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Doug king

secretary

Nmrrcsecretary@gmail.com

Secretary Report – December 1, 2019
Michelle and Jason who were our breed secretaries, to Beth
Hello Everyone, and Margaret who spent countless hours in the booth
selling merchandise, writing top 10 placements for review,
Well I am happy to say we did it again!! Mini Rex and the selling trio raffle tickets and raffle ticket and putting up
NMRRC shined in Reno. We were the second largest with me (Beth), to Kim Redelman who secured animals for
entry, but by far the breed that was seen as the “talk of the the Trio Raffle (thank you to the donors, Mageles Family,
show”. Our booth couldn’t have been located any better, Brooke Bunch & PJ Dvorak and myself), to Julie Matheny
right with our cooping and 30 feet from our judging tables, who secured a lot of great items for our raffle at the booth,
it was perfect. The Go West Team really put in the effort to all the carriers and writers that dedicated their entire day
to take care of us. This year youth and open were in the on their feet working so everyone else could have a great
same location making it easy for youth and open members experience. Every show we can count on several people
to interact more....again perfect!! that, without being asked, just get in and get the work
done, to all of you the biggest thank you of all!! I also
We started off the convention with a large hospitality have to give a ton of credit to Jeremy, as a leader he had
event. Held at the booth, we had so many people attend his hands in all aspects of the convention.
and hang out. We had 3 booth spaces which gave us a lot
of room. Our incredible convention awards, KW Cage I had the privilege of judging youth Mini Rex. Quality was
carry cages, where stacked up as part of the back drop. impressive but what was more impressive were the kids!
They were noticed by many passer bys, pretty sure other They worked hard to make judging run smooth and they
clubs were impressed (and a bit jealous!) also showed a lot of team work. Very proud to have them
as members!! A special thank you to Becky Block and Jeff
Our banquet was much bigger than anticipated, we had 105 Sullivan that worked at my table, they kept me organized
people attend, and once again was a lot of fun. This year and made the day easy. Briony Smith was the second
we offered the banquet at ½ price, which possibly help judge and it was fun to discuss our decision for BOB and
with the number of attendees. The auction brought laughs BOSB with her. As I was announcing to the crowd our
and some competitive bidding, one of my favorite times of winners I got chocked up a bit. This darn 4(ish) pound
conventions. rabbit along with our youth membership pulls on my heart
strings. Congratulations for everyone who attended, I hope
Our 24K auction was also a hit. A new record was set at you enjoyed judging day as much as I did!
$2000 for the highest selling rabbit. The quality was top
notch as the committee is tough on their evaluations! You will find proposed Constitution and By-Law changes
Thank you to The Firm (Michelle, Wade and Jason) for all in this issue. These changes will give the club more
you do! It was also Michelle and Jason that were our breed flexibility in regards to items that are now designated as
secretaries. They kept everything running smoothly and “mailed”. We did contact an attorney and it was advised
judging was done with time to spare. I think we also set a that “mailed” is interpreted as actual USPS delivery versus
record for taking all the winning variety photos. Michelle email delivery.
posed, Jeremy barked out coop numbers and several of us
just grabbed rabbit after rabbit. We were done in about an I am here to help, if you need anything just let me know!
hour!!
Doug
So many people to thank that helped make the convention
a success! Armando who was our breed superintendent,

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