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North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association P O
Box 520 Arlington
Heights IL 60004 847,253.6488 [email protected] Letter
was sent to all chapter Presidents on Feb 16, 2004 The 2004 annual meeting in Madison WI has come and
gone offering good fellowship and good ideas. The President, Joseph K.
Dolejsi, will be reporting on it fully in his message in the April VHD
magazine. The 2004 training season is upon us, a busy time for all of us. As
I can see from your newsletters, many of the chapters are being very diligent
in spreading the word about becoming International members. I would really
like to stress again the importance and benefits of International membership.
Joining NAVHDA International offers your chapter members many
benefits, including a subscription to the official monthly magazine, The
Versatile Hunting Dog. The magazine has training articles, health articles,
and a calendar of tests and activities along with test results and much more.
International members may use the video library, order membership directories
and order a booklet with test results for the year, test their dogs at the
member rate and access the many member services. Each new member will receive
the NAVHDA Rules, Aims and Programs booklet, a NAVHDA decal and NAVHDA
brochures plus information on the NAVHDA registry. There are International members who are not
affiliated with local chapters. Chapter officers, if they wish, could contact
the central office to obtain a list of International members in their area to
invite them to join their chapter. In this line of thinking, we are stressing
the importance of chapter contact e-mail address on the International
webpage. This e-mail address gives prospective members and unaffiliated
members a quick and easy way to contact your chapter. Every Chapter should
have an active member’s e-mail in the contact section to field mail and
answer questions. This is great chapter advertising. In closing, I want to remind you that chapter membership
/ International membership go together as stated in the International bylaws,
Section (7.02). Working for this goal would be a worthy cause for all
chapters during the coming year. I wish all of you a good training, testing
and hunting season. Sincerely, Timothy S. Clark Timothy S. Clark Director of Promotions NAVHDA International |
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