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NORTH STAR GAITED HORSE CLUB MEETING
January 8, 2011, 4:00 p.m.
Christmas party
Anello’s Torch Lite Restaurant
Shawano, WI

The club’s annual Christmas Party, gift exchange and dinner including a wonderful meal of prime rib, chicken and fish with all the side dishes of potatoes, coleslaw, green beans, and Icecream and cake dessert all for $10 at the Anello’s Torch Lite Restaurant. Thank you, Rita and John Mondus & Happy Birthday Julio Soto!

OLD BUSINESS:

Carol Westphal, Treasurer, read the balance in the club checking and savings accounts.

For membership fees, please pay Carol Westphal, Treasurer or Jackie Pues, Vice-President...
$20 single or $25 family membership.

John and Rita Mondus went to the Nut Cracker with horses, and John said the Nut Cracker with Horses is a very nice show.

NEW BUSINESS:

The Madison Horse Fair was discussed and John and Rita Mondus will be showing eight horses at the Midwest Horse Fair on April 15, 16, 17, 2011. The theme for the horse fair is “Shining with the Star”…old horse performers. John mentioned that we could use people from the club to man the booth or help out. Please let John know if you can help out for this.

There will be a block of rooms set up for name North Star Gaited Horse Club at the Hyatt Place Hotel in Madison for members of the club. Contact John Mondus regarding information or reserving a room. PeruvianAcres@aol.com or
Ph: (715) 526-6786, Shawano, WI

Feb 19, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. at Anello’s Torch Lite Restaurant in Shawano, WI, will be our next club meeting and Auction—John M. will be the auctioneer and please bring items that people can use, or something that is not wanted by you anymore. John said he even sold a bag and a basket…lol.
All money or donations goes to our club. This is a fun event.

Note: The April Horse-A-Rama in Manitowoc, WI, has now moved their annual date to May. This, year the date will be May 7 & 8th, 2011.
www.horse-a-rama.org

The club suggested a trail ride at Acres for Recreation, in Shawano, WI for a possible date of June 1st, 2011.

We are planning a Desensitizing Clinic and Fun Day for May 21, 2011. Setup time last year (2010) was at 8:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. start clinic, and noon was our lunch. More info at an upcoming meeting.
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--Michelle Salamonski discussed Oconto County charging a fee to ride on the Machickanee Trails. The Outback Riders do not want a fee for riding on the trails and horse people are fighting to stop Oconto County, Park and Recreation. A contact person regarding the trails is Robert Skalitzky—see below:

We do not support the implementation of a fee to ride the trails in the
Machickanee. If you are opposed to the idea, please send an email to
Robert Skalitzky, Oconto County Forest and Park Administrator, at
robert.skalitzky@co.oconto.wi.us or call his office at 920-834-6827 and
express your opinion on this matter.
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--Cindy Lemke sent this e-mail out to club members to sign this petition:

Please sign this petition to support our horse trails in the Machickanee Forest. Even if you don't own or ride horses, PLEASE PLEASE DO THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Andy Van Den Elzen has just read and signed the petition: Stop the proposed fee to ride in the Machickanee
You can view this petition at: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/OBR-Ride-Free/
Message from Andy Van Den Elzen:
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Hi, I signed the petition "Stop the proposed fee to ride in the Machickanee". I'm asking you to sign this petition to help us reach our goal of 1,000 signatures. I care deeply about this cause, and I hope you will support our efforts.
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Michelle Salamonski suggested that because of a great balance in the club’s savings account that we should promote our club by donating some of the money to charitable causes, and also the Red River Riders every year. If anyone knows of an organization we can donate to, please make the club aware of this at our next meeting, so we can discuss this further, or contact John Mondus.

Sue Wallrich suggested an organization called CHAPS Academy that is a non-profit organization providing equine assisted mental health to individuals by working with a rider and a horse. These individuals could be suicidal or have some other issues in their lives. Also, Red River Riders would like to get involved with this organization.

We can donate money for a scholarship program, for any equine program, such as, a veterinary program, 4-H, Rodeo, etc. The club could use more ideas for this.

Jackie Pues reminded us about our club picture book that is available for everyone to view these pictures. Michelle S. said we could use more photos to add to our book, if anyone has any photos, please bring them to the next club meeting and give them to Michelle Salamonski.

Parades for this summer will need to be organized, and we will need people in the club to help out or share ideas, especially helping our new club-parade members. We need to make a list of the parades for this summer.
The Memorial Day Parade in May, the 4th of July parade in Bonduel, etc. Maybe someone in the club could be in charge of this.

A suggestion came up that our club could go to the Midieval Times in Schaumburg, IL, but we will need ideas and a date for this.

A clinic on Horse saddling or Horse starting was suggested for this year.

Cindy Lemke mentioned NAPHA and for further information see –
www.napha.net

See information from Cindy below:
February 25,26,27 will be the North American Peruvian Horse Association Annual membership meeting at the South Point in Las Vegas. This is a horse facility with an arena, casino, 5 restaurants, spa, bowling alley, & movie theater. Thursday is the Regional Advisory Counsel & Club President meeting all day & Saturday will be a members Meeting & Sunday will be education & Judge certification workshops that members may also attend. Members can attend all the meetings but only the RAC Representatives can vote on agenda items. So far I & Darla Austin from Region 11 & 12 are going. We do a lot of round table discussion & work on making NAPHA a transparent, member driven, strong association There is free time in the evening to spend as you please. This is a great time to meet Peruvian Horse people from all over the US. It has been very educational & refreshing to see how the new BOD interacts with the members.
Last year we got a great deal of work done......but that was only a start. A lot to do this year & we need the help of everyone able to be there. I am flying out of GB on the 24th into Minneapolis & then to Vegas for around $350 including baggage check. Rooms at the South Point are around $54-$75 depending on the day. Mention NAPHA when making reservations. You can get cheaper flights if you are willing to fly at odd times or fly in late evening. Appleton Alliegant has a non stop flight on certain days a little more reasonable.
Thanks,
Cindy

Antoinette Rentmeester, Secretary/webmaster
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