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September 14, 2016

Resignation : Deanna Ramsay.

After 17 years of continuous service Deanna Ramsay will be stepping down from her assorted volunteer positions with OCTRA effective the end of September.

Deanna has been awarded the Prince Caleb trophy on multiple occasions for her outstanding contributions. She currently serves as co-chair of the veterinary committee, designs and manages all of OCTRA’s databases, enters and compiles horse and ride points, and is the webmaster for our website performing both design and administrative jobs. Deanna’s contributions will be missed by all OCTRA members.

The board of directors sincerely thanks Deanna for her steadfast support. And while we regret her leaving we also understand that there are limits to everyone’s contributions; everyone needs a break.

Additionally, I would like to express my personal thanks to Deanna for all the help she has provided as I’ve attempted to navigate the position known as president.

All the best Deanna.

Doug Price
OCTRA President
(on behalf of the entire Board of Directors)

September 14, 2016September 14, 2016

OCTRA MINUTES.

Monthly Board Meetings & AGM Minutes

A reminder that to access all Association Minutes, members must sign in. Therefore a username and password is required. Everything else on our website is available without signing in.

Minutes can be found under the MEMBERSHIP tab.

September 12, 2016September 16, 2016

CTR PC QUALIFICATIONS – TAY VALLEY RULE BOOK AMENDMENT 2016 ONLY.

CTR PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
A request to waive the Rule Book CTR PC Qualifications for the 2016 CTR PCs only was put forward by the Ride Manager, Elaine Steele. Elaine has requested some leeway with regard to these qualifications as there have been limited CTR events over the past two years, although the discipline is currently experiencing an increase in popularity. Elaine stressed that she did not want a permanent Rule Book change, just a softening of the rule for this year only.

CURRENT RULE:

A2.2. a)
The horse and rider separately or as a team – must have successfully completed 240km (150 miles) within the 2 preceding calendar years and that period of the current year prior to the closing of entries for the Provincial Championship Event, with at least 80km (50 miles) from competitive rides sanctioned by OCTRA or other organizations recognized by OCTRA.

The Board agreed that it was in the best interest of the event, as well as members wishing to participate in this event, to allow for a rule amendment for this year only. As this is not a rule change, neither an AGM resolution nor an evote is required.

ONE TIME AMENDMENT (Tay Valley – 2016):

Amendment to A2.2 a)

The horse and rider separately or as a team – must have successfully completed 240km (150 miles) within the 2 preceding calendar years and that period of the current year prior to the closing of entries for the Provincial Championship Event, with at least 80km (50 miles) from competitive rides or at least one ride over the past two years from any OCTRA discipline equal or greater than 40 km (25 miles) or 2 rides of at least 40km (25mi) over two consecutive days sanctioned by OCTRA or other organizations recognized by OCTRA.

September 10, 2016September 10, 2016

Search Function.

The Distance Rewards Programme search function has been restored to the website.

It required a rewrite of the PHP scripting. If any of you have any problems with it, please let me know.

It can be found under both the Awards tab (as Distance Rewards Programme) and also under the History tab (as Horse and Rider History).

August 25, 2016

ADVERTISING OCTRA EVENTS.

OCTRA is completely run by volunteers. Getting information out to the public on our various activities is not the responsibility of one individual or committee but of our entire membership. Therefore, it would be appreciated that if any Ride Manager, Committee Chair, OCTRA member, etc. is interested in having an OCTRA event publicised that they follow these steps:

1. Be aware of deadlines:

OEF Whoa! Newsletter
This news update is e-mailed to members on the first week in January, April, July and October
Have articles to PR Chair by beginning of previous month
OCTRA’s The Pulse
Our newsletter comes out about three times a year – Spring/Summer, Fall, Winter
Forward articles directly to Pulse Chair and cc PR Chair
The Rider Magazine
There are approximately 6 issues a year.
Have articles to PR Chair at least one month prior to your event

2. Prepare article:

Either prepare the article or create an outline with all the pertinent points
If possible, have photograph(s) with photo credit
Forward article to PR Chair
If only an outline is sent, the Chair will write up the article or have someone else do this.
Any articles submitted may be edited
Ensure photos have a photo credit/permission or they cannot be used

3. Articles may/can be posted in any of the following

Newsletters/Magazines including The Pulse, Whoa!, The Rider, etc.
Websites including OCTRA, OEF, Endurance Canada, AHAEC, AERC, etc.
Facebook pages including OCTRA, OEF, EC, AERC, etc.
Local newspapers (please include name and contact information)