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Roll Call: Art Sorkin • Megan Harrison • Linda Ramas • Paige O’Donnell • Ann Shaw • Terri Clingerman • Lisa Weeks • Lisa Pruka • Carol Clark
Members Absent: None
Call to order: 7:05 p.m. CST by Art
Adopt Agenda
Board adopted agenda
1. Recording Secretary’s Report: Linda Ramas
Board adopted as published.
2. Corresponding Secretary’s Report: Paige O’Donnell
Board adopted as published
- Received a request regarding
chronic eye issues with a BC asking for suggestions, consulted a Vet and
corresponded the response.
- Received a request regarding Affiliate club reimbursement, directed them to
the process on the web site.
- Received a request asking when the invitations for the Conformation Top 20
were being sent, responded with potential dates, gave suggestions for entering
without an entry form.
- Received a request to include an Affiliate Club Obedience and specialty
premium on BCSA’s website, forwarded the premium to Ann Shaw for inclusion on
the website.
- Received a request regarding what questions and answers to expect for
potential puppy buyers when interviewing Breeders, responded with suggestions
and answers from several sources.
- Received a request regarding information on breeding sables to merles,
consulted breeders of “color” for their pros and cons, responded with the
information. Received a thank you e-mail.
- Received a request looking for a home for a BC/Lab mix showing herding
tendency toward children, forwarded the request to BC Rescue Chair, Linda Ramas
who promptly responded.
- Received a request looking to rescue a BC in the S Florida area, forwarded the
request to BC Rescue Chair, Linda Ramas.
- Received a request from an aspiring 14 year old photographer to include a
photo of his BC on the BCSA web site, forwarded request to Ann Shaw with the
recommendation of including the photo in the color section of the website.
- Received a request for BC’s to participate in a Responsible Dog Ownership Day
in CT, forwarded the request to the NE Affiliate Clubs.
- Received notification that 2 BC’s were in a Humane Society in Florida,
forwarded the information to Linda Ramas who engaged Starfish BC Rescue located
in Florida.
No new applicants were voted on for membership.
3. Treasurer’s Report: Ann Shaw
3.1 General Account Balances
• Sent Sue Rolek information for July reconciliation.
• Received $25 from Helping Udders for Restricted Rescue
ACCOUNTS AS OF 8/31/11
CHECKING
11,196.63
MONEY MARKET
Money Market
53,427.46
Health Restricted
4,572.08
Rescue Restricted
12,605.53
Total Money Market
70,605.07
TOTAL
81,801.70
8/1/11 to 8/31/11
INCOME
2011 Spec Inc
4,413.00
Futurity
100
Membership Dues
340
TOTAL INCOME
4,853.00
EXPENSES
2011 Natl Exp
1,278.16
B'lines Expense
2,286.00
Bank Charge
12.95
Board Meetings
67.53
Fees
82.58
Health
-1,000.00
Programs
410.29
Sponsored Trials-Exp
300
Web Site:Maintenance
500
Web Site:Domain
250.95
TOTAL EXPENSES
4,188.46
TOTAL
664.54
Board adopted as published.
4. Interim Business Transacted
by E-Mail:
- All actions taken between meetings are by signed, written consent of all 9
Board members.
5. Committee Business/Reports: See attached August Committee Report
5.1 Any new reports that were not submitted by email? - None
5.2 Any questions/corrections/issues with email reports? - None
5.3 Any committees that need to be queried? - None
6. Old Business
6.1 Action Items from June meeting not reported as done
- Restricted funds – Rescue and Health
–Discussion on what are these funds used for how much is truly restricted6.2 Specialty Coordinator – Discuss
- Board discussed the creation of a Specialty Coordinator position for future Specialties.
- Board appointed Lisa Pruka and Megan Harrison to share the responsibilities of Specialty Coordinators
- Lisa Pruka and Megan Harrison will draft job description for position and will be discussed at next Board meeting6.3 Herding Committee
6.3.1 SOD/SODX prize – Terri Clingerman will check with cowdogart for availability of award
6.3.2 Advanced competition at Nationals – Discussion was held regarding possible herding invitational being added to future specialties. Terri Clingerman and Lisa Pruka will write something up for discussion at next Board meeting
6.4 Use of Health Funds for, e.g., Health Committee work?
- Funds can be used for specific6.5 2011 National - Any outstanding specialty issues to be discussed?
Is there is anything the BOD would like to advertise in the catalog, e.g., BCSA logo merchandise or the Border Recorder?
- Carol Clark will look into what has been done in the past.
- Chairs need to send in any bills ASAP6.6 Stand Alone Meet the Breeds, Nov 19-20 in NYC.
- Lisa Weeks indicated that we will be covered but no specifics as of yet. She will follow up on materials to be available.6.7 Judges Selection Policy
- Lisa Weeks is still waiting on response from Sonja Donaldson.6.8 Next Meeting Date:
- September 21, 20116.9 Midwest Border Collie Rescue – sponsorship at their annual rendezvous
- Board approved $200.00 to sponsor event6.10 Final any last minute old business since agenda prepared? - None
7. New Business
7.1 Any new business since agenda prepared?
- Sportsman of the Year – Carol Clark will check with AKC
8. Adjournment
8.1. Date of Next meeting
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at 5:00pm PSTAdjournment motion: 9:10 p.m CST
By: Art Second: Ann
August Committee Reports:
BCSA Suggestion Box – Ann Shaw, Chair – Report 7/31/11
From 7/1/11 to 7/31/11
Compliment:
Thank you for adding the “Top 20” venues to the BCSA National Specialty. These
venues provide members who support the Parent Club and agree to abide by the
Code of Ethics of BCSA additional opportunities to exhibit their dogs. These
events are a well-deserved recognition available to those who have chosen to
support our breed. I hope that invitations will soon be sent out, we need ample
time to make travel arrangements for the fast approaching Specialty. Thank you
again for adding these special opportunities for BCSA members.
Suggestion:
The June 2011 minutes indicate that the herding committee had questions that
would be answered by the BOD. What were the questions? What are the responses?
In general, it would be helpful to see more specifics in the Board minutes to
help better understand what issues have been discussed, and what the resolution
is. Thank you for your consideration.
Web Site Committee Report – Ann Shaw – 7/31/11
• Regular website maintenance and
updates.
• 2011 Specialty updates for trophies and ads.
Respectfully submitted, Ann Shaw
Herding Committee Report – Claudia Frank – 8/3/11
Herding Instinct Certification
Program
No changes, questions or comments at this time.
Committee Members
Joyce Norris
HERDING CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT & OTHER EVENTS
- Claudia Frank talked to Carol
Delsman (AKC Rep) at the recent ASSA National at Purina Farms. She had many
suggestions for a Herding Championship event that could be done in the formats
now approved by the AKC.
- She also suggested that we have a special type of event at the National that
would be similar to the Invitationals for Obedience & Agility. One was to take
the top ten scorers in specific courses and add them together to be the
competitors in a finals round for a championship title of some sort.
- I do believe that the BCSA needs to do more things to encourage HIGHER levels
of competency in BCs and not just ones that can pass and get titles. In past
years if it WAS a Border Collie it was a good working stockdog. However, now
days if you need a good working stockdog you need to research the bloodlines
carefully for their working abilities as a huge percentage of BCs are now NOT
bred for working and/or are bred from less than quality workers. This fact is
turning our breed into just another breed of dog rather than the premier
stockdog as it was intended!!
- IF THE BOARD would like to pursue something of the above please give me the
amount of time that would be devoted to it and the amount of funds that would be
available to use.
AKC RECOGNITION OF PARENT CLUB
TITLES –
- From February Report: The following was taken from the Minutes for the
Delegate’s Meeting from December 2010.
“As a new accommodation for parent clubs, we now record parent club performance
event titles if AKC does not provide a similar title.”
Apparently the SOD & SOD-X do not fall into the new parent titles in that they
use a scoring system for one of the award parts that belongs to a different
organizationa… the USBCHA.
NATIONAL SPECIALTY – 2011
Herding Instinct Evaluations –
Next Evaluation National Specialty 2011
(The “P&P” for the National Herding Instinct Testing has been given to the 2011
National Co-Chairman.) Update -
Person in charge of Herding Instinct Evaluations – Mary Thompson
Announcement in “BL”:
Repeated Announcements on BCSAAnnounceList -
Evaluation Forms:
Handouts:
Assistants (3 works best):
Creator of Passing Certificates: (Will have club logo as opposed to National
logo in background.) Print enough for all possible testing spots plus ten.
Waiver: Denise Teal provided a copy of the Waiver she had created.
Instinct Evaluations. Each person must sign waiver.
Scheduling/Paperwork: Mary Thompson - Evaluator: Ian Caldicott
Have you ever wondered how your
Border Collie(s) would react if he/she saw sheep and what instincts would come
alive? Here’s your chance to find out while you’re at the National. You can have
him/her evaluated at the 2011 BCSA Specialty on Thursday, September 15 from 10am
to 5pm. No prior experience is necessary for you or your dog.
Those dogs showing instinct will receive a certificate from the BCSA on site if
you pre-register. Please indicate a second choice for time, date and mail to the
address at the bottom.
We guarantee you will have an interesting and enjoyable experience but take no
responsibility for what the experience may do to alter your life style!
Entry Form (opens in new window)
Fee: $40 per dog or $20 per
currently fostered rescue dog
Mail & Info: Mary Thompson - 14774 W Lacey Rd, Pocatello ID 83202
If you have questions, e-mail Mary at idahobones03@yahoo.com.
Other: NO REFUNDS AFTER JULY 1, 2011. If this event does not fill with pre-registrations, entries will be accepted on the day of testing.
National Specialty – High Scoring
Herding Dog Award
The AWARD described on the web site is a “Border Collie Throw”
2011 BORDER COLLIE NATIONAL
SPECIALTY
September 11-18, 2011 - Linn County Expo, Albany Oregon
HERDING AWARD - HIGH SCORING ADVANCED
Score Tabulators, Holly Horton & April Bruce
We will again be offering the
High Scoring Advanced Herding Award.
• Requirements: Scores will be used from regular runs in the Advanced class.
Each stock and course must be entered and competed in at least once during the
National Week (Monday - Wednesday) to qualify. The highest score earned on each
course will be added together with the highest overall score winning.
• Award: See trophy section of the web site.
• Score Tabulator: Holly Horton and April Bruce
• Entry: Form (opens in new window). Fill out and print form and send to April
Bruce, PO Box 42, Draper UT 84020.
• There is no entry fee but you must sign up by July 31, 2011 to be eligible.
• Email with any questions - snofirebcs@yahoo.com. .
SOD & SOD-X
The BCSA Board has discontinued the $100 gift certificate to Border Collies in
Action for the SOD or SOD-X awards. The Herding Committee’s position is that
this award is the most important award the BCSA provides and as such should have
high recognition compared to other awards. Other breeds can do agility,
obedience, etc but only BCs are the paramount stockdog.
I have checked on the rough prizes for a BCSA pin with the award initials on it. Some ideas had items from an all ready in production line of pieces and other ideas were original to BCSA for the award. I contacted Terri Clingerman to get a price for the awards. None that I could find were at or below what was offered previously. Terri provided me with photos of awards currently used by BCSA. I believe the rectangular pin with SOD or SOD-X on it would work fine.
Another SOD was awarded and it was to Kathie Woods and her Jet. She sent a photo and has been asked to present a few paragraphs about their trip to earning the award. The Award information will be added to the BCSA web site and appear in the “BL”.
Herding Stats
- Stats for 2010 is available in April 2011. Results will be available on “BL”
and the web site. This has been completed and posted on the web site, given to
the “BL” editor and posted on the BCSAAnnounceList internet site.
Instructional Information
available on web site & “Borderlines”.
- Basic herding information available for use as handouts
- Eight articles from a series titled “It’s Not Magic” have been added to the
web site. They will also be used in the “BL” magazine. The most recent is title
“Magic Words”. Several more are in the works.
Page Updated 09.24.2011