At this writing I am anxiously awaiting the April issue of USDF CONNECTION magazine to see the article written by Coleen Scott on ODS. I would like to thank the board members, Gaye McCabe, Joyce Stride, Corinne Stonier and Mary Cornelius for helping with the article and providing photographs. Also Tory Kelly and Janie Steinbock for sending copies of the ODS videos. After viewing the videos and interviewing our members Coleen said she wanted to come out and visit us.

We are still in need of a few key volunteers. Last month I asked for people to step forward to fill the positions of Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer. If you are interested in either of these jobs and didn’t apply please contact myself or John Craven. We also need a person who is enjoys organizing to help with the education projects that Francy Haupt runs for ODS.

At the regional level we need candidates for the 8 Region VI delegates. The deadline is April 15 and that is when you must have your information into USDF so please contact me right away. You must be a participating member of USDF. It is a one year position and you must attend the Convention which is in Denver this year. I can’t express how interesting and valuable it has been to me personally to participate in the governance of the national organization.

Also for the region we need a volunteer to count votes for one of the regional elections. This job require a few hours in August. Basically you have to enter the votes of people who choose to vote by mail into the USDF website. It is a little bit tedious but a great way to fulfill your volunteer obligation without having to travel or attend meetings and it is a very important service to USDF.

My phone number is 541-318-7353. You don’t even have to look it up! JUST CALL ME!

Here we go again into the show season!  Good Luck. See you there.

Marsha