President's Report

“We are looking forward to the 2022 Spring Nationals in Stillwater, MN!"

Perhaps the most significant board action in these past few months has been approving the recommendation made to us by the Standards Committee to ballot the membership, as allowed in ARBA’s new “vote in process” for including chocolate and lilac colors in all eligible varieties (pointed white, tort, otter). A ballot will be out soon to the membership, please watch for that in your mail, and return your vote as soon as possible.

As you’ll see with this newsletter, we have also decided to move to a new format. Our aim is to make the e-news as accessible as we can, while allowing for a wider range of choice when editors change, as they do at times. The next 2-3 issues will likely have some changes to the formatting as our new editor, Jordan Hobbs, tries out different techniques in the quest to find the best format. Our ultimate desire is to have newsletters available and accessible to you, our membership, on the website.

Upcoming dates to be aware of are the Scholarship due date of April 1. Any youth in their senior year of Highschool may apply for a $1000.00 scholarship by following our application guidelines, available in this newsletter and online. Scholarships are given out to youth going on to any form of secondary education, whether that be college, trade school, or another type of higher education. Candidate Nominating Petitions, Biographies and Photos will be due in by May 10. This year, even-numbered district representatives are up for election or re-election, as well as Vice-President and Secretary. We are looking forward, at this writing, to the 2022 Spring Nationals in Stillwater, Minnesota! The Great Plains Jersey Wooly Rabbit Club is our host this year, and they have been busy with planning. You can see more detail on the flier included here, and on their Facebook event page. I look forward to seeing many of you at the National show!

~ Cheryl Loesch

Cheryl Loesch momdeplume@comcast.net