BOARD MEETING MINUTES January 1-15, 1998

OLD BUSINESS

• Kate Nehring has had trouble getting ads for the Border Recorder, and doesn't believe we should go ahead with the publication at this time.

• Kate Nehring has had only two responses from members about advertising policies.

• At our next specialty, there will be non-regular conformation class open only to dogs with herding titles.  It will be judged immediately prior to BOB.

• The B herding course will not be optional at the national specialties. Even though it's sometimes difficult to find a place that's large enough to run this course, the board feels that herding is too important to the breed, and the importance of the B course should not be minimized by not having it at a specialty.

• The Board is working on the nominating committee.

• Helen Phillips will ask in Borderlines for a volunteer for club condolence chairperson.

NEW BUSINESS

Nancy Little suggested that we need to get our committees to provide regular updates or status reports to the every 4-6 months.  

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

- From December 1-15:
Nancy Little suggested that we should consider appointing a BCSA rescue liason to focus on how we can best support rescue.
- From December 16-31:
Nancy Little suggested that we ask Bob Tainsh for a report on the AKC Health conference he attended in St. Louis in  November.

SPECIALTY - 1998

The following policies were decided upon:

1. The current chair should make at least a monthly report to the board on the progress of the specialty. As the specialty draws near, more regular reports may be necessary. If problems or difficulties arise, then the board should be consulted as soon as possible. If the chair has any doubt at all about what course of action to follow, she should consult with the board.
2. Major policy decisions must be cleared with the board before they are acted upon. These include, but are not limited to things like where to hold the specialty, what events to include and what classes within events, who the judges are to be, the proposed schedule of events, any proposals that have financial repercussions, and a general description of the kinds of awards to be presented.
3. More day to day decisions need not be cleared but should be acknowledged in regularly scheduled reports (things like  judges' gifts, exhibitors' bags, menu at banquet, what meeting to hold in what room).

NEW MEMBERS

7 new member applications were received and the members were voted in.

NEW AFFILIATE CLUB

We received an application for affiliation the Piedmont Border Collie Association in North Carolina.
Officers are:
President - Richard Whorton
Vice President - Fran Hoffman
Secretary - Rickie Morrison
Treasurer - Betty Swenson
Board member - Debbie Snyir

The Board voted to accept this club as a BCSA affiliate.

Respectfully submitted,
April Quist, Secretary