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Regional Meets to augment the National region

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Don:
Its good to get comments.  Thank you Lindsay for your post of discussion with pros and cons. 

The concern of not having a Large meet in the West for five years spurred the thought. The West is a larger district so even the District meet for them is a bit farther to travel in any given year.   

We definitely could focus more on the District meets more to build more fellowship and energy. And I'm not sure that we couldn't replace a District with a Regional somehow with some discussion and planning. It might help to build some excitment from different geographic areas of membership too, just a thought. 

The rock club has 10 districts, so has 10 district meets each year, two Regionals and One National. I know there are a few more Rock breeders than AM breeders but it does seem to work for them very well. 

Regarding awards, I don't think most clubs offer quite as many awards.  And Personally I don't think that is a focus for most people beyond juniors and new folks trying to fill up a trophy wall.  Trophies and Rossettes could definitely be trimmed for even the National IMO. 

Again it was just a thought to encourage some discussion from the membership. So feel free to add their thoughts or other ideas if you are interested. 

Susan Mouw:

--- Quote from: Don on December 17, 2018, 06:26:20 AM ---Regarding awards, I don't think most clubs offer quite as many awards.  And Personally I don't think that is a focus for most people beyond juniors and new folks trying to fill up a trophy wall.  Trophies and Rossettes could definitely be trimmed for even the National IMO. 

Again it was just a thought to encourage some discussion from the membership. So feel free to add their thoughts or other ideas if you are interested.

--- End quote ---

Just adding my thoughts...

I don't think trophies and rosettes are just a focus for juniors and new folks trying to fill up a trophy wall.  Personally, I like receiving a trophy or rosette to commemorate a special win - especially if received at a National or District meet.  And if I had kept them all, I would have enough trophies and rosettes from my dog and horse shows over the years to fill up every wall in this house, with some left over.  However, I have kept those that had special meaning to me, for some reason or other, and am doing the same for the chicken shows.  I know, some day, someone will have to clean out all those, to them, meaningless, memories, but by that time, I won't remember them anyway.

Jean:
No district has a National for five years, it's the norm.  We are a large district geographically, but the numbers of members are lower than the others as the West has a lower population density.

I have been trying to jump my Nationals around so that different people can attend a National.  The bigger shows on the West Coast are generally in late winter, so a National is not an option for Pacific locals. 

For the past four years, generally, the only people requesting meets in this district are me and Debra Hogan.  More recently Michelle has requested some in Utah.  Meets cannot be place when the Director does not have a request or know about the show.

I thought this issue was put to rest after the Board poll was completed. 

All members of the Western District, please feel free to contact me for meet requests, ideas or suggestions.  I would love to hear from you.

Michelle Muldowney-Stevens:
I have to say, Athena and I had so much fun at the Nationals held in Idaho a couple years ago. Attending that and meeting breeders face to face was what really got us into showing.The ABC was the first club we joined and we joined while at Nationals. I do wish there were more big meets out west that we could go to but I understand the points made above. I'm always up for hosting a district meet (or Nationals when it comes around again) in Utah. :)

Jean:
Looking your way Michele for the next one.  I looked into it previously but the Club in Farmington only had 26 LF cages.

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