Ohio Valley Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club

Regular Meeting

August 28, 2004

Horse Park - - Lexington  KY

 

 

The Ohio Valley Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club’s Regular  Meeting was held on August 28, 2004 at the Horse Park, Lexington, KY.  The meeting was called to order by the President, Lana Jorgensen, at 11:45 A.M. 

 

Those present:

 

 

Member

Guest

Jean Atkinson

 

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Lucy Clem

 

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Carra Cole

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Barbara Fisher

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Cynthia Hamilton

 

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Ellen Hamilton

 

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Cheryl Heath

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Edward Heath

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Lea Jacobs

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Lana Jorgensen

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Marilyn Midkiff

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Pat Miller

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Judy Nolan

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Nancy Oehelof

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Mike Oehelof

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Joann Ruehl

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Bob Saffell

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Adrienne Saffell

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Report of the President - - Lana Jorgensen

 

Summer’s coming to a close and I expect our thoughts are now straying to fall specialties and the upcoming National specialty in Biloxi.  Be sure that the OV members are planning on doing something at the National to once again spread cheer and good will among those attending.  One thing that has been discussed is having some of our lady members going through the crowd wearing their finest “Derby” bonnets, wearing their “Ohio Valley PWCC Cosmo Queen” sashes and distributing bourbon balls again.  They were a HUGE hit last year and I think it’s a boon if we can keep everyone thinking about Ohio Valley.

 

We have several new members on the horizon.  This growth is what keeps Ohio Valley thriving.  We need to reach out as much as possible and include people.  Everyone has something they can bring to a club, even if it’s just a pair of willing hands to help.  It is impossible to educate someone if you exclude them.

 

Progress continues for the 2005 specialty and Joann has graciously accepted the position of show chair for the all-important 2006 show.  Thank you so much for all you do, Joann!  At this meeting we will be deciding on the pottery for the show.  I hope everyone can make it to let their choice be known.

 

This meeting we also will be discussing the possibility of going to 4 meetings a year instead of 6.  This is a topic we will be bringing before the membership again in November, so everyone can voice their thoughts on this move.

 

A special thank you to Carra Cole for providing her camp site for our meeting - - in the very hot August air she hooked up FANS!!!!!  Way-to-go, Carra!!!

 

Report of the Recording/Corresponding Secretary

 

Correspondence received fro the AKC:

  • Clarification of Rules Applying to Dog Shows and AKC Board Policy concerning event date and exclusive territory protection.
  • Revisions that have been made to the Conformation Junior Showmanship Regulations and guidelines for judging juniors in conformation and juniors in performance events. (These will be posted on the Ohio Valley Webpage)

 

Thank you letter from the members of the PWCCWR for our donation to their silent auction held at their August 2004 show.

 

Thank you letter from 2004 National Co-chair, Stephanie Hedgepath, for our generous donation of $300.00 to help sponsor ringside hospitality at the 2004 PWCCA National Specialty.

 

A motion was made by Carra Cole, seconded by Lea Jacobs, to approve the Secretary minutes from the last meeting.  Motion approved.

 

 

Treasurer Report - - 8/23/2004

 

Bob Saffell gave the Treasurer’s Report stating that the latest income was $1,169.00 and expenses $943.08 and Club’s total is $9,917.15 and the Rescue has $7,796.27, with a total balance of $17,713.42 combined. 

 

A motion was made by Nancy Oehlhof, seconded Cheryl Heath, to approve the Treasurer’s Report.  Motion approved.

 

Committee Reports

Activities - - Pam Hudson

In Pam’s absence, Nancy passed around a brochure about a seminar at Ohio State University on September 11-12.  Pam is also working on other activities for the club.  She will give a report at the next meeting.

 

Awards - - Lisa McKay

No report.

 

Breeder Referral - - Kathy Shannon

No report.

 

Education - - Pam Hudson

No report.

 

Judges Selection - - Lea Jacobs

Lea reported on the 2006 judges.  They will be Alan Mathews and Bill Shelton.  She is in the process of trying to find the contracts for these judges as they should be in her files as the Judges Selection Chairperson.  A letter will be written to Neena by the Secretary to see if she has the contracts.

 

Legislative - - Neena Van Camp

No report.

 

Librarian/Historian - - Robin Stewart

No report.

 

Membership - - Judy Nolan

Voting for Connie Reinhart.  Passed by the club.  Welcome, Connie!

 

Second reading for Sally and Fred Wynn. 

 

One membership application is still on hold until it can be determined if everything is in order for the application to be submitted to the membership.

 

Ovation - - Nancy Oehlhof

Nancy passed out the Summer Ovation and it was a real hit with everyone.  Great job, Nancy!!! Nancy is in the process of letting PWCCA members know that they can now advertise in Ovation.

 

PWCCA Rep - - Nancy Oehlhof

There have been several issues discussed.

  • There is the issue of the AKC allowing any breeder to pt ads for puppies on their website.  Judy hart, the PWCA ‘s AKC delegate wants all the clubs to send a letter to explain why this needs to be done very carefully and to give them some helpful ideas on how we would like to see it handled.  Our Secretary, Cheryl, will write a letter to AKC.

 

  • They have discussed judge’s education and it has been suggested that clubs have a list of when and where all the seminars will be held and they would like a list of what judges are attending them.

 

 

  • At the PWCCA board meeting the following 3 motions were made.
    1. Not to charge at the National for seating.
    2. To send a form out with the membership mailing that would allow members interested in judging sweeps or matches to make that desire know.
    3. An ad hoc committee be appointed to develop a proposal for an Affiliate Club Recognition Program.

 

Rescue - - Neena Van Camp (This was read by Lana for Neena)

I am sorry but it appears that none of the members of the OV Rescue committee

will be able to make it to the OV meeting this w/e.

 

Rescue currently has 4 dogs in foster homes - one with Robin and 3 with me.

 

MORE FOSTER HOMES ARE NEEDED. Once we get the dogs in, evaluated and

medically update it is usually hard to place good all round Pems. The ones we have now

are 2 with problems (both with me) and 2 with no issues at all.

 

IT WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS HELP IF EACH MEMBER OR MEMBER UNIT

OF OV WOULD TAKE ONE RESCUE DOG A YEAR. I AM SURE THAT THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE WOULD TEND TO PLACE THE "EASY" PLACEMENTS WITH THE LESS FREQUENT HOMES AND THE HARDER TO PLACE ONES WITH THE COMMITTED COMMITTEE MEMBERS. ON AVERAGE AN "EASY" PLACEMENT DOG IS OUT OF A FOSTER HOME WITH IN 2 WEEKS OF GETTING MEDICAL CARE COMPLETED.  AND AT MOST WHAT THEY NEED IS NEUTERING AND SHOTS AND HEART WORM.

THE REALLY SERIOUS MEDICAL PROBLEMS (AND WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY FOR A WHILE GO TO VICKI FOR TREATMENT BEFORE FOSTERING).

 

PLEASE MEMBERS TAKE JUST ONE FOSTER DOG A YEAR.

 

Right now we have 71 applications waiting but to we need some foster homes. You are burning out the committee members with the fostering.

 

 

Trophies - - Marilyn Midkiff

Decisions on the pottery samples for our March specialty will be made at the Lexington meeting.  The deadline to turn in the trophy list is October 1, 2004.  At the July 11, 2004 meeting it was decided that we would use all of our left over past trophy items for supported entries with OVPWCC’s name as the sponsor.  The only exception would be when someone volunteers to sponsor a class then they could repay the club for the cost of those items or submit something of their liking.

 

The OVPWCC is committed to the following supported entries.

  • 3 days at Louisville with our Specialty
  • 1 day for the Lexington Kennel Club in August
  • Saturday only at the Columbus Ohio shows in November.

 

Ways and Means - - Barbara Fisher

No report.

 

Web Page - - Nancy Oehlhof

No report.

 

New Business

  1. Joann has agreed to be the 2006 show chairman for our specialty to be held in March 2006.  Along with this show, our club will host the PWCCA spring board meeting and the PWCCA regular spring meeting.

 

  1. It was discussed that we have appointed people be responsible for communicating with the regional clubs that we support the corgi entry.  All communications with the clubs should go through these people.

 

The following people have volunteered to do this:

 

Louisville Cluster Shows in March - - Joann Ruehl

Lexington Cluster Shows in Sept. - - Adrienne Saffell

Columbus Cluster Show in Nov. - - Lea Jacobs

 

 

Nominating Committee Report

 

      See attached report.

 

Old Business

  1. As discussed at the last regular meeting, it is hoped that our club will be able to go to four meeting at year.  Lana will talk to the AKC to make sure we can do this and what is required to proceed.
  2. 2005 Specialty - - Joann Ruehl gave the report that all is going well for the upcoming Specialty.  The Churchill Downs tour is on the schedule and 15 people will need to sign up in order for us to be able to have the tour.
  3. Trophies - - at the last meeting it was decided to wait until this meeting so that more people could view the suggestions for trophies for our specialty.  We are selecting from two different places.  Our choices are from Bybee Pottery and Buckeye Pottery.

 

A motion was made by Bob Saffell and seconded by Lea Jacobs that we decide pottery now for 2005 only.  Discussion followed.  It was discussed that if we pick the Buckeye Pottery, we will have to go with it for more than one year as we will have additional decals printed because there is a minimum for printing these of 500 decals.  We only use about 100 or less for each specialty.

The motion was withdrawn.

 

A motion was made by Joann Ruehl and seconded by Marilyn Midkiff that we decide on the pottery at this meeting that will continue to be used for several years.  We will make the choice between the Bybee Pottery and the Buckeye Pottery.  Discussion followed.  If it is decided that we go for the Buckeye Pottery, it was discussed that Nancy will come up with a logo and present it to the club at the next meeting.  She will give the club a couple options to choose from and we will select the logo for the pottery.  If the Bybee is selected we will go with the blue shade of pottery for the upcoming show in 2005.  After continued discussion in this same direction, a call for the vote was declared.  The vote passed to go with the Buckeye Pottery.  The vote was unanimous with the exception of two abstained votes. 

 

Meeting Adjourned at 2:00 P.M.

 

Our next meeting will be held in Columbus Ohio on November 13th.

 

Submitted by:

Cheryl

Cheryl Heath

Secretary