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Exhibiting, Promoting & Club Notes / Re: River Valley Poultry Show, Greenwood, AR, April 26, 2025 (Show 2)

« Last post by Rebecca G Howie on February 05, 2025, 11:36:03 am »

Flier for this show -

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Exhibiting, Promoting & Club Notes / Re: Saulk Trail Poultry Show

« Last post by Rebecca G Howie on February 05, 2025, 10:59:34 am »

I was just about to post this show as an upcoming Ameraucana Alliance Meet.

It is a Double Show taking place May 24-25, 2025

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Exhibiting, Promoting & Club Notes / Re: Washington Club Meets - Cascade Spring Show

« Last post by Mike Gilbert on February 03, 2025, 03:37:14 pm »

Just in case any newer members are not familiar with our meet policy, I thought I would post it here.   Clearly, the purpose of the policy is to have any potential exhibiting members learn about a scheduled meet prior to the show's entry deadline.  I think the lesson to be taken from the case being discussed here is to allow for plenty of time for our newsletters to reach our members prior to the host show's entry deadline so they have a chance to enter if they so desire. Not everyone depends on a computer.    I have not been able to follow all the particulars of this case, so I am not rendering a judgement one way or the other.   But personally, meets other than our national meet(s) mean nothing to me.  I have never been a chaser after points, and I dislike double judged shows for that reason.  To me, the improvement of the breed is what is most important, not exhibitor points which basically mean nothing except to inflate one's ego.  To that end, if it brings more breeders (and I mean in the true sense of the word) together to compare notes, fellowship, and exchange needed breeding stock, only then does a meet serve a useful purpose.   Many old school breeders actually felt it was unethical to show birds that had not been bred and conditioned by the exhibitor.   The one exception to that were those who used to enter large numbers at fairs and shows in order to win cash prizes.   They were called "Stringmen" because it was a way to make money by entering a large "string" of birds.  When the show season was over they would often sell the birds back to breeders and then buy new ones for the following show season.   But enough of that; here is our current Meet Policy.

Club meets may be placed by the Director in charge of meets when a member requests a meet for a specific show he/she
plans to exhibit Ameraucana at, in time for the meet to be publicized in the quarterly Ameraucana Newsletter prior to the
show's entry deadline. Members need to know well in advance when and where meets are placed for planning purposes.
Members requesting club meets are strongly encouraged to obtain an exhibitors list and fill out a Meet Report on their
own and have it signed by the show superintendent or another Ameraucana member at the show. If an official Meet Report
isn’t received from the show superintendent our member’s report will be used. The Director may refuse to place a
sanctioned meet, for up to one year, with a show club that doesn’t submit a show report within sixty days of that show
club's prior Ameraucana Alliance meet. In the event a member is refused placement of a requested meet the Director shall
provide an explanation to the member. If the member is not satisfied, he or she then may appeal the decision in writing to
the President, who shall poll the Board of Directors. The Director will have an opportunity to defend his or her decision to
the entire Board; an absolute majority vote of the Board of Directors shall be final in any such dispute.

 

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Exhibiting, Promoting & Club Notes / Saulk Trail Poultry Show

« Last post by Russ Blair on February 03, 2025, 08:30:49 am »

It is my pleasure to announce that an Ameraucana Alliance sanctioned meet has been placed at the Saulk Trail Poultry Show Memorial Day weekend at the Hillsdale county fairgrounds. There was also a private donation of added cash awards for Best of Breed ($25) and Reserve of Breed ($10) Bantam and Large Fowl Ameraucana for both the open and junior shows. This is a double show with a meet placed at each one, as well as the above mentioned cash awards. So make plans on attending this awesome little show, who knows you may go home with some of the added cash awards, $280 total between both shows that’s up for grabs. I will post a link to their catalog when it becomes available, here is the show information;

Saulk Trail Poultry Club
May 24 & 25, 2025
Entry post mark deadline May 10, 2025
Hillsdale County Fairgrounds, Hillsdale MI
Amy and Lucas Gabbard
Saulktrailpoultry@gmail.com
Requested by Rebecca Howie

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Exhibiting, Promoting & Club Notes / Dayton Fancy Feather Club Spring Show

« Last post by Russ Blair on February 02, 2025, 07:47:52 pm »

I would like to announce that an Ameraucana Alliance sanctioned meet has been placed at the Dayton Fancy Feather Clubs Spring Show. This will be a double show, and a meet was placed at each show. There were also extra cash awards donated privately, for both shows as well, for Best of Breed ($25) and Reserve of Breed ($10) Ameraucana in the Bantam and Large fowl class for both the  Open and Junior shows. So be sure to plan on attending, it will be a great time with great fellowshipping I hope to see you there. Who knows you may take home some of the added cash awards for Ameraucana, there’s $280 total up for grabs. I will post a link to their show catalog when they publish it. Here is the show information:

Dayton Fancy Feather Club
Spring Show April 26 & 27, 2025
Entry Deadline Post marked April 11, 2025
Darke County Fairgrounds, Greenville OH
Amanda Heitzman
amanda.heitzman@hotmail.com
daytonfancyfeatherclub@gmail.com
Requested by Russ Blair

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Exhibiting, Promoting & Club Notes / Re: Washington Club Meets - Cascade Spring Show

« Last post by Mindy Waters on January 31, 2025, 10:17:13 am »

What? I didn't send in my request on December 31st.

I'm asking for clarification as a dues paying member, which you are not providing.

There is also an official process for disputes about rejected meet requests per the meet policy that you are failing to even mention as an option for members to appeal for a board vote.

Laurie, it seems the date you are being told is wrong as well. I guess March 2nd is the date that would be acceptable? Who knows. Russ will not clarify. He says the policy is clear enough and ignoring the fact that members think it is not.

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Exhibiting, Promoting & Club Notes / Re: Washington Club Meets - Cascade Spring Show

« Last post by Russ Blair on January 31, 2025, 09:50:37 am »

Mindy I am done arguing this, the meet policy is clear. Meets must be published in a newsletter PRIOR to the entry deadline, not published ON the entry deadline. If the shows postmark deadline is March 1 a meet can’t be placed if it’s published in the newsletter March 1. This does not allow time for members to plan to attend and is nothing more than a members attempt to harvest points. I am not the one who waited until December 31 to send in the meet request. I am just upholding my duties as President that is stated in our constitution. So if there’s any hard feelings I would suggest you take a deep hard look at your part in this instead of trying to blame others or play the victim.

Article 1 - President
The President shall be Chairman of the Board and responsible for the execution of the Constitution & Bylaws

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Exhibiting, Promoting & Club Notes / Re: Washington Club Meets - Cascade Spring Show

« Last post by Mindy Waters on January 31, 2025, 09:22:01 am »

For the record, when I had asked for an exception for a prior show, it was under completely different circumstances and this is what you told me. It is why March 1st was what I thought the date you were following was. Why ask for more clarity in May when that is what you told me?

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Exhibiting, Promoting & Club Notes / Re: Washington Club Meets - Cascade Spring Show

« Last post by Mindy Waters on January 31, 2025, 09:09:20 am »

The updates to the meet policy that the board voted on last term had nothing to do with dates, so mentioning that here is irrelevant.

Laurie was told the date was clarified to her as needing to be March 1st or later? Hers that were rejected were before the March 1st. So please answer when the hard date actually is. We are both asking for clarification NOW because it is relevant to both of us and every other member this may come up for in the future. Laurie is being told March 1st is an okay postmarked entry date. I'm being told that fails to meet the policy. Please clarify because this is not consistent.

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Exhibiting, Promoting & Club Notes / Re: Washington Club Meets - Cascade Spring Show

« Last post by Russ Blair on January 31, 2025, 05:54:40 am »

If the post mark deadline is March 1 that would make a meet ineligible for a sanctioned meet if it was not placed in time, and it would be published in our newsletter ON March 1, 2025. Mindy very well knows this, sadly this is not the first time she has tried to get a meet placed last minute despite our Meet policy. If she was unclear what “prior” meant she would of asked for it to be clarified when the board of directors made changes to our meet policy on May 8, 2024, during her last term as a director. 

I apologize to any members that were planning on attending this show and encourage them to fill out a meet request earlier to avoid any conflicts like this in the future. If anyone is unclear of our guidelines by which we are governed please visit our website at Ameraucana.org or AmeraucansAlliance.org where our Constitution, By Laws, and the four policies are available for everyone to read and review. If you were wondering what our four policies are that we currently have theres a points, meet, honorary Vice President and a lifetime achievement policy.  I strongly urge all of our members to read them and get to understand them. I am done arguing this, I was elected to uphold our policies and that is what I am doing just like I did my last term, here is a link to our meet policy for anyone wanting to read it. https://ameraucana.org/DnLd/Ameraucana%20Alliance%20Meet%20Policy%204.7.2024.pdf