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Roll Call: Michelle Olsen • Lisa Pruka • Sally Davis • Kelly Hagstrand • Denise Teal • Terri Clingerman • Wayne Koutsky • Jo Roach
Members Absent: Claudia Frank
Call to order: 5:02 pm PDT by Michelle Olsen
1. Delegate Business:
Claudia attended the Delegate's meeting 9-10 September 2007.
2. Recording Secretary’s Report: Jo
Roach
August 2007 Minutes approved:
Motion: Kelly Hagstrand
Second: Sally Davis
Approve: Unanimous
3. Corresponding Secretary’s Report: Terri Clingerman
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Mailed BCSA's ballot for the Lifetime Achievement Award back to AKC.
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Received letters asking if BCSA was keeping the date for events #20085070012 and #2008507002 (agility trials on Feb. 16 & 17). Received letters saying that BCSA's application for those dates is pending, AKC needs an officer's signature on the application and the event fee. Later received letters saying that both events have been approved.
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Emailed Chris Storm at AKC, saying that the BCSA board agreed that Garril Page's "K8" should be granted an ILP.
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Mailed out 26 surveys to potential judges for our 2008 national specialty.
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Received an email asking if the board had considered updating the Wikipedia entry on BCs (Michelle went to the website and made some edits).
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Received an email inviting BCSA members to participate in Silver Bay Kennel Club's "Meet the Breeds" event at their Feb. 2008 show. Posted a notice on BC Announce regarding that. Kristine Weathers volunteered to participate.
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Received another nominee for the Good Sportsmanship award.
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Received an inquiry, asking if we were a 501c3 charity. Replied that we are 501c4, and not a charity.
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Emailed Garril Page, that the BCSA board agreed that "K8" should be granted an ILP and that we had contacted AKC regarding that.
4. Treasurer’s Report: Wayne Koutsky
4.1. General Account Balances
Last month: $72,428
This month:
Checking balance: $277
Savings (Money Market) balance: $47,206
Health balance: $7269
Rescue balance: $16,320
Total: $71,0724.2. 2007 Specialty Income/Expenses
Income: This month: $ 9811 Last month: $3954
Expenses: This month: $ 10,117 Last month: $7807
5. Interim Business Transacted by E-Mail
5.1. Board Votes
Motion 2007-06 made by Jo Roach on 17 August 2007 to approve the new membership application of Amy Sadowski. Second: Wayne Koutsky In Favor: Unanimous5.2. New Member Applications
The following new membership applications were approved:
Tanya Brennan (Parker, TX)
Sponsor: Marla BullDorothea Gruenerwald (Colorado Springs, CO)
Sponsor: Lisa PrukaLuann Tilman (Minnestrista, MN)
Sponsor: Julie MeluginMotion: Wayne Koutsky
Second: Kelly Hagstrand
In Favor: Unanimous
6. Committee Business/Reports:
6.1. General Committee Productivity Project
This project to highlight committee projects and accomplishments will be implemented after the specialty.6.2. Advertising Manager (Club) Volunteer Needed
6.3. Affiliate Clubs: Emily Fish
The affiliate club committee has been actively helping out each other by giving suggestions for supported entries, getting AKC affiliation, etc. We are working on updating the website and also making a membership application specific for affiliate clubs. We are hoping to get this accomplished by the end of the year.6.4. Agility Trial in Feb: Pennsylvania: Karen Herceg
No report.6.5. Agility Trial 28&29 June 2008: Michigan: Denise Teal
Judge Shane McConnell is now under contract for the weekend in. Application has been sent to AKC. Leftover toys from the 2007 agility trial will be used as prizes. Smaller ribbons will be ordered next year.6.6. AKC Gazette Columnist: Gerianne Darnell
I just sent in a column that will be published in December 2007 on the Mental Game in Competition. The four Gazette columns I did this year included the above column, a two-part series on judging the Border Collie, and a guest column on VST tracking.6.7. BCSA Announce & Suggestion Box: Nancy Little
As of September 9th, 2007 there are 353 subscribers to BCSA_Announce. There were no messages received in the Suggestion Box since my last report (June 2nd, 2007). I am however receiving periodic SPAM on the list.
2007 National List: No activity. The chairs are on the list and that is all. I will probably delete the list, since it is not being used.6.8. BCSA Store Inventory & Orders: Nancie Mages
No report.6.9. BCSA Merchandise Manager for Ivars Account:
No report.6.10. Border Recorder: Volunteer Needed
6.11. Borderlines: Denise Teal
The next publication deadline is September 15 The advertising requirements have been suspended for the next 2 issues so see if that increases ads. Layout and article collection are now being done by Paper and Ink.6.12. Breeder Referral: Karen Herceg
No report.6.13. Breeding Excellence Recognition (formerly ROM): Kim Sykes
Kim continues to receive emailed ROM/ROMX forms. This appears to be a helpful addition to keeping ROM stats. Lisa has updated the New Title Report and Studbook info with AKC.
Kim will start preparing a proposal for the nomination process for the Breeder Excellence Recognition award.
6.14. Finance Committee: Beth Bartholomew
Nothing new to report.6.15. Futurity Committee: Volunteer Needed
6.16. General Education: Donna Mallory
The General Education Committee has presented to the board for review the revised document discussing the requirements for successful breeding of dogs as well as whelping, rearing, and placing a litter of pups. As always, the committee welcomes any suggestions from the board and the general membership. The board reviewed the revised document and suggested additional revisions.6.17. Health: Volunteer Needed (Lisa handing off)
6.17.1. Health survey: Casey has done a tremendous job of developing a survey that will be distributed at this year’s national specialty and will later be posted on the website. Thank you Casey! The goal of the survey is to develop a top ten list of health concerns that we would like to focus our research and education funding efforts on.
6.17.2. AKC/CHF Canine Health Conference: 10/19-21 in St. Louis: Lori Mauger (BCSA member & HEF board member) going on our behalf. We will pay for her airfare and rental car.
6.17.3. Amy Chandler, achandl2@mac.com, U of Tennessee, is looking for a PhD study project and is considering Exercise Induced Collapse. She wanted some input on how much we know about its incidence in our breed. Michelle replied to her that we do think we have this problem in our breed, similar to Labs where they collapse after visually stimulating fetching exercise (not just normal running), but that we have no data on it. Michelle cc’ed Lisa & Casey and invited Amy to think about whether helping us with a small survey at the national might align with her studies.
6.18. Health Education Foundation (BCHF): Dawn Antoniak Mitchell (chair), Emily Czapek (president)
They have created a nice ad to go into Borderlines. We will be providing the ad space to them for free for an indefinite period of time.
They will be distributing a simple brochure at the USBCHA finals and at the specialty.
They now have a checking account.
Our donation to the USBCHA will go towards sponsoring Bill Berhow at the USBCHA Sheepdog Finals.
6.19. Herding: Claudia Frank
Claudia asked the board to consider an "Excellent" level to the "Stockdog of Distinction" Award. This would include herding championships in AKC, AHBA, ASCA plus 20 points from Open field competition as described in the current SOD qualifications. The board discussed this proposal and decided to table it for now and revisit later.
Robin Penland responded with a photo of Pat for the BCSA web site but Carol Lucero did not respond to the request.
Articles for Borderlines – Claudia has not started sending articles to Barbara at Paper and Ink. She'll be checking with her to see what she has on hand for use. Suggestions are always appreciated.
Denise Teal and Claudia will be tabulating the Versatile Stockdog Award at the National Specialty. This is a new award for this year.
Denise Teal is taking the entries for the National Specialty Herding Instinct Testing. Claudia will be organizing the entrants & handing out score sheets & certificates the day of the event.
Claudia is 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 BC as a THE top stockdog. If you think there is something we can do please let Claudia know.
6.20. Historian: Mickey Bruzek
No report.6.21. Juniors: Mary Beth Overmyer & Linda Follis
We did not have any juniors sign up for the recognition at the specialty. Mary Beth cancelled the shirt order with Nancy and notified Julie and Megan. The board discussed ideas to encourage junior participation and suggested follow up research.6.22. Judges Education: Linnea Klingel
Members are requesting hard copies of the Judges Education Power Point. Linn suggested charging $5 per CD to cover the cost of the CD and shipping and the board agreed.
The board reviewed and approved (with minor changes suggested) the rough draft of letter that will accompany the CD that is to be sent to all the judges approved for border collies. Once the letter is finalized, the CD and letter can be sent out.
Regarding the Advanced Judges Institute in PA, many thanks to Jen Thompson. Without her assistance in rounding up dogs and handlers the presentation would not have been possible. Thank you also to Julia Ecklar, Karen Rose Cerone, and Jan and Bob Mayr. The message was very well received.
Linn will need dogs and assistance in providing the JE at Westminster in February 2008.
So far, 4 judges have signed up for JE at the specialty. Board members and mentors should plan on attending as time allows.
Susanne Hoffman has resigned from being a mentor and the JE committee. She has decided to concentrate on performance rather than conformation.
Upcoming presentation requests:
National specialty: Linn
November 2007: Michelle in Seattle
January 2008: Art Sorkin in CA
February 2008: Linn at Westminster
April 2008: Wichita Cluster, includes arena demo
6.23. Judges Selection Process: Sonja Donaldson Chair
2008 Specialty: The board reviewed the surveys that were returned by the judges (some judges were unavailable and some did not return their surveys). The board decided to hire Linda Mount as the agility judge and she has been sent a contract. The surveys from the conformation and sweepstakes judges will be posted on the website. Members will be able to vote online via the website or by postcard. An announcement will appear in the next issue of Borderlines and an email message will be sent out via Announce. All votes must be received by 24 October. All electronic votes will be sent to Sonja Donaldson and Terri Clingerman for counting. The paper ballots will be sent to Terri.
2009 Specialty: Still pending chair and location selection.
6.24. Legislative Liaison: Linda Baron
No report.6.25. Membership: Kathy Sours
Three membership applications were received and forwarded to the board for approval.6.26. Nominating Committee Procedure: Karen Herceg
No report.6.27. Recruitment: Volunteer Needed
6.28. Rescue Liaison: Megan Harrison
No report6.29. Versatility: Tashia Lund
Due to health issues, Tashia’s ability to keep up on committee business will be compromised for the next few months. Sally Davis will assist Tashia in getting certificates printed.6.30. Website: Ann Shaw
- Regular site maintenance and page updates.
- Continued update of ROM section.
- Because of other commitments, review of all pages for consistency in font and layout, broken links and graphics was not completed
7. Old Business
7.1. AKC Good Sportsmanship Medallion
We received four nominations by the 31 August deadline. The board will utilize our online voting procedure to determine the recipient of the award. We plan to present the award at the specialty.7.2. 2007 Specialty: Megan Harrison & Julie Bosier
Due to the large number of conformation entries, a second judge will need to be hired. One conformation judge is allowed to judge 200 dogs in one day. By AKC rule, the second judge will be assigned to judge the non-regular classes. Megan and Julie have suggested hiring provisional judge Richard Lashbrook as the second judge and asked the board to approve the hiring.
Motion to approve hiring Richard Lashbrook was made by: Lisa Pruka
Second: Terri Clingerman
Approve: Unanimous7.3. 2008 National Specialty: Denise Teal & Linda Koutsky
Linda and Denise are finalizing the details for the logo photo contest with Jeanne Hagen Santiago. An announcement of the contest will go in the next issue of Borderlines, on the website, and on Announce.7.4. 2009 National Specialty
Volunteers still needed to chair this event.7.5. Mixed Breed Registrations
Claudia provided three articles written by delegates (one for, two against) on the subject of mixed breed registrations. The board reviewed these opinions but we did not feel that they changed our position.7.6. New Title Reports From AKC
Last month, the board discussed posting the entire new title list on the website and just the new champions of all venues in Borderlines as a cost saving measure. Further discussion led to the decision to also publish a top ten list for obedience and herding in Borderlines. We will continue to evaluate the best way to balance member preferences and cost savings in the presentation of the new title listings.7.7. Judges Ed Herding Video
Denise has the video on DVD now but it is just raw footage with no sound. Denise will send the DVD to Michelle for editing.7.8. Goals
Two areas of focus we’ve identified for this year:
Herding video for judges education.
Health survey out this year.
8. New Business
8.1. Silver Bay KC – Meet The Breeds booth
The Silver Bay KC of San Diego has requested our participation in their Meet the Breeds program at their February shows. A request for a volunteer was sent out via Announce and Kristine Weathers volunteered. Thank you Kristine! Terri has put Kristine in contact with the club so they can work out the details. Copies of our General Education handouts will be distributed.8.2. Cleveland All-Breed Agility Club Agility Trial Proposal
The Cleveland All-Breed Agility Club would like to partner with us to host an all-breed agility trial in early 2009. BCSA would furnish the ribbons, prizes, and committee members while the Cleveland club will take care of the rest. In return, the BCSA would receive $500/day for a 2-ring trial. We need to investigate how to limit our liability. A request for committee members will be sent out via Announce. Denise will be the contact person.8.3. Suggestion Box Submissions/Input from Membership
No submissions.8.4. Date of Next meeting
Monday, 8 October, 5:00 PDT8.5. Adjournment
Adjournment motion: 7:14 pm PDT by Wayne Koutsky
Second: Denise Teal
In Favor: Unanimous
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