actually members don't want their names on the web, (we've asked whether we
should publish the membership list on the web in surveys) so just send an
email to the AHR office to ask and they'll let you know in a heartbeat.
Emily
On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Kathy Graves <kgraves@4fast.net> wrote:
>
>
> Emily,
>
> Would it be possible to have a link on the AHR site where members
> could look on to see if they are a paid up member? I see a Member
> Farm page, but what about just a listing of individual members with
> the year in a column next to their name to show it they are current or
> not?
>
> One year I managed to pay double memberships which, when pointed out
> to me, I elected to roll the second payment over into the next
> membership year. Now I'm never sure if I'm current or not. What
> would be helpful to me would be a page where I could look up my name
> and membership expiration date. Thanks,
>
> On Jan 8, 2010, at 10:13 PM, briarcrofthaflingers wrote:
>
> > sorry I offended you with my assumption that people who love
> > Haflingers would feel some sense of responsibility to help support
> > the registry even if there is not a direct benefit to them as an
> > owner.
> >
> > No registry gets it 100% right and pleases everyone. AHR certainly
> > has had its bumps but I'm here asking what it is that people are
> > feeling they need to see done differently.
> >
> > Yes, we have done "theme issues" for the magazine, but it made many
> > members unhappy because they didn't find what they were interested
> > in in a particular issue. The dressage people really don't want to
> > read about draft hitches, and the western trail folks don't care for
> > the articles on jumpers and the draft folks could care less about
> > the dressage ring. So we try to incorporate something for everyone
> > in each issue, if we can.
> >
> > It is trial and error and it will never be "just right" for everyone!
> >
> > Emily
> >
> > --- In haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com<haflingerfriends%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "eaglepointeacres"
> > <eaglepointeacres@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > So just to clarify on the comment below, If you do not have
> > registration papers then you shouldn't call your horse a Haflinger.
> > But since I love haflingers I should be "should still feel an
> > allegiance to the mission of the registry, and support it with their
> > dues dollars."
> > > Sorry but that really doesn't make me feel like I want to join the
> > registry.
> > > For whatever reason I have been hearing more and more negative
> > comments about the AHR. There is no easy answer. But if something
> > doesn't change things will only get worse. The current board needs
> > to find a way to pull everyone toghether.
> > > I will toss out one idea about the magazine. What about having
> > each issue focas on one disapline. For example 6 issues how about 1
> > ea on draft, pleasure driving, western, english, dressage and a
> > stallion issue. Wouldn't people be more inclined to advertise is the
> > issue that best showcases the "type" they market. At the beginning
> > of the year schedule each issue and assign someone to be in charge
> > of getting all the articles for that issue to Ruth.
> > > I do hope things move in a positive direction. I love my guys even
> > if one technically isn't a Haflinger. Just promise me you won't tell
> > him cause as far as he is concerned he is the "best haflinger" in NW
> > Ohio. <smile>
> > >
> > > --- In haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com<haflingerfriends%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Emily Gibson
> > <briarcroft@> wrote:
> > > > but where there is no proof whatsoever that a horse is purebred
> > Haflinger?
> > > > To me, calling it a Haflinger is only wishful thinking as it can
> > never be
> > > > proven.
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Those owners who believe they own a Haflinger, but without
> > papers, and there
> > > > are many of you out there, should still feel an allegiance to
> > the mission
> > > > of the registry, and support it with their dues dollars. That is
> > what breed
> > > > support and promotion is all about.
> > > >
> > > > Emily
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
> Kathy Graves
>
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>
>
>
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