USIHC President Report 2008 - United States Icelandic Horse Registry

Educational seminars showed a profit.2008 was not a World Championship year so there were no costs associated withtry-outs or stall rentals.Enforcing a $1,000/show cap and two-show limit reduced sanctioned showexpense reimbursement.Membership dues increased (net of PayPal fees).For reasons that are unclear, the Registry income was down about 25% from 2007.Judge Scholarship Fund. Special mention was made of an anonymous $10,000donation for a Judge Scholarship fund. This fund provides financial incentive forprospective Sport Judges in the United States to seek FEIF judge licenses. $1,000 ispayable from the fund when an individual receives his license. A second $1,000payment is available after the individual judges three sanctioned shows in the UnitedStates. A final $1,000 is made when the individual renews the license for the firsttime.Youth Fund. Special mention was made of two $1,000 donations from Kathy Loveand Doug & Gayle Smith to start a Youth Scholarship Fund. The Board has formed athree-member committee (Laura Benson, Kari Pietch-Wangard, and Susan Milloy) toadminister the fund. A formal notice of the fund and its intended use will bepublished once the committee has established the basic framework.Morgan Venable suggested an optional Youth Fund contribution be added to theCongress membership and renewal process. Doug will update the appropriate formsand web pages.Steve Cook suggested the Congress move from a standalone installation ofQuickBooks to an online QuickBooks subscription. This would make the Congress’sbooks more widely available to Board members and reduce risk of loss through theIntuit backup and recovery service. Kari will investigate costs and report back to theBoard with a recommendation in February.9:45AM.Bernie formally announced that the Board has designated 2009 the Year for Youth.Break10:10AM10:12AM10:15AM10:20AMNo Breeding Committee report was presented. Katrin Sheehan, Breeding Leader,was excused from the meeting due to a death in the family. The Board approvedthree breeding events (a breeding seminar, full evaluation, and young horseevaluation) to be held at Creekside Farm in Georgia. The Board also removed therequirement that Regional Clubs host breeding evaluations.Bernie presented the Education Committee report (see attached). The committee willundertake a new project to collect articles from back issues of the Quarterly that haveeducational value. These articles will be scanned and formatted for the web site in aneffort to improve the level of educational material about the Icelandic Horse on theInternet.Bernie presented the Quarterly Committee report (see attached).Karen presented the Pleasure Rider Program Committee report (see attached).The final Pleasure Rider Program results for 2008 will be announced on the web sitein February. The Board had hoped to incorporate the Pleasure Rider awards with the