BOARD MEETING MINUTES
June 17, 2002

Members present:
President Denise Teal • Vice President Nancy Little • Treasurer Marit Marino • Board Member Emily Czapek • Board Member/AKC Delegate Janet Lewis • Past President Joyce Herie

Members absent:
Secretary Sharon Ferguson

Call to order:
5:31 PST by President Denise Teal

1  SECRETARY'S REPORT - Marit Marino (for Sharon Ferguson)

1.1 Approval of April 11, 2002, minutes
Minutes were approved with the following corrections:

  1. 1.1 February 14 board meeting minutes were approved with changes
  2. Members present - reflect that Janet Lewis was absent
  3. Add 6.1.2 Sandra Jones unanimously approved as 2003 Specialty Chair
  4. 5.3 Breeder Referral - delete 2nd and 3rd sentences ("It was agreed..")

1.2 Correspondence

1.2.1 Correspondence from David Roberts, AKC Assistant Vice President, Customer Relations, that BCSA would receive a complimentary monthly report reflecting all border collies that have earned titles in the previous month. It was decided that the Borderlines Editor be designated the recipient of this report, as well as distributor of this data within BCSA.

1.2.2 Correspondence from Ronald Rella, AKC Assistant Executive Secretary, that nominations for Lifetime Achievement Awards are due at AKC no later than July 15. Janet Lewis moved that Helen Phillips be nominated for the category of Companion Dog Events. This was seconded by Nancy Little and the Board unanimously approved. Nancy Little will contact Helen Phillips to obtain Helen's bio.

1.2.3 Correspondence from Robert Slay, AKC Vice President, Compliance Operations, offering reduced rate DNA Certification Test Kits for use at our specialty. It was decided that BCSA would not participate.

1.2.4 Correspondence from Louis Auslander of International Kennel Club of Chicago asking that BCSA again support IKC's entry at its next show, scheduled for February, 2003. Nancy Little will contact Nancie Mages to see if she is interested in coordinating BCSA Sweepstakes classes at this show.

1.2.5 Correspondence from Dolores Alonso, AKC Vice President, Registration Services, replying to BCSA's letter of concern regarding the increase in open registration fees from $35 to $50. AKC stated that extensive research is involved in processing open registrations and that this fee increase is justified.

1.2.6 Correspondence from Bill Speck, AKC Assistant Vice President, Performance Events, replying to BCSA's letter of concern regarding the February 8th votes of the AKC Board of Directors changing the herding regulations. AKC stated that other clubs are happy with the herding regulation changes.

1.2.7 BCSA member Judith Amore has received a 1 year suspension from AKC privileges, and has now been notified by Secretary Sharon Ferguson that her BCSA privileges are suspended for the same period.

1.2.8 Correspondence from Mike Liosis, Director, AKC Club Relations and Gina DiNardo Lash, Director, AKC Club Communications regarding BCSA again hosting a Meet the Breed booth at the Eukanuba Classic in Orlando this December. Denise will contact Sandra Lindenmuth to see if she would be interested in hosting this breed booth again.

1.2.9 A Letter of Agreement has been sent to Sandra Jones, 2003 Specialty Chair, for signature and return to the Board.

1.2.10 Petitions have been received by Secretary Sharon Ferguson from Marit Marino to run from the floor for the position of Treasurer, and from Laura Tomazewski to run from the floor for the Board of Directors.

1.3 New Members. The board unanimously approved the following membership applications:

2 TREASURER'S REPORT - Marit Marino

$23,974.88 Checking Acct
$ 1,811.67 Savings-Restricted Health
$ 7,319.59 Savings-Restricted Rescue
$21,035.47 Regular Savings
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$54,141.61

2.1 Income Items, thus far this year:

a) Fundraising income is $2,169.25 our of a projected $4,000
b) Borderlines income is at $514.71 out of a projected $1,000
c) Restricted Health donations total $470 out of a projected $300
d) Restricted Rescue donations total $845 out of a projected $1,000
e) Membership Renewals total $15,315 out of a projected %17,500
f) New Members total $460 out of a projected $2,400
g) International Kennel Club Sweepstakes income totals $66.50
h) Specialty 2001 refund arrived from the Crab Orchard KC
i) Specialty 2002 Agility Seminar totals $1,650, Trophy Donations total $715

2.2 Expense Items, thus far this year:

a) Treasury audits total $138.50 for shipping records to/from Wayne
b) Borderlines totals $6,015.47 for 3 issues (out of projected $13,500)
c) Directors & Officers Insurance premium increased from $650 to $730
d) Specialty 2002 Premium printing/mail totals $1,216.45
e) Store spent $608.91 on purchase of Versatile BC and Cutting Boards

2.3 Total Income/Expense thus far:

a) $22,548.46 Income
b) $12,511.95 Expense

2.4 Interest. Denise Teal questioned the amount of interest our savings account is earning. Joyce moved, Emily seconded, to transfer $4,000 from checking to savings to bring total up to $25,000 and then convert the savings account (.50% interest) to a Business Interest Maximizer account (1.29% interest).

3 COMMITTEES

3.1 AKC Delegate
The Board discussed Janet Lewis' recent Delegates meeting in San Antonio. AKC is formalizing guidelines for access to other registries and this will involve submitting a strategic plan, 2/3 membership approval vote, plus 5 year moratorium on changes. Janet will summarize the guidelines and share with BCSA AKC Registration Chair Richard Whorton. Nancy Little will inform 2002 Specialty Chair Linda Koutsky, 2003 Specialty Chair Sandra Jones, 2004 Specialty Chair Lisa Pruka and 2002 Catalogue Chair Michelle Olsen about the requirement that the breed standard be printed in the show catalog. Janet Lewis will pursue joining the Delegates Obedience Committee. The Board unanimously approved reimbursing Janet for her travel expenses to San Antonio.

3.2 Breeder Referral
The Board reviewed the Border Collie Breeder Referral Program document submitted by Wendy Jordan. It was decided that the words "Responsible, Ethical" be deleted from the second bullet. Nancy Little will ask Wendy to make a few corrections to finalize the document.

3.3 ByLaws
The revised bylaws are ready for membership vote, pending resolution of 501(c)3 language and decision by AKC as to whether rescue groups may become club affiliates. It was decided that Denise would contact Drs Lois and Kim regarding finalizing 501(c)3 language so that the bylaws ballot mailing can proceed.

3.4 General Education
Chair Lisa Ochoa suggested that since both the Rescue and General Education committees are interested in developing the same type of educational materials, the two committees join forces in this effort.

3.5 Judges Selection Procedure
Nancy Little will contact Chair Nancie Mages to obtain more details on her proposed judge selection procedure, to encourage applying such a procedure to all venues, and to encourage members to vote for judges in all venues.

3.6 ROM/Border Recorder
Nancy Little will check with Chair Nancy Keller to verify whether she still plans to put the Border Recorder on a CD ROM.

3.7 Website
Denise Teal just noticed a CHX title mentioned on our website. This is not a new title and Denise will contact Versatility & Awards Committee Chair Tracy Sengupta to request that this award be incorporated in the BCSA award program.

4 OLD BUSINESS

4.1 2004 Specialty
Lisa Pruka was unanimously approved as 2004 Specialty Chair.

4.2 Purina contact
2002 Specialty Chair Linda Koutsky suggested that someone be permanently designated as club liaison with Purina. It was decided that Emily Czapek would contact Brock and obtain dates for 2004, 2005 and 2006 specialties.

5 NEW BUSINESS

5.1 Membership issues
The Board discussed Helen Phillips' suggestions for advertising to increase membership. Nancy Little will share Helen's suggestions with new Membership Chair Kay Rieff.

5.2 Date of next meeting
Thursday, August 8, 2002, 5:30 PST.

Adjournment:
8:14 p.m. PST.

Respectfully submitted, Marit Marino for Secretary Sharon Ferguson

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