ILR Show Division
YOUTH COMMITTEE Minutes
January 31, 2011
Meeting
started at 5:05 pm (Eastern Time)
In attendance: Matt Fruits, Ed Bender, KristyBrown, Seth
Onsager,
Michelle Kutzler
1.
Minutes
from the August board meeting were approved.
2.
Officer
elections
a.
Matt was
nominated by Kristy to be chair and was unanimously elected.
b.
Michelle
was nominated by Kristy to be secretary and was uninamously
elected.
3.
Information from
ILR Board: Kristy
a.
The first ILR National/International show is scheduled
for June 17-19, 2011, in Des Moines, Iowa.
i.
The show will be promoted as a family vacation event with
lots of family and youth activities.
ii.
Youth will not need to qualify to compete this year but
they will need to be an ILR-SD member.
b.
The ILR
is offering a “Pot of Gold” Gelding Futurity for Youth, which is
a year-end cash award to youth who own and show their own
geldings.
i.
There
is a $75 nominating fee.
ii.
More information about this program is available on the
ILR website and will be sent out to members again by email.
4.
Sportsmanship
award form & Youth membership form:
Kristy
a.
The Youth Committee discussed several edits.
b.
Kristy will make these changes and resend these documents
to the committee.
c.
The Youth Committee will need to make a final vote on
these changes via email before February 16 so that the document
can be submitted to the ILR Board for a vote.
5.
Youth membership
grant application:
Kristy
a.
There were only a few changes discussed by the Youth
Committee.
b.
Michelle motioned to approve this document with the
suggested changes and it was seconded by Matt.
c.
Kristy will make these changes and send the document to
the ILR Board for a vote.
6.
Youth judging
a.
The “Judges” section on the ILR website has been revised
and all of the Youth Committee members should review the new
rules.
b.
Kristy has been spending a lot of time thinking about how
to make youth judging more fun and exciting. Kristy discussed
these ideas with the Youth Committee and will email the Youth
Committee a longer description of these ideas.
i.
Idea #1: Instead of having a youth judging class similar
to ALSA, offer judging competitions that would be open to youth
and adults.
ii.
Idea #2: Despite our attempts as mentors to have you go
on to become judges, few do. This idea would be to offer a
Judges’ education or mentoring program at shows. This would not
be a competition but youth would still register for it as a
class. It would be limited to one child per class, such that if
there were 4 children registered, then 4 classes would have
children shadow the judges.
7.
Website update:
Seth
a.
Seth has not heard back from Sara yet and will let us know when
he has.
b.
The Youth Committee
website will be fully functional April 1, 2012.
8.
The next meeting is scheduled for March 13, Sunday from
5-6 pm
Eastern time.
Matt motioned to adjourn
and Michelle seconded. Adjourned at 5:55 pm (Eastern Time).
2012 ILR-SD Youth Committee
Contact Information
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Matt Fruits (chair): 3283 E 350 N, Crawfordsville,
IN 47933
Home phone: (765) 376-0261; E-mail: [email protected]
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Michelle Kutzler (secretary): P.O. Box 234, Philomath,
OR 97370
Home phone: (541) 929-7672; Cell phone: (541) 740-1434;
E-mail: [email protected]
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Kristy Brown, 7369 Kate Ave, Sparta,
WI 54656
Home phone: (608) 269-3292; Cell phone: (608) 487-5964;
Email: [email protected]
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Edward Bender: 300 Beaumont Highway, Lebanon,
CT 06249
Home phone: (860) 423-0380; Cell phone: (860) 428-6250;
E-mail: [email protected]
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Seth Onsager (website
manager): N5176 Hwy HH, Mauston,
WI 53948
Cell phone: 608) 797-0924; E-mail: [email protected]
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Debbie Shellabarger: 1225 Nash Road, Xenia,
OH 45385
Home phone: (937) 376-2980; Cell phone: (937) 470-0080;
E-mail: [email protected]