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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN VAULTING ASSOCIATION 11845 SKYLINE BLVD., LOS GATOS, CA 95033 www.americanvaulting.org AUGUST 2001 Photos, Photos, Photos! CVI* Saratoga Page 4 Regional Champion- Ships Region IV Page 17 Region I Page 19 Region II Page 22 The F.A.C.E. Team from Agoura, California won the Team Championships at CVI* Saratoga on reliable Marshall. Photo: Eric Jewett AVA Treasurer’s Report Non-Profit Status This is a summary of accounts for our Fical Year 2000 that runs from October 1, 1999 to September 30,2000. Although we did not quite Vicki Smith make enough income to cover our expenses, we did well. We had Any AVA registered club meeting the criteria budgeted for taking $2235 from reserves and only had to use about may qualify for inclusion in the AVA Group Exemp- $800. We can all be proud of tighening our belts and I wish to thank tion. Once a Club is included, all contributions to you all. Sincerely, Carol Beutler, Treasurer the Club will be tax deductible charitable contribu- INCOME/EXPENSES Fiscal Year 2000 For Fiscal Year 2000 October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000 tions for Federal Income tax purposes. Income ............................................................................. $130,676.46 In order to be included in the Group Exemp- Expenses ...................................................................... ($131,482.82) tion, it is necessary to conform your club’s fiscal Total Taken from Reserves to Balance ................................. ($806.36) year with that of the AVA, which is from October 1 ASSOCIATION ASSETS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2000 through September 30. This can be accomplished Inventory Assets................................................................... $5,583.75 through your Articles of Association. General Association Funds ................................................ $24,017.18 In order to include your club in our Group Ex- Medic....................................................................................... $425.00 emption, we will need the following information: Special Judges Account ....................................................... $4,353.88 1. A statement to the AVA authorizing it to in- Sullivan Fund ....................................................................... $2,968.00 clude your club within the exemption. This letter New display .......................................................................... $3,126.00 should be signed by an authorized officer of your Athlete’s Council .................................................................. $1,225.92 club. International Fund/Circle of Friends ..................................... $6,904.06 2. Adoption of Articles of Association (we can Friendship Team ................................................................. $10,105.87 provide a sample for you to use as an example). Total of All Special Funds ................................................... $29,108.73 3. An EIN (employer identification number). If TOTAL ASSETS ................................................................. $58,709.66 you do not have a number, fill out IRS form SS-4 submit it to the IRS. Once you get your number, send it along with the other items we need. AHSA Becomes USA Equestrian 4. Information concerning the number of years Alan F. Balch, USA Equestrian President you have been in existence and whether your gross Our enterprise is now not just an association of like-minded individuals receipts normally exceed $2,000 in each year. If who wish to organize equestrian competition, nor is it only an association of your gross receipts do exceed $25,000 in each year, those who love to compete with their horses, or to breed them or anyone such you do not qualify for non-profit status under the simple thing. It is, and has historically been, the national equestrian federation AVA’s umbrella and will have to file for a 501(c) 3 of the United States and it’s National Governing Body as recognized by fed- eral law. It is ever more inclusive of all activities related to equestrian sport in tax exempt status. the United States, from breeding to owning to competing to organizing to mar- 5. Information regarding the amounts and keting to regulating to overall administration of any program that can advance sources of receipts and the amounts and nature of the sport. expenditures of your group for the most recent Oct. Our Board of Directors has determined in a meeting on July 10, 2001, that 1-Sept. 30 period. it is not “merely” the national equestrian federation, with the implications of This information will be sufficient for the AVA governance the word “federation” implies. We also want to indicate our open- to include your Club in our Group Exemption. If ness anew to all those millions of people in our country who love horses of any you wish to be included, you should respond as soon description and just enjoy them in competition, whether or not they compete as possible. Clubs meeting the above criteria will or just want to compete, or just want to enjoy the spectacle of our favorite be added to the list the AVA files each year with the animal in our favorite sport. In short, everyone. IRS. Our new name describes us to the public, and to potential members and If you would like to update your club’s non- sponsors, supplies, and licensees without any limits, particularly those we have live with as merely an association of horse shows. profit status please supply the National Office with We are the National Equestrian Federation of the United States, as we the following information: always have been. And we are much more than that, as we always have been. 1. Letter to the AVA requesting it to continue We are USA Equestrian. your club’s inclusion within the exemption; signed by an authorized officer of your club. 2. Information regarding the amounts and Rule Change Changes approved 3/5/01 sources of receipts and the amounts and nature of Chapter I, Article 107.2 now reads: “In addition, the Chief Judge in expenditures of your group for Oct. 1, 2000-Sept. each arena has the authority at any time during a competition to eliminate a 30, 2001 fiscal period. horse which is uneven and/or unlevel, in bad condition, or shows signs of If you have any questions, you may call the AVA discomfort.” Chapter VI, Article 603.4 (under Elimination — 4th item down National Office (206) 780-9353. We also suggest now reads: “- Horse that is uneven and/or unlevel, in bad condition or which that you contact your tax consultant. shows signs of discomfort.” Please have your documents to the AVA Na- tional Office no later than October 15, 2001. Vaulting World 2 August 2001 Independence Day Table of Contents I had the joy of spending the ARTICLES Fourth of July with Karen Koller’s CVI* Saratoga Carole Dwinnel .......................................... 4 Agape Team. As soon as I got off Selection Procedures for 2002 WEG ................................. 11 the plane we drove to Michigan’s 2002 World Equestrian Games .......................................... 12 famous Silver Beach. There on the green with hundreds of celebrants Out of the Box - Focus on the Kür Nancy Stevens-Brown 13 we listened to a concert by the lo- New AHSA TD - Pattiy Littman Suzanne Detol ............... 13 cal symphony, while watching a Vaulting Young Julie Beutler ............................................. 14 spectacular sunset framing the re- FEATURES nowned picturesque St. Joseph President’s Message - Independence Day ........................... 3 lighthouse. As a full moon rose Editorial - Carole Beutler .................................................. 14 lighting the spectacle, the sym- Medal Tests May-June 2001 .............................................. 17 phony built to a crescendo of Will- iam Tell’s overture, which seemed Results to ignite into magnificent fireworks Nancy Stevens-Brown CVI* Saratoga 06/30-07/01/01 ................................... 5 erupting behind the grandstand, filling the balmy night sky. Garrod’s Spring Classic 05/19/01 ............................. 15 I have to say in my life as a traveling minstrel for our sport Garrod’s May Fest 05/20/01....................................... 15 that this was the best welcome I have ever had! Region IV Championships 06/2-3/01......................... 19 Vaulting has so much to offer, and one of the top things Region I Championships 06/23-24/01 ....................... 20 we all agree on is that travel is a big bonus of our sport. Region II Championships 07/20-21/01 ...................... 22 Vaulting not only presents amazing opportunities to tour, AVA Directory ................................................................... 27 but also offers vaulters a chance for growing independence and self-reliance. The night before I left for Michigan I put Calendar of Vaulting Events .............................................. 28 eighteen-year-old Ashley Pickard on a return flight home to AVA Board of Directors Meeting Massachusetts. Ashley was given a trip to California as a November 5, 2001 senior graduation gift from her New England Valkyries team. Sheraton Old Town Inn, Albuquerque, New Mexico She was sent for private lessons and to watch the Ride the Edge - CVI* Saratoga. This vivacious Silver Medalist claims Meeting begins at 9:30 am. Luncheon available. to be shy, yet by the end of her stay I saw no sign of this Hotel: Best Western Rio Grande 800/959-4726 self-professed description. Instead, because of vaulting, $65 per night single, $75 per night double. Ashley openly met ‘famous’