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| Gunnr - Pudelpointer owned by Todd Baier - Photo by Dave Shumway |
1:00 pm - Pais Casa Ranch, Three Forks Montana
Board and Officer Elections and Priorities for the coming year
Nominees to the Board for 2016 include Jim Lechleitner and Brian Gertiser
TRAINING EVENT - March 31 - Thru April 3
1:00 pm Thursday until noon on Sunday.
A more formal schedule will be published, but informal and formal opportunities will exist, with plenty of birds available. Chapter membership is required - you may attend any or all days. Scheduled events will include: Natural Ability Seminar, Duck Search Discussion, & Electronic Collar Training.
More info coming, including potential lunch and dinner for Saturday.
TESTING
We have been granted permission to once again run a 3-day test in the Big Hole Valley - Wisdom, MT.
Natural Ability (NA), Utility Preparatory Test (UPT), and Utility Test (UT) will all be available. We are in the process of confirming dates with the host ranch, but you can expect it to fall between July 15 and August 14. We should know within the week. Once we have confirmed the Test Date, we will have them approved by NAVHDA International. Once approved, we will open registration for the test. Registration will be granted to Montana Sharptail Chapter members only until 30 days from the Test Series. In an effort to keep all registrations fair, minimize paperwork, and ease the handling of money, all test registration (with the exception of "on-site or same-day" will occur through a new "gateway," including payment options. A link to the Test Registration Gateway will be furnished to all members, and made available on the website, once our dates are approved by NAVHDA International.
MEMBERSHIP
Annual Memberships are now due - several folks have already sent in their Membership for the coming year which is great. All memberships (one or two-year) that were paid for after last year's August Test, have been applied toward the 2016 (one year) or 2016-2017 season. Please feel free to contact montanasharptail@gmail.com if you have questions. If your membership is due, you can expect an email reminder soon. Otherwise, you can use the secure link: https://montanasharptail.
Please do not send a hard copy of your Membership Registration to the PO Box - We are making a concerted effort to reduce paperwork and create a sustainable volunteer organization. Please help this by renewing on-line. We will accept "hard copies" and checks or cash from new members at events only. Thank you for your help on making this work.
We look forward to seeing you all in Three Forks.
Feel free to call or email with questions.
montanasharptail@gmail.com
406-212-5767
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| Fast Eddy in the Big Hole Valley - January 2016 |