Committee meetings at the 2005 American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA) Annual Meeting will be open for auditing to ASHA members registered at the convention.

Members first received the news about open meetings when they received their Annual Meeting and Youth Conference registration information. A note regarding committee meetings stated, “Committee meetings may be audited by members of the Association at the discretion of the committee.” While only members of the committees may vote on matters of committee business, auditors may speak and express opinions on items of concern at the invitation of the committee.

A Finance Committee meeting, open to all registrants, has been added at the Annual Meeting for Thursday, February 17 at 8 a.m. This meeting has been set to review detailed financials for both the association and foundation.

The Sport Horse Committee meeting, which will also be open to all registrants, has been moved from 3 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. due to a time conflict.

The Annual Meeting and Youth Conference are set for Thursday through Saturday, February 17-19, at the Embassy Suites of Lexington. The committee meeting schedule is as follows:

Thursday, February 17, 2005
8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m.--Finance Committee
9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.--Breeders Committee
10:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m.--Kentucky & National Futurities Committee
10:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m.--Sweepstakes Committee
11:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m.--Grand National Committee
11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.--State Futurities Committee
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.--Pleasure Horse Committee
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.--Rules/Standards Committee
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.--Registry Committee

Friday, February 18, 2005
10:30 a.m.–11:30 p.m.--Foundation Auction Committee
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.--Scholarship Committee
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.--Youth Committee
3:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.--Equine Welfare Committee
3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.--Sport Horse Committee

Additional information regarding the 2005 Annual Meeting and Youth Conference can be found by visiting www.asha.net/AnnualMeetingYouthConference.html.