Dear Fellow NASMA Members,
The summer of 2006 was one of the hottest on record in Wyoming and
many other states. Fall is here and with it cooler temperatures.
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Tim Doud and his mule at a John
Lyon’s seminar in Colorado this summer. |
October in Wyoming is a busy month. Elk hunting season is in full
swing and with it comes long days, short nights and very little rest.
October is a very special month for me personally and for NASMA. The
NASMA World Show is October 27-29 in Carthage, MO.
NASMA has faced a lot of challenges and changes this year. The
NASMA Board of Directors and World Show Committee has worked overtime
to make sure the World Show would go on. This has been accomplished
with NO start-up funds. Members of NASMA have re-built the
organization and are slowly rebuilding the treasury.
The Board of Directors have been busy developing a Standard
Operating Plan, SOP, for NASMA. This SOP is a written document on how
NASMA and it’s committees will operate. You may visit the official
NASMA web site, www.nasma.net and
read the SOP. While on-line, check-out the other new additions to the
web site.
One important addition is proposed changes to the NASMA rule book,
that will be voted on at the World Show Board of Directors meeting. If
you have any questions or comments on the proposed rule changes, call
or E-Mail your director or me. A list of Directors and their contact
information is also found on the web site. The Directors and Officers
are your voice in NASMA.
I would like to invite all members, non members and all Donkey and
Mule enthusiasts to attend the World Show. It is a great place to meet
like minded people and have lots of family fun. The World Show Board
of Directors meeting, like all Board of Directors meeting, is open to
all NASMA members. I welcome all members to attend, check the web site
time and place of meeting.
I will be graduating from the John Lyons Certification program on
October 21. I am proud to be the first person to graduate from the
program, using only mules. My mules Diamond Creek Grover and Diamond
Creek Angel have been willing partners throughout the program.
Sincerely,
Tim Doud
NASMA President
307-527-6103
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