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March2014
ISaberTails
All-BreedClubsCommittee:
1.Territoryissuescontinuetobeaddressed
withanamendmenttobereadattheMarch
2014meetingwithapossiblevoteatthe
June2014meeting.Itemsrelatedto
“membervs.licensedclubs”andother
clarificationswillbeincluded.
2.Subcommitteeworkandrecommenda-
tionsregardingshowcancellations(allevents)
willbedisseminated.SubjecttoAKCBoard
approval,thisinformationwillgotolistedshow
chairmenandtotheappropriatee-lists.
3.AnewAKCShow/TrialManualwillgooutthisspring.It
includesinformationregardingsafetyandemergencies.This
isnotthe“ontheday”emergencyplanningeachshow
chairmanmusthaveonfilewiththeshowapplication.
4.TheAKC/ReUniteDisasterReliefTrailerwasreviewed.
Manydelegateshavehadsuccessfulcontactswiththeirlocal
emergencymanagementagencies,andtheyofferedtheir
experiencesandsuggestionsformakingapersuasive
presentationoftheTrailerProgram.
5.AnupdateoftheJudgingTaskForcewasgiven.The
TaskForceincludesDr.CharlesGarvin,DougJohnson,Kent
DelaneyandDarylHendricks.Theyareinvestigating
a)distancelearning,b)anassessmentforjudges’
performance,andc)anassessmentofperformanceina
judge’sapplicationfornewbreeds.
6.TheSeptemberBODmeetingapprovedapolicy
effectiveimmediatelythatifanall-breedclubrefused
toaccommodateanationalevent,thespecialtyclub
mayappeal.
7.TheAll-BreedE-Listhas318members.All-breed
showchairmenshouldbeonthislist.Contact
C.Rubens@gmail.comforinclusiononthise-list.
8.BestPracticesforall-breedclubsisbeingdeveloped.
9.Theopportunityfortwoshowsinonedayisbeing
developed(all-breed,specialty,andgroupclubs)forshows
thathadanentryof500orfewerthepreviousyear.
ParentClubCommittee:
1.ThefinalreportfortheParentClubofExcellence
Programhasbeenpresented.Eachparentclubwillhave
theopportunitytoparticipateinthisself-evaluation.
Pointsaregivenforthingssuchashavingarescue
program,membereducation,judges’education,breeder
referral,anewsletter,etc.Preliminaryresultsshowthat
thesizeoftheparentclubdoesn’timpacttheresults.This
programisnotmandatory,butisencouraged.Returned
assessmentsdonotidentifytheparentclubbutareusedfor
theresultsonly.Continuationofthisprogramwilldepend
onparentclubparticipation.
2.14,500CGCtitleshavebeenawarded,about1,000
eachmonthsincetheprogrambegan.
3.E-Balloting.Delegatesreporteddifficultygetting
informationfromthestateoftheirparentclub’s
incorporationaboutitspermissiontousee-balloting.Several
delegatesreportedontheirpersonalexperienceandoffered
suggestionsonhowtoobtainreliableinformation.
4.TrailerProject.Withinthefirst90daysintothe
project,morthan$200,000hadbeenraised.Sofar,66clubs
areparticipating(includingPBGVCA).Thefirst
trailerwasoutwithinthefirst30days.AKC
ReUniteisorderingtrailersinlotsofthree.
Eachparticipatingparentclubwillgetto
knowwhereitstrailerislocated.
5.MeettheBreeds.InNewYork,142
breedsparticipatedwithsome35,000people
comingthroughtheevent.InFlorida,160
breedsareparticipating.
6.TheAKCBODhasapprovedareducedfeeof
$10forJuniorsinJuniorShowmanshipwhenadding
thejunior’snameontheownershippapersforadogorto
removethejunior’snamefromtheownership.Thissingle
changeonlyisincludedinthereducedfee.
7.Dr.DuaneButherus,CHFChairmanoftheBoard,
presentedacomprehensivereviewoftheCHFprocess.130
breedclubshavesubmittedbreedhealthissues;e.g.,49
clubshavereportedbloat.Topconcernsareputtogether
todistributetosome4,300researcherstoinviteresearch
proposals.Theseproposalsaresubjecttopeerview.CHF
looksatasignificantnumberofcriteriatorankorder
whichresearchtofund.Theseinclude,amongothers,the
incidenceacrossnumerousbreeds,thedevastatingimpact
toasinglebreedandiftheresearchmightalsohelppeople.
Theserank-orderedprojectsarefundeddowntothelimits
ofthefunds.TheDonorAdviseFundswerediscussedwith
manyquestionsfromtheaudience.Dr.Butherusagreedto
writesomethingforourclubstohelpusbetterunderstand
theirprogramandhowwecanbestparticipateforthe
healthofourbreeds.
8.TheAKCBoardwillmatch“newmoney”fortheCHF.
“Newmoney”isdefinedasanyonewhohasn’tdonated
since1-1-12.
9.TheJudgingTaskForcewasreviewed.Thegoalis
toimprovejudgingandtoreduceexpensestobecome
qualified.Parentcubsappeartobeinterestedinthe
DistanceLearningProgramwith85percentinfavorofthe
idea.Vendorsforcomputerservicesarebeingsought.Apilot
programwiththreeparentclubswilltesttheconcept.In
general,itwillbeavirtual,on-linedogshowwithsixdogs
(threegoodandthreenot-so-good).Eachwillhaveaphoto
ofthehead,theside,fromthefrontandfromtherear,plus
movingdown,back,around.Tenbreedexpertswillhave
rankedthedogs.Theprospectivejudgewillthenbeable
totakethetest.Therewasalotofdiscussionandgood
questionsfromtheaudience.Allagreedthatthephotos
andmovementvideoshadtoadheretoastandardized
format.Ifthereisanycosttoaparentclub,wearetokeep
trackofthemoneyspentandhowmuchtimeisinvested
intheprogram.
10.Ifaparentclub“optsout”ofawardingamajorforthe
ReserveWinner,itmustbeprintedinthepremiumlist.
11.Aproposedrulechangeforsanctioned“B”matches
willallowFSSandmiscellaneousintotheirrespective
groups.
DogShowRulesCommittee:
1.ThepossibilityofanAlteredVeteranClasswas
discussedforregionalspecialtyshows.Atthistimetheywill
notbepermittedinall-breedshowsbecausethestateof
IFromourAKCDelegate
Dec.11-12,2013•SubmittedbyAnneGallant,DelegatetoAKC