Please be sure to fill out the membership survey. Let's make sure that Region 4 is well represented by strong participation. I serve on the USDF membership committee and helped put this together (I did recommend larger distance mileages in the travel questions, by the way . . .). I know that USDF is very interested in membership satisfaction, so please know your responses will make a difference with the organization.
Thank you for your input!!
If there are any issues you'd like to discuss with me, please feel free to give me a call or pop me an email. Thanks for electing me as a PM delegate for the convention--feel free to contact me with any concerns/suggestions/ideas you have to help improve USDF.
Cheers,
Sarah Patrick
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Sarah Patrick, Newsletter Editor Dakota Dressage & Eventing Classical training in Olympic equestrian sports throughout the Dakotas
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Please be sure to fill out the membership survey. Let's make sure that Region 4 is well represented by strong participation. I serve on the USDF membership...
I just filled out mine!!! Completely painless..lol Noele Noele Proud owner of : Vantalle -- 2003 AWS/FSHR filly Wata Peachy Gal -- 1997 AQHA/NFQHA mare Sir...
Sarah, could you plese send me the web site address? My server will not allow attachments to be delivered through the e-mail. Thanks Dave Richie ... From:...
David A. Richie, DVM
richieda@...
Aug 30, 2004 9:56 pm
I think USDF is doing itself a huge disservice by issuing fines to show management rather than participants for "incomplete entries"...i.e. horse recordings...
Hi- I am unable to see an attachement as to the ruling you are referring to. It sounds like the USDF is going whacky..... Is there someplace on the USDF site...
No, they have nothing in print, that's part of the problem. I know of at least 3 different competition management groups who have received fines this ...
USEF and USDF have rules that are sent to show management for compliance before the shows take place. At the convention and through committees the decisions...
Landersfrm@...
Sep 8, 2004 12:33 pm
By the way, an interesting fact, over l00,000 rides will be entered in the data base at USDF it is estimated this year. 67,000 and some have been entered ...
Landersfrm@...
Sep 8, 2004 1:15 pm
I'm curious to know (if you happen to know) what is behind USDF's reasoning in punishing the GMO's who host the shows, rather than punishing the riders/owners...
The fact that so many forms are being left incomplete or filled out incorrectly also suggests that there might also be a problem with the forms themselves. Meg...
Margaret R. Hawthorne
meg.hawthorne@...
Sep 8, 2004 2:20 pm
What I have been hearing anecdotally is that the confusion is primarily with the requirement for Horse ID numbers. It appears that competitors as well as show...
Margene Swarts
mswarts@...
Sep 8, 2004 2:53 pm
Dear Susan, I thought that the fines and what they are for was sent to the show organizers. Don't all shows take incomplete forms and not give out numbers for ...
Landersfrm@...
Sep 8, 2004 3:00 pm
Perhaps at the beginning of the year, all GMO's could print some of the reminders again for their members anyway about what is needed. I know that the ...
Landersfrm@...
Sep 8, 2004 3:08 pm
The policies and procedures listed on the web site have the fines listed under USDF.org/Menu/AboutUs.asp, linked in Competition management section of the web...
Landersfrm@...
Sep 8, 2004 3:29 pm
As an example, a show that I know of was fined, in part, because 2 people attempting to qualify did not do what they'd said they would do (upgrade to full ...
USEF and USDF send out and post reams of information concerning every aspect of the rules and regulations. They also send out (in a timely fashion) reams of...
Bonnie Griest
briarfox-bon@...
Sep 8, 2004 9:02 pm
It would be great to be able to discuss these problems at the convention. I do believe that shows must accept incomplete entries and hope that the riders ...
Landersfrm@...
Sep 8, 2004 9:45 pm
Thank you Bonnie, for your suggestions. Linda...
Landersfrm@...
Sep 8, 2004 9:47 pm
I received this today from a longtime USDF member who is also a member of our local GMO. I think she sums up very well what at least part of the problem is: ...
I have to admit I'm mostly a lurker on this list and I will probably regret posting this- so please be kind. I'm not sure what started this so long after the...
msnemecek@...
Sep 9, 2004 4:31 am
Hi Mary, That's a great idea and obviously took a lot of time and effort to put together. You might want to add the clarification that none of those rules...
Thanks Susan- I think I did say that it pertained to training level and above as Intro was USDF recognized only- if not sorry. I have no idea what the rules...
msnemecek@...
Sep 9, 2004 12:14 pm
Sorry Susan, I just learned about your getting hurt. I am so sorry, and I hope you are doing all right.I think that it is good to have discussions and while...
Landersfrm@...
Sep 9, 2004 3:58 pm
Thank you Mary for a wonderful summary of the information needed. I printed it to keep to hand out to newbies. I hope others will do the same, Linda Landers...
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