enormous cost.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:35.

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