Past President Notes
May 2025
🐇 Attention all Youth! If you are in Zone 1 or 9 and interested in serving as youth zone director please contact Chrissy Royer - if you do not know how to reach her feel free to message me or any of our directors and we can give you her contact info
🐇 Nationals just ended and WOW what a fun well run show - congratulations to our Hallmark Holland Lop Country Club for hosting a fabulous show - thank you to everyone who helped, you have no idea how much we appreciate all of you
🐇 Congratulations to everyone who showed on your placings and winnings - we have reached out to the hosting club and will hopefully have a full list of all the placings to post soon
🐇 Our breed is on their way to having a new variety! The Fox vote was overwhelmingly in favor of this new variety. Thank you to everyone who voted
🐇 Our next Hollander is our Summer issue and due date is May 15.
Our Hot Topic is Best Advice:
—What is the best advice you were given as a beginner when you selected Holland Lops.
—What advice do you give new breeders? What would you offer long-time breeders?
—Have you received bad advice? What was it?
—If there was one thing you could go back and teach yourself earlier, what would it be and why?
—What is the best piece of health advice you have received for your rabbits?
—What is the greatest nutritional advice you have gotten and how has it influenced your herd?
—Where do you find the best advice is given?
—How do you find advice is best delivered to new breeders? Long-time breeders?
All members are invited to share - please submit to Jeremy at HLRSCHollander@gmail.com by May 15th
🐇 Missing Hollanders - I am so sorry to everyone who still haven’t receive their last issue of our Hollander. I did check with Jeremy and this seems to be a problem across several breeds and that it is not the printer. It seems to be more of a problem with mail delivery in general. This last one seemed more widespread than normal and again I am so sorry. We are working on ways to help for the future. Our webmaster, Karen is working on setting up private access for members to a part of our website that will have many of our past Hollanders and our current Hollanders. Be watching for more announcements about this.
April 2025
🐇 April The weather this last couple of weeks has been rough for many of us in nearly every part of the country - Praying that all of our fellow members are safe and come out of this without any major damages or losses
🐇 Our 2025 National show is coming up fast Follow their event page for latest updates
🐇 Look for details about the live auction to be held at this year’s national to benefit our 2026 national show on our Facebook page.
🐇 New Membership software! All sales for new and renewing members will divert to JoinIt. Members will receive instructions on how to access their existing membership on the new platform this week which will include a digital membership card
🐇 Scott Rodriguez has been added to our C&BL committee - thank you Scott!
🐇 2024 final sweeps on website - congratulations to everyone!
🐇 Becky has put together a new form for current and new merchandise
🐇 Fox ballot is in our latest Hollander - if you have not received your Hollander please contact me - ballot is due April 15th
March 2025
🐇 Membership portal - our secretary, Rheana, has worked very hard to find something that makes managing our membership easier for us AND our members. She has found a database that has a wonderful support team behind them. After she spent a couple months playing with the trials, she is now in the final stages of getting us up and running. The goal is to have it all finalized and set within the next week or two.
This will allow our members to have a special login to check their membership status, allows us to generate reports and set automatic updates messages for news and reminders.
During the transition period membership cards have been paused and our membership links in our store may be down for a short period of time. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out to Rheana at HLRSC.secretary@gmail.com
🐇 Fox ballot - our Hollanders will be hitting mailboxes soon - in this issue you will find a ballot for the Fox variety - this is an opportunity for our members to vote yes or no to accepting this new variety - please cut out the ballot, vote, and mail it in
🐇 Petition to run for office - in this next Hollander you will find the 2025 petition to run for office, this is also available on our website. This is a great opportunity to become more involved in our club. Consider filling it out and mailing it in to our secretary.
🐇 Sweeps update - Cheri has completed our 2024 sweepstakes! A summary of the final standings will be in our Hollander and then full list of standings will be updated on our website soon
From Cheri: HLRSC - 2024 SWEEPS AWARDS WILL BE AVAILBLE AND INCLUDED IN THE 2025 NATIONAL ENTRY PACKETS!! If you are not attending the National show in Columbus, OH please PM me. Hope to see many of you at the Nationals!!
🐇 Royalty update: Laura and Becky are the main reason we had a successful Royalty contest in Texas last year, but due to prior family commitments Becky will not be able to attend nationals this year. This makes the full list of activities impossible. Laura is working on putting together a photo contest - as soon as we have more details updated will be posted here.
February 2025
🐇 Our next Hollander deadline is Saturday February 15th
All HLRSC Members are invited to share tips, thoughts, suggestions, and advice on:
-What do you love about your current rabbitry setup that you think others would benefit from knowing?
-What would you change about the structure of your building if you could start from scratch?
-How is your rabbitry organized? Are the rabbits arranged in a manner that helps you when showing and/or breeding?
-What kind of cages do you use? Would you change this or do you prefer this setup?
-What is one feature in your barn you don’t think you could live without and why?
-If you were approached by a breeder building an entirely new barn, what would you suggest to them to keep in mind while they were initially designing?
-Who has a barn you love and why do you love it
🐇 Convention 2025 update - our banquet committee has been working hard in securing a banquet location and gathering details - how does the Indianapolis Zoo sound? We were there in 2017 and loved it! They are working on ways to get the ticket price down for you so be watching for fundraising ideas coming up in the near future
🐇Our National show will be here soon! Keep watch for announcements from the host club, Hallmark Holland Lop Country Club. Their FB group is the best place to get updates
January 2025
🐇 Happy New Year! This update seems a little short - the holidays kept us pretty busy with family stuff
- I know all our northern members won’t think it’s much but right now here at my house in north Texas I have 5 inches of SNOW on the ground and it’s still coming down!
🐇 2025 convention committee for Indy is set!
Breed Chair: Nick Hirsch
Breed Secretary: Donna Richards
Youth secretary: Becky Ormond
Breed Superintendent: Rheana Zaretsky & Paige Smith
Booth Chair: Melinda Harshfield
Banquet: Jenny Poprawski, Diane Walter & Trevor Herndon-Sierzputowski
Awards: Kayla Campbell
Trio: Nick Hirsch & Cindi Hinton
Writers and Rams for each Judge: Nick Hirsch
Results board - Sue Eyler
Judges:
Open:
Allen Mesick
Scott Rodriguez
Heather Coin
Youth:
Cole Rupprecht
Ashley Garza
🐇 I have a few more slots to fill with volunteers for our convention booth - these are 2 hour time slots so if you know you will be at convention and we would love your help - please reach out to me 🐇 🐇
🐇Merchandise - if you have not started following our “HLRSC 2024 Merchandise” page please do - Becky is adding more options with some very cute seasonal designs
December 2024
🐇 A couple of weeks ago your board got together to brainstorm for next year’s convention - a couple of highlights…
1. I am confirming our convention committee now and will have it in my January report
2. Our club booth confirmed and paid for. We have also been told the plan is for our booth to be by our open coops
3. I am working in a volunteer schedule for our booth. They are just 2 hour time slots so if you are interested in helping in the booth feel free to reach out to me - a HUGE thank you to Pat Cammack for taking care of show day for us!
4. Jenny, Diane & Trevor are working on gathering some banquet options for us
🐇Christmas shirts!!!! Becky recently released some super cute Christmas merchandise - check them out on our website
🐇Our amazing webmaster, Karen, has been checking out a member only portion of our website - we are getting closer to marking off another BIG item on my list!! Our plan is over the next couple months we will be able to log in and see some of the past Hollanders that have already been loaded
I hope all of you have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
November 2024
🐇 Hope everyone has recovered from convention. It is always a packed full week with very little sleep. This convention was made even more special with Lataya and Kim bringing such a BEAUTIFUL broken doe that not only won BOB but went on to win BIS at the largest convention ever! What an honor and so well deserved - thank you Kim and Lataya and again a huge congratulations!
🐇As convention closed we said good bye to a few board members and welcomed some new ones
-Jenny Poprawski replaces Allan Ormond as VP
-Desiree Dworzecki replaces Chris Zemny as zone 2 director
-Austin Nash replaces Ashlynn Bragg as zone 4 director
-Rachael Close replaced Stacy Hyatt as zone 6 director
-Sherry Benzshawel is replacing Dale Zenk who had to leave us shortly after convention for zone 3 director
A very special Thank you to all of our leaving board members and a very special welcome to all of our new board members.
🐇Have some breeding tips to share? Our Hollander deadline is November 15th this deadline is FIRM
Our topic this issue is:
Successful Breeding Practices
—What breeding practices/routines do you use to help offset misses, reduce DOAs, and increase conception?
—What differences in success do you find at different times of year? Does Lighting in the barn matter? Can you trick the rabbits on the season?
—How do you use supplements to increase fertility?
—What are your best tips for raising healthy, live babies? How much of mothering is nurture vs. nature?
—What care do you take to ensure babies survive after they’re born? Do you change what you are offering the mother?
—What other breeding tips do you have?
🐇For those who were not able to attend convention you were missed and you missed seeing how a true village works - I’ve always thought we had the best club but now I know! We had the largest classes ever at the largest convention ever and we made it through like pros. The number of people that stepped up to help get us through show day and even the whole week were amazing and we would not have been successful with you - thank you to every single one of you
🐇We have an updated membership form available on our website. After reviewing and comparing our fees we found we were way behind so adjustments had to be made.
October 2024
It’s CONVENTION TIME!!!
🐇SCHEDULE: keep watch on our FB page for full convention schedule and any of the latest changes or announcements that may come up
🐇New Secretary - I am sad to announce Robin will no longer be our HLRSC secretary - our secretary position is a major job and I thank Robin for the years and many hours she has dedicated to this position
Please join me in welcoming Rheana Zaretsky who has graciously stepped up to take this position on - her first words when I spoke with her was even if this is temporary she will stay on until a replacement is found and trained
Another huge thank you to Robin for helping make this the smoothest transition ever
🐇We also have a change in our Election committee - after MANY years of service Bonnie Norton has stepped down - a very special thank you to Bonnie for her service and dedication - our updated election committee is:
Chrissy Royer - Chair
Kathy Loomis
Laura Dull
Michelle Hertz - alternate
🐇General membership meeting place and time: we will have our membership meeting on Tuesday 10/29/24 at 8:30 am in room W3
🐇Live auction will take place immediately following our membership meeting in our Holland section
🐇Trio donation winner will be announced immediately following the live auction - don’t forget to buy tickets!
🐇Booth update - have something to donate to our booth raffle? Please reach out to Melinda Harshfield
🐇Fox display - while at convention make time to go over to the exhibition section and check out the Fox display - members will have an opportunity to vote on these soon!
🐇Quilt donation! A very special thank you to Elizabeth White for making us a beautiful quilt - tickets are on our website - you can buy tickets online or in person at our HLRSC booth
September 2024
Wow convention is coming up fast! The convention portal is now open so I figure everyone is having the same struggle picking their entries - it’s always a toss up on who finishes or holds their coat between entering and time to load up for the trip - Remember entries close Monday September 30th!
🐇 New directors - we’ve already announced our new VP but incase you missed it, Jenny Poprawski will be our new VP - Congratulations again!
In addition to Jenny we will be welcoming 3 new members to our board of directors
Zone 2 Desiree Guadagnolo (Dworzecki)
Zone 4 Austin Nash
Zone 6 Rachael Close
I am looking forward to this next year, exploring new ideas and hearing what our new officers have to offer - all new directors will take over at the close of convention.
A very special thank you to Allen, Chris, Ashlynn and Stacy for your service. Your time on our board is very much appreciated and we will miss each of you very much.
🐇 Live Auction - Have a nice holland to donate to our HL auction? Diane Walter and Chrissy Royer head up our auction each year and they would love to post donated rabbits before convention gets here. Contact Diane or Chrissy with any questions and watch the “HLRSC Auction” page for updates.
The following are options of donation:
~ 100% HLRSC
~ 50% HLRSC Awards Fund / 50% Youth Scholarship
~ 50% HLRSC Awards Fund / 50% Seller
🐇 Trio update - we have our breeders set for the trio donation - HUGE thank you to Cody Taylor, Landon Hertz and Dyan Murphy. You will be able to buy “Trio Donation” tickets on our website or mail a check. Pictures and more info coming soon!
🐇 Shirt fundraiser update - first order is being made this week. If you made an order you will receive an invoice that will need to be paid when your order is ready to ship - this has enabled us the keep shipping to exact cost. There is still time to order - you can order on our website. Contact Becky Marlow with any questions.
🐇 Banquet Update - You will order tickets on our website or mail a check so watch our FB page and check website. Once we get it up on website, deadline to order will be October 13th. Don’t forget to be looking for a donation to our banquet auction.
🐇 Booth update - Our HLRSC convention booth committee is planning to have raffle items available in our booth this year. They are still requesting an item representing the state you are from to be donated. Reach out to Melinda Harshfield with any questions. If you do not know how to reach Melinda feel free to message me for her contact info.
If anyone has reached out to Melinda and did not get a response please reach out again, this week we found a message that she did not get notification for.
100% of money raised here will go to our Youth Scholarship fund.
🐇 2026 Nationals has been awarded to Cascadia Regional Holland Lop Club and the Nor Cal Holland Lop Club - 2026 Nationals will be held at the Clark County Event Center in Ridgefield, Washington!
August 2024
🐇 Hollander deadline is coming up fast! Deadline is Thursday August 15
Our topic for this issue is Youth Royalty & Showmanship
As HLRSC Youth prepare to compete at ARBA Convention in Royalty and Youth Competitions, we share tips and advice on:
-What can youth contest competitors do to prepare for Breed ID, Interviews, and Judging?
-If you are an adult who has judged Youth Events, what were factors that helped propel the winners to top spots?
-Former Royalty Winners, what advice do you have for those competing?
-Younger Youth members require Showmanship, how can they best prepare their routine for top scores
If you have something to write on this topic send to HLRSChollander@gmail.com
🐇 We have 2 new zone youth directors please welcome in zone 6 Liam Robertson and in zone 7 Lilian Perrine
Congratulations to both of you - I know you will do great
🐇 Have a nice holland to donate to our HL auction? Diane Walter and Chrissy Royer head up our auction each year and they would love to post donated rabbits before convention gets here. Contact Diane or Chrissy with any questions and watch the “HLRSC Auction” page for updates
🐇 I was able to mark another item off my list - we have added an ethics statement to our odd and even year petitions. Each candidate that runs for office will sign and agree to this statement - there was no special reason or incident that brought this up, but it certainly does not hurt to remind ourselves what we are committing ourselves to. The PDFs are being updated now and will be updated on website soon.
🐇I have finished going through all of my Hollanders for past herdsman top lop final sweeps etc. Karen is in the process of getting everything updated on the website. Once completed we will go through and make a new list of what needs to be added, updated or fixed. If you find something that needs attention as you are browsing the website do not hesitate to reach out to either of us.
🐇 Voting for our HLRSC Vice President is still open - this will close Thursday August 15th. If you have not voted yet you still have time!
July 2024
Our HLRSC convention booth committee is planning to have raffle items available in our booth this year. They are requesting an item representing the state you are from to be donated. Reach out to Melinda Harshfield with any questions. If you do not know how to reach Melinda feel free to message me for her contact info.
Online store update - the link for our online merchandise store has been taken down temporarily - our merchandise chair, Becky, is looking at other ways to offer the wide variety of merchandise we want with better shipping prices even with the constantly increasing shipping cost. There is a limited selection of in-stock items still available on the website.
Another one of the items on my list as President has been checked off! I have created a back up book for our club. In this book is emergency contact for anyone who has anything with passwords or special documents pertaining to club business. I do NOT hold any passwords, this is just a contact list that can be passed on to future Presidents in hopes that they will continue to keep it updated.
Karen has been working on our website and doing a great job! We have been working on adding past years sweeps, national and convention results, circle of excellence, and more! New things are being added so be sure to check it often. IF you find something that might need attention please feel free to message me.
Your latest Hollander should have arrived in your mailbox or will be there very soon! Once again Jeremy did an OUTSTANDING job for us! Look on page 39 - there is a ballot for you to vote yes or no for adding Silver Martin Holland Lops - please cut page out and send in your vote!
Convention banquet - from what we have heard everyone LOVED our banquet last year - the same venue has been reserved but along with everything else prices are skyrocketing - we are looking at having a limited edition t-shirt fundraiser to help offset some cost and help us keep ticket prices reasonable. More details coming soon - hopefully in the next week or two
June 2024
6/12/24
As always feel free to reach out to your zone Directors or Board with any questions or concerns!
We have a new webmaster! Please welcome Karen Zgonc to our team! She jumped right in and has already added several updates for us - one is sweepstakes!
Our online store is the next thing on my list and will be reviewed very soon - our merchandise chair, Becky, has some ideas to make our store better but still be able to offer a wide variety of products.
Our next Hollander is being being sent to the publisher now - I think everyone will be very pleased again with what Jeremy had put together for us.
Even though we are in the quiet part of our summer right now always remember your board is still here and ready to work for you - have a question about the club? Looking for reputable breeders in your area? Or have something on your wish list for the club? You can always reach out to your zone director or even directly to me - we are here for you and would love to hear from you
May 2024 - Cindi Hinton
5/9/24
A Note from your President!!!!
As always feel free to reach out to your zone Directors or Board with any questions or concerns!
May 2024
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Nationals was GREAT - one of the best I’ve ever attended! if you were there you know, if you couldn’t make it we missed you!
Congratulations to all our exhibitors and a huge congratulations to winners.
The Texas team did an outstanding job at putting this together, the judges, the location, the staff, the food, and the awards were all great. The whole experience was truly spectacular. Thank you THLRC for a great experience and hope to have our nationals back in the south soon!
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One observation I’d like to mention is when everyone was packing up to leave - for years ARBA has been trying to get everyone to understand the importance of removing everything attached to the coops at the end of a convention.
This is so important because it helps preserve our coops. It can damage the coops when stored with stuff stuck on the wire and can even hang or catch, bending the wire when they are stacked and stored. Even tape!
It also saves the committee time valuable time when they do not have to stop and remove what we put on the coops to make finding our rabbits easier, remember they are tired and ready to get out of there just like everyone else.
What I observed really impressed me. When everyone was packing to leave almost every single coop I passed had EVERYTHING removed from coops - a huge thank you to you exhibitors for doing this and I know your show committee really appreciated that.
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Hollander content is due to Jeremy by May 15th if you have something to submit send to hlrschollander@gmail.com
Our topic for this issue is
NUTRITION & TREATS -
-What supplements do you use to condition your animals? What treats do you give?
-When an animal won’t eat, what do you use to stimulate appetite?
-What is ‘off the table’ to feed your rabbits?
-Do you find there are ‘extras’ you give your rabbits that boost conception? Fertility?
-What key ingredients do you look for in rabbit pellets? Which do you avoid?
-How much importance do you place on fiber? Do you give hay everyday?
April 2024 ~ Cindi Hinton
4/17/24
A Note from your President!!!!
HLRSC Nationals is HERE! Wishing everyone safe travels to Texas - Can’t wait to see everyone!!
Have a special wish for our club?
Have something you’d like to discuss or just tell me?
Would you like to become more involved?
Find me!!
Or hand me a note!
Or get my number to talk or text later!
If you don’t know who I am ask around, someone will point me out - I am here for each of our members and welcome your input good or bad.
Most important have fun and MAKE MEMORIES!
Good luck and look forward to seeing everyone soon!
Cindi
April 2024
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It’s time for NATIONALS!! I hope everyone has been keeping up with the updates on the 2024 HLRSC Nationals page. Our Texas team has done an AMAZING job at preparing to bring you the best show the south has seen. The awards are INCREDIBLE. I even entered two in the fur class - I have NEVER entered fur before - good luck to everyone attending and I pray everyone arrives safe and back home safe - see everyone soon!
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Banquet auction donations - if you plan on attending the banquet at nationals please consider bringing an item or basket to be auctioned off - money raised from our banquet auctions is for the HLRSC awards budget - this is the biggest reason you see so many nice awards given out at convention and national shows
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Hollanders are arriving in our boxes now, if you haven’t received yours yet you will soon - there is so much I love about the new touches Jeremy added but my favorite is each Zone Director’s report is followed by the same Zone Youth Director’s report. I love this because I really want each zone’s open and youth directors working together. I feel they can be a huge support to each other. Thank you Jeremy!
As always feel free to reach out to your zone Directors or Board with any questions or concerns!
March 2024 ~ Cindi Hinton
March 2024
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Youth Royalty Committee Members:
Laura Dull (Chair) (Zone 8)
Becky Marlow (Zone 5)
The first run of HLRSC youth contests will happen at nationals this April. Royalty application and info on the craft/photography/educational display contests are now on the website. Applications due via email March 25 - applications on our website under your President’s update
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A big welcome and Thank you to Cole Rupprecht for joining our Standards Committee
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A big Thank you to Cheri, our sweeps chair - she absolutely ROCKED it this year - all of the show reports have been received and entered. The final standings for 2023 are done and have been sent to Jeremy for our Hollander.
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The awards have also been ordered and will be mailed out shortly
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The results are in for our first electronic voting - our C&BL passed!! - thank you to all that voted
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Nationals 2025 will be in Ohio hosted by the Hallmark Holland Lop Country Club - they will be having 50/50 stock auction at this year’s national in Texas to raise funds for their 2025 nationals. They are looking for quality hollands to be donated. If you have something or have questions please reach out to Chrissy Royer, Dwayne Scott or Diane Walter
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I am sad to announce that because of a change in her situation our webmaster has had to step down. For now Robin will continue to update our website for us.
Always fee free to reach out to your Directors or Board with any questions or concerns!
February 2024
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We have a new Advertising Committee:
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East and west is represented
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Cody Taylor
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Lataya May
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Cindy Rogers
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Shari Albrecht and Jeremy Collins on as well for support
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The next Hollander deadline is Feb 15th
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His email is hlrschollander@gmail.com
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Forward all BIS photos, articles, etc. as soon as possible.
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IMO for this issue is SHOW ETIQUETTE
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What is good advice you have for newer breeders on how to prepare their animals for a show, so to show good etiquette?
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How would you describe good behavior and good sportsmanship of exhibitors and why is that important at shows?
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When is it the appropriate time to ask for a photo with the judge and your winner?
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How do you show good etiquette when you disagree with the placements?
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What is a very memorable act of great sportsmanship you've seen?
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The Historical Committee update Heather Bennett has been added.
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An Internet Committee update; Holly Wrege has been added as the Webmaster.
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Our new merchandise store is live! Visit our HLRSC website and click on “shop” at the top - lots of variety!
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Get ready for Nationals! Our Texas group has released their catalog- look up their FB group - 2024 HLRSC Nationals - This is going to be a great show and I can not wait to see everyone.
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Our first electronic voting has been completed - the official results are in and the C&BL changes have been approved. A huge thank you to all who voted!!
Always fee free to reach out to your Directors or Board with any questions or concerns!
February 2024 ~ Cindi Hinton
January 2024 ~ Cindi Hinton
January 2024
Happy New Year! Let’s make this year the best ever for our wonderful lil Hollands!
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Deb Sandoval has been added to our C&BL committee. I have no doubt Deb will be a great addition to this committee.
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If you are interested in serving on a committee please reach out to me - I keep a list of all committees and anyone interested in serving - when a position comes open I will reach out to those interested.
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Our 2025 national will be held in Ohio in conjunction with Ohio Mini Convention - thank you to the Hallmark Holland Lop Country Club for taking this on - updates will be posted here as we receive them and they also have a FB group.
**TEXAS 2024 **OHIO 2025
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Our first electronic voting is up and live now - thank you Robin for getting this set up for us. All adult members should have received an email with directions and passwords - please vote! If you have any questions or problems reach out to our HLRSC secretary Robin Laymon.
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Sweeps have been updated for 2023, January thru November and part of December.!
Always feel free to reach out to your Directors or Board with any questions or concerns!
December 2023 ~ Cindi Hinton
December 2023
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This month I want to start with a big thank you to Julie Kilmer - she has been an awesome editor for our Hollander. I am very sad that she has to step down but she has a great reason. Their family is growing and will be welcoming a new lil holland exhibitor soon! While I am sad for my own selfish reasons, and I hate to see her go, I am very excited for the Kilmer's and all of us are sending a huge congratulations along with many prayers for an easy healthy delivery.
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After board approval I am proud to announce that our new editor will be Jeremy Collins. Jeremy is also the current editor of the Dwarf Digest so a lot of us already know he does an amazing job.
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The next Hollander should be in the mail soon - look for an important announcement about our first online vote for updating our CB&L.
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We have a new webmaster! The Board has approved Holly Wrege. Holly also comes to us with experience from working with other clubs and multiple years of experience building and managing websites. Holly is in the process of getting familiar with our website and the plans are for her to take over January 1st.
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We have a new zone 4 youth director. A big welcome to miss Bella Horton from Arkansas.
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The online store is still in the process of being set up by the company - we hope to have some really cool zone shirts available when it goes live!
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We are going to have a Youth Royalty committee!! More details coming later.
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Your latest Sweeps snapshot has been updated. This snapshot covers 2023 Jan - Nov.
Always feel free to reach out to your Directors or Board with any questions or concerns!
November 2023 ~ Cindi Hinton
November 2023
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We want to offer support and recognition to our overseas breeders! Cody Taylor will be our “Overseas Recognition Contact” watch for his report of ideas and goals in our next Hollander
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Our main goal the past couple of weeks has been the Constitution and By-Laws . Initial review of Constitution and By-Laws is done - suggestions were sent to our Constitution and By-Laws committee and now has been sent to our Board of Directors, next our members will be voting - a special announcement will be in our next Hollander
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We are getting close to finalizing details for our online store and hope that it is ready even before our next update!
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Amanda Robinson has decided that continuing as our merchandise chair is just too much right now. She had been a huge blessing to our club and I thank her for everything she has done for us. I am thankful that a she is not going anywhere and is still available to help and guide us as needed.
I would like to welcome Becky Marlow as our new supply chair. Becky lives in Missouri with her family. She has dedicated many hours to our breed, supporting youth, organizing and helping host area shows, including the Missouri state convention.
Always feel free to reach out to your Directors or Board with any questions or concerns!
October 2023 ~ Cindi Hinton
Some exciting things a happening in our club - I plan to post updates periodically in an effort to keep our members updated on our progress
Here are some things we have working on now:
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you wanted to see your sweepstakes points more often!?!? We are now updating the sweeps on our website more often! We are shooting for having a screenshot posted at least every month and maybe more often - but to be very clear these are just what has been entered as of the date of the screenshot
Cheri goes through mounds of show reports so standings can change daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly
We have taken the sweeps out of our Hollander except for our final year end results
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Next year’s convention committee has been selected and will be working hard to prepare for the 101st ARBA Convention in Louisville
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very soon we hope to have an updated store on our HLRSC . org website. My hope is to make our store THE GO TO PLACE for anything and everything Holland - stay tuned!!
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the board has just started the process of doing a thorough review of our constitution and bylaws to bring everything up to date
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many have asked for a logo update - we did have some submissions but the board had to put it aside for just a bit because of convention, new officers coming in and there are some things that had to take priority and get updated so we can move forward. The logo will be revisited again once our club’s documents are all brought up to date
Always feel free to reach out to your Directors or Board with any questions or concerns!