1. Minutes of June 19th 2012
CIHF DIRECTORS MEETING
5PM BC, 6pm AB. Sask. 7PM Manitoba. 8PM ON. , QC. 9Pm NB, NS, 9.30pm NF.
1. Call to order. Christopher 8. 05 pm ON.
2. Approve agenda. Plus additions to new business. Maria Arnold
3. Amendments and Approve minutes of April 10th 2012 Arnold, Brett.
4. Reports
President: Attachment, will also be in the NL.
Treasurer: E. mail notice. Also an agenda Item to add.
Secretary: Susan B. Nothing extraordinary to report
Committees
Breed Evaluations successful although some concerns expressed to the breed leader.
Education: R. badge taken a back seat Bernie still working on 1+2 and trail. Trail probably not
ready 'til next year. Several clinics in ON.
Seminar in Duluth Michigan sponsored by Katrine Sheehan will educate Regular
coaches/trainers to the Icelandic horse and understanding of gait correction. Pilot project taught
by Barbara Frische.
Sport: Chilliwack show . Judging Renewal, no definite info. at the moment.
Youth. No report.
Sponsorship: Brett A.
News letter. Awaiting June edition from Arie and Christopher. Cost analysis requested .Was
done last year and approved. Funding granted.
Web nothing to report.
Membership #'s now 104
5. Business arising from previous meeting.
a) Constitutional amendments to intern judge status deferred to next meeting.
b) A policy needs to be written for Breed evaluation sponsorship.
Note: Suggestion made that a policy and procedures manual be put together. Maria is willing to
work on this.
6. New business.
a) CIHF. USIHC. and WF. Registration and transfers to Canada
-- The USIHC changes the country of ownership to Canada. The problem arises when the horse
never physically enters Canada.
-- VAT. Is paid if a horse leaves Iceland and is registered to the new owner before leaving..
• Perceived difficulty seems to be with the USIHC Registrar. Better cooperation with the US is
suggested..
problem outlined :- A horse sold to Canada in the US, owners never owned a horse before so
have no Canadian reg.#. This is easily obtained from CLRC. The owner can then choose to
become a CIHF member. This would then automatically give membership # for WF.
Christopher will contact FEIF for the WF eligibility question as a board member feels that
simple registration should come with an automatic WF #. A lengthy discussion on this subject
ensued. The policy is already in place for CLRC registration and Membership.

2. Re-evaluation of our policy and financial feasibility is our only issue. Erhard will talk to our
WF registrar to obtain a #. If this is the case then we may need to increase fees to cover the
annual WF+ FEIF fee.
b) Barbara Frische gave a succinct and passionate appeal to the audience and participants at the
New York evaluations , that we all not just look at final scores and in particular BLUP #'s when
choosing horses for breeding. Individual scores and comments are equally important. All can be
viewed on the WF Breed shows web site.
c) Breeders list. Members can post /list trainers on their web info. So far no breeders have paid.
Web site committee to solve this problem.
d) Question. Do trainers pay a fee for info. Or just breeders?
e) maria will start a policy and procedures manual. This will include job descriptions. An
outline will be sent out to fill in.
f) Breed evaluations. Next one wanted in the west as nothing is happening in the east. See
breed leaders report. In future there is the possibility that we can choose breed Judges that
understand the north American market .
Noted: at the May evaluation, BC, one rider disciplined for rough riding. This was recorded to
the wrong rider.
Next meeting September 18th Tuesday. AGM date to be determined.
7) Adjourn 9. 40 pm ON. Erhard Arnold