Minutes for GCER,     July 21,2009

The meeting was called to order by President Potato Richardson at 7:00 exactly. We had 24 members
present and one guest, Randi Kusham. The minutes had three corrections. 1.The previous meeting started at 7:10.
2. Potato rode Zoltan at the Coolie Ranch Ride and came in second and Sally Toye came in 3rd on FiFi. 3.Mary
Abbott reported she was happy we are having fun rides and campouts for our club.

Our Treasurer Dianne Dalton was delayed at work and sent in a treasurer report in via email. We have $8,614.03
in our account. Send Dianne any outstanding receipts from our ride and she will reimburse you.

Old business Gold Country Ride

Doyle and Randy gave a full report on our Gold Country Ride. Our own club member Kristi Hartman on "Sam"
came in first and also won Best Condition. Congratulations Kristy. We had a lost and found horse, (tied to a tree
the next morning), well marked trails ,Thanks to Pam, Karin, Joe and Cindy, a few Bee stings, a lot of late entry's ,
a section of pulled ribbons on bottle hill road, one incident of gunned motorcycles, one turn needs a lime marking. On
a positive note there were no overtime riders, and terrific spotters along the way.

Doyle said our volunteers were amazing, and made his job easy. Everyone came thru and worked above and
beyond the call of duty. The radio people and sweep riders were great. Everyone did their jobs and made 2009 Gold
Country Endurance Ride a huge success. Congratulations to Pam and Doyle Bailie for a job well done.

They are looking forward to 2010, and have a big "Thank you" to all volunteers whether your job was big or small
for your wonderful help. "We couldn't have put on this ride without you". A special thank you to Bill and Diane Johnson,
and Pete Occhialini for the Valet Parking. Karin Occhialini and Donna Williams for their full service vet checks. Allison
Spackman and her wonderful crew of vets and vet Secretaries, and Martin Makin and Paul Dahms for their excellent water
services. Mike Hartman and his crew of "chef's" for a delicious meal. A special thank you from me to all the timers,
Hall's, Ecklund's, Suter's, Ann Rubenstein, Blankenship's, and Lucy T

We are missing an orange cone, Gold Country Banners made by Britt in 2006. And three big lights that were stored
in Barrels. If anyone has these please contact president Potato Richardson, or vice president Joe Larkin.

Suggestions for next year:
1. Early trail Clipping and a big work party to accomplish this, possibly with EDTF.
2. New Atomic clocks and a new scale.
3. Inventory person for all Gold Country Supplies, we are loosing a lot of our supplies every year.
4. Tickets given to each committee head for volunteer dinner tickets to have a more accurate count of meals needed.
5. More food purchased

New business

1. Next year Tevis is July 24th. We need to apply for our AERC sanction. July 10, 2010 will be the ride date for our
Gold Country Endurance Ride.

2. Our next meeting is August 18th. Potato has invited our club to have our meeting and a potluck at his Sliger Mine
Ranch. Thank you Potato!

3. Our Next club campout is Point Reyes on8/7-8/9. You must make your own reservations at Stewart Ranch. It is $15
per night, cash only and no dogs. Euer Valley 9/4-9/7 will be next campout and our final campout is 10/16-10/18 at
Pt. Reyes/Stewart Ranch.

4. Our President Potato Richardson will be going for his 20th Tevis buckle, 2,000 miles, on Aug 1, 2009. We all wish
you the best of luck Potato.

It was moved by Jim Holbrook and seconded by Doyle to adjourn the meeting; the meeting was adjourned by Potato at 8:05.

Respectfully submitted, Judy Carnazzo, Secretary