Fall is just about in full swing and we have just finished the IDS Fall show and Ride-Off.  This year was one of the best attended Fall show that we have had in years.

I am very optimistic that the club is continuing to move in the right direction and is better then ever in  meeting the needs and requests as expressed by our members.  To further align the club’s activities with the membership, we will be sending out an email with a link to an electronic survey.  This survey is very important and will help us to make sure we understand as much about you as we can.  It will only take a few minutes to complete the survey so I am asking each of you to take the time and complete it as best you can.

Don’t forget to attend this year’s annual meeting and awards banquet.  I would really appreciate as many members as possible attending the annual meeting.  Even if you don’t want to attend the banquet (we will have a great guest speaker again this year), I would ask that you attend meeting and make your vote count.

Many of us are in the planning stages to represent IDS at the December USDF annual meeting.  We will be sending a GMO basket for the drawing that occurs during the Board of Governors’ meeting.  If you have something “horsey” or something that represents Indiana, please send it to my attention and we will include it in the basket.  Please send the item before the end of October so that we can make sure that we have the basket fully together and shipped out well in advance of the meeting.  Send your items to:

Ken Levy

Legacy Farm

330 North Mill Creek

Noblesville, IN 46062

I will again be representing Region 2 as a USDF PM delegate.  If you have anything that you want me to carry to the Region 2 meeting, please let me know by phone, email or letter.  I want to be able to represent our region and our GMO in the best way possible.  This year there will be a number of rather controversial topics brought up in the BOG and as a delegate, I will be asked to vote on each important motion.  To get a list of what might be discussed, you will need to go to the USDF web site and search for the Executive Board’s committee minutes. The two key topics this year will be the USEF proposal for Performance Standards (see USEF web site proposed rules, for details) and proposals for the creation of new USDF membership types (including a non-competing PM membership).

Until the next issue,

Best regards and wishes for all “10”s