CANADIAN CLASSIC RODEO ASSOCIATION
December 7, 2024, Board Meeting in Strathmore, AB
Present: Tom Thielen, Sandy Creasy, Joe Fisher, Niki Makofka, Marina Eckert, Charity Aneca, Nathan
Block, Verle Pahl, Reid Miller, Bruce Clayton, Lorne Lausen, Connie LeMoine
Via Zoom: Glynnis Turcato, Gina Icenoggle
Excused: Doug Lefebvre, Kenny Ullery, Greg Henry, Tim Bevans
CALL TO ORDER: 11:42AM
Reading of 2024 Annual General Meeting Minutes by Paige
CANADIAN CLASSIC RODEO ASSOCIATION
ANNUALL GENERAL MEETING
OCTOBER 19, 2024, CLARESHOLM AGRIPLEX
CALL TO ORDER AT 9:10 AM
President Tom Thielen address to the membership.
- Welcome everyone and thank you for being here and being members of the association.
The year started with the Casino in Calgary in January, on a very couple of extremely cold
days, but the payoff was well worth it!!
A huge Thank you to everyone that helped to make the casino work and for all the hours that
Mark did to get this organized.
This year has been very trying from the get-go with the first rodeo only having one day with
the second day being rained out. Our rodeos have been later in the year with the first dates
and hopefully in the future we will have rodeo’s starting earlier in the year and continuing
consistently throughout the summer!!!
We have redone the old Bylaws and are working on the rulebook to bring them up to date
and I personally believe this will benefit the association immensely!
Huge Thank you to Laurie Bresee for her work on the Bylaws as well as Doug Goodine, Niki
Makofka and especially Bev Welsh for all they have done to get the work done that most
definitely needed an overhaul.
This board has been an amazing as a group to come together and take on every situation that
has been thrown at us throughout the year and there has been a few.
Niki, Bev, Rick, Joe, Marina, Paige and anyone I may have missed that has gathered sponsors
and helped make this association what it is today, a huge Thank you from the association!!
Without your dedication we would not have what we do today or moving forward.
Our financials overall are looking promising all Thanks to Niki and her raffles she has
organized over the last couple years and Thank you to the members for your participation
and buying in to the Association.
I encourage all of you to read the Bylaws as there is a lot more to them than the old ones. A
new revised Rulebook is coming with all the amendments form the past and any new rules
being approved will be included as well. Hopefully it is easier to follow and look up rules
when necessary!!
I would like to Thank the Board and the membership for a great year.
Thank you, Tom,
AGM Minutes from 2023 Annual General Meeting,
Motion by Millie to accept the 2023 AGM Minutes as presented, seconded by Tammy
Vote- all in favor – carried
FINANCIALS – PRICE & COMIN LTD
Presented by Ryan Vadnais CPA, CA
Via 12-minute Video – due to other commitments
If there are any questions, please forward to Paige at the office.
This is the first time an accountant has presented the financial statement. - Motion by Laurie to accept the financial statement as presented, seconded by Millie
- Vote – all in favor – Carried
ELECTIONS
President – - Charity nominates Reid Miller seconded by Marina
- Reid nominates Niki Makofka – declined
- Marina nominates Sandy Creasy – declined
- Lorne nominates Joe Fisher seconded by Millie
- Kenny moves nominations cease
Vote – Reid 16
Joe 21 New President
Team Roping – - Rick nominates Kenny Ullery seconded by Reid
Millie moves nominations cease – Kenny new Team Roping Director
Tie Down Roping – - Bill nominates Verle Pahl – declined
- Reid nominates Glen Adie – declined
- Rick nominates Everett Morton – declined
- Kelly nominates Greg Henry seconded by Rick
Rick moves nominations cease – Greg new Tie Down Roping Director
Ribbon Roping – Runner - Millie nominâtes Connie LeMoine, seconded by Mark
- Kelly move nominations cease
Breakaway Roping – - Joe nominates Gina Icenoggle – declined
- Kelly nominates Lorne Lausen – declined
- Glynnis nominates Tim Bevans seconded by Kelly
- Laurie moves nominations cease – Tim new Breakaway roping Director
Barrel Racing – - Millie nominates Charity Aneca seconded by Tammy
- Kenny moves nominations cease – Charity new barrel racing director
Committee Rep / US Representative- - Bill nominates Gina Icenoggle seconded by Neil
Gina made the statement you get what you ask for as she has never done anything like
this before…. - Laurie moves nominations cease
Secretary – - Millie nominates Sandy Creasy seconded by Connie V
- Niki moves nominations cease – Sandy will be the secretary
Treasurer – - Lorne nominates Reid Miller seconded by Rick
- Rick moves nominations cease – Reid will be the Treasurer
Steer Wrestling – - Kelly nominates Bruce Clayton seconded by Reid
- Kelly moves nominations cease – Bruce is the new Steer Wrestling director
Equipment Manger – - Twylla nominates Lorna Hodge seconded by Marina
- Marina moves nominations cease – Lorna to continue as equipment manager
RULE COMMITTEE – - Doug Goodine, Niki Makofka, Tom Thielen, Bev Welsh
- Doug presented how the rule book needed some reviewing with rule that had be duplicated
and hangover so the committee went through and adjusted any thing that needed to be
adjusted, relocated any rules to event rules that were not in the correct places in the
rulebook, so they can be more affective. - The Association sends a huge Thank You to Doug Goodine for all his help with the rulebook
review - Also to Bev Welsh for all the time she has taken with the rule book review.
Motion by Amanda to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Traci - Vote – all in favor – Carried
Adjournment at 10:40 am
MOTION: Motion made by Reid to accept minutes as presented, seconded by Bruce Vote: all in favor –
carried
Presentation of the Finals figures to the Board by the Office
MOTION: Motion by Reid to accept the Finals Figures as presented, seconded by Lorne Vote: all in favor
– Carried
Directors Reports:
LBR- Niki/Marina/ Charity – nothing
Tie Down Roping – Nathan/ Verle – good year
Breakaway Roping – Lorne / Glynnis – Men’s BAW was a good year. Ladies BAW good year with 21
entries throughout the year and the retreat raised $1125 for the added money at the 2024 finals.
Ribbon Roping- Heather / Connie – Heather reported that entries have declined, there are plenty of
runners but not enough ropers. Hoping the new rules will help with the issues in the ribbon roping,
question if stock contractors are able to have cattle with in the range of 250 lbs for the ribbon roping via
the rule in the rulebook. Let committees know to ask this question.
Team Roping – Reid – was a good year overall, working on sponsors to help the association.
Steer Wrestling – Joe – was a great year had 7 entries this year, hoping that most will come back for nest
year.
Raffle Report – Niki – 2024 report of $23,000 gross income with a total of $11,500 raised for the
association, there has been $45,000 raised over the last 3 years. Niki is stepping down from the raffle
position but will help anyone that takes it on. The Board and members want to send a Huge Thank You to
Niki for all her hard work over the last few years, all the hard work she has done has not gone unnoticed,
Niki will be greatly missed.
Sponsorship report – $21, 655 in Cash donations was brought in this year, which does not include the InKind donations of approximately $2600. Niki is also stepping down from this position as well but will
help the next person that takes this on.
Finals Awards report – Season Leader awards – some members are wondering if there can be something
different instead of buckles.
Niki has done an amazing job with these 3 positions the association has benefited from all her hard work
and greatly appreciate what she has done.
NEW ITEMS:
AGLC – learn how to allocate the gaming funds, these funds are only used for certain items and
need to ensure they are correctly used.
New Rule Changes – should any age category with ten or more years of age or all events change to the
qualification for the finals from the top 10 to 15, the board will discuss this in more length and get more
feed back from the members, as when this was sent out to the members not much was sent back for
feedback from the members. Question if the points from the season should be brought into the finals if
the top 15 are what qualify to the finals, more incentive to attend as many rodeos as possible if the top
15 are what qualify for the finals. Will be asking the members for their feedback.
Stock at the Finals – Team Roping stock were extremely strong this year, but with further investigation
team roping cattle have been strong all over in other associations as well, the stock contractor was
aware and was apologetic for the issue, the association understands the issues at hand. As the
contractor stated the cattle at the finals were rodeo steers not jackpot steers. The association
appreciates how willing the contractor is willing to work with us as a whole to make the association
better.
Fund Raising at the Finals – first Thank you to Linda Johnson and Kelly Newton for doing the fundraising
at the finals, and congrats to Dave Long on the win, also Thank you to Dave for being amazing and
donating his winnings back to the association.
CCRA Caps sales – ordered 100 caps, have sold 46 so far with 38 black and 15 navy still available. The
caps cost $13 each with a total cost of $1391.25, with the cost to sell at $25 each, so far have collected
$1150 so very close to breaking even.
Hoodies – Walkers – wondering what is happening with the Hoodies, Verle has tried to contact them 3
times with no luck, Heather has also been to the store twice. The owner of the store also has young
children that are busy with extracurricular activities so she is very busy.
Marina message of concern- Tex-styles – concerned on the bids for the finals jackets, feels that did not
receive all information as to what was expected for bids.
Reid – would like to have year to date at every meeting as well as same month as last year for
comparison.
MOTIONS: Motion by Bruce to remove Tom Thielen from the signing authority for the CCRA, seconded
by Sandy, vote: all in favor – Carried
Motion by Bruce to remove Niki Makofka from the signing authority for the CCRA, seconded by Sandy,
Vote: all in favor – Carried
Motion by Nathan to add Joe Fisher to the signing authority for the CCRA, seconded by Sandy, Vote: all
in favor – Carried
Adjournment of first meeting by Tom at 12:36pm
New Meeting called to order by Joe at 12:37pm
Welcome of the New members to the Board from Joe as well and a huge thank you to Tom and the
outgoing directors for all their hard work of the last couple years.
Renewal of Paige’s contract – tabled to next meeting, Motion by Sandy seconded by Verle, vote all in
favor
Reid is working on a major sponsorship from possibly Husky and other companies that will be interested
in coming on board.
Joe – Sponsorship/ Raffle / Awards position – anyone willing to take this on is welcome, Joe to post
information to the website on these positions being available.
Next meeting Jan 8 at 7pm via zoom
Adjournment of meeting at 12:55pm