07/05/2020 - Annual Membership Meeting

Join us for the NAMHSA Annual (Virtual) Meeting

The NAMHSA Board of Directors are pleased to announced that the Annual Membership Meeting will be held via Facebook livestream on Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 8pm EST. This meeting is open to everyone, member or not. You can reach our Facebook page here or by clicking the Facebook icon on the top right of this email message.

The Annual Meeting will be a two part event, with outgoing President Sara Parr conducting the meeting announcements, including the announcement of the winning Member Show of the Year or 2019-2020. You can meet the new President Robin Roberts in part two, where she will be conducting a Q&A session.

For members who attend the meeting, we will be conducting special raffles. Those items can be seen here. If you wish to become a member and join in on the raffle fun, you can sign up here. It is recommended that you do so ASAP as any memberships signed up for on Wednesday may not be fully processed in time for the meeting.

We'll see you there!

07/04/2020 - Do you normally submit Merit Award applications at Breyerfest?

Application limit lifted for basic Merit Awards in July Every year during North American Nationals and Breyerfest, we lift the application limit for the basic Merit Awards for applications dropped off to us during the events. Since Breyerfest is going virtual and NAN has been cancelled until next year, we'd like to continue this fantastic promotion, but with a new twist. Typically when applying for basic Merit Awards (no certificate or plaque), applicants are limited to only ten award applications every sixty days. This year, we are revising the promotion dates and extending it through the month of July. The $1 per application fee will stay the same. Merit Awards that will be receiving plaques or certificates have no change in the fees, and you can still send in as many as you wish. This year as an added bonus, there will be a contest for everyone who submits Merit Award applications in the month of July. Regardless of the type of award - basic, certificate or plaque, everyone who participates in the Merit Award program for the month of July will be entered. The lucky winner will be awarded a free Merit Award plaque for the model of their choice! ($25 value.) For more information on the Merit Award program, including all levels of awards offered, click here. The Merit Award Application itself is available here. If you have questions or need help with the application process, please contact Mary Ann Snyder at merit-awards@namhsa.org.

06/26/2020 - Member Show of the Year 2020 Committee and Nominees

Member Show of the Year 2020 Committee and Nominees The NAMHSA Board of Directors would like to announce both the Committee and Nominees for the Member Show of the Year (MSOTY) for 2020. We thank Chris Wallbruch, MSOTY Chairperson for again ably guiding the group yet once again. The Committee is made up of one person per region plus the previous year's winning show holder. This year, the Committee includes Stacy Quick (Region 1), Kathleen Williams (R2), Heather Malone (R3), Carra McClelland (R4), Elena Lemm (R5), Lauren Maultsby (R6), Jennifer Pomerance (R7), Meghan Namaste (R8), Rachel Stacy (R9), Beth Grant (R10), Sandra Gibson (R11) and 2018-2019 MSOTY winning show holder Shannon Southard. The nominees are: Ball In the Fall, hosted by Shannon Southard, Kim Wandrey, and Lynn Weber on September 20, 2019 in Region 5. Luck of the Irish, hosted by Wendy Ward on March 7, 2020 in Region 1. Memorial Classic Live II, hosted by Tanya Schulte on May 26, 2019 in Region 4. All Mini Birthday Bash, hosted by Christina Riley on May 11, 2019 in Region 10. FAMulous Collectibility Show, hosted by Lynn Isenbarger and Allison Pareis on September 14, 2019 in Region 8. Winter Festivus, hosted by Kirstin Arendt on December 8, 2019 in Region 2. Pumpkins & Ponies, hosted by KC Jervis on October 5, 2019 in Region 10. A Midwinter Night’s Ball, hosted by Shannon Southard, Kim Wandrey, and Brad Johnson on January 12, 2020 in Region 5. The Jennifer Show, hosted by Jennifer Buxton and Jennifer Scott on September 14, 2019 in Region 3. Fall Fiesta All Minis, hosted by Christy Allen on October 19, 2019 in Region 4. Autumn Leaf, hosted by Tiffany Lamon on November 9, 2019 in Region 8. Congratulations to all the show holder nominees for their hard work! The winner plus two runner-ups will be announced during the Annual Member Meeting held during Breyerfest, via Facebook live. Shortly thereafter, the winner and runner-ups will be announced via MailChimp and on our Facebook page. Once the 2020 winner is announced, NAMHSA will announce the start of accepting nominations for the 2021 Member Show of the Year. Shows can be nominated at any point in the show year so if you have attended a great show in the later half of 2020, feel free to nominate! Any NAMHSA Approved show held between May 1, 2020 and April 30, 2021 will be eligible for nomination. Photo: Teresa Buzzell's Jennifer Buxton class entry at the Jennifer Show 2019, courtesy of Jennifer Buxton.

06/12/2020 - New NAMHSA Volunteer Position

NAMHSA seeks new Public Relation person The NAMHSA Board of Directors is in search of a new Public Relation person. The position is open due to the end of the serving term of the current position holder. The PR officer focuses on NAMHSA's communication with the hobby public, in order to communicate and inform our membership in particular and the hobby in general of a variety of items relating to the organization. Public relation posts are distributed via MailChimp, our email marketing platform and are instantly cross posted to our Facebook group upon release. The position's duties include: Prepare posts or 'press releases' of all NAMHSA business as needed. Example PR releases can include volunteer opportunities, news regarding NAN, voting results and the like. All pieces of PR are presented to the Board for review, with editing if necessary until deemed approved to be released to the public. As much NAMHSA business is time sensitive, everything need to be attended to in a timely manner. Answer general NAMHSA questions as needed. Maintain the NAMHSA Facebook page. This includes includes the posting of all PR announcements to the page, addition of photos to the appropriate section, sharing items of interest to help gain/keep followers, answering questions either via PM or on the wall, and other miscellaneous tasks as necessary. Be a member of the NAN Committee to insure timely and proper communication of all related NAN items from the Chair(s) and Registrar. The PR officer is an appointed, non-voting Board position with a term of three years with reappointment possible, if interested. The PR officer is nominated by the NAMHSA President and must be confirmed by the Board of Directors. The PR person may show at NAN and participate in all other NAMHSA activities. The term starts mid July 2020 through July 2023. Skills and qualifications for the position: Good writing skills are a must and quite critical. Prior working knowledge of MailChimp, or other email marketing platforms, is key. Experience with Facebook and public relations are also highly desirable. Willingness and able to keep up with all NAMHSA Board discussions. Reliable Internet/email access, and the ability to check email/forum daily. Photo editing skills would be helpful. The time commitment varies, but generally, the PR person must keep up with Board discussions so some time is required to read and respond to email daily. To apply for this position, please send the following information to Vice President Robin Roberts at vice-president@namhsa.org: 1. Your name, email address, and phone number. 2. General information including: A description of your model horse hobby experience. A description of any experience you have that is relevant to the position. An overview of your ability to commit time to this position over the next three years. 3. Additionally, every candidate will be asked to prepare a writing sample, topic to be provided after application has been submitted and due within a specific time period. This information is also posted on the website here. Thank you for your interest in NAMHSA!