in addition to also facilitating the clinic through a
business evaluation technique activity regarding
NWHA’s Judging Program. The clinic was broken
into teams with a Lead Judge spokesperson who
covered and analyzed the Strengths, Weaknesses,
Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) of the NWHA
judging program. Following the SWOT analysis,
the attendees reviewed their findings as a collective
team – addressing how this activity’s information
can improve not only the judging program, but judg-
ing in general, as well as the NWHA as a whole.
The clinic was a great experience and raised many
great discussion points for all.
January 27 th
sions.
Returning to the Carolina Room, NWHA commit-
tees utilized the morning to meet and greet with fel-
low members and make plans for 2018. New chairs
were announced for some committees, new ideas
were discussed and improvements of how NWHA
can do it better were the top priorities of the discus-
After a brief break, the Annual Meeting began at Noon with President Spinelli-Olson calling
the meeting to order. Following introductions of the Executive
Committee Officers and Directors, attendees were treated to
a never before seen promotional video developed in honor of
NWHA’s 20 years of Sound Principles and Sound Horses move-
ment. The attending members voted and approved the previous
year annual meeting minutes as well as the financial report de-
tailing the financial security of the organization.
Swearing in of the 2018 Board was conducted by fellow NWHA
member and judge, Peggy Moore who read the Oath of Office
aloud to the new team as they recited and pledged themselves to
service in accordance to the mission and purpose of the NWHA.
Moore also serves in the capacity as NWHA’s DQP Coordinator
and provided an overview of the changes in DQP and APHIS
procedures effective for the 2018 year. Specifically Moore pre-
sented details that covered the new inspection procedures re-
garding tack and reiterating the processes for inspection & safety
aspects that shows and exhibitors should be following.
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