BOARD MEETING MINUTES
April 11, 2002

Members present:
Denise Teal, President • Nancy Little, Vice President • Marit Marino, Treasurer • Sharon Ferguson, Secretary • Joyce Herie, Past President • Emily Czapek, Board Member

Members absent:
Board Member/Delegate Janet Lewis

Call to order:
Meeting called to order at 5:40pst by President Denise Teal

1 SECRETARY'S REPORT-Sharon Ferguson

1.1 February 14 board meeting minutes were approved with changes. There was a discussion on how much of the committee reports should be included in the minutes or if they should be kept separate. It was decided that committee reports will be kept separate from the minutes but discussions and votes on committee business will be included. The Board also decided that Nancy Little will do any editing of committee reports, share them with the Board, and send them out on Announce.

1.2 Correspondence.

1.2.1 There was a brochure from Fresh Pond Travel Agency, which specializes in dog show trips such as Crufts and the Irish Kennel Club show. They are offering a program for dog clubs to give members the opportunity to travel for educational purposes.

1.2.2. Correspondence from Robert Slay, Vice President of Compliance Operations at the AKC stating that charges had been filed against BCSA by Terry Hammond, President of the Kentuckiana Tartan Border Collie Club. The letter further stated that charges would not be entertained. (The charges were not included in the correspondence and Compliance Operations refused to provide them.)

1.2.3. AKC has asked BCSA to once again take part in the Eukanuba American Dog Classic by offering medallions and a breed education booth.

2 TREASURER'S REPORT-Marit Marino

$24,875.09 Checking
$ 1,340.55 Savings-Restricted Health
$ 6,469.18 Savings-Restricted Rescue
$21,017.90 Regular Savings
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$53,702.72

  1. Wayne's 2001 Specialty Report is now on the BCSA website
  2. Denise has filled out the required paperwork and has now been added on bank accounts as signatory.
  3. Marit moved $20,000 from the checking account to the savings account on 2/17/02
  4. Membership Renewals=$13,870 thus far (Operating Budget projected $17,500)
  5. Restricted Funds=$1,275 to date (via dues renewals)
  6. Directors and Officers Insurance renewal requires new paperwork to be completed
  7. The BCSA Store has raised $1,240.80 to date

3 INTERIM BUSINESS TRANSACTED BY US MAIL

3.1 New Members Approved

4  CONSENT AGENDA

4.1
BCSA will donate the funds for the Janet Larson Memorial Award. The Board approved $225 from the operating budget for a painting of the winning dog by Raven O-Keefe.

5  COMMITTEES

5.1  Affiliate clubs
Joyce Herie suggested providing affiliate clubs with judges' education materials to be used in local presentations and use the $500 in the budget. Nancy Little suggested talking to Michelle Olsen about possibly putting the information on CD ROM.

5.2  Breed standard
Susanne Hoffman, Chair of the Standard Committee held a special meeting by teleconference on March 14 with the Board to go over the Standard in detail, answer any questions, and discuss the proposed revisions. Susane will provide the Standard Committee with a report on the results of this meeting and any changes suggested by the Board.

5.3  Breeder referral
The Board approved reimbursement for phone calls that Wendy Jordan and Janet Legg make to provide information to prospective buyers.

5.4 Judges' Education. Joyce Herie. Joyce mentioned the need to make our presentation more professional. Emily Czapek and Sally Davis have volunteered to help with this.

5.5  Herding. Claudia Frank
The Board reviewed Claudia's letter to AKC regarding herding rule changes.

5.6  Increase Registration
Since this committee dissolved, to avoid confusion, the Board decided to consider this committee in combination with the Stud Book Committee the "AKC Registration Committee".

5.6.1
The Board reviewed Richard Whorton's draft of the proposal to AKC to increase the AKC registration of Border Collies from American working dog registries. The Board determined that Richard needs to send an informal letter to Bob Kelly, then after Board approves he can send the proposal to AKC.

5.7  Membership. April Quist
April submitted her resignation as membership chair. Kay Rieff is interested in taking over this position. Marit motioned/Nancy seconded. Kay Rieff was unanimously appointed as the new Membership Chair.

5.8  ROM. Nancy Keller
The Board discussed the possibility of having Nancy Keller write an article on the ROM for BL and request comments from members. Nancy Little motioned that the Board approved Nancy Keller's proposed HonROM and Joyce seconded (unanimously approved). Nancy Keller asked the board to approve Mississinewa Prince Val UDT as the first HonROM. Nancy Little made a motion to accept this addition and Sharon Ferguson seconded. Emily Czapek abstained (she felt Nancy Keller and her committee should make this decision based on the requirements), the rest approved. Nancy Little will notify Nancy Keller. In the future, the ROM committee will decide and vote on which dogs will be given the title of HonROM.

5.9  Rescue - Linda Baron
Linda has asked about the current policy on breeders who do not take back their puppies and the puppies end up in rescue. The committee would like to be able to somehow enforce the club's code of ethics on this. Linda would like to get rescue groups to possibly join BCSA as affiliate clubs. The Board will check with By-Laws Chairs Dr. Lois Rifner and Dr. Kim Green to obtain AKC's definition of affiliates and whether Rescue groups can be affiliates. Linda also requested funds to make a BCSA rescue banner to be used at shows. Emily Czapek motioned, Nancy Little seconded and the Board unanimously approved Linda's request for a BCSA rescue banner using no more than $100.00 taken from restricted rescue funds. Nancy Little will contact Linda.

5.10  Versatility/Awards - Tracy Sengupta
The Versatility Award at the 2002 National Specialty will be known as the "Janet Larson Memorial Award" given to the most Versatile Border Collie at the National Specialty. Emily Czapek, assisted by Joyce Herie, will be working on this. Emily has yet to determine whether passing a minimum of an HT is required or merely participating in herding at any level, and participation in how many different events is required.

6  OLD BUSINESS

6.1  2002 Specialty chair Linda Koutsky will talk to Brock at Purina Farms about future National Specialty dates.

6.1.1  The Board reviewed and approved the job description for the National Specialty Chair-which will go on BCSA_Announce & Borderlines.

6.1.2  The Board unanimously approved Sandra Jones as 2003 Specialty Chair.

6.2  2004/2005 Specialties: chairs still needed.

7  NEW BUSINESS

7.1  A new Editor for Borderlines is needed. Helen Phillips submitted her resignation as editor of Borderlines. She would like to turn this job over to a new editor by the end of the year. The Board reviewed the job description and discussed the 'interview' process. A highly motivated person with considerable computer skills and strong organizational skills is needed. There will be an editorial fee of $500.00 per issue. The vacancy will be posted on Announce and in Borderlines.

7.2  It was suggested that the Board write a formal letter of complaint to AKC regarding the increase in registration fees from the open registries.

7.3 Date of next meeting-- Monday June 17

Adjournment: 7:30 PST

Respectfully submitted, Sharon Ferguson, BCSA Secretary

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