Meeting called to order by President Laura Reeves at 8:46 PM Eastern time.
All Board members were present.
The minutes from the 12/06 meeting were approved as posted.
As of 1/16/07
Checking account- $11,363.93
Money market- $21,247.31
Rescue Fund- $4712.62
Collected and sent to Board several emails from committees. It was suggested that all correspondence sent from the Sec to the Board be send in the body of an email. Several members not able to open attachments.
Motion made by Charlie Kissinger
2nd by Sue Mueller
FEAC- Doug Ljungren has been the Chairman of the FEAC since it’s inception and will be stepping down to take a position with AKC as Director of Performance events. In that light, a new Chairman must be found.
Doug has begun the search for a new Chair, and a letter has been sent to the committee seeking anyone with an interest in the position.
Doug has sent the ballots for the 2007 National Field Trial judges to the committee and will report back to the board with those results.
The Board discussed whether the Board should appoint a Chair, or allow the committee to sort it out. After discussion it was decided to allow the committee to sort it out on their own for the time being.
SEAC- Standing chair Judy Cheshire sent a report to the Board which everyone received.
Laura gave a short history of the SEAC makeup and explained how the makeup of the committee came to be.
In a nut shell, the committee is broken and needs reorganizing. Curently the committee is made up of representatives of each local club, but after being polled, the vast majority of the committee does not represent any club.
It was recommended by Judy that the committee be comprised of the following;
A representive from each of the
following sections of the
North east
South east
mid west north
mid west south
southwest
Also an obedience expert at large
Agility expert at large
After discussion it was decided that the Board will disband the standing committee and contact each current member thanking them for their participation. The board will ask Judy to act as Chairman of the SEAC and she will seek volunteers to fill the new Committee. Judy will submit her recommendations and the new members to the Board for review and approval.
Laura filled us in on the status of the 2007 National Events. Committees are in place, with all going forward as planned.
Horses for the field events were
discussed. Will
After discussion, all agreed that we will guarantee Will $3600 for the week, and anything over and above that amount will be his to keep.
It was also discussed that it has to be made clear to anyone attending the National field events that there will not be gallery horses unless each individual contacts Will and lets him know that they will be needing a horse.
Eastern Director- Charlie Kissinger
Charlie reported that he has had no contact with anyone concerning the start up of a new club in the South east. It was suggested by Laura that he contact Danielle Gerbert as she is very active in the area. Charlie agreed to contact Danielle and discuss a new club.
Liz reported that the Twin Cities club held their specialty in January and had an excellent entry of over 30 dogs!
Western Director- Ray Calkins
Ray voiced his concern with the future of the SeaTac club now that Doug was leaving. Laura stated that she has been in contact with members of that club and hopefully they will pull together and keep the club intact. Ray will talk with members and others in the area to see if they can get the club moving in the right direction.
Parent Club Conference
It was decided that Liz Dixon and
Bernee Brawn will attend the Parrent Club conference in July in
Judges Education Committee GWPCA approved mentors
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Constitution Review Committee- Mark Sargent
Mark did not attend so no report was given.
Ray questioned the need for reviewing and updating the constitution and by laws. Discussion was held concerning why, and everyone agreed that it was necessary.
Further discussion was tabled until the next meeting.
2006 Nationals
Sue reported that there has been
nothing received from the
A discussion was held concerning some merchandise that had been bought and paid for but never received. Ellis was made aware of this problem and reported to the board via email that it was being taken care of.
Laura discussed the need for revamping the way the Nationals are run, basically that the GWPCA needs to take back the National events. A position of a National Events Coordinator was discussed. Bernee reported that she has written up a proposal and guidelines for such a program and she would send them to all board members for their review.
Ray reported that back in 1984 a NEC had been set up. Larry Mason had put together a How to Run The Nationals handbook, but unfortunately over the years it has been unused. Liz found a copy of the original and is sending it on to Bernee.
All agreed that this is something we need to put into use, and will discuss it further in meetings to come.
Web Site
Our web site manager requested payment of $50 a month to update the GWPCA web site. After discussion it was agreed that Sue would send a check for $500 to cover this expense.
Rescue
Laura Myles is requesting that the GWPCA help finance microchips for all rescue dogs. Ray advised that if we do this, the rescue look into using Home Again and not Advid.
The rescue also asked if they would be allowed to hold a microchipping event at this years Nationals. They also would like to set up a DNA table. It was agreed that the GWPCA will help fund this event, but the Rescue program must take responsibility for putting it in motion and for manning the tables.
AKC Gazzette
After 10 years Laura has decided it’s time to step down as Gazzette columnist. Jodi Quesnell will take over.
The next conference call will take place February 6 at 8:30 pm eastern time
The meeting ended at approximately 10:30 pm