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Fairfield-Westchester PHA Local Chapter Meeting | ||
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The meeting of The Fairfield / Westchester P.H.A held at Stony Creek farm in North Salem, NY was called to order by President Lynn Peters at 7pm. There were 23 members in attendance. The minutes were read from the April meeting and accepted as presented. TREASURER'S REPORT: Naomi Gauruder read the financial report for the March 15 thru May 9th period which was accepted as presented. A copy of this report is on file with the recording secretary. CORRESPONDENCE: A letter was received from the Equus Foundation thanking the chapter for its donation in memory of Michelle Arnhold and for sponsoring the PHA Medal Class at the June benefit show held at The Fairfield County Hunt Club. A note was also received from Barbara Cochrane thanking the PHA and all those who gave so generously of their time for hosting "The Art of " clinic which was held at the Three Phase Equestrian Center in April. AID TO MEMBERS: Jennifer Ferraro's husband Danny passed away suddenly. Everyone at the chapter expresses their deepest sympathies to Jen and will be there for her in any way she needs. DONATIONS: There was no report. MEMBERSHIP: Cheryl Lemoine is our newest professional member. Welcome to our new associate members: Dana Faulkner, Liz Hoskinson and Shelby Cashman. HIGH SCORE AWARD PROGRAM: Points are up to date within a week. The program has over 350 entries and its not even June!! Please remember that trainers have to be professional members of the PHA and riders need to be Jr. / Associate members in order for points to count. Westbrook IS part of both the high score award program AND the National PHA Medal class. All points accrued at the Westbrook shows have been counted and will be reflected in the system soon. A discussion was had regarding paying a la carte, paying one fee or a combination of both for high score award divisions. This will be tabled until the June meeting part of which will be an open high score meeting available to all trainers of high score participants and show managers . Please bring all questions and suggestions to this very important meeting so we can have all rule changes in place well before the 2011 season begins. HORSE SHOW COMMITTEE Please bring your polished and engraved perpetual trophies back to Lynn Peters AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!! She can be reached at (914)669-8262. Trophies can also be dropped off ( Yes..polished and engraved as well!!!) at any of Naomi Gauruder's horse shows. She may be contacted at (203) 650-3148. The date for our PHA show is June 5th and 6th at The Fairfield County Hunt Club. The date for the PHA Mini Medal/Maclay Finals is Saturday September 11th at Gardnertown Farm in Newburgh,NY. Our judges are Todd Karn and Jimmy Lee. There will be two more judges added as well. JR. / ASSOCIATE P.H.A. : The Intercollegiate prep program scheduled for Sunday May 2nd had to be canceled due to lack of RSVP's. It will be rescheduled at a later date. The Jr. / Associate PHA will be taking a field trip to The NY City Mounted Police Unit to watch police horses in training. The date of this event will be announced soon..this is going to be really fun ..count me in!!! OLD BUSINESS: "The Art of" clinic went very well. Thank you to all of our PHA members who organized the event and to Angelo Danza for the use of Three Phase Equestrian Center. A special "thank you" goes out to all of our demonstration riders who volunteered to ride and be critiqued IN PUBLIC!! You all did a great job. The deadline for National PHA Scholarships is July 1st. For scholarship applications, contact: Mrs. Frank Grenci, 202 Old Sleepy Hollow Rd, Pleasantville, NY 914-769-1385 or at (561) 707-9094 The Scholarship Fund provides financial assistance from a fund established for children of Professional Members or Professional Members of more than two years who are enrolled in an approved school for the advancement of their education beyond the elementary level. Life Associate and Life Professional membership dues are automatically applied to the Scholarship fund and are tax deductible. ANY donation to the Scholarship Fund is considered tax deductible by the IRS. NEW BUSINESS: A motion was made and passed to appoint a person (and pay them) to help with the paperwork in collecting back dues. There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 8:45pm Respectfully submitted, NEXT MEETING IS MONDAY JUNE 14TH
Directions to Haviland Hollow: From the South. Rte 22 North past Brewster. Right onto Haviland Hollow Rd (at The Putnam Diner), first right onto East Branch rd. Farm is 1/8 mi on right hand side. From the North. Rte 22 South past New England Equine Practice. Left on Haviland Hollow Rd.(at The Putnam Diner) then follow directions above. | ||
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