AHRC Committees
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Awards:
Chair: Rachel Zarse Members: Nickie Raines, Nikki Manley Sweepstakes: Chair: Nickie Raines Members: Members Needed Youth: Chair: Lacey Kate Foy Advisors: VACANT Members: Open to all AHRC Youth Committee Email: AHRCYouth@yahoo.com Elections: Chair: Emery Bork Merchandise: Chair: Christine Bailey Members: Kristin Woehrle, Nikki Manley Committee Email: AHRCmerch@hotmail.com |
Communications
Chair: Nikki Manley Members: Nickie Raines, Christine Bailey, Rachel Zarse, Jessica Mast, Members Needed Committee Email: AHRCcom@yahoo.com Newsletter Email: AHRCnewsletter@yahoo.com Guidebook: Co-Chairs: Nikki Manley & Nickie Raines Members: Christine Bailey Committee Email: AHRCcom@yahoo.com Historical: Members Needed Standards: Chair: Nikki Manley Members: Nickie Raines, Deana Thurston, Sarah Freund, Beau Schacherer 2023 Convention Booth: Chair: Nikki Manley Members: Rachel Zarse (Dinner organizer) |
What do the AHRC Committees do?
Awards: The Awards Committee are the folks in charge of sourcing, choosing and making purchase commitments for the Nationals and Convention Awards. The Chair writes reports on the committee activity for the quarterly newsletter and reports activities at Member meetings. (The Club Secretary handles the sourcing, choosing, purchasing and distribution of all Sweepstakes awards.)
Sweepstakes: Currently, the Sweepstakes Committee processes mail in and online sanction requests, issues sanction numbers and processes show reports. They keep a yearly running tally of Open & Youth Sweepstakes along with all Specialty Awards categories. The Chair writes reports on the committee activity for the quarterly newsletter and reports activities at Member meetings.
Youth: Outreach and support of Harlequin Youth Members is the primary focus of this committee. They are just getting started as of 5/1/23, so more details will be available as they go. The Chair writes reports on the committee activity for the quarterly newsletter and reports activities at Member meetings.
Election: The Elections Committee consists of the Chair, who is in charge of counting ballots and turning those numbers in to the President and Secretary. They then send all ballots to the Secretary for verification and to be archived.
Merchandise: The members of the Merchandise Committee are the folks who come up with the designs and pricing for all of our unique Harlequin & Club merchandise. They design or source art, create designs, add them to the Merchandise account, add descriptions and list prices. (The Club Secretary handles all ordering for big events such as Nationals and Convention and requests payouts from the Merchandise account.) The Chair writes reports on the committee activity for the quarterly newsletter and reports activities at Member meetings.
Communications: Communications is one of the most diverse committees and is always chaired by the Secretary. This committee is the face and voice of the club. It handles the website, all social media, Domestic Rabbit club reports, breed education, Judge seminars, new breeder outreach and more. It also sends all notices to the club and responds to new breeder inquiries. The Chair writes reports on the committee activity for the quarterly newsletter and reports activities at Member meetings.
Guidebook: Currently this committee is working on a large Anthology edition of the AHRC Guidebook to commemorate our 50 years as a club. This includes sourcing articles, writing articles, adding photos, editing, selling ad space, quoting printing price and presenting that price to the AHRC Board for approval. This committee is currently holding multiple meetings per month which club members not on the committee are invited to attend. The Chair writes reports on the committee activity for the quarterly newsletter and reports activities at Member meetings.
Historical: The AHRC Historical Committee collects, stores and keeps organized all breed/club history. This includes old newsletters, guidebooks, breed presentations, photographs, etc. They are also the Club liaisons between AHRC and the ARBA Library. The Historical Committee is always accepting donations of photos, documents, etc. For more information please contact the chair. The Chair writes reports on the committee activity for the quarterly newsletter and reports activities at Member meetings.
Standards: The duties of the Standards Committee is loosely defined in the ARBA Standard of Perfection. This committee reviews the current Standard, makes proposals for changes/amendments/additions, discusses and votes on items within the committee before presenting to the Club for vote. Items that pass are written up along with reasons for the requested change and sent to the ARBA Standards Committee for review and hopefully, acceptance. The Chair writes reports on the committee activity for the quarterly newsletter and reports activities at Member meetings.
Awards: The Awards Committee are the folks in charge of sourcing, choosing and making purchase commitments for the Nationals and Convention Awards. The Chair writes reports on the committee activity for the quarterly newsletter and reports activities at Member meetings. (The Club Secretary handles the sourcing, choosing, purchasing and distribution of all Sweepstakes awards.)
Sweepstakes: Currently, the Sweepstakes Committee processes mail in and online sanction requests, issues sanction numbers and processes show reports. They keep a yearly running tally of Open & Youth Sweepstakes along with all Specialty Awards categories. The Chair writes reports on the committee activity for the quarterly newsletter and reports activities at Member meetings.
Youth: Outreach and support of Harlequin Youth Members is the primary focus of this committee. They are just getting started as of 5/1/23, so more details will be available as they go. The Chair writes reports on the committee activity for the quarterly newsletter and reports activities at Member meetings.
Election: The Elections Committee consists of the Chair, who is in charge of counting ballots and turning those numbers in to the President and Secretary. They then send all ballots to the Secretary for verification and to be archived.
Merchandise: The members of the Merchandise Committee are the folks who come up with the designs and pricing for all of our unique Harlequin & Club merchandise. They design or source art, create designs, add them to the Merchandise account, add descriptions and list prices. (The Club Secretary handles all ordering for big events such as Nationals and Convention and requests payouts from the Merchandise account.) The Chair writes reports on the committee activity for the quarterly newsletter and reports activities at Member meetings.
Communications: Communications is one of the most diverse committees and is always chaired by the Secretary. This committee is the face and voice of the club. It handles the website, all social media, Domestic Rabbit club reports, breed education, Judge seminars, new breeder outreach and more. It also sends all notices to the club and responds to new breeder inquiries. The Chair writes reports on the committee activity for the quarterly newsletter and reports activities at Member meetings.
Guidebook: Currently this committee is working on a large Anthology edition of the AHRC Guidebook to commemorate our 50 years as a club. This includes sourcing articles, writing articles, adding photos, editing, selling ad space, quoting printing price and presenting that price to the AHRC Board for approval. This committee is currently holding multiple meetings per month which club members not on the committee are invited to attend. The Chair writes reports on the committee activity for the quarterly newsletter and reports activities at Member meetings.
Historical: The AHRC Historical Committee collects, stores and keeps organized all breed/club history. This includes old newsletters, guidebooks, breed presentations, photographs, etc. They are also the Club liaisons between AHRC and the ARBA Library. The Historical Committee is always accepting donations of photos, documents, etc. For more information please contact the chair. The Chair writes reports on the committee activity for the quarterly newsletter and reports activities at Member meetings.
Standards: The duties of the Standards Committee is loosely defined in the ARBA Standard of Perfection. This committee reviews the current Standard, makes proposals for changes/amendments/additions, discusses and votes on items within the committee before presenting to the Club for vote. Items that pass are written up along with reasons for the requested change and sent to the ARBA Standards Committee for review and hopefully, acceptance. The Chair writes reports on the committee activity for the quarterly newsletter and reports activities at Member meetings.
