BOARD MEETING MINUTES - SEPTEMBER 11, 2006

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

Members Absent: Claudia Frank

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 Denise Teal and seconded by Laura Wright. All approved.

2. Corresponding Secretary’s Report: Laura Wright
Letter from the AKC Event Operations asking for parent club approval of affiliate club events for the next 2, 3 or 5 years. Motion to approve 2 years in advance made by Sally Davis, seconded by Dennis Teal. All approved.

3. Treasurer’s Report: Wayne Koutsky

3.1. Account Balances

Checking: $ 8,782
Savings: $55,639
Health: $ 5,307
Rescue: $14,423
Total: 50 $84,150

3.2. 2006 Specialty Income/Expenses

Income: $3,736
Expenses:  $2,510

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

5. Interim Business Transacted by E-Mail

5.1. New Member Applications:
Motion: Motion made by Joyce Norris, seconded by Beth Bartholomew to approve the following new member applications. All approved.
Nicole Belmore
Jeannie Dennard
Marsha Hancock
Curt M. Thomas

6. Committee Business

6.1. Agility Trial: Pennsylvania: Karen Herceg

  • Proposed dates are February 17-18, 2007
  • Wayne received applications in the mail and they have been submitted.

6.2. Agility Trial in Ohio

  • Dates are July 7th & 8th, 2007
  • Premium lists will be done electronically.
  • AKC has approved.

6.3. BCSA Store Inventory & Orders: Nancie Mages
Denise Teal has agreed to use some of the items in the inventory as trophies at the 2007 Specialty (she has volunteered to be Trophy Chair for the 2007 Specialty).

6.4. Borderlines: Lisa Ochoa
Modified ad policy distributed and revised in Borderlines and the website.

6.5. Border Recorder: Kim Sykes
Kim Sykes has decided to resign from this position since she feels that there is no longer a market for this type of book. The Board decided to keep the position and ask for a new volunteer who was interested in continuing the publication.

6.6. Health: Lisa Pruka
There were some suggestions submitted on the Delegates Discussion list on how to raise funds for health research. The Board decided to implement requesting donations on the Specialty entry forms.

6.7. Historian: Karen Herceg

  • Due to all the committee work Karen is doing, she will be stepping down as chair of the committee. A new member expressed interest and Kelly will be contacting her.
  • Kelly’s recent attempts to contact the archivist at the AKC have been unsuccessful after the initial meeting. She will keep trying.
  • Borderlines will now be mailed to both the AKC Archives and the AKC Library

6.8. Judges Education: Linnea Klingel

  • Linnea submitted three documents to the Board for approval: Mentor Requirements, Code of Conduct for Mentoring & Presenting and Judging Concerns. After review and discussion by the Board, a motion was made by Denise Teal, seconded by Joyce Norris to approve these documents.
  • Board discussed sending out a DVD Linnea submitted of some dogs working sheep to all conformation judges. The Board decided that even though we would like to send out an educational DVD on herding, the one submitted was not in the format that we need and needs more explanation and variety.

7. Old Business

7.1. 2006 National Specialty

  • Judges transportation and hotel accommodations have been completed
  • Help still needed: Rally Chief Ring Steward, BC Social, catalog sales, Judges Hospitality, Ribbons, Show Grounds, Silent Auction

7.2. 2007 National Specialty: Megan Harrison & Julie Bosier
Megan and Julie submitted the following Herding judges for Board approval:
Roy and Debbie Johnson
Cathy Hartley
Sherry Lee
Motion made by Denise Teal, seconded by Sally Davis to approve these judges. No objections.

7.3. Meeting Notices Via E-mail

  • Membership renewal to be changed to have member decide whether or not e-mail meeting notification is acceptable.
  • Michelle sent forms to the present and future Board members to approval meeting notices via e-mail, rather than the postcards. They are to be sent to Kelly.

8. New Business

8.1. Specialties after 2007 at Purina
Nothing is booked at Purina past 2007. Decided to book 2008-9 for the now. Joyce will contact Brock at Purina about booking the dates.

8.2. Affiliate Clubs
Motion made by Denise Teal that BCSA give a one year free club membership to newly formed affiliate clubs, even if they have not received there AKC license. Wayne seconded the motion. All approved.

9. Date of Next Board Meeting
Next regular Board Meeting: Monday, October 2, 2006 at 5:30 PM Pacific Time.

Adjournment Motion:
Motion to adjourn made at 7:45 PM Pacific Time by Denise Teal, second Sally Davis

Respectfully submitted by Kelly Hagstrand, Recording Secretary

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