Presidents’ Message
October 2008
Dear CSHA Members,
I wanted to drop everyone a note on the current status of a couple of items. These are things that the leadership has been working on and I want to keep you updated ………………
Cow Palace:
In June 2008 the CSHA State Officers met with the CEO of the Cow Palace & Grand National Rodeo in regard to the CSHA role at the Grand Nationals. For innumerable years CSHA has organized the Color Guard Competition along with the participation of our Royalty and Officers in the Grand Entry.
The dynamics of the Cow Palace are changing in this era, as many of you are well aware. From the meeting is was evident that a great deal of sponsorship money has to be infused for the Grand Entry and Color Guard Competition to take place. A survey was sent out to the Officers and State Chairs with suggested options. The primary suggestion from the CEO was that CSHA acquire donations and sponsorships up to $10,000. At this time, CSHA is not in a position to make that kind of financial commitment.
Therefore, with great disappointment, CSHA is not making a formal commitment for “CSHA Night at the Cow Palace.” The Cow Palace management may very well hold the competition and Opening Ceremonies. There has been no announcement to date. Color Guards and riders are welcome to participate in the event; however it will not be a CSHA sanctioned event. If there are changes to this status, I will notify the membership at the earliest possible date. Discussion has taken place in regard to selecting another venue and event for the traditional Color Guard Competition. If there are suggestions from the membership to accomplish this, please forward those ideas so planning may begin.
Convention:
We are fast approaching the 2008 Annual Convention to be held in Modesto, November 12-16. The Resolution packets that have gone out contain some very important changes for the Association’s
By-laws. Over the years many changes have been applied to sections of the By-laws and Administrative Practices that need to be re-directed to work effectively. This has been a task for the working committees since last convention. Many of these are the same wording, just being put in the correct section. There is also new language, giving better definition to our Association.
We are coming to the close of a very eventful year. The changes worked on by the members and committees will help us make sound and effective changes to serve the Association for many years to come.
We are looking forward to this next year with great enthusiasm, new ideas, and implementation of those changes with the help of a dedicated membership.
Sincerely,
Robert C. Adams
CSHA President
