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I feel ten feet tall between Centenary College's Phillip Williamson (on left) and Cody Wooten (on right). And I will feel even taller if a few good people can help me update my website! (photo taken by Michael Dowling)

CAMPUS EQUESTRIAN NEEDS VOLUNTEERS

During the fall a few well-meaning people e-mailed editor@campusequestrian.com asking if the website will be updated again. For those who only saw the home page it appeared that shortly after the season started there were no updates to speak of. There were clearly a few IHSA shows every weekend from September 26 through November 22 but the home page remained firm that the season was starting and that there would be an update the following week with any luck.

However if you were to pass through the Zone pages (themselves filled with photos from the 2013-14 season) you might find a few regions scattered with up-to-date information on Team Standings, Open Rider Standings and Alumni Standings where those classes are held. Most of these regions are in the Northeastern United States, with nearly everyone from Ohio Westward wondering what might have happenned.

What happenned is that I (the owner and operator) am now working full-time during the day with only a limited amount of time to update Campus Equestrian in the evening and on weekends. Time spent at shows themselves some weekends takes even more time away.

If I had all the time in the world Campus Equestrian would look like it did from 2002 to 2012, when it was generally up-to-date from coast-to-coast. Sadly this is not the case, and I made a few people aware of it late last season as the problem was very noticable as the 2014-15 season progressed. One person in the mid-Atlantic area (think convenient to Zone 4) was interested in helping me with updates. With that individual's help Zone 4 is the most up-to-date Zone on Campus Equestrian at time of writing (1/3/16). Save for the Regional Qualifiers in Zone 4, Region 1 and Zone 4, Region 2 the Region Pages lead to the current Team, Open Rider and Alumni Totals and the Regional Qualifiers in three regions. The photos are current and Region 1 even has the early 2016 show dates listed.

Save for a need to switch the show schedules over to those in early 2016 the following regions are also up-to-date: Zone 1, Region 2; Zone 1, Region 4; Zone 1, Region 5; Zone 3, Region 4; Zone 3, Region 5 (though we are concerned a western regional qualifier or two might be missing); Zone 5, Region 1 and Zone 7, Region 4. All together this adds to Ten Regions out of 39, not such a good average.

The fact that having a helper made a significant difference in Zone 4 has led me to believe a few more people just like this one might make things improve considerably.

Therefore I am asking if anyone would be interested in volunteering to help update Campus Equestrian in Zones 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 and 8? What does helping mean? You would be in contact with the Region Presidents and their Point-Keepers or Point Secretaries. You would receive internal pages from Campus Equestrian via e-mail and be instructed as to how to change the information to reflect the current totals which either the Region Presidents, Point Secretaries, Point-Keepers or others would send you. You would make these changes and return the pages back to me so I may load them into the server. My hope is that one Volunteer per Zone will be enough though that may change. Zone 4 is under control and since I live in the area I will continue to do all the updating for Zone 3 (at least for the moment). One tricky aspect about gathering points: In some regions the English and Western Points are kept by completely different people. This results in occasions where the points for either English or Western - but not both - are up-to-date. As my boss's boss in my day job says, "just do the best you can!" If you want to write for Campus Equestrian this is great too. I welcome anyone (even those who align themselves with Zones 3 and 4) who wants to write a story about something that interests them related to the IHSA. Also if riders, their parents or even IHSA coaches have relevant photos they would like to forward to Campus Equestrian I would be happy to try and post those pictures on the correct Region pages.

These volunteer positions may appeal to an IHSA parent; An alumni who wants to be on top of what is going on in different places; A rider in the communications field at their school who wants to add to their portfolio, or simply someone who is fascinated by the IHSA who wants to be more involved than they currently are.

If you are interested or if you have any questions or need further information please e-mail me at editor@campusequestrian.com and we will take it from there. Please put "Campus Equestrian - Volunteer" in the subject header. With your help the site can be as informative and most importantly current as it once was.

--Steve Maxwell

 


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