President's Message

Dear AHAM Members,

I am dictating this message to you on the eve of departure for the AHA Convention in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the new home of the U.S. National Show.

There are several interesting resolutions which will be discussed and considered at the convention. We will certainly keep you aware of what’s going on and what the bottom line is when the dust settles.

I would like to do two equally important things. One please accept our sincere congratulations to all of you who showed and won during the 2007 show season. Also, and equally as important, I would like to thank all of the AHAM Members who participated in our spring and summer functions and whose help allowed us to have a very successful year.

I would be naïve of me to say that things were easy this year or for that matter going to be easy next year especially in light of the economy in Michigan. If we are honest with ourselves, we have to acknowledge that spending hard earned income on the maintenance or showing of horses tends to be discretionary spending in difficult financial times. This certainly doesn’t mean that our shows are going to disappear or that our various functions will cease to exist but it does mean that we are all going to have to pull together in the same direction to keep costs and AHAM expenditures at a workable level.

Even though it’s now about 5 o’clock in the afternoon it is almost dark but the temperature is still over 60 degrees. I’m afraid we all know what’s coming so let me wish you warmth, a happy and safe holiday season and an early wish for an outstanding 2008. For those of you who are into resolutions, keep “helping AHAM” near top of your list.

Sincerely yours,

Tom Connelly

President

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