TASHA Meeting Minutes - November 6, 2005

Attendees: Katy Park, Corrine Stith, Pam Hester, Teri Beaty, Milo Jones, Laurie Levins, Koren Mercer, Sherry Frankel-Deal, Steve Chadick, Lauren Greenwald, Sandy Currier, Elly Berman, Cheri Newberry, Regenia Taylor, Tori Taylor, Christy Randel, Chris Tresten

Notes:

• Holiday (December) Horse Show:

Awards
There will be TASHA duffle bags (adults) and TASHA backpacks (kids) for championship classes. Qualifying classes will have silver trays with the TASHA logo engraved.
 

Volunteers
Please contact Teri Beaty if you can help in table sales, selling TASHA merchandise; may handle memberships, scholarship entries, contests, etc.
 

Sponsorships
About half of the classes still need to be sponsored, so please consider sponsorship. The cost is only $50 for two classes. Sponsorship forms are available on the web site at http://www.texasasha.org/TashaForms.htm
 

Craft Activities
We need help manning the craft table on Saturday. So, if you enjoy working with glue guns, glitter, and kids, please let Laurie Levins, Sherry Wallace, or Pam Hester know you’re available.
 

Hospitality

• There will be a hospitality area next to the show office providing drinks and light snacks to everyone!

• The TASHA luncheon, catered by Johnny Carino’s will be held Saturday from 11:30am to 1pm. There will be two types of salad; vegetable pasta, chicken and Italian pot roast dishes; bread, drinks and dessert. Please join us for this complimentary meal.

Advertising

• Please check out the great ads in the Holiday Horse Show premium book (it should be arriving in your mailbox toward the end of the week of November 7th), and let Pam Hester know by December 15 if you’d like to place an ad in the Winter show premium book. If you’d like an ad in the TASHA membership book, please let Pam know by January 5th.

• Press releases for the show will be published in local newspapers and magazines.

• The TASHA horse show dates have been added to the calendars of Horse World and National Horseman.

Booths

• There will be a TASHA booth area for membership, sponsorships, youth scholarship sign-up, the art contest, and used clothing and tack sale.

• TASHA clothes – there will be new jean jackets and leftover T-shirts and black jackets for sale

Center Ring Decorations

Please contact Sandy Reed about plant donations for center ring decorations.
 

Classes

There will be $1500+ in prize money in the amateur and open classes. To donate, please contact Milo Jones (303-717-0604). The class schedule and entry form are posted on the web site at http://www.texasasha.org/TashaShowInformation.htm under the TASHA Holiday Horse Show** listing.

$100+ classes

• ASB Show Pleasure Driving Championship

• ASB Country Pleasure Driving Championship

$200+ classes

• ASB Five-Gaited Championship – Amateur

• ASB Park Pleasure Championship

• ASB Three-Gaited Show Pleasure Championship

• ASB Country English Pleasure Championship

$500+ classes

• ASB 2 year old under Saddle – Walk / Trot only

• ASB 3 year old under Saddle – Walk / Trot only (Canter can be added if all participants agree)

New classes

• 3 year old class to be added on Sunday

• ASB Country English Pleasure AOT (Amateur Owned and Trained)

• Any Breed Walk only, 17 & under

Fun classes

• Stick Horse

• Ride-A-Buck - $5/rider. Winner takes all!

Host Hotel
The Best Western Houston West (1-800-528-1234 or 281-392-9800) is the Host Hotel. It is located on the feeder of Interstate 10 between Grand Parkway and Mason Road. The rate is $62 for two doubles or one king if you identify yourself as being with the TASHA horse show. Because hotels are still booked with hurricane evacuees, please make your reservations early.

• The Board of Directors now needs a Trophy committee member. So, if you enjoy shopping and/or designing items that children may cherish for many years, please let Koren Mercer (713-392-5253) know.

• The Winter show will be held the weekend of January 28th at the Great Southwest Equestrian Center. The TASHA and Texas high point awards will be presented at the Awards Banquet on Saturday evening during this show.

Upcoming Events / Other News:

• The Holiday TASHA show will be held at the Great Southwest Equestrian Center on December 3-4 in the front arena

• The Winter TASHA show will be held at the Great Southwest Equestrian Center on January 28-29, 2006

TASHA Meeting Minutes - August 7, 2005 - September 11, 2005 - October 9, 2005

October Attendees: Laurie Levins, Koren Mercer, Corrine Stith, Jean Huffstickler, Sherry Wallace, Kerry Ann Bunde, Julie Size

September Attendees: Laurie Levins, Koren Mercer, Milo Jones, Christy Randel, Corrine Stith, Cheri Newberry, Jean Huffstickler, Elly Berman, Nancy Moreno, Ricky Kamins, Teri Beaty, Wanda Jones, Frieda Hale, Nancy Wiseman

August Attendees: Stacey Joiner, Laurie Rebik, Stevie Gorchoff, Katy Park, Corrine Stith, Steve Chaddick, Adrian Dulin, Pam Patterson, Pam Hester, Teri Beaty, Betsy Short, Milo Jones, Wanda Jones,
Robin Levins, Koren Mercer

Notes:

Holiday (December) Horse Show:
 

Judge - Armon Effinger
Photographer - Jim Wright
Farrier - Joe Bradshaw, Jr.
Organist - Gail Frasier
Video – Horseflix

Awards

• Jean Huffstickler is handling, and awards have been ordered.

Center Ring Decorations

• Please contact Sandy Reed about plant donations for center ring decorations.

Volunteers

• Teri Beaty is leading the volunteer committee. If you can help, please contact her.

• The Lone Star Saddlebred Youth Club will fill the gate keeper and ribbon presenter positions.

• The paddock master position is a paid position and is still open.

• We also need friendly volunteers to handle table sales, selling TASHA merchandise; may handle memberships, scholarship entries, contests, etc.

Craft Activities

• Laurie Levins, Sherry Wallace, and Pam Hester are coordinating

• Picture frames will be created / decorated

• $100 was allocated for expenses

Hospitality

• There will be a hospitality area providing drinks and light snacks to everyone!

• The TASHA luncheon will be held Saturday during lunch break. This event if free to all, so please come join us!

Booths

• There will be a TASHA booth

• TASHA clothes – there will be new jean jackets and leftover T-shirts and black jackets for sale

$$ classes

• Milo Jones is coordinating donations for the $$ classes. $750 has been collected to date. To donate, please contact him (303-717-0604) and be sure to specify class and division.

There are new advertising opportunities, including a package deal. Please check the web site at http://www.texasasha.org/TashaForms.htm to see the various options. You can advertise your business or discuss opportunities with businesses that you use regularly (your bank, dry cleaners, favorite restaurants, etc.)

 

You should have received a packet of information from TASHA including membership, sponsorship, and advertising information in the mail. Please return your membership and sponsorships as soon as possible. If you did not receive this information, you can download the forms from the web site http://www.texasasha.org/TashaForms.htm

 

The awards banquet will be held Saturday evening during the Winter (January) show. A committee has been created to coordinate the logistics for the banquet. Chris Tresten, Patricia Reed, and Nancy Moreno will be coordinating a silent auction.

 

Motions Passed:

• The reciprocal membership for NTASHA was eliminated.

• The December TASHA member luncheon will be free to all.

• TASHA high points will be calculated more in-line with TEXAS High Points and the TASHA Scholarship. For details, please see the web site at http://www.texasasha.org/WebDocs/TashaRulesforDeterminingHighPointAwards.htm

Tabled Items:
Other advertising options for the web

Upcoming Events / Other News:

• The final TASHA meeting before the December show is scheduled for Sunday, November 6th at 4pm. Location – Chris Tresten’s home at 535 Little John Lane, Houston, TX 77024; Phone – 713-681-8848

• The Holiday TASHA show will be held at the Great Southwest Equestrian Center on December 3-4 in the front arena

TASHA Meeting Minutes April 10, 2005 May 15, 2005
"April Attendees: Laurie and Robin Levins, Koren Mercer, Milo Jones, Katy Park, Corrine Stith, Stevie Gorchoff, Jean Huffstickler, Stacey Joiner, Mary Maxwell, Pam Hester, Julie Size"

"May Attendees: Laurie Levins, Koren Mercer, Milo Jones, Janice Hughes, Sandy Currier, Judi Alloway, Roy Boser, Christy & Shalynn Randel, Jan & Trisha Decker, Stacey Joiner, Katy Park, Pam Hester, Julie Size, Stevie Gorchoff, Laurie Rebik"

Notes:
•The Holiday TASHA show will be held at the Great Southwest Equestrian Center in Katy, TX on December 3-4.
•The 2004-2005 TASHA awards and Texas Highpoint Award banquet will be held in Houston in early 2006.
•A committee (Stacey Joiner, Julie Size, and Pam Hester) will create a mail-out packet which includes at least membership and sponsorships.
•Volunteers
-We need your help. If you have volunteered to help at the horse shows, and then can't make it, please make an effort to find a replacement yourself.
-Teri Beaty is leading a volunteer committee, and needs some more volunteers to help coordinate. Stacey Joiner will also help. Please contact Teri or Stacey if you are interested.
•Sherry Wallace has generously offered to match TASHA's scholarship fund for this coming show year, bringing the value up to $1000. If you are interested in matching future scholarships, please contact Jean Huffstickler.
•Pictures from the past two TASHA horse shows are posted on the web site. You may download a picture yourself, or send an e-mail to tasha@texasasha.org for a higher resolution version. We ask you to consider a donation to TASHA for this offering.
•Since the website is available, meeting notes will only be sent by postal mail to local barns. E-mail notification will be made to all TASHA members with valid e-mail addresses. Please check the web site to keep up with the news.

Motions Passed:
•TASHA will contact past winners of perpetual trophies to ask for donation to help with engraving cost
•Future engraving costs for perpetual trophies will be taken out of premium money during show check-out
•Classified ads can be posted on web site for $20

Tabled Items:
•Research possible band for horse show
•Fundraiser consideration
•Discuss upcoming awards banquet, including food, facilities, awards, etc.

Upcoming Events / Other News:
•The next TASHA meeting is scheduled for Sunday, August 7th, 4pm at Del's Grill & Custard on Mason road 1/2 mile north of 290. 15202 Mason Rd Cypress, TX Phone: (281) 256-7700
•The Holiday TASHA show will be held at the Great Southwest Equestrian Center on December 3-4
•The 2004 - 2005 TASHA High Point Awards have been posted on the web site at http://www.texasasha.org/HighPointAwards.htm
 

TASHA Meeting Minutes January 16, 2005

Attendees:Laurie Levins, Koren Mercer, Milo Jones, Julie Size, Denise Baker, Cheri Newberry, Susan and Jim Leggett, Nancy Moreno, Jan and Max Decker, Trisha Decker, Patricia Reed, Chris Tresten, Laurie Rebik, Teri Beaty

Meeting Notes:
•The meeting started at 2pm with networking, and was called to order at 2:30pm.

•The December TASHA show made $3200 ($200 profit were from the new TASHA jackets). 90 horses were shown; 117 back numbers were used; and there were 262 entries.
•February Show planning was discussed:
-Ribbons have been ordered.
-TASHA Jackets are in stock.
-The qualifying classes will receive small TASHA duffle bags for first place; championships will receive TASHA garment bags.
-The membership directory is being cleaned up, and will probably be published after the show.
-The center ring decorations' budget is $100. Extra help could be used setting up and taking down. If you can help, please
contact Sandy Reed.
-Still looking for a Horse Show Host - a nonpartisan person to escort the judge around town (meals, airport transportation, etc.).
If you know of someone, please contact Koren Mercer. Other volunteer positions were discussed with possible choices.
You may be called! If you can help out, please contact Cheri Newberry.
-TASHA will start engraving the Perpetual trophies again for this show season. Jan Decker will secure a quote for engraving to
catch up on the missing years. If the quote is affordable, TASHA will fund the engraving for the missing years.
-All classes but 5 were previously sponsored. The remaining 5 were sponsored at the meeting.
-Emma Breeggemann is working on raising money to cover the stake classes (5 gaited open, 3 gaited open, Jr. Horse Park,
3 year old under saddle). $1000 is needed. If you would like to contribute, please contact Emma.
-TASHA is looking for an experienced photographer. If you know of anyone, please contact Koren Mercer. Robin Levins will be
taking pictures inside and outside of the ring for the TASHA web site.
-Class 42 - ASB Park Pleasure - Open will be moved from Sunday to Saturday.
•Patricia Reed offered to organize a TASHA Youth Club to help with future horse shows.
•The meeting was adjourned at 4pm.

Motions Passed:
•TASHA will fund the difference between the $1000 needed for stake classes and what is raised (at least $250 has already been
raised), plus donate up to $500 more.
•For show judges, TASHA will pay a minimum of $250/day plus a $50 per diem (eating expenses) and cover hotel, airfare, and rental car expenses.

Tabled Items:
•Duplicate Perpetual trophies and/or no space left for engraving
•Youth Scholarship amount
•Possible TASHA benefit from TASHA web site pictures

Upcoming Events:
•The February Winter Classic Horse Show at the Great Southwest Equestrian Center (back arena) in Katy, Texas on February 5-6
•2004 Texas Highpoint Award Banquet on Saturday, February 12 at the Dallas Marriott Quorum in Dallas, Texas
•Big D Fish Fry & Silent Auction benefiting Big D Charity Horse Show and Camp John Marc on February 13 from 2-5pm at
Milligan Stables, 3116 E. Parker Road in Plano, Texas