2022 Year-End Awards Banquet and Annual Meeting

 NDA Year End Awards Banquet - November 13, 2022
Location:  TBD

We all know and love this brunch event to be the perfect conclusion to our show season, and we are so happy to bring it back in style! We are excited to share a table with you once again, to share stories from the past year among friends and be reminded of the incredible community we have joined.
The NDA annual meeting and NDA board of directors election for 2022 will also be held at this event.

Banquet Agenda
10.30 am with coffee and cocktails  Cash bar
11.00 am Box lunch & open online auction
12:30 pm Membership meeting

Please submit your scores by October 5 through the NDA website.
>>2021 NDA  Awards Program Guidelines

Awards Banquet Silent Auction 
Here is a sneak peak into the silent auction items this year:

• Saddle Fitting by Jacobson’s Saddlery
• Gift basket from The Paddock
• Custom handmade bridle rack
• “Rainy Day” equestrian book night basket
• Size Medium and Large NDA official joggers
• NDA embroidered polo wraps
• Custom browband by Norse Horse Designs
• “Man’s Best Friend” Doggie gift baskets from Urgent Care 

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Awards

Past Award Winners

>>  2019 Award Winners
>>  2018 Award Winners
>>  2017 Award Winners
​>>  2016 Award Winners
>>  2015 Award Winners
>>  2014 Award Winners
>>  2013 Award Winners
>>  2012 Award Winners
>>  2011 Award Winners (unavailable)
>>  2010 Award Winners
>>  2009 Award Winners
>>  2008 Award Winners
>>  2007 Award Winners

>>  HISTORICAL Award Winners (1978-2006)

Elections

Are you interested in serving on the NDA Board of Directors? We'd love to have you! Every year, we elect at least three new members to the Board, each serving a term of three years.

What are a board member's responsibilities?
You may be wondering, "If I am elected, what exactly will I be expected to do?"

Primarily, you are committing to attend regular NDA Board of Directors meetings in which the board discusses and votes on regular NDA business, rule changes, finances, events, and general management. These meetings are typically once a month and last 2 hours, though special meetings may be called if necessary. Please make sure you are available to attend as many meetings as possible; attending less than half of the meetings in a year will result in automatic removal from the board. There may be other business conducted by the Board of Directors in between meetings via email. (For full details, check out the NDA Member Handbook.)

Basically, this is your chance to help shape NDA into the best, most educational, most successful dressage organization it can be. If you've got ideas, we want to hear them!

How do all the different board positions work?
At the annual meeting, the NDA members will hold a general election to select our new members for the Board of Directors. Once the new Board of Directors is in place, the officer appointments will take place.

I don't know...I've never done anything like this before.
It's okay—we're friendly! You don't have to have any previous experience working on a Board of Directors—though if you have, that's great, too! Whether this is your first time, or you've run for (or served) the NDA Board in the past, you are completely and totally welcome. We're looking for people who have great ideas and a desire to promote dressage in our community.

Okay, I want to throw my hat in the ring! How do I do it?
Great! We're super-excited to have you! To nominate yourself, all you have to do is send us a short bio describing yourself, your history in the dressage community, and what you might bring to NDA. Before the annual meeting, we will email the bios to the NDA membership to review. At the annual meeting, you'll be asked to introduce yourself, and then the election will be held. If you are elected, your term will begin on January 1, and your first NDA meeting will be during that month. And remember—you must be an NDA member in good standing to be on the board, so make sure you renew your membership for next year! You can do so at the annual meeting or online after September 30.

I don't want to run for the board, but I do want to vote. What do I need to know?
First, if you know anybody you think might make a good board member, PLEASE share this information with them and encourage them to nominate themselves! Then, make sure that you are at the NDA Annual Meeting and Year-End Awards Banquet so that you can cast your vote during the election. If you can't be there, you may assign another NDA member to vote on your behalf (by proxy). Your proxy must be an NDA member in good standing and must be present at the annual meeting. Just fill out the proxy box on the Banquet Registration form. 

The brunch crowd at the 2018 NDA Awards Banquet.

A peek at some of the awards for the 2018 Awards Banquet.

Just a few of the awards and ribbons given away at the 2017 Awards Banquet.

2017 Awards Banquet (brunch) at the Ashland Golf Club.

Winner of the 2014 NDA High Score of the Year award, Casey Blum, at the 2014 Awards Banquet.

Loye Jaeger, Felice Rose and Kristina Wang at the 2010 Annual Awards Banquet.

2012 NDA President, Heidi Helmer, with the finalists in the costume contest at the 2012 Annual Banquet and Awards Dinner.

The awards committee (left: Kathy Hanford, Laureen Van Norman, and Karin Nilsson) along with all the costume contest entrants at the 2014 Annual Banquet.

Owner and rider of the 2014 Horse of the Year, Laureen Van Norman with her trainer, Jami Kment, at the 2014 Awards Banquet.