A big thank you to Scott for writing up about Endurance for the website.
We still need a write up for show jumping on the sports page, vaulting and the circus!
Any other idears to improve the website please let us know!
There are lots of pages that need more information or refreshing.
Please contact anyone on the board to help.
Thank you!

We would like a volunteer to help make this page more complete.
Photo's of AT's in art, histrory, on coins, pottery..
Ancient Chinese figurines...
Anyone interested in helping this page flourish would be greatly appreciated!
Please contact us!

We need help updating the website.
We now have registered horses on the site under registrations.
We have a volunteer to write about endurance.

WE NEED:
Someone to write about horse COLORS.
WHY?
Because it is consistently #1 page visited!!
The page is incomplete...

#2 visited page:
Traditional tack!
We need someone to research the blanketing the Turkmens used to do.

ANYTHING else...any ideas you might have, please le


If you want to help, even for one color or shade, please contact us!

COLOR PAGE:
According to out stats, horse color is almost always #1 for search topic.
Our color page needs updating and finishing.
We need help with this!
We need a volunteer who can writ up little paragraphs for each color and a picture of the horse for visual.
If you feel compelled or know of some one who would be good for this, please contact the webmaster!

TEKE'S IN SPORT:
    We need a person to write up why one should ride a Teke in enduarance.
If you feel compelled or know of some one who would be good for this, please contact the webmaster!
Thank you!

My kids just did the drawing for the ATAA Logowear raffles.  The winners are:

Early renewal/membership winner:  Annah B.

Foals of 2013 registration winner:  Betsy Wandler

Please contact Tish Saare at: [email protected] with your preferred size and color of sweatshirt!

Thank you to everyone that participated!!

Cathy

The winner for the saddle pad graciously donated by Karen Freitas is Darla Dickinson from BC, Canada.

Hi everyone,

Hope you’re all over Christmas and New Year’s.  We have a big year in front of us:

1.        January Issue of the ATAA Newsletter is coming up.  Send in your farm reports, ads, articles, etc.

2.       We have several issues to work on from the General Membership Meeting:

a.       Grading Committee – we’ll get moving on that

b.      Strategic Plan – need to contact Pat Johnson to help us on that

c.       Amrita is to look into investing our CD into Municipal  Bonds that are tax free  when it comes due.

d.      SANA Show for 2015.  We have let them know we are interested and Amrita has already contacted some possible judges.

3.       What we have accomplished since the General Membership Meeting:

a.       HorseFlicks filming is all done, people have sent in their extra photos and videos.  Waiting now for the rough draft.

b.      Logowear ordered and the sweatshirts were sent out (thank you Tish!).  They are very nice. 

c.       I’ll have one of my kids pull the winners for the ATAA Logowear Raffles – for new/early membership renewal and for registering 2013 foals.  We got a pretty decent amount of entrants!

d.      I’ve renewed both the ATAA TradeMark and the ATAA WordMark, but need to contact the USPTO about the WordMark – they didn’t like something.  I will get to that next week. 

e.      Bills are coming due for our Club insurance and Fidelity Bond.  I will do the necessary paperwork and send the bills to Amrita for payment.



4.       Upcoming Expos – we had a pretty decent amount of members doing Expos last year (5 that we know of!).  Anyone planning on doing an Expo this year please contact us and we can help with some money, club insurance and banners and a CD of brochures, breeder’s list, etc.

5.       Awards – Catrina is working on the National Alphabet Awards – the AERC and USEA.  We had more USEA awards than last year, but fewer AERC awards.  We will keep letting people know about the awards and hope there are more to give out this next year.  We might need to revisit the USDF awards as one of our new members shows in USDF sanctioned dressage shows.

All in all, 2014 will be an excellent year!  If anyone has ideas for promotions, advertising, or anything that could benefit our wonderful breed, please let a Board member know!

Cathy