Minutes of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota on May l4,2002.

Meeting of the Board of the Chinese Shar-Pei Club of America in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota on May l4,2002. The meeting took place in a private dining room adjoining the restaurant at the host hotel.

 

In attendance were:                                                     Absent were:

Karen Kleinhans-President                                        Lynn Olds-Treasurer

Jeff Mauk-Vice President                                           Gayle Gold-Eastern Director

Susan Lauer-Secretary                                               Debbie Smith-Director at Large

Dorothy Schuerman-Central Director

Marilyn Vinson-Western Director

Gail Garrison-Director at Large

Barbara Byse-Director at Large

Bryan Timby-Director at Large

Pat Evetts-Director at Large

 

The meeting was called to order at 6:50 PM Central Time.

 

Minutes of the April Teleconference

Alan Klessig moved, Marilyn Vinson seconded a motion to approve the minutes of the April Teleconference.

The motion passed unanimously.

 

Reservations for the Hotel for Nationals in Houston, 2003

Dorothy Schuerman expressed concern that many people are unhappy with having prepaid reservations for next year's Nationals' hotel. Some people think that the money is non-refundable in any situation. She explained to them that the deposit is refundable for medical reasons at any time and for any reason up until 2 weeks before Nationals. This will be discussed Thursday, at the General Membership Meeting. Barbara Byse asked if the rooms at the Houston hotel will have refrigerators in them. She expressed concern that people needing to refrigerate medicine for themselves or their dogs will not be able to have them in their hotel rooms. Karen Kleinhans mentioned that portable refrigerators are very inexpensive to buy if they are necessary.

 

The Annual General Membership Meeting

Bryan Timby will read the Guidlines for the Annual General Membership Meeting at the beginning of it on Thursday night. It will then be voted on by the members present. To be accepted, 2/3 of those present must vote for the guidlines.

Bonnie Stoney will speak on advertising in the Barker.

Alan Klessig will speak on the Code of Ethics and the Code of Conduct. There is a symbol to be used in advertising by those signing the Code of Conduct that he has designed.

 

Colors

Marilyn Vinson went over the colors list to be discussed at the General Meeting. Alan Klessig said that we must stress that this is a description of the dog, and does not refer to accepted colors for the standard. Pat Evetts moved, Alan Klessig seconded that we accept the list as it is prepared. The motion passed unanimously. Many thanks were given to Marilyn Vinson for her work on this project.

 

CERF  Barbara Byse has a list of all Veterinary Opthamologists.

 

Canine Health Information Center

This project studies different diseases for different breeds. It takes one to two years to develop this program for a breed. A dog can then get a number when he has passed all the tests for the diseases covered in that breed for which there are tests. The Board supports Barbara Byse in following up on this in our breed.

 

Nationals 2004

There is a possiblity that Nationals 2004 could be held in Indianapolis, Indiana.

 

Membership

Jeff Mauk presented a chart showing new versus dropped memberships. There are now 6l7 members in the Eastern district, 496 in the Central district, and 560 members in the Western district.

Jeff Mauk also present a chart that showed the entries in each category at the l0 past National Specialities.

                    

Barbara Byse moved, Bryan Timby seconded a motion to adjourn the Board meeting. It was adjourned at 8:25 PM, Central time.

 

Respectfully,

Susan Lauer