Welcome by President Mark Sargent and Presidents report. No Quorum at this meeting, therefore no votes can be taken. Most of Marks comments will be made at Banquet tomorrow. Twin Cites GWP Club was congratulated on good job hosting the 2005 Nationals. The Board appreciates the effort of all members as they all also have other lives.

Introduction of the Board. All Board members were present except for Eastern Director, Mal Decker. Present are Mark Sargent, President, Laura Reeves Vice President, Western Director, Mike Hemphill, Treasurer Sue Mueller, Secretary, Barb Tucker and Midwest Director, Liz Dixon.

Minutes of last teleconference Board meeting June 2005 accepted as printed in the Wirenews. Also, Eukanuba Invitational’s Meet the Breeds booth will be hosted by Christi Chism, and Doug Ljungren was notified of the Board vote on the National Master Hunt Test. He will notify Larry Voecks of the decision.

Treasurers report given by Sue Mueller. She reports there are 605 members at this time. See Treasurers report printed in News Letter for complete report. Sue stated for the record that DUES ARE DUE ON JANUARY 1 OF EACH YEAR. Sue also reported that there are problems with the Wirenews being delivered on time, please pay the extra $10.00 to receive it 1st class as opposed to 3rd class. This will insure it is delivered in a more timely manner. Dues are Due on Dec. 31 every year.

COMMITTEE REPORTS
A. FEAC: Doug Ljungren explained how the FEAC is set up and how many members from each club and at large members are selected. The committee voted to also allow tracking collars in Hunt Tests This was on the agenda for the AKC Field Events Advisory Committee, but at the last minute it was decided to only have Field Trial issues on the agenda. The committee also voted not to be involved in the selection of the Hunt Test judges. Doug stated that he attended the AKC Field Trial Advisory Committee in Idaho in conjunction with the AKC Pointing Breed Trials.

B. SEAC: Judy Cheshire reported that these members are from clubs that have been given Show status. Since no vote can be taken tonight she will outline the process that they are going thru now.

C. Rescue Mal Decker, Barb Tucker, Laura Myles. Since Barb is the only member present she reported that there are many dogs that are in need of new homes. All the members are getting burnt out. Mark and Barb discussed plans to work more closely with Mary Murray as she now is a 501C 3. Carolyn Isom was asked to help work out details with the GWPCA and Mary Murray.

D. Judges Education: Judy Cheshire reported that there were 3 Judges Education seminars given in the last year, one being at the National institute. Board has recently approved a budget for the committee, in hopes that we can have more seminars and better literature for the attendees.

E. Breeders Education: Judy Cheshire asked for someone to volunteer to chair the committee. Nikki Litwin volunteered to take over this committee. Thanks Nikki.

F. Website: Laura Reeves gave statistics of average data. There are about 875 hits per day. More photos, dog related dog products etc.. Hopefully all members have visited the new site

G. News Letter: Jodi Quesnell encouraged members to please pay the extra $10.00 per year to have Wirenews sent 1st class. Thanks to all that are writing regular articles and to those that sent in articles. Also the yearbook is now finished and available for purchase. Good job Jodi!

H. Breeder Referral: Bernee Brawn needs to know if you have a litter. She gets many calls in spring and fall. She also refers people to rescue dogs.

I. Versatility Test: Greg DuBois has taken over as chairman. Handout given to all members about the Versatility Ratings Research. He plans on moving forward with this project
J. Field Futurity: Guy Rezzardi was not present so Sue Mueller gave the report. 45 eligible, 22 entries for this year’s Futurity.

K. Show Futurity: Aloysia Hard stated that 30 litters nominated and 20 some dogs in this years futurity. Both owners and co owners must be club members. New rules for nominating your litters will be forth coming as many are late with these nominations and it is becoming very time consuming to both members and the chairmen of the futurities.

L. Standard Review: Joy Brewster gave the report. Straw Poll vote. Write in votes wanted word COURSE used in describing coat texture as opposed to CRISP. Color, rather than committee or Board making the decision it was discussed to have a mail in vote done to either accept or not accept the color Black and white and it will be mailed to CPA for count. Hopes to have final draft in wire news.

M. Delegates Report given by Laura Reeves, this will be printed in Wire News

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

A. 2006 Nationals Ellis Hertz Nationals in CA 2006, show will be in conjunction with shows in the Sacramento area (Oct 27, 2006) Field Events to start on Mon Oct 29 at Kissler Ranch about 1 ½ hr from show site. Plans are to have each club sponsor dinners every evening. Website will have info about National items to purchase as soon as it is available. There was also a discussion about the possibility of taking a half day and going to Yosemite Park?

B.2007 Nationals Eastern US? Tom Jarnich stated that a vote was taken by Del Valley and it was decided that they are not in a position to host it at his time.
Bernee suggested that this Nationals be a Board run Nationals and be held at Ionia, MI. Board to discuss this and Mark to also discuss this with Ft Detroit Club and it’s members.

REPORT OF DIRECTORS
A. East Mal Decker not present
B. Midwest Liz Dixon Nothing new
C. West Mike Hemphill nothing new

NEW BUSINESS

DNA requirements for Nationals both Field and Show

Membership cards and numbers for GWPCA members to be used for field and show futurity. This is very time consuming according to Sue and still requires someone to check and make sure they are current members

Litter nominations and renominations to chairmen on time
All of above to be addressed by Lori Rezzardi. Lori was not present at the meeting so her letter was read and discussed. It was decided to forward this request to the FEAC for evaluation. This had also been discussed at the Board meeting and several changes were discussed. A final vote and discussion will be done at the next teleconference Board meeting the end of November or early December.

D. Sylvia Miller would like to address the need for better coordination between Hosting club and Parent Club, and the need for a Breed video. Breed video will be done at the National Specialty on Sunday and available for purchase after that.

E. Linda Krepak and the Del Valley Club would like to see if something can’t be done to change the rule regarding the water test. Currently it must be held in conjunction with a Field Event. This was discussed and also will be forwarded on to the FEAC for further evaluation. They would like to be able to have it held alone or in conjunction with a Fun day or Club picnic.


ADJOURNMENT at 9PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Barb Tucker
Secretary GWPCA