Happy New Year!

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I hope you enjoyed the holidays! Have you made your New Year’s resolutions yet?
 

As your incoming PASA President, I have some simple New Year’s resolutions. These are my

goals for the year:
 

1. Recruit 10 new active PASA members in 2026. PASA needs new members to grow and

thrive in the future. Joining is inexpensive: $20 for a single one-year membership. The

membership application is on PASA’s website at this link: Membership | PASAdogs.

Will you invite your friends to join?
 

2. More communication to inform, engage, and activate PASA members. Your feedback

will help make PASA a fun and vibrant community. Will you provide constructive

input?
 

3. Offer more than just agility trials. PASA is hosting a rally and obedience trial April 11-12,

2026, in Martinez. PASA’s new scent work committee is exploring options for scent

work trials. We might be able to arrange a stockdog instinct testing weekend. Are there

other things you and your dogs would like to try?
 

4. More participation in PASA agility trials. You can help achieve this goal. Will you tell

your agility instructors about upcoming PASA trials? Ask them to let their students

know about PASA agility trials. Your instructors may prefer UKI and USDAA but for

those with Aussies, have you told them how awesome it is to be invited to ASCA Finals?

Or to enter ASCA Nationals? Or to make ASCA’s top 10 agility merit list for Elite, Open,

and Novice dogs?
 

If you love PASA, please help revitalize our Club by getting involved. Thank you from the

bottom of my heart!
 

And speaking of thanks, please join me in thanking the 2025 PASA Board for the time and

energy they devoted to conducting PASA’s business.
 

2025 PASA Board Officers:
 

Suzanne Clark Morlock – President

Maureen Loughney – Vice President

Susan Laursen – Treasurer

Monica Salusky – Secretary

Donna Highstreet – Affiliate Representative

David Connet – Membership
 

At Large Members:
 

Tracy Lovelis

Vicki O’Malley

Anne Pearson – Website

Warene Waters

Being on any Board can be a thankless job. If you see any of these 2025 Board members, tell them

how much you appreciated their hard work. You could even send them Emails! When it comes

to volunteer organizations like PASA, there is no such thing as saying “thank you” too many

times!

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Cynthia Downing