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Title:	Equine Notes Conference
Notice:	Topics List=4, Horses 4Sale/Wanted=150, Equip 4Sale/Wanted=151
Moderator:	MTADMS::COBURNIO

Created:	Tue Feb 11 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2080
Total number of notes:	22383

1979.0. "IDEAS: for meetings/speakers etc.." by PCBUOA::LPIERCE (Do the watermelon crawl) Fri Jun 16 1995 12:43

    
    I am the President of a horse club in Massachusetts.  We used to have
    meetings every month for years.  We had alot of good speakers as
    well live demos.
    
    Over the past year our attendance at the meetings have been very
    low.  So I took a break from the meetings and I focused on more
    events/shows/clinics etc..
    
    But, I would very much like to have another meeting soon and see
    how it goes.  But, my brain is all dried up when it came to
    "who should I get"  and "who could I get" - I was at a loss.
    
    I was hoping some folks in here would have some good ideas of some
    local talent in any field that has to do w/horses.  Our club is very
    divers (western, english, driving, trail, endurance, dressage, 
    eventing, hunter jumper) we cover it all.
    
    My preferance would to get in an endurance speaker in - but I
    dont  know any.
    
    but, I'll take any ideas!
    
    Louisa

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1979.1		MTCLAY::COBURN	Plan B Farm	`Fri Jun 16 1995 13:19`	12
	Louisa, For an endurance riding speaker, you could try contacting Judy Lorimer - she's the president (or some such thing) of the ECTRA, and I'd imagine she could get you pointed in the right direction. An endurance speaker is a very good idea, considering the time of year with the hottest part of summer still to come. Endurance folks being so concious of conditioning and working horses in high temps/humidity, it would apply and probably be of interest to all the members of your club, whatever discipline they follow.
1979.2	what part of mass	PCBUOA::LPIERCE	Do the watermelon crawl	`Fri Jun 16 1995 13:27`	5
	what part of Mass is Judy Lorimer from? So I can call 411 and get her number. Louisa
1979.3	Big help, aren't I? :-)	MTCLAY::COBURN	Plan B Farm	`Fri Jun 16 1995 13:29`	5
	Ah - I have no idea. I have info at home that I will send to you on Monday, though, unless someone else in here knows? Linda
1979.4		DELNI::KEIRAN		`Fri Jun 16 1995 13:37`	3
	Judy Lorimer lives in Pepperell. Linda
1979.5	Some other possible topics I wouldn't mind hearing :)	BOUVS::OAKEY	I'll take Clueless for $500, Alex	`Fri Jun 16 1995 20:21`	17
	� <<< Note 1979.0 by PCBUOA::LPIERCE "Do the watermelon crawl" >>> � -< IDEAS: for meetings/speakers etc.. >- � But, I would very much like to have another meeting soon and see � how it goes. But, my brain is all dried up when it came to � "who should I get" and "who could I get" - I was at a loss. � � I was hoping some folks in here would have some good ideas of some Well, I can't help with local talent recommendations but having a local vet make a presentation on worms/worming, colic, red alert injuries or something like that might be a good attendance draw. Also, possibility someone to talk about local horse ordinances or lawyer to explain local liability laws might also be very interesting.
1979.6		PCBUOA::LPIERCE	Do the watermelon crawl	`Mon Jun 19 1995 09:55`	6
	These are super ideas -- keep em' comming. Thanks alot Louisa