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Roll Call: Michelle Olsen • Lisa Pruka • Sally Davis • Kelly Hagstrand • Terri Clingerman • Wayne Koutsky • Jo Roach
Members Absent: Claudia Frank
Call to order: 5:01 pm PDT by Michelle Olsen
1. Recording Secretary’s
Report: Jo Roach
June 2008 board meeting minutes were approved via electronic vote.
2. Corresponding Secretary’s Report: Terri Clingerman
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AKC Correspondence:
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Received a letter asking if BCSA wants to take out a full page catalog ad for $140 at the AKC/Eukanuba invitational in Long Beach this December. They also invited us to run a booth at the “Meet the Breeds” portion of that event.
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From AKC, the ballot for the Lifetime Achievement Awards. In conformation the candidates are Constance M. Barton, Wendell J. Sammet, and Dr. Robert D. Smith. In companion events the candidates are Susan N. Bluford, Kenneth A. Buxton, and Joanne L. Johnson. In performance the candidates are Jacqueline Mertens, Wayne Price, and Mary Jo Trimble. Our ballot is due 9/15/08.
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Other Correspondence:
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Received a letter asking for help with a BC mix puppy that’s rambunctious, suggested obedience classes.
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Received a request for more info on how to register a litter for the futurity, replied with April Bruce’s email (the chair) and some info from the website.
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Received the 2011 national specialty chair signed contract from Emily Fish.
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Received the 2011 national specialty chair signed contract from April Bruce.
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Received the 2010 national specialty chair signed contract from Julie Bosier.
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Received the 2009 national specialty chair signed contract from Lisa Pruka.
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Contacted Chris Phillips at AKC to request that an ILP/PAL number be granted for Vicki Thacker’s “Casey.”
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Notified Vicki Thacker that her “Casey” has been approved by AKC for an ILP/PAL number.
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Answered a question about whether herding instinct certification will be offered at our national (the answer is yes).
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Answered a question about open registration with AKC with a dog who is registered with ABCA.
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Received an email asking for general information about BCs, replied with some info on books and our website.
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Received an email from Kelly Whiteman recommending against raising dues for affiliate clubs.
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Received an email asking for agility trainers on Long Island, replied with AKC’s and USDAA’s websites.
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Received a request from Cindy Geiss, to sign Bay Colony Border Collie Club’s application to hold puppy & veteran sweeps on 11/22/08 at South Windsor KC’s show.
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Received an email from David Zelitzky, asking for more information about judge’s education and disseminating it to judges.
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Received an email asking about BCs and BC breeders in or near Colorado, replied with information about BCSA’s breeder referral list.
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Received a letter from the International Kennel Club of Chicago inviting us to support the AKC Canine Health Foundation by holding a supported entry with sweeps on one or two days of their shows (Feb. 18-22, 2009). $10 from every full priced entry goes to the health foundation. Also IKC will provide a 10’ breed booth in our benching row, to give us an opportunity for breed education. Our reply is due by Aug. 1. The board would like to support this entry. Lisa will talk to Nancie Mages to see if she is interested in coordinating the supported entry.
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Correspondence to the board from Paper and Ink regarding the decision to change Borderlines publishers.
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3. Treasurer’s Report: Wayne Koutsky
3.1. General Account Balances as of July 7, 2008
Last month:
$55,573.80
This month:
Checking balance:
$6,835.41
Savings (Money Market) balance:
$36,341.72
Health balance:
$5.021.95
Rescue balance:
$12,897.76
Total:
$61,096.84
3.2. June 1 – July 7, 2008 Income and Expenses
Income:
BCSA Sponsored Trials -
$11,625.00
Borderlines Advertising -
$400.00 Specialty Entry Fee Refunds –
[$60.00] Specialty Agility Seminar -
$175.00 Specialty Trophies -
$670.00 Membership Dues -
$120.00 Total Income:
$12,930.00 Expenses:
Delegate -
$694.96 Board Meetings -
$134.78 BCSA Sponsored Trials -
$4,034.13 Borderlines -
$3,989.38 Specialty Other Expenses -
$19.95 Specialty Trophies -
$1,503.00 Website -
$500.00 Total Expenses -
$10,876.20 Income Less Expenses -
$2,053.80
4. Interim Business Transacted by E-Mail
4.1. Board Votes
Motion 2008-21 made by Jo Roach to approve the minutes of the June 2008 BCSA Board meeting. Second – Kelly Hagstrand, In Favor – Unanimous
Motion 2008-22 made by Terri Clingerman to approve the request for the $100 herding trial grant made by Piedmont Border Collie Club. PBCA is including B course in their herding trials Nov. 1 & 2, 2008. Second – Jo Roach, In Favor - Unanimous
Motion 2008-23 made by Lisa Pruka to name Angie Roesch chair of the BCSA Health Committee. Second – Jo Roach, In Favor – Unanimous
4.2. New Member Applications
The following new membership applications were approved:
Affiliate Club Application
Nutmeg BC Club, Lindenhurst, NY
Carolyn Biondi SecretaryDeborah Stull (Bovina, TX)
Sponsor – Geri AbramsMotion to approve the new applications by Kelly Hagstrand. Second – Lisa Pruka, In favor - Unanimous
5. Committee Business/Reports:
5.1. Stockdog Focus
Maintain emphasis on the unique working style of the Border Collie. Promote interest in herding amongst dog owners and advertise stockdog usefulness to farmers/ranchers. Continually “raise the bar” on herding excellence, promote best-practice training methods. Discourage genetic drift away from core purpose and history of the breed’s development.5.1.1. Herding: Claudia Frank
Claudia updated the board with a current list of herding committee duties that she is working on: updating the Herding Instinct Certification program, organizing the National Specialty Versatile Stockdog Award, coordinating the Herding Statistics compiled by Susane Hoffman, preparing a mini herding seminar guideline to be posted on our website, reviewing the herding futurity guidelines, and preparing several herding articles for Borderlines and the website.5.2. Public Education
Assist pet owners, budding dog fanciers, new breeders and junior handlers; engage them in the future of the breed.5.2.1. General Education: Catherine Swain
Working on the “Border Collie U” project.5.2.2. Historian: Mickey Bruzek
No report.5.2.3. Juniors: Caitlin Kane
Caitlin is working on the scholarship program guidelines and application.5.2.4. Website: Ann Shaw
Still not successful in getting test deposits sent to our bank account from PayPal. Continue to work on getting it done.
Regular site maintenance and page updates.
5.3. Fancier Fellowship
Encourage camaraderie and good sportsmanship, sponsor events & competitions, support affiliate clubs, “bridge the gap” between political factions for the best interest of the breed.5.3.1. Affiliate Clubs: Emily Fish
Nothing to report.5.3.2. Agility Trial in February (Pennsylvania): Denise Thomas
No report.5.3.3. Agility Trial in June (Michigan): Denise Teal
The BCSA agility trial held June 28 & 29, 2008 in Dexter, Michigan. The trial filled all runs. It ran very smoothly and without incident. I've sent Wayne a final accounting of the expenses I paid for. I have a lot of leftover ribbons and toys. There was some interest by the show committee members in having the trial there again next year. Please let me know if there are any BCSA agility event numbers available for 2009 and I'll let the interested parties know. No one has agreed to chair the event yet but I may be able to convince a member or two to do it.
The board will ask Denise Teal to try to find someone to chair this profitable event again next year. We would also like to thank all those involved in organizing this trial and the February trial in Pennsylvania. We greatly appreciate their efforts in holding these two BCSA fundraising events!
5.3.4. Borderlines: Donna Brooks Brisbin
Brooke and Barbara Forsyth of Paper and Ink have requested a change in the June 2008 board meeting minutes. The board has agreed to update the minutes as follows in section 5.3.4: “The next issue of Borderlines will be published by Bear Associates. Donna is still trying to get the last issue with Paper and Ink finished.”5.3.5. Membership: Kathy Sours
July new member applications have been forwarded to the board for approval.
Kathy asked the board to clarify the affiliate club membership fee. Previously, the affiliate club fee was classed the same as the household membership fee. However, since each affiliate club receives one vote along with its Borderlines subscription, the board felt this was similar to the benefits of an individual membership and has decided to align the affiliate club membership fee with the individual membership fee.
Michelle plans to work on updating the affiliate club page of the website, including a link to the affiliate club application form.
5.3.6. National Specialty Steering Committee: Megan Harrison & Julie Bosier
Michelle has received signed copies of the new specialty chair contract from nearly all the 2008 – 2011 specialty chairs.
The board discussed clarifying the language in the photographer contract about our “win photo” expectations. We need to ensure that this aspect is better organized for all the venues and that specialty chairs remember to follow up on photos for Borderlines after their specialty.
5.3.7. Specialty – 2008: Laura Tomaszewski
The premiums have been mailed out. However, board members who selected to “opt out” from receiving the premium list received them anyway. One suggestion is to put an “opt out” box on the membership renewal form and to start announcing this option earlier next year. Printing and mailing fewer premiums is a cost saver for the club.5.3.8. Specialty – 2009: Lisa Pruka and Paige O'Donnell
Lisa is working on getting a contract from the fairgrounds. The town of Jefferson was hit hard with recent flooding but the good news is that they just held their county fair so we assume the fairgrounds weren’t damaged severely. Once the fairgrounds contract is confirmed, Paige will finalize the hotel plans. Lisa has an updated budget which she will be forwarding to the board.5.3.9. Specialty – 2010: Julie Bosier and Megan Harrison
No report.5.3.10. Specialty – 2011: Emily Fish and April Bruce
Terri will send a letter to Purina to let them know our 2011 specialty will be held in Oregon and confirm with them that 2010 will be held at Purina.5.3.11. Versatility: Tashia Lund
Sally will email the board and Tashia her new certificate design ideas.5.4. Breeding Evolution
Breeder & buyer education, guidance, mentoring, registry maintenance, breeding excellence recognition. Broaden influence to more than just members.5.4.1. Border Recorder: Carol Clark
No report.5.4.2. Breeding Excellence Recognition Committee: Kim Sykes
The board agrees with Kim’s recommendation that we should just list Noteworthy dogs on the website; photos will be removed. Lisa will have Kim submit a proposal outlining her ideas for a breeding excellence award.5.4.3. Futurity Committee: April Bruce
Information about the conformation and herding futurity program has been posted on the website. April would like feedback from the membership. Nomination forms are posted on the website.5.4.4. Judges Education: Linn Klingel
JE presentation: 19 July in Omaha.
The sub-committee that is reviewing the JE presentation has been busy. Next week they will conduct a conference call meeting to further their discussions. They are collecting photos and deciding what they like the most about the two presentations (the BCSA version and Dr. Robert Tainsh’s original presentation).
Sonja Donaldson has asked to be added to the JE mentor list. Lisa Pruka motioned to add Sonja to the list, Kelly Hagstrand seconded the motion, Terri Clingerman voted in favor, Jo Roach, Sally Davis and Wayne Koutsky abstained from voting. The motion was passed by Michelle Olsen’s vote in favor. Another JE breed mentor request was tabled pending further discussion by the board.
5.4.5. Judges Selection Process: Sonja Donaldson
Michelle and Sonja are planning for the 2010 nomination process to start this month. Some tweaking regarding the number of votes allowed per venue was necessary to avoid problems.5.5. Population Management
Approach zero unwanted dogs. Reduce demand, educate buyers on whether the breed is right for them, improve how dogs are placed, “right” breeders produce more, “wrong” breeders produce less, rescue (a short-term stopgap).5.5.1. Breeder Referral: Karen Herceg
No report.5.5.2. Rescue Committee: Carol Wesenberg
No report.5.6. AKC Community
Invest in our “dog fancier family”, support protection of dog owners’ rights, stay engaged in AKC governance, contribute to AKC programs, leverage shared breed club knowledge & power.5.6.1. AKC Delegate Business: Claudia Frank
Claudia submitted her report from the June Delegate’s meeting and has updated the Delegate page on the website.5.6.2. AKC Gazette Columnist: Terri Clingerman
No report.5.6.3. Legislative Committee: Linda Baron
No report.5.7. Health and Welfare
Further research on disease cause and cure. Propagate knowledge on health, feeding, care, husbandry and training.5.7.1. Health: Angie Roesch
Cecilia Lamb has resigned as chair of the health committee. Health committee member Angie Roesch has agreed to take over as chair and the board voted electronically to name her head of the committee (see section 4.1).
CHIC – Angie has drafted our application letter. Angie informed the board that two tests that could be added to our list of optional tests are Patellar Luxation and Legg-Calve-Perthes. These conditions did not come up during our health survey and do not seem to be common in our breed at this time. The board decided to leave them off the optional test list; we can add them later if necessary.
CHF Epilepsy Study – The health committee is interested in pursuing funding for this study.
5.8. General Club Administration
These committees manage club infrastructure tasks that aren’t directly related to our mission statement, but are necessary for the operation of the organization.5.8.1. BCSA Announce & Suggestion Box: Nancy Little
As of July 4th, 2008 there are 370 subscribers to BCSA_Announce. There was 1 message received in the Suggestion Box since my last report (June 3rd, 2008).5.8.2. BCSA Online Fundraising Store with Ivars: Carol Wesenberg
No report.5.8.3. Finance Committee: Beth Bartholomew
After reviewing last month’s minutes, Beth wrote the board to confirm that club officers should not write checks to themselves to avoid the appearance of impropriety (as discussed in section 7.1 of the June minutes).
6. Old Business
6.1. ILP Issues
Stephanie Sibal asked the board to review photographs of her rescue border collie prior to submitting the dog’s PAL application to AKC. Sally Davis, Lisa Pruka, Kelly Hagstrand and Terri Clingerman voted in favor of purebred status while Wayne Koutsky and Jo Roach voted against.6.2. AKC Sportsmanship Medallion
We have received one nomination so far. Terri will send out another reminder to the membership for nominations. We will choose a recipient at our September meeting.
7. New Business
7.1. Piedmont Border Collie Club – B Course Grant Request
Richard Whorton submitted a B Course Grant request along with the budget for their trial. This request was approved via electronic vote (see section 4.1).7.2 Arizona Area Affiliate Club (name pending)
A new affiliate club is forming in Arizona. Willard Bailey is the president and has asked permission to use the BCSA’s code of ethics for their club. The board has approved this request.7.3 Executive Session
The board went into executive session to discuss a membership complaint.7.4 Suggestion Box Submissions/Input from Membership
Donna Polka submitted a comment regarding the listing of Noteworthy dogs/bitches in the ROM program.7.2. Date of Next meeting
Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 5:00 PM PDT7.3. Adjournment
Adjournment motion at 6:49 PM by Terri Clingerman
Second: Sally Davis
In Favor: Unanimous
Page Updated 07.26.2008