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There will be a letter in the March EN describing one such effort. The 
AERC provided funding to SERA for an endurance demonstration at the 
Georgia Horse Fair in Jan of this year. It went very well and was a good 
investment in the future, IMO.  This sounds like a very good program.

Truman

Steph Teeter wrote:

> AERC is in good shape financially and generating surplus funds, and there
> are some suggestions being discussed as to how to start giving the money
> back to the members - to the organization. This will probably be on the
> agenda of one of the meetings in Chatanooga. One particular suggestion has
> been to allocate an annual pool of funds (e.g. $5000) for each region to be
> available for specific projects or requests, at the regional level. Two
> recent examples of AERC co-funding projects include matching funds for
> improvements on BLM lands, and funding an Endurance demo at a regional horse
> fair. Excellent opportunity for grass roots projects.
>
> The door is open right now - this is the time to get serious, and specific,
> about the funding of educational and/or trails programs. Send your ideas to
> your directors, or submit some ideas for programs. Develop a specific
> project and submit it to AERC with requests for funding.
>
> I am also going to push very hard to have AERC develop a 5-10 year business
> plans. Who are we, and where do we want to be in 5 years, in 10 years, in 20
> years? Get involved, send in your ideas, your concerns, suggestions. The
> Board makes the ultimate decisions, but needs to have input from the
> membership. It makes a difference.
>
> Steph
>
>
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