Minutes approved 5/25/05
Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors by Teleconference April 5, 2005

The President, Karen Kleinhans was at her home in Pawnee, Illinois and acted as Secretary in the absence of JoAnn Redditt.
Board members were in attendance: Karen Kleinhans, President; Alan Klessig (joined late) Vice President, Marilyn Currey, Treasurer; Mike Lauer, Eastern Director; Tim Bergeron, Central Director, Bob Rosenberger, Western Director and Gail Garrison, Debby Smith, Marilyn Vinson, Beverly Wall, and Grace Fritz, Directors At Large. Absent were JoAnn Redditt and Deb Cooper.

Non-voting members present were: Roy Anderson, Membership Chair; Marge Calltharp, AKC Delegate and Barker Editor; Cyndi Skinner, Harmony Bay CSP Club; Alice Fix, Centennial CSP Club; Chris Henning, Star of the North CSP Club; Jessica Lurkins, Charleston CSP, SC Club; Deb Taylor, Northern Washington CSP Club; Gail Tighe, Desert to Sea; Marilyn Daly, Long Island CSP Club; Jerry Doka, Berkshire Spur CSP Club.

The meeting was called to order at 8:03 EDT by President Karen Kleinhans.
Bob Rosenberger made a motion to approve the minutes of the February 3, 2005 meeting of the Board of Directors; the motion was seconded by Gail Garrison and the minutes were unanimously approved (Marilyn Vinson abstained as she was
not on the Board at that time or present for the meeting).

President's report – None
Secretary's report - None given

Treasurer's Report – A motion to approve the Treasurer’s Report was made by Gail Garrison and seconded by Tim Bergeron and the report was unanimously approved. Marilyn Currey discussed the recent work on collection of old debt.

COMMITTEES
Budget and Finance: A motion was made by Marilyn Vinson and seconded by Debby Smith to approve the 2005 budget as presented to the Board. Approval was unanimous.

Invitational: After discussion, a motion was made by Alan Klessig and seconded by Grace Fritz to clarify that a spayed/neutered dog who had otherwise qualified for the Invitational would be invited to compete. Approval was unanimous.

DNA Databank: A motion was made by Marilyn Vinson and seconded by Marilyn Currey to approve the committee’s request to use $50 of their funds to pay for on half of the cost of the DNA submission for a lilac dog to the color research program. Motion was unanimously approved.

Therapy Committee: Marilyn Vinson moved and Grace Fritz seconded a motion to change the therapy dog reporting date from March 1 to August 1. Motion was approved unanimously.

Contested member: A motion was made by Grace Fritz and seconded by Marilyn Vinson to deny membership to Eric Calvin. Motion was approved unanimously.

Fundraising Calendar: This project has been tabled for the time being.

Barker Policy: A motion was made by Alan Klessig and seconded by Marilyn Currey that for any CSPCA recognized Shar-Pei charity with a treasury separate from the CSPCA, we would give up to three black/white pages per year; any over that would be charged the standard rate; their annual financial report will be printed at no charge but can not exceed one page. Motion passed unanimously.

Legislative Affairs Committee: A motion was made by Marilyn Vinson and seconded by Debby Smith to appoint Darin Cox as Chair of this committee. Motion was approved unanimously.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Audit Committee: Bob Rosenberger requested that this committee be renamed “Financial Review Committee” as they don’t actually perform an audit, but rather review CSPCA financials once a year. No one objected so the name has been changed.

Beverly Wall will be heading up our raffle/auction at nationals again and discussed some of those details with the Board.

Roy Anderson asked about the twenty year pins he had received and that process was discussed.

Karen Kleinhans will send the club election nominations to the members list again.

After a brief discussion on the upcoming election and the possibility of doing the ballot by mail rather than by Barker it was determined that more information is needed and will be sought and disseminated.

A motion to adjourn was made by Grace Fritz and seconded by Debby Smith, as there were no objections, the meeting was adjourned at 9:25 EDT.

Submitted by Karen Kleinhans, President (Secretary Pro Tempore)