Board Meeting

Louisville, Kentucky

March 18, 2006

Members present were Lanalee Jorgensen, Bob Saffell, Pam Hudson, Kathy Shannon, Teresa Fishback

Guest present: Adrienne Saffell

Report of the Secretary: Pam Hudson, full text included in the General Meeting minutes

The minutes from the January meeting were accepted as read. Membership lists were handed out.

Tasks assigned to the secretary:

1. 1.        Send invitation to Tim Mathiesen, PWCCA President, to hold the 2008 Spring Board meeting in Louisville, pointing out it is centrally located and has easy access to 3 major airports.
2. 2.        Contact the Ohio Secretary of State to determine how we can keep our self-incorporated status.
3. 3.        Write to the Louisville Metro Council regarding legislation requiring any dog entering the city to buy a license, including coming in for the Louisville show cluster. The address:

Metro Council

Louisville Metro Hall

527 West Jefferson Street

Louisville, Ky. 40202

Report of the President: Lanalee Jorgensen, full text included in the next issue of OVation.

Report of the Treasurer: Bob Saffell, full text can be read on the website. All 2005 members renewed their membership. The treasury on March 13, 2006 contained $21,314.30 with $8,952.17 in the rescue balance. Bob reported that the silent auction brought in $1700.

Committee reports will be found in the General Meeting Minutes.

New Committee chairs were set; the chair will select their committee:

2007 Show Chair: Teresa Fishback

Membership: Becky Dean

Activities: Carra Cole

Awards: Kristie Sarafolean

Breeder Referral: Teresa Fishback

Education: Carra Cole

Judges Selection: Gerald Kyle

Legislation: Neena Van Camp

Librarian: Emma Weyrick

OVation: Nancy Oehlhof

PWCCA Representative: Sally Wynn

Rescue: Neena Van Camp and Kathy Shannon

Trophies: Marilyn Midkiff

Ways and Means: Judy Nolan

Website: Nancy Oehlhof

Performance: Sue Klar (new committee)

Ad Hoc Committee: Adrienne Saffell was present to go through the proposed changes to the by-laws. Some items were simply grammatical changes to make the original wording clearer. The proposed changes have been sent to the AKC Club Relations to determine if these changes would be acceptable. Once the committee hears back from the AKC, they will bring the proposals to the membership for input and/or approval.

Meetings were set for the remainder of the year:

May 28, picnic and fun day in Harbin Park, Fairfield, Ohio

July 15, fun day at park at JoAnn Ruehl’s home in Aurora, Indiana

September 2, Lexington Horse Park, Lexington, Ky. (supported entry- judge Peggy Beisel-McIlwaine and puppy match)

November 18, Columbus, Ohio