Spotlight on: Maryland Equestrian Club

The weekend of October 2-3 was a successful one for the Maryland Equestrian Club! The team attended a show hosted by Mount St. Mary's at Goucher College. Erica Carson made her debut as the club's new coach and helped coach the team to place 3rd overall out of 15 schools. The club is very proud of their huge accomplishment - as is CRS!

Here is the list of riders and their ribbons:

Arielle Bluestein: 2nd Open Flat/4th Open Fences

Andrew Artuso: 6th Intermediate Fences

Leandra Bitterfeld: 3rd Intermediate Fences

Lauren Marshall: 5th Intmediate Flat/4th Novice Fences (and qualified for regionals)

Lauren Bittle: 5th Novice Flat

Samantha Davis: 3rd Novice Flat

Jackie Kolansy: 2nd Novice Fences

Megan Hanifan: 1st Advanced wtc

Katie Gankos: 1st Advanced wtc

Congratulations on a great competition weekend!

This Friday!

Eppley After Dark is this Friday! Join us at the ERC for special performances by the generics and SKETCHUP, two of Maryland's favorite student performance groups. And then stick around for musical guests The Speaks! More information is available on the CRS Facebook page - see you on Friday!

You've Got Mail

Have you checked your club mailbox lately? Each of our 42 clubs have a club mailbox at the Membership Services desk at the ERC - be sure someone from your club is checking it each week to stay up to date on correspondence from CRS, as well as vendors, other teams, and the bank.

Checks will never be placed in your club mailbox, so if you receive a note saying that you've received a check, you'll need to pick it up with Katie during business hours.

How To: Member Rosters

We're 3 weeks into the season and at this point you should have turned in at least one batch of waivers. Still having a problem getting your members listed online so that CRS can match up your waivers to your members?

Here are a few ideas we talked about at the Officers Summit on Sept. 12:

• Bring a laptop to practice and have people sign up as they come
• Have a team meeting at a computer lab
• Collect the information from your team members and have the officers enter it
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Remember, each club needs to have at least 3 CPR certified members listed online, waivers should be turned in every week for new members, and every that attends practice needs to input their information online.

The easiest way to ensure that everyone at practice is registered/waivered online is to print out your member roster prior to practice and check people off as they come. You'll be able to hand out waivers to the folks that need it and will be able to tell them to get online ASAP.

Did you turn in waivers but see those folks still listed in grey at the bottom of your roster? It's possible either CRS hasn't updated the waivers online yet, OR those members didn't get online until after we went through the waivers. The easiest way to check the last time CRS updated your roster is to look at the time stamp, which is listed at the very bottom of your member roster:

How to: Order Equipment

If your club orders equipment through the CRS office, here is an easy way to make sure your order gets placed quickly - provide all nessesary information! Not sure what information we do or don't need? Here's a quick run down, plus an easy way to get it to us!

If your order is more than $500, you can use a basic spreadsheet to get me the information I need. It should look something like this:

In this scenerio, we'd go with Vendor B because they have the lowest total price. We do this so that the State of Maryland can ensure that we're getting the best prices when using state money (CRS or SGA) to purchase equipment.

You can send the spreadsheet as an attachment, or you can drop it off in person. Either way, all of the information needs to be clear so we can place your order in a timely manner. Remember, it takes 2-3 days to process your order prior to placing the order with the company!

Originally posted October 13, 2009

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Fall Practices Kick Off Today!

Today marks the start of the Fall 2010 sport club season! If you are interested in joining a club, be sure to contact the club president for practice information. Not sure which club suits you best?

Meet the officers at the Annual Taste of CRS event on September 12, from 1-4pm! Officers from each of the 42 clubs will be stationed on LaPlata Beach and you'll have a chance to ask any questions you might have.