Karen Rabbitt volunteered to be membership chairperson, and the board gratefully accepted.

The board selected Mary Taggart Morrison as the BCSA's AKC Herding Advisory Committee representative.

Kim Augustine, the Affiliate Club Liaison Committee Chairperson, submitted a list of proposed requirements for becoming a BCSA
member club:

1. Constitution and By-laws must be reviewed by the Liaison committee and approved by the board.
2. Club must submit the names and addresses of the following officers: President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary.
3. Club must have two board members, and must submit their names and addresses (members from the same household may serve concurrently on the board or as).
4. Club should have at least 10 members.
5. Club should have held at least one organizational meeting prior to seeking BCSA.
6. Club must include a mission statement that verifies they will support all Border Collie activities.
7. One proposed activity and a tentative date and place for this activity should be submitted at the time of application. This might be a match, club meeting, herding fun day, etc.

Richard Whorton commented that the board should not be involved in approving By-Laws (#1 in Kim's proposal). It should be up to
the liaison committee to review, advise and approve. He also suggested that the one proposed activity (#7) be an event other than a club meeting.

Granite City Kennel Club is having a "Field of Champions" Invitational Dog Show on Friday, December 4, 1998. This show will be limited to conformation champions that also possess field (including herding) titles, the first of its type to ever be approved by the AKC. It has been approved as a "special attraction," so no championship points will be available. The BCSA board agreed that this is the kind of event that we want to support, and we will donate some money (the amount as yet undecided) to the trophy fund.

Nancy Little suggested that we try to have this kind of event at our 1999 National Specialty.

The Board discussed the BCSA's breeder referral service. We need to get more breeders on the list, and we need new people to  replace the ones who have been serving as regional breeder referral coordinators. Richard Whorton is pursuing this.
 
Ronni DeLay requested that the board approve funds for the MicroSoft Excel/Word programs since she?s needed them in the past  for BCSA business. The program could then be passed from Treasurer to Treasurer for future use. Richard Whorton was able to find the program (for Windows 95) for $159. The board approved its purchase.

Fran Hoffman has resigned as Judges' Education Coordinator.

No new member applications were received.

The American-International Border Collie Registry (AIBC) has announced a new web site: http://www.aibc-registry.org/