Tuesday, June 21, 2005

AFA Announces Open Forum Meeting on Farrier Licensing
Perhaps due to popular demand...

.... a special Open Forum Membership Meeting of the American Farriers Association has been scheduled for Friday, September 9, 2005 at 1 p.m. in Omaha, Nebraska.

The meeting was announced in a special press release received on June 21st at the Hoofcare & Lameness Journal office. The full press release will be posted on the Hoofcare & Lameness Journal web site, www.hoofcare.com

In an email received on June 23, AFA Executive Director Bryan Quinsey wrote, “The entire Board of Directors, including the officers, should be at the meeting.”

Details from the press release include:

All AFA members are welcome to attend....the next day, the AFA Board of Directors will be meeting for their 2005 Mid-Year meeting....recommendations from the Open Forum meeting on Friday can be brought to the Board meeting for their consideration.....AFA Vice President Bob Earle, CJF, has agreed to serve as the moderator for the meeting....using a “loose set” of Robert’s Rules of Order.

Hotel reservations may be made by calling the Omaha Hilton at 1-800-HILTONS or (402) 998-3400; the AFA discounted rate is $75 per night.

For more info, contact Bryan Quinsey at the AFA office: (859) 233-7411 or BQuinsey@AmericanFarriers.org.

Please do not call the Hoofcare & Lameness office about this event. We will share any info we receive by either the Hoofcare blog or the hoofcare.com web site.

Please read posts on the Hoofcare & Lameness Journal “Hoof blog” and on www.hoofcare.com for information on this spring's events related to the AFA's task force on farrier regulation/licensing in the United States.

Click here to read the full press release from the AFA.

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