IHEIA – Presidents Letter                                                                            6 Feb 2012  
From John Sears, IHEIA President  

If you have read the minutes of our last meeting you will find that we were pretty busy; we have signed up for several things this year that will enhance your membership.

We will facilitate scholarships for the International Hunter Education Association conference to be held in Kansas City , Mo at the Intercontinental Kansas City hotel at the Plaza on May 29 thru June 2^nd, 2012.If you are not interested in the whole conference there is a Saturday  instructor training day, that you can attend. We will be providing scholarships of $225 for instructors that attend the instructor training to cover registration and part of your Hotel expense. Scholarships will be awarded on a first come basis and will be awarded after the event.

The Instructor Banquet will be held at Fort Dodge at the Kennedy Park   on June 23^rd . If you renew your membership at the workshop you are able to purchase a half price banquet ticket for $5.00.

We are working with the DNR to purchase 10 additional laptops for use at your Hunter Ed classes. The laptop computers can be checked out for classes from your RSO and are pre-loaded with HE tools,  Laser Shot, and anything else that is available for your use. No password will be required for these computers.

We are working on a plan to provide scholarships for the YHEC teams that will focus on the teams with new participants.

The IHEIA will be funding the drinks and snacks at the district workshops; be sure to thank your district representative at the meeting.

The DNR will be providing three each Range Safety Officer and CONSEP courses this year; you can sign up for them through the ORATS system

Our annual raffle will feature two Visa cash cards; raffle tickets are $2.00 each and will be available at the workshops or by contacting any of the IHEIA board members.

The last thing I have for this note is a request that you take a minute and consider what instructor has done a great job in teaching Hunter Education and submit that name to your District Representative or send it to;  IHEIA, PO Box 854, Des Moines, IA  50304   Forms are available at the District meetings or can be found online at the IHEIA.com website.

Thanks, 
John Sears 
                                                                                

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