February President's Message

Hello all,

There's a whiff of Spring in the air right now, I hope you're enjoying the warm weather and that your winter training is going well. To add to your winter fun the board has created a cool way to see what's new in Florida this season and has established a book club. You can get more info here

The calendar is filling up pretty fast for this year, I hope you've had a chance to take a look and plan on attending shows and clinics. We've added 3 clinics to this year's calendar with Amy Glenn, Jo Marley and Rachel Saavedra. You can see the calendar here.

Our January Board meeting included the renewal of Sarah Turner as Membership Chair, Cindy Kavan-Winfield as Education Chair and a newly created position of Partner Club Liaison for Cel Cox. Cel will be our person in charge of communicating with partner organizations like the Arab Club and SFDA so that we can all work together to expand dressage in New Mexico. Welcome to the board Cel!

I am happy to report that I have had a few people express interest in managing a schooling show. There is definitely some apprehension regarding this task. In order to quell any fears I will be doing a Zoom meeting on February 26th at 6pm that will be a brief Schooling Show Manager class. Anyone is welcome to attend and there is no obligation. My purpose is to outline what it actually takes to put on a schooling show for NMDA. Please attend if you are curious about this; I think you'll find that it's far easier and takes a lot less time and effort than you may believe (I don't just make it look easy, I have made it easy in real life because I'm essentially quite lazy.) You can join the meeting here:

Topic: Schooling Show Manager-Is it for you?
Time: Feb 26, 2025 06:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83413925550

Meeting ID: 834 1392 5550

I will send a couple of reminders before the meeting.

That's it for now. I'll see you in the arena.
Maribeth St Cyr
NMDA President