BCHCAZ Board Meeting – July 6, 2021
Zoom Meeting can be used by a Smartphone.
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Roll Call – Quorum
- President – Craig Ferdig
- Secretary – Rene Ferdig
- Treasurer – Wendy Timmel
- Trails – Spike Hicks
- Sedona committee – Joan Bouck
Agenda: Approved
- Financial / Membership Update – Wendy
- Financial – Wendy took over after Dan resigned. Finances are now online and Wendy will set us up on QuickBooks to fully automate the books.
- $5,049 in money market
- $32,224.45 in checking
- Membership –
- Financial – Wendy took over after Dan resigned. Finances are now online and Wendy will set us up on QuickBooks to fully automate the books.
- Trails:
- Need to renew the agreement with the forest service. Craig looking into it.
- Prescott Nat’l Forest and Kaibab Forests will open 7/9
- Discussion around providing BCHCAZ trail maintenance volunteers with a free BCHCAZ t-shirts. Wendy will do some designs for a new t-shirt and send to us for review.
- Groom Creek Horse Camp
- 16’ replacement panel is still on backorder.
- August BCH weekend 8/20-22.
- $1500 donation to the maintenance on the “stair steps” of trail 307 up to Spruce Mountain to be completed this year.
- June Events:
- Sedona ride with Chris Johannsen (Red Rocks Ranger District) went well showing him what it’s like to be an equestrian on one of the trails.
- July events
- Bartending brought in $1,057.82
- Parade went well, but no prizes this year.
- August events
- Cowboy Poets breakfast is Sunday August 15th. BCHCAZ does the cooking, serving, and clean-up. 15-20 volunteers needed.
- Custom saddle will be raffled (tickets sold at rodeo).
- Bumblebee Update
- Everything moving forward. No contributions yet.
- Horse Lords want to join BCHCAZ and will be attending Bumblebee and offered a one hour demo of Safety on Horseback.
- Mark Strevropolis will offer a packing demo if he has that weekend off.
- Wendy created and printed 100 flyers. Some were distributed at the Little Thumb Butte ride.
- Sedona Update
- Coconino National Forest is now open.
- Girdner trail multiple intersection areas, needs signage including where a trail might be difficult for horses
- Trail etiquette signage will be put in place. Need carsonite signs.
- Christmas Party
- December 3rd or 4th (confirming with the venue)
- Katie McAlister will be point on organizing the Christmas Party.
- Prescott Rodeo
- Rodeo crew was very happy with how BCHCAZ handled their bartending and hope to put the group into a better night next year.
Adjourn. Next meeting is Monday, August 2nd at 6:30.