Friday, February 4, 2011

February 2011

A few thoughts....


Happy February everyone! Sure hope the weather will start warming up – but even so, just a little more sun would be really good for EVERYONES soul, don’t you think?

This past weekend, the Officers got together and worked out details on some of the things we talked about at the Fall Meeting for the 2011 calendar year. Make sure to read thru this month edition of ALL EARS so you know you have all the great information!

As in 2010, we have already had a couple of our members express interest in hosting a Farm Day at their farm in 2011.  If this is something you would like to do, send me an email and we will add it on the calendar.

In this months issue:
Calendar Updates
Mission Statement for our By-Laws
2010 Season - Awards Banquet
Fundraiser – 2012 TDA Calendar
Health Issues
Classified Ads & Business Card Ads 








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Calendar Updates

The Event Calendar has been updated with the following information:

2.26: Awards Banquet
3.19: Spring Members Meeting
4.2: Mule Day Show
5.21: Donkey Day Expo (for Members Only) - Basic Clinics and Advanced Clinics
6.11: Novice Clinic and Mock Show

(more events on calendar for 2nd half of the year.)


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MISSION STATEMENT

2010 Season Awards Banquet



The awards banquet for 2010 is on Feb 26th 4 to 6PM. Everyone is welcome! The location is the Ramada Inn at 704 South Cumberland Street Lebanon, TN 37087 (615) 444-7400. 

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE MAP




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2012 TDA Calendar - fundraiser

TDA 2012 Calendar Fund Raiser
by Theresa Puckett, Club Reporter

TDA is embarking on their first ever fundraiser and we are very excited about this project. We are going to publish a calendar for 2012. What does this mean to you our members?  Well, this means several things. First off, you can buy the calendars when they are published to help support your club and second, is that you are invited to help us showcase our longear friends. We, the fundraising committee want you, our members, to send in your favorite photos of your donkeys for a chance to be in the calendar. The photos will be submitted to the committee anonymously for the voting process. If your photo is chosen there is a $100 publishing fee. This fee gets you, the winner, a month in the calendar which consists of the full page photo of your donkey, a place on that month to advertise your farm or add a message and one copy of the calendar. You will also receive any additional calendars you may want to purchase at a discounted rate (discount to be decided at a later date).
Calendar Layout:





Rules:
·         The photo must be at least 300 dpi to be considered.  Anything less will be discarded. If you need help with this or do not understand what we are asking please contact us. Your photo can be submitted via email or regular mail but if you email make sure that the photo does not get compressed in the emailing process.
·         The photos can be whatever you like, a donkey at liberty, a person with a donkey, even a show photo may be submitted.  A copyrighted photo cannot be used unless it is accompanied with written permission from the photographer!
·         The dead line for submitting photos is March 1st 2011.
·         Please keep in mind before submitting a photo that you must be willing to pay the publishing fee if your photo is selected.

  • A person or farm can submit as many photos as they wish but can only win once unless there is lessthan 12 people or farms represented. 

  • All photos must be emailed to Dayle Haworth at minidonks@united.net or mailed to her at 2356 Feed Mill Road  Chapel Hill, TN 37034
Any questions about the calendar can be directed to Theresa Puckett, at ccrdonkeys@comcast.net  or by phone 615-230-7260, Kay Allen at kayy@united.net or by phone 931-364-5057 or Dayle.
The committee reserves the right to veto any photo or message that they deem to be inappropriate.
A copy of the calendar contest contract needs to accompany your photo (contract found below).



Contest Contrast:  
I understand that by submitting a photo or photos to the TDA fund raising committee that I am willing to pay the $100 publishing fee if my photo is selected. I own all rights to these photos or I have written permission from the photographer to use these photos. I am not infringing on any copyrights with the photos I am submitting.
Signature:____________________________________




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Health Concerns and TDA's Effort to Educate via Web Page

TDA At Work on a New WebSite Page
by Katrina Fleener, Murfreesboro, TN

On several occasions, club members have inquired about health related issues such as proper nutrition and feed, plants that are harmful to their donkeys, worming techniques etc.  In response to various inquiries, the club has updated the Website and introduced a new page entitled, “Health Issues”. Our goal was to provide the membership, as well as others, current and informative data on equine health issues, allowing us to recognize problems with our own stock. To date, we have articles, videos and links on 23 health issues, including issues such as: Colic, Worms, skin diseases, examining a placenta & vaccinations (and much, much more!) The information has been gathered from equine industry professionals. We continue to search for other interesting topics.
Regardless of your experience level with equine, there is something to be learned by everyone from this page. Feel free to browse this new page and invite your friends to view the information. If there is a topic that you would like to have on the page, feel free to contact a TDA Officer. 




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Classified Ads on TDA Website & Business Advertising

One of the discussions at the Officers meeting was standardization of the TDA's Classified Ad page. Beginning March 1st, the following items will apply:

  1. The classified ad can only contain donkey advertisements or donkey related equipment/services.
  2. Only one photo per ad.
  3. Items will rotate off the classified page after 90 days.
  4. Equine related businesses that wish to advertise (that are not members of TDA) will be charged $40 per year to advertise.
Continue to email your ads to Dayle Haworth at minidonks@united.net 




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