So you sent in your entry, and in return you were emailed a Check In Sheet. What is this Check In Sheet? Why do I need it? Why was it emailed to me instead of Mailed? How come these are no longer available to pick up the day of the show? Well we will go over all of that and more! But first, lets start with the basics!
The Check In Sheet is a confirmation that your entries have been received and placed in the show program. The Check In Sheet also serves as a receipt if you will of what you have either already paid with your mail in entries, or what is owed to the club for your email entries. Check In Sheets are vital to ensure that your entries are correct!! For me personally, I like the Check In Sheets to remind me which rabbits I need to load up in my vehicle! I know I am not the only one who left a bun behind a time or two! Check In Sheets are now emailed back to you. This now gives you more time to check them over for errors or make corrections! Errors happen, we are only human, and relying on a computer to ensure we have everything correct. When you receive your Check In Sheets back, look them over as soon as possible. And don't just check the first one if you entered multiple shows! Check them all. If you find any errors, contact the show secretary immediately! Inform them which exhibitor, which show and what the error is. Once the error is corrected and you are re-sent a new check in sheet, check again, just as if its the first time. Check each and every single one. Recently this year, I had an exhibitor email me back asking for a correction. I made the correction.....in all shows. BUT, the correction only saved in one, not all. So when it came time for the show, one entry was incorrect. The second set of Check In Sheets did show the error was not fixed completely. Unfortunately, the exhibitor did not check ALL the check in sheets, and the other entry was invalid and scratched. We no longer mail out or have printed check In sheets at the show because #1 hardly anyone picked them up, or even looked at them for that matter. The club does not have funds to waste on 100 pieces of paper and the ink that it costs to print those sheets that is just going to end up in the trash. Another reason is because we are no longer doing changes of any sorts at the show. I will explain this in another article, in more detail as to why. So in a nutshell, the basics of receiving your check in sheet via email, is for YOU to CHECK them for accuracy BEFORE the show! Keep in mind, when your entry is incorrect on your Check In Sheet, its also incorrect on the judging table. This can result in a disqualification! A final thing to always keep in mind is that each club is different. Not all club function the same way and keep the same policies. We all have the same basic core rules of shows set up by The American Rabbit Breeders Association, but we are all run on a volunteer basis. Our policies help us put on this show for you, with ease and less stress. So please be patient, understanding and kind! Holy cow it's been a while since any news has been updated here! Over two years! I guess that is to be expected with a year of Covid and No shows, followed by RHVD2. So many things have changed over the past couple years, and some of these changes were not so kindly accepted by others. Over the next few months we will try to cover why these changes are taking place, and how that helps you the exhibitor, and us, the show team!
If you have any questions of any changes you have noticed, please feel free to email us at [email protected] and we will address your concerns in an upcoming blog post! Often times, even the most seasoned exhibitors have questions concerning an upcoming show. Having questions is perfectly okay, and welcomed! Please contact your secretary and ask if you need more information or you are unsure of something! That is what we are hear for!
However, over the past few years folks have now turned to searching out the show secretary on Facebook as a way to ask their questions pertaining to a show, and furthermore expecting an immediate answer. And why not? Facebook is now everywhere, your never home without it! For me, in my years of being show secretary, I have received many Facebook Messages to my personal account, as well as Facetime and Facebook Calls. Now this may be convenient for the exhibitor with the question, let me tell you, it is not, for the show secretary. Here is one scenerio: Exhibitor sends me a message on my personal Facebook Messanger account. Exhibitor had a few questions about their entry. I am at the grocery store. I open the message, read it, and then close it, planning on getting back to it later. I cannot answer the questions, because I am at the store, I do not have access to the entries on my phone. Ten minutes later, my daughter sends a message to see if she can hang out with friends after school. Followed by my son, asking what is for dinner. Then I need to send a message to my husband to check to see if we had a few things I noticed at the store. My oldest son calls to let me know that he will be off work shortly. I message the rest of the Show Committee to see if there was anything that needed to be picked up for the show, while I was here. My other daughter messages me that she can't find her sister. I message my daughter to find her location Then message back the second daughter to tell her the location of the first daughter. Oldest son sends message to ask if I was done Husband messages to see when I will be home. After an hour of shopping, an hour of picking up kids, and 25 minutes driving home, making dinner, feeding animals and a slew of other personal messages and phone calls, the exhibitors message is lost and long forgotten. The day of the show comes, and the exhibitor approaches the secretary table ranting and raving because there was errors on their entry form, that they attempted to correct before day of show had I answered their message on Facebook. However, if the exhibitor would have sent an email (the email address is provided on the show catalog, and check routinely before the show)I would have remembered, and able to address the issue that day, when I made the time to take care of show business. Most people now a days has that blue little F app on their phone, along with Messenger. Yes, Facebook messenger is a quick and easy way to get a hold of someone. But it is not efficient when it comes to business situations. I don't know about you, but I do take my phone everywhere. What I do not take everywhere is the club laptop that has all the show information, entries, etc on it. I do not check the club email on my phone. Please keep in mind that the show secretary has a job, a family, a home, their own animals and things they need to take care of that are priorities for them. Your show secretary is working on a volunteer basis. The show secretary is not available at your beckon call. Be patient, understanding and most of all, be kind. Starting March 1st 2019Please join us March 1st on Facebook for an online fundraiser auction style!
Members of NMRE are hoping that this auction will be the last. Not that auctions are not fun to do, but the main goal of NMRE is to be fully self sufficient, relying on entries, memberships, and other income to bring you amazing shows. The past year trying to get re-established has been challenging, but with the help of our amazing supporters from previous auction, exhibitors and our own members paying out of pocket, we have been able to keep our head up! The genius wheels have been spinning in the heads of our members, and we have some amazing things lined up for the next up coming years. This auction will not only give us that extra boost for our upcoming show May 4th in Missoula, but will help us push forward with our long term goals! Auction will open to bids March 1st, 2019 on Facebook and close March 5th Midnight (Montana Time). Payment will be due at the end of Auction. Donations are welcome! Sponsor now for our May 4th Show!Sponsoring an award is not only easy, but low cost! NMRE only asks that you pay for the exact cost of the individual award, nothing more and nothing less! Of course all sponsors are given a Thank you in our virtual show catalog, both PDF form and on here, along with a link, if provided to the sponsors website or page. In addition each sponsor will be honored on our website's Thank You page!
To sponsor an award for Best In Show or Reserve in Show it is only $10. Choose the show, show A, B, Youth or Specialty. You can do one, or you can do all. The choice is yours! OR Sponsor a Best of Breed or Best Opposite of Breed, Best of Group or Best Opposite of Group, Best of Variety, or Best Opposite of Variety....only $8. Choose your breed, choose your show! Before you sponsor, please contact Show Secretary Christine Bailey to make sure the award(s) you wish to sponsor are still available! Thank you!!A big thank you to the Hogan Family and Laura Wallace for sponsoring shows this year!!
NMRE is no long accepting show sponsors for 2019. Come, 2020, NMRE will only be accepting sponsors for our specialty shows. Once we have a date planned, we will begin taking sponsors. NMRE would like to carry on the tradition of allowing our wonderful exhibitors to choose their shows! Keep checking back for 2020 show dates! Did you know it's only $6 a year to join?That's right! $6.00 is all that is needed for a single yearly membership to NMRE! That is a whole $.50 cents a month! If you join after January your membership is prorated! Do you know where your membership fee goes?Your paid membership goes directly to everything required to maintain the club itself. Each club has yearly bills to pay in order to remain in operation. Here is a list of the basics required to be an official club and hold shows: ARBA Charter - $25.00 a year Montana State Registration - $20.00 a year Insurance - Based on membership, average $75.00 a year Show Program - Average $45.00 a year. This totals an average of $165.00 a year to maintain an ARBA local Club to host ARBA Sanctioned shows. ARBA Requires at least 6 ARBA Members to be listed on the official ARBA Club Charter. President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, (Treasurer & Secretary can be combined if needed), Chairman of the Board, and two additional board members. The yearly bills that are not covered by membership fees, can be covered by funds received from entries. However, if there is still not enough funds, these yearly fees are usually paid directly out of pocket of club members just to hold the club open and/or to host a show. okay, so the club gets the money to stay open if I join.......but what do I get?Our members get the ability to enter within 72 hours of the show, enter by phone, request a specialty show for their breed (Providing the club has the funds to host), discounted entry fees for those who help out at shows, free entry fees for those members who are involved in all aspects of the show from start to finish (Obtaining venue, judges, awards, being secretary, superintendent, running raffle sales, food, drink, obtaining awards, setting up show room, breaking down show room, judging, registering, etc.) Having your breed sanctioned by the club for your National Sweepstakes Points (For those breeds in which 2 or more members have). You as a member may also choose to have a show in your area, providing the club has the funds to do so. You can help choose judges for upcoming shows and help decide how many shows to have! We are always looking for ways to give our members more benefits and are always open to suggestions and ideas! in the end....In a nutshell, $6 a year isn't going to break the bank....even if you dont want to run for office, or help at the show. Your $6 will keep the club open another year. Not to mention for $6 you get so much more back in member benefits!
We now have Early Bird Entry Forms available for you to download and print! This will make sending your Early Bird Entries easier!
Early Bird entries are limited to 10 per exhibitor and are due to be postmarked by April 1st. Early Bird Entries gives each exhibitor up to 10 entries at the Mail in Rate, but with the ability to email your entries in by the Email Deadline posted in the catalog! Good Morning NMRE Followers! Have you all received enough snow yet? I just wanted to make a quick note here that NMRE has adjusted the entry fees for the Youth show! Early Bird and Mail-In Youth Show Entry Fees are now $3.00, and Youth Show Email Entries are $3.50
Please note that these adjusted fees are for entering in the Youth Show only, not for a Youth who wishes to enter in any Open or Specialty Shows. For those of you whom have already sent in Early Bird Entry fees for the Youth Show, your account will still be credited. Any over payment will go towards any additional entries, or you may choose to apply that credit to purchase rafffle tickets If you would rather have a refund for over payment of the Youth Show Entries, please let me know, and a refund will be issued! (Please note this refund is only issued to those who sent Early Bird Entries for the Youth Show.) As always if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at [email protected]! Hello everyone! We are gearing up for our new show season. Right now we are looking at doing some fund raising to pay the pre-show bills. We currently have one open show sanction and a mini rex sanction for May 4th in Missoula Montana. We would like to get another open sanction with a youth sanction. But we only have $33 left in the bank account.
To get the money to get the show up and running we are offering a discount on entries if you pay in advance. If you send in money now, you get to do email entries later for the snail mail rate. All money you pre-pay will go into the show program to go towards your entries. Money would be put towards sanctions, the show program, awards, building, and other bills that need to be paid before the show. Snail mail rate is $3.50, and email rate is $4, so if you enter one rabbit into both open shows, you would save $1 per rabbit by pre-paying. All we need is a few people to pay up to 10 entries, or $35, which is 5 rabbits in both shows, in advance to get this show going. If it turns out you don't enter enough rabbits to use up your credit you can choose to roll the credit over to the next show, or get raffle tickets. Please comment if you would like to pledge an amount. Christine Bailey, the show secretary will contact you. Or you can email her at [email protected]. |
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