This message is from: Roger & Karen Cabic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
WE HAD FOLLOWED THIS LIST FOR SEVERAL WEEKS NOW AND FIND THE CONVERSATION
MOST INTERESTIN.A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON US,WE HAVE OWNED WHISTLESTOP FARM,FOR
22 YEARS,WE HAVE BOARDED,TRAINED AND GIVEN LESSON IN WESTERN AND ENGLISH RIDING.
WE HAVE OWNED MANY DIFFERENT BREEDS OF HORSES AND PONIES.INCLUDING ABOUT
EIGHT FJORDS,4 OF THEM THAT WE HAVE BREAD AT T5HE FARM.WE PRESENTLY HAVE ONE
GELDING .
KAREN IS A RECOGNISED JUDGE IN AHSA IN ARABIAN,MORGAN,WESTERN,STOCK SEAT
EQUITATION,WELSH AND PASO FINO. SHE ALSO HAS BOTH MINATURE REGISTRYS LICENSE
AND PINTO, ALONG WITH FJORD,BEING ONE OF THE FIRST JUDGES WE HAVE.SHE WAS
INVITED BY NORWAY TO BE THE FIRST AMERICAN JUDGE TO TAKE PART IN THERE
EVALUATION.THE FOLLOWING YEAR SHE AND PHIL PRITCHARD INVITED A GROUP OF
JUDGES TO MAKE THE TRIP TO NORWAY TO LEARN ABOUT THERE EVULATION
PROCESS.SEVERAL THAT WENT ON THE TRIP,WAYNE,JIM AND MARY ARE NOW FJORD
JUDGES. KAREN SERVED ONE TERM ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SHE JUDGES ABOUT
16-20 WEEKENDS OUT OF THE YEAR. SOME OF THE LARGER SHOWS SHE HAS JUDGED ARE
THE PINTO NATIONALS IN 1989 AND 1995,THE ARABIAN YOUTH NATIONALS IN 1995,
THE MINATURE NATIONALS TO NAME A FEW,SHE HAS BEEN HIRED TO JUDGE TWO
NATIONALS IN 1999. AS SOME OF YOU KNOW I AM AN AHSA STEWARD. I SPEND 40 TO
50 DAYS AWAY AT HORSE SHOW EVERY YEAR. THIS COMING WED. I WILL BE GOING TO
LOUISVILLE KY. FOR THE ARABIAN NATIONALS I WILL SPEND 11 DAY THERE. I AM IN
THE LAST YEAR OF A TWO TERMS ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.I THINK TAHT THIS
TIME HAS BEEN THE MOST EXCITING TIME WITH THE BREED STANDARD WITH HAS BEEN
APPROVED,THE WORK OF BRINGING TOGETHER THE TWO MAJOR REGISTRYS,OUR PARTICIPATION
IN EQUTANA. TO NAME A FEW.I HAVE READ YOUR COMENTS ON THINGS THAT YOU THINK
THE BOARD SHOULD DO,ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER
BY THE BOARD. I AM ALSO TREASURER AND HAVE BEEN FOR 10 YEARS. THE REGISTRY
HAS COME THROUGH IS VERY HARD TIMES.THE LAW SUITE WHICH WAS SETTLED OUT OF
COURT COST THE REGISTRY A GREAT DEEL OF MONEY,IF IT WERE NOT FOR A FEW VERY
GENOROUS MEMBERS
WHO HELPED WITH THE LAWYERS BILL WE MANY NOT BE HERE HAVING THIS DISCUSION
TODAY. THIS IN PART CAUSED THE BOARD TO PUT MONIES ASIDE IN SAVINGS. ANYONE
WHO DOES NOT THINK THIS IS A WISE MOVE I SURE WOULD BE WILLING TO DISCUSS
THIS FUTHER.THE INVESTMENT FUND IS WHERE THE LIFE MEMBER FEES ARE KEEP. THE
BYLAWS STATE THAT THEY MUST BE HEALD IN TRUST.FINNALY I AM CHAIRMAN OF THE
JUDGES COMMITTEE,I HAVE PERSONALLY REQUESTED MOST OF OUR JUDGES TO JOIN US.I
WILL STATE THAT THEY ARE ALL FINE JUDGES OF OTHER BREEDS ,MOSTLY ARABIAN.A
RULE BOOK IS IN THE WORKS FOR SPING. THIS WILL HAVE THE FINE POINTS OF FJORD
JUDGEING OUTLINED.
IT WILL BE A GREAT HELP TO THE NEWER JUDGES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN TO NORWAY.
I THINK THIS IS ENOUGH FOR NOW .I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU
MAY HAVE.I AM GOING TO SUJECT TO THE BOARD AT OUR NEXT CALL THAT WE POST THE
WORKING AJENDA SO MEMBERS CAN MAKE COMMENTS BEFORE THE CALL. AGAIN I THINK
THIS LIST IS A GREAT WAY FOR DIALOG BETWEEN MEMBERS AND THE BOARD.
