BOARD MEETING MINUTES - JUNE 5, 2007
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Roll Call: Sally Davis • Julia Ecklar • Kelly Hagstrand • Michelle Olsen • Lisa Pruka • Denise Teal •

Members Absent: Terri Clingerman • Claudia Frank • Wayne Koutsky,

Call to order: 8:03 p.m. EDT by Michelle Olsen

1. Delegate Business

  • Conflict of Interest vote: Board encouraged Claudia Frank to vote for the reinstatement of Cindy Cooke, in objection of the overall Conflict of Interest policy.

  • Conflicting Committee Meeting Times: Board recommended that Claudia attend the Obedience Committee meeting as the more important of the two.

2. Recording Secretary’s Report: Julia Ecklar

May 2007 minutes approved.
Motion: Kelly Hagstrand
Second: Denise Teal
In Favor: Unanimous

  • Julia Ecklar resigned as recording secretary due to upcoming work commitments. Board will look into a new appointment.

3. Corresponding Secretary’s Report: Terri Clingerman

  • From AKC: AKC is offering Parent Clubs the opportunity to award special medallions to the BOB, BOS, Best Bred-By-Exhibitor, Top Scoring Obedience, and Top Scoring Agility dogs in their breed at the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship show in Long Beach, CA, Dec. 1 & 2, 2007. Parent Clubs who participate will pay a total of $165 for all 5 medallions.

  • From AKC: A letter asking for our liaison for the Meet the Breeds booth at the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship. Replied to AKC with the information they asked for.
    From AKC: Event #2007507017 is approved with regards to date and location (Rally trial on Friday at the national).

  • From AKC: Event #2007507011 is approved with regards to date, location, and judge (Agility trial on Thursday at the national).

  • From AKC: Event #2007507017 (Rally on Friday at the national) is not approved because the entries are limited to 100 dogs and the address, phone, and email are missing for the trial chair.

  • A form for us to advertise in the AKC/Eukanuba championship show catalog if we want to ($140 for a page).

  • Event #2007507023, Puppy Sweeps on 8/25/07 at Kane City Fairgrounds, St. Charles, IL is approved. Sandra E. King is the judge.

  • From Southeast Border Collie Rescue of Florida, Inc.: an inquiring regarding the AHA & Pedigree $2000 grants for purebred rescue groups.

  • Letter sent to MABCR: Informed them that the Board selected them to receive the $2000 AHA & Pedigree grant.

  • Letters sent to CARE4BCs, BCR of the Ozarks, and Southeast BC

  • Rescue of FL: Informed them that they were not selected to receive the AHA & Pedigree grant, but that the Board voted to grant each of them $1000 from the BCSA rescue fund.

  • Letter sent to Tartan Border Collie Club: Informed them that their B Course grant request for their herding trial Sept. 28-30 2007 was approved by the Board.

  • From Nebraska Border Collie Rescue: Inquiry regarding the AHA & Pedigree grant for purebred rescue groups. Terri that the grant deadline had passed, but that the Board would discuss the possibility of making a donation to them at the June board meeting.

  • From Dog Owner: An email from someone trying to ILP a BC, asking for help. Forwarded photos of her dog to the BCSA Board to get opinions on whether to ask AKC to reconsider their decision. Replied to the person that a majority of the Board felt the dog did not meet the written BC standard and so couldn't be recommended to the AKC.

  • From Joy Newbrough: Regarding a BC informational booth at a festival in WV in July.

  • From Veternet.com: An inquiry about posting our breed profile on veternet.com. Replied that our profile is copyrighted but their website can put a link to BCSA’s website if they so chose.

4. Treasurer’s Report: Wayne Koutsky

4.1. General Account Balances as of June 3, 2007

  • Checking balance: $8,433.24
    Savings (Money Market) balance: $53,913.10
    Health balance: $7.269.33
    Rescue balance: $16.320.13
    Total: $85,935.81

4.2. Annual Report in for the May 15 Borderlines deadline

  • The Annual Report for 2006 has been sent to Denise for Borderlines.

4.3. 2006 Specialty Final Income/Expenses

  • Income: $56,126
    Expenses: $53,016
    Net Income: 3,065

4.4. Form 990 for IRS

  • Form 990 for the 2006 Tax Year was prepared and sent to Finance for approval.

5. Interim Business Transacted by E-Mail

5.1. Board Votes

  • 2007-02: Motion 2007-02 Made by Wayne Koutsky to approve Fred Burhoff and Edree Olsen to judge obedience for the 2008 BCSA National Specialty.

  • 2007-03: JS Process.
    Motion: Wayne Koutsky
    Second: Kelly Hagstrand
    In Favor: Denise Teal, Terri Clingerman, Sally Davis
    Abstain: Julia Ecklar, Lisa Pruka

5.2. New Member Applications
None received.

6. Committee Business/Reports:

6.1. Advertising Manager (Club) Volunteer Needed - No report.

6.2. Affiliate Clubs: Emily Fish
The Affiliate Clubs Committee is starting to get on its feet and running. Their first two tasks are to help update the Affiliate Club page on the BCSA website, and to develop a membership application specifically for affiliate clubs. At this time, they are in the process of working on both of these goals, and will have these ready to present to the Board in the near future.

6.3. Agility Trial in Feb: Pennsylvania: Karen Herceg
Approved for 2008.

6.4. Agility Trial in July: Ohio: Denise Teal - No report.

6.5. AKC Gazette Columnist: Gerianne Darnell
Gerianne is still working on a two-part series on judging the Border Collie in conformation.

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
Website is up, are we ready to advertise. Ad in Borderlines will be in color because there will be an extra color page.

6.9. Border Recorder: Volunteer Needed - No report.

6.10. Borderlines: Denise Teal (Sally Davis, Liaison)

  • In order to handle the monitoring of content and ad policy adherence, Denise will do final proof-read after Brooke and Barbara have put the magazine together.
  • Kim Baumgart needs to resign from doing ads, so need to consider requiring camera ready ads only, or Brooke will do them for an hourly rate. This will also mean perhaps opening up a job for someone to solicit ads from businesses/related vendors.

6.11. Breeder Referral: Karen (Yobbagy) Herceg - No report.

6.12. Color Committee: Casey Carney
Casey has a few more pictures to be uploaded to the website color pages.

6.13. Finance Committee: Beth Bartholomew
Treasurer Wayne Koutsky forwarded the club’s Form 990 that was filed for the 2006 Tax Year. Everything looks fine.

6.14. Futurity Committee: Volunteer Needed - No report.

6.15. General Education: Donna Mallory
Pamphlet regarding “Should You Breed Your Dog” – Board looked it over to make general comments. Board suggests shifting it more toward emphasizing temperament and maybe herding ability, cut down on the more specific information about caring for the pregnant bitch etc. Stick to things unique to our breed. Also tackle subject of “what is a good breeder?,” then the separate topic of whether this particular dog should be bred.

6.16. Health: Volunteer Needed (Lisa handing off)

  • CHIC: will be surveying the membership on our website for input on what tests to require for CHIC registration. Last month we opted for only requiring OFA hips & CERF at first, all other tests recommended. Lisa will call CHIC and inquire a little more, maybe get some advice on this.

  • Health survey: Lisa will send out job description on ANNOUNCE.

  • AKC Health Foundation Conference is during BCSA National Specialty in St. Louis (downtown). We can only send one delegate (it would be obvious if this was the Committee head, but we have no committee head).

6.17. Health Education Foundation (HEF): Dawn Antoniak-Mitchell, Chair

  • They have completed their incorporation, and are now working on their 501(c) 3 status.

  • Have decided they need to pay a professional to review the final documents & make sure there are no “gotchas.” We expressed willingness to pay for this, within reason, so they will check on the cost.

  • USBCHA donation: they are waiting to decide how they might take advantage of a donation from us.

  • Once they are fully set up, it’ll be time for us to bid them farewell. We need to be thinking about how much seed money we’d like to give them.

6.18. Herding: Claudia Frank

  • "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 desired. I noticed that there was room for photos on the BCSA website for this award. I will try to contact the other winners, Carol Lucero and Robin Penland, to get photos of their dogs. Also, wording regarding the use of the USBCHA points system has been corrected to use a similar system without directly using calculations from the USBCHA.

  • Articles for Borderlines: Articles have been sent to Denise Teal on a regular basis for use in Borderlines. They also have been posted on the BCSA web site.

  • I am always open to suggestions as to what could be done to increase membership involvement in herding and to maintain the awareness for the need to maintain the border collie as a THE top stock dog. If you think there is something we can do please let me know.

6.19. Historian: Mickey Bruzek
Mickey is putting together a list of things she might like to read, in the hopes the list can be published in Borderlines so that members might be able to contribute (for example, old issues of Borderlines, newsletters, etc.). She is still working with the AKC, also.

6.20. Juniors: Mary Beth Overmyer & Linda Follis - Nothing new to report.

6.21. Judges Education: Linnea Klingel

  • Linn ordered 500 copies of the PowerPoint CD. She expects arrival Monday or Tuesday. Wayne has already sent a check. Linn will be shipping 250 of these CDs to approved BC judges, along with a cover letter outlining the Board’s concerns regarding judging. Cost of shipping will be approximately $1.88 per CD, plus envelope. Linn will look for some lighter weight shipping envelope, and will need to purchase envelopes as well as order extra copies of the letter to be printed. Due to issues members have had recently with long-time approved judges, Linn thinks she needs to add a more detailed explanation of the judge’s guidelines, and/or a statement regarding "working type" dogs. Since judges have already been approved for a while, this could be presented as a sort of “refresher.” Any thoughts or specific areas on how to approach this, let me know.Linn will be purchasing folders and printing for the 50+ packets I need for Houston /July, ADJ Institute in August, and the National.

  • Due to her schedule, Linn may not be able to give a presentation in Pennsylvania in August. She emailed Jen Thompson, who was going to help out. Hopefully Jen and perhaps Deb Willoughby can give it; otherwise Linn might ask Carolyn Herbel or Kelly Whiteman to assist. The ADJ Institute is for 16 judges who have minimum 4 breeds or more. Usually they are able to judge other groups.

  • Arthur Sorkin talked to Lisa in CA, expressing interest in being a club Mentor. He’s an AKC judge. Board gave their approval.
    Linn is still waiting for information on a judge’s seminar at Westminister. She requested Sat. Feb 9, 2008. Linda More will be sending out the info in June or July.

  • Linn only received a handful of replies to her email regarding an ethics agreement to Mentors. Board supported the effort, agreeing that people should sign the ethics agreement or they should not be allowed to mentor.

  • Denise has video from the Bluegrass Cluster which needs to be reviewed/edited. Denise will look into finding a camera shop that can get the video onto a DVD for editing.

  • Upcoming presentation requests:

    • Houston Cluster in July: Linn will do this one.

    • Adv Judging Institute in August in PA: Linn is doing this one.

    • National specialty: will ask Robin Penland to do again.

    • November 2007: Michelle in Seattle

    • February 2008: Linn at Westminster

    • April 2008: Wichita Cluster, includes arena demo

6.22. Judges Selection Process: Sonja Donaldson Chair

  • Motion 2007-03 Made by Lisa Pruka to approve the Judges Selection Process as presented in the latest form dated 5-02-2007.
    Motion: Lisa Pruka
    Second: Sally Davis
    In Favor: Terri Clingerman, Kelly Hagstrand, Denise Teal
    Opposed: Wayne Koutsky
    Abstain: Julia Ecklar

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: Kim Sykes - No report.

6.28. Rescue Liaison: Megan Harrison - Nothing new to report.

6.29. Versatility: Tashia Lund
Nothing new to report. Still working on the Flyball titles.

6.30. Website: Ann Shaw

  • Regular site maintenance and page updates.

  • Almost all pages in the 2007 Specialty section are activated. Registration forms for all events are available for each entry by participants.

  • Board minutes are up-to-date.

7. Old Business

7.1. 2007 Specialty: Megan Harrison & Julie Bosier

  • Judges: All judges have been approved and are under contract.

  • Trophy funding: Fully funded, yeah!

  • Premium list status: final drafts are out for proofreading.

  • Sheep: the board discussed the issue regarding complaints about the sheep being difficult to shed. Denise reported that Bettie will withhold some of this year's lambs for use on Advanced B course. The lambs will not have been worked much at all and should be easier to shed.

  • Versatility Award: the board reviewed the proposed changes from the 2007 committee, suggested a few minor alterations and approved it.

7.2. 2008 National Specialty

  • Chairs: most chair positions filled.

  • Sec/Phot: 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, conformation

  • Host 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, and Scott Luken all under contract.

    • Now that the Judges Selection process is approved, Denise & Linda will work with the JS committee to do a shortened version of the process for 2008 to get the rest of the judges.

  • 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.

7.3. AKC Parent Club Conference
Julia & Michelle can’t go; Claudia is going instead, trying to find someone to go with her.

7.4. AKC Good Sportsmanship Medallion

  • Michelle sent out a call for nominations, with a deadline of August 31, 2007 in order for there to be time to make an announcement in Borderlines. Winner will be selected in September, the award presented at the specialty, and the names of nominees published a future Borderlines. A reminder will be sent to the membership in July.

7.5. Breeder Recognition Award proposal from Kim
Kim is going to start working on a proposal.

7.6. AHA/Pedigree Rescue Grant

  • MABCR was chosen as the recommended recipient, with three other groups receiving $1,000 each from the BCSA rescue funds. A fourth request arrived after the AHA/Pedigree Rescue Grant deadline from Nebraska Border Collie Rescue Home. A motion was made to give Nebraska Border Collie Rescue Home $1,000 from the BCSA rescue fund, just as was done with the others.
    Motion: Julia Ecklar
    Second: Sally Davis
    In Favor: Unanimous

  • Perhaps in response to some controversy associated with AHA being attached to the previous grant, Pedigree sent a letter offering BCSA an additional $2,000 to be dedicated to rescue with no-strings-attached. The Board agreed to accept the funds.

7.7. Goals

  • Two areas of focus the Board has identified for this year:

    • Herding video for judges ed.

    • Health survey out this year

8. New Business

8.1. Stockdog of Distinction Award
Claudia changed the wording of the award to clarify the issue of USBCHA “points.” A motion was made to accept the changes.
Motion: Lisa Pruka
Second: Denise Teal
In Favor: Unanimous

8.2. HEC Email List
The Herding-Earthdog-Coursing (HEC) is developing a discussion list to reach a wider audience for input. They plan to include our delegate, President, & Secretary by default; and are asking the Board to submit four other names. The board discussed appropriate nominees to participate in the list.

8.3. ILP Application Request for Help
Colleen Howell has a B&W smooth coat that was rejected after a request for a 2nd round of photos. She is asking for our guidance. The board voted on this dog, and though it was a close vote, the majority felt the dog did not look purebred. So Terri advised the owner of the result.

8.4. PNWBCC Supported Entry Request
A motion was made to approve support entries at PNWBCC, as requested by their president, Emily Fish.
Motion: Lisa Pruka
Second: Sally Davis
In Favor: Unanimous

8.5. Benedum Festival
A member requested informational materials to be used at a meet-the-breeds booth at the Benedum Festival. The board approved reimbursing her for making 300 copies of the BCSA educational flyers for use in her meet-the-breeds booth at the event.

8.6. Eukanuba Medallions for Breed
A motion was made to offer Eukanuba Medallions for Breed, as well as Obedience, Conformation, and Agility.
Motion: Denise Teal
Second: Lisa Pruka
In Favor: Unanimous

8.7. Suggestion Box Submissions/Input from Membership
No report.
8.8. Date of Next meeting

Wed July 11, 8:00 p.m. EDT/5:00 p.m. PST

8.9. Adjournment
Adjournment motion: 10:36 p.m. EDT/7:36 p.m. PST by Kelly Hagstrand
Second: Lisa Pruka
In Favor: Unanimous

 
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