ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>News - Competitions and Officials</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <style type="text/css"> body { background-color: #e3e0db; } p { color: #6b6159; text-decoration: none; font-size: 13px; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", arial, sans-serif; margin-left: 16px; background-color: #f5f4f2; padding: 15px; border: 1px solid #b6ada3; } table { z-index: 2; } table.schedule { color: #6b6159; font-size: 13px; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", arial, sans-serif; margin-top:20px; background-color: white; border: 1px; border-color: #b6ada3; height: 100%; } td { valign: middle; } .caption { color: #6b6159; font-size: 11px; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", arial, sans-serif; width: 550px; } #tile { margin-top: 10px; margin-left: 8px; background-image: url(http://www.usef.org/newsletterLicensedOfficials/tile.jpg); background-repeat: repeat-y; height: 100%; width: 195px; } .blue { color: #2b3263; } .red { color: #bd0304; } a:link { color: #2b3263; text-decoration: none; font-size: 13px; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", arial, sans-serif; } a:visited { color: #2b3263; text-decoration: none; font-size: 13px; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", arial, sans-serif; } a:hover { color:#7a7067; font-size: 13px; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", arial, sans-serif; } img.right { float:right; margin-left: 10px; border: 1px solid #b6ada3; } img.left { float:left; margin-right: 10px; border: 1px solid #b6ada3; } </style> </head> <body id="tile";> <div style="margin-top:-15px; background-image: url(http://www.usef.org/newsletterLicensedOfficials/title.jpg); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: top center; height: 250px; width: 800px;"></div> <br /><br /> <table width="800" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-top: -60px;" > <tr > <td align="right" valign="top" style="width: 192px;" > <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.usef.org/newsletterLicensedOfficials/home.html"><b>Home</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</a><br /> <a href="http://www.usef.org/newsletterLicensedOfficials/competitions.html"><b>Competitions</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</a><br /> <a href="http://www.usef.org/newsletterLicensedOfficials/officials.html"><b class="red">Officials ></b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</a><br /> <a href="http://www.usef.org/newsletterLicensedOfficials/2011schedule.html"><b>2011 Clinic Schedule</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</a><br /> <a href="http://www.usef.org/newsletterLicensedOfficials/2012schedule.html"><b>2012 Clinic Schedule</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</a><br /> <a href="http://www.usef.org/newsletterLicensedOfficials/2013schedule.html"><b>2013 Clinic Schedule</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</a><br /> <a href="http://www.usef.org/newsletterLicensedOfficials/directory.html"><b>Staff Directory</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</a><br /> <a href="http://www.usef.org/newsletterLicensedOfficials/pastissues.html"><b>Past Issues</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</a><br /> <a href="http://www.usef.org/"><b>USEF</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</a> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" style="width: 615px;" > <p><b class="blue">2012 Licensed Officials Renewal Forms</b> <br><br> That time of year is fast approaching  the season of renewing memberships and licenses! The annual licensed officials renewal forms will be mailed to all current national and FEI licensed officials in late September. You will also receive an email notice if you have a valid email in our database. Online renewals should be available in early September. <br><br> USEF Senior membership fees remain at $55. Three-Year Memberships are available for both USEF and USHJA. Remember, if you take advantage of the 3-year membership, it is for <u>membership</u> only. Your licenses must be renewed every year. This year, the individual fee for licensure is $40 per license. <br><br> In order to meet the printing deadlines for the 2012 Roster of Licensed Officials, we are maintaining the normal <b>November 15th deadline</b> for membership and license renewals. If you wish to be included in the Roster, your renewal MUST be received by our office before the deadline. Remember online is the quickest way to complete the renewal process. <br><br> Make sure that you sign the renewal! Unsigned renewals will be returned for a signature, which will delay processing and may result in the official s name not being in the roster. <br><br> Please contact a Licensed Officials Department staff person if you have any question about eligibility to renew. Remember, December 1 is the start of the new competition year. Do not get caught without a valid license!</p> <hr> <p><b class="blue">Changes In The Requirements For Licensed Stewards And Hunter Judges</b> <br><br> As a Licensed Steward,  r Hunter Course Designer, or Hunter/Hunter Seat Equitation Judge you will notice that your 2012 renewal requires you to attend a clinic one year earlier than you might expect. This notice is being sent so you can better prepare your officiating schedule for the 2012 season. <br><br> At the January board meeting of USEF it was voted to change USEF GR1074.1 - .4 that will affect the Stewards rotation of attendance requirements to 2 years for  r /4 years for  R rather than the previous 3 years/5 years. <br><br> GR1062 will change, requiring  r Hunter Course Designers to attend a clinic every 3 years.  R Hunter Course Designers will still only be required to attend a clinic every 5 years. This change will make the Hunter CD and Jumper CD clinic rotations match up. Also changing are GR1059 and GR1061 which are the requirements for Hunter/Hunter Seat Equitation Judges to attend a clinic every 2 years for  r /4 years for  R from previously 3 years/5 years. This will adjust the rotation to be compatible with the Jumper Judges rotation because so many Hunter Judges also hold the Jumper Judge card. <br><br> <b><i>We would also like to remind you that to help you schedule for the future the tentative 2012 and 2013 clinics dates and locations are listed on the USEF website at <a href="http://www.usef.org/"> www.usef.org</a>.</b></i></p> <hr> <p><b class="blue">Steward s Report </b> <br><br> Reminder to all USEF stewards: when completing your steward s report after a competition, please be sure to list all officials, including course designers, under question 75. In previous years, course designers were listed in a separate section; however, now course designers should be listed with the rest of the officials for the competition. See below: <br><br> <img src="images/stewardsreport.jpg" width="560" border="1" padding="1"><br><br> Even if the show did not require a licensed course designer, any persons (licensed or unlicensed) who designed courses at the competition should be listed. This information is important for our records  please do not neglect to include it! <br><br> Thank you for your attention to detail. </p> <hr> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>