Thank you to all who attended this years event. You made it a wonderful success!
To those of you who pitched in to volunteer, a huge Thank You!
Without volunteers like yourselves this would never happen.
Dianne Roberts
Karri Henning
Melissa Garner
Glenn Schmidt
Terri Sikora
Jean Brinkman
Judy Dent - Davidenas
Anissa Cottongim
Marcia Johnson
Fred Rockhold
Erhard Schulte
Margaret MacGregor
Heather Buttrum
Charee Adams
Donna Baker
Anyone who has convention photos they think should be posted please send them to Pam Norton. I am currently working on the exhibition gallery so get those to me quickly so they can be included. If you took a video of the exhibition please upload it to youtube.com and provide me a link or send the video to me and I will get that done.
Thank you to those who sent photos of the 2009 Convention.
If you see photos you would like a copy of please contact the photographer to see if there is a charge for the photos. All of these photos are the property of the individual who took them and should be considered copyrighted.
Exhitibion Night Gallery click here.
This is two pages so navigate to the second page at the bottom of the first. Anyone who has photos of Sir Ricco or any other exhibiton horses please email to Pam.
Due to lighting in the arena many of these photos are not sharp. |
We would like to extend a special thank you to Bruce and Stacy Griffin for coming and handling horses. Your expertise was greatly appreciated by all.
Bruce Griffin
1-434-335-4186
www.griffinsporthorses.com
griffinsporthorses@gmail.com
Stake class donations reached $2400.
Thanks to those sponsors:
Talvi House Sporthorses
Zulu MV
Shawnda Nadeau
Don and Connie Redden
David Beattie
Connie West
Dr. Roy Bishop
Gerhard Schickedanz
Molly Conway
Committees
Anyone that would like to join one of the following committees or be coordinator of one that is not filled please contact Pam or the coordinator of that committee.
Convention Committee Chairman
Pam Norton
Local Host
(This person is responsible for reporting to the Committee Chair and finding people who are willing to help during the convention. She/He is also responsible, along with the Chair, for covering the duties of any of the committees should no one volunteer for the position.)
Dianne Roberts
Hotel Activities
(This person makes sure the hotel has the information they need and is set up for the events that occur there. This also includes helping make food choices for the welcome reception and banquet.)
Coordinator - Julie Baxley
Paddock Master
(This person or persons must make sure that the horses are in the ring in a timely manner from the warm-up area so that there are no delays in the inspections, mare show and exhibition.)
Coordinator - Brad Kerbs
Bob Norton
Announcer
(This person or persons must keep things lively and help the paddock master keep things moving without delay)
Glenn Schmidt
Molly Conway
Allen MacMillian
Mare Show
(These people make sure the judge has a scribe, the ribbons are ready for the classes and that the class lists are posted with order of go. It may also be that they are responsible for finding trophy/award donations for the Championships of the divisions.)
Coordinator - Melissa Garner
Inspection Ring Preparation
(These people are responsible for setting up the triangle and jumping chute to specifications.)
Coordinator - Nancy Cornelison
Committee member - Marcia Johnson
Publicity
(These people are responsible for spreading the word regionally about the upcoming conventions and the events that are included.)
Coordinator
Committee member
Exhibition
(These people are responsible for contacting people who have Trakehners they are competing in the Region and encouraging them to participate in the exhibition. They should also contact the regions stallion owners and ask if they would like to participate in the stallion parade. They must make tuff decisions on which horse/rider combinations will get to be included. It is their responsibility to keep the exhibition length under control and make sure it moves along without delays.)
Coordinator - Judy Davidenas
Committee member - Jean Brinkman
Committee member - Kari Cassel
Committee member - Anissa Cottongim
Hunter & Jumper Stake
These people work with the Publicity committee to make sure the hunter/jumper community is aware of the stake classes and invite people who are competing on Trakehners to participate. They also direct/help the jump crew in setting the courses and altering the heights of the fences for the jump-offs in the jumper stake. They may also be responsible for designing a course that can be used first for the hunter stake and with little change be used for the jumper puissance.)
Coordinator - Pam Norton
Co - Coordinator - Dianne Roberts
Stake Class Fund Raising
(These people go out into the region and membership and look for people willing to donate money for the stake class purses.)
Coordinator - Shawnda Nadeau
Committee member
Stabling
(These people check the horses in as they arrive and take shavings orders and payment for those shavings. They also put the name tags on the stall doors and make sure all people handling horses have signed a liability waiver and have an armband.
Coordinator - Karri Henning
Committee member
Sponsorship
These people send out letters or otherwise contact prospective companies and business for donations of merchandise or money that can be used as door prizes, awards or raffel items.
Corporate Coordinator -
Regional Coordinator - Dianne Roberts
Clinics & Seminars
(These people find within the attending membership or in the area people who are qualified to give educational presentations to during the convention. The number of these presentations is governed by the number of horses to be inspected so finding possibilities and confirming them after the inspection application deadline is necessary. The ATA does not pay for clinicians nor cover their expenses.
Coordinator: Dianne Roberts
Committee member: Maren Engelhardt
Merchandise Silent Auction
Coordinator - Ruthanne Gardner
Stallion Service Silent Auction
(This person must contact stallion owners and ask if they would be willing to donate a breeding in return for a Platinum Sponsorship. If so they must get the donation form signed and returned to Pam for each stallion.
Coordinator - Pam Norton, 936-372-2336
Committee member
Coordinators and Local host are responsible for keeping the Convention Chairman informed on progress of their committee.
ATA Home ** Convention Home
