Vice President's Report

“Now that Nationals is over, we are looking forward to Convention. ”

~ Angel LeSage

For many of you, show season is just starting as you venture out after a year in shut down. Between Covid and RHDv2 it has been a challenging show year. It is great to see old friends and show buddies again. It is not all about the competition in this hobby, but the great friends you make. One of the things I love is that I have friends from all over the country. Now that Nationals is over, we are looking forward to Convention in Kentucky. I have been to Kentucky for several ARBA shows and have liked the location. If possible, and you live anywhere close, be sure to attend. With that being said, one other thing you need to do is make your barn bio-secure, and vaccinate your rabbits when possible. As serious exhibitors, we all are depending on each other to keep rabbits safe from the RHDv2. We are becoming very interdependent on each other. Just like other rabbit disease prevention, we need to be prudent and careful. The RHDv2 virus is scary and we need to educate ourselves and practice prevention in our barns. By doing this, it will make shows safe for rabbits and we can get back to having fun with our friends without a lot of worry. If you are not sure how to tackle securing your barn, there are several articles in this issue. ARBA also has a lot of information on its website and Facebook page, and many state USDA sites also have good information. Call a friend to bounce off ideas on the best approaches. We are all in the same boat and what you have to do is take one step at a time to make it happen. As you get going it will get easier. Back to talking about Convention in Kentucky: for the National Club (NJWRC), there is a lot of planning that goes into the show. It is not just the host club for Convention. but each national club including the NJWRC is responsible for its breed at the show. There are many things that we work on, such as: running our breed booth, raffle, rabbit auction, board and membership meetings, and a banquet. An NJWRC committee also reviews any COD animals going up for review by the ARBA standards committee. All of this makes it exciting and busy. If you want to get more involved with the club there are many opportunities at Convention, just ask.

Start your planning now to attend convention, and I will see you in October.

Angel LeSage lesageswoolies@icloud.com

TidBits. . . Covid Edition

Have you renewed your membership? Now is a perfect opportunity to do so. You can renew online at www. njwrclub.org.