Rough
Riders Board Meeting
January 12, 2012
present: Joanie, Shellie
(John), Christine, Dusty, Melissa and Lynette
;)
Horse
Expo-
April 20-21 (Friday and Saturday-
perform most likely Sat)
Membership
Dues- $50 per
person and $75 for 2 in same family (immediate family)
o
Renewals
are due by the first of February each year
o
Tack
is $25.00 rental for all riding members (not ground crew)
§
Vice
President is in charge of:
·
TACK
$, contracts and distribution
o
Tack
$ is due April 1st for Expo riders (captains will notify the riders)
o
Remainder
members are due May 1st
o
Tack
comes in the numbered bag that Lynette and Heather will make
o
$10
cleaning fee if tack is returned dirty- Lynette will collect it (board’s
Decision)
·
We
will do a dress rehearsal in our tack the practice before a performance….the
drill captain will make that reminder
New
Members- End
of February the team is closed
o
One
free ride then they have to join the team
o
Vice
president is in charge of packet distribution for new members
BIRT
PRACTICES -
$5 per rider
IDTA
Membership?
o
Whole
Board is going to the IDTA January 26th
§
Time
TBA by Joanie when she finds out
Uniform
Changes/Additions
o
Hardship
Rental- $40
§
Shirt,
vest, cuffs, chinks, bolo, maroon scarf, Maroon Saddle Blanket, Maroon Front
Sport Boots, Rough Rider Trailer Magnet for Trailer
§
One
time/one year thing
o
New
Hats- brown felt hats
§
Shelly
and Heather are in charge
·
Decision
by March 1st
·
Shelly
will check with Farm and City, Heather will check with Haps
o
Earrings-
Heather Motioned to not have Earrings and Everyone seconded it
o
Bolos
will change
§
Joanie
is in charge
o
Rear
Sport Boots/Bell Boots
§
Sport
Boots will be readdressed this next year
§
Bell
Boots- NO
Dates
o
Melissa
will get them to us as they come
Sponsor
Letter
o
Lynette
is changing the letter (add about our community service/helping with other
trail ride for cancer research- Shay got a call- Christine is in charge of
finding that info out)
o
No
flags anymore…just magnets- $500.00
o
Deadline
is April 15th for declared sponsors so that we can get shirts
Music- Heather
o
Up
to the Drill Captain and Co-captain- they are open to suggestions
o
It
was discussed that maybe a more brisk music selection would help
Magnets- Sponsor magnets go to
captain at the end of the season, unless they are a sponsor the next year
Secretary- roster, minutes, getting
changes to web master
Budget- Dusty
o
Magnet
Estimated Expense was raised to $300 from $100
o
Reviewed
for 2012 and made appropriate changes
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To many, the words love, hope and dreams are synonymous with horses.
-Oliver Wendell Holmes
Rough Riders General Meeting
April 28, 2011
Canyon Creek Restaurant; Shiloh Inn, Nampa, ID
Members Present: Kim, Raina, Kelly, Joanie, Lynette, Heather, Emily, Tammie, Denise,
Linda, Kathryn, Cindy, Shey, Christine, Chris, Roberta, Shelly, Susan
Meeting Called to Order at 7:05 p.m.
TREASURER’S REPORT
Current Balance: $1185.76
There is an additional $600.00 in accounts receivable.
Motion to accept Treasurer’s report: Kelly motioned to accept report; seconded by
Denise; motion carried.
Magnets:
Rough Rider magnets are now $20.00. Cost has increased to have them made.
Sponsor magnets are still “No Cost” to members.
PRACTICES:
Cancellation notices:
Cancellations will now be sent out by around 4 p.m. Dusty will be sending these out.
(Five o’clock was too late for some members)
In case of cancelled practices; we can still use the arena. However, if the Idaho Center
Grounds Crew has told us not to, please don’t ride in the arena. When we ride in the
muddy/wet arena it gets torn up and we get in trouble.
PRACTICE POINTERS TO REMEMBER:
• Safety is #1
• No idle chatter during practice—socializing needs to be done during a break (i.e.
potty breaks or water breaks).
• Know the Drill
• Don’t anticipate the whistle-it will mess up the maneuver
• Work at not riding complacently-be a step ahead
RED/BLUE UNITS
There will be temporary split practices until everyone knows the short program.
1st
practice (Blue Unit) starts at 6:15 pm to 7:45 pm; 2nd practice (Red Unit) starts at
7:45 pm to 9:15 pm
Please note: Since neither ALL 12 blues nor ALL 12 reds can make it to the early or the
late sessions, AND all the reds and blues need to know the short program drill, we will be
mixing and matching members from both teams in order to get practice going at 6:15
p.m.
Blue Unit:
Chris, Jaimie, Shey, Becca, Bonnie, Roberta, Tammie, LeAnne, Susan, Cindy, Melissa,
Kathryn
Red Unit
Kim, Shelly, Emily, Heather, Lynette, Raina, Denise, Christine, Angela, Dusty, Joanie,
Kelly
PERFORMANCES/PARADES
Parade
The first parade is Parade America in Nampa – May 21. Please sign up with Raina if you
are interested in being in the parade. This is a nice parade and there is no maximum
number of riders.
Dress will be new team t-shirts and blue wrangler type pants and hats. Club will provide
riders with scarves.
Horses should be outfitted with burgundy blanket and burgundy front boots and club
tack.
Dusty is planning on leading the Rough Riders with a horse and cart.
Judging for the parade will take place at 9:30 a.m.
Performances
Joanie gave a run-down on the differences between the Freestyle and Short programs.
-Freestyle Drill is a series of any maneuvers performed to music and is judged in
competitions for the execution of said drill.
-Short Program is a series of pre-determined maneuvers that all teams participating in
competitions must perform.
The Blue unit will only be learning one drill this year. This drill will be used as their
freestyle drill in team uniform and as their short program drill. They will be performing
this drill at the Idaho City Rodeo, both the freestyle and short program categories in the
Snake River Stampede competition and at the Garden Valley competition.
The Red unit is using the maneuvers that were used at the expo for their freestyle drill
and learning the same short program as the blue unit for their short program. So the Red
unit is learning two drills. The red unit will be performing the freestyle at Eagle Rodeo,
Idaho City Rodeo and the Weiser Rodeo. They will be performing their freestyle and
short program in those said categories at the Snake River Stampede competition and the
freestyle at the Garden Valley competition.
Joanie has not heard whether the Snake River Stampede Drill competition will have 4-
man teams this year. TBD.
POKER RIDE
Christine has agreed to be the manager for this year’s poker ride fund raiser.
All members need to participate in this fund raiser.
The club has additional expenses of $200.00 to pay the BLM for permits/insurance.
MISCELLANEOUS INFO
Hats – there are 3 hats available for loan from the Club.
You must have stampede strings on your hat at all times . Each member must purchase
his/her own strings. (A wood bead holds the strings together.)
Chinks are available from the Club for $35.00 each.
XL Shirt available for sale from the Club for $21.00
T-shirts, sweatshirts and hooded sweatshirts will be available soon; cost is approx. $10,
$18 and $24 respectively.
Motion made by Chris to adjourn meeting; Lynette seconded; motion carried.
Meeting adjourned at 8:40 p.m.
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“In riding a horse we borrow freedom.”
--Helen Thomson
Rough Riders General Meeting
March Newsletter
Meeting Minutes March 19, 2011
Birt Arena, Nampa
Present: Kim, Kelly, Raina, Susan, Dusty, Joanie, Christine, Shelly, Denise, Heather, Emily, Abby,
Linda, Tammie, Jamie, Lynette, Angela, Kathryn, Bonnie, Roberta and newest members Leann
and Melissa.
Kim called the meeting to order at the break during practice.
A vote of the membership was needed to change the by-laws as follows: Financial, paragraph 2:
All checks drawn on the club’s checking account will be signed by the Treasurer or Board of
Directors if the Treasurer is unable or unavailable (the 2nd
signer, the Board Member, will be
appointed by the incoming President at the December general meeting). Checks over $50 (for
items or events not listed in the current year’s budget) must be approved by a majority of the
Board of Directors prior to payment. Motion made by Christine to approve these changes, 2nd
by
Bonnie, all in favor-motion carried.
Christine suggested we do something to show our appreciation to Dusty and Joanie for all the
work they’ve done on the new vests/tack, etc. by having the Club get them a gift certificate or
reimburse them for dinner of their choice. This is a great idea and a vote of the attending
members gave their approval in overwhelming support. The only Nay votes were Dusty and
Joanie, but the motion was carried by the majority! So go have a wonderful dinner, know we
acknowledge and appreciate all you both do, and accept our thanks!!
Just a reminder to check the calendar (online) for updates on dates. The Expo team has two
extra practices, April 6 and April 13 at Birt Arena at 6pm. We also have a walking practice March
28, 7 p.m., at Sam’s Club parking lot across from the Idaho Center (On Franklin), no horses, and
we will walk the drill. This is VERY helpful when learning the drill so be sure you are there!
Our calendar changes will be updated (by our webmaster, Heather - THANK YOU HEATHER) with
practice days, events, birthdays, etc as they come up. roughridersdrill.org)
State Farm Agent (Bob Bailey) has sponsored us with $50. Kim asked that everyone who uses
State Farm for their insurance needs approach their own agent for a matching $50 (or more)
sponsorship so that we can get $250 collectively from State Farm and get them a magnet! So
please, don’t be shy! Ask your agent for that sponsorship!!! (afterthought by Kim - let’s do this
with Les Schwab too! They have given $80 so far…let’s get them up to $250! Any other ideas to
consolidate same company sponsors to at least $250?)
(On a side note - this was not in the meeting, but it is important to know that out of the $250
sponsorships collected, only about $90 goes into the club funds. The (sponsor) magnets are
provided at no cost to members as advertisement for our sponsors to be placed on every team
members’ trailer, and with over 24 trailers the cost of the magnets takes a big chunk of the
sponsorship funds coming in. SO sponsorship $$$ is VERY important to continue to work at
getting…it pays for our costs at Birt’s and the Idaho Center, entries, etc… Don’t give up and don’t
be shy! We offer a great way to advertise for 12 full months at a very low cost to the sponsor-
and remember, the deadline for sponsors to be added to our T-shirts is April 14 as the
shirt order will be placed on April 15! We need more sponsor $ !!!)
General meetings are to be held every month. Some will be short and some may take some
time. Kim wanted an idea of what works best for the majority to attend these meetings and
asked for a show of hands who prefers the meetings to be held on practice day, at practice either
before it begins or at break/or who would attend the meetings if they were to be held at a
different location and time/day. The vote was nearly equal either way. Kim will take this into
consideration when planning for meetings as it is best to have everyone, or a majority, attend
and be up on the Club’s business, yet keeping in mind that our practice time is limited and these
meetings cannot take time out of those practices.
Lynette has placed one order with Drysdales’s and is willing to place another for anyone still
needing shirts/jeans. She asked that anyone else needing uniform shirts and wrangler jeans
please have size information to be no later than April 1. The shirts are discontinued with sizes
Medium and Larger available, she doesn’t want them to run out of mediums (men’s shirt sizes)
before everyone on the team gets their shirts. So, if you need a uniform shirt (or the uniform
Wranglers) get your size to Lynette ASAP.
For those who don’t have a vest yet—Joanie needs your size ASAP—the cost is $25.00.
Reminder – hay and grain are not allowed to be fed on the premises and when we leave we are
to leave all areas cleaner than we found them. All manure, hay, garbage, etc. must be disposed
before we leave. If we don’t take care of Birt’s they won’t take care of us, so let’s keep it clean!
Kim thanked everyone for their overwhelming commitment to the club and the team. It is
awesome to see so many smiling faces and exciting at the possibilities for each and every one of
us this season. It’s just the beginning and this team rocks!
Meeting adjourned.
DATES TO REMEMBER
MARCH 28, 2011 – Walking Practice (No Horses) @ Sam’s Club parking lot; 7
p.m.
APRIL 6 AND APRIL 13 – Expo Practices @ Birt’s Arena; 6 p.m.
APRIL 15 – 17 – Horse Expo
APRIL 16 – Rough Riders Ride EXPO; 2 p.m.
APRIL 4, 11, 18 and 25 – Practice at Idaho Center; 6 – 9 p.m. Practice starts @
7 p.m.
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Rough Rider’s Drill Club
General Meeting
January 22, 2011
2:30 p.m.
Birt Arena, Nampa, Idaho
Present: Lynette, Dusty, Joanie, Leah, Emily, Amanda, Denise, Chris, Rebekah,
Tammie, Angela, Roberta, Kelly, Raina, Kathryn, Heather, Abby, Shelly, Susan,
Christine, Kim, Paula…