CSPCA Board of Directors Minutes by Teleconference

December 4, 2008 @ 8:05 p.m. CST

The President Grace Fritz was at her home in Stilwell, Kansas and the Secretary was at her home in Griffith, Indiana.

Board members present: Grace Fritz, President; Dr. Jeff Vidt, Vice-President; Pat Pramuk, Secretary; Marilyn Currey, Treasurer; Roy Anderson, Western Director; Tim Bergeron, Central Director; Georgette Schaefer, Eastern Director; Directors-at-Large: Alice Fix, Marilyn Vinson, Beverly Wall, Gail Garrison, Mike Lauer and Debby Smith.

Guests present: Marge Calltharp (Editor in Chief), Deanna Liskey ( Northern California Club), Rev. Alan Klessig (Managing Editor), and Dorothy Schuerman (incoming Central Director.)

The meeting was called to order @ 8:05 p.m. CST.

• Minutes from BOD Meeting (Sept. 29, 2008) and the General Meeting (Oct. 01, 2008) were approved by the Board with no opposition. As per the bylaws, the General Meeting minutes were approved by the three attending CSPCA members also.

• Approved applicants listed in July/August/September 2008 issue of the Barker and the November 2008 CSPCA Express Newsletter.

Reports:

• President’s Report:

Welcome issued to the new Board Members: Dorothy Schuerman and Rosie Steinke. Outgoing Board Members Marilyn Vinson and Tim Bergeron were thanked for their service, we appreciated their hard work.

Update on hotels for National sites was given: 2009 Nationals to be held in Denver, Colorado and 2010 Nationals to be held in Lawrence, Kansas. According to our Policy and Procedures Manual, rotation next is to go East.

Board members and Karen Burgess (National Specialty Coordinator) have been investigating sites for 2011 show. Thus far, no Eastern region affiliated clubs have submitted a bid to host this show. Several sites have been investigated, but without success. If efforts to locate an eastern site are unsuccessful, we have been offered a contract to return to the Drawbridge Inn in 2011. The Drawbridge was a financially successful site for our show.

• Secretary’s Report – None

• Treasurer’s Report – The Board approved the financial statements given by Marilyn Currey for September and October 2008. Marilyn Currey reported that monies in our Money Market Account will be moved to an 18 month CD for higher interest.

Committee Reports: No Reports

New Business:

• Motion was made by Gail Garrison for the addition of Tammy Browning Smith to the Therapy Dog Committee. Seconded by Beverly Wall. No opposition and the motion was carried.

• Motion was made by Georgette Schaefer to approve the addition of Gayle Gold to the Standard Committee. Seconded by Marilyn Vinson. No opposition. Motion was carried.

• Motion was made by Georgette Schaefer to reinstate Gus Bowles membership to

January 2007. Motion was seconded by Beverly Wall. Discussion was held to his multiple lapses of membership dues. Motion was carried with two negative and ten affirmative votes.

• Karen Kleinhans was awarded Lifetime Membership at National 2008. This is being read now and will be reflected in official club minutes.

• Motion was made by Debby Smith to approve $500.00 to Desert to the Sea to host

The Meet the Breeds Booth at the 2008 AKC/Eukanuba Show. This is to include the cost of printed items to do the Meet the Breeds. Motion seconded by Beverly Wall. No opposition. Motion was carried.

• After discussions on the 2008 CSPCA National, the BOD has made the following recommendations to be given to Karen Burgess (National Show Secretary) to include in any show secretary contracts:

1. Premium lists to be mailed to all CSPCA members residing in the US or Canada.
2. Premium lists in the mail a minimum of five weeks before closing date.
3. Pending AKC Approval, it is requested that Futurity/Maturity staff has access to F/M entry information one week after entries close to identify and/ or correct any entry problems.

Motion was made by Georgette Schaefer to approve above recommendation to National Contracts. Motion seconded by Gail Garrison. No opposition. Motion carried.

• Motion was made by Marilyn Vinson to accept the proposal submitted by Rev. Alan Klessig for the following changes in the Invitational:

1) All invitational dogs will meet early in the evening for their group photo. From there they will go to a smaller central holding area where they will be judged by the 3 judge panel – three at a time – but away from the audience. The judges will still remain a secret as long as possible. Portion of the judging will include only the hands on judging portion of the Scoring. All EXCEPT the movement. While this is happening the tallies for this portion are added up.

2) After the judging portion is included, everyone – including all handlers and owners AND the judges now revealed will have dinner together as a group. There will be no judging during the dinner.

3) After dinner is concluded, the movement portion of the event will be held before the crowds in the hall. One at a time each dog will enter the ring – do two complete go arounds – two down and backs and end with another go around – giving the three judges the opportunity to clearly see the movement of each dog. While this is going on the members of the audience will be selecting a PEOPLES CHOICE AWARD. Each table will have ballots on which each person will vote individually for their favorite dog. The PEOPLES CHOICE AWARD will be given to the dog receiving the most votes and it will be awarded just before the Invitational winner is announced.

4) After the Movement portion of the judging, will be spent on a possible auction (for the Trust); a special project of the CSPCA; or brief entertainment. This will take place while final judging tallies are completed.

5) One by one each of the CSPCA Top Twenty-Five Invitational dogs will be introduced to the crowd. As each dog enters the ring, their own specially chosen music will be played. The dogs will do go arounds; go on the ramp at center ring and pose for the audience, giving the crowd their opportunity to respond. Each of the dogs does this one by one and then leave the ring for the next dog to enter to music. The PEOPLES CHOICE AWARD voting ends during this part of the evening. Individual votes will than be tallied.

6) The dogs are introduced again as the PEOPLES CHOICE AWARD votes are tallied and each dogs very brief bio will be read. They will remain IN the ring.

7) The PEOPLES CHOICE AWARD is announced then the INVITATIONAL WINNER is announced and finally the CSPCA INVITATIONA RAFFLE winner is found.

8) There will be a final go around by the CSPCA TOP TWENTY-FIVE INVITATION WINNER TO His or Her music with the celebration of the crowd.

The adopted proposal will be added to the PPM. Motion to approve this proposal is seconded by Georgette Schaefer. No opposition. Motion is carried.

Motion to adjourn was made by Georgette Schaefer at 9:03 p.m. CST. Motion seconded by Marilyn Currey.

Respectfully submitted, Pat Pramuk, CSPCA Secretary