David Morgan – Page 19 – Ontario Competitive Trail Riding Association

October 7, 2017

OCTRA (Members Only) Facebook Group Created

It has come to the attention of the BOD and many OCTRA members that the website Forum is not being fully utilized due to its complexity. Moreover, Facebook has become prevalent and is easy to visit and easy to post.

The BOD at it’s last meeting unanimously decided to follow the wishes of many members and create a new MEMBERS-ONLY Facebook Group to replace the Website Forum. Any outstanding discussions will be moved to the new members-only group Facebook page. Members of this new Facebook Group will indeed need to be active OCTRA members or they will be refused access.

The popular existing OCTRA PUBLIC group page (1,296 members) will remain in tact for all public members to allow encouragement to join OCTRA and see new ride events, etc. As well, the existing official OCTRA page (439 followers) will be deleted since it is essentially a duplication of the website and is redundant.

This new OCTRA (MEMBERS-ONLY) group page will facilitate our members and allow full private association discussions which can and will be monitored by the appropriate committee chairs.

Chrystal Woodhouse – Education Chair
Rose Danko – Set Speed Chair
Judy Durst – Sanction Chair
Nancy Beacon – Endurance Chair

The monitors of the new OCTRA (MEMBERS-ONLY) group page will monitor posts for accuracy and courtesy. Any bad behavior, rudeness or uncomplimentary comments will be deleted and the poster could be blocked from further use of this private OCTRA forum group page.

We thank you for your patience and consideration during this OCTRA journey of change.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Board of Directors

October 3, 2017

Concussion Policy Guidelines

Members, Ride Managers, and volunteers are advised to read the Ontario Equestrian Federation Concussion Guidelines for Equestrian Sport at the following url: http://horse.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Concussion-policy.pdf

September 18, 2017February 17, 2019

Rule Book Committee Seeking Volunteers

Update 2019-02-17: The Rule Book Committee, having finished its work, is now disbanded.

The Rule Book Committee is seeking volunteers.

September 18, 2017September 18, 2017

BoD Approves Format for Online Resolutions

Constant Contact Resolution(s), i.e. Online Resolution Voting

All new resolutions shall be put forth within a certain format for membership voting as approved by BOD:

Survey format:

3 OPTIONS

Accept
Decline
Abstain from Vote

Format Approved by BOD which will be posted to the OCTRA Website.

September 15, 2017October 4, 2017

2017 Summer’s End and Springfling (in August!) Results

Results are posted for the 2017 Summer’s End Rides and Sprinfling (in august!) Rides.

NOTE: The original posting for Summer’s End 40 Km Set Speed Placed had Gold, Silver and Bronze all together in one ride. This was subsequently corrected to give bronze level riders their own ride.

2017-08-19	Summer’s End Ride	Ride n Tie	10 Km (6 Miles)
2017-08-19	Summer’s End Ride	Set Speed Graded B	19 Km (12 Miles)
2017-08-19	Summer’s End Ride	Ride n Tie	19 Km (12 Miles)
2017-08-19	Summer’s End Ride	Set Speed Placed SG	40 Km (25 Miles)
2017-08-19	Summer’s End Ride	Set Speed Placed B	40 Km (25 Miles)
2017-08-20	Summer’s End Ride	Set Speed Graded B	19 Km (12 Miles)
2017-08-20	Summer’s End Ride	Limited Distance Ride	40 Km (25 Miles)
2017-08-20	Summer’s End Ride	Set Speed Placed B	40 Km (25 Miles)
2017-08-20	Summer’s End Ride	Set Speed Placed SG	40 Km (25 Miles)
2017-08-20	Summer’s End Ride	Endurance	80 Km (50 Miles)
2017-08-27	Spring Fling (in August)	Set Speed Graded B	29 Km (18 Miles)
2017-08-27	Spring Fling (in August)	Set Speed Graded BSG	40 Km (25 Miles)

NOTE: Ride Results become official and are not subject to change – Thirty days after they appear in an official OCTRA publication…unless the OCTRA Secretary is notified in writing of an error, or intentional fraud is proven.