I'd love to be involved on this subforum with all of you but I wasn't sure if you had to be invited here or have a friend bring you in. Can I play here with all of you?

originally you had to have a chetnut horse per TamTams requests and all you have to do is ask. right TamTam?

Just tell AHA your in the club we dont have dues yet... so far I have covered the costs...

But Dean isn't it $25 per member to AHA? You can't be expected to pay that for everyone!

By taking out a membership in your club, they get to become members of AHA and get the magazine and join any of the programs AHA offers. They just can't show unless they pay the competition license right. So why are you footing the bill!?

Or Sheara are you just talking about the AHSBA forum here on ABN which is free?

If it is the AHA club ABN has created well I personally think people should be paying their own memberships. Dean should not have to pay that out of his own pocket! I know Dean it is just you being generous, but you need to stop doing that.

OMG!!!!! You don't have to be invited! Everyone is welcome with Open Arms!!!!!!!!! This is just a place where the small breeder can have a voice. Originally, it was started because many of us were called "losers" by some other loser on another forum, so we had to prove our "loserdom" to get into the club. Having a halter bred chestnut going Dressage was a sure in!!!! LOL, then it evolved into this, an AHA club, thanks to Dean.

Start your own thread here and tell us your story! Welcome aboard.

I have two chestnuts, does that count? I thought I would have a dressage stallion but it appears Gus has a back problem that may have come from what happened to him as a two year old so he may never be able to show in performance. I'm kind of upset because I wanted to campaign him & promote him & show him in performance but that may not happen now, I can do halter with him but how does one properly promote a beautiful, loving stallion without a performance show record?

The way it was told is the club and AHA are two deals... you pay AHA dues of course, and AHSBA has its dues... AHA only wants the club number.. and that your name is on the club list.. now as far as the Region 14 we have to pay a dollar pre member to them ... we dont have that many member to worry about that..

also the lady I talk to was out of town, we will have the club set up through AHA's website.. I am learning as I go... we also have to start talking about the issues at hand... and how we all feel about them, I am stick in the mud on most all issues and have a hard core stand.. LOL... that's why I dont post much teehee...

The strange thing is I recieved a 28.00 dollar check in the mail form AHA? still didn't do anything with it until I talk to AHA, I was hoping to have 10 to 15 dollar club fee.. if people feel they want to ... if not I dont want people to feel we want into there pockets... We want in to the "minds" and work together on common issues... sorry im not a writer

Dean

So what you get by becoming members of AHSBA is simply you are a member of the forum AHSBA, but you are not an AHA member. Therefore no AHA magazine or other AHA member perks or programs.

So basically, you will meet the requirement of 10 full paid AHA members as your club nucleus to hold onto your charter, but you are not going to try and grow the AHA membership of your club?

I am only asking not critisizing. It is just that you get one voting delegate for convention as a club and an additional delegate for every 50 paid AHA members. But of course that means added cost to those who just want to be a part of AHSBA for the fun. And maybe at this point attending convention is not a priority. I know our local club has rarely sent a delegate as we do not have the money to offset the costs and we do not have members with the money who could pay their own way.

So all I need to do is say that I would like to be a member of AHSBA and I am? lol please dont laugh at my silly question!
Gabe

Hey Dean, count me in! Give me a member number and I'll go to town (so to speak!) I'm so small that I have to do poop patrol on my pasture! We have 2 mares, a 2 yr old gelding, a stallion, and a yearling filly for sale! Oh, AND I do it all on 3.1 acres of land!!!! How's THAT for a small breeder!