October 31, 2025
Hello all,
Here we are at the end of yet another month. October is one of my favorite months of the year because of the beginning of fall colors, crisp mornings and beautiful sunny afternoons. In Illinois it seems the first half of October was not fall like at all, but the last two weeks have been wonderful. Whatever the weather has been like in your part of the country, I hope you have had a
good October!
The 2025 show season is winding down with just a few shows left. I wish those of you showing the best of luck and safe travels to the shows.
The Sponsorship Committee has been busy. We have had two Zoom meetings during which we developed a new 2026 PHBA World Championship Show Sponsor Packages Form and have organized our efforts to start contacting sponsors. We also already have commitments for guaranteed added money for the 2026 world show! We are so excited and thankful for the generous sponsors who have so much passion for PHBA!
The Executive Board has stayed very busy meeting at least twice a month, which we will continue to do up to the National Convention. I am looking so forward to the 2026 PHBA National Convention. We will be celebrating the 85th anniversary of PHBA, the 40th anniversary of the PHBA Amateur Association and also the 40th anniversary of our move to Tulsa! 2026 will be a big milestone year for PHBA! The dates for the 2026 National Convention are March 11 through 14, 2026. Thursday night
of the convention will be a PHB Heritage Foundation Museum Tour/PHBA Open House event at the office. The registration form and hotel information are on the website.
A reminder to our affiliates that APA Officer/Director Notification Forms are due in the PHBA office no later than December 20, 2025. APA National Director allocations are on the website under the affiliate tab. Please call the office if you have any questions or if you need forms mailed to you.
Another important reminder is that By Law or Rule Change Proposals are due November 11, 2025. We have developed a new form that must be used. It is also on the website under the national convention tab. Again, please call the office if you have any questions or if you need a form mailed to you. Please read the form thoroughly as it explains that if the form isn’t completed fully, it will be returned to the submitter to correct and resubmit if time allows before the deadline.
I hope you saw the ads we put in The Chronicle and InStride October issues. If you didn’t, go online and check them out! The ads highlighted the great 2025 World Show we had and save the date for convention and the 2026 World Show. InStride is our official publication; they covered our world show and wrote a very nice article. If you are not aware, we have a PHBA section in the January, April, July and October issues of InStride.
I need to mention some things about the PHBA Handbook. As you all know, we have printed a new PHBA Handbook each year incorporating new or amended rules voted on during our National Directors Annual Meeting. Most of you probably also know, the Handbook has been in need of a great deal of housekeeping for many years. The Executive Board has voted to suspend printing a 2026 PHBA Handbook; the online version takes precedence over the printed version and will continue to be
updated. The Handbook Review Committee will be getting to work on the process of “cleaning” up our Handbook; hopefully this will be accomplished during 2026 and a new book printed for 2027. One thing you can do to assist is email me with mistakes you have seen in the book; it is a big task and the more eyes the better!
Please call or email myself or any member of the Executive Board if you have any concerns or ideas
you would like to share. We work for the members of PHBA so please don’t hesitate.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Lynn Rohwedder
PHBA President ‘25-’26