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...Current News - June 24, 2008

The 2008 Golden Spike Horse Trial RESULTS are posted on the Wasatch Pony Club web site. Please click. State of the Sport - some interesting discussions from the Safety Summit can be viewed here. A big thanks from Wasatch Pony Club to everyone who attend the chicken event! To keep up with the necessary preparation for the next big event, GSHT, there will be a work day at Golden Spike on Saturday June 14 from 8am -noon. WPC will be tying up the last lose ends for GSHT. Please come ready to paint and have fun! The Pony Club also needs volunteers for the Golden Spike Horse Trials on June 20, 21, 22. If you can volunteer please call Lisa Freeman at 801-593-8033 spudhooch@msn.com or Colleen Cobia 801-547-0328 or email ccobia@dsdmail.net June 12th is the date for the next General Membership Meeting. Location is Rocky Mountain Pizza (3977 South Wasatch Blvd, Salt Lake City, UT 84124, (801) 272-9888 (same as the last meeting). Beer and Pizza will be served at 6:30. Business meeting starts at 7PM. We hope to see you all there! Chicken Event Ride Times are posted here. For those who haven't renewed their WREA membership for 2008, please remember that in order for your points to count toward year-end awards, your membership must be recorded on or before the date of your competitions! State of our Sport: In light of the current increased focus on safety in our sport, several members have asked that I post the information supplied by competitor, Amy Lopez. She submitted this excellent write up to USEA for publication; here is the link. Please check out the Ride Share board (button at left). With fuel costs being what they are, hauling together could provide savings! Minutes of the 4/24 meetings are posted. Please click here to read. The annual spring membership meeting took place on 4/24 at Rocky Mountain Pizza. Lots of folks attended, and a good time was enjoyed by all (beer & pizza will do that for you). Many exciting topics were discussed and some new officers were elected. Suzanne Cornick is President, Dale Woolsey is VP, Sussi Felleson is Secretary, and Carol Klar remains as Treasurer & Webmaster and three main committees were formed: Membership, Foreign Relations (to interface with other organizations), and Activities. Much discussion took place regarding scholarships, clinics, schooling days, upcoming shows and the potential for fun activities such as trail-ride/cookouts. The scholarship process is likely to be replaced with a clinic-voucher or rebate system that can be extended to a larger number of members. Fully-detailed minutes will be posted next week. Thanks again to everyone who participated! The next general membership meeting is planned for June 12th, same place, same time. This is where the ideas of this meeting will be put into action! Please plan to be there. An exciting new Combined Test Series offering 6 competition opportunities for 2008 will begin in just a few weeks. This will be the ATE Combined series; details and entry forms are on the WREA calendar page. Information was submitted by WREA Member, Trudy Guarante. Dates for these events will be April 19, May 10, July 19, Aug 9, Sept 13, Oct 11, and locations will be spread between Riverbend Farm and South Jordan Equestrian Center. We hope to see everyone out supporting these new events. Several wonderful clinic opportunities, including Amy Tryon have been added to the WREA Calendar. Please clinc the Calendar link (on the left) to check out the details. The current membership roster has been updated. Please check to see if your status is reflected correctly for 2008. All new and renewing members should have received an email confirmation to say that your membership for 2008 was received. I have been experiencing some problems with my ISP, and some of my incoming and outgoing emails have evaporated into cyberspace. If any of your emails have do not receive a reply within 24 hours, please resubmit. Sorry for any inconvenience, Carol - WREA Treasurer WREA is open for officer nominations for the position of President and Secretary. If you would be interested in either of these positions, or would like to nominate someone for these positions, please email WREA_Officers. Please submit any topics you'd like discussed at our spring general membership meeting. A meeting date will be announced shortly. Awards Banquet Recap! Now for the information everyone has been waiting for... Click here to see the WREA 2007 year-end award winners. A HUGE Thanks to the generous award sponsors and the silent-auction donors of products and services. Click here for a listing.