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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: 5:04 pm PDT by Michelle Olsen
1. Delegate Business:
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Claudia will not be attending the December delegates meeting to cut down on expenses; not much business is conducted at the December meeting.
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Further discussion about ideas proposed at the September delegates meeting. The board decided not to join NAIA or the US Sportsman Alliance at this time. We will add the idea of asking local officials to present awards to the agenda for next year’s national specialty and we will consider other ways of helping officials realize the positive impact our specialty has on the local economy. Emily Fish forwarded the idea of supporting local K9 police groups to the affiliate clubs. The Los Angeles affiliate club is already supporting a local K9 police group.
2. Recording Secretary’s Report: Jo Roach
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October 2007 Minutes approved:
Motion: Kelly Hagstrand
Second: Sally Davis
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The minutes from the 2007 Annual General Meeting will be posted on the website and in Borderlines.
3. Corresponding Secretary’s Report: Terri Clingerman
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Michelle and Lisa received an email from Tinna Brown inquiring about a possible open-source registry database for epilepsy.
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A letter telling us that AKC has negotiated good insurance rates for clubs with Equisure, Inc. for services that include fidelity crime coverage, club liability coverage, and directors & officers liability coverage. Also AKC reminds clubs to bond the treasurer and perform periodic audits.
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Received an inquiry asking what color to register a pup who is ee red but also merle. The board discussed it and we thought the best choice was gold (gold merle isn't available as an option). Replied to the person.
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Received a letter from someone who's trying to resolve a problem with a breeder, referred that person to the section on AKC's website that talks about conflict resolution with breeders.
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Received an inquiry about BC breeders, referred the person to the BCSA website.
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Received an inquiry asking why BCSA has not pursued CHIC, replied that we are and that the person can find out more by reading the board minutes.
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Received an email from Scott Chamberlain regarding the results from the judges selection process for judging agility in 2008 (Mr. Chamberlain was one of the judges being considered and had returned our questionnaire); answered that other judges were selected for that year.
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Received an email from Alison Cowin (from Australia) inquiring about a ban BCSA has on international judges. Replied that we don't have a ban and thanked her for her interest.
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Received an email from Lisa Weeks asking what's up with the vote announcement. Replied that results will be shared with the membership after the board's November meeting.
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Received an inquiry about finding a breeder in Louisiana for a BC that can work cattle, replied with info on the BCSA website. Received an email asking for information on what to do with a new rescued BC, replied with BCSA links and also suggestions on how to find agility/herding training
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Received an inquiry about finding a breeder in FL, replied with info on the BCSA website.
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Received an inquiry about finding a breeder in NM, replied with info on the BCSA website.
4. Treasurer’s Report: Wayne Koutsky
4.1. General Account Balances
Last month: $115,518This month:
Checking balance: $15,512
Savings (Money Market) balance: $47,444
Health balance: $7,269
Rescue balance: $16,320
Total: $86,5454.2. 2007 Specialty Income/Expenses
Income: This month: $66,142 Last month: $55,109
Expenses: This month: $49,704 Last month: $15,386
5. Interim Business Transacted by E-Mail
5.1. Board Votes
None this month.5.2. New Member Applications
The following new membership applications were approved:
Arthur Brest (Tualatin, OR)
Sponsor: Donna PolkaLinda Dietrich (Wernersville, PA)
Sponsor: Mary Pat EzzoKimberly and Layne Edwards (Keller, TX)
Sponsor: Ronni DelayKodie Levine (Tempe, AZ)
Sponsor: Karen MoureauxTracie McVay (Pine Mountain, GA)
Sponsor: Renea WindleyNoel Sieh and Rick Penkava
Sponsor: Plattsmouth, NETrish Spradley (Albuquerque, NM)
Sponsor: Kathy SoursSue Thompson (Glendale, AZ)
Sponsor: Nancie MagesSuzy Walker (Palestine, TX)
Sponsor: Wynnette AmasonRenee Weider (Camarillo, CA)
Sponsor: Karen MoureauxMotion to approve: Denise Teal
Second: Wayne Koutsky
In Favor: Unanimous
6. Special Topic: BCSA Vision 2008
The board will continue to work towards developing a long-term strategy of where we’d like the breed to be in 10-20 years. Here were some of the points of discussion from this month:
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The board will be using this planning tool as a way of focusing on ways to improve.
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We believe that the website in one of our most important tools for communication and we need to continue to build on this.
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Rescue is important but we need to reduce the number of dogs being put into rescue. Need to encourage breeders to make better choices of homes for their puppies, reduce puppy production and educate puppy buyers about the realities of BC ownership.
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This vision will be presented as a proposal in the Dec/Jan Borderlines issue and membership comments will be solicited.
7. Committee Business/Reports:
7.1. General Committee Productivity Project
The first committee to be highlighted in Borderlines will be the Health Committee.7.2. Advertising Manager (Club) Volunteer Needed
7.3. Affiliate Clubs: Emily Fish
No report.7.4. Agility Trial in Feb: Pennsylvania: Karen Herceg
Nothing new to report.7.5. Agility Trial in July: Ohio: Denise Teal
Everything is set to go; the premium list will go out after the first of the year.7.6. AKC Gazette Columnist: Gerianne Darnell
No report.7.7. BCSA Announce & Suggestion Box: Nancy Little
No report.7.8. BCSA Store Inventory & Orders: Nancie Mages
We are ready to close this store and Denise asked Ann to take it off the website. There are a few leftover hats and ACE t-shirts. The shirts will be used as volunteer’s shirts for next year’s specialty. This committee is now retired.7.9. BCSA Merchandise Manager for Ivars Account:
The orders have been slow through this vendor so it may not be the right product mix or price range. The store is getting a decent amount of traffic from our website. We will monitor for now and make changes as necessary; perhaps try another vendor.7.10. Border Recorder: Volunteer Needed
7.11. Borderlines: Denise Teal
Donna Brooks Brisbin is willing to take over the proofreading job for Borderlines. The board is trying to find ways to cut costs and increase revenue in the production of Borderlines. We are trying to keep members informed as to why changes are made. We are utilizing the website more now since the quality of our website has improved under Ann’s direction. Membership input led to the current form of Borderlines and we will continue to try to respond to member feedback. Ideas on ways to economically maintain the current quality of Borderlines are welcome!7.12. Breeder Referral: Karen Herceg
No report.7.13. Finance Committee: Beth Bartholomew
No report.7.14. Futurity Committee: Volunteer Needed
Kim Janek and Sharon Bauers talked to Lisa about volunteering to help with this project.7.15. General Education: Donna Mallory
The committee is finishing up the latest draft and will send it this week.7.16. Health: Cecilia Lamb
Thank you to the new chair of the health committee, Cecilia Lamb, who has jumped in and started working on the health committee projects!7.16.1. CHIC: Cecilia Lamb has been in contact with CHIC. So far, OFA and CERF will be our requirements for CHIC registration.
7.16.2.Health survey: 220 dogs are now represented in the health survey. Casey is working with the affiliate clubs and the survey is now up on the website. Casey has received good feedback.
7.16.3. Amy Chandler, achandl2@mac.com, U of Tennessee, is considering a PhD study project on Exercise Induced Collapse and is interested in working with our club/breed. She has posted information about EIC and a survey on our website.
7.16.4. PPCP News: As of 9/30/07 the Border Collie Society of America has 768 members declared for the Purina Parent Club Partnership Program. From January 1, 2007 through September 30, 2007, 180 members have submitted weight circles resulting in a total of $2,907.85 accumulated thus far for the 2007 Program.
7.16.5 AKC CHF: The CHF has requested that we consider funding two BC specific studies, one on the “Genetic Analysis of Noise Phobia in Border Collies” and one on the “Genetic Determinants of Canine Epilepsy in the Border Collie and the Staffordshire Bull Terrier.”
http://www.akcchf.org/research/grants/search/index.cfm?search=number&display=results&number=850
http://www.akcchf.org/research/grants/search/index.cfm?search=number&display=results&number=917
Motion to approve funding in the amount of $2500 per project: Terri Clingerman
Second: Kelly Hagstrand
In favor: Unanimous7.17. Herding: Claudia Frank
No report.7.18. Historian: Mickey Bruzek
No report.7.19. Juniors: Mary Beth Overmyer & Linda Follis
No report.7.20. Judges Education: Linnea Klingel
The “reminder letter” has been completed and will be added to the packets that will be sent to BC judges.
Some of the printed materials in the JE packets are poor quality (as the result of being copies of copies) so Michelle is working on scanning and cleaning them up into nice electronic copies. These fresh copies will be put on the website so JE presenters can download them as needed. We need to find credits for the photos that are used in the presentation and research copyright issues.
There were some comments from the judges education group at the national specialty on how “cheap” our JE seminar was. We may need to increase how much we charge to make sure we are covering costs.
The board, together with the JE chair, has decided to augment the mentor selection process to include a requirement that the prospective mentor sign a conduct agreement and also audition with the JE coordinator. Feedback will be solicited from peers and attendees participating during the audition. Potential mentors will be evaluated on their knowledge of the standard, understanding the "message" BCSA wants to send about working dog preservation, their overall comfort in presenting, skill in fielding questions thoughtfully, demonstration of willingness to follow the agreed-upon conduct agreement, and ability to present a professional and courteous style that reflects well on BCSA. Evaluation of mentoring ability is unavoidably subjective, thus, input from multiple observers will be weighed. Mentors who aren't initially approved will be encouraged to work further with the JE chair and other peers on developing their mentoring style and to re-apply at a later date.
Applications for mentorship from Eileen Madrigale and Kat Ferruzza have been evaluated over the past few months, and input was solicited from several peers regarding their help with JE at the national specialty. At this time, Kat Ferruzza was approved and Eileen Madrigale's application was denied. Eileen was encouraged to continue to seek coaching from breeder peers and judges on her presentation style, and her application will be kept on hold until more positive feedback and recommendations can be accumulated on her continued mentoring efforts.
Upcoming presentation requests:
February 2008: Linn at Westminster – Linn needs dogs/handlers (will be reimbursed for parking and gas).
Feb 21-24, 2008 Advanced Judges Institute in conjunction with IKC in Chicago – Linn needs dogs/handlers (will be reimbursed for parking and gas.
Spring 2008: California, Art Sorkin presenting.
7.21. Judges Selection Process: Sonja Donaldson Chair
Here are the results from the 2008 specialty judges vote. 46 members voted for a Conformation judge, 43 for a Sweeps judge, and 16 members wrote-in votes at the national.
Conformation:
1) Kelly Whiteman with 39%
2) Monica Canestrini with 22%
3) Linda More with 19%
Sweeps:
1) Joyce Herie with 65%
2) Emily Fish with 20%
A contract will be mailed out to Joyce Herie for the Sweeps assignment.After the 2005 specialty, the board made the decision to require that future national specialty judges be approved to judge juniors so we don’t have to hire a separate judge for the handful of junior entries. When initially contacted in September, Kelly indicated that she was in the process of applying to judge juniors.
Denise motioned that Kelly Whiteman being hired to judge the 2008 national specialty is entirely dependent on if she can attain her junior judging status by 31 December 2007. Second: Wayne Koutsky In Favor: Unanimous.
If Kelly does not receive her approval, we will invite Monica Canestrini to judge on Saturday and Linda More to judge on SundayThe board discussed the JS feedback received at the annual meeting at the specialty. Additional membership feedback and suggestions will be requested through Announce, our website and in the next issue of Borderlines. The comment period will remain open through the end of the year.
7.22. Legislative Liaison: Linda Baron
No report.7.23. Membership: Kathy Sours
November new member applications were forwarded to the board for approval.7.24. National Specialty Steering Committee: Megan Harrison & Julie Bosier
Denise has been working on a specialty hosting bid application form. The board will review the form and discuss during out December meeting.7.25. Nominating Committee Procedure: Karen Herceg
No report.7.26. Recruitment: Volunteer Needed
7.27. ROM: Kim Sykes
No report.7.28. Rescue Liaison: Megan Harrison
No report.7.29. 2007 Specialty: Megan Harrison & Julie Bosier
Fantastic job Megan and Julie!!!7.30. 2008 Specialty: Denise Teal & Linda Koutsky
There will be an Excellent only agility trial on Wednesday afternoon.
On Tuesday, an Ann Braue agility seminar has been added.
Tracking is still undecided; need volunteers to do the work or we won’t be able to have it.
Leaning towards having the Holiday Inn as the host hotel.
General Information booklet: all the information will be on the website AND in Borderlines so all members will still receive it in paper form. We need to reduce the number of paper copies from two down to one to save money and effort/time.
7.31. 2009 Specialty: Volunteer Needed
We still need chairs.7.32. 2010 Specialty: Volunteer Needed
Megan & Julie have volunteered to chair this one. We will confirm with them before voting to approve them as chairs. If they agree, one of their first duties will be to secure dates.7.33. Versatility: Tashia Lund
• There were some printing mistakes with the versatility certificates given out at the national specialty. Lisa will send the correct information to Sally and Sally will reprint the certificates and mail them.
• The PAX title will be added to the versatility worksheet when Tashia is able to work on that.7.34. Website: Ann Shaw
No report.
8. Old Business
8.1. AKC Good Sportsmanship Medallion
Congratulations again to Linda Koutsky as the recipient of this award.
Next year, we need to remember to actually have the medallion on hand to present to the winner. Claudia did mail the medallion to Linda.
Linda’s nomination letter will be published in Borderlines.
8.2. Recruitment
The board discussed the recruitment of new members. At this time, our membership remains stable at approximately 500 members without recruitment and there doesn’t seem to be a need to actively increase our membership at this time. If we do decide to increase membership, we may want to consider a bylaws amendment to add a non-voting associate membership category.8.3. Judges Ed Herding Video
Michelle is working with an editor to see how much of the video footage taken at the Kentucky Bluegrass trial can be used.8.4. BCSA sponsored duck trial
May 2008 in Tecumseh, Michigan – Denise reviewed the financial results from past trials and determined that sponsoring this trial would not be a good risk for us right now, as it’s clear the trial could lose money.8.5. Goals
Two areas of focus we’ve identified for this year:
Herding video for judges education.
Health survey out this year.
9. New Business
9.1. Bylaws revision & Membership Dues Increase
The board further discussed adding the non-voting associate membership category along with increasing dues to help pay for Borderlines. We decided to ask the membership for input before making a dues increase decision.9.2. Suggestion Box Submissions/Input from Membership
From Pam Kruger: disappointed that we are removing new titles from Borderlines and she could not find them on the website.
From John Yaquinta: asking that the website be corrected to list him as one of the article editors in Borderlines.
From John Yaquinta with a complaint objecting to the move to not print new titles in Borderlines and instead just listing them on the website.
From John Yaquinta asking where the new titles were on the website as he couldn’t find them.
From Marilyn Heinisch, thanking everyone for a great specialty.
9.3. Date of Next meeting
Monday, 3 December, 5:00 PST9.4. Adjournment
Adjournment motion at: 7:25 PM PST by Terri Clingerman
Second: Kelly Hagstrand
In Favor: Unanimous
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