Good afternoon!
USPC and the Masters of Foxhounds Association (MFHA) are teaming up to gather some data about Pony Clubbers and foxhunting -- and we're using the Survey Monkey online tool to do it. If you would distribute the following link to your clubs and club members, encouraging them to take a few minutes and do the survey, that would be most helpful:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZV7GLFG
If I've posted this link right, it should take you to a page titled "Foxhunting PC Participation Survey - Pony Clubbers" and there are a dozen or so questions about getting PCers out to ride to hounds. We could use information from those who DON'T foxhunt, those who DO, those who've thought about it, and those who haven't yet considered it. It's all great information.
I plan to leave the poll in place for several weeks, but if you could get as many of your members to answer it, that would be really useful as we seek to identify ways to improve the experience of clubs, centers and hunts in collaborating.
At the same time, I'm posting a related poll for hunts, through MFHA, and the combined information should prove helpful in our overall planning.
If you have questions about the surveys, or about the Masters of Foxhounds Association, please let me know and I'll try to help! If you have questions about USPC's outstanding Foxhunting program, check the USPC Foxhunting Committee page, at http://www.foxhunting.ponyclub.org/ or contact the USPC Foxhunting Committee Chair Linda Hagerman.
Many thanks for your time and cooperation,
Nancy Ambrosiano
RS, Southwest Region
USPC Board of Governors
MFHA/USPC liaison
