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Board Minutes
The meeting was called to order by Chris Bredeson at 8:54 PM, Friday, October 27th, 2006.
The meeting was attended by:

Chris Bredeson called meeting to order and welcomed new board members Karen Andraska and Ellen Walker.

Discussion of the agenda additions followed.

Minutes of the February 06 conference called were discussed and Linda Rudolphi moved to approve them at written, Heidi Christenson seconded and motion carried.

Reports on 2005 and 2006 Income and Expenses were sent to Chris Bredeson and seemed to have pages missing. Discussion followed and Rick Brandt moved to table the approval until all information was available. Pat Vogel second and motion carried.

Linda Rudolphi gave the Registrar’s Report as she passed out printed information.

Heidi Christenson read the Membership Report. She asked for clarification on a cut-off date for carrying over membership from one year to the next (e.g. if someone pays in September, does that membership expire on December 31 or should it be carried over to the following year?) Rick Brandt motioned to approve and Egon Kamarasy seconded to accept late membership for the following year as of 12/01 (Membership paid on or after December 1 will continue over for the next year in essence giving the member 13 months of membership for the price of 12 months). Membership is required for Registration (not late). Newsletter on website and Newsletter will contain reminder for dues, including past due, (Jan / Feb). Former members will not continue receiving the newsletter beyond January if they do not pay their dues. Motion by Rick Brandt and seconded by Egon Kamarasy. Motion carried.

Linda Rudolphi read her Logo Sales report. She brought with her several mugs, Heavenly Horse books and note cards. She asked for more suggestions on items of interest for sale.

Old Business:
Branding member costs $25.00, Non-member $100.00. Motion was made by Rick Brandt and seconded by Pat Vogel. Discussion continued and motion carried with 4 yea and 3 nay.

DNA Testing was discussed and the HHAA will received the first 25 kits free. HHAA will get the next 25 kits for $25.00. Blood kits are preferred. Hair kits would be sufficient. Kits will be passed out for those that qualify.

World Federation of Horses: Via written communication Henrietta Morey recommended that we don’t join at this time. Linda Rudolphi moved to accept Henrietta’s recommendation and Rick Brandt seconded, motion carried.

Advertising: Charlene Summers placed some ads. Chris Bredeson recommended that we keep our $3000 budget and Markay Kerr volunteered to be on an advertising committee. Pat Vogel moved to keep the $3000 budget and Rick Brandt seconded. Motion carried.

Awards Program: Val Sivertson passed out her award program recommendation to be implemented as soon as possible for 2006. The Board thanked Val for all her hard work. Ellen Walker moved to go ahead with the Expenditure of $750.00 to implement her program and Heidi Christenson seconded. Motion carried. All those wishing to participate in 2007 must pre-register for the awards program. Heidi Christenson would like to implement a trail riding award (hours in saddle) with the incentive being continuously recorded. There will be a fee to be in program. Linda Rudolphi moved that Heidi continue to develop her proposal in writing. Rick Brandt seconded and motion carried.

New Business:
Registrar Reimbursement: Discussion was if reimbursement should be per horse or a flat fee. Heidi Christenson moved that HHAA should pay registrar $20.00 per horse registered (this is to come out of the registration fees which are not anticipated to be increased at this time). Egon Kamarasy seconded and motion carried.

Officer Elections:
President: Chris Bredeson - nominated by Egon Kamarasy & seconded by Rick Brandt
Vice President: Pat Vogel - nominated by Rick Brandt & seconded by Heidi Christenson
Treasurer: Wanda Cooksley w/George Cooksley assisting - nominated by Rick Brandt and seconded by Linda Rudolphi
Secretary: Karen Andraska with Heidi Christenson as membership assistant - nominated by Rick Brandt and seconded by Pat Vogel
Registrar: Linda Rudolph - nominated by Pat Vogel and seconded by Rick Brandt

All motions carried.

Pat Vogel moved that Linda Rudolphi be reimbursed by HHAA for her trip to Cooksley Ranch to transfer registration files to her home office in the amount of $500.00. Seconded by Karen Andraska. Motion carried.

Discussion of agenda for General Meeting.
Ellen Walker moved to adjourn @ 11:35 PM Meeting adjourned.
Minutes taken by Karen Andraska

Minutes of the September 2005 Breeders Board meeting were being discussed as I entered the meeting late. There was a motion by Val Sivertson to approve minutes without final paragraph until further verification of minutes. It seems that there were about 3 sentences left out. Also omitted in the newsletter version of the minutes was the fact that Charlene Summers opposed the “criteria to be used when evaluating Sportlos as improvement sires for Felvers.” Pat Vogel seconded and motion was carried.

Discussion followed on the Rules of Felver Blood for the registry. Verification of Anglo/Arab status in the HHAA Breed Registry. Linda Rudolphi moved that any individual with pedigree consisting of Throughbred - Arab - Shagya or a combination thereof and is registered with a recognized registry should be approved for breeding. Val Sivertson seconded and motion carried.

Discussion regarding NASS and the ISG: Val Sivertson moved that HHAA remove NASS and replace it with ISG approved Shagya Association in the registry information. Pat Vogel seconded and motion carried.

Linda Rudolphi would like permission to re-design the HHAA registration form to get more required information for registration. Permission granted.

Pat Vogel moved that the Breeder is the owner of mare @ time of conception unless signed off in writing by the owner of the mare in the event that the mare is sold or leased while pregnant. Val Sivertson seconded and motion carried.

Linda Rudolphi moved to no longer require Breeder Certificate and encourage use of yearly Stallion Report as of 2006 breeding year.

Val Sivertson moved that when transferring a foal from the breeder to new owner as a foal (before 1 year old) that HHAA exempt the transfer fee for foals initial registration if done by 01/31 following Foal’s birth year. Linda Rudolphi seconded and motion carried.

Discussion of Multiple sales of the same horse within a certain amount of time without notifying registrar: Pat Vogel moved that only one transfer fee will be applied provided not more than 6 months have lapsed. Linda Rudolphi seconded, motion carried.

Val Sivertson moved that the name of the Hungarian Certificate of Registration be preceded by H or HS instead of spelling our Hungarian. Pat Vogel seconded motion carried with Linda Rudolphi abstaining.

Discussion of Hungarian Pony Registry as proposed by Henrietta Morey read by Chris Bredeson. Val Sivertson moved to bring it up at the General Meeting to get more feed back and then bring it up to Cooksleys. Then have the idea also addressed during our next conference call. Linda Rudolphi seconded, motion carried.

Linda Rudolphi moved to adjourn meeting. Meeting adjourned at 6:10 PM
Minutes taked by Karen Andraska

Meeting Minutes
The meeting was called to order by Chris Bredeson at 7:41 PM, Saturday, October 28th, 2006.

The meeting was attended by:

All were welcomed by Chris Bredeson and he thanked Pat Vogel and Karen Andraska for hosting the meetings.

Egon Kamarasy moved to approve minutes of 2005 meeting. Markay Kerr seconded and motion carried.

Linda Rudolphi gave the Registrar’s Report.

Heidi Christenson read the Membership Report. She also wanted to remind everyone that the advertising for the membership booklets is due by 1/31/07, and to send 150 copies.

Linda Rudolphi read her Logo Sales report and asked for additional suggestions on items of interest for sale. There were several suggestions: bumper stickers, pins, caps, mugs.

Chris Bredeson read the Board Report.

Val Sivertson presented Awards Program. Heidi Christenson presented the Ride award program.

Breeders Board reported by Chris Bredeson. Outside stallion certificates will still be necessary to register foals since non HHAA stallion owners will not have access to the annual stallion report.

Chris Bredeson read a presentation by Henrietta Morey on a registry idea for Hungarian Sport Ponies. Discussion followed.

Markay Kerr motioned to accept all reports as read. Motion was seconded by Lynn Studebaker. Motion carried.

Chris Bredeson read the Financial Report sent by George Cooksley. Wanda Cooksley has been ill and wasn’t able to attend this year. The financial report appeared to be missing a page and the approval of this report was tabled until questions could be answered.

Short and Long Range Goals

One Year Goals
Maintain and update HHAA website (Chris Bredeson)
Implement year End Awards program (Val Sivertson)
Maintain computerized pedigrees/registry (Linda Rudolphi)
DNA Testing
Redo brochure (Markay Kerr to develop ideas)
Develop marketing and public relations position (Markay Kerr)

Five Year Goals
Fund raising projects (e.g. stallion service auction)
Development of a youth program
Member educational programs
Formation of local clubs
Continued cooperation with Kisber Association ( Semen Exchange)

Ten Year Goals
Increase Bloodlines available for use.
Increase Stallion and mare members
Increase active membership in HHAA

Ellen Walker motioned to accept the short and long term goals and it was seconded by Markay Kerr. Motion Carried.

New Business: Advertising Committee was established. Val Sivertson and Markay Kerr volunteered and were asked to write an invitation for the newsletter for 3 to 5 additional members who would like to be on the advertising committee.

Rick & Sharon Brandt volunteered to host next year’s meeting at Broken Bow, Nebraska.
Val Sivertson made a motion to accept the Brandt invitation and Markay Kerr seconded. Motion carried.

Rick Brandt motioned to adjourn meeting seconded by Pat Vogel. Meeting adjourned at 9:23 PM.

Minutes taken by Karen Andraska