The Board discussed when and if the membership meeting at the specialty should be changed.

Richard Whorton has completed paperwork for the AKC so that the BCSA can apply to become an AKC member club, which will allow us to send a delegate to the AKC meetings.

Ballots for this years' election of officers and board members have been mailed to all members.

Kay Guetzloff has agreed to chair a committee to select outstanding dogs for special recognition.

Robyn Powley has been appointed Judges' Education Chairperson.

The Board discussed the requirements for nominations for office and board. All agreed that, because the BCSA has grown so much since the original bylaws were written, the bylaws should be changed so that 10, rather than three, signatures would be required to nominate someone, and none of those 10 could be members in the same household. The wording for the bylaws would be changed to the following: "Additional nominations of eligible members may be made by written petition addressed to the Secretary and  postmarked on or before September 1, signed by ten members in good standing, none of these ten residing in the same household, and accompanied by the written acceptance of each such additional nominee signifying his/her willingness to be a candidate." This change will have to be voted on by the membership.

Joel Levy will be parlimentarian at the membership meeting at the specialty.