GAHA—Bringin g Arabian E nth usiasts Toget her Si nce 1965
Holiday 2015
Bringing Arabian Enthusiasts Together Since 1965
President’s Message
“At
every juncture dedicated members have stepped forward with ideas to brighten the GAHA star and with the commitment to make those ideas reality.”
Inside this issue:
GAHA Youth
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Frequent Rider 3 Program Membership
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Membership Form
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Colic
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Prevention Awards
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Advertising
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Sponsors Word Search
If the year were an hour glass there’d barely be eight minutes of sand left. Christmas would be less than six minutes away. But before we start thinking about flipping the hour glass to a new year and looking forward into 2016 I wanted to recap just a little. There have been a lot of hard working members who have pulled off some amazing feats and helped make 2015 a great year for GAHA. After being elected GAHA president, I asked a larger number of members to be involved in a Leadership Forum to help guide the decisionmaking and planning for GAHA during 2015. This year held a lot of opportunity for our club and many hands were needed to lift GAHA up onto the stage to be able to speak for our membership. At every juncture dedicated members have stepped forward with ideas to brighten the GAHA star and with the commitment to make those ideas reality. And, what happened? Clearly our GAHA membership has a regeneration of spirit that has fueled our membership and opened our windows to others. At the February election meeting, everyone who was present agreed that there was a lot to do in 2015. We all pulled together and accomplished everything that was noted on the shortlist, added a couple more to dos along the way, and are closing the year with plans to start
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2016 on a solid path forward. My biggest hope to start 2016 is that our member exhibitors will embrace the GAHA Awards Program. Our 2015 points program has been around for generations and is a spotlight that we get to shine on our members at the end of the year to say, Well done! I can still see the shining eyes of the award winners this year and look forward to posting all of the 2015 winners on the GAHA website. Take some time right now and click here to check out last year’s winners and sign up, send in your entry, and get qualified for the 2016 awards. Please add the awards banquet to your calendar and come out and celebrate and cheer for our 2015 winners. GAHA is all about serving our membership and helping promote the things that are important to our members. We have more ways to do that now and need more ideas, more member involvement, and more support. This GAHA Newsletter, the GAHA Website and the GAHA Facebook page and Group are all vehicles that GAHA members have access to. I’m just saying…don’t hesitate to put yourself out there. Mike Moak President ammoakga@gmail.com 706-540-7326
Dashing through the snow In a one horse open sleigh O'er the fields we go Laughing all the way —Hahahaha!
May your holiday season be filled with happiness and joy! ~The GAHA Board of Directors