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It is high time that we advise you, the members of the Arab Horse Society of South Africa, what is happening with our Society.
We have at last had preliminary acceptance of our Constitution, and we are awaiting final approval from the Registrar.
We hope to have the good news by the end of next week, whereafter we will send out another newsletter to advise members of the next step. To get our Society back up and running, we need to have a full Council to deal with the day to day today functioning at a national and provincial level.
It has been a long slog to get the Constitution approved but I can say with a great deal of certainty that there is definitely light at the end of the tunnel!
For this I must thank all members for their patience and support.
We are delighted to welcome a new staff member onto the team after Charmaine left the Society just over a month or so ago.
JC van den Berg has been instrumental in obtaining the services of a Senior secretary, Daleen du Preez, who has extensive experience with Horse Societies, and a high attendance record at the office. The changes have been made in order to make your work flow more easily and give a better turn around time.
Daleen has been working for the Saddlers for a number of years and is a welcome addition. She will deal with all the same matters that Charmaine did, with Marike still in charge of her duties at the office.
The secretaries’ job allocation & contact details are attached here.
We are still battling this scourge that is CEM and I am sure you are all well aware of my stance on the matter. Once we have our Constitution in place, we will take this issue up with renewed energy, but I am glad to report as per previous correspondence that a CEM test is only necessary every second year now.
It is sad to note that not a single horse that is not registered with a registering authority has ever been tested for CEM, an indictment on the manner in which we as stud breeders have been treated by the “powers” that be.
CEM Review of surveillance protocol – 2016 05 10
4. ARAB FLAT RACING
We have not been sitting on our laurels here, and we have today enjoyed a very positive discussion with Mr Mark Gordon who is going to assist us in getting this project off the ground. I strongly believe that Arab Flat Racing will breathe new life into the industry of racing and be a huge boost for the breed in general.
We will be mindful of keeping you informed of the latest developments herein as I am personally very excited about the very real prospects of Arab Flat Racing taking off in South Africa.
5. STUD BOOK FEES
Stud Book tried to impose an increase to our fees again this year with the result that I took a unilateral decision to refuse any such hike in the fees we already are being charged. It is important to note that we are not part of an association, and that a vote by the other Breed Societies accepting a percentile increase does not mean that such an increase should be binding on us, despite what we have been told.
The Secretariat has revealed a contract which has never been brought to my attention, and never signed by any past President of the Society. This agreement is hereto attached for all to scrutinise. In it I note that the Secretariat indicates in the agreement that they will arrange a National Show for our Society every 4 years. I’m sure you’ll agree this has never been the case.
Studbook contract – 2010
I urge all members to scrutinise their accounts from Stud Book, to ensure you know exactly what every fee is before making payment directly. And until further notice, you should refrain from paying any invoice from that charges you a R65.00 Admin Fee and R125.00 Deelnaam fooi. Please feel free to contact me should you have any queries.
We have implemented a new e-mail system, to make our communication & marketing more effective, using our own arabhorse.co.za domain name. The secretaries will now have dedicated addresses for registrations & memberships, and every regional representative – once elected – will also have an arabhorse.co.za e-mail address, ie eastern.cape@arabhorse.co.za.
Furthermore, there are now e-mail addresses for specific annual events, to make the organising of shows and rides easier, ie nationals@arabhorse.co.za or royalshow@arabhorse.co.za.
You can find the full list of new addresses here. If you have any suggestions of other useful ones, please contact Lucy Dixon on info@arabhorse.co.za
Congratulations to all our members who had a successful Fauresmith 2016.
Please also note that should anyone have any issue that I am freely available on my mobile phone at 082 732 5200, and on email president@arabhorse.co.za
Let us hope that my next letter, informing you all of the dates of our Provincial meetings, will be following shortly.
NUUSBRIEF Julie 2016
Dit is tyd dat ons u, die lede van die Arabierperdgenootskap van Suid-Afrika, meedeel wat tans in die Genootskap gebeur.
Ons het uiteindelik die voorlopige aanvaarding van ons Grondwet ontvang en wag vir die finale goedkeuring vanaf die Registrateur.
Ons hoop om goeie nuus eersdaags te hê, waarna ons ‘n volgende nuusbrief sal uitstuur. Daarin sal ons u as lede meedeel wat die volgende stap sal wees om ons Genootskap weer funksioneel te kry met ‘n volle Raad wat die dag-tot-dag bestuur en funksionering van die Genootskap hanteer.
Dit het ‘n lang tyd geneem om die Grondwet goedgekeur te laat kry, maar ek kan met groot sekerheid sê dat daar lig aan die einde van die tonnel is!
Hiervoor moet ek al die lede bedank vir u geduld en ondersteuning hierin.
Ons is verheug om ‘n nuwe personeellid in die span te verwelkom nadat Charmaine Haarhoff net meer as ‘n maand of wat gelede die Genootskap verlaat het.
Mnr JC van den Berg was instrumenteel in die verkryging van die dienste van ‘n Senior Sekretaresse wat uitgebreide ondervinding met Perdegenootskappe, asook ‘n hoë bywoningsrekord by die kantoor het.
Daleen du Preez het ‘n aantal jare ondervinding by die Saalperde en is ‘n welkome toevoeging tot die span ten einde die werksvloei makliker te maak en ‘n beter omkeertyd te gee. Daleen hanteer dieselfde werk as wat Charmaine in die verlede gedoen het met Marike steeds in beheer van haar pligte by die kantoor.
Ons is nogsteeds in ‘n stryd gewikkel rakende CEM maar almal is deeglik bewus presies wat my standpunt oor die aangeleentheid is.
Sodra ons die Grondwet in plek het, sal ons hierdie aangeleentheid opneem met hernude ywer en toewyding. Ek is bly om te rapporteer, soos per vorige korrespondensie, dat ‘n CEM toets nou slegs elke tweede jaar nodig is.
Dit is hartseer om te sien dat nie ‘n enkele perd wat nie geregistreer is by ‘n registrasie-owerheid al ooit getoets is vir CEM nie. Voorwaar ‘n aanklag op die wyse waarop ons as stoettelers behandel word deur die “powers that be”.
4. ARAB ‘FLAT RACING’
Ons sit nie op ons louere hieroor nie, en het ek vandag ‘n baie positiewe telefoniese gesprek gehad met mnr Mark Gordon, wat ons gaan help om hierdie projek van die grond af te kry.
Ek glo sterk dat Arabier ‘Flat Racing’ nuwe lewe in die bedryf van perde-resies sal bring en ‘n groot hupstoot vir die ras in die algemeen sal wees.
Ons sal bedag wees om u in kennis te stel van die jongste verwikkelinge hierin, aangesien ek persoonlik baie opgewonde is oor die vooruitsigte dat Arabier ‘Flat Racing’ in Suid-Afrika bekend gestel en bevorder word.
5. STAMBOEK FOOIE
Stamboek het vanjaar weer gepoog om ‘n verhoging in ons fooie in te stel, met die gevolg dat ek ‘n eensydige besluit geneem het om so ‘n toename in die fooie wat ons reeds deur Stamboek gehef word, te weier.
Dit is belangrik om daarop te let dat ons nie deel van ‘n Vereniging is nie, en ‘n stemming deur die ander Telersgenootskappe ter aanvaarding van ‘n persentasie verhoging nie beteken nie dat so ‘n verhoging bindend sal wees op ons nie, ten spyte van wat ons meegedeel word.
Ek doen ‘n beroep op alle lede om u rekeninge van Stamboek te bestudeer en presies vas te stel waarvoor elke rekening is voordat betaling direk aan Stamboek gemaak word. Tot verdere kennisgewing, moet asseblief nie enige rekeninge wat ‘n R65.00 Admin Fee en R125.00 Deelnaam fooi insluit betaal nie .
Die Sekretariaat het ‘n kontrak navore gebring wat nog nooit onder my aandag gebring was of onderteken is deur enige vorige President van die Genootskap nie. Hierdie ooreenkoms is hierby aangeheg vir almal om te bestudeer. Voel asseblief vry om my te kontak indien u enige navrae het. Ek wys u byvoorbeeld daarop dat die Sekretariaat aandui in die ooreenkoms dat hulle ‘n Nasionale Skou vir ons sal reël elke 4de jaar, maar soos u almal weet, nog nooit die geval was nie.
Ons het ‘n nuwe epos-stelsel geïmplementeer met behulp van ons eie arabhorse.co.za ‘domain’ naam, om sodoende ons kommunikasie en bemarking meer doeltreffend te maak. Die sekretaresses sal nou spesifieke adresse vir registrasies en lidmaatskappe hê, en elke Streeksverteenwoordiger, sodra verkies, sal ook ‘n arabhorse.co.za eposadres hê, byvoorbeeld:eastern.cape@arabhorse.co.za.
Verder is daar nou epos-adresse vir spesifieke jaarlikse gebeurtenisse, om die organisering van skoue en ruiters te vergemaklik, byvoorbeeld: nationals@arabhorse.co.za of royalshow@arabhorse.co.za.
U kan die volledige lys van nuwe adresse hier vind. Indien u enige voorstelle van ander nuttige adresse het, kontak asseblief vir Lucy Dixon by info@arabhorse.co.za.
Baie geluk aan al ons lede wat ‘n suksesvolle Fauresmith 2016 gehad het.
Let asseblief ook daarop dat indien enige iemand ‘n problem, navraag of kwessie het wat u wil bespreek, ek vrylik op my selfoon beskikbaar is by 082 7325 200 en ook per e-pos bypresident@arabhorse.co.za.
Ek is vol hoop dat my volgende brief aan u aanbevelings sal bevat rakende die datums van Provinsiale Vergaderings.
Arabierperdgenootskap van Suid-Afrika