Re: RC: IAHA

[Lynne Glazer <lynne@glazer.org>]

Lif,

I was a charter member of the first IAHA club that wasn't show-based, 
the Callifornia CMK Heritage Society.  Sadly, it is defunct, because 
it didn't appeal to a wide enough group that was willing to join and 
keep it going.

Now I'm a member of the Arabian Advocates club, an entirely-Internet 
based one.  They are more show-oriented but focused on reforming 
things in a positive way.  They had pretty good influence at the last 
national convention, getting one measure passed. 
http://www.arabianadvocates.com.  They have a membership forum for 
discussion.

I'm a club member that isn't active--but as most people who need or 
want to maintain membership with IAHA, it's cheaper to do it through 
a club than with a direct membership, $50 per year.

There is another IAHA club that is trails-oriented, but I don't know 
their particulars.

I put on a regional IAHA endurance championship ride, have two 
Sweepstakes-nominated horses that will probably win no money since I 
don't seem to be very competitive.  Don't currently participate in 
their distance awards program or the recreational riding one.  And 
I'm an IAHA steward for endurance only.  But I have too much going on 
(career, saddle biz, and trying to fit in conditioning) to be active 
in a club--the same reason I offer if we were to start up a regional 
endurance organization down here in SoCal like PNER or SERA.  And it 
takes members who are willing to put out some effort to keep a club 
going...

Lynne

At 11:35 AM -0700 12/30/00, Lif Strand wrote:
>There are a couple IAHA sanctioned internet based clubs now.  No 
>physical location, internet only.  I looked into them (I am a lapsed 
>IAHA member) but they are show based.  I am wondering if it would be 
>worth setting up anything for endurance or distance (endurance + 
>CTR) people.  Or seeing if one of the two existing clubs would be 
>interested in expanding their mission statements.  Are there many 
>people out there who are members of IAHA or would like to be?
>
>Lif Strand
>Quemado NM  USA
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