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• Liz Faso Memorial Volunteer of the Year sponsored by Wilsun Custom Horse Products

  • Start
    January 01, 2023
  • End
    December 31, 2023

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  In honor of Liz Faso's many years of service to GDCTA specifically as volunteer coordinator, this volunteer program will now be known as the Liz Faso Memorial Volunteer of the Year sponsored by Wilsun Custom Horse Products

  
  

  1) $1000.00 to the person with the most hours volunteered at GDCTA events and participating shows (check the events calendar to find the events that will work for you!)

  2) $750.00 to person with the 2nd highest number of hours

  3) $500.00 to person with the 3rd highest number of hours

  4) $250.00 raffle consisting of every volunteer with 24 hrs volunteering

  
  

  This program will run from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023, and will be awarded at the Awards Gala in January 2024. 

  
  

  Board members, paid positions and Chairs are not eligible.

  2023 LEADERBOARD
  

  Volunteer!  Become a volunteer by registering through each event or contact Caren Caverly 770-713-4025 ccaverly@comcast.net or sign up here. 

  
  

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  DO YOU HOST GDCTA-RECOGNIZED SCHOOLING SHOWS?

  
  

  Dear GDCTA-recognized schooling show organizers:

  The GDCTA is offering your volunteers an opportunity to participate in the Wilsun Custom Horse Products Volunteer of the Year for 2023 volunteer incentive program by volunteering AT YOUR SHOWS.

  We are offering this incentive to your show volunteers for a $25.00 buy-in fee. That fee covers all your shows in 2023. All you have to do is send Caren Caverly (ccaverly@comcast.net) by email your volunteers names and total number of hours worked on an excel sheet. GDCTA will promote your shows as participating in this program. If you are interested, let Caren know.

  
  

  Caren Caverly

  GDCTA President

  ccaverly@comcast.net

  770-713-4025

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  GDCTA is a member-focused and member-run organization that depends on volunteers!  We encourage you to become involved in any of the many activities we offer.  Have a new idea?  Bring it to the board at a meeting.

  Share the excitement from inside the events: 

  • Meet international judges, competitors, and learn how the competitions work.

  • Scribing at a show is a great educational experience to help you improve as a rider! 

  • Help a Junior rider put a winning sash on her horse for the victory gallop! 

  • Participate as a ring steward in order to better understand our sport. 

  • If you’re a trainer, volunteer your time for a Kudzu Klinic. 

  
  

  
  

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• GDCTA Yearbook Advertising 2024 (digital)

  • Start
    October 17, 2023
  • End
    March 30, 2024

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  The annual GDCTA printed Collected Remarks newsletter a.k.a The Yearbook will be out early 2024. Email PDF or JPG ads to yearbook@gdcta.org by March 1. Payment is due by March 15th.

  How to reserve space: reserve registering or email yearbook@gdcta.org or call (678) 677-4404 to discuss the size of ad you would like, the contact information of the person responsible for payment, and the contact for ad design.
  

  Questions? Email yearbook@gdcta.org

  Interested in other advertising? Check the Opportunities & Ad Rates here.

  
  

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• GDCTA Holiday Board Meeting

  • When
    December 18, 2023
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  BOARD MEETINGS

  WHO: GDCTA is lead by your peers and exists to serve our members' needs. If you would like to be involved, have suggestions or just want to see what goes on behind the scenes, please join us.

  WHEN: 3rd Monday of every month

  TIME: 7:00pm

  WHERE: Zoom

  ​HOW: Email Caren Caverly at ccaverly@comcast.net to receive the link.

  
  

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• GDCTA Awards Gala

  • When
    January 20, 2024
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    Atlanta Marriott Alpharetta 5750 Windward Parkway, Alpharetta, GA 30005
  • Spaces left
    391
  • Registered
    48 registrants

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  It's coming! 

  
  

  Riders set goals and compete all season to qualify for the GDCTA Awards. This Awards Gala is a celebration of those efforts as well as an opportunity to mix and mingle with horse friends outside of the barn aisle. The Awards Gala is the biggest fundraiser for GDCTA with a portion of the proceeds going to UGA Vet School and the rest used to fund all the organization's events and activities. If you would like to make a financial donation, go to the website Donate page: https://gdcta.wildapricot.org/Donate

  
  

  Winners

  
  

  Individual tickets: $80

  (After noon on January 12, the price will increase for individual tickets to $95.00 until sold out.)

  
  

  Sponsor a table of 10 or 12 for best seats closest to stage:

  • Platinum $1400/$1680
  • Gold $1200/$1440
  • Silver $1000/$1200
  • Bronze $800/$960 

  
  

  Register to purchase tickets or a table, or use this form to mail in your purchase. In either case please give us the name you would like us to use on your table and list the winners who are sitting with you. Thank you!

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  January 20, 2024

  
  

  Atlanta Marriott Alpharetta (Make your reservations by Dec 29 770-754-9600 )

  5750 Windward Parkway

  Alpharetta, GA 30005

  • Cash bar reception followed by dinner & award presentation
  • Silent Auction
  • Raffle Baskets
  • Door Prizes

  Doors open at 5:00 PM for an open bar cocktail hour with silent auction and Barn Basket raffle preview (all bidding will take place online). 

  The silent auction and Barn Basket raffle bidding will be online. You will receive an email with your personal bidding link when the auction opens before the event. Or you can go to the link and sign up in advance.

  Silent Auction Bidding will take place online: https://gdcta.cbo.io 
  

  Donate to the Silent Auction or Barn Basket Raffle! Use this form to let us know what you are sending.

  Be sure to thank our SPONSORS for without them this event would not be nearly as much fun!

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  If you are not attending and cannot find someone to pick up your award, please have your award shipped (click here).

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  COMMITTEE

  
  

  Caren L. Caverly, Gala Chairman ccaverly@comcast.net  770-713-4025

  
  

  Silent Auction / Door Prizes

  Abigail Kroupa abigailkroupa@gmail.com 561-284-3228

  Joanne Morse joannemorse1@yahoo.com 770-313-6283

  Lacey Halstead wholehorsesaddlefit@gmail.com 404-590-1064

  
  

  Raffle Barn Baskets

  Julie Shannon julie@shannondale.com 770-317-3336

  Katie Patton kpatton01@gmail.com 404-663-8916

  
  

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  Ticket Refund Policy: Tickets are nonrefundable and are not eligible for voluntary refunds. 

  
  

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• USDF L Program Part 2

  • Start
    March 15, 2024
  •  
    8:00 AM
  • End
    March 16, 2024
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    1750 NW 80th Ave, Ocala, FL 34482

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  The Program is divided into two parts; each part is made up of three sessions:

  • Session D1 involves practice judging full tests in each of the levels at a recognized competition.
  • Session D2 is similar to the D1 Session but with more emphasis on the testing situation and prepares candidates for the final exam.
  • Final Exam is comprised of both a written and practical exam. The written exam is all True/False and multiple choice, while the practical exam is a combination of judging full tests and some oral judging as well.         

  
  

  Information Sheet 

  USDF L Program App

  
  

  Reach out to Caren Caverly ccaverly@comcast.net / 770-713-4025 with questions.

  
  

  D1: March 15-16, 2024(Friday/Saturday) WEC, Ocala, Florida

  •  Instructor Jane Ayers
  •  Lunch not provided

  D2: May 11-12, 2024, GADS, Georgia International Horse Park, Conyers, GA 

  • Instructor: Joan Darnell
  • Lunch not provided

  Final Exam: August 31- September 1, 2024, LDC, Georgia International Horse Park, Conyers, GA 

  • Instructors: Joan Darnell and Lisa Schmidt
  • Lunch not provided

  MORE details from USDF: https://www.usdf.org/education/judge-training/lprogram/index.asp

  Volunteers:

  Also, volunteers are needed for all events. Register if you want to volunteer (and earn hours toward the Liz Faso Memorial Volunteer of the Year sponsored by Wilsun Custom Horse Products  Awards!) 

  Refund policy:

  For Participants: Participates who cancel after confirming their participation and sending payment to attend the L Program will receive a refund, minus a $25 processing fee, only in the event a replacement rider can be found by GDCTA. Participates who must cancel due to medical reasons may receive a refund if GDCTA is properly notified in writing, via mail or e-mail, including physician statement. If no replacement is available, the Participate will not receive a refund.

  Auditor tickets are nonrefundable and are not eligible for voluntary refunds.

  
  

  
  

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