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Now download your own copy of our newsletter. Just click on the month below: | For news and answers to your questions about the new Arabian Horse Association, visit arabianhorses.org This page is authored by our newsletter editor, Barb DuBois and comes directly from our monthly print newsletter June 2008 Due to working the Regional show all 5 days, getting both my eyeballs shot to help my eye sight (old age hazard), my computer crashing for 3 days and still not up to par, this newsletter is really behind... SO this will be a combined June/July issue for the first time in 23 years, less 4 months when Michael Brown wanted to do it sometime in the 90's. I remember taking it over in 1975 from Fredy Jenkins... who would know what evil lurked in her mind when she granted me this award!!! Pay attention to what this one says as this "G.I." will be short... BBQ...we will do a quick vote for delegates and the new fees (caused by AHA raising fee for comp card) plus the first increase in Youth dues ever by $5. We are a member-friendly, function-oriented club so stay with us. Delegates running are David Garrett, Kathy Callahan-Smith, Kimberely VerHage, Cherl Norman and me. then it's "D' Ya Wanna Tijuana" time!!!!BOD Meeting...no minutes are available yet but will be posted on club web site when completed. Also, Brianne Yhlen was voted by the Board as the new Youth Advisor in June. More from her in August newsletter... she will be contacting all youths soon with her plans however shortly. May Dinner Meeting...the program was very good and as a result Beckey Downing has taken on the task of getting info from us all, click here for form in case of a disaster. This won't work if you don't participate, so please make your help available if you have the facilities in a time of need. Raffles winners were Phillip Chavez, Lynne Talavera, Marsha Bustin, Pat Phelps, Becke8y Downing, Cyndee O'Brien, Steve Jensen, John Darrin, and a friend of Sandy Hardesty's whose name I don't have!!!!I am truly sorry that I had to write what is below, but I guess that we all will have to join John some time.
FUN - Jumping for joyThis is very hard to write as John was very dear to me and is his wife Marci and his grandson David Garrett. A friend of mine introduced me to John and Marci in 1972 when I was looking for a stud to breed my first arab to. Since I wasn't in a hurry I looked around but kept coming back to Copper Sands Arabians and that good looking Classy McCoy (no, not John!). When I had enough money I bred to Classy and got my handsome, very own colt, just like his Dad. I named him Sir Amos after my Dad, and from then on a friendship was born between all of us John has pulled me out of, ditches, listened to my questions, given me advice about different judges, and just "chewed the fat" when I'd come over and have a beer and he'd drink his coffee. I won't say goodbye to John because he will always be in my heart and I know that Classy is "jumping for joy" once more because he and John are together again but we ALL will miss him and our heartfelt condolences go out to all of John's family. (I know that Marci would love t hear from you - her address is 3600 W. Florida Ave., #232, Hemet, CA 92545. While working at the Region 1 horse show a couple of weeks ago I came across an art display in the show office. The pieces really looked good so I stopped and looked closely at them and felt that they should have been put out more in sight than the corner behind the door! I went back to my gate duty and didn't think about them until later. The next day I was looking at them again and this time I noticed the business card and large postcard with the artist's name on it....they were done by one of Rancho's club members, Kimberly Ver Hage!!!!! I asked her if I could run her card in place of her regular card in this issue and she said sure - but I've opted to put the larger card in as it really shows much more. Any more of you out there who has a talent please send in a sample'!!!!
May 2008 Well, time for another one of our Club dinner meetings at the Sizzler in Temecula. This month the program will be a current topic considering that we are now entering into the "disaster" season with a high fire potential looming in those areas that haven't burned in quite a while. This month's program will be on emergency evacuation plans and how to coordinate with the agencies that can help you. There will be good raffle prizes, good food, and good friends. As a reminder you must come for dinner and the program as the Sizzler will be counting you in the dinner quantity and we have to pay whether you eat or not! They are finally enforcing their policy after several years of letting us get by with "program only" attendees with no count for dinners. For info: dinner is $17 for adults and $10 for youth with a free raffle ticket & choice of 3 entrees. Additional raffle tickets are 6 for $5 or $1 each. For those who have forgotten, no matter where we go there is a charge to book a room so the cost of dinner reflects that cost also - and through experience I have found that cost to be in the $200 neighborhood at places we contacted in Temecula and nearby towns. If there is no charge they just add it in by charging a flat fee for dinner that's $10-$15 higher than cost!! By changing our dinners to every other month the club thought it might help one's budget and make it more feasible to attend a dinner meeting. So come on out for the May dinner and then you can save up for the July BBQ!!!! AHA Fee Changes...AHA has changed the competition card fee from $20 to $35, an increase of $15 for adults and juniors. Because of our By-Laws any membership fees or annual dues must be approved by a majority of consisting membership present at a regularly scheduled meeting by which 30 days notice is given to membership. That means there will be a vote at the next scheduled meeting which is the annual BBQ on July 12th. Be advised that we didn't have any thing to do with this - it was voted on in early March at the AHA executive board meeting and was NOT passed down to club membership until 1 week prior to the execution date of April 1st !!!! The following fee schedule to be voted on is as follows: Adults w/comp card $75, w/out comp card $40 (no change); Youth w/comp card $45 (was $30), w/out comp card $25 (was $20). If you have any questions call Cyndee O'Brien or myself and we can answer most of your questions. ACS Community Show...the ACS show held last weekend at Green Acres Ranch had a very good turnout. Again the ACS management was able to give a donation to the Rancho Damacitas Home for Abused children and teens of $800 which also included a generous donation from a private donor... the ACS committee has been able to donate funds to this wonderful place each show and they should be very proud of themselves along with the exhibitors for their support. Congratulations especially to Lauren Gleason as she honchos these shows each year and works extremely hard to make them successful Board of Directors notes...at the May 6th board meeting Denise Nelson announced that she had received 5 letters of intent to run for a delegate position for RCAHA. Those submitted were David Garrett, Kimberly VerHage, Barb DuBois, Cheryl Norman, and Kathy Callahan-Smith. Again we have a voting date of June for delegates but since the next meeting will be at the BBQ I imagine that we will just vote on that at the same time as the fee vote - for those who fret about the place (BBQ) do not worry, it'll be just like voting in the primary! Do some "X's" on a form, we will verify your member with a current list right there (alphabetical) and you're done! Then on to party time!! The Board also accepted Tami Martin's letter of resignation as Youth Coordinator effectively May 6th. The board is looking for someone to replace her and hope to fill the position shortly. Tami had some great activities for the kids during her tenure - I went to several and they were lots of fun and very interesting and interactive. Meanwhile if any youth has a question they could give President Denise Nelson a call and she can handle it or direct it to someone who can. You won't be leaderless, you still have your youth board also. Trail Ride...the Mar 3rd trail ride went off without any hitches - other than people were operating on PST not PDT to leave the Ferruggia's to hit the trail!!! But they all had fun and there were 17-18 who made the ride and ate steak or chicken after. I promise to have the pictures developed in time to put in June's issue too. Mary and Tom Ferruggia always put on a great ride and the food afterwards was grilled to perfection by Jeff - both he and Pam have always helped Mary at the club house. Since we had come RCAHA cups left over from the March horse show I took it upon myself to give the riders each a cup for their participation! And since Anne York, who was responsible for doing the graphics etc, was on the ride she finally got one for herself!!!! Besides, most have supported this ride and they were really happy with their little gift... Tidbits...congratulations to Marsha Bustin and her gorgeous mare who foaled on April 20th!!! It only took her 365 days to have her little gem at 4:55 AM. What was it you ask???? A little filly named Jamaalia Jullyen out of their mare Sun Diva by Jullyen El Jamaal. Marsha had to beg off of working the March 23-25 horse show because the mare was due a couple of weeks prior. AND, Cindy (Hodges) Bevier FINALLY found her sunglasses that she thought she lost at the March show. Wanna know where???? In her car... she wants to thank everyone who looked for them and is quite chagrinned!!!! April 2008 For the March dinner evening we had a much better attendance and the program was enjoyed by all of you there. We even drew out an old favorite in Jim and Ruth McVeigh!!!!! It was baptism night for our new treasurer Pat Phelps and she handled the task in fine style. Leslie Smith came in later to help her with any questions re paying, etc and to answer questions if she had any. I had to leave early due to the March horse show so there wasn't any report on who won any of the raffle prizes (see heading Editor's corner further down re this!!!). It was nice to see Cassandra Kipp, Amber Thwaites, David Johnson, along with the McVeigh's, Gnuse's, Shirley Nye, Marsha Bustin, Steve Jensen among others, turning out for the program given by one of our own members Elayne Loria. Again, the report on Elayne was that she did a wonderful job and people really enjoyed the visuals. All of you now get April off and we expect to see you and even more for the May program. That one is turned to current things we all should be thinking about soon....Emergency Planning for human's and animals! These folks have given their "workshop" program to various clubs and feedback was they are great. They come from the San Diego County Sheriff, Humane Society, and Animal Control Departments which has been tested the past few years!!! We all could benefit from their information. Important information....the Sizzler has been instructed by their upper management to charge us now for any person who is in attendance even thought they do not order dinner!!!!l The local manager used to just let us "off the hook" for this but he has been told that it is to be enforced. Last month we had a couple who were there and the club paid for them...we didn't know about this so let it ride, but from now on bring your appetite and eat with us. One thing is we now only have meetings every other month and trying to have quality programs for you, thus making it actually less expensive for those of you who faithfully attended each month!!! ACS Community Shows...don't forget the local ACS show at Green Acres on April 27th and for those who are down in the southern part of San Diego Country there is one on May 18th at Vista Palomar Riders Park. See the "upcoming Events" in this issue for info. AHA Increase of Competition Card...the word was on our email when getting back from the March show that there is an increase in the competition card of $15 affective April 1, 2008! This did create sort of an uproar with membership chairs locally and in other regions and there will probably be a lot of discussion in coming months about this and other actions that could be coming down the pike! AHA does send their news emails to all membership so be sure to read them and don't just delete! If you have any questions just give Cyndee O'Brien, club membership, a call and she can check it out. March Horse Show...we all got back in one piece and said "Thank You" for small favors!!!!! The show was a success and comments were positive about exhibitors returning for next year too. We had an overload in the dressage rides and had to use another ring, more scribes and hire 2 more judges! There were over 200 rides....we averaged about 5.1 entries per class in the performance arena's also. David Garrett the treasurer is working on getting the profit and loss figures up to par but he can say we are on the plus side!!! How much is yet to come. Letters of appreciation will be in the mail shortly to all of our volunteers who worked so darn hard over the 4 days. We had a youth member, Lindsey Harris, working in ribbons for the first time (replacing the ol' pro Marsha Bustin) and she worked all 4 days with Joan Darrin on handing out ribbons, working the gates, then replacing Joan for Saturday afternoon, evening and all Sunday as chief ribbon control and doing an outstanding job. Letters to the Editor...this will appear at times when I receive emails or letters on a subject that a member would like to make known but not want to actually be recognized as the writer. This month I did get one that said "most people do like to see their names in the newsletter... so why aren't the names of people who win raffles, or stand up and ask a question, or identify new attendees are said loud enough so that we all can hear them?" This is easy to fix... the person at the podium will now ask for names of winners of raffles, identify those in the audience as the occasion arises so that we all can hear and be appreciative of member participation! Good letter and please send in any others is you happen to want to put something out for thought. (the editor) BOD Minutes...unfortunately the minutes of the last two board of directors meetings (February and March) aren't available to print yet. We will put them on the club web site for those of you who like to keep up on what happens at the meetings.
March 2008 January dinner meeting is over and we are looking forward to the March meeting with a good program featuring club member Elaine Loria and a presentation on the Azraff and Ferzon bloodlines. Remember that by paring down the times we meet and improving programs we hope that you support these meetings by your attendance! So come on out you all!!!!! March Horse Show...everything is falling into place and we have a great showing of horses for this year's event so far. We will exceed last year's which was the goal set to at least meet or exceed and that's the direction the show committee wanted to go for 2008 - a positive goal met! Now we need to get those sponsorships in to Donna, either by phone or form, so that we can continue the positive things for the show. So if you couldn't volunteer at the show the do a class sponsorship and we will all appreciate your support thataway! (Yes, it's thataway....) Board of Directors Meeting...it was announced at the March meeting that Pat Phelps had agreed to be the new club treasurer! Pat is from Rancho Santa Fe and owns a training facility in Warner Springs. We welcome her to the board and wish her well n her new position. Club Annual Trail Ride...an early reminder that the annual RCAHA trail ride will be on May 3. Tom and Kathy Burleson have picked out some nice trails for this year and with the rain making the fields green it is a beautiful and easy ride they say... so come on down and enjoy the day! Arabian
Community Show...The upcoming ACS show in this area will be on March
16th at Green Acres facility. These "backyard" shows are for the fun and
participation for those who want to get their horses and riders into a show mode
at an early time and to also just enjoy their horse and camaraderie with others.
If you belong to the Arabian Horse Association (hopefully through the Rancho
Club) and have your competition card you are eligible for points too! And all
breeds are welcome as there are open classes for them also. Call Lauren Gleason
at 951-302-6045 for further information. Equine Affaire...the Equine Affaire was a great success this year. On Thursday we noticed that there were many more people checking out the Equine Exhibition Hall than last year! The Region One booth was very busy and people were signing up for club information which has been sent to those club membership heads. More news next month on this.... February 2008 February is here, the newsletter is later than usual (no dinner meeting to worry about time-frame info) and Valentine's Day is in two days!!!! We were short a couple of folks for the January dinner meeting so the club ended up having to pay for 6 dinners because we failed to meet our minimum... Hopefully, because we have a very interesting program scheduled for March on the Azraff and Ferzon blood lines (and after the Scottsdale show), we will see more members and guests there. Remember that we will be having the dinner meetings every other month so check Upcoming Events! The raffle prizes in January were well received and the following were winners....Sheila Murphy (guest of the Gnuse's), Samantha Nelson, Marsha Bustin, Geri and Jiim Gnuse, Cathy Beam, Cyndee O'Brien, Joan Darrin, Jane Austiin, Gay McCall, and me. David Garrett showed a DVD on the PAT that was shown at convention but the one he also had to show which was detailing about "how an Arabian horse show was like a rodeo" couldn't get hooked up from his laptop to the equipment!!! March Horse Show...don't forget to fill out the Sponsorship form in this issue and get it off the Donna (Ferruggia) Purcell. This is the one way that all of you out there who can't make it to the show or meetings can support the dub - the club runs on what the shows make predominately and it comes back to you during the year (like the newsletter, dinner raffles, scholarships, postage etc) so help support us through the sponsorships! Just one goes a long ways...A meeting was held on Feb 8 at Wolfe Eats restaurant with show manager Margaret Rich, assistant show manager Bob Luitjens, show treasurer David Garrett, graphics art coordinate Anne York with help from Phillip Chavez, Glen Chevallier and Barb DuBois. to tie up any loose ends and getting the volunteer slots filled.Arabian Community Shows...once more the season is beginning for the "backyard" Arabian and Open Breed Community Shows held at Green Acres Ranch facility. This is a super competition for those who want to have some fun and/or further training with their back yard horse or potential show horse in a relaxed show environment. It's great for kids but not out of reach for the "old folks" either! See the entry form in this issue for the March 16th show. Advertising...you will notice that there is a page in this issue that pertains to the Tierra Del Norte AHA. They don't do a newsletter and I offered to run a single page with their club events since they do ACS shows in "North County" and have some horse related things that we might like to attend also. (We're all horse people and they are paying for the space too....)Horse Sense by Kimberly VerHlage...this will be a new column for the newsletter! Kimberly will answer any and all questions relating to what you want to know about any horsemanship related topics. Unfortunately, as this little "Gecko" from Australia is finding out, Kimberly went to the big horse show in Scottsdale and he doesn't know what to do!!!! So he logged on to my computer with the question he said was sorta personal and probably not very horse related, but this is what he sent via email... "he wanted to know what the chances are if he takes lessons from her would she be able to put in a good word for him so he could ask Janice Tavener out on a date? That's not what Kimberly had in mind but it is an "ice breaker". Seriously now, Kimberly said that any horse questions you may have she will do her best to answer to your satisfaction, so just email them to her at her email address verhagefarms@aol.com by the 1st of each month and she will answer in this new column starting in the next issue of the newsletter.2008 Budget Meeting...a committee of three (Denise Nelson, David Garrett and Barb DuBois) met at Wolfe Eats restaurant Feb 7 and hammered out a budget for 2008. It was agreed that it would be reevaluated in July to be sure that certain projects have been funded properly. Business Cards...this month I have tried to get all of the ones sent in so that they will print in b/w so that they are all readable. But, sometimes when the cards are printed with dark backgrounds and overlying black type it may be readable as a card, but it doesn't read very good when reproduced! However, they will be good on the website since it is in color! An example is shown here and I apologize to Kathy since it is her card that was the worse case, and I will be asking her if she can get me a black and white copy of the type without the background and it will be fine then There are a couple of marginal ones on the next page so if you aren't happy please call me so we can work it out. We appreciate the response and there are more that we had last year which need to "re-up" for 2008! Call or email me for details if you have forgotten them.January 2008 Well, Happy New Year everyone... all those who are UCS fans are happy, all of us who are UCLA fans are looking forward to 2008 with some enthusiasm now, and I am particularly happy about the Kansas bowl game and of all unexpected things from a native Californian I was so glad to see Lloyd Carr at Michigan go out a winner in their bowl game!!!! For those who were disappointed that we had to cancel the Christmas Party we apologize, but the weather was the determining factor and it was WET and cold so a patio party was out of the question. One thing that did come out of this however was the fact that some of you have not informed AHA or your club member chair (Cyndee O'Brien) that your email address has changed!!!! I had numerous "Demon" returns on my computer when sending out the "don't forget' emails so had to call all the people about the cancellation! When you renew please check your vital statistics to make sure they are up to date. It's a good thing that I read the latest minutes as it gave me a list of what I needed to report on in this newsletter!!!! Somewhere between then and now I lost the agenda sheet from BOD meeting and so needed that to refresh my memory... poor as it is. So here goes....Stallion Spectacular...even with a loss reported for the 2007 Spectacular the club will have another in 2008 because we went successful in 2006, and 2007 was just a "bump in the road" which can happen in all new ventures. It's called the 3 Year Business Plan in some areas. We have a good base now for putting on a good, solid Stallion Spectacular for 2008 so look forward to this event. Horse Shows...The March and September horse shows for 2007 all made a profit and the budget results for 2007 show that the club as a total is in sound financial condition. So let's keep up the good work, support the activities being planned by the club in 2008 like the Stallion Spectacular, our Horse Shows, dinner meetings, and most of all our volunteer group of club members. We need you! We will be back at LAEC in Burbank for another dual region (1 and 7) show in March and also at CRC in September for our low-key, relaxed Class A show.Dinner Meetings...OK you all... here are the dates for the dinner meetings for 2008. The BOD voted to have dinner meetings every other month because we need to boost the attendance and have some good programs. It was discussed that with the current "budget" problems some of us have that spending money every month for a dinner just wasn't in our budget and also Janice Tavener said that planning a good solid program each month was difficult....so, it was agreed that we would have dinner meetings on the following dates... January 15, March 18, May 20, July (to be determined as it is our annual BBQ at Green Acres), September 16 and November 18 (this could be changed to make it a combined meeting and Christmas Party, future idea). Sizzler has agreed to this schedule and also will have steak, salad bar, and 2 kinds of chicken for dinner with baked potato(e), tasty bread, salad and tea or coffee. I have argued for this change for 2 years so please support these dinner meetings - more club stuff will be discussed, and we have an opportunity to give you better programs, and make it more palatable to come out once every 2 months. Mark your calendars and let's have a good turnout in January as you don't have to come back until March!!!!Business Card Ads...so far we have 4 paid cards and 2 committed yet to come for insertion. Remember that if you have a website I need that so we can get it onto the club website page so it will be possible to just click onto your card there and your website will pop up! I sent letters out in November re this program so if you can't find it please call me or email me for details. Board Meeting Dates...remember that club delegates must attend board meetings, along with board members, and absences must be reported to a current board member. The dates are: January 8, February 5, March 4, April 1 (this should be a fun meeting!!!), May 6, June 3, July 1, August 5, September 2, October 7, November 4, and December 2. All will be at the Rancho Water District Office on Winchester Road in Temecula. Region One Youth Clinic...there is a flyer on this in this issue and it is also on the regional website (www.aharegionone.org). Anyone who would like to attend please call Gloria at 909-886-370 or email her at onatekenmitz@aol.com. It will be at Cal Poly in Pomona so it's close for all of you to attend.Arabian Horse Association Now included in World Registries...."After nearly a decade of negotiations, an agreement has been made between the Purebred Arabian Trust (PAT) representing AHA's 100-year purebred Arabian horse registry and the World Arabian Organization (WAHO) that grants the Arabian Horse Association Registry exclusive authority over American registrations as recognized by WAHO. This status change is effective January 1, 2008, and returns all associated responsibilities from the Purebred Arabian Horse Registry (PAHR) to the AHA Registry." This paragraph was lifted from a special message from AHA and if you would like the full message you can get it by going to <enews@ArabianHorses.org>. This has been an ongoing effort for some years now.Equine Affaire...don't forget the upcoming 2008 Equine Affaire at Pomona Fairplex starting January 31 thru February 3. For more information go to the website www.equineaffaire.com.December 2007 General Information Finale for 2007....or whoopee-doo! November dinner meeting - we had a fun night for the pre-Turkey holiday! We had lots of raffle prizes which were won by Joyce Jeffredo and Michelle, Courtney Jensen, Lindsley Harris and Mom, Alan and Janice Tavner, Cyndee O'Brien, Anne York, Ivano Vimercati, and Brittney Ljetring. Denise was sick with a bug, Kimberly was in Hawaii, David was in Arizona so I got chosen to preside....) gave a report on the convention and then we had a 20 minute video from the library of Janice and Alan Tavner. This was on the old Arabians and a history of how it evolved in to today's breeding lines. Extremely fascinating. AND, Leslie Smith won the club membership prize for having perfect attendance for 2007!!! There were lots of ties for second with 1 less than hers. She did say that taking the money each month made it easy!!!December Christmas/Holiday Party...be sure to wash your jeans, put on the wool shirt and come to the big RCAHA party on the 8th at Green Acres Ranch. The flyer describes it all and you will have a good time wishing all of your friends a happy Holiday Season. Members and friends need to reply so we know how many we will be feeding!!! Showmanship Clinic...the Regional Youth Director Gloria Onate-Kemnitz announces a showmanship Itilth Rick Nabb on January 20th. The place is still being finalized so please call her for details at 909-886-3704 or email at onatekemnitz@aol.com. This should be a great clinic.Card Ads...this is the last issue for business cards to be run in the newsletter. Last month I said that we will be charging $60 for a year which includes your card being on the club web page also, in color, plus if you have your own web site it can be accessed with a click on your card! Cards will be run a minimum of 6 times for the year unless we have more room in other issues A letter is still coming to all current subscribers and I have 2 cards already! If you want to get yours in now send it to me at the club PO Box with your check.Convention News...We went with 4 delegates this year with member Cheryl Norman coming from Texas to fill in for club delegate Marci de la Torre at the last minute. The voting results on shown here on the right so you can se how the resolutions went. We went on a tour of the new US Nationals site and it will be huge when everything is finished! The sessions were informative and voting only got hot and heavy on the resolutions 30 and 31...we were voting on amendments being made on the floor which got a little confusing at times. RCAHA received the $500 award for the category Breed Promotion/Community Involvement and then we won the AHA Club of the Year Award of $500 too!!! We won out over the clubs that entered from all the other 18 Regions! 2007 Resolution Results Shown below is the list of the resolutions that we voted on at convention. In the column after the resolution number is the result of how that resolution fared. A = Approved; D Disapproved; W/D = Withdrawn. Go to www.arabianhorses.org and click on Membership head, click on convention, click on resolutions and you can print out any resolution you want to read.
November 2007 Gobble Gobble...(real original!) or Genral "Feed" Back...(that's even worse!).... Well, I guess that I am having a serious humor problem at your expense tonight! I think it's the sinus headache that I've had for 9 days, rotten eyesight, and a blank on what to wear at convention that anyone hasn't seen 50 times already. On to better things however... We had a really great DVD at the October dinner meeting. The Tavener's have quite a library and it is nice to see an Arabian in all their glory up close and personal! The club voting was held also and the officers for 2008 will be the same as this year except that the position of Treasurer has yet to be filled. The new Board members will be Margaret Rich and Anne York, complementing Janice Tavener and Lynn Talavera who have one more year yet on their tenure. Raffle prizes were from previous club horse show 1st place and championship awards, which made nice prizes for all who were lucky to win. Which brings me to the November General Meeting on the 20th. Janice is bringing several super DVD's on Arabians and the audience will have a vote on what they want to see....then there will be a special award for the person(s) who have the greatest dinner attendance for 2007 which is a paid club affiliated membership for 2008 (not the AHA part) of $15 and all ties will be honored! Also, the raffle prizes will have a special one for thanksgiving among the assortment of them. Then one of the delegates from the "just completed convention" will give a run-down on how the resolutions were voted on - pass or no pass! This will be the last dinner meeting for the year and the BOD wanted to make it a memorable one... it is "action packed"!!!! Denise will make an announcement about next year's "dinner attendance" prize also! She will also be asking again if anyone is interested in being on a committee or heading one for the club. Those committees are: Membership, Program, Rules, Publicity, Audit, Horse Show(s), and Activities Committees as they arise. March 2008 Horse Show...yes, it's time to think about this already! The first meeting will be on Friday (11/9) to get started on the premium. Margaret Rich has volunteered to be the Show Manager as long as David Garrett does the September show, so the club will be in capable manager hands for those activities! It will be at the LAEC center again and a dual-region with Region 1 and Region 7 from Arizona. So far we have a show steward, 2 judges (and a partridge in a pear tree - sorry bad humor again, although it is getting close to Christmas!!!!) so things are evolving. Christmas Holiday Party Time...The BOD accepted Margaret Rich's invitation to open her house for the annual party for the club. This will be a something for everyone to attend and wish each other good wishes for the New Year too. Complete details will be in the December newsletter which will be out in the mail by November 28th! That's because the date for the party is December 8th so mark your calendar for that day! Details weren't finalized at last night's BOD meeting but Margaret and Brigitte Garrett are working on them. Stay tuned...September Horse Show P & L Results...the final show P & L sheet shows that the September Horse Show made a profit of $5015.69 which includes payment for the advanced reservation of the CRC facility for 2008. Give a hand to all of you who were exhibitors and helpers Arabian Community Show (ACS) held at Green Acres Ranch on November 4th was a big success for that project headed up by Lauren Gleason. They had 70 horses entered, lots of spectators in the stands and a beautiful day for all. The show management was able to contribute a check, after expenses and startup money for shows next year, of $1100 to the charity that they picked this year to support.... the Rancho Damacitas Home for neglected and abused children. Next year should be even better as this type of show is great for the backyard owner, training show atmosphere for green horses, even open breed classes for everyone to have fun with their horses. Business Card Advertising in the Newsletter... when I get back from convention I will be sending out a letter to all of the current business card participants for 2007 asking if they want to renew for 2008 with the following information. The Board voted to charge all card participants $60 for the coming year. This will give the business owner a space under the club web site business card heading from which a person can just click on that card (which will be in the color of your original card) and will receive your personal web page! If you don't have a web page at least you will be "out there" for all to see if they go to the club web site. By doing it this way we can continue to print the cards in black and white for the newsletter for minimum expense as color printing is prohibitive. SO, keep this in mind and as soon as you get your letter OR want to get in on this promotion of your services, send in your check and card before the first of the year! At a minimum the cards will be printed in the newsletter 6 times a year. This is to allow some leeway for content room when I have a space problem. Remember that the newsletter goes to all of the other Region 1 club editors and we will be asking them to just put in a line asking their members to go to the Rancho web site for a variety of services!! We can also put this in the Regional Newsletter too. You all are lucky at $60, I was asking for a minimum of $75 and got voted down!!!! Remember, send in your cards and check to the club post office box 1847, Temecula, CA 92593 as early as you can. I do need fresh cards.... sorry. 2007 Resolution Log Shown below is the list of the resolutions that we will be voting on at the convention. If you want to go on the AHA web site ( www.arabianhorses.org), click on "membership", scroll to "Annual convention" and click on that... scroll down a little bit and you will see the list of resolutions and pick what you want to see.
Convention Delegates fell like wounded mosquitoes this year but whomever is in Tulsa will carry on at convention and vote the club's conscience as presented to us by you the members. See you at the November dinner meeting!!!! October 2007 At last Alan Tavener caught up with us and was able to be in town long enough to give us some more advice on how to market your horse. He is in such demand for his services that sometimes he can't always be here for us with a program contribution! His video business takes him all over….but there he was! And we appreciated his time to give everyone some good pointers.
Nominations… The slate for officers from the nominating committee was announced at the dinner meeting. They are President, Denise Nelson; Vice President, David Garrett; Secretary, Lynne Chevallier; and the position of Treasurer is unfilled as of yet for a nominee. The two director positions have a total of five running for them. They are (alphabetically) Marcie de la Torre, Steve Jensen, Margaret Rich, Leslie Smiith, and Anne York. So you really need to get out to the meeting on the 16th and vote, as we have a group of dedicated members who would welcome your support in voting. Your directors chart the course for the club so you need to come out and vote for who you think will offer that directional help the most.
Board Meeting Info…last meeting the Officers and Board voted to accept Ron Anderson's resignation as a club delegate and replace him with Kathy Callahan-Smith for the balance of the year term. Also, Phillip Chavez was voted to go to the convention as an alternate. replacing Bob Luitjens. This action keeps the club vote at convention to the 5 total that we are entitled to have because of our membership count! We have the most delegates representing our club within Region One which is a tribute to all of you who have elected to join RCAHA and make this possible. We all thank you for your support.
Stallion Spectacular News…the Stallion Spectacular was held two weeks prior to the horse show and had a good turnout. Some of the stallions couldn't make it due to trailer flat tires on the trip to the grounds, breeding duties that came up unexpectedly (you know how that is with a mare in heat!), but the auction went on with their names still on the sheet. Food was served to over 300 attendees and everyone enjoyed the vendor booths that were there. The youth had a lot of fun with their popcorn and candy booth and the wine and beer "bar" was very busy too. The food was excellent (catered again by Judy and Greg Chavez of the Bagel Bakery in Temecula) and everyone was raving about the enchiladas…Lynn Talavera didn't make the deadline for this printing but she will have a 2 page spread with photos next issue. Congratulations to she and Tami Martin for honchoing this event again and all the volunteers (she will name them later) who helped on this event.
September Horse Show Results…David Garrett, the show manager, reports that this year's horse show was one of the most successful the club had put on! We had 168 horses ( the second most ever), and made about $5,300 for the club…the final tally is yet to be done as there are a few sponsors yet to pay, and some final expenses to be paid. All of the volunteers turned in a superior effort in helping to make this show run with a minimum of problems. They were: Bill Raisner, Laurene Ourique, Mary Ferruggia, Joan Darrin, Inge Schuler, Leslie and Don Smith, Glenn and Lynne Chevallier, Amanda and Samantha Nelson, Phillip Chavez, Rocksanne Pieters, Denise Nelson, Christina Wright, Marsha Bustin (home duty on ribbons!), and the three helpers from Mustard Seed Ranch, Tom James, and Jeff, who really contributed by so capably working wherever we needed them to keep the flow going! And of course the "glue" factor of David and Bob Luitjens holding the show together with their management of the show. If I have missed any one I apologize as I can't remember (my latest excuse now) from my jumbled notes. Of course we all knew that David flew Austin Garrett out to help his Dad with the hard work because David hurt his knee and needed the youth and strength of his son to compensate!!!! And Austin did a superb job as a member of the show committee too. Of course the exhibitors deserve a big Thank You also. If anyone took pictures at the show I would really like to have a few as I didn't have time to do it and we have no "photo" library for this year's!!!! Just give me a call.
A "baby Hot Walker"….
We have a little room left here so I thought it might be a good place to go back in history. We used to have club dinner meetings with 35-45 attendees, and people who ran for office or director that would get out and vocally state they wanted to be in an office like a "vote for me" campaign. Our board meetings took 2-3 hours because of quality discussion on topics that needed to be thoroughly discussed before a vote for the betterment of the club. Have we lost something with our growth? I would really like your honest views…Barb . August 2007
July 2007 What a fun evening with Ronnie Wyche…he was so laid back and fun and gave us some real good pointers on trailers, things to avoid, what to look for and all sorts of basic information about what to look for when you buy a horse trailer. A lot of folks were at Region 2 horse show and our Prez was in Missouri but what we didn't have in quantity we made up for in quality!!!! I can't find my sheet with the raffle winners but I do remember that Geir Genuse was so happy when she won the Jack Daniels Waffle Syrup for Jim…she had to leave him at home that evening! And of course our 'good luck youth' Courtney Jensen came and yes, she won a raffle!!! The voting for club delegates was held, Leslie Smith and Marsha Bustin operated as official vote counters and it was announced that the 2007-8 delegates were Ron Anderson, Marci de la Torre, Barb DuBois, David Garrett, Kimberley VerHage with Bob Luijens as the first Alternate. It's too bad that more members weren't present to vote but I'll keep on trying to persuade this club that it is possible to vote by mail yet... I think that this would make the future delegates have to put out more information on themselves, their qualifications for this position and give reasons why they want to represent the club as its delegate….. let the membership know about whose running even if those members can't attend our meetings be cause of distance, etc. Sorry, got on a soap-box….not a good thing if you are to be a "neutral" editor…on to more fun topics…..
BBQ TIME….I know that you all were taken by the great flyer done by one of our good members Anne York! I know that it can't help but make you want to show up for this event…it has the feel of what we used to do, the fun of bidding again, and there will be the good food of Richie's Diner!!! We all know of Richies…they have been in Temecula since the birth of this town I think and he is happy to be a part of our BBQ…. Ribs and Chicken with "sides" are on the menu. So come on out for a really neat evening with your friends…Margaret Rich promises to sweep the patio, mow the lawn, water the flowers, and spread out the welcome mat. Be sure to call with your RSVP by the 11th. This will be a really fun "dinner meeting" night!!!
Stallion Spectacular news…Lynn and Tami are working hard on this annual club event which will be on it's own day this year at CRC Ranch. The date if September 8th and ads will be forthcoming shortly in the newsletter and HorseTrader…
September 21st Annual Horse Show news…. the show premium is almost ready for the printer and the show committee is looking for volunteers to fill the slots that make our show a success. The month of July will be a busy one for the committee and if you wish to help at this 2-day event give either Margaret Rich or David Garrett a call.
Youth News…nothing from Tami for this issue…I think that all of them have been busy with Region 1 and Region 2 shows this month…so have all of our trainers! Just think, they have Region 3 to go to yet in July! Plus the Youth Nationals mid month. I can see all of the youth and trainers with a youth contingent hoping they make it to August!
Slow but Sure Change to RCAHA Web Site format information….haven't logged in to our club web site this month but Marci de la Torre is (will) be sending the newsletter input to Jan Austin and a new format should be occurring…The hope is to put all of the business cards on it so that any one can just poke on it and it'll go to that cards web site if it has one! That's going to be part of the package when I can get to checking who wants to renew their cards for 2007-8…like I said, July will be a busy month for all of us.
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