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!

06/12/2020 - New Merit Awards Announced

Aim for new Merit Award levels! The NAMHSA Board of Directors and Merit Award Coordinator Mary Ann Snyder are pleased to announce that the Merit Awards Program has recently been further expanded. This includes both new award levels and new options for the awards given out at various levels. The new awards are as follows: Halter Specialist Award (HSA) – Requires 25 NAN qualification cards in the same halter class (either breed or non-breed). Previous halter awards earned in breed or workmanship/collectibility may count toward this award requirement. This award level is eligible for a certificate and trophy. Performance Specialist Award (PSA) – Requires 25 NAN qualification cards in the same performance class. Previous performance awards earned may count toward this award requirement. This award level is eligible for a certificate and trophy. Superior Halter Specialist Award (SHSA) – Requires 50 NAN qualification cards in the same halter class (either breed or non-breed). As of August 1, 2007, NAN qualifications earned in breed halter (green cards) may not be combined with NAN qualifications earned in non-breed halter (yellow cards). Previous halter awards earned in breed or workmanship/collectibility may count toward this award requirement. This award level is eligible for a certificate and trophy. Superior Performance Specialist Award (SPSA) – Requires 50 NAN qualification cards in the same performance class. Previous performance awards earned may count toward this award requirement. This award level is eligible for a certificate and trophy. Ultimate Performance Hall of Fame Award (UPHFA) – Requires 125 NAN cards from one or any combination of any performance division(s) (English, Western or Other Performance). Previous performance awards earned may count toward this award requirement. This award level is eligible for a certificate and trophy plaque. Ultimate Performance Versatility Award (UPVA) – Requires 125 NAN cards in a combination of all performance subdivisions (Western, English, and Other Performance) with at least 35 NAN cards from each subdivision, with the remaining 20 cards from one or any combination of any performance subdivision(s) (Western, English, or Other Performance). Previous performance awards earned may count toward this award requirement. This award is eligible for a certificate and trophy plaque. The Superior Division Horse (SDH) award has been revised to include the possibility of a trophy plaque in addition to a certificate, if the horse owner so desires. This change has been made to be retroactive so any horse who was previously awarded a SDH may now have a trophy plaque created to commemorate the achievement. For more information on how to apply for these and any other Merit Awards, please click here or contact Merit Award Coordinator Mary Ann Synder here today. Voting results:Yes: 11 votes, No: 0, Abstain: 0, Did not vote: 1. Photo of Simon Tam, Superior Performance Hall of Fame Merit Award winner courtesy of owner, Nichole Hertzog.

06/04/2020 - May 2020 Merit Award Winners

Merit Awards for May 2020

NAMHSA congratulates the following Merit Award winners for the month of May 2020:

Register of Merit

• JuJuBe, owned by Heather Mays (Pony Foals)
• Justa Spot O’Credit*, owned by Heather Mays (Appaloosa)
• Kieren*, owned by Heather Mays (Sport Foals)
• Da-Day Kee-Jay, owned by Marisa C. Hildebrand (Cayuse Indian Horse)
• It’s Ben Dun, owned by Marisa C. Hildebrandt (Mini Mustang)
• Platinum Reviews, owned by Marisa C. Hildebrandt (Breyer Special Run)
• Pulau, owned by Marisa C. Hildebrandt (Custom Java Pony)
• The Secrets of High Magick, owned by Marisa C. Hildebrandt (Chips Mayfest SR)

Legion of Merit

• Mickey*, owned by Heather Mays

Superior Event Horse

• Justa Spot O’Credit*, owned by Heather Mays (Appaloosa)
• Kieren*, owned by Heather Mays (Sport Foals)
• Lily Munster*, owned by Heather Mays (Other Breed)
• Rolling Thunder, owned by Tracy Wells (OF Chips Other Draft)

Superior Halter Horse

• Kieren*, owned by Heather Mays
• Lily Munster*, owned by Heather Mays
• Molten Defiance, owned by Sharon Mossy
• Pepino, owned by Sharon Mossy
• Sidewinder, owned by Sharon Mossy
• Slim Shady, owned by Sharon Mossy
• Tinker Toy, owned by Sharon Mossy
• Zenith, owned by Sharon Mossy
• RR Sorry Not Sorry, owned by Meghan Namaste
• Imajica, owned by Marisa C. Hildebrandt

Superior Division Horse

• Mickey*, owned by Heather Mays (English Performance)

Halter Legacy Award

• Atomic Heartbreaker, owned by Sharon Mossy
• Canis Major, owned by Sharon Mossy

Halter Hall of Champions Award

• Lonesome Dove, owned by Sharon Mossy
• Shaman, owned by Sharon Mossy

We invite and encourage you to submit photos of your Merit Award winners for inclusion in the Merit Award galleries on NAMHSA’s website and the Merit Award albums on NAMHSA’s Facebook page. Send your submissions to merit-awards@namhsa.org with “Merit Award Gallery Addition” as the subject line, and include your name, the model’s name, and the title/year of the award won. You may include more than one pic in each email: just be sure to indicate model’s name and title for each one included.

*indicates multiple award wins this month

05/18/2020 - Attention Members of Region 6

Region 6 Representative Nominations Needed!

Have you always wanted to know how the world’s largest model horse hobby organization works from the inside? Do you have ideas about how to make the model horse showing world bigger and better? Do you have what it takes to represent your Region on the NAMHSA Board of Directors? If you have answered yes to these questions, then NAMHSA Wants YOU!

Region 6 still needs someone to run for Region 6 Representative position with NAMHSA. This is a two year commitment and requires the ability to be online and read discussion almost daily. Any member can nominate and membership is not required to be Region Representative!

Candidates need to be aware that the job requires frequent communication between the members in their region and the Board, and requires making the time and commitment to QUICKLY respond to Board work and issues. Board members assume ultimate responsibility for running NAMHSA and assuring a quality NAN. Daily Internet accessibility is required, as the NAMHSA Board is primarily an online forum entity. It requires the ability to read and respond to Board forum posts every day.

Interested? Please visit here by May 24, 2020.

05/17/2020 - NAN 2021 Qualifying Card Details

NAN 2021 Qualifying Card Details

The Board of Directors recently voted unanimously that due to the COVID-19 Force Majeure, NAN 2021 would accept cards expiring in both 2019 and 2020. Below is a list of cards with the qualifying years that are accepted for NAN 2021 entry:

• 2016/2017/2018/2019
• 2017/2018/2019/2020
• 2018/2019/2020/2021
• 2019/2020/2021/2022
• 2020/2021/2022/2023
• 2021/2022/2023/2024

If you have any questions regarding this change to the normal card extension policy, please contact your Regional Rep. A list of all current reps, as well as other NAMHSA volunteers can be found here.

Photo courtesy of Jennifer Buxton.