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OWAA News
September 28, 2006
Winter Board Meeting
OWAA’s next board meeting will be held Jan. 14, 2007,
in Orlando, Fla., host city of the Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show,
an event sponsored by the National Shooting Sports Foundation. OWAA will conduct
its business, shake hands with many longtime supporters and highlight benefits
of affiliation with our group via a press conference scheduled for Jan. 13.
We’re looking into having future winter board meetings at other trade shows,
including the Outdoor Retailer Show and the North American Nature Photography
Association annual meeting.
Enter Excellence in Craft Contests
Don’t forget about OWAA’s contests. Thousands of
dollars were distributed to OWAA members who entered and won awards in the 2006
Excellence in Craft contests. Our sponsors want to hand you a check at next
year’s awards banquet in Roanoke, Va. 2007 contest rules will be published in
the September OU.
Roanoke Conference
All systems are go for OWAA’s 80th annual conference,
to be held in Roanoke, Va., June 16-19, 2007. According to Catherine Fox,
tourism director of the Roanoke Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau,
accommodations and outdoors venues are set, and efforts are underway to invite
other state/regional outdoors communicators groups to join us. The Virginia
Outdoor Writers Association is considering holding its annual in conjunction
with ours. Meanwhile, Conference Program Chair Phil Bloom is finalizing the
meeting agenda. Details will be published at
http://www.owaa.org/Conf_2007/index.php.
October is Dues Month
Annual dues statements will be mailed this month to all
individual and supporting members. Statements will come with an Outdoor
Reference Manual order form and a donation form. A directory update form also
will be included with this mailing, so please review last year’s contact
information so it’s correct in the 2007-08 Directory.
Membership Fees
If you have questions about your membership or want to
change your membership classification, contact Member Services/Office Manager
Terri Roberts at troberts@owaa.org.
Here’s a list of OWAA member fees:
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Active/Associate/Apprentice – $75 initiation, $125
annual
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Student – $10 initiation, $30 annual
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Supporting – $100 initiation, $325 annual
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Government Natural Resource Agency – $75 initiation,
$162.50 annual
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Sustaining – $100 initiation, $1,000 annual
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Senior-Active – $62.50 annual
New OWAA Outdoor Reference Manual Available on
OWAA Online Store
Thanks to the hard work of this year’s OWAA Reference
Manual Committee, we’re pleased to announce that a new manual is now available
for purchase. Members can purchase reference manuals for $12. To order, go to
https://shop.owaa.org/splashPage.hg.
Online Store Open for Business
Have you visited OWAA’s online store yet? Order OWAA
polo shirts, baseball hats, short- and long-sleeved shirts, V-neck shirts, the
official OWAA logo and badge holders at
https://shop.owaa.org/splashPage.hg. Also available for purchase at the
online store is OWAA’s newly revised Outdoor Reference Manual. Members
can buy copies at a special, members-only price. Bulk orders of more than five
copies are discounted. The new manual is intended to supplement the AP
Stylebook and Webster’s New World Dictionary, filling in gaps in
outdoor-related terminology not found in either of these publications. Order
yours today!
Youth Writing Contest
OWAA helps budding writers via its annual Norm Strung
Youth Writing Contest. Cash scholarships are awarded to winners in grades 6-12
for poetry and prose categories. This year’s awards totaled $1,000. If you know
a student who would like to enter the contest, rules can be read at
http://www.owaa.org/youth_writing.htm#rules. Eligible entries must be
published during calendar year 2006. The contest deadline is March 15, 2007. If
you have questions, contact OWAA headquarters at
krhoades@owaa.org.
Top Award Recipients
At the closing night awards banquet in Lake Charles,
several conference attendees received OWAA’s highest honors. Among the
recipients were George Harrison, Ham Brown Award; Bob Lindholm, Jade of Chiefs
Award; Chris Madson, Excellence in Craft Award; Doris Matheny, Jackie Pfeiffer
Memorial Award; and Jack Ballard, Outstanding Board Member. Dave Richey was
honored for his 2006 induction into the National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of
Fame.
2009 OWAA Conference in Michigan
Congratulations to Grand Rapids, Mich., and the team
comprised of Mike Guswiler, Kim Wade and the Grand Rapids local committee for
successfully bringing OWAA’s 82nd conference to the Wolverine State. OWAA’s 2009
conference is slated for June 13-16, 2009.
Excellence in Craft Winners Announced
Recipients of OWAA’s 2006 Excellence in Craft (EIC)
awards were announced at the Lake Charles conference. The coveted “President’s
Choice” awards, which are selected from that year’s winners by OWAA’s current
president, are as follow: T. Edward Nickens, Raleigh, NC (Magazine Category);
Brett Prettyman, Salt Lake City, UT, (Newspaper Category); Chip Gross,
Fredericktown, OH (Art/Photo Category); Wade Bourne, Clarksville, TN (Radio
Category); and Gary Schafer, Peoria, AZ (TV/Video Category). All of the 2006 EIC
winners will be published in the August OU and can be
viewed online now.
Participate in OWAA's New Web Advertising Program
OWAA has a new Web advertising program open to all
supporting members. Help get the word out to supporting members you may
personally know! Active, senior-active and life members in good standing can
earn 20-percent commissions by signing up advertisers for the OWAA Web site. Ads
are displayed on OWAA's most viewed Web pages, and ads must represent newsworthy
announcements about products, media services, company promotions and other items
of interest to the OWAA membership. Get all the
details.
Each One, Reach One
W.H. (Chip) Gross, Membership Recruitment Committee
chairman, asks each OWAA member to recruit one new member to our organization
each year. Who on your list of contacts would benefit from OWAA membership? Send
names and contact information to Kevin Rhoades at
krhoades@owaa.org or by completing the
form in the June OU, page 7. Rhoades will send potential members
information about OWAA. Thanks for your help!
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