Minutes of the Meeting

of the CSPCA Board of Directors

by Teleconference

October 2, 2007

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

Board members in attendance were: Karen Kleinhans, President; Jeff Vidt, Vice President, Jo Ann Redditt, Secretary; Marilyn Currey, Treasurer; Eastern Director, Mike Lauer; Central Director, Tim Bergeron; Western Director, Bob Rosenberger; Directors At Large, Deb Cooper, Gail Garrison, Grace Fritz, Alice Fix, Debby Smith and Marilyn Vinson.

Guests present were: Marge Calltharp, Barker Editor and AKC Delegate; Deanna Lisky, CSP Club of Northern California; Cyndi Skinner, Harmony Bay CSP Club; Pat Pramuk, Hoosier State CSP Club; Bob Calltharp, Berkshire Spur CSP Club; Sylvia Truitt, Tampa Bay CSP Club; and Valerie Nieman, Greater Charlston, SC CSP Club.

The meeting was called to order at 9:04 EST by President Karen Kleinhans.

Bob Rosenberger made a motion, seconded by Marilyn Currey, to approve the minutes of the August 6, 2007 minutes of the Board meeting. The motion passed unanimously by those present.

President’s Report - Karen updated the board on the plans for Nationals.

Needless to say, we are having a show! Everything is on schedule. Show closes tomorrow and Karen Burgess should get the numbers by the end of the week, but

early reports are we are on target and may be larger than last year. Karen

has trophies.

Secretary's Report - none given

Deb Cooper made a motion, seconded by Bob Rosenberger to approve the Treasurer's Report for August 2007 sent to the Board earlier. The motion passed unanimously.

Report of Committees

Deb Cooper made a motion, seconded by Marilyn Currey, to approve the updates to the Policy and Procedure Manual (this is to approve the motions made at the last few Board meetings for inclusion in the PPM). Chair Bob Rosenberger plans to have the PPM fully revised by nationals. The motion passed unanimously.

Unfinished Business

Grace Fritz made a motion, seconded by Bob Rosenberger, to approve the new members printed in the March/April and the May/June 2007 Barkers. The motion passed unanimously.

NEW BUSINESS

Deb Cooper made a motion, seconded by Gail Garrison to approve the following National Specialty Judges Selection Proposal :

Judges selection Nominations and Balloting Procedure Nomination and Balloting Process for Selecting National Specialty Judges

Any CSPCA member at the show may also nominate sweepstakes judges that meet the criteria (from the CSPCA PPM) outlined on the nomination form. Sweepstakes nominations will be recorded in the same manner as the regular class nominations, with a single membership having one nomination form and a family membership having two nomination forms.

nominations will be collected for persons meeting the criteria. Club members meeting the criteria may also nominate themselves for consideration.

Sweepstakes nominees must not have judged sweepstakes or regular/ non-regular classes at a national show or regional show for five years.

count the collected nominations. The cut off for nominations will be the conclusion of the annual Awards Banquet, and nominations will be counted before the end of the show.

National Specialty or Regional Show* in the previous 5 years. Breeder judges will be contracted for Best of Breed no more than once every three years.

BOB.* A ballot mailing list will be compiled from the current and preceding

two years’ National Specialty show catalog. Ballots will be mailed to those current members who have an entry listed. In addition to the National Show catalogs, the ballot mailing list will also incorporate the most recent exhibitor list from CSPCA Affiliated clubs and CSPCA Regional Specialty Show catalogs.

active and supportive of our National Specialty shows and the affiliated club specialty shows to select the judges they would like to see hired for future National shows. The mailing list will include any current CSPCA member who is an owner or co-owner of any dog or bitch entered in the CSPCA National Specialty Show for the current and preceding two years. The official show catalogs and the official membership list will be used to develop the mailing list. The official show catalogs will be considered the accurate record of those who entered the CSPCA National Specialty Show and the Affiliated Club Specialty and CSPCA Regional Specialty shows.

Organization as approved by the CSPCA Board of Directors. The method to be used in tabulation will be clearly noted on the Nomination Form and the Judge Selection Ballot. Names may be used only one time on each form per category, and ranking will be determined by a simple majority.

these Judges are selected from the area local to the Nationals location, and their selection process will remain unchanged. Performance judge selection is not affected by the criteria listed in this document.

2010 CSPCA National Specialty Judges Nomination Form Each CSPCA member that is present at Nationals is entitled to nominate judges for the 2010 National Specialty. Individual members are entitled to one nomination form, and Family memberships are entitled to two nomination forms.

Every person submitting a nomination must initial next to their name on the club roster so their CSPCA membership can be verified. Please read the instructions for each set of judges ensure the people you nominate are eligible.

Also check the posted list of ineligible judges before making your nominations.

Each voter is entitled to vote for three different judges in each category.

Naming a judge more than once will result in wasting your additional vote(s) for the same person in that category, as names will be counted only once in

each category on the nomination form. Votes will be tallied the same with no

regard as to whether the names are listed first or last.

Sweepstakes Eligibility Requirements

years)

Show in conjunction with Nationals for the past five years.

Please write or print legibly

SWEEPSTAKES JUDGE NOMINATIONS

Individual Membership Nominations

Only to be filled in by the second member of a Family membership

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CONFORMATION

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Please write or print legibly

CONFORMATION JUDGE NOMINATIONS

Individual Membership Nominations

Only to be filled in by the second member of a Family membership

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Disclaimer: Nominations do not insure that the name will appear on the ballot. All nominees will be verified according to the outlined criteria, and must agree to be on the ballot.

The motion passed unanimously.

Grace Fritz made a motion, seconded aby Mike Lauer to approve up to $500.00 for a parliamentarian for the National Annual Membership Meeting. The motion passed unanimously. Iaren has been in contact with two possible parliamentarians and both should be under $500 for their services and travel costs.

Marilyn Vinson made a motion, seconded by Alice Fix , to approve a request that the CSPCA request that AKC lower the Shar-Pei obedience jump height to 3/4 of the height of the dog. Jeff Vidt will draft the letter for Karen’s signature. The motion passed unanimously.

Debby Smith made a motion, seconded by Grace Fritz, to approve a new committee tentatively titled the Hall of Achievement (to be renamed by member contest). Marilyn Vinson will Chair, Cathy Mall will Co-Chair and the purpose of the committee will be to list for permanent record achievements of Chinese Shar-pei within all canine disciplines. Below is the list of potential categories:

We are suggesting four main categories : Hall of Firsts, Hall of Mosts, Hall of Trivia , Hall of CSP History. (Please see list below of suggested

categories.)

Many of these categories such as the Hall of First’s- would not change.

Others -the Hall of Mosts for example- would change as dogs accomplish/qualify for the specified criteria within the appropriate categories.

It is further proposed that a Hall of Trivia be developed to provide a fun area of "trivia" (i.e., the "hot dog trial," the longest living Shar Pei; the smallest or largest Shar Pei; largest litter; etc.) as members submit different supportable trivia facts to the committee.

The Hall of CSP History would include information from Matgo Law, articles about the origins of the breed, remembrances of original members when the breed started, and any other historical fact/ record) that would not fall within the other categories.

(The General) Members(hip)would be able to submit anything they want but the committee will retain right of refusal. All submissions must be documented for

validity.

A committee member would investigate what, if any, information is available and/or verifiable through AKC. Items prior to AKC acceptance will be verified from information in The Barker, other CSP publications, general membership contributions (with required documentation) Any member claiming a title not readily verifiable would be required to provide verification of their claim.

As we have not yet found a name that clearly defines what this encompasses we propose to have a 'contest' for the general members to name the committee.

The person who submits the winning name would receive a 'prize' to be determined. (e.g., Perhaps a half page ad in the Barker, a banquet ticket, donation to rescue in their name. etc.) After the committee is up and running, and the criteria is specified, it would further proposed that this committee eventually come under the auspices of the Historian. Additional committee member(s) would be added to assist in the project as needed.

We are asking the Board to approve the initiation of this committee. It would be launched with the hard information we can readily find. (such as Nationals specialty winners)It will be expanded as information is available.

Recording will include, but not be limited to, the following :

Conformation

All winners of:

National specialty

Westminster

Eukanuba CSPCA Top 25

BIS (all venues to include UKC, NCA, Canada KC, FCI, International) Grand Futurity/Maturity winners Dogs who have won both Futurity and Maturity Conformation 'mosts':

BIS

BISS G 1's

Owner/handler BIS

" " BISS

BIS by dogs

" " bitch

Same for BISS

oldest/youngest for BIS and BISS

" " AKC and CSPCA CH

DOG with most AKC CH

BITCH " " " "

Most AKC CH from one litter

Most titled dog

Conformation 'Firsts"

CSPCA CH

CSPCA Nationals winner

AKC CH

Nationals after going AKC

First Westminster, Eukanuba, top 25

First BIS (all venues)

Performance

All Winners at all Nationals

All High in Trials (all venues)

First Obedience trial championship

" CD

"UDX

" UDT

First Rally

First Rally excellent

First Agility

First Master agility

Oldest/youngest to earn above titles

First herding certificate (to change to 'title' when approved) First tracking title Oldest/youngest tracking title Dogs who earn first titles in fly ball/ dancing etc.

Breeder achievements (name the breeder; not the dog) Most CH bred Most titled dogs (all titles inc.) Longest line of AKC obedience titles Longest direct line of conformation CH.

Most BIS

Most BISS

Most CH in one litter

Trivia

First CSP to win things like hot dog contest (which would be explained) First CGC First ATT Oldest /youngest stats could go here as well Most reserve placements (think the record is around 46 or 47) Most points to finish?

Mmost colors in one litter

History

First dogs imported

First breeders to import

First US born litter

First members of CSPCA member the longest First CSP registered with CSPCA and with AKC First dog of Matgo Law

First litter of " " and other items as we think of them or are

suggested by members

The motion passed unanimously.

Deb Cooper made a motion to adjourn, seconded by Marilyn Vinson. All those present approved.

The meeting adjourned at 9: 37 p.m. EDT.

Submitted by Jo Ann Redditt, CSPCA Secretary