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Oregon Regional Newsletters

(Issues back through February 2008 are available upon request)

Oregon Region newsletter May 09

Oregon Region newsletter June 09

The June issue of E-News from National has been posted to the Web site
https://www.ponyclub.org/pdfs/Enews2009/E-NewsfromNationalforJune2009.pdf

Don't forget to have your club members, parents and officers explore the USPC social media site, USPCriders.ning.com for a full range of discussions, blogs, opportunities to post photos and videos, personal pages and much more.

Sign up at http://USPCriders.ning.com today! (Participants on the site must be 13 and over.)

Nancy Ambrosiano, Chair, USPC Communications Committee


Latest Updates:

Updated: Subject: Category:
06/15/2009 Calendar  Last Updated   Informative
05/22/2009 Updates to the Trading Post!         Informative
06/19/2009 Dressage Rally Final Scores posted Rally
06/07/2009 Nominating Committee reminder for DC's Informative
06/15/2009 Mock D Event Rally info updated - calendar and Event page. Rally
06/07/2009  July 2009 Oregon Region Mega Rating application added to calendar Rating
06/07/2009 Oregon Region Championship teams named Informative
05/22/2009 Oregon Region D Camp Information to Camps page  and Calendar Camp
05/22/2009 D Eventing Rally, White City, Flyway PC and Noble Riders PC August 1-2.   See Eventing Page Rallt
05/22/2009 Fall Regional Council Meeting planning Informative
05/22/2009 Updated Upper Level Test Information on Standards and Ratings Page and below. Rating
05/22/2009 Club rating application added to Standards and Ratings Page Rating
04/18/2009 Noble Riders Event Camp info updated on calendar and Camps page Camp
3/21/2009 Official Announcement of the United States Pony Club Intern Program Announcement - 2009 Informative
02/14/2009 2009 Horse Management Information - new requirements explained Informative

To learn more about Oregon Pony Clubs contacts are located on  http://oregon.ponyclub.org/OregonClubsFiles/OregonClubs.htm

 

New HB's in Oregon Region!

Our thanks to Annie Mattos, VRS and DC of Noble Riders for hosting the HB test this last weekend in her home and barn.  It was a project in which she took great care and lots of time preparing. It turned out fabulously.  Seemingly unstressful, at that!

Our congratulations to all who took part in the test and certainly to those who passed.  Those who did not were close and we hope will retest in the near future. 
Our new HBs are:  

Megan, Willamette Valley PC
Tatiana, Noble Riders PC
Emma, Oregon Trail PC

Well done, all! Beth Mantis -  RS

 

Beth  Mantis
Regional Supervisor

Lisa Carkin
Vice RS - Administration

Julie McPherson
Vice RS - Activities

Annie Mattos
Vice RS - Communication

Tarleen Elliott
Secretary/Regional Digest

Mary Knox
Horse Management Organizer

Regional  Instruction Coordinators

Nancy McKnight
Regional PIP and South

North Anna Oefffner

East Tedi Paasch

 Michele Stevens

Regional Ratings Coordinator

Connie Farrar
T-shirts and Pins

Helen Linnemann
Webmaster

USPC e-News

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Upper level testing applications


Dear DC's,
 
Please also share this information with any upper level candidates in your club.
 
When you have a member from your club testing for the upper levels (above C2), be aware that there are four separate annual deadlines for the application due to national depending on the test date.  If the member of your club is testing out of region, they still have to fill out this national application.

 
There is a brand new page on the national website for upper level tests: http://www.testing.ponyclub.org/
Of course the candidate application is still well-hidden here under "forms":
http://ponyclub.org/files/bin/3456
 
Note that all applications are due to the RS 15 days in advance of these deadlines in case if any corrections need to be made.  So if national lists that the application is due July 15th, they must be turned in to Beth by July 1.  For example, for this year's C3 testing, all applications must be received by the RS by July 1.
 
Applications must be postmarked by the following dates:

Tests held between Feb. 26th and May 31st: January 15th.

Tests held between June 1st and August 31st: April 15th

Tests held between Sept. 1st and Nov. 25th: July 15th

Tests held between Nov. 26th and Dec. 31st: Oct. 15th

*Any test before Feb. 26th will have a 6-week-out deadline


There are places on this application that need to be signed by the DC, parent and candidate.  The candidate must also list 3 total testing dates and sites.  These can be found here: http://www.ponyclub.org/testing-schedule.php .  I like to schedule a sit-down session with the candidate and their parent(s) to go over the application together ensure it's filled out correctly and with enough detailed information.
 
There are fees on the application which are unique for the different levels of testing; they range from $150-250.  There is an additional fee that goes to the region of up to $125 for the region's portion of the upper level testing expenses.  This is paid separately and often at a bit later date than when the national test application is due.  National pays the examiner fee and their long-distance transportation costs; the region pays for housing, food, local transportation, facility fees and insurance.

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Fall Regional Council Meeting Oct 9 - 10

 
The idea was originated and followed through on that this fall for our regional council meeting and more, we will hold a retreat.  We will combine several mandatory meetings to make good use of your time and will have several options available to you for your stay.  The meeting will take place at Aldersgate Retreat in Turner, OR just south of Salem http://www.aldersgateconferencecenter.org/#/home/ .  We will hold our fall regional council meeting, HM seminar which will be member and club driven this year, 2010's S&R, 2010 upper level candidate briefing of what to expect, some fun and games for attending members and a chance to network with other DC's, spend some time together and get some ideas on how to run our clubs our better.  Members are welcome to attend and stay also.
 
Overnight stay for two nights, meals included, reasonably priced.  The region will spend $75 on each club in the region toward your stay and at least part of the $25@ club fee for HM & S&R may be applied toward the facility fee also.
Included in the full price are 2 nights stay and 6 meals:
$147.50/adult, $67.25/child, meals only $55/all six or $9-12@ meal, $5/day no food, no overnight.
 
Please mark your calendars, this meeting is mandatory.
 
To get an initial head count for planning, please visit this poll:
http://www.doodle.com/participation.html?pollId=8nedwxs7nfq2g8zc

~ Annie

Retreat in October is open to all members, parents, DC's etc. in the region. 

It is mandatory for the DC or voting member of the club to attend the council meeting and a representative for the HM seminar. 

*National News

Reminder for DCs:

Nominating Committee information

From the USPC Bylaws for Registered Clubs, Article4, Section 4.1(e) on Nominating Committee: The Nominating Committee shall be elected at least 3 months before the Annual Sponsors' Meeting and shall select one of its members to serve as Chair of the Committee. The District Commissioner shall nominate the committee for election by the Sponsors. The Committee shall
consist of no less than three and no more than five Sponsors of Record. The Nominating Committee shall propose a slate of Club Officers and recommendations for District Commissioner and Joint District Commissioner(s) for presentation at the Annual Sponsors' Meeting.

What this means is that by May or June, EVERY CLUB should hold a properly called Sponsors meeting to put a Nominating Committee in place. The Committee's job is not to poll or otherwise contact every member of the club or to survey other Sponsors for their interest. The Nominating Committee's job is to put together a list of one person per office who in their collective opinion, is best capable of serving the club in that role. If your Nominating Committee isn't in place by then end of June, your club risks non-compliance with the Bylaw requirements for its Annual Meeting of Sponsors.

Spring may not seem to be the time of year to think about your fall Annual Meeting, but this is the time for planning to begin. Don't get caught on a technicality this fall! Please contact your Regional Supervisor for any assistance needed to prepare to meet your club's requirements. For additional Annual Sponsors Meeting protocol, please review the Bylaws available on-line at http://www.ponyclub.org/pdfs/Bylaws2009.pdf.

Karol Wilsonkarol@ponyclub.org
USPC Director of Member Services and Regional Administration
 

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Pacific Coast Championships 2009

I am happy to respond that West Coast Championships, renamed for 2009 to Pacific Coast Championships will be occurring in Auburn, Washington from August 10-16, 2009. We will (hopefully) be blessed with Washington's standard August warm (not hot) weather and low humidity. It should be a very comfortable time of year for everyone to visit and compete!

We expect to offer Eventing (Beginner Novice - Preliminary), Show Jumping, Dressage, Games, Polocrosse, Tetrathalon, & Quiz.

We are making some slight adjustments to standard practice (of course: we're pioneers you know!). We are staggering the competition so competitors will only be staying at Champs for that period of time their discipline is
competing. We are going to allow competitors to enter in more than one discipline, as long as they are not competing on the same days. I have put together a chart which illustrates which disciplines this will work for in 2009, which I
am happy to send out to anyone via email.

Also, we are allowing each region to send their top two teams in each level of each discipline! For example, in eventing, there can be two teams from each region at each of Beginner Novice, Novice, Training, and Preliminary.
This will be quite a competition!

Every region of USPC is invited to send teams, although we realize due to geography, it will mostly be teams from the west.

Please contact me with any questions!

Connie Riker
Pacific Coast Champs Organizer (mailto:criker99@aol.com)

 

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*Special Opportunities

2009 Championships Internship Program

Official Announcement of the United States Pony Club Intern Program Announcement - 2009

The Internship Program for Championships has been developed to offer internships for youth members (not competing in Championships) to assist in and learn about the organization and management of Championships. This program will pair interested members with key volunteers at Championships so that the members will gain valuable skills and experiences that will help
them both in Pony Club and in their future professional life.

This program will benefit both the Intern and Pony Club. Benefits for the Intern include: career exploration, development of transferable skills that can be used in their later career choices and an increase in networking opportunities. The program will benefit Pony Club by preparing the next generation of Pony Club leaders to take the reins in furthering the mission of Pony Club.

This program provides an excellent opportunity for older Pony Club members to further the skills that they have learned throughout their careers in Pony Club as well as to give back to the organization in a mutually beneficial volunteer experience.

There will be two positions available in each discipline. Possible activities are working with discipline organizer, course designer, scoring,
trade fair, horse management etc. In your application, please indicate areas of interest. Interested members must be at least 15 years of age with preference being given to older Pony Club members due to the limited number of opportunities. Participants under the age of 18 must have a designated chaperone throughout.

Accepted applicants will be asked to attend an orientation session prior to the competition. The selected Interns will be notified of the location and exact time of this meeting. Unfortunately, no reimbursement of costs will be available. If you know of any members that would be interested in Interning at Championships East this year, please e-mail Mary Ann Turner a completed
application on or before by July 7th at Turnermaew@aol.com

For Pacific Coast Championships please e-mail April Smith a completed application on or before July 14th at
april@cpmgv.com   . An early application will enable us to connect you with your mentor early prior to Championships.

Application, Contract and Evaluation forms are available on the USPC website, under "C" in the Forms section.

Erin Woodall
Activities Assistant
United States Pony Clubs
4041 Iron Works Parkway
Lexington, KY 40511
859-254-7669 ext 244
Fax 859-233-4652
Erin @ponyclub.org
 

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College Scholarships http://www.ponyclub.org/scholarships.php

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