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Requesting Meets
Susan Mouw:
--- Quote from: Temple DaSilva on January 06, 2017, 01:42:59 PM ---
--- Quote from: Susan Mouw on January 06, 2017, 12:22:26 PM ---So, should we do away with that part of the Meet policy and just let Meets be requested at whatever shows members want to attend? The final decision to place a meet is still with the District Director where the meet is held.
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I think that would be helpful, Susan.... or at least I wouldn't feel like I'm bending the rules by requesting meets without getting advance commitments from three other ABC members to enter as well. And, like I think it was Peggy who said, sometimes you don't know until cooping-in is done who is going to show and who isn't.
Can anyone here explain the thought behind the three exhibitor guidance?
That was placed by a previous administration and at a time when Ameraucanas weren't as widespread as they are now. I think the purpose was to avoid having "no shows". I don't know that no shows are such a terrible thing, honestly, although if it happens more than once at the same site, we probably shouldn't place another meet there until we can be sure of an Ameraucana presence.
Thanks for the discussion, everyone!
-temple
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Temple DaSilva:
--- Quote from: Don on January 06, 2017, 01:46:19 PM ---...I think the reason for the 3 exhibitor comment is so that people don't call Meets for every small show in driving distance of their location.
...A Meet is where Breeders come together to compete with their birds.
... IMO The goal is to talk to the members and see where they want to try to gather for these events. So I do not think this meet requirement should be changed.
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Hi Don,
Thank you for this explanation. I didn't understand the underlying intent of meets so this is very helpful. As it's clear it's not to be used to track attendance points at any show folks enter but rather to help bring together more Ameraucanas than usual for a particular show or area, it makes sense to have the three members exhibiting guidance in place.
Best,
-temple... frozen in Connecticut
Ernie Haire:
I like having the Meets listed on the ABC site because we are able to see what shows are going to be held where. There are some of us who regularly visit by email or text, but others I only get to see at the shows. Most shows can be found on the Poultry Show Central Site, but when it is listed as an ABC Meet I can assume that other ABC members are going to make an effort to exhibit there. Due to the heat here in the South, we have to make all of the shows that we are going to make when the weather is not too hot to haul birds. I am sure that the breeders in the north have to base their show season on the the weather also. I do know that my friends in Indiana are pretty much done showing before we ever get started here.
Be Blessed,
Ernie Haire
Poultry 2XL
Arp, Texas
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