MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT:
I’m pleased to present the new All Breed Herding Club of Western Washington web site. This site has been developed for the use of members and to provide information to potential members and herding enthusiasts. Please enjoy the site and we look forward to your comments and suggestions on what will make it work better for you.
I am happy to be serving as ABHCWW President for 2005. When thinking about what I want to see the club accomplish in the coming year -- I would like to see the ABHCWW move in a direction that gives more focus to education than we have in the past several years. This could mean adding some special meetings or events where we have speakers or clinicians. What are your thoughts?
It occurs to me that, with this website, we now have a great way of disseminating information, not just from a special speaker but also from the membership. Many of our members have a great deal of knowledge, on many aspects of herding, that they could share with our membership.
I must say I was encouraged by our annual meeting which was held on December 11, 2004. Members present stepped up and offered not only their
knowledge but their time and services as well. My hope is that, by splitting C course from the August trial and holding it on a separate trial date, we can focus on each trial individually and help each other at the trials. I also hope it will make the workload easier for everyone as there will be, hopefully, more of us free to share the load. This will, I'm sure, make the trials more fun and not so tiring.
If anyone has any suggestions, comments or ideas for the club during the coming year, please let me know. Also, I would like to remind you that I can't begin to address an issue affecting our Club if I don't know it exists. That's what clubs are about -- people working together and helping each other
to fulfill a shared goal.
That's all for now!
Claire
