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Roll Call: Terri Clingerman • Sally Davis • Julia Ecklar • Kelly Hagstrand • Wayne Koutsky • Michelle Olsen • Lisa Pruka • Denise Teal
Members Absent: Claudia Frank, Lisa Pruka
Call to order: 8:00 p.m. EST/5:00 p.m. PST by Michelle Olsen
1. Delegate Business
HEC committee is updating the course diagrams, Claudia Frank had Shaw Ann post them on BCSA website for review.
March meeting business:
- Which meeting to attend, obedience committee or parent clubs committee?
- Which board members to vote for?
2. Recording Secretary’s
Report: Julia Ecklar
February 2007 Board minutes approved.
Motion: Denise Teal
Second: Sally Davis
In Favor: Unanimous
3. Corresponding Secretary’s Report: Terri Clingerman
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From dog owners: Two questions regarding open AKC registration for a dog already registered with ABC. Link to correct registration form on AKC’s website was sent.
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From AKC: Sherry Lee’s judging assignments at the 2007 National have been approved.
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From AKC: Invitation to BCSA to send someone to setup a table for Meet the Breeds on Responsible Dog Day (Sept. 15, 2007). Mid-Atlantic Border Collie Club was contacted to see if they are interested in participating.
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From AKC: Letter describing new microchip for use in their Companion Animal Recovery Program.
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From AKC Gazette: Inquiry about featuring a herding team in their “My Dog Can Do That!” series. Inquiry was forwarded to Nancy Little to be posted on BC_Announce.
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From Member: Question as to when the next Border Collie National is. Information on location and date was sent.
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Inquiry about breed club education. Referred to person to Linn Klingel.
4. Treasurer’s Report: Wayne Koutsky
4.1. General Account Balances as of March 12, 2007
Checking balance: $16,248
Money Market balance: $57,498
Health balance: $ 5,307
Rescue balance: $14,423
Total: $93,4764.2. 2006 Specialty Income/Expenses
As of March meeting:
Income: $56,126
Expenses: $43,988
Outstanding: ~$5,000 (catalog bill)
Expected profit: ~$2,000.BCSA Sponsored Agility Trial
Income: $10,200
Expenses: $7,900
Profit: ~$2,300
5. Interim Business Transacted by E-Mail
5.1. Board Votes
No electronic votes this month.5.2. New Member Applications
The following membership applications were approved:
Emily Fish (Veneta, OR)
Sponsor: Kelly WhitemanRobert & Kimberly Janek (Farmland, IN)
Sponsor: Maureen TobiasEileen Madrigale (Avon Park, FL)
Paige O’DonnellKelly McClellan (Taft, TN)
Claire HamiltonMichele Polanish (Clifton, NJ)
Lori MaugerGreg & Kisa Reinkie (Kingsburg, CA)
Sonja DonaldsonMissi Roland (Machesney Park, IL)
Lisa PrukaPacific Northwest Border Collie Club (Veneta, OR)
Michelle OlsenMotion: Sally Davis
Second: Wayne Koutsky
In Favor: Unanimous
6. Committee Business/Reports:
6.1. Advertising Manager (Club) Volunteer Needed
No report.6.2. Affiliate Clubs: Emily Fish
No report.6.3. February Agility Trial: Pennsylvania: Karen Herceg
Held in February each year: are we doing it again in 2008?6.4. July Agility Trial Ohio: Denise Teal
This event has AKC approval. Already getting entries, expected to fill.6.5. AKC Gazette Columnist: Gerianne Darnell
No report.6.6. BCSA Announce & Suggestion Box: Nancy Little
No report.6.7. BCSA Store Inventory & Orders: Nancie Mages
No report.6.8. BCSA Merchandise Manager for Ivars Account: Volunteer-less
Corbin reported he had some delays with is web host, expects site to be up by March 15. Michelle Olsen will check on it the week of March 19.6.9. Border Recorder: Volunteer Needed
No report.6.10. Borderlines: Denise Teal (Sally Davis, Liaison)
We are awaiting news from Brooke on whether he can staff this extra work, or if we need to find another solution. We will most likely hire a professional to do this, versus using a volunteer.
People have been wanting back issues/extra copies of Borderlines. $5/each, if available.
6.11. Breeder Referral: Karen (Yobbagy) Herceg
No report.6.12. Color Committee: Casey Carney
No report.6.13. Finance Committee: Beth Bartholomew
No report.6.14. Futurity Committee: Volunteer Needed
No report.6.15. General Education: Donna Mallory
No report.6.16. Health: Volunteer Needed (Lisa handing off)
ACE T-Shirt: T-shirt has been discounted to $5 in order to liquidate final stocks.
CHIC: Membership survey regarding what tests to require for CHIC registration is on hold until the website’s agility survey is finished.
Health survey: Should be a survey dog owners can complete in about 5 minutes online.
6.17. Health Education Foundation (HEF): Dawn Antoniak-Mitchell, Chair
They are ready to file their incorporation documents. Dawn reports that fees will be as follows: $25 for the filing, approx. $50 for publication, approx. $50 for corporate seal.
USBCHA donation: Recommended taking out a ¼ - page ad instead of doing a “dog sponsorship”—the ad is $85. HEF would like the check sent to them, so they can forward it to USBCHA in their own name. They expressed their gratitude at the thought for doing the ad.
6.18. Herding: Claudia Frank
The Herding Committee Submitted the following report:
Speaking to the NEW Board I'd like to say that I'm very open to suggestions as to what you would like to see done in this committee. Please feel free to offer suggestions.
"Stockdog of Distinction" Award - There are now three new recipients of this award. It seems to have worked out to be at the difficulty level we were desiring.
Articles for the Borderlines - I'm working on a gold backload of articles for Borderlines by contacting some of our most respected trialers and judges for info on specific articles. I've also written some myself. Should articles which appear in the Borderlines about herding be placed on the BCSA website under Herding Central where there are currently educational articles?
I am pleased with the combined awards that will be made available at the 2007 National Specialty. Having talked with advanced handlers who have attended in the past, it would seem that the level of trial difficulty has not kept up with the skills and level at which the folks I talked with wanted to compete. I would again urge the Board to have some sort of Challenge that would raise the requirements past the level of just another herding trial.
6.19. Historian: Mickey Bruzek
No report.6.20. Juniors: Mary Beth Overmyer & Linda Follis
Next Borderlines issue will be “recognition issue” for Junior Handlers.6.21. Judges Education: Linnea Klingel
Linnea Klingel does not want to be the recipient of video submissions, as she is worried about getting too many and not knowing what the Board is looking for. She suggested commissioning some very short videos to start with.
Over 100 judges have been reached in the last year through seminars.
Lisa Weeks and Fran Hoffman approved as ringside mentors.
Upcoming presentation requests:
- March: South Carolina, Linn doing this one.
- Houston Cluster in July: Linn will do this one.
- ADSJ in August: Border collies are among the breeds listed, but Linn isn’t clear who is presenting. She has contacted them to inquire.6.22. Judges Selection Process: Sonja Donaldson Chair
Proposal for new judges selection process approved for use with some minor changes (remove question about if judges are licensed to judge in AKC, add questions about last time they’ve attended herding seminar, remove option of foreign judges). It was decided to start using the current version of this plan for the 2008 conformation judges, and continue to address additional modifications/concerns for update for 2009 Nationals.6.23. Legislative Liaison: Linda Baron
No report.6.24. Membership: Kathy Sours
No report.6.25. Nominating Committee Procedure: Karen Herceg, Chair
No report.6.26. Recruitment: Volunteer Needed
No report.6.27. ROM: Nancy Keller
No report.6.28. Rescue Liaison: Megan Harrison
No report.6.29. Versatility: Tashia Lund
No report.6.30. Website: Ann Shaw
No report.
7. Old Business
7.1. 2006 National Specialty: Lisa Pruka & Kat Ferruzza
Crufts Certificates: Certificates good for 2008-2009 have been received and are being delivered to qualifiers.7.2. 2007 Specialty: Megan Harrison & Julie Bosier
Judges:
- Conformation: Chris Neale approved by board for Sunday, confirmed availability, need to get under contract. Neena van Camp approved for Saturday, confirmed availability, need to get under contract. Mary C. Murphy-East is approved for Sweeps.
- Agility: Terry Elger; confirmed, approved, under contract.
- Herding: Confirmed, approved, contracted: Kent & Lori Herbel, Cathy Hartley, Sherry Lee DVM (for A course).
- Obedience & rally: Sharon Hodens-Wood & Richard Wood—need to get written contract.
- Tracking: Jerry Lewis and Vincent Ramirez are approved, awaiting contracts.Trophy funding: Funds still coming in; about $900 needed to cover everything. Conformation is doing best so far, with herding abysmally far behind and NO agility or rally donations. Since everything has to be in premium list, the printing of the premium is kind of the deadline.
Membership was polled regarding opening the agility trial to breeds other than border collies on this, for agility only. Poll closes March 17, but as of March 5 a majority of votes were in favor of keeping the agility trial border collies only.
Logo: Still discussing changes with artist.
7.3. 2008 National Specialty
Chairs: all main chair positions filled.
Secretary/Photographer: Derek Pattison & Kathleen Schaffer.
Specialty logo: "In pursuit of excellence.” We will have a photo contest looking for the BC with an expression that best exemplifies the intensity to excel in any venue (herding, agility, obedience, conformation). The photo will be given to an artist who will then turn it into a drawing that will be suitable for a colored shirt background. The names of all the venues will be displayed around the drawing.
Schedule:
- Monday - herding
- Tuesday - herding
- Wednesday - herding challenge and herding test classes; seminars--obedience and/or agility
- Thursday - agility
- Friday - agility, obedience invitational, sweepstakes, judges education
- Saturday - obedience, rally, conformation
- Sunday - obedience, conformationHost Hotel: Investigating going to the Holiday Inn.
Shirt Sales: To make the shirt sales easier, we would prefer that we not hold back any items for sale but rather tell people to pre-order since there may not be anything left by the weekend. The doling out of items by day seems to be a bigger job as the week goes on. Finding someone to sell items for the week is also a big problem.
Trophies: we discussed the possibility of offering more expensive prizes for the highest awards and giving much less or even nothing for the lower placements. This is something that can be decided later.
Judges:
- Herding: Judy Vanderford, Debbie George, Gerard Baudet, Scott Luken all approved.
- Conformation: Holding off inviting judges until 2008 judging assignments are filled.Seminars: Debbie Quigley & Judy Ramsey obedience seminar the weekend before the specialty—location TBD (not at specialty location). Also a Wed seminar with them, location TBD.
7.4. ILP Process
Michelle Olsen to contact Chris Strom about Stephanie Sibal’s Jinx, a sable, to report that the Board was satisfied that the dog appeared to be a purebred border collie. Chris Strom, meanwhile, would be submitting photos of another potential ILP dog (a sable-colored smooth) for the Board’s evaluation.7.5. Herding Trial Grant Policy
Final wording was approved at the last meeting. Michelle Olsen sent out the finalized policy through the communication channels.7.6. Border Collies Across America, Inc.
Michelle Olsen contacted them to let them know the Board decided not to grant them funds at this time.7.7. AKC Parent Club Conference
Event is July 20-22, 2007 in Peachtree City, Georgia. Michelle Olsen and Julia Ecklar are scheduled to be BCSA’s delegates.7.8. National Herding Competition
Susane Hoffman sent a suggestion/question about using some of BCSA’s event numbers to hold a herding trial elsewhere than the Nationals, designed to offer a higher level of competition than what the Purina site can offer. Susane was asked to submit a more complete proposal.7.9. Premium List: Hard Copy versus Electronic
Terri Clingerman will send a letter to Dog Show Rules Standing Committee, expressing the Board’s support of changing the rule to not require snail mail hard copies of premium lists.
8. New Business
8.1. AKC Good Sportsmanship Medallion
AKC sent Claudia Frank the medallion for this award. BCSA members will be encouraged to submit nominations in the form of 100 word essays emailed/mailed to Terri Clingerman. Essays will be posted on the website so that the membership can vote by printing/mailing their choice to Terri. The winner and the nominating essay will be published in Borderlines. Deadline should be set so the award can be presented at Nationals. All little essays will be published in Borderlines after the fact, to honor everyone who was nominated.8.2. Ad policy
OK to use Australian PT as equivalent to AKC titles for purposes of ad.8.3. Canine Health Foundation Funds
The Canine Health Foundation submitted the following report:
$9,275 as of Dec 31st in our account; now minus $5,000
Funds come from Purina Parent Club Partnership program (as far as we know). Since this does seem to be bringing in some money, perhaps we should more prominently promote this program to our membership, via the website and Borderlines.
Prior board voted to shift $5,000 to the same epilepsy studies we’ve already been funding. I was waiting to hear back from Liz, the admin who works for the researchers, but never did. So, I called CHF and made the request. Grant #266 is completed. There are two new studies being approved this weekend, so she’ll put it in one of those on Monday.
Confirmed that the studies are still, indeed, studying our breed (we get this question a lot). The CHF employee said she’d try to make that clearer on their website to alleviate confusion.
Confirmed that CHF does NOT ever fund researchers who don’t agree to release their study results to the public domain—this is in their contract, and researchers who don’t agree, or who are “caught” profiting from publicly funded research are dropped from CHF and receive no further funding.
8.4. Suggestion Box Submissions/Input from Membership
Letter from Kelly Whiteman on Judges Education: Michelle sent her a response.
Letter from Kelly Whiteman thanking us for changing the grant proposal; Michelle forwarded to Board.
Date of Next meeting
Thurs April 19, 8:00 p.m. EST/5:00 p.m. PST
Adjournment
Motion: 9:46 p.m. EST/6:46 p.m. PST Wayne Koutsky
Second: Sally Davis
In Favor: Unanimous
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