ASCNE Minutes - Sept 8, 2002

SECRETARY’S REPORT

Minutes from the March 7, 2004 meeting held at the Log Cabin Banquet & Meeting House in Holyoke, MA.

Members present: Ann Chace, John Spivey, Tina Spivey, Kathleen Walsh, Robin Goodman, Lyn Scribner, Kelen Geiger, Sally King, Kathy Hubbard, Suzanne Rogers, Keli Gaunt, Mike Sheehan, Wallace Leach, Joyce Leach, Claudia Reed Carol Casson, Sharon Parr, Stevens Parr, Dee Williamson, Val Jakubowski, Kathy Bishop, Pete Dolan, Sheila Dolan, Pauli Haggis, Bill Haggis, Don McCormick, Dianne McCormick, Sharon Rupple, Donna Johnson, Heather Robinson, Jen Darlington, Denise Darlington, Fran Swanson, Leah Swanson, Lecia Whitlock, Antonia Lake, Joe Adamczyk, Debbie Adamczyk, William Pechka-King, Cindy King, Chris Davenport, Matt Mason, Sue Schroeder, Robin Gandell, Linda Barden, Emmy Adasiewicz, Cathy Bakke, Terry Andrews, Eileen Scully, Jean Janotta, Dottie Duclos, Brenda Dean, Diane Johnson, Andy Johnson, John Yarmac, Donna Hakala, Karen Miller, Susan Winters, Gull Reidy, Peter Kontos, Heather Braddock, Kate Viles, Geoff Griffin, JoAnn Griffin, Mary Ann Stoddart, Joe Stoddart, Terri Altergott.

Guest present: Rich Adams.

Meeting called to order 1:00pm by President Jean Janotta

Secretary’s report: Minutes from the January 2004 meeting were accepted as submitted.

Treasurer's report – Dottie Duclos

ASCNE Treasury - $22,974.51

Rescue Treasury - $5,036.55

Barb Demascio January Agility Seminar – gross receipts $3466, expenses $2625, profit of $841 with additional expenses yet to be submitted

Winter Warm Up, Seekonk, MA – gross receipts $2424, expenses $1571, profit of $853

ASCA Affiliate report – Sharon Ruppel

Stockdog Committee will be developing a working description to define and eescribe the typical working Australian Shepherd

The 2004 ASCA ballot will contain a question regarding inclusion of Altered Championship titles in the HOF program.

An obedience judge may officiate for any ASCA affiliate club once every 30 days. However, if the club(s) hold multiple trials during the same cluster of shows, they will be allowed to use the same judge to officiate for multiple trials. It would be desirable for the club(s) to assign different classes (Novice, Open, etc…) to the judges whenever possible.

Board of Directors report

Chris Davenport opened the floor for questions. Peter Kontos responded that ASCA-L had been very negative of late, he was reminded that the Board of Directors has no control over the content of ASCA-L.

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Committee reports

Agility / Pete Dolan – The rule book is being rewritten and updated.

Bylaws / Linda Gray – Linda was unable to attend and Chris Davenport reported that bylaw revisions were currently before the Board.

Conformation / Peter Kontos – Inclusion of Altered Championship titles for HOF qualifications will be voted on by the membership.

Dispute / Peter Kontos reported that most of the disputes were at the club level and handled there.

DNA & Genetics / Chris Davenport reported on the Popular Dam rule that went into effect as of January 1, 2004: Applications for litter registration from bitches producing their third or greater litter will not be processed until the dam has been DNA profiled and recorded as DNA-CP or DNA-VP with the ASCA registrar.

Stockdog / Joe Adamczyk – There is now a full committee. They have been tasked to develop a working description for the Aussie.

Juniors / Cindy King – The committee is trying to find ways to promote Junior activities and a mentoring program was discussed.

Tracking / Sue Schroeder – The committee is working to clarify the rule book.

Versatility / Pete Dolan – The versatility evaluation form has been revamped and is not broken down in to specific sections anymore.

Library report – Cindy King

Cindy put the full library on display and it gave everyone a chance to look it over and take out any books of interest.

Cindy also reported that she has not gotten a response from Hofling Publications concerning a bulk order discount for the Annual and the Aussie Quarterly. She estimated that it would run around $40 plus shipping and asked that interested members email her directly and she will try to contact Hofling again.

Sunshine report – Jean Janotta

The ASCNE membership lost a very valued member and friend in Gail Duval on January 30, 2004. A donation was made in her name to ASGHI.

Event Updates

January 31 & Feb 1 - Breed and Obedience in Seekonk went very well and will be on the docket again next year.

March 20 & 21 Rescue Show at Paw ‘N Effect is going along well. There is always a need for items for the auction.

April 3 – Tracking Clinic with Celeste Kelly in Dover, NH. There are currently 4 teams signed up for working spots. For more information contact Celeste at dwolfman@gwi.net

July 31 & August 1 – Moose-A-Mania in Maine, not August 7 & 8 as previously listed.

August 28 & 29 – Sheep & Cattle Trial at Janet Benson’s in CT, this will also include ducks.

February 2005 – Tentative schedule for another Agility Seminar with Barb Demascio

June 2005 – Keli Gaunt has volunteered to chair this Breed & Obedience event.

OLD BUSINESS

New members: The following have been accepted for membership – Christine Porter, Linda Barden, Jillayne Karra (junior) and Megan Sabrowski (junior).

Stop Watches for Stock Show Box: Pete Dolan reported that two stop watches and an additional batters were sent to Deb Adamczyk.

2005 Nationals in GA: ASCNE has been approached about hosting Breed and Agility Pre-Shows at the Nationals, motion was made and passed.

Consolidated Mailing List: Brenda Dean is working on this project. Cindy King had the ad for the Match Show Bulletin to go over the wording before submitting the ad.

ASCNE 30th Anniversary Pewter Cups: The cost to purchase on of these special cups will be $10 to $15 each. Anyone interested, please email Jean at jjanotta@rcn.com.

NEW BUSINESS

Membership Applications – Kathie Chouinard

Member	Sponsors
Brenda & Denis Coggin & Family	Terri Altergot Kathy Hubbard
Kelly Drake	Heather Braddock Gail Duval
Donna Dickerson	Susan Winters Kathleen Walsh
Pamela Gagnon & Bruce Lovelette	Fran Swanson Kathy Hubbard
Donald McCormick	Susan Winters Kathie Chouinard
Jill Wilson	Nancy Gagnon Allison Creswell

Capital expenditure – Jean Janotta: Jean put forth a request to purchase two laptop computers, a printer, and agility trial software in order to go to computerized scoring for the agility events. The use of the laptops for scoring will reduce the agility secretary’s pre- and post- trial effort by about 10 to 15 hours per event. In addition, the laptops could be used by other events. Cost justification was based on the income of approximately $11,000 from the last 4 agility events. A motion was made by Peter Kontos and passed to allocate $2500 to $3000 for this purchase.

Junior Day – Keli Gaunt & Sharon Ruppel: Sharon and Keli will be working together on activities geared to junior members.

Harvest Moon Mania – Peter Kontos: As no one has volunteered to be the HMM Course Director, Peter Kontos has taken on the task. In addition, two junior judges have volunteered to come to HMM to put on a seminar for juniors.

Capital Expenditure – Peter Kontos: Peter requested $250 to purchase of software to be used to process entries for breed and obedience events. Robin Goodman indicated the developer may also agree to make a change to include stock dog events as well. The motion was made and passed.

ASCA Elections for Board of Directors: BoD candidates: Donna Armstrong, Bob Blount, Allison Bryant, Pete Dolan, Russ Ford, Linda Gray, Rachel Vest, Marteen Walter. A motion was made and passed to put an ad of support in the Aussie Times for our two club members. John Spivey will design the ad.

ASCNE Jackets: Brenda and Dottie modeled the purple jackets that can be purchased by contacting Linda Gray at LMGray@meganet.com.

Honorary Members: It was requested that future announcements of Honorary Members be done at the ROM banquet because of the number of members present at the meeting.

Achievements – Jean Janotta:

Jen Darlington and Andy – BOS at Westminster

Valerie Surprenant and Flint – AOM at Westminster

Leah Swanson – Region 6 First Place Junior Handler

Meeting was adjourned at 2:25 pm.

Next meeting: July 11^th – at the Griffin residence, Douglas, MA

Respectfully submitted, Diane Johnson, ASCNE Secretary