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February
2010
Meetings:
General and Executive Meetings are held every 2nd Wednesday at
7:00 pm, except July, at the Chamber of Commerce building, Armstrong.
2010 Meeting Dates: (executive meetings in bold type)
March 10, April 14, May 12, June 9, August 11, September
8, October 13, November 10, December 8
Upcoming
Events 2010
(subject
to change - more events may be added)
Feb 28 & Mar. 14
Winter Riding in Agriplex 10-2 $10 Sr. $5 Jr. Tammy
832-3409
AERC members only
May 30
Fun Day in Agriplex 9:00 am** - Lorraine Pilon
832-0918
June 13
Fun Day Ring #2 9:00 am - Pam LeMaire 546-3375
June 29, July 13 & 27, Aug 10
Summer Riding 6:30-8:30 pm $10 Tammy 832-3409 or
Pam 546-3375 AERC members only
July 11
Fun Day Ring #2 9:00 am - Sandy Murdoch 832-1878
August 15
Fun Day in Agriplex 9:00 am** - Rebecca Hilbrander
546-0061
September 26
Fun Day Ring #2 9:00 am - Tammy Thielman 832-3409
HCBC
Insurance and club membership can be obtained at any AERC sponsored
event - Membership $20 individual - $40 family
** Please make note that exhibitors must park in front paved
parking lot (by old arena) when Fun Days are held in the Agriplex,
due to conflicting events. Absolutely no parking or horses allowed
in the fair ground/ball diamond areas on these days.
Website
Contributions:
Please e-mail Anna
Green any horsey related items you have to sell or photos
of club activities. Please feel free to contact Anna if there
are any errors or to report any problems accessing the website.
Volunteer
help always appreciated at all AERC events. Please call organizer.
Bring
your ideas for more stuff to do:
Suggestions are:
Clinics, Used Tack Sale, Designated Trail Rides, Poker Ride(s),
any other bright ideas welcome! We need members input now in order
to schedule our calendar of events for 2010.
Organizers
are always looking for volunteers for the Fun Days. Don't forget
that members must accumulate 10 hours of volunteer time in order
to qualify for year end awards, and five of those hours can be
garnered by attending club meetings. We need bodies to help out
at events to keep this club going and growing!
Club
Rules and Insurance require that all junior members must wear
a helmet at all times while mounted on their horse at club functions.
All members attending a show are required to wear a number at
all times while mounted. Please familiarize yourself with club
rules by obtaining them at a meeting, or the website. Fun Day
Rules are posted at every Fun Day.
2009
AERC Award Recipients
1000 Volunteer Hours - Brenda Bettles, Bonnie Odiorne, Carolyn
Farris
300 Volunteer Hours - Ursula McHugh
Volunteer of the Year Sr. - Tammy Thielman
Volunteer of the Year Jr. - Clayton Thielman
Citizenship - Pam LeMaire
Sportsmanship - Katie Thielman
Hard Luck Jr.- Melanie Lemaire
Hard Luck Sr. - Ursula McHugh
Hi Point Sr. in Western, Gymkhana & All Around Trail - Tammy
Thielman
Hi Point Jr. in Western, English & Gymkhana - Melissa Thielman
Hi Point Barrels - Melissa Thielman
All Around Participating - Tammy Thielman
Trail Riding 100+ Hours - Brenda Bettles
CONGRATULATIONS!
Club
Meeting News
This
section of the newsletter will be to inform you of what took place
during the meetings, both executive and general.
Schooling
Show - April 25th - Cancelled. Due to the Fuzzy Horse Show
Heritage Qualifier being held the day before our event, it was
decided to forego the Schooling Show for this year. It was noted
last year that having these two shows back to back was detrimental
to the numbers that would compete at our Schooling Show.
Winter
Riding - February 28 & March 14 - 10 am - 2 pm - $10.00
Sr. $5 Jr. -drop in. Participants must bring proof of HCBC and
must belong to the club. If you have not already joined both,
you may get HCBC coverage and club membership at the event.
Clinics:
A couple of the members are looking into organizing some riding
clinics for juniors and seniors. Please bring all your information
to the next meeting so it can be discussed and implemented. We
are looking forward to hearing your ideas for more AERC fun!
Trail
Rides - If there are any members who would like to set a date
and location for a trail ride we will announce it in the newsletter.
Concession
- If we have one person who would like to take on the running
of the concession for the Fun Days that would be great! If not,
then organizers of the Fun Days will be required to find a volunteer
to take on this job. Carolyn Farris has agreed to purchase all
items needed for the Fun Day Concession and store food and equipment
at her place.
Chamber
of Commerce - A motion was made and passed to renew the membership
fee to CofC and donate $200 for the use of the building for our
meetings.
Non-member
Fun Day Fee - Will be $30 for the day, exhibitor must show
proof of HCBC
Radios
- Brad has kindly offered to check into replacement radios and
chargers for the club and hopefully we will have a report for
the next meeting on how the search is going.
Website:
A motion was made and seconded to pay $25 per month for Anna Green
to maintain and update our website. Anna will make every effort
to post items that she receives from members ASAP. There has been
a bit of a problem accessing the newsletters on the website, but
this problem should be resolved soon.
Volunteer
Hours/Awards Points - Carolyn Farris is taking on keeping
the books this year. Please make sure you remit all volunteer
sheets and Fun Day Results after your event. In a previous year
Fun Day results were not turned in which resulted in some awards
not being presented.
Chairperson
- It was decided that all directors/executive will take a turn
in running a general and executive meeting through the year.
Parks
and Recreation: Parks and Recreation requested that one person
in the club be responsible for booking events and signing contracts.
Brenda will be responsible for setting up dates and contacting
Parks and Rec if there are any changes or concerns. There was
also concern voiced about the club getting 'bumped' from their
dates. The club is looking into drafting a letter to be forwarded
to the commission to clarify this issue.
Updated
Membership List: Lori Corsbie, our Treasurer is out of town
on business quite a bit, so if directors or an organizer of an
event need a current list of members please contact Carolyn Farris
or Ursula McHugh.
Judges
Fee: A motion was made and seconded to increase the fee for
the Fun Day judges from $60 to $75.
Exhibitors
Numbers: (February meeting) Carolyn will order new numbers
for our Fun Days.
Trail
Gate: Carolyn should have a report from Armstrong Machine
as to the cost and construction of our new trail gate. Once the
new gate is completed it was discussed that the old gate would
be possibly be sold by sealed bid.
Insurance: Capri Insurance is to forward a copy of AERC Insurance
to Parks and Rec. Brenda will be checking to make sure they have
received it.
Paperwork: All directors received copies of Fun Day/Show checklist,
AERC Rules and Regulations, Constitution and Parks and Rec. regulations
for their reading enjoyment over the next month. This paperwork
will be gone through and discussed at the next executive meeting.
Volunteer
Hours: A discussion was held on allowing non-members who volunteer
to contribute their hours to the recruiting member, for a maximum
of 10 hours total accumulated volunteer hours for the year. This
issue will have to be brought forward for the AGM as it requires
changes to the Rules and Regulations.
Trail
Riding Log - Don't forget to keep track of the hours you ride
throughout 2010 by jotting them down on a calendar. By submitting
them at the December meeting you will qualify for the trail riding
award if you log 100+ hours of pleasure riding.
South
Central QH Clinic with Darhl Paley - April 25th Fairgrounds
- 6 hours of instruction - 2 hours of horsemanship, 2 hours of
Trail - TBA, 2 hours of Showmanship - TBA. These are the basics
for Juniors, 4-H members and nervous novice. The rate is VERY
reasonable and you can contact Carolyn Farris 546-6083 for more
information.
Fund
Raiser - Any members of the club who would like to accumulate
volunteer hours and also raise funds for the AERC, have been asked
if they could work at the Heritage Qualifier Show in July. This
is a great way to get in your hours without interfering with participation
in the club Fun Days. Please contact Carolyn Farris at 832-6083
if you can contribute a few hours at this weekend event.
This
will be your last newsletter mailed if you have not renewed your
AERC membership for 2010. Please fill in the email address on
your membership form when you rejoin in order to receive your
newsletter by email. Newsletters will be published monthly, mailed
and emailed to members and will be accessible on the website.
Agenda
for March 10, 2010
Executive Meeting - Everyone Welcome1. Call to Order
2. Issues brought to the Executive from the Feb. General Meeting
a. Trail Gate construction report
b. New Exhibitor Numbers
c. Web Site
d. Clinics
f. Parks and Rec. report on enquiries
g. Junior work bee
h.
3. Urgent Business
a. Radio and Stop Watch Replacement
b. Treasurer - arrangements when unavailable
c. Executive Paperwork review
d.
Secretary: Ursula
McHugh 546-0171
Treasurer: Lori Corsbie 546-8879
Directors:
Tammy Thielman 832-3409 skishack@jetstream.net
Pam LeMaire 546-3375
Rebecca Hilbrander 546-002
Sandy Murdoch 832-1878
Lorraine Pilon 832-0918
Promotions/Information: Tammy Thielman 832-3409
Website Editor: Anna Green 546-6545 anna@showgirlproductions.ca
Volunteer Hours: Carolyn Farris 546-6083
Sound System & Radios: Brenda Bettles 546-6048
Past President: Brenda Bettles
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