MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL NATIONAL MEETING FOR THE CHINESE SHAR-PEI CLUB OF AMERICA, INC.

Date: May 25, 2000  Place: Holiday Inn  Orlando, FL  Time: 8:03 PM

Board Members Attending: Bert Hickman, Romana Arnold, Georgette Schaefer, Kay Rosenberger, Barbara Byse, Gail Garrison, Barbara Green, Jeff Mauk, Bryan Timby, and Marilyn Vinson.

Board Members Absent: Jocelyn Barker, Deb Cooper, and John Hurley.

CSPCA Members Attending: See attached listing

Acting Parliamentarian: Carol Ann Stickeler

President Bert Hickman called the meeting to order. A meeting agenda was distributed. All CSPCA members in attendance were requested to sign the attendance sheet being passed around. Additional handouts were placed on the side table for CSPCA members to pick up. The Acting Parliamentarian was introduced as well as the Board members in attendance.

Bert was asked if we had a quorum this evening. Bert stated there was not a quorum present. As has been our past practice, it is the boards intent to take discussion from the membership and take actions as necessary. Bert asked for volunteers to work with the secretary to approve the minutes. East – Bernie Pershin, Central - Tom Ernst, and West – Del Murphy.

President’s Report - President Bert Hickman stated that he would like the Board to become more sensitive to the memberships needs and desires. He also stated that each director from each region would publish a report in each issue of the Barker. Some of the areas that the Board will be working on: increasing membership, re-initiate the Presidents Alliance Club, addressing financial affairs, and the Barker.

Secretary’s Report - Report in March/April 2000 Barker

Treasurer’s Report - Treasurer, Kay Rosenberger distributed the treasurer’s report as of May 17, 2000. As of May 17^th the CSPCA had $87,324.96 in the treasury. Also in the report is a comparison of the last four years.

Membership Secretary’s Report – No report

AKC Breeder Referral – No report

AKC Education Coordinator – No report

AKC Delegate – No report

AKC Gazette Breed Columnist - Jo Ann Redditt requested anyone that would be interested in submitting an article to please contact her.

ADOA Delegate – No report

Audit Committee – No report

The Barker - Jo Ann Redditt went over several areas of the Barker: Deadlines are printed in the back of the Barker and will be strictly enforced. Advertising is down, many covers are still available so please contact her if you are interested, and member support pages have help considerably so please continue. Dominica Cardenas asked about layout charges and the use of the Macintosh computer. Bert noted that Jo Ann Redditt is working very hard at reducing the expenses of the Barker. The format has been changed and the expense savings with this change are about 15%. It was also noted that anyone having a PC not a Macintosh have several ways to get the data converted.

The Barker Liaison - No report

CERF Representative - No report

CSPCA Awards Coordinator - No report

CSPCA Breed Standard - Jo Ann Leistner report that the membership can present changes to AKC every five years and the last time that there was a correction was in 1998. Request for changes will be published in the Barker with the Standard being broken down into sections for the membership to review. Any requests for changes will be reviewed by committee and then presented to the Board. The following members made discussion: Dee Dee Wells, Tom Ernst, Mike Lauer, Debbie Bachand, and Doll Weil.

CSPCA Counsel - No report

CSPCA President’s Club Alliance – Bryan Timby reported that they had five presidents of local specialty clubs meet. They are working up a mission statement to express the purpose of this alliance to improve communication between the National club and local specialty clubs. They also discussed developing a workbook on how to put on a local specialty show.

CSPCA Procedures Manual - No report

Code of Ethics – Rev. Alan Klessig asked if everyone had received a copy of the code of ethics. He also thanked Jim Carter for all his help. Rev. Klessig stated that he has been working on this for over a year. He stated that several years ago CSPCA did have a code of ethics and it was required for membership in the CSPCA. When we went into AKC it was found that the requirement of code of ethics was un-enforceable. The document that Rev. Klessig has been working on would be two-fold (Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct). The first part of the code of ethics would be requirements to join CSPCA and the second part would be the code of ethics for breeders. This second part would be voluntary. Rev. Klessig encouraged feedback and suggestions on the handout. The following members made discussion: Lois Carter, Ann Hickman, Dee Dee Wells, and Jeff Chamberlain.

Dog Sport Committee – Jane Baumann is not here but Bert would like to address this new committee. This committee would like to put more emphasis on other areas that dogs can be involved in to promote team sports (human and a dog). This would involve agility, fly ball, frisbee throwing, and dog dance sport etc. These activities are geared to more of the pet owners. We need to open up activities to the whole membership.

Futurity/Maturity Report – Ann Hickman reported that there were 219 litters nominated this year, 328 futurity and 148 maturity. The committee took in fees of $6,565, $1,317.75 for CSPCA entitlement, and $777.50 for expenses. The Futurity and Maturity total was $9,202.03. Futurity cash prize total - $6,914.16 and Maturity cash prize total - $2,287.84. Ann has a new assistant, Julia Ables, she will take over the database for 2001. Sandy Woodall is still sending out forms if anyone is in need of them. Donna Jordan and Sandy Woodall made discussion.

Invitational Program – No report

National Breed Club Alliance – No report

National Specialty Show Chairperson 2000 – Jo Ann Leistner thanked Gail Garrison and the Tampa Bay Club for all their hard work.

National Specialty Show Chairperson 2001/2002 – Cathi DiGiacomo was not available but Bert took questions regarding the upcoming Nationals. Nancy Bergeron and Cindy O’Hare requested that the Star of North CSPC be considered for the year 2002 Nationals. Jo Ann Leistner explained the procedure regarding specialty clubs hosting the Nationals.

OFA Representative – No report

Public Education - Deena Harvey did not have anything to report except that she has contacted AKC and receive information from them to assimilate. Jo Ann Redditt suggested that this committee work with local clubs to set up public education through them.

Del Murphy, Jo Ann Redditt, Marilyn Vinson, Debbie Bachand, Cathy Carusillo, Leslie Michaels, Beverly Foster, Randy Blumhagen, and Jeff Chamberlain made discussion.

Register Of Merit (Conformation) – Pat Evetts reported that the 1999 statistics from AKC have been compiled and the new ROM recipients certificates have been forwarded to the awards coordinator and these awards will be presented at the Awards Dinner.

Register Of Merit (Performance) – No report

Rescue Administrator – No report

Therapy Dog Committee - Marilyn Vinson reported that there are nine therapy dogs recognized this year. She requested to the membership to get the word out that there are dogs out there that could be recognized with this award. Jo Ann Redditt made additional discussion.

Versatility Shar-Pei – Lois Carter read the mission statement for this new committee. This is to present the Chinese Shar-Pei in a positive light to the public, and also to promote the idea that our Shar-Pei can perform a multitude of tasks. The committee has three levels of awards: Versatile Shar-Pei (VSP) a title where the dog has completed requirements from any two areas; Versatile Shar-Pei Excellent (VSPX) a title where the dog has completed requirements from three areas, one of which must be an advanced title in performance.; Versatile Shar-Pei Champion (VSPCH) a title where the dog has completed requirements from four areas and received its AKC or CSPCA Championship as well as advanced titles from two performance events, one of which must be another AKC or CSPCA approved event. *(Areas are conformation, obedience, tracking, agility, therapy dog, or certification for other performance events such as flyball, herding or hunting)

New Business - President Bert Hickman asked Jeff Mauk to discuss with the membership on the Boards decision to rescind the judges ballots. After much discussion the Board decided to re-send the ballots since the U.S. Post Office was not forwarding all mail onto Jocelyn Barker’s home address. The ballots are in the mail and the deadline for return is July 15, 2000. Questions were raised regarding time frame of judges judging prior to Nationals, judge’s selection two years prior to Nationals, and choosing hosting clubs two years in advance. Discussion was made by Dee Dee Well, Leslie Michael, Lee Arnold, Cyndi Skinner, Ann Hickman, Karen Kleinhans and Tom Ernst.

President Bert Hickman asked Bryan Timby to discuss entry fees for Nationals. Bryan stated that entry fee had not gone up since the mid 1980’s – all other expenses have continued to increased. We had to face the money crunch this year, as the National Club would have lost money this year. The following members made discussion: Del Murphy, Cyndi Skinner, and Gail Garrison.

President Bert Hickman asked Marilyn Vinson to discuss with the membership some of the accomplishments and what the Board plans to do in the future. These items include: therapy, versatility, Ad Hoc Committee for the Barker, established the Ernest Albright Award, directors will be writing columns in the Barker to keep the membership informed, monthly board meetings, establish Top Veteran Dog Award, President’s Alliance Committee, web page is being expanded and updated, e-mail balloting, and on-line advertising. Mara Snyder stated that in 1984 the Board voted to send Matgo Law a copy of the Barker for life. He had not received the Barker yet. Dee Dee Wells would like Matgo Law become a lifetime member of CSPCA. She also wanted to know if top dogs in Hawaii could receive special recognition since they are not able to compete with the mainland. Questions were also asked regarding the membership roster. Discussion was made by the following members: Mara Snyder, Donna Jordan, Dee Dee Wells, Debbie Bachand, Jo Ann Redditt, Pat Evetts, Lee Arnold, Lee Ernst, and Dominica Cardenas.

CSPCA Charitable Trust – Lee Arnold stated that he had an updated report. Grant 1301 was the original grant that was associated with the AKC Canine Health Foundation to find the DNA Marker for Amyloidosis. The study conducted by Dr. Gary Johnson and the staff of the University of Missouri of Columbia and has been completed. Dr. Johnson and his staff did not find a marker for Amyloidosis but will continue to do research. The National Institute of Health (NIH) to continue research for a DNA Marker for Amyloidosis has approached the Trust. Amyloidosis is not the number one disease in Chinese Shar-Pei today it is cancer. The Trust is also involved in two other projects: work with four other parent clubs to research elbow displasia and a proposal given to the AKC Canine Health Foundation Board to work with the University of California Davis to do research on mass cell cancer. The following members held discussion: Pat Evetts, Debbie Bachand, Deb McFarland, Tom Ernst, and Lois Carter.

Meeting adjourned at 10:20 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

Respectfully Submitted,  Georgette Schaefer  Secretary

CSPCA GENERAL MEETING MEMBER ATTENDANCE MAY 25, 2000

Bernie Pershin Debby Smith Shellie Pershin Judy Meitin Sylvia Truitt Ann Hickman Thomas Ernst Randie J. Blumhagen Bob Murphy Doll Weil Del Murphy Dennis Sullivan Kathy Hunter Dee Dee Wells Rick Carusillo Mara Snyder Cathy Carusillo Pat Evetts Loretta Anders Donna L. Jourdan Kimberly Benz Linda Outlaw Jo Ann Leistner Bud Leistner Jo Ann Redditt Brenda Goetzman Linda Bates Klarissa Barimo Deana K. Tyner Joe Martin Deborah R. McFarland Keitha Day Jim McFarland Leslie Michaels Daryl Witt Marylou Kozielec Jaimie Witt Tina Trujillo Charlie Genung Cyndi Skinner Sandy Genung Domenica Cardenas Peter Green Josie Baker Rickett Lois Carter Mary Reed Nancy Bergeron Joanne Condoluci Tim Bergeron Lisa Cloutier Cindy O’Hare Debora Bachand Bob Fredricks Dejan Buhovac Jim O’Neill Brenda L. Cook Michael Lauer Donna Bird Susan Lauer Byron Bird Rev. Alan R. Klessig The Piercid Kim Albiecht Dawn Walling Shellie Pershin Debbie Theodore Lauren Sobol Lee Ernst Bob Sobol Larry & Deena Harvey Paula & Chuck Perry Paul & Beverley Foster Pat Pramuk Mike & Kathy Nelson Sandy Woodall Debbie Smith Joni Monnich Karen Kleinhans Rosie Steinke Gail Tighe Patrick Tighe Judy Dorough Don Nelson Lynn Olds Judy Welch