BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CONFERENCE CALL

APPROVED MINUTES

JANUARY 31, 2008

TIM TOLER, VICE PRESIDENT, CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 9:05 PM.  HE ASKED MARY HOOKER, SECRETARY, TO CALL THE ROLE.  ALL MEMBERS WERE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR JUDY JONES.

ED HIERS READ THE RULE CONCERNING THE TIMING OF THE NOMINATIONS FOR OFFICERS TO BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD.  HE THEN MADE A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULE FOR THIS NOMINATION OF OFFICERS.  THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY TIM TOLER.  THE ROLL WAS CALLED AND ALL VOTED YES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF JUDY JONES ABSENT, WILBURN WILLIAMS NO; JEROME ZAHND, TIM TOLER AND LARRY STREET ABSTAINED.  MOTION PASSED.

TIM WELCOMES NEW DIRECTORS, ED HIERS, FRED MCCRORY, AND TONYA BEAVERS. 

HE ANNOUNCED THAT THE NOMINATION COMMITTEE CONSISTED OF JUDY JONES, HOWARD BELLAMY, DARLENE HARRIS AND EDDIE BARROW WITH TIM TOLER CHAIR.

TIM PRESENTED THE COMMITTEE’S NOMINEE’S FOR 2008 OFFICERS. HE READ THEM INDIVIDUALLY AND ASKED FOR NOMINATIONS.  THERE WERE NO NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR ON ANY POSITION AND NO OPPOSITION ON ANY OF THE NOMINEE AS PRESENTED BY THE COMMITTEE.

 THE FOLLOWING WERE ELECTED.

            PRESIDENT                                                              ED HIERS

            V-PRES                                                                     TIM TOLER

            TREASURER                                                            DARLENE HARRIS

            PERSONNEL & PROPERTY                                  JIM MORRIS

            MEMBERSHIP & PROMOTIONS                           SAMMIE TYRA

            HORSE SHOW COMMITTEE                                 JUDY JONES

            ADVISORY COMMITTEE                                        KELLY FRANCE

            JUDGES COMMITTEE                                            HOWARD BELLAMY

            TRAIL, FIELD & PLEASURE                                  DARLENE HARRIS

            BREEDERS’ COMMITTEE                                     RONNIE HOOKER

            RULES ENFORCEMENT                                       EDDIE BARROW

            EXHIBITOR STATUS                                               BARBARA JOHNSTON

            DQP COMMITTEE                                                   KEITH AILSHIE

ED HIERS ASKED IF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY FEBRUARY 15, 2008 COULD BE STARTED AT NOON INSTEAD OF 1 PM.  NO ONE HAD ANY OBJECTIONS SO HE ASKED DONNA TO RESCHEDULE THE MEETING AND CHANGE THE POSTING ON THE WEBSITE.

BARBARA JOHNSTON ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION OF HOW SHE WAS TO SELECT HER COMMITTEE.  SHE WAS TOLD TO FOLLOW THE RULE BOOK AND SELECT 2 FROM THE TRAINERS AND 2 FROM THE AMATEURS TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD AT THE WINTER MEETINGS FOR APPROVAL.

SHE ALSO STATED SHE HAD A PROPOSAL FOR THE CHANGE OF HOW WE ELECT JUDGES FOR THE SPRING AND FALL CELEBRATION.  ED ASKED HER TO SEND EACH DIRECTOR AN OUTLINE TO REVIEW BEFORE THE FEBRUARY MEETING.  HE ALSO ENCOURAGED EACH CHAIR TO DO THE SAME THING IF THEY HAD AN ISSUE THEY WANTED TO PRESENT THAT MIGHT REQUIRE SOME THOUGHT BEFORE THE ISSUE WAS PRESENTED OR VOTED ON.

THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:45.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED

MARY HOOKER