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I was asked to post this here from the AOTE Committee co-chair , Please read and let her know what you think ..JANE
Dear Club Member:
Please be advised that there is an AOTE Survey on the AMHA website http://www.amha.org/ OR THE DIRECT LINK IS http://www.zoomerang.com/recipient/survey....=WEB226DZLX7XCN. We would like you to "spread the word" about this survey, so that we can make decisions that will improve the AOTE program.
This Division, "Amateur Owned, Trained, and Exhibited," was formed for the Amateur wanting to train and exhibit their own horses. Many of the questions are based on suggested rule change proposals that were submitted to our committee by other Amateur Exhibitors. We realize that these rule proposals may be 'Hot Topics" and not everyone will agree, but as the AOTE committee, we would like to represent the majority of the membership.
One of the suggested rule changes was to eliminate the "clipping restriction" to family members only. The rationale of this proposal is that some of our exhibitors do not have family members available to help them and have medical issues (on blood thinners, bad backs, arthritis, ect...) which would prevent them from the sometimes strenuous activity of clipping an unruly horse. In addition, there is no way for the AMHA office to police who is clipping an AOTE horse and there are accusations of "cheating." Another proposal was to not allow "professional trainers" to transport AOTE horses. The rationale of this proposal was that there is no restriction on how long the AOTE horse can be boarded at the training facility prior to transporting and again, no way for the AMHA office to police..
There have been suggestions of expansion by adding Youth AOTE classes and adding Levels to the AOTE Program. Any ideas are welcome, we want to make this Division work for the membership.
Prior to the June BOD meeting in Texas, the AOTE Committee will meet and discuss the results of this survey so that we can make recommendations to the Show Rules Committee. The Show Rules Committee will then decide in June if any of these suggestions for rule changes will be brought up for a vote at the General Membership Meeting in 2008.
The AOTE Survey will be on the AMHA site for ABOUT THREE MORE WEEKS as we need to analyze the results prior to the June meeting. The AOTE Committee is dedicated to making the AOTE program bigger and better! Therefore, we would appreciate it if you would let your members know as soon as possible and encourage them to participate. Also, you do not need to be a current member of AMHA in order to take the survey. We are hoping that by improving this division we can increase participation both at the National Level and at the Local Shows by adding to our amateur membership!.
Sincerely,
Lorraine O'Connell
Co-Chair AOTE
[email protected]
Dear Club Member:
Please be advised that there is an AOTE Survey on the AMHA website http://www.amha.org/ OR THE DIRECT LINK IS http://www.zoomerang.com/recipient/survey....=WEB226DZLX7XCN. We would like you to "spread the word" about this survey, so that we can make decisions that will improve the AOTE program.
This Division, "Amateur Owned, Trained, and Exhibited," was formed for the Amateur wanting to train and exhibit their own horses. Many of the questions are based on suggested rule change proposals that were submitted to our committee by other Amateur Exhibitors. We realize that these rule proposals may be 'Hot Topics" and not everyone will agree, but as the AOTE committee, we would like to represent the majority of the membership.
One of the suggested rule changes was to eliminate the "clipping restriction" to family members only. The rationale of this proposal is that some of our exhibitors do not have family members available to help them and have medical issues (on blood thinners, bad backs, arthritis, ect...) which would prevent them from the sometimes strenuous activity of clipping an unruly horse. In addition, there is no way for the AMHA office to police who is clipping an AOTE horse and there are accusations of "cheating." Another proposal was to not allow "professional trainers" to transport AOTE horses. The rationale of this proposal was that there is no restriction on how long the AOTE horse can be boarded at the training facility prior to transporting and again, no way for the AMHA office to police..
There have been suggestions of expansion by adding Youth AOTE classes and adding Levels to the AOTE Program. Any ideas are welcome, we want to make this Division work for the membership.
Prior to the June BOD meeting in Texas, the AOTE Committee will meet and discuss the results of this survey so that we can make recommendations to the Show Rules Committee. The Show Rules Committee will then decide in June if any of these suggestions for rule changes will be brought up for a vote at the General Membership Meeting in 2008.
The AOTE Survey will be on the AMHA site for ABOUT THREE MORE WEEKS as we need to analyze the results prior to the June meeting. The AOTE Committee is dedicated to making the AOTE program bigger and better! Therefore, we would appreciate it if you would let your members know as soon as possible and encourage them to participate. Also, you do not need to be a current member of AMHA in order to take the survey. We are hoping that by improving this division we can increase participation both at the National Level and at the Local Shows by adding to our amateur membership!.
Sincerely,
Lorraine O'Connell
Co-Chair AOTE
[email protected]
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