The ODS Special Awards will be presented at the Annual Awards Banquet on November 21st. Early this fall, the ODS Website and Flying Changes Magazine will have information about the annual banquet which will be held in conjunction with the Region 6 Mini-Convention. There are two rounds of awards nomination due dates – the following awards nominations are due very soon due to the USDF GMO Awards deadline.

2009 Special Awards nominations due by August 25th include:

Volunteer of the Year
The purpose of this award is to recognize a special volunteer who has done outstanding service for ODS as a volunteer. If you feel someone deserves this recognition, please write a letter describing this person’s contributions and mail it to the ODS Office. It must be received no later than August 25th. The winner of this award will automatically be submitted to USDF as a nomination for USDF Region 6 Group Member Organization (GMO) Volunteer of the Year award.

ODS Volunteer of the Year Past Recipients:
2000 Joyce Stride
2001 Betty Brown
2002 Joyce Stride
2003 Karen DeLano 2004 Rose Newman
2005 Jeffrey Jones
2006 Rose Newman
2007 Francy Haupt
2008 Marsha Taylor

Chapter Newsletter Award
The Oregon Dressage Society would like to recognize outstanding efforts to write, produce and publish newsletters.
Any ODS chapter in good standing with ODS may submit its own newsletter for the contest. A newsletter published as part of a magazine is not eligible for nomination. All newsletters nominated must have been published and circulated during the current year. Nominations are due by August 25th. It is the responsibility of the Chapter to select one entry for competition, and to provide 3 original copies. Entries are to be mailed to the Oregon Dressage Society office. Awards will be presented at the Annual ODS Year End Banquet. Winner of this award will automatically be submitted as a nomination to the USDF Newsletter of the year award. The Winner of this award will automatically be submitted to the USDF to represent ODS for the USDF Newsletter award.

The newsletter will be judged on:
• Service to readers
• Quality of content
• Quality and attractiveness of the layout
• Clarity of writing and editing

ODS Chapter Newsletter of the Year Past Recipients:
2001 North Willamette Valley
2002 North Willamette Valley
2003 Central Oregon Chapter
2004 Siskiyou Chapter 2005 Central Oregon Chapter
2006 Central Oregon Chapter
2007 Central Oregon Chapter

Joyce had a special message for everyone – she wants the nominations IN HER HANDS by the 25th – a postmark will not do! She does not have e-mail, so if you must send your nomination via e-mail, please send it to the ODS Office and Corinne has agreed to print and package any nominations sent in via e-mail for Joyce to pick up on the 25th.

Mail nominations to:
Attn. Special Awards Committee
C/O Joyce Stride
16144 NW Dixie MT Rd.
North Plains, OR 97133

Other awards information can be found on the ODS Website. www.oregondressage.com/awards.html
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