LANA ...

John Gliege spoke to the group as the sole member of the LANA board in attendance. He listed the current members of the LANA board and who each of the board members are.
John stated the following: We applaud the fact that there are people coming forward for the breed. However, as evidence by our numbers, we are not fully represented here. I decided to come up here as far as LANA is concerned and say that LANA is interested in the growth and development within the Lipizzan breed in the country. LANA also has experience with the trials and tribulations within the past organizations. The Lipizzan Pedigree Trust was established to have an entity that owned the records of the horses so that no individual could claim them. So far, it has worked. In today society where records are more publicly available and digitized, this is not as much of a concern, but we still need to preserve old records, which are still paper records. He stated that LANA also works towards education.
He then opened the meeting up to questions.
Laura asked John G. why he left the USLR. Ingun interjected that there is a lot of history within the Lipizzan societies in the US. She stated that she thinks the one thing we should do at this meeting is to look forward to the future of this organization and not the past. We will not make progress by rehashing the past.
LANA's scope of education is in two categories -- education of owners and the education on judges. Lack of resources in today's economy put on hold all of these goals. John said, with judges, it is a tough situation because we are short of people with a lot of experience and education, and those with experience and education are the ones that want their horses evaluated.
Barbara spoke about the breed shows that were held with judges from other breeds. She noted that it was interesting that all the multi-breed judges picked out the same first place horse. However, there was a lack of knowledge of history, which Ingun noted is essential to the breed and the breed's preservation.
Gayla stated from her experience, there are plenty of people who are wanted to get involved, wanting to participate, but they are WAITING for one organization. They want to learn more, but they are WAITING. They are there. WAITING
Ruth Metz spoke to our common agenda and our need to get in the same page in order to get involved and get things done.
Keith Duly made a general statement about the distance constraints within the country. He is not sure how to get around it, and the expense associated with it.
John G. stated that some of the activities require physical presence including evaluations. However, part of what we do does not require physical presence. John G. teaches in a distance learning setting, and he spoke to using the digital age to connect and make information available. This is one of the things we need to move towards -- an outstanding electronic teaching program.
Ingun: as one organization we have tremendous opportunities and talent out there. There are a lot of people who are sitting out there waiting. I think we will be surprised by the number of new members that we will acquire through becoming one organization. We need to look at this in a very positive manner and look at how we are going to grow and develop in the future.
We were then adjourned for a short break!