Saturday, January 27, 2018
10 a.m. Arrival –
1. New Officer Training – New Chapter Officer Training
a. Some combination of the following topics by demand and request:
i. What “ODS does for Chapters”
ii. Understand office’s role, relationship and responsibilities with Chapter Leaders and people running events on behalf of the chapters; understand the Chapter Leaders role, relationship and responsibilities with regards to the ODS Office / ODS upper leadership
iii. Talk about Insurance for Educational Activities and Competitions
iv. Talk about Chapter communications
v. What challenges your chapter is having
vi. What has been successful
vii. Chapter Chatter
viii. Any other chapter / office related ideas?
b. How to increase membership
i. Youth outreach programs, ideas
ii. Adult outreach programs, ideas
iii. Western Dressage?
c. Ideas on how to motivate members to become more active and attend more meetings
d. Dressage Foundation; other Grants, etc.
e. ODS Website Calendar – how to use it
1. Creating and presenting a budget
Noon-1p.m: Lunch – Dining Hall
1 p.m. – Smith Meeting Hall – Strength in Members, let’s pull together in 2018
1. Welcome and Introductions – Tom Murray
2. Chapter Reports – Each chapter should submit a written report, or have a representative present an oral report, please include a brief overview of 2018 plans so they can be put on the calendar.
2:00-5:30 pm Brainstorming and Breakout Sessions
1. Let’s make a plan – Northwest Horse Expo
2. Volunteer Data Base – Emily Kenyon
2. Committee Break Outs –
a. How can we make ODS better?
b. How do we attract more volunteers to your committee?
5:30 PM: Dinner – Dining Hall
After dinner there will be an informal social time at the cabins.
Note: discussion topics may be prioritized by attendees; some may be carried over for Sunday morning discussion or tabled for future discussion.