WTRA By-Laws 2010-2011...
Officers
The elected officers of the WTRA shall be the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and League Directors. These Officers will be elected by the general membership as outlined below and shall make up the executive committee.President: The President will call at least one annual meeting and preside at said meeting. She will oversee all WTRA business and coordinate with other officers in their duties. She will be in charge of arranging and coordinating WTRA finals and awards banquet. She will be in charge of the promotion and recordkeeping of the advertising for the horse trailer raffle fundraiser. Donna Mahoney • (707) 275-2580 •
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Vice President: The Vice President will take over the duties of the President in case of absence or disability. She will keep in contact with the Secretary and promptly report current standings and any other news/information in a monthly newsletter to the membership. She will also provide necessary information to the Ropers Sports News. She will be in charge of coordinating and sending out annual ballots and keeping accurate records of membership votes. She will be in charge of sending out trailer drawing tickets and keeping accurate records of the sales of these tickets.Lisa Duncan • (805) 459-2654 •
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Secretary:The Secretary will keep permanent written records of all meetings. The Secretary is in charge of accepting and keeping accurate and up to date records of each member’s winnings and reporting those standings monthly to the Vice President.Wendy Frazier • (916) 956-3914 •
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Treasurer: The Treasurer is in charge of keeping complete and accurate financial records in permanent form. She will have available, on request, current financial information. She will provide a detailed written report at any meeting. She is in charge of paying all WTRA bills. She is in charge of keeping accurate records of all incomes and sources of incomes. She will manage all banking transactions.Becky McCully • (707) 529-6697 •
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League Directors: There will be an A, B, C and Rookie League Director. The League Director’s primary duty is to represent the membership and special needs within their League. She needs to be available to her League for questions and information and share that information with officers. She will help organize ticket sales shifts at the BFI; assist other officers as needed to benefit the association. A League: Karen Dias (559) 584-6305 •
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B League: Kristine Baker (951) 500-1371 •
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C League: Pat Block (661) 972-7056 •
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Rookie: Diane Shieltz (805) 444-7498 •
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Please note that this is a complete set of rules at this time. These may be reviewed, modified and voted on as deemed necessary by the WTRA Officers.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
• How do I join?Membership is easy! Contact Becky McCully (707) 529-6697. She will mail you a membership form, rules, and a win sheet. OR — download the MEMBERSHIP FORM here and mail it to Becky with your dues. Her address appears at the bottom of the form.
• What ropings count for points? Almost any roping counts. You do not have to rope in just all-girl ropings. Most advertised ropings count, including USTRC ropings. State finals count, but not National finals. California, Arizona, Nevada and Oregon.
• Are the WTRA Finals just for women? The WTRA Year-End Finals are open to everyone, male or female. Bring your friends, family and partners! A lot of ropers think that the WTRA Finals are just an all-girl finals. This is false! Anyone is very welcome to rope!
• But, I don’t go roping enough to stay in the top 10! In this economy, nobody is going to a lot of ropings! You can stay in the top 10 of your league with very minimal earnings. Sometimes as little as a few dollars. Remember, you are roping against women in your same league for your top 10 awards.
• I don’t want to run against “so-and-so!” You do not have to rope against someone who wins a lot until you are ready to win a lot! This is why we have A, B, C and ROOKIE leagues. These leagues are by money won!
• But, women heelers can’t win as much as headers! Heelers have a league of their own. You compete against your heeler peers for top 10 awards. You are also put into your league category (A, B, C or Rookie) based on money won. Heelers have two leagues that they are able to compete in.
• Soliciting for awards!?! I was told by someone this year that they felt they had to solicit for their year-end awards! As far as I know, most associations need to charge a membership fee and most associations take a certain percentage out of their ropings that goes to year-end awards and finals costs. Our way of doing the same is to ask that each of our members pay a membership fee and that each member sell 25 tickets, or a sponsor sign for the trailer that we give away at the Bob Feist Invitational in Reno each year. We’ve been doing this for close to 20 years. A lot of people will ask you for the tickets. At the BFI, the tickets sell rapidly. Girls, you have about 8 months to sell 25 tickets! It’s easy to do!
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