October 2026 Newsletter
Hello PSHA Family. Fall is finally here and we can mostly take a breather from our PSHA Season. Really there is only one item left on the calendar this year that is highly important to our organization – Convention. As always, this is the time of year that we settle issues within the organization, elect officers, discuss possible rule changes and CELEBRATE the year that was! And there is a lot to celebrate!
Convention Details:
Convention will be held at Silver Reef Casino on November 14.
Address:
4876 Haxton Way
Ferndale, WA 98248
Rooms are $139 plus taxes and Fees.
Rooms are available for Friday November 13 th and Saturday November 14 th .
o Directions for guests to book online
Go to https://book.onagilysys.com/wbe/group/1168/SilverReefCasino/auth
Enter Group Code BKG2075
Enter Password 10142026
Click Book Now
Enter your stay dates
Click Book on the room type
Enter Guests name
All rooms need to be booked by 10/14/26
o Or you can call and mention Patterned Speed Horse.
866-383-0777 ext. 4120.
Tentative Schedule:
o General Meeting: 9am
o Rules Committee meeting to follow
o Judges and Timers Meeting: 1PM
o Bar opens – social hour: 5:30PM
o Dinner and Banquet: 6PM
Dinner: $35
Salad
Pasta Salad
Roasted Chicken
Braised Short Ribs
Mac & Cheese
Vegetable Medley
Mashed Potatoes &Gravy
Rolls & Butter
We will have a Dessert Dash after to support a PSHA Family.
The Desserts for this must be purchased from a licensed
bakery. They cannot be homemade.
If you would like to provide a purchased dessert for this,
please reach out to Melonie or I.
Please remember this is also the time that we elect our officers for the coming year.
This year, we have significant need to identify
Future President
Future Vice President
Someone to learn how to operate the website
State Finals Chair
Rules committee members
Junior Rider Representative
If you’re interested in being an Executive Officer, on the Rules Committee, Interstate
Committee or the Nominating Committee, please reach out to Me, a member of the
executive or Nominating Committee.
For your notes, those people are:
Jamie Parks Lesa Bland
Emma Murphy Kelbi Bower
Shannon Fadden Kirk Weinz
Lauren Garret
That’s it for now. I look forward to seeing you all in a few weeks at Convention
November 14th and celebrating another successful year!
Jamie.
Here are the proposals for Convention:
Proposal 1:
Bylaw Proposal
Submitted by Shannon Fadden
Page 79 Article IV Section 2 Duties:
I propose amending this section of the bylaws from “will meet” to “should meet” such
that it will read as follows:
1. The Executive Board SHOULD meet quarterly from November through April and
Monthly from May through August to review organization financials and discuss
other topics that are affecting the organization. This meeting can be done via
Teams, Zoom or in person.
2. The Meeting SHOULD be scheduled by the President the second week of the
month, or as the team can come together, so that there is time for previous
month financials to be competed and shared by the treasurer with the Executive
Board for review prior to the meeting. Any member of the Executive Team can
schedule the meeting to make sure it is held.
Purpose: The Cadence and purpose of the meeting is important. But over the past two
years, it has been difficult to keep up. I want to change the wording so that the
Executive team has some flexibility in holding the meetings.
Proposal 2:
Submitted by Melonie Parks
Page 59, Section 13 Letter B: State Finals Date
I propose to change this section to add the words “the second full weekend of August.”
Such that the section would read:
B. Date: State Finals Championship show will be held on Friday, Saturday and Sunday
of the second full weekend of August. No other shows will be approved for the same
weekend as the State Finals Championship Show.
** If August 1 st falls on a Sunday, State Finals will be August 13, 14 and 15. (two weeks
later). If August 1 st falls on a Saturday, State Finals will be August 7, 8 and 9.
Purpose: I believe it’s important to add stability to the planning of State Finals. Many of
us are involved in multiple horse organizations and have things to plan. This creates
stability for long-term planning of State Finals. This essentially creates two weeks
between the final show of the year and State Finals.