The Al Khamsa New-Owner Packet by Alice Martin
There is a must for Al Khamsa breeders who sell to a buyer purchasing his first Al Khamsa horse. Please submit his name, address, phone number and email address to the Newcomer package program, along with the name and registration number of his first Al Khamsa horse. The package is a nice welcome gift that introduces the new Al Khamsa owner to the wonderful world of Al Khamsa. There is no cost to the buyer or to the seller for this service for US and Canadian owned Al Khamsa horses going to new owners.
submitted at convention.
A new tri-fold brochure was designed and printed, the president’s letter was composed and signed by then president Darlene Summers. Kathryn Busch designed the special pedigree paper for Newcomer’s pedigrees. The whole package was shown to the Board of Directors meeting at the September 2017 Convention in Ohio. Names and information on Newcomers were
Eight Newcomers received packets from September-December 2017. Thirty-five packets were mailed in 2018; eight in 2019; seven in 2020; and 28 in 2021. In part the increase is thanks to pedigree searches conducted by Karin Floyd, Kate Rhodes, Nichole Grodski, Lisa Craig, Moira Walker and Jeannie Lieb.
(The Publication Committee of Al Khamsa reminds that an additional gift from the seller of a subscription to the Khamsat and a copy of Al Khamsa Arabians III is the perfect way to thank the newcomer for his purchase.) A letter from President PJ Altshuler extends greetings and outlines the contents of the package. Foremost is a pedigree of the newly acquired horse and a helpful page outlining the various source groups from which an Al Khamsa horse can descend. This explains the breeding percentages listed in the upper right corner of the pedigree printed on a colorful Bedouin rug background.
If you know someone who has acquired their first Al Khamsa horse since January 1, 2021, please send their name, address, email, phone number and the name and registration number of their horse to alice.martin@mac.com. They will soon have their information packet welcome to Al Khamsa.
PJ gives a brief description of the definition of an Al Khamsa horse and proceeds to tell the new owner how he can find out more, through the roster, the Khamsat, Al Khamsa Arabians III, Facebook and Inside Al Khamsa. She closes with an invitation to convention, an opportunity to meet fellow Al Khamsans face to face.
The cover of the New-Owner Brochure, which is also available on the Al Khamsa website: https://alkhamsa.org
The package includes a copy of the Al Khamsa brochure and the latest edition of the Khamsat. A vintage edition of the Khamsat is included with a paper clip marking an article about the ancestors of the new owner’s particular horse. The concept began with an idea to welcome new owners presented to the Board in 2017 by then-Director Jackson Hensley. 8
