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Problem with the mailing of the Dutch Reporter:

With the mailing of the DR just this past week, the printer had sorted the file sent to him for the labels, however when he sorted, he only sorted certain columns and not the entire spreadsheet, thus the members' names got mixed up with the addresses. The labels that were printed had all correct addresses on them for the ADRC membership, however the name on the label will not show as the name which should go with the address. Provided USPS does their job and delivers the item to the last 2 address lines or by the barcode, everyone should indeed receive their DR, even though the name on their label may be incorrect. Any that do not receive a DR would be caused by their local Post Office not delivering to the address, as they should, but rather going by the name, which they shouldn't. If anyone does not receive their DR, they are to notify Dick Gehr or Rick Billup and one will be sent to you. As the majority of the DRs go out bulk mail, it could take several weeks for them to arrive, so members should give until at least the end of the month or first week of January before notifying us they did not receive the issue.

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Dear Fellow Dutch Breeders;

 

You will be noticing some different faces in a few of our Board postions within our club.  We made a change in our Secretary position as of October 1st, 2009.  Rick Billups has been appproved and appointed by the Board, and has already worked with Barb Kline, our most recent Secretary, to make as smooth a transition as possible.  Please help us further in making updates of this change to any local and state club records so that the new information is listed in show fliers your club may send out.  Rick can be reached at :

 

Rick Billups

488 Pratt Rd.

Blanchester, OH  45107

(937)655-8657

 

We would like to thank Barb for the time she spent as our club Secretary helping to get our records to the position they are in today.  Her top organizational skills were very much appreciated in moving the Dutch club forward.  Good job, Barb!

 

I have confidence in Rick Billup's abilities in coming into this new position.  He has served as Director for more than 10 years and at other times in the past as well.  He and his wife, Julie, were also our Publicity Department several years back so he has vast experience and knowledge he brings with him.  Julie will also be helping as needed, making it a team effort in the Billups household.  Rick has spent countless hours over the last year transferring our Dutch history recorded through our club publication, The Dutch Reporter, onto a disc format to preserve our records.   Please welcome him into this role! 

 

With Rick Billups leaving the VP position, we moved our  "other" Rick, Mr. Rick Lehmann into the Vice President slot.  Rick has also been an active Board Member, is quite well known for putting a spin on our Dutch Auction at each convention with his narrative antics, and and is very dedicated to keeping the fun in our hobby.  Perhaps what impressed me most about Rick is his response when I asked him to consider being the Vice President.  His answer was, "I'd be honored to serve as VP!"  I think Rick will be a great person to work with in his new role!

 

The void left in the District 3 Director's position will be well represented by Dr. Scott Williamson from California, who expressed a desire to becoming more active within our club.  Scott has also served our club before as a Director and past President, and has raised and shown Dutch for probably more years than many Dutch Breeders have been on the earth.   He is highly regarded within our ARBA organization as a very knowledgable judge so Scott will be a welcome addition to our working Board.  Thank You, Scott, for agreeing to represent your District.  

 

Your Board of Directors continues to work for the membership.  If you have any concerns our exciting news to share, please contact a Director within your District to be heard.  Change is a GOOD thing and brings with it new and fresh ideas to continue to keep our club and our breed as one of the best in the rabbit world!

 

See you at the shows!

 

Sue Hill

ADRC, President