2008-03-01
Report from the AVA Annual Meeting
This is my frist time attending the AVA's annual meeting, and it has been interesting and productive. The only news items to really report are from the competitions committes and the technical committee.
From the competitions committee, it sounds like the USEF/AVA National Championships in 2009 will be rather early (second weekend of July?) to be part of a larger multi-dicipline event that will test the facilities for the World Equestrian Games in 2010. From the Technical committee it looks like the rest of the country will be following our lead and will make all individual barrel classes 60 seconds. Also Individual Trot will promoted from the Appendix A of the Guidelines into the "Rules for Vaulting" and become an AVA Recognized Event. All of the above still needs to be approved by the Board of Directors and/or the general membership meetings (today and tomorrow) before they are actually approved.
Other news out of our regional meeting, it looks like we might have a regional championships either the second or third weekend of July at Trails End Arena in Olympia (same place as Spring Fest.)
So far I've managed to avoid taking on any additional responsibilities, except for chairing the "Membership Subcommittee on Vaulting World & Website Contests". I also got asked to attend a meeting on Monday morning with our VP of membership and the company that manages the AVA website.
I hope to see all the Cascade Vaulters on Wednesday and others next weekend at the NW Spirit of Vaulting Conference.
TTFN
TTFN
Tom Sayles
Head Coach, Cascade Vaulters
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