Region 10 was well represented by our great group of delegates at the AHA Convention in Louisville. It was a good convention overall and Region 13 and Region 14 were gracious hosts!

You may recall that they shortened the convention by a day in 2005, and it seemed there were many more scheduling conflicts this year where delegates had conflicts that prevented them from attending all the meetings they would have like to.

CONGRATULATIONS TO JILL FRIEDERS who was presented with a National Level Volunteer Service Award at the convention. Jill has made great contributions to AHA and it was wonderful for MAHA to nominate her for this prestigious award.

The Region recognized Nancy Miller by presenting her with the Regional Level Volunteer Service Award – Nancy’s tireless work and dedication to managing our Regional Show has helped elevate our show to one of the top Regional Shows in the country!

Sweepstakes – well, those of you who were early adopters and nominated your horse for the new Sweepstakes Point Program will be delighted to learn that we are projecting a “per point” payout of approximately $30.00 per point. The primary reason for this year’s payout is that, to be conservative, the Sweepstakes commission did their projection based on a formula where every point won in a Sweepstakes class was earned by a Sweepstakes nominated horse who was enrolled in the Program. THE COMMISSION’S GOAL IS STILL TO PAY A POINT VALUE CLOSE TO $10.00. Please keep that in mind when you enroll your horse in the Points Program for 2007. Remember that although the Points Program may seem like a separate program, points earnings are really an integral part of your potential Sweepstakes earnings.

The really neat thing about the $30.00 payout is that for the first time, the Breeder nomination of the horse will get a payment of 10% of the point earnings by those horses – and at about $3.00 a point, there will be a lot of breeders who will be pleasantly surprised to get a check in the mail from AHA.

Highlighting the Sweepstakes changes for 2007:

1. Deadline for in-utero entries (and futurities) has been extended to March 31^st  for 2007 only. We wanted people to get their checks before we asked them to nominate more horses to the Program.
2. Added 1/2 Arabian Open Gelding Halter class at all levels – allocated money plus points.
3. Added allocated money at the Regional level for second and third level Dressage.
4. Allowed for age splits by birth date for yearling halter classes at the local rated show level, so the Scottsdale Yearling, ½ and Purebred classes will be able to pay points.
5. Allowed splitting the ½ Arabian Halter classes by age and/or type enabling more scheduling options for those horses to earn point payout.
6. Developed a list of classes for consideration in the future – Open Purebred and ½ Arabian, English, Western, Hunt and Country English Pleasure.

There will be a complete version of the Sweepstakes Program on the AHA website soon – as well as updated Q & A. The allocated money projections are in the Power Point presentation. Go to www.arabianhorses.org and click on the green Sweepstakes logo at the lower left hand corner of the home page.

Resolutions – As usual, many resolutions are just “housekeeping” or withdrawn at the convention. The significant ones are as follows:

7-06: Conflict of interest rule for Judge’s changed from 90 days to 30 days.                            Approved.

8-06: Shoeing Exemption for Reining Seat Equitation, and Exemption of Aluminum, Rubber or other Non-Metallic Shoes for the Arabian, H/A and A/A.

9-06: Amateur Owned, Trained and Shown (AOTS) Class added to the Arabian Division. This class may be offered in any section. See the entire resolution on the AHA web site.                                                                                     Approved.

14-06: Inclusion of Anglo-Arabian Stallions in Sport Horse In-Hand and Performance Classes.

      Approved

18-06: Performance Qualification in the Senior Stallion and Senior Mare Breeding Classes Be Rescinded.

Approved. Effective: January 1, 2007

11-06: Add Arabian Scoring System.

Effective: When approved by USEF/EC and to go into effect for the April 1, 2008 competition year. This motion consists of four pages and includes a score card. Please visit the AHA web site for the entire motion.

Approved

Special thanks needs to go out to Lori and Peter Conway for all the effort they put into bringing forward Resolution 11-06 – They were very open minded and continued to consider input and changes to ensure the passage of the new halter judging system.

Other significant items from the Board Meeting:

Registrations

Membership

Shows and Events

Arabian Horse Magazine

Product Marketing

The marketing team is introducing a more integrated, synergistic approach to promoting the breed and AHA’s products and services. Starting with Discovery Farms, AHA’s pinnacle inter-active breed program, the marketing message is “being moved to own an Arabian horse,” and “get involved in the Arabian community”.

Kentucky Horse Park: Arabian Pavilion

TV 3-Part Documentary Series

AHA Trail Rides

Youth Programs

AHYA – The new AHYA Board of Directors met for the first time October 22^nd. Board members spent the day identifying needs for the coming year, discussing committees and AHA resolutions, laying plans for the AHYA Convention, and selecting themes.

Arabian Horse Judging Contest – 49 teams entered, making this the largest contest since 1998.

FFA National Convention – AHA hosted a booth at the FFA National Convention featuring an Advisor’s packet for educators. Contact information for approximately 250 advisors was collected and more than 325 Advisor’s packets were distributed.

Leg Up Program – Between mid-May and the end of October, there were 1,957 website hits on the Leg Up Program web page. FFA Advisors at the AHA booth during the FFA National Convention enthusiastically received news of this resource. Plans are underway to add additional lessons this winter.

Public Relation Network Department is launching the new Public Relations Network to help promote our breeds. Laura Mickelson and I spent the Sunday after the convention learning about the different promotional tools and programs your association offers.

I am sure Laura will agree that the scope of this new program is overwhelming – most of these programs have been developed by the AHA Marketing Development and Promotion Committee.

We will make a complete report on these programs at the R10 Board of Directors meeting in January. Stay Tuned!

Arabian Community Shows– Feedback on these shows has been outstanding. The Wisconsin AHA held the first Region 10 ACS this fall and it was well received by the exhibitors. If your club produces an open show that offers an Arabian owner friendly schedule, you should check with AHA and see what it would take to convert to an ACS – there will be financial incentives for the first 50 shows who sign up again in 2007.

I would like to thank Jill Frieders for being the Region Vice-Director these past two years. We look forward to Jill’s continued participation on the Region 10 Board – she is a great asset to the Region.

I would like to wish you all a joyous Holiday Season

And a Healthy and Happy New Year!

Sincerely,
Dean Meier

The AHA Board of Directors met on August 11^th and 12^th at the AHA offices in Aurora, CO. You can view the full text of the unapproved minutes on the AHA website www.arabianhorses.org.

EXECUTIVE

Staffing Updates

Ø      Janet Holloway will transition out of her Senior Director position following  Convention. She will continue with AHA as a consultant January through June assisting the IT Project integration of show and rules and various other duties.

Ø      Dan Lawrence joined AHA as Senior Director – Marketing. He brings an exceptional track-record and skills and was most recently VP – Marketing at the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Ø      Amy Train joined AHA as Managing Editor. She has a long history as an Arabian owner and competitor and most recently was in the marketing department of APHA.

Ø      Mary Lewis joined AHA as Project Coordinator. Her primary duties will be to assist with the IT Project, creation and oversight of National Events project plans and reporting and maintenance of BDP initiatives

Financial

The audited Financial Statements for the AHA year that ended on March 31, 2006, were presented. AHA showed a profit of just under $200,000      after a one time charge of about $170,000 for reorganization expenses.

We are also ahead of budget for the first quarter of this year that ended on June 30^th. While this year looks promising, because the National shows have such an impact on our annual results, it is too early to make meaningful projections.

Registrations

YTD we have completed 3,363 Arabian and 1,628 Half-Arabian and Anglo-Arabian registrations. Purebred and Half-Arabian/Anglo-Arabian registrations completed are down 17% and 30% respectively. A successful amnesty program caused our registration numbers and revenue to increase substantially last year with purebred registrations increasing 1% and ½ Arabian registrations increasing 15%. Because of that, we can probably expect registrations to decline this year.

Membership

As of July 19, 2006, AHA has 39,679 members compared to 37,876 on April 1, 2006. Of that number, there are 33,735 Adult members, 4,602 Youth members, 366 Life members and 976 Business members.

EDUCATION

MEETING WITH COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY

In response to an inquiry from Dr. Jim Heird of Colorado State University indicating an interest in his school becoming more involved with the Arabian Horse Association, we held a meeting on June 12, 2006. At this preliminary meeting, CSU was represented by Dr. Heird and Dr. Dave Dennison, and the AHA representatives were Chuck Mangan, Jim Hitt and George Johnson. It was decided that it could be very mutually beneficial for the two institutions to establish a protocol using the resources and expertise of each. An additional meeting will be scheduled in the future involving the Chairman of the EEC and others to further explore this promising opportunity.

2006 FALL EXHIBITOR/JUDGES SCHOOL – DENVER, COLORADO

Dates for the 2006 Fall Exhibitor/Judges School have been set for December 7-9, 2006 in Denver, Colorado at the Renaissance Denver Hotel. The live judging portion of the School will be held at the Region VIII Christmas Show.

2007 JUDGES SEMINAR

The 2007 Spring Judges Seminar will be held in Denver, Colorado, March 23-26, 2007 at the Renaissance Denver Hotel. Bill Enk, Meg Schulmann and Dr. Heird have all been contracted to speak again. We have also applied to the NRHA to hold an additional two-day Reining Seminar immediately following the Judges Seminar. The National/Regional interviews are scheduled for March 22, 2007 in Denver immediately preceding the Seminar.

JUDGES AND STEWARDS STATISTICS

Effective July 1, 2006:

Total number of AHA Judges: 272    Total National/Regional AHA Judges: 157         

Total Accredited/AHA Judges (less N/R): 115

Region 10 is presenting a resolution at this year’s convention to reduce the conflict of interest clause from 90 to 30 days to parallel most of the major breeds.

People often ask “why do we recycle so many of our national judges so frequently”? As you can see from the chart above, at 157, the pool of judges to select from is very limited.

COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS

Education and Evaluation Commission

The Commission continues to provide additional training materials. Currently, they are working on a new Show Hack tape to be released in 2007.

The EEC is working hard with the Equine Stress Research and Education Committee to co-write and introduce a resolution regarding a new Halter scoring system. Region 10’s own, Lori Conway, has been spearheading this endeavor.

Commissioner’s Review Panel

The Review Panel has completed the development of a new Official Complaint Form for the AHA Judges & Stewards Commissioner’s Office that can be utilized in the filing of complaints against Judges or Stewards at Arabian shows. This form has been simplified and will make the complaint process more uniform and effective. This form was developed because of some confusion experienced by exhibitors thinking they were sending a complaint form to the Commissioner’s Office when, in fact, the form they were using was a USEF form and was going to USEF, making the complaint confidential and not shared with the AHA Judges and Stewards Commissioner.

USEF

There seems to be a high level of frustration in the dealing with USEF – especially the conflict created with their show date licensing and the ongoing fees we pay to that organization.

A motion was presented to the Board to create a new category of non-USEF recognized shows. The motion was fraught with problems and was defeated. But please be aware that there may be a resolution introduced again this year to withdraw from USEF and, if so, please encourage your delegates to defeat the resolution - there are just too many unanswered questions at this time. This issue is far too important to not consider all the ramifications going forward.

Qualification Points

A motion was brought forward to allow qualifications based on both the current point system and a first or second in a class. This motion was defeated because the Point Monitoring Committee brought forward a motion to reduce the number of points required to qualify for many classes. These new requirements should be posted on the AHA website in the near future.

Committee Structure Reorganization Task Force

Dennis Valentine reported on the recommendations of this committee – several changes were approved that will, hopefully, reduce the number of committees and provide more opportunities for member involvement. The changes were approved and will go into effect in 2008.

Sweepstakes

Sweepstakes payout for this year will be in excess of $3.5 million dollars. This far exceeds our forecast of $2.8 million dollars and will be the first time in more than six (6) years that the Sweepstakes Trust Fund will not be depleted by more than $500,000!

That is GOOD news. The bad news is there is still so much misunderstanding and misinformation about the Sweepstakes Program out there. I am always happy to answer Sweepstakes questions – email works best – meier@wisonline.net.

Distance Advisory Committee

Mollie Krumlaw, Chair of the Distance Advisory Committee, made a presentation at the meeting. AHA is looking for ways to better serve the Distance Committee that consists of 12,000 – 16,000 people who compete on Arabian and ½ Arabian horses but find little benefit in belonging to our association.

MARKETING

Arabian Horse Magazine

·                    New Managing Editor in place; team complete and stable

·                    40 new commercial advertisers in FY 2007

·                    Advertising revenue projected to be 5-10% over FY 2006 ($30K - $50K)

·                    Magazine redesign set for winter issue debut

Communications

Youth Nationals Promotional Support

AHA Marketing managed public relations and Arabian Horsepower outreach program to attract local visitors to show, including development of art for billboard, show flyers and posters; soliciting professional barns and youth exhibitors for tours; creating print advertising for Albuquerque Journal, New Mexico Kids and Horseman’s Voice; creating Arabian Horsepower booklets and media relations.

Product Marketing

The marketing team is introducing a more integrated, synergistic approach to promoting the breed and AHA’s products and services. Starting with Discovery Farms, AHA’s pinnacle inter-active breed program, the marketing message is “be moved to own an Arabian horse”, and “get involved in the Arabian community”. In addition, new marketing efforts will focus on measurable results.

Public Relations Network

This is a new AHA program designed to more effectively disseminate education, awareness, support and resources into the local efforts of AHA clubs and individual organizations for maximizing grassroots breed promotion and membership growth.

Because of the size of the Region, I foresee the need for a rep from both Wisconsin and Minnesota with a third member in charge to coordinate activities. Laura Mickelson has agreed to fill the coordinator’s position and serve as the first Minnesota rep. I will serve as the Wisconsin rep for the first year, so we can fully understand the program before we involve other people. This is a major new directive and Laura and I will attend a day long training session at the convention.

Kentucky Horse Park: Arabian Pavilion

The Kentucky Horse Park Arabian Pavilion is moving forward as follows:

·                    Secure donated building to house the contents of the current facility

·                    Expand the existing building to house the exhibit

·                    Seen-by-Scene Communications to develop internal exhibition kiosks, little theater and panorama wall display

·                    Target date for completion of this pavilion is January 2007

·                    A second phase, currently in the video story board stage, will include development of a new high visibility film to be played in the little theater

U.S. Nationals Outreach and Inspiration Presentations

Due to lack of bandwidth, the Walk of Memories has been dropped. Several activities are in full swing which includes:

·                    Barn Party Series

Past Champions Live Collection daily Meet-N-Greet presentations, comprising of these horses:

            Good Thunder                       Monogramm

            NDL Pericles                         Rohara Moon Storm

            Scarlet Lace                          Countess Vanessa

·                    Past Champions Formal Tribute Final Saturday evening

·                    Black Stallion: Arabian Nights Show on the final Friday evening

·                    Black Stallion & Princess Meet-N-Greet daily presentations

·                    Coupon Books to the U.S. Nationals Shopping Expo

If you are planning on attending this year’s National, I would suggest you get your tickets NOW – they are saying first level tickets already have very limited availability

TV 3-Part Documentary Series

Production and shooting has begun for a 30-minute Arabian horse documentary that will be aired on national distribution cable networks such as The Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, A & E, Animal Planet, etc., with a plan to roll out one each year. The documentary will cover a basic overview of breed history, physiology/Form-to-Function and Human/Animal bonding. Finish date is set for fall 2006, with a possible sneak preview at the 2006 Convention

AHA Trail Rides

We are looking at offering one new trail ride in 2007, in addition to the Fort Robinson Trail Ride, with a gradual rollout of more each year.

This has proven to be an extremely popular event with a waiting list of more than 100 for the 2006 ride.

NATIONAL EVENTS

National Entries

This year’s Youth National Show achieved record entries with 1,144 horses versus budget of 1,050 horses.

As of August 10^th, it appears that Canadian Nationals entries were down very slightly for number of horses, but up somewhat in class entries

Sport Horse Nationals – it appears entries are down somewhat due to the East/West show rotation placing the show in Boise, Idaho this year.

Youth Programs

AHYA – Very few changes occurred this year. Some of the prominent Committees held open forums during the general session for delegates to participate. Gary Zimmerman, EVP, lead a Leadership Seminar and also attended the Youth Commission dinner.

Regional Youth Team Tournament – As of the May 1^st deadline, approximately 55 team entries were processed. Plans are underway to streamline this program for 2007 by simplifying the administration at the regional level.

Creative Contest – The Creative Contest continues to be a favorite among AHYA activities. There are 62 entries in the contest this year.

Youth Communication – Generation Equus continues to capitalize on a timely theme based on current programs; this attention to creating a lively resource encourages youth to read about their programs and watch for deadlines. The youth website features frequent updates and youth information is regularly included in the AHA Broadcast E-News.

Leg Up Program – Since the May 2006 Board of Director’s meeting, there has been 1,027 hits to the Leg Up program on the AHA website.

Convention

This year, Convention will be held in Louisville, Kentucky at the Marriott Louisville Downtown Hotel. The Board meeting will be on Wednesday, November 15^th with General Session and Committee meetings to follow. The Club Excellence Awards will be given in the General Session this year and the Regional and National Volunteer Awards will be presented at the President’s Banquet. The theme for the banquet is “Southern Hospitality” and, after the dinner and awards presentation, the banquet guests will adjourn to a Casino Night with the close of the Youth Silent Auction.

Be sure to get your registration in by September 15^th to take advantage of the early bird special.

Mailings have been sent to all clubs regarding the Convention along with their eligible delegate roster and certificate of voting delegates and alternates. Information is in the August/September issue of AMH and available online. Convention registration is also available on line.

Region 10 Shows

While the financial numbers have not been finalized, it appears that the 2006 Region 10 Show held at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in St. Paul was a success. The pre-show was well attended and entries at the regular show were up as well.

I am not sure everyone realizes what a huge undertaking managing a Regional show is, but Nancy Miller deserves thanks from all of us for the outstanding job she does.

We are also appreciative to all the Region 10 members who volunteered to help at the show. Without their help, the show would never be able to be produced.

The Stand Alone Region 10 Sport Horse and Dressage Show held in Waukesha, WI was a success, as well. The number of exhibitors was up a bit and most of the comments we received were very positive. The Wisconsin Desert Horse Association generously donated part of the day Saturday – this allowed us to hold the Sport Horse In Hand classes on Saturday and spread the show out a bit. We were also able to include over fence classes again this year. Kristin did a great job of enlisting volunteers to help at the show and this made a huge difference.

Again, HUGE thanks are due to the people who volunteered their time and talents to make this show a success. Our show secretaries, Sally Epps, her cousin, Pat and Sunde Nelson, donated their services. Candy and Dwayne Ziebell transported and donated the use of their dressage rings. Kristin Urban and Candy Ziebell were very helpful in trying to coordinate the WDHA Dressage and Sport Horse Show as our pre-show. And, of course, Nancy Miller who managed the show.

I hope you all had a great summer. Feel free to contact me at meier@wisonline.net with any questions or concerns.

Hello, Everyone!  I am pleased to report on the Arabian Horse Association Board of Director’s meeting I attended May 12^th and 13^th, 2006.

New EVP! The biggest news from the meeting is that we met and interviewed our new EVP, Gary Zimmerman, whose employment with A.H.A. was met with enthusiasm by the entire Board. Gary seems to possess all the attributes we were looking for in our new EVP - Marketing, Project Management, Personnel Management and a strong I.T. background which should prove exceptionally helpful as A.H.A. takes on the upgrade and integration of the old I.A.H.A. and Registry computer systems.

Reorganization – you may have read President Krause’s broadcast email about the ongoing changes at A.H.A.

Two senior Director’s positions have been eliminated and the former Registry Services Department and Customer Service areas have been combined into one department – “Customer Service” under the direction of Debbie Fuentes. This change, in conjunction with the computer system upgrade and some additional cross training, should enable our members to receive better service through a single point of contact for all their A.H.A. questions.

Convention – November 15-19, 2006 in Louisville, Kentucky.

Important dates to note for the 2006 Convention:
     June 30                      Delegate count deadline
     July 8                          Delegate mailing
     September 16           Pre-registration deadline
     September 30           Resolution mailing

Foreign Horse Database

We continue to update and maintain records for the foreign registries. The former Registry created a database to house registration records for purebred Arabian horse registries worldwide in the early 1980’s. They obtain this information from the foreign registries’ published studbooks and input the data into our database. As a result of a recent trip to South America, we are in the process of updating and/or adding nearly 40,000 horses.

Futurity Programs

Nominations for the Performance Futurity program are due on June 1^st. Remember that the nominations can be either paid in full or can be done in installments which require additional payments by July 1^st and August 1^st. Late enrollments can be accepted right up to the close of U.S. Nationals. (New for this year, there is a $100 fee to request a class change. This fee will be charged for anyone wishing to change classes after August 1^st and prior to the original close of U.S. National entries.)

Membership

Added Member Benefits – We are currently investigating added member  benefits -

Rental Cars – We have proposals from Hertz, National Car Rental and Avis. We hope to have one or all of them offer discounts to our members.

Member Insurance – We have various insurance benefit proposals from many Companies.

Credit Card – We have extended our affiliation with MBNA for another five (5) years.

Retention/Resources for Clubs – We are developing and designing a one-stop shop for all the tools a club needs to recruit/reclaim a member and to retain club members. This Tool Box will be available via the website.

Sweepstakes

The Sweepstakes Point Program Enrollment is now available on-line. This allows members to enroll their horses prior to the event they wish to compete at for Points Prize money. This is an optional program in which horses previously entered into the Sweepstakes Program as Breeding and Original Entries can opt to enroll for Point Prize Money.

New Educational Booklets

The first of a series of Educational “Get Started” booklets, titled: Get Started: Arabian Racing is now finished and in production. This booklet provides an introduction to the sport of Arabian racing, its history, current status and how to get involved. The next booklet will be Get Started: Showing, followed by Get Started: Breeding.

New Brochures

Two new brochures are also in production:

Public Relations Network

AHA is developing a Volunteer Network of Public Relations Representatives to more effectively disseminate education, awareness, support and resources into the local effort to maximize grassroots breed promotion and membership growth. If you would like more information on what this position entails, please contact me at meier@wisonline.net.

Kentucky Horse Park: Arabian Pavilion

We’ve secured a 10 year grant to use a building in the Breeds Barn area of the park to develop an Arabian Pavilion. This will include internal exhibition kiosks, a little theater and a panorama wall display. The target date for completion of this pavilion is November 2006.

Breeders Survey

We will be developing and conducting some specific online surveys to fill in some of the blanks in our market research. The first of these will be a breeder survey to help us identify the current state of the Arabian breeding community, their motivations and value perceptions.

U.S. Nationals Outreach and Inspiration Presentations

Several activities are being developed as models for the future. These include:

TV 3-part Documentary Series

We are in the process of developing the script/story idea for a three episode documentary series designed for TV and Cable. This is expected to be completed towards the end of this year.

AHA Trail Ride

The 2006 Trail Ride scheduled for this fall is sold out, with more than 100 people on the waiting list for this popular event. We are currently looking at several other facilities to try and expand our offering in 2007.

Arabian Community Shows

There are 47 Arabian community shows planned so far for this year. Several Board members reported that the ACS held so far in their Regions were extremely popular with the exhibitors attending.

Youth – Outreach

“Leg Up: A Ready-To-Use Lesson Series About Arabian Horses” is an innovative new youth outreach program being launched. Leg Up is a free educational tool developed and marketed primarily toward 4-H leaders with a secondary market of scout troops, FFA groups, day camps, and other grassroots youth organizations. Leg Up is packaged as individual lessons which each include a lecture outline, trivia, games, and supporting materials. Lessons can be downloaded at no charge from the AHA website. (You can find the information under “Youth”)

T.A.I.L. Program (Total Arabian Interaction and Learning Program)

This new program has been developed in California with resounding success as a way to introduce the Arabian horse to families and youth groups.

I will show the DVD at the October Board Meeting and have copies available for delegates to share with their clubs. Plans are to launch this program nationally in 2007.

Competitive Trail and Endurance

AHA has formed an advisory committee to try and develop better programs that would encourage participants in these sports to become members of AHA. We hope to have these programs in place before the 2007 competition season begins.

Region 10 Shows

The Region 10 Show is scheduled for June 15^th – 18^th in St. Paul, Minnesota, with a preshow on June 14^th. It takes a tremendous amount of effort to produce a show of this magnitude. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE contact Nancy Miller at 608-825-9986 or nmfr7@isp.com to volunteer to help at the show.

The Region 10 Sport Horse Dressage Show is scheduled for June 24^th and 25^th  in Waukesha, Wisconsin. W.D.H.A. is hosting their Sport Horse and Dressage Show immediately prior to the Region 10 Show, giving everyone an additional opportunity to qualify. Over Fences Classes have been added this year. Again, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE volunteer to help at this show. Contact Kristin Urban at 920-863-8253 or urbankristin@msn.com to volunteer.

AND – Please remember to sponsor a class at our shows if you are able. Contact Joan Rose at 608-435-6405 for more information.

Region 10 Directory

The Region 10 Directory will be published in the October issue of the Arabian Horse Times again this year. Watch for a mailing soon, or contact the magazine for more information.

The 2006 Show and foaling season is in full swing. Hope you all have a great summer enjoying your beautiful Arabian and ½ Arabian horses.

Should you have any suggestions on how we can improve Region 10 or the Arabian Horse Association, or questions or concerns, please contact me, anytime, at meier@wisonline.net.