Recording Your Volunteer Hours
The RMDS Volunteer Hours Recording Form is available here.
Not sure how to check your recorded hours? Download this page on how to use your RMDS Login to check the number of hours that have been recorded for you!
Notes on Volunteer Activities that count towards hours / year end awards:
A volunteer is somebody who does not receive monetary remuneration when volunteering at RMDS or Chapter recognized events. If you are paid, you are not a volunteer. Time spent in Chapter or RMDS meetings is considered participation in the organization, not volunteering.
Examples of Volunteer Activities that Count:
- All unpaid positions working at RMDS and Chapter recognized events (such as show and clinics) are considered volunteer time and should be reported. Examples of volunteer activities are scribes, runners, arena stewards, etc. Please be sure to specify with the Volunteer Coordinator if you are volunteering for another RMDS member.
- Committee meetings for actively working on specific topics such as shows or other events are considered volunteer hours, provided this is not in the context of the position you hold. (Example: The chairman of the education committee does not get hours for preparing for or running the education committee meeting.)
- Writing articles for publication in RMDS Centaur
- Recruiting sponsorships for RMDS and RMDS Championships
- Participating in RMDS fundraising efforts (ex: instructors who donate lessons for RMDS fundraisers)
Examples of hours that do not count:
Hours earned in the context of the position you hold. For example:
- RMDS and Chapter elected positions cannot count hours related to their positions (Ex: Organizing and running chapter meetings as President do not count.)
- Organizing volunteers for a horse show as the Volunteer Coordinator of your chapter do not count, but filling in as a bit checker because of lack of volunteers to fill this position would count).
- Marketing Setting up the process and means for people to acquire sponsorships would not count but actively obtaining a sponsorship would count.