BOARD MEETING MINUTES - MAY 8, 2006

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Members Present: Michelle Olsen • Joyce Norris • Kelly Hagstrand • Beth Bartholomew • Sally Davis • Denise Teal

Members Absent: Claudia Frank, Laura Wright

Call to Order: 5:34 PM Pacific Time by Michelle Olsen

1. Recording Secretary’s Report: Kelly Hagstrand

1.1. Approval of minutes of last board meeting
Motion to approve minutes made by Joyce Norris and seconded by Sally Davis. All approved.

2. Corresponding Secretary’s Report: Laura Wright

2.1. Correspondence Received
E-Mail from Dr. Alan Wilton pointing out that our website was out-of-date on CL testing information

3. Treasurer’s Report: Wayne Koutsky

3.1. Account Balances

Checking: $14,554
Savings: $54,616
Health: $5,307
Rescue: $14,423
  Total $88,900

4. Interim Business Transacted by US Mail
No mail exchanged in the last month

5. Interim Business Transacted by E-Mail

5.1. Motion 2006-11
Motion: Motion to approve the membership applications of Peggy Gelb and Angela McCrann for membership
Motion Made By: Beth Bartholomew
Seconded: Wayne Koutsky
In Favor: Unanimous

5.2. Motion 2006-12
Motion: Motion to approve the membership applications of Skip and Carolyn Stansberry for membership
Motion Made By: Denise Teal
Seconded: Wayne Koutsky
In Favor: Unanimous

6. Committee Business

6.1. Advertising Manager: Open

  • Colleen resigned due to time restraints. Michelle has put a new request on the website for a volunteer to take over and sent to Lisa for Borderlines.
  • Decision was made to cancel the ad that has been appearing in Dog World.

6.2. AKC Gazette Columnist: Gerianne Darnell
Gerianne is currently working on the next Gazette column, tentatively called “Formulating a Training Plan.”

6.3. BCSA Announce and Suggestion Box: Nancy Little

  • As of May 2, 2006 there are 341 subscribers to BCSA_Announce
  • There was 1 message received in the Suggestion Box since March 27, 2006.

6.4. BCSA 2006 National E-Mail Group: Nancy Little
There has been very little need for moderator activity on this list.

6.5. Borderlines: Lisa Ochoa
The transition to using a professional publisher continues to progress nicely.

6.6. Color Committee: Sandra Lindenmuth
Michelle notified the AKC of our decision to switch classes to black (including black & white and tri-color) and AOC, for only the Open Classes, to be split at the host’s club’s option.

6.7. General Education: Donna Mallory
The committee developed a brochure and questionnaire to help people to choose a breeder. After being reviewed by the Board, a motion was made by Joyce Norris to approve the documents, seconded by Sally Davis. All approved.

6.8. Heath & Rescue Foundation: Dawn Antoniak-Mitchell

  • Board members have been recruited.
  • The “rescue” portion is to be removed. Dawn will be rewriting the By-Laws to reflect this change

6.9. Judges Education – Linnea Klingel
Upcoming presentations: Mason-Dixon Dog Judges Association and Herding Institute in Kentucky

6.10. Membership – Kathy Sours
Motion made by Beth Bartholomew, seconded by Denise Teal to approve the following membership applications:

  • Elizabeth Cleveland
  • Bonnie Daley
  • Carolyn House
  • Elise Lynch
  • Virginia McRoy
  • Linda Murray
  • Anita Ramsey
  • Shelly Spotswood
  • Chris Scott

Kathy Sours suggested mini-calendars as a membership renewal incentive. Motion was made by Sally Davis to buy the mini-calendars. Seconded by Wayne Koutsky, all approved.

6.11. Website: Ann Shaw

  • Page specific icons were added.
  • Stockdog of Distinction Award page set-up
  • Additional pages to the 2006 and 2007 Specialty Central sections added
  • Regular site maintenance and page updates

7. Old Business

7.1. 2006 National Specialty

  • General Information book is complete.
  • Rally application approval still pending
  • Various chairs still needed

7.2. 2007 National Specialty

  • Laura and Sandra submitted their resignations due to the fact that they strongly disagreed with not changing the current schedule of events.
  • Decision needs to be made whether or not to have the 2007 Specialty if nobody steps up to chair the event.

8. Date of Next Board Meeting
Next regular Board Meeting: Monday, June 12, 2006 at 5:30 PM Pacific Time.

Adjournment Motion:
Motion to adjourn by Wayne Koutsky, second Denise Teal

Respectfully submitted by Kelly Hagstrand, Recording Secretary

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