This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Information Architecture) To: Julie Will
I would be glad to write an article or two for the NFHR. I had spoken with someone a few years ago (don't even remember who now but a BOD member) and was told that they already had that taken care of. But I think that the Small Farmers Journal already has plenty of visibility as far as Fjords are concerned -- they have frequent articles, photos, and innumerable ads for the breed. I think Equus and Practical Horseman are the kinds of magazines that we could benefit from exposure in -- and it's not as easy to get articles in those. I would be glad to try, if I could get cooperation on getting photos, To: The Larsons/Mike May No, I am not under the impression that evaluations must be held in an indoor arena, nor that Fjord owners not in the Northwest all have inadequate facilities. But I do think that holding evaluations on the owner's property brings up a lot of complications, which I was trying to discuss, and of which I think footing adequacy is an important one. The Oregon evaluation was sponsored by an individual -- Gayle Ware -- and not by any group, and very few members of the groups out here supported the evaluation by their attendance. Anyone anywhere else is free to set up an Evaluation just as Gayle did, the issue is only of whose property it is on. As it stands now, I believe if it is on a Fjord owners property, then they cannot have their own horses evaluated -- and my comments were directed at the idea of changing that to allow their own horses to be evaluated. I don't really care about the home court advantage for their horses, but I don't want to be at a disadvantage because the facility is not adequate. That was my only point. PS Washracks are nice, but not a necessity. Footing is a necessity, whether indoors or out. I see no reason why evaluation facilities should be less nice than facilities where a horse show could be held, and to me it would be well worth the $20 per horse to ensure that they are. Becky Vorpagel Jont Creek Acres
