Minutes of the Meeting
of the Board of Directors
by Teleconference
February 3, 2005

The President, Karen Kleinhans was at her home in Pawnee, Illinois and the Secretary was at her home in Alexandria, Virginia.

Board members were in attendance: Karen Kleinhans, President; Alan Klessig, Vice President, Jo Ann Redditt, Secretary; Marilyn Currey, Treasurer; Mike Lauer, Eastern Director; Tim Bergeron, Central Director, Bob Rosenberger, Western Director and Gail Garrison, Debby Smith, Beverly Wall, Grace Fritz, and Deb Cooper, Directors At Large. Newly elected for At Large Director Mike Barker was absent, having submitted his resignation.

Non-voting members present were: Jerry Doka, Berkshire Spur CSP Club; Alice Fix, Centennial CSP Club; Jessica David, Phoenix Club of AZ; Nancy Bergeron, Star of the North CSP Club; Jessica Lurkins, Charleston SC CSP Club; Darryl Witt, Illowa CSP Club; Thad Taylor, Northern Washington CSP Club; Gail Tighe, Desert To The Sea, CSP Club; Marge Calltharp, Barker Editor and William Clark.

The meeting was called to order at 8:01 EST by President Karen Kleinhans.

The minutes of the December 7, 2004 meeting of the Board of Directors were approved by a motion by Mike Lauer, seconded by Beverly Wall and all members approving unanimously.

President's report - None Given

Secretary's report - Jo Ann Redditt reported that two nominations for Director At Large had been received for Alice Fix, nominated by Grace Fritz and accepted in writing by Alice, and David Williams, nominated by Linda Mason.
It was determined that David Williams was ineligible to run for office, not having renewed his membership in time to meet the requirements for election to office.

Treasurer's Report - Alan Klessig made a motion to approve the October Treasurer's Report, seconded by Beverly Wall. The vote was unanimous in the affirmative.
Alan Klessig made a motion to approve the November Treasurer's Report, seconded by Grace Fritz. The vote was unanimous in the affirmative.
Debby Smith made a motion to approve the December Treasurer's Report, seconded by Deb Cooper. The majority vote was in the affirmative with Jo Ann Redditt and Gail Garrison abstaining.
Debby Smith made a motion to approve the Barker Advertising Contract as submitted by Marilyn Currey, seconded by Beverly Wall. The vote was unanimous in the affirmative. All advertisers need to sign the hold harmless clause. A discussion on how, if possible, to get that accomplished. Debby Smith offered to assist in this matter.

COMMITTEES' REPORTS
Fundraising Calendars - The Board reviewed the material Chair William Clark had sent. The discussion resulted in the desire to produce a color calendar and to contact Esa Heinonen regarding the possibility to use thirteen of his photos for the calendar; a discussion on the possibility of producing note cards as well. Marilyn Currey made a motion, seconded by Deb Cooper to distribute the funds generated from calendar sales to: one-third going to the Rescue Trust, one-third to Junior Showmanship Fund and one-third to the new fund for Education. The vote was unanimous in the affirmative. Karen will contact Mr. Heinonen regarding his photos and William will continue to look into printing.

Twenty-Year pins - Gail Garrison made a motion to ask Judy Dorough to order an additional 300 pins, seconded by Alan Klessig. The vote was unanimous in the affirmative.

DNA Data bank - Jerry Doka gave an update on the color genetics study.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS
New members - Grace Fritz made a motion which Debby Smith seconded to approve new members whose names were printed in the July/August 2004 Barker with the exception of two applicants who were opposed by other members. A letter has been sent to those two applicants requesting further information. Alan Klessig made a motion, seconded by Debby Smith to approve applicants for membership whose names were printed in the September/October 2004 Barker. Both motions passed in the affirmative unanimously.

Website - Webhosting costs have increased. Marilyn Curry made a motion, seconded by Deb Cooper to increase our contract with Webmagination to $50 per month. The motion passed with a unanimous vote. Grace Fritz will work with Webmaster Roy Anderson to include ads on the website.

2006 Specialty Site - The Carlisle, PA, site is not a possibility and attempts to find another Pennsylvania site did not materialize. The bid that Dick Schliep worked on in Mississippi and reviewed by Tim Bergeron was deemed not financially possible for the Club. Alan Klessig made a motion, seconded by Deb Cooper to approve the bid submitted by Kim Goza for the Clarion Hotel in Springfield, Missouri providing contract terms can be reached. The dates would be for the last week in September 2006.

NEW BUSINESS
The resignation of Board Member Mike Barker necessitated the replacement of a Director At Large. The Board narrowed the decision to two candidates, Alice Fix and Marilyn Vinson. President Karen Kleinhans asked the Board members to vote for one of the two candidates. The following voted for Alice Fix:
Bob Rosenberger, Mike Lauer, Grace Fritz, Deb Cooper. The following voted for Marilyn Vinson: Alan Klessig, Marilyn Currey, Debby Smith, Gail Garrison, Tim Bergeron. Jo Ann Redditt and Beverly Wall abstained. Marilyn Vinson was voted to fill the term vacated by Mike Barker.

Policy decision regarding the CSP Charitable Trust - The Board opted to defer a decision on this matter until we receive the requested financial report from the Trust.

Funding of the "Meet The Breeds Booth" - Deb Cooper made a motion which was seconded by Alan Klessig to reimburse Barbara Abel $500 for expenses incurred for the Booth in January; and to allocate an additional $500 for the 2006 Breed Booth with half being spent on printing educational brochures. The motion passed unanimously.

Chinese Shar-Pei as a "Ramp"Breed" - Grace Fritz made a motion, seconded by Beverly Wall to leave the status quo of the CSP and not consider our breed as a "ramp breed." The motion passed the majority with Mike Lauer voting in opposition to the motion.

Marilyn Currey made a motion to adjourn, seconded by Deb Copper. The motion carried unanimously and the meeting was adjourned at 9:58 EST.


Submitted by Jo Ann Redditt, CSPCA Secretary