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PROPOSED BY-LAW & LEADERSHIP
CHANGES
One of the topics at the Fall meeting was changing the
leadership of the association from 10 positions down to just five.
Currently, it consists of a President, 1st Vice-president, 2nd
Vice-president, Sec/Treasurer, NE director, SE director, NW
director, SW director, director at large, and Ex-officio. We are a
little top-heavy having
10 board members for an association of 80 members. It
becomes very hard to get a quorum of these officers together at any
one time when we have to have six to meet the quorum requirements.
By dropping the board to: President, Vice-president, Sec/Treasurer,
and two directors, we only have to have 3 present for a quorum. Much
less travel will be needed and many meetings can be done by
conference calls and e-mails because of the smaller numbers. The
idea of 4 directors representing all sections of Montana was good,
but two can still represent the state as well. Any member can pick
up the phone and contact any one of the board, regardless of where
they live. We would love to hear fromthe members more often anyway.
Another minor change to the by-laws will be to eliminate the stated
cost for a membership. A new statement will say that the cost will
change as the board of directors deems necessary. Otherwise, we have
to go through a whole by-law change to adjust our membership fee.
This change is mostly a small house-keeping item to keep the by-laws
in line with what we have been doing for years anyway.
We would like to have your vote to make this official.
Call us with your concerns or email us. Either way, vote by emailing
Ed Jorden at mtpetvet@mac.com
or calling at 406-254-1267 OR email Alex Clemow, our
secretary/treasurer at
alextGrt@aol.com. We need your thoughts and vote by January 15th
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Nominations are
open for the 2009 Montana Draft Teamster Hall of Fame
click
here for more information |
| 2008
Montana Draft Teamster Hall of Fame honor Montanans at September Expo |
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Carroll Manuel |
•Carroll
Manuel- Winnett, MT: Carroll Manuel began driving a stacker team for
Jack Dunphy when he was 8 years old. Today, at 87, he owns and works the
Dunphy property and continues to use teams to put up hay and raise feed
for his stock. Manuel broke horses for use, raised draft horses, built
stock water reservoirs for stock water and showed for decades at driving
competitions and fairs. One of his favorite memories of driving are
helping get new drivers settled in and starting out the right way.
Manuel, before his retirement from driving this year, ran wagon trains-
bringing in participants from all over the U.S. and Canada- each with
their own wagon and mules in tow. After a teaching session on the basics
of driving a team participants feel part of a unique experience and
comfortable in driving their wagon. |
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Earl Stucky |
• Earl
Stucky- Avon, MT: Born in 1934, Earl Stucky was raised on his family
ranch along the Gallatin River near Gallatin Gateway, driving teams to
help with haying and other chores. Upon his marriage to Glenna Krueger
in 1954 he purchased his family ranch from his parents, where he lived
until the mid-sixties; he then took a job as the cow boss for the Flying
D Ranch, near Bozeman. Work horses were used to feed the thousands of
cattle on the ranch and Stucky was always on hand, riding his horse out
to where the days' work was, instead of loading into a trailer. In 1976
Stucky and his family moved 14 miles north of Avon, purchased a team-
Pat and Mike- and have been there for over 30 years. They continue to
own and use draft horses at their ranch to this day. Many Percheron
horses have been raised and broke by Stucky throughout the years on his
ranch, using the horses for ranch work, parades, and pleasure- including
winter sleigh rides treasured by his family. |
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Jake Frank
We are very sorry to hear that Jake Frank
passed away on November 9, 2008 |
• Jake
Frank- Park City, MT: For Jake Frank, growing up fast was the way of
life. The youngest of ten children, his dad dying before the age of 4,
Frank and his older brothers took on the ranch responsibilities- he
driving a team all day long in the fields before the age of twelve. At
93, Frank has been able to instill the skills of horsemanship and hard
work into his children- teaching them how to work the animals and to
respect each one for its uniqueness. Competing in the teamster driving
contests later in life, after a successful stint as a rodeo performer
and a top-notch pick-up man, he was always confident in his horses
ability. As many can attest to, Frank could get his mules to do anything
he needed them to do- leading his to win the Montana high-pint teamster
award several times. He taught his children to drive and helped many
more get started in teamster driving. Even after selling a team, he
devoted many hours teaching the new owners how to drive them correctly.
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MISSION STATEMENT OF THE MONTANA DRAFT HORSE AND MULE ASSOCIATION
To promote equine in harness or draft for education among the
members
To encourage youth participation and to extend education to anyone
interested
To continue to recognize the historical heritage of the draft equine
and its place in today's society
To encourage the fundamental values and skills required to be
learned working with animals for enjoyment, recreation and
entertainment for the owners and the public through shows, working
horse and driver events, pleasure drives, parades, educational
workshops and any other related events
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Updated December 08, 2008
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Updated December 08, 2008
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