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e-SENNtinel Matters
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Club of America
Volume 2, Issue 1
January 2010
GSMDCA 2010 Club Officers Election Process
The Board is now in the process of assembling a Nominating Committee for this election
year. The 2010 election of Club Officers, Directors and the AKC Delegate will be for the
term of office beginning in 2011 through 2012.
The Nominating Committee will be in place by April 1st and at that time will be ready to
begin accepting Letters of Intent for the following positions: President, First Vice President, Second Vice President, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, Director (6 positions) and
AKC Delegate. The Nominating Committee members and the address to submit Letters of
Intent will be available on the Club’s web site by April 1st and will also be published in
the second quarter SENNtinel.
Any individual who wishes to run for an Officer, Director or AKC Delegate position must
be a current full voting member of the GSMDCA in good standing who is a resident of the
United States. No person shall be a candidate for more than one position (except the AKC
Delegate). Interested eligible individuals are invited to send a Letter of Intent to the
Nominating Committee no later than July 15, 2010. This letter may contain any information that the candidate wishes to convey to the GSMDCA membership, however it is suggested that at least the following subjects be addressed:
● Candidate’s name and address
● Position sought by candidate
● Candidate’s past and current involvement in Club and dog related activities (i.e. number of years involved in the GSMDCA, Club offices and committee positions held, participation in dog show and working events)
● Number of dogs owned or co-owned by the candidate
● Candidate’s willingness and ability to actively participate in the official business of
the GSMDCA
● Candidate’s objectives for the future of the GSMDCA and the breed
The time table for the 2010 election will be as follows:
July 15 Receipt deadline for Letters of Intent to be considered for initial slate
August 7 Initial Slate of Candidates, one for each available position, will be selected by
the Nominating Committee and mailed to the GSMDCA membership
Sept 7
Additional nomination Letters of Intent will be accepted by the Nominating
Committee through this date. These additional Letters of Intent must bear the
signatures of five voting members of the GSMDCA.
Sept 14 If no valid additional nominations are received, the Nominating Committee
slate will be immediately declared elected and the GSMDCA membership will
be notified via the Club’s web site by this date.
Sept 21 Providing there are additional nominations, ballots and Letters of Intent for
the candidates will be mailed to the GSMDCA members.
Nov 1
Members to cast votes with final deadline for completed ballots to be received
by the Nominating Committee or a designated independent firm.
Nov 10 Results will be announced to the membership via the Club’s website and the
fourth quarter SENNtinel.
REMINDER!
MEMBERSHIP
RENEWAL!!
SEE PAGES 8 & 9
FOR RENEWAL
FORM
Inside this issue:
2010 ELECTIONS
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OWNER-HANDLER
APPLICATIONS DUE
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WALL OF FAME
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BOARD VACANCY
GSMDCA NATIONAL SPECIALTY
WAYS & MEANS
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GSMDCA 2009
ANNUAL AWARDS
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NATIONAL SPECIALTY 6
FLYER
TROPHY SIGN-UP
SCHECULE
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL FORM
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TITLES EARNED—4TH 10
QUARTER
AKC DELEGATE
PERSPECITVE
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AKC DELEGATE MIN- 15
UTES—DEC 2009
GSMDCA BOARD
MINUTES
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Owner-handler Award Applications
Please remember to submit your Owner-handler Award Applications and Ownerhandler Top 10 Applications to Laura Bullock by March 1st.
The owner-handled award was created to recognize the owner of a Greater Swiss
Mountain Dog that is handled for all 15 points to its championship by the registered
owner of record. One pin and grooming towel will be awarded to each dog that
meets this criteria regardless of how many owners are listed on the registration.
Breeders must be the only owner of a dog in order to be eligible. Professional handlers are eligible for this award only if they are the sole registered owner on the
dog. If a professional handler is a co-owner on the dog, the nonprofessional coowner must be the one that handled the dog for all 15 points to the championship.
One pin will be awarded per dog for the first Champion finished by said owner. Another pin will be awarded to that owner when he/she has owner-handled five, ten
and twenty Champions.
Paperwork for the owner handled champions is the responsibility of the owner to
send to the GSMDCA Statistician. Please submit completed forms to:
Laura Bullock
c/o GSMDCA Statistician
4820 Morning Edge Dr
Raleigh NC 27613
Wall of Fame at the National Specialty
CALLING ALL
CONFORMATION OR
COMPETITIVE
WORKING SWISSIES!
NOW IS YOUR TIME
TO SHINE—IN
SPRINGFIELD!
Back by popular demand—the Wall of Fame
display at the 2010 National Specialty in Springfield, Illinois!
The Wall of Fame is open
to all conformation or
competitive working
Swissys. The dogs do not
have to be champions.....just have to have
competed at some point.
The dogs can be current
competitors or from the
past—we will also include dogs that have
passed.
Please send photos 8x10
or smaller and include
whatever information you want
with the picture
(i.e., call name,
registered name,
owner’s name,
breeder’s name,
show record).
Dogs do not have to be
"FAMOUS" - just have to
have competed in a conformation or working
event.
There’s lots of space, so I
hope to get many photos we will try to put the wall
at the show site.
Please e-mail or snail
mail your photos and
other information to:
Cathy Scott
250 Greenfield Dr.
Glenview, IL 60025
cscott@ngs.org
NO PHOTOs will be returned.
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GSMDCA Board Vacancy
Donna Walker has submitted her resignation from the GSMDCA board and I
have accepted it. I would like to thank Donna on behalf of all GSMDCA
members for her willingness to serve the GSMDCA.
At this time the board is in the process of filling the vacant board position.
If you have any interest in serving your club please contact us at
board@gsmdca.org.
Thanks again to Donna for her service.
Sincerely,
Cathy Cooper
GSMDCA President
Breeder’s Achievement Award
The Breeder's Achievement Award is awarded
each calendar year to
every breeder that meets
the award requirements.
Click HERE for requirements.
To achieve the Breeder's
Achievement Award,
breeders must complete a
minimum of one achievement within the calendar
year in the following categories:
Conformation
Performance
Health
GSMDCA Support
Simple applications for
the Award must be completed and submitted by
March 1st. A printed
form, as well as an online
form, is available for the
Breeder's Achievement
Award.
The Breeder's Cup is
awarded each calendar
year to the single breeder
that achieves the most
accomplishments for the
year. This award is tallied
on a point system, and
the breeder with the
most points wins the
award. The application is
available for this award
and must be completed in
print and MAILED by
March 1st. Downloadable
form, click HERE .
Eligibility for the awards:
Breeder must be a
member of the
GSMDCA in good
standing. In the event
of co-breeding, the
breeders decide
which breeder gets
credit for the points.
In the event that two
breeders cannot decide, points will be
split evenly between
the co-breeders.
Titles and Achievements must be
earned within a calendar year
Achievements must
be earned by dogs
bred by the breeder,
regardless of ownership
Breeders must submit
the designated form
to receive a Breeder’s
Achievement Award
or the Breeder's Cup.
BREEDER’S
ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD AND
BREEDER’S CUP
APPLICATIONS
DUE MARCH 1ST
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Visit the website at www.gsmdca.org
2010 GSMDCA National Specialty—Ways and Means Items!!
Check out collars, shirts, leashes
in tons of colors and sizes at:
www.2010gsmdns.com
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GSMDCA 2009 Annual Awards
Deadline: February 28
Procedure: Please use the Awards Nomination Form to nominate individuals for awards. Or
contact Anna Wallace to request a mailed form.
Submit to: Please submit your nominations to the GSMDCA Board of Directors by email
board@gsmdca.org or via mail to Anna Wallace, 17021 Rustic Acres, Luther, OK
73054. Late nominations will not be accepted.
Process:
The GSMDCA Board is requesting your nominations of outstanding members of
the GSMDCA to be honored for the following 2009 Annual Awards. These
awards are for the year ending December 31, 2009 and will be presented at the
2010 GSMDCA National Specialty in Springfield, IL. If no qualified candidates
are nominated the Board may elect not to present the award.
Awards:
Margaret Poole Lifetime Achievement Award—To honor from time to time a person or team demonstrating a lifetime commitment to the GSMD breed and exemplary service to the GSMDCA. Nominees must have been active members in good
standing of the GSMDCA for at least 15 years.
Ambassador of the Breed Award—To recognize purebred Swissies demonstrating
extraordinary accomplishments as working/service dogs, both perpetuating the
breed’s historical purpose by example and through motivating others in the interest and pursuit of preserving the GSMDs working heritage. Nominees must be
purebred GSMD. (Note: Titles may be considered but are not to define qualification for this award.)
Friend of the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog—Awarded to the individual who has done the
most for the GSMD in the United States in the preceding year (2009).
Exemplary Junior Award—To honor the Junior who has demonstrated exemplary sportsmanship and dedication to the GSMD in the preceding year (2009) through participation
in various events or community service that has contributed to the welfare of the breed
or the GSMDCA. Parent or guardian of the Junior must be a member of the GSMDCA.
AKC Outstanding Sportsmanship Award—To honor the individual who de serves special
recognition that has made a difference in the sport of purebred dogs, embodied the AKC
Code of Sportsmanship, and has been an active and valued member of the GSMDCA.
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GSMDCA 2010 National Specialty Trophy Sponsorships!!
Please take the time to sponsor a trophy for the
National Specialty!
You can sponsor on-line at www.2010gsmdns.com
or
snail mail to: Margot Ruehl, Trophy Chair
9352 Joanna Drive
Kingston IL 60145
Checks payable to: GSMDCA 2010 National Specialty
GSMDCA 2010 National Specialty Schedule (tentative)!!
Most events will be at the Illinois State Fairgrounds, host hotel or nearby parks
May 24—Monday
Draft Trial
Weight Pull
Evening Hospitality
May 25—Tuesday
AM
Obedience & Rally trials
PM
Sweeps & Veteran Sweeps
PM
Membership meeting
May 26—Wednesday
Futurity
Junior Showmanship
Dogs, Bitches, Veterans
PM
Top 20
May 27—Thursday
AM
Best of Breed
PM
Weight Pull
PM
Banquet
May 28—Friday
Pack Hike
End to GSMDCA National Specialty, but we encourage exhibitors to enter the following events that
include supported entries and another specialty:
Heart of Illinois Cluster of Dog Shows—premium
list available at www.onofrio.com
May 28—Friday
All Breed Show
CGC Test
May 29—Saturday
All Breed Show
Obedience/Rally
Agility
CERF Clinic
All Breed Puppy Match
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2010 Membership Renewal Form
Return this completed form (both sides) with the
appropriate fee and any donations to:
GSMDCA Membership / Alison Burns
PO Box 630782; Littleton, CO 80163-0782
Or visit www.gsmdca.org to use PayPal
Name(s)
Address
City
State
Phone
Zip
email
Country
____
Comments / Updates
Renewals MUST be received by March 1st in order to receive all newsletters
Renewals received after March 1, 2010 will result in a lapse in membership and will
require a new application process including sponsorship
Check One
_____ Individual Membership: $25
_____ Household Membership: $35
_____ Associate Membership: $25
_____ Canada International Associate Membership: $45
(includes $10/year Postage)
_____ International Associate Membership: $60
(includes $25/year Postage)
Donations:
Swissy Health Fund:
GSMD Rescue Foundation:
$
$
Add these donation amounts to your membership dues check, payable to GSMDCA, Inc.
Donations to the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Rescue Foundation, a 501©3 organization, can be tax deductable. Donations can be added to your dues payment or made out separately with a check payable to
GSMDRF.*
AKC Canine Health Foundations Donor Advised Fund for the GSMD: $
Include a separate check payable to AKC-CHF Donor Advised Fund (Tax Deductable)
All donors will be listed in The SENNtinel
*A donation to the GSMDRF is tax deductible to the extent of your personal situation; please consult your personal tax advisor for more information to
determine your own deductibility
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The Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Club of America, Inc. (GSMDCA or Club) member guidelines reflect the Club's Constitutional mandate to protect and advance the interest of the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog (GSMD). In order to join the
Club, prospective members must sign the following:
GREATER SWISS MOUNTAIN DOG CLUB OF AMERICA, INC.
MEMBER GUIDELINES
1. Whether at home or away, members shall conduct themselves as good ambassadors of the Club and of the breed by
displaying good sportsmanship and safe, sensible behavior. Members shall:
a.) Be diligent in properly handling their appropriately restrained GSMD/s to minimize being a nuisance, causing
a risk of trauma, or placing any person or animal in danger.
b.) Protect the name and reputation of the breed.
c.) Respect members and ensure that shared assessments of a member’s GSMD are constructive, refraining
from destructive criticism of another's dog and personal attacks upon fellow members.
e.) Represent the breed with honesty when promoting the breed. Education involves both good and bad.
f.) Educate themselves and others by seeking the advice and assistance of others and offer advice, support,
and cooperation to fellow members.
2. All GSMDs owned or in the care of members shall be given a healthy environment, good nutrition, veterinary care, and
proper training which include regular contact with people and the outside world.
a.) No member's GSMD may be treated in an inhumane manner, abused, or subjected to any conditions that
endanger the animal's life.
b.) No member shall have more GSMDs than their facilities adequately hold.
c.) Members placing a dog in another home should have reasonable assurance that each individual receiving a
dog will provide a home with appropriate shelter, restraint, control and responsible care.
d.) Members shall not sell, supply, donate or surrender any GSMD/s for raffle prize purposes, or to any dog
wholesalers, pet shops, other retailers, catalogue house, Humane Society or Shelter, or any live dog to a research laboratory.
e.) If members become aware of the maltreatment, misuse, or need to relocate any GSMD, they will notify any or
all of the following for resolution of the problem: the breeder, GSMD Rescue Foundation, a member of the
Board of Directors, or the appropriate authorities in their area.
3. Members are encouraged to track the health of puppies/dogs owned/sold and participate in club health surveys. In the
event of a GSMD death of unknown cause, it is suggested a necropsy be performed.
4. Members who breed a litter are encouraged to follow the GSMDCA Breeding Guidelines as a means of promoting
high standards for breeding.
I/We have read the above guidelines and promise to adhere to the principles outlined therein as well as the Constitution
and Bylaws of the GSMDCA, INC.
Name/s:
Address:
Phone:
Signature/s:
Date:
Signature/s:
Date:
Revised September 2009
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Titles Earned Q4 2009
Versatility Greater Swiss (VGS)
Ch Breezy Ridge Merlot del Ticino CD, DD, NWPD, VGS, Pam and Ron Capelli, 12/06/09
Ch Breezy Ridge Cremant de Jura CD, DD, NWPD, VGS, Pam and Ron Capelli, 12/06/09
Conformation
CH Hannah V. Ayala, Katie Carman & John Peckenpaugh, 10/11/09
CH Markee's King Crimson Cort, Brian Ullom, 10/10/09
CH Matterhorn Whisplms Canes Venatici RN, Diana Iannaccone & Laurie Carmody, 10/23/09
CH Matterhorn's Cronus Heart O'Glenamaddy, Mr. Kevin Thomas Kerrigan & Laurie Carmody, 10/16/09
CH Matterhorn's Mnemosyne, Laurie Carmody, 10/10/09
CH Stone Lea Rockstar Yaya Sisterhood, Doug King & Katherine La Rue, 10/18/09
CH Twinpeaks Durty Nelly, Robert Hill & Jaime Scott & Erin Mcwilliams, 10/11/09
CH Brush Creek's Ilanz Of Blossom Hill, Brigitte Rhinehart & Sheila Everman & Elizabeth Everman, 11/07/09
CH Carlson's Magnificent Rolf, Robert Carlson & Kathleen Carlson, 11/14/09
CH Gran Vencedor Beatriss, Andrey Klishas, 11/29/09
CH K2's Swiss Run Mountaineer, Deanna Never & Kathleen Plowucha & Ben Never, 11/07/09
CH Painted Mountain Overjoyed, Brian Kott & Lisa Simonsen & Julie Kott, 11/07/09
CH Sooner's Lucky Pooka Ciara, Susan Mcclintick & Shawn Mcclintick, 11/14/09
CH Suma-Shadetree Ms Cratchet Bv Lonestar, Mary Beth Usery & Diane Engelking & Lisa Mayo, 11/07/09
CH Twinpeaks Wild Irish Rose, Maria Hynes & Jaime Scott & Erin Mcwilliams, 11/06/09
CH Gran Vencedor Aragon, Andrey Klishas & Loudmila Kozhuhovskaya, 12/06/09
CH Selton's Sooner Patron, Marcus Glenn & Michelle Glenn, 12/12/09
CH Nox's Luck Of The Irish, Dawn Fralick & Bob Fralick, 12/20/09
CH Stone Lea In The Moonlight, DEBBI GOLDING & Lance Golding, 12/28/09
Agility
Novice Agility Preferred (NAP)
Markee's Green With Envy CD RE NAP, Kelly Nevin, 11/22/09
Open Agility Jumper (OAJ)
Shadetree’s New Year's Wish CD RE OA OAJ OAP NJP, Lesley Fisher, 10/24/09
Excellent Agility Jumper (AXJ)
Shadetree’s New Year's Wish CD RE OA AXJ OAP NJP, Lesley Fisher, 12/11/09
Draft
Novice Draft Dog (NDD)
Sunhaven's Po' Alima Maika' NDD, Christine Knorr & Daniel Wood, 02/25/09
CH. Dixieland's Blazing Julius NDD, Natalie O’Neill, 10/10/09
CH. Quiet Valleys A Hard Rain Gonna Fall NDD, Paula Botkin, 10/11/09
Draft Dog (DD)
Shadetree’s New Year's Wish, CD, RE, NJP, OAP, NA, NDD, NWPD, WWD, WGS, DD, Lesley Fisher, 10/03/09
Master Draft Dog (MDD)
CH Rippling Waters Havelock Key CD, NJP, MDD, Melissa & Brett Jarriel, 11/07/09
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e-SENN Editor
Mary Jo Rasmussen
mjrasmus@gmail.com
GSMDCA Club Officers
board@gsmdca.org
President
Cathy Cooper
1st Vice President
Brigitte Rhinehart
2nd Vice President
Judy Brown Fletcher
Recording Secretary
Anna Wallace
Treasurer
Chuck Kalupa
AKC Delegate
Mary Jo Rasmussen
Directors
Cheryl Gerzabek
Ann Hansen
Kelly Nevin
Amy Pisarik
Rita Rimler
Titles Earned Q4 2009 continued...
Brace Draft Dog (BDD)
CH. Shadetree's Xenia of TwinPine UD, RE, NAP, OJP, DD, WWD, VGS, BDD,
Steve & Dori Likevich, 10/03/09
CH Bermuda High's Catch a Wave BDD, Cilla Phillips, 11/08/09
CH Bermuda High's Shiver Me Timbers CD, NWPD, BDD, VGS, Cilla Phillips,
11/08/09
Obedience
Companion Dog (CD)
Floyd V. Hus Zum Tanneberg CD RE, Etienne Studer, 10/17/09
Tymeles Chilkoot T'Adak CD, Leslie S Wemhoff, 10/24/09
CH Derby Your Pal Joee Of Flower Hill CD, John Rasmussen & Ann Rasmussen,
12/04/09
Sudnly Mundy Mnr Bless Her Heart CD RA, Barbara Warner & Daniel Campeau,
12/13/09
Rally
Rally Novice (RN)
Cinderella's Addison RN, Miss Jennifer Lynn Fink, 11/21/09
Quiet Valleys Magic Moment RN, Patricia A Cole & Teresa C Routh, 11/12/09
Rally Advanced (RA)
Sudnly Mundy Mnr Bless Her Heart RA, Barbara Warner & Daniel Campeau,
11/13/09
CH Shadetree's Ella Maillart RA, Darlene Ward & Tracy Brainard, 11/14/09
Rally Excellent (RE)
Floyd V. Hus Zum Tanneberg RE, Etienne Studer, 10/16/09
Rally Advanced Excellent (RAE)
Trout Creek's Kiska CD RAE, Jim Franklin & Julie Franklin, 11/14/09
Weight Pull
Working Weight Dog (WWD)
Trout Creek's Isle Royale, Christopher Woltmade, 10/03/09
CH Bluemist All-American Herschel, Leigh Poole & Ryan Fleek, 11/07/09
Five Point Red Hot Hilton, Doreen Pesce, 05/08/09
Pack Hike
Novice Working Pack Dog (NWPD)
Cimarron's Mojave Lillie, Julia Bixby & Laura Bixby, 11/30/2008
Ch Quiet Valley A Hard Rain Gonna Fall, Spencer & Paula Botkin, 1/10/2009
CH Matterhorn Whispering Palms Pleaides, Kelly Nevin, 3/1/2009
Bit-A-Swissy's Bridger Teton, Teresa Petterson, 5/2/2009
Ch Bit-A-Swissy's Mountain Ranger, Alison Burns & John Woods, 8/9/2009
K2's Swiss Run Mountaineer, Deanna Never, Ben Never, & Kathy Plowucha,
9/13/2009
Ch Swiss Run's SD Denali, Deanna & Ben Never, 9/13/2009
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Titles Earned Q4 2009 continued
Oakvue's Christmas Carol of Brush Creek, Linda Kaminski & Anna Hansen, 10/24/2009
Ch Bermuda High's Catch A Wave, Pricilla Phillips, 11/6/2009
Living Water's Shadow, Mark W. McClallen, 11/9/2009
Ch Breezy Ridge Cremant Du Jura, Ronald & Pamela Capelli, 12/5/2009
Ch Breezy Ridge Merlot Del Ticino, Ronald & Pamela Capelli, 12/5/2009
Ch Korana Rossii Yaroslav, Laurie Carmody, 12/6/2009
Ch Matterhorn's Mnemosyne, Laurie Carmody, 12/6/2009
Working Pack Dog (WPD)
HalfMoon's Dashing Big Blue, Danny & Linda Yanusz, 2/22/2009
Ch Reinherz Zumanity, Scott McKee & Pam Kalupa, 5/17/2009
Timberhof-Alastair Bojangles, David & Cheryl Gerzabek, 9/13/2009
Ch Cordillera's Lil' Bombardier, Alison Burns, 9/27/2009
Bit-A-Swissy's Bridger Teton, Teresa Petterson, 10/2/2009
Trout Creek's Isle Royale, Andrea Lage & Bonnie Huett, 10/4/2009
Ch Red Fern's Critic's Choice v. Derby, Marge Lifschultz, 10/17/2009
Bermuda High's Heads Up, Jennifer Davis, 11/6/2009
Ch Matterhorn Whispering Palms Pleiades, Kelly Nevin, 12/6/2009
Wagontale Oberland Bergsteiger (Berner), Ronald Abbott, 9/27/2009
Working Pack Dog Excellent (WPDX)
Ch HalfMoon's Colonel Crockett #10, Marlys Eichhoefer, 3/8/2009
Trout Creek's Grail Damsel #11, Scott & Linda Patton, 4/10/2009
Suddanly-Peregrine-HavinABall #12, Mike & Beth Warburton, 12/6/2009
Please send missing titles and corrections to:
Tracy Brainard at turtlelion15@aol.com
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AKC Delegate Perspective
I attended my second AKC Delegate meeting in December in Long Beach.
The most talked about topic was the tabling of the realignment of the conformation groups; from seven to ten. The committee charged with redesigning the groups has had multiple questions and concerns directed at
them for several months. In response, the committee has asked the delegate body to vote on tabling the committee’s recommendation to realign
the current seven groups and create three new groups at the next AKC Delegate Meeting in March.
Also on the Action Agenda in March is voting for three positions on the AKC Board of Directors. Candidates for the positions are: Carmen Battaglia, Dr. J. Charles Garvin, Steven Gladstone, William Newman,
Patricia C. Scully. Please see the prepared statements they read at the December Delegate meeting in
the minutes, starting on page 14 of the e-SENN
One December Action Item that you might want more information about is the creation of the title Grand
Champion. After several amendments to the original motion and lengthy discussion, the Grand Champion title passed the delegate body.
AKC recently released a memo to address anticipated exhibitor questions and to clarify the Grand Champion judging procedure. The contents of the memo are as follows:
Who is Eligible for Grand Champion competition?
The following categories of dogs are entered in this competition:
1. Dogs that are Champions of Record competing in Best of Breed or Best of Variety class.
2. Dogs transferred to Best of Breed/Variety which according to their owners’ records have completed
the requirements for a championship but whose championships are unconfirmed. (The showing of
dogs whose championships are unconfirmed is limited to a period of 90 days from the date of show
where a dog completed the requirements for a championship according to the owners’ records.)
3. Champions that win Non-Regular Classes and become eligible for Best of Breed competition.
(Altered or spayed CH veteran class winners at independent specialties are eligible.)
4. Winners Dog and Winners Bitch are not eligible for Grand Champion competition.
At the judge’s discretion, Grand Championship points may be awarded to:
1. Best of Breed or Variety
2. Best of Opposite
3. Select Dog
4. Select Bitch
Grand Champion competition will not continue beyond Best of Breed competition and in breeds that are
divided into varieties, Grand Champion Competition will not continue beyond Best of Variety competition.
What are the requirements to earn the Grand Champion Title?
1. 25 Grand Champion points.
2. A minimum of 9 points won at 3 shows with ratings of 3 or more points (Major wins) under three different judges, and one or more of the balance of points won under a 4th judge.
3. At least one Champion of Record was defeated at three of these shows.
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How are Grand Champion points computed?
1. Grand Champion points are only to be awarded to dogs the judge considers deserving.
2. Grand Champions points awarded to the Best of Breed/Variety shall count all dogs of both sexes
competing in the regular classes and in Best of Breed/Variety competition.
3. Grand Champion points awarded to Best of Opposite Sex shall count all dogs of their sex competing in the regular classes and in Best of Breed/Variety competition.
4. Grand Champion points awarded to Select Dog/Bitch shall count all dogs of their sex defeated in
the Best of Breed/Variety competition as well as the dogs of their sex in the regular classes. (i.e.
one less than the total entry in that sex)
5. The entry of non-regular classes are not counted for computation of Grand Champion points to be
awarded.
Judging Procedure
1. Choose BOB, BOW and BOS
2. If quality warrants, choose a Select Dog (SD) and Select Bitch (SB) from the remaining Champions in the BOB ring (Do not consider BOW, WD or WB)
3. Annotate the judge’s book certification as to the eligibility and quality of the Grand Champion
points being awarded or withheld.
4. Award BOB, BOW, SD and SB ribbons if determined to be of eligible and deserving of the Grand
Champion title. See: http://www.akc.org/pdfs/judges_sheet_conformation.pdf for example of the
revised judge’s book form.
Administration
1. On May 12, 2010 Grand Champion competition will be included in all shows offering BOB or BOV
competition.
2. Premium lists – Other than prize listings, there is no requirement to address Grand Champion
competition in the premium list since it is included in all shows that offer BOB or BOV. However,
there is no restriction should superintendents and secretaries want to bring attention to the new
competition.
3. Judging Schedule – No additional information is required.
4. Ribbons – BOB and BOS do not require an additional ribbon. Light blue & white ribbons for SD &
SB. Flat ribbons or rosettes are equally acceptable. “Select” is acceptable wording however
“Grand Champion Select” is acceptable and more descriptive.
5. Ring Markers – Just as with BOB, BOW and BOS, there is no AKC requirement to have SD and
SB placement markers. These markers are provided as a service by the club or superintendent.
I thank you, again, for allowing me to represent our club at the AKC Delegate meetings. Some of the
delegates have been around for a very long time so I have a lot to learn. I am grateful that folks are
willing to help the newbies. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have questions or would like
to express an opinion about the goings on at AKC. If I don’t know the answer, I’ll find out.
Respectfully,
Mary Jo Rasmussen
mjrasmus@gmail.com
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AKC Delegate Minutes-December 2009
Delegates Quarterly Meeting
December 15, 2009
Dennis B. Sprung, President
PRESENT 282
Afghan Hound Club of America, Inc.—
Ms.Constance Butherus
Airedale Terrier Club of America—
Aletta L. Moore
Akita Club of America—Sherry E. Wallis
Alaskan Malamute Club of America, Inc.
—Mrs. Virginia P. Grefe
American Black & Tan Coonhound Club,
Inc.—Cheryl Speed
American Bouvier des Flandres Club,
Inc.—Patte Klecan
American Brittany Club, Inc.—Judith
Tighe
American Bullmastiff Association, Inc.—
AlanKalter
American Fox Terrier Club—Connie
Clark
American Foxhound Club, Inc—Harold
Miller
American Maltese Association, Inc.—Mr.
Richard W. Glenn
American Miniature Schnauzer Club, Inc.
—Don Farley, II
American Pointer Club, Inc.—Mrs. Karen
R. Spey
American Pomeranian Club, Inc.—Dr.
Geno Sisneros
American Rottweiler Club—Mr. Peter G.
Piusz
American Sealyham Terrier Club—
Kenneth W. Mader
American Shetland Sheepdog Association—Marjorie Tuff
American Shih Tzu Club, Inc.—Mrs. Sally
L. Vilas
American Spaniel Club, Inc.—Julie Virosteck
American Water Spaniel Club—Beth
Lagimoniere
American Whippet Club, Inc.—Ms.
Donna D. Lynch
Anderson Kennel Club—Phillip D. Sample
Anderson Obedience Training Club, Inc.
—Ms. Patricia A. Sample
Ann Arbor Kennel Club, Inc.—Mary A.
Brocious
Antelope Valley Kennel Club, Inc.—
William Daniels
Ashtabula Kennel Club—Kathleen
Kinney
Atlanta Kennel Club, Inc.—Ann Wallin
Australian Cattle Dog Club of America—
Kathryn A. Hamilton
Australian Terrier Club of America, Inc.
—Kim Occhiuti
Back Mountain Kennel Club, Inc.—Mrs.
Nina Schaefer
Basset Hound Club of America, Inc.—
Mrs. Barbara Wicklund
Battle Creek Kennel Club, Inc.—Mr. John
A. Studebaker
Bayou Kennel Club, Inc.—Wayne Boyd
Bearded Collie Club of America, Inc.—
Kathy Coxwell
Bernese Mountain Dog Club of America,
Inc.—Denise Dean
Bichon Frise Club of America, Inc.—
George Sikes
Birmingham Kennel Club, Inc.—Martha
Griffin
Border Collie Society of America—Ms.
Carol Clark
Border Terrier Club of America, Inc.—
Mrs. Ruth A. Naun
Borzoi Club of America, Inc.—Barbara
O’Neill
Bryn Mawr Kennel Club—Ruth A. Williams
Bucks County Kennel Club, Inc.—Helma
Weeks
Bulldog Club of America—Bob Newcomb
Burlington County Kennel Club, Inc.—
Daniel J. Smyth, Esq.
Cairn Terrier Club of America—Pam
Davis
California Airedale Terrier Club—Kayla
Kurucz
California Collie Clan, Inc.—Robette G.
Johns
Canaan Dog Club of America—Pamela S.
Rosman
Canada Del Oro Kennel Club—Dr. Sophia
Kaluzniacki
Capital Dog Training Club of Washington, D.C., Inc.—Dr. Joyce A. Dandridge
Cardigan Welsh Corgi Club of America,
Inc.—Ms. Eugenia B. Bishop
Carolina Kennel Club, Inc.—Jaimie
Ashby
Catoctin Kennel Club—Whitney Coombs
Catonsville Kennel Club—Beverly A.
Drake
Central Ohio Kennel Club—David Galloway
Channel City Kennel Club, Inc.—Claire K.
Steidel
Chaparral Kennel Club, Inc.—Pam Goldman
Charleston Kennel Club—Sylvia Arrowwood
Charlottesville-Albemarle Kennel Club,
Inc.—Peggy B. Kessler
Chattanooga Kennel Club—David Gilstrap
Chihuahua Club of America, Inc.—Rey
Burgos
Chintimini Kennel Club, Inc.—Nick
Pisias
Chow Chow Club, Inc.—Mrs. Ginny Atkinson
Clackamas Kennel Club—Steven E. Nielsen
Clarksville Kennel Club—Robert A.
Schroll
Clearwater Kennel Club—Daniel T. Stolz
Clermont County Kennel Club, Inc.—
Marjorie Underwood
Cleveland All-Breed Training Club, Inc.
—Mrs. Maureen R. Setter
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AKC Delegate Minutes continued
Clumber Spaniel Club of America, Inc.—
Judy Hiller
Colorado Kennel Club—Louise Leone
Colorado Springs Kennel Club—Sidney
L. Marx
Columbia Missouri Kennel Club—Robert
Brown
Columbia Terrier Association of Maryland—Norma J. Ryan
Conyers Kennel Club of Georgia—
Michael Houchard
Corpus Christi Kennel Club, Inc.—Joan
Urban
Cudahy Kennel Club—Don H. Adams
Dachshund Club of America, Inc.—Larry
Sorenson
Dalmatian Club of America, Inc.—James
W. Smith
Dandie Dinmont Terrier Club of America, Inc.—Karen Dorn
Dayton Dog Training Club, Inc.—
Barbara L. Mann
Dayton Kennel Club, Inc.—Sandra
Groeschel
Del Monte Kennel Club, Inc.—Merlyn A.
Green, D.C.
Del Valle Dog Club of Livermore—
Sandra Olsen
Delaware Water Gap Kennel Club—Dr.
A. D. Butherus
Des Moines Obedience Training Club—
Lee Slorah
Detroit Kennel Club—Mr. Erik Bergishagen
Devon Dog Show Association, Inc.—Meg
Weitz
Dog Fanciers Association of Oregon, Inc.
—Mrs. Patti L. Strand
Dog Owners’ Training Club of Maryland—Kathrynann Sarvinas
Durham Kennel Club Inc—Linda C.
Wozniak
Eastern German Shorthaired Pointer
Club, Inc.—Mrs. Joan Tabor
Elm City Kennel Club—Dr. Gregory J.
Paveza
English Cocker Spaniel Club of America,
Inc.—Barbara A. Penny
English Setter Association of America,
Inc.— Mr. John P. Nielsen
English Springer Spaniel Field Trial Club
of Illinois—David H. Hopkins
English Toy Spaniel Club of America—
Vanessa N. Weber
Fayetteville Kennel Club, Inc.—Arlene R.
Harris
Finger Lakes Kennel Club, Inc.—Ms.
Margaret B. Pough
Finnish Spitz Club of America—Kim Raleigh
Forsyth Kennel Club, Inc.—Mrs. Almira
B. Dallas
Fort Lauderdale Dog Club—Charles Arnold
Fort Worth Kennel Club—Mr. Harry G.
Ottmann
Fox River Valley Kennel Club, Inc.—
Marcy G. Bankus
Framingham District Kennel Club, Inc.—
Lynda Kenney
Galveston County Kennel Club, Inc.—
Cathy De La Garza
Genesee County Kennel Club, Inc.—
Connie S. Clapp
German Shepherd Dog Club of America—Dr. Carmen L. Battaglia
German Shorthaired Pointer Club of
America—Mr. Kenneth A. Marden
German Wirehaired Pointer Club of
America, Inc.—Ms. Patricia W. Laurans
Giant Schnauzer Club of America, Inc.—
Robin Greenslade
Gig Harbor Kennel Club—James R. Dok
Golden Retriever Club of America—Mr.
Howard Falberg
Gordon Setter Club of America, Inc.—
Nance O. Skoglund
Great Dane Club of America, Inc.—
Thomas Sandenaw
Great Pyrenees Club of America, Inc.—
Dr. Robert M. Brown
Great Western Terrier Association of
Southern California—Jack Smith
Greater Clark County Kennel Club Inc—
Ms. Karen J. Burgess
Greater Collin Kennel Club, Inc.—
Barbara Shaw
Greater Naples Dog Club—John D.
French
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Club of
America, Inc.—Mary Jo Rasmussen
Harrisburg Kennel Club, Inc.—Ms. Cynthia A. Miller
Hatboro Dog Club, Inc.—Mr. Robert D.
Black
Havanese Club of America—Jane F.
Ruthford
Hollywood Dog Obedience Club, Inc.—
Jan Wolf
Houston Kennel Club, Inc.—Ms. Carol A.
Williamson
Huntingdon Valley Kennel Club, Inc.—
Dick Blair
Huntington Kennel Club, Inc.—Gwen
McCullagh
Ibizan Hound Club of the United
States—Luane V. Williams
Idaho Capital City Kennel Club, Inc.—
Wyoma Clouss
Ingham County Kennel Club, Inc.—Rita J.
Biddle
Inland Empire Kennel Association, Inc.
—Lawrence Coleman
International Kennel Club of Chicago,
Inc.—Susan Olsen
Irish Setter Club of America, Inc.—Mrs.
Constance B. Vanacore
Irish Wolfhound Club of America—
Linda Souza
Kachina Kennel Club—Mrs. Marilyn R.
Vinson
Keeshond Club of America, Inc.—Mr.
John D. Sawicki
Kennel Club of Beverly Hills—Thomas
Powers
Kennel Club of Buffalo, Inc.—Carole Plesur
Kennel Club of Northern New Jersey, Inc.
—Dr. Suzanne H. Hampton
Kennel Club of Pasadena—Jarratt
Brunson
Kennel Club of Philadelphia, Inc.—
Charles H. Schaefer
Kennel Club of Riverside—Sylvia Thomas
Kennesaw Kennel Club—James F. Gibson
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Key City Kennel Club, Inc.—Dr. Fred C.
Bock, II
Kuvasz Club of America—R K. Barnes
Ladies’ Dog Club, Inc.—Mrs. Kathi
Brown
Lake Shore Kennel Club, Inc.—Diana
Skibinski
Lakes Region Kennel Club, Inc.—Ms.
Crecia C. Closson
Land O’ Lakes Kennel Club, Inc.—Jan
Croft
Langley Kennel Club—Ms. Dianne E.
Franck
Lawrence Jayhawk Kennel Club, Inc.—
Dr. Bryant C. Freeman
Lima Kennel Club—Rod Ott
Los Encinos Kennel Club, Inc.—David M.
Powers
Louisville Kennel Club, Inc.—Judy R.
Melear
Manitowoc County Kennel Club, Inc.—
Romana Arnold
Marion Ohio Kennel Club, Inc.—Dr. J. C.
Garvin
Mastiff Club of America, Inc.—Dr. William R. Newman
Memphis Kennel Club, Inc.—Dr. Robert
D. Smith
Mensona Kennel Club, Inc.—John S. Fitzpatrick, D.V.M.
Merrimack Valley Kennel Club, Inc.—
Jeannette Nieder
Middleburg Kennel Club—Shelley C.
Roos
Miniature Bull Terrier Club of America—Giselle Simonds
Miniature Pinscher Club of America, Inc.
—Sandee White
Minneapolis Kennel Club, Inc.—Ralph
Hogancamp
Mispillion Kennel Club, Inc.—Mrs.
Blackie H. Nygood
Mississippi Valley Kennel Club—Mrs.
Gretchen Bernardi
Mississippi Valley Retriever Club—
Robert H. McKowen
Mount Bachelor Kennel Club—Lynette
Blue
Mount Vernon Dog Training Club—Mrs.
Ruth W. Crumb
Mountaineer Kennel Club, Inc.—Mrs.
Rebecca S. Stanevich
Mt. Baker Kennel Club, Inc.—Mrs. Judith
V. Daniels
Nashville Kennel Club—James Efron
National Beagle Club—Eddie Dziuk
National Capital Kennel Club, Inc.—Mrs.
Catherine B. Nelson
National Shiba Club of America—Maggi
Strouse
Naugatuck Valley Kennel Club—Mrs.
Viola Burgos
New England Dog Training Club, Inc.—
Virginia Rowland
Newfoundland Club of America, Inc.—
Mrs. Mary W. Price
Newnan Kennel Club—Willie Crawford
Newtown Kennel Club, Inc.—Mrs. Diane
F. Taylor
Norfolk Terrier Club—Marjorie B.
McTernan
North Shore Kennel Club—Richard F.
Coletti
Norwich Terrier Club of America—Betty
McDonnell
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Club
(USA)—Marile A. Waterstraat
Obedience Training Club of Hawaii, Inc.
—Ms. Patricia C. Scully
Okaloosa Kennel Club—Mrs. Gayle G.
Stillwell
Old Dominion Kennel Club of Northern
Virginia, Inc.—Robert Nazak
Olympic Kennel Club, Inc.—Harvey A.
Mueller
Orange Empire Dog Club, Inc.—Burton J.
Yamada
Ozark Kennel Club, Inc.—Mark A. Chambers
Pacific Coast Bulldog Club, Inc.—Link
Newcomb
Papillon Club of America, Inc.—Ms. Arlene A. Czech
Pasanita Obedience Club Inc.—Sheila
Miller
Pasco Florida Kennel Club—Patricia J.
Lombardi
Pharaoh Hound Club of America—Mr.
Gary A. Reed
Plainfield Kennel Club—John McCullagh
Plum Creek Kennel Club of Colorado—
William E. Ellis
Pocatello Kennel Club, Inc.—Fred
Hughes
Poodle Club of America, Inc.—Mary
Ellen Fishler
Portland Dog Obedience Club, Inc.—
James Primmer
Portland Kennel Club, Inc.—Mrs. Joan
Savage
Portuguese Water Dog Club of America,
Inc.—Karen Arends
Progressive Dog Club—William H. Blair
Pug Dog Club of America, Inc.—Michelle
R. Anderson
Ramapo Kennel Club—Mrs. Rose J.
Radel
Reno Kennel Club—Mr. Steven D. Gladstone
Rhode Island Kennel Club, Inc.—Gerard
Baudet
Rhodesian Ridgeback Club of the United
States, Inc.—Michael J. Teeling
Richland Kennel Club, Inc.—Donald B.
Harris
Richmond Dog Fanciers Club, Inc.—Jan
M. Ritchie
Rio Grande Kennel Club—Mr. William H.
Green
Rockford-Freeport Illinois Kennel
Club—Ronald H. Menaker
Rubber City Kennel Club—Cathy Gaidos
Sahuaro State Kennel Club—Rita Mather
Saluki Club of America—Monica H.
Stoner
Samoyed Club of America, Inc.—Mr.
John L. Ronald
San Gabriel Valley Kennel Club—Ralph
S. Roberts
Santa Ana Valley Kennel Club, Inc.—
Tom Brown
Santa Barbara Kennel Club, Inc.—Abbe
R. Shaw
Santa Clara Valley Kennel Club, INC.—
Audrey Sutton
Santa Maria Kennel Club, Inc.—Laurence
J. Libeu
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Sawnee Mountain Kennel Club of Georgia—Kay Allred
Schipperke Club of America, Inc.—Betty
J. Patrick
Scottish Deerhound Club of America, Inc.
—Sally Poole
Scottsdale Dog Fanciers Association, Inc.
—Nancy Perrell
Seattle Kennel Club, Inc.—Mrs. Lynne M.
Myall
Shenandoah Valley Kennel Club, Inc.—
Sharyn Y. Hutchens
Shoreline Dog Fanciers Association of
Orange County—Susan L. Hamil
Siberian Husky Club of America, Inc.—
Ms.Donna Beckman
Silver Bay Kennel Club of San Diego—
Nancy Dandrea
Sioux Empire Kennel Club, Inc.—William
Burggraaf
Sir Francis Drake Kennel Club, Inc—
William J. Feeney
Skye Terrier Club of America—Mr. Walter F. Goodman
Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Club of
America—Gay Dunlap
South Jersey Kennel Club, Inc.—Mrs.
Linda B. Willson
South Shore Kennel Club, Inc.—Linda C.
Flynn
South Windsor Kennel Club—
Margarette (Peggy) Wampold
Southeast Arkansas Kennel Club—Ricky
Blackman
Southern Adirondack Dog Club, Inc.—
Dr. John V. Ioia
Southern Colorado Kennel Club, Inc.—
Lee Arnold
Spinone Club of America—Karen Luckey
Spokane Kennel Club—Tina Truesdale
Springfield Kennel Club, Inc.—Dr. Thomas M. Davies
St. Bernard Club of America, Inc.—Kit A.
Bostrom
St. Croix Valley Kennel Club, Inc.—
Deborah J. Wilkins
St. Joseph Kennel Club, Inc.—Dale Hunsburger
Staffordshire Terrier Club of America—
Holly S. Stump
Standard Schnauzer Club of America—
Dr. Harvey Mohrenweiser
Suffolk County Kennel Club, Inc.—Mr.
Robert Eisele
Sun Maid Kennel Club of Fresno, Inc.—
Marcy L. Zingler
Superstition Kennel Club, Inc.—G Philip
(PHIL) Booker
Susque-Nango Kennel Club, Inc.—
Thomas D. Parrotti
Tampa Bay Kennel Club—Mary Manning
-Stolz
Terry-All Kennel Club, Inc.—Kelly Yarish
Texas Kennel Club, Inc.—Steve Schmidt
Tibetan Terrier Club of America, Inc.—
Stacey La Forge
Topeka Kennel Club, Inc.—Robert E.
Bostrom
Toy Dog Breeders Association of Southern California—John Shoemaker
Trap Falls Kennel Club, Inc.—
Christopher L. Sweetwood
Trenton Kennel Club, Inc.—Joseph Martyn
Troy Kennel Club, Inc.—John J. Cadalso,
Jr.
Tualatin Kennel Club, Inc.—James S.
Corbett
United States Kerry Blue Terrier Club,
Inc.—Mr. Carl C. Ashby, III
United States Lakeland Terrier Club—
Alfred J. Ferruggiaro
Upper Potomac Valley Kennel Club—J.
M. Haderer
Ventura County Dog Fanciers Association—Mr. William F. Dumas
Vizsla Club of America, Inc.—Lynn
Worth- Smith
Wachusett Kennel Club, Inc.—Suzanne
Gray
Washington State Obedience Training
Club, Inc.—Mr. Donald Rennick
Welsh Springer Spaniel Club of America,
Inc.—Donald Ong
Welsh Terrier Club of America, Inc.—
Peter J. See
West Highland White Terrier Club of
America—Thomas Barrie
Western Fox Terrier Breeders Association—Torie Steele
Westminster Kennel Club—Harvey M.
Wooding
Whidbey Island Kennel Club Inc—Clare
L. Lincoln
Wichita Kennel Club, Inc.—Mildred L.
Dold
Windham County Kennel Club, Inc.—
Frederick R. Vogel
Windward Hawaiian Dog Fanciers Association—Mrs. Karen Mays
Wisconsin Amateur Field Trial Club, Inc.
—Fred T. Kampo
Woodstock Dog Club, Inc.—Rosann Sexton
Yakima Valley Kennel Club, Inc.—
Richard Lewis
Yorkshire Terrier Club of America, Inc.
—Patricia D. Reynolds
AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB
DELEGATES MEETING
DECEMBER 15, 2009
Dennis B. Sprung, President in the Chair,
called the meeting to order at 10:10 a.m.
The Executive Secretary read the report
on the Nominating Committee and the
report on the additional nominations as
follows:
Mr. Crowley: Pursuant to Article VIII of
Bylaws of the American Kennel Club, the
Nominating Committee, Constance B.
Vanacore, Chair, Irish Setter Club of
America; Karen J. Burgess, Greater Clark
County Kennel Club; Ruth W. Crumb,
Mount Vernon Dog Training Club; Martha Feltenstein, American Tibetan Mastiff Association; David H. Hopkins, English Springer Spaniel Field Trial Association, appointed by the Board of Directors at its August 2009 meeting, has
nominated the following Delegates
as candidates for such vacancies on the
Board of Directors as are to be filled at
the next annual meeting of the Club on
March 9, 2010.
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There are three vacancies for the class of
2014. Class of 2014: Dr. J. Charles
Garvin, Marion Ohio Kennel Club; Dr.
William Newman, Mastiff Club of America; Patricia C. Scully, Obedience Training Club of Hawaii.
Pursuant to Article VIII of the Bylaws of
the American Kennel Club, the following
Delegates have been endorsed in writing
by the required number of Delegates as
a candidate for vacancy on the Board of
Directors for the class of 2014, to be
filled at the next annual meeting of the
Club on March 9, 2010.
Dr. Carmen L. Battaglia, German Shepherd Dog Club of America; Steven D.
Gladstone, Reno Kennel Club.
The Chair advised that the Bylaws provide that nominations could not be
made from the floor. Therefore, nominations closed on November 13th. In accordance with the Delegates Standing
Rule, each candidate was allowed three
minutes to address the Delegate body.
Candidates spoke in alphabetical order
and no questions from the floor were
entertained. The Chair introduced the
candidates for the class of 2014.
Dr. Carmen L. Battaglia, representing the
German Shepherd Dog Club of America,
spoke as follows:
Good morning. My career in dogs started
as a young boy when my grandfather
gave me a puppy. My professional career
began as assistant Dean at Emory University, was followed by my work with
the federal government as the Regional
Administrator for the US Department of
Education. During those years I owned
and breed German Shepherd Dogs and
today I serve as the Delegate for the
GSDCA.
I have remained active in the fancy and
have written 4 books on breeding and
continue to work with the breeding pro-
grams at TSA and the Department of
Home Land Defense. During the past six
years I have given 46 seminars to allbreed clubs and was invited to speak at
15 national specialties.
My assignments with AKC have also
been varied. I chaired the Committee for
the Future which resulted in our highlyvalued DNA program. One of my proudest achievements was my 10 years as
president of the AKC’s Companion Animal Recovery Program which today, has
over 3 million animals enrolled. At the
end of the day, leadership and education
are the indispensable ingredients that
make the difference.
Having said that let me say that we have
a great opportunity—to refresh our
brand. The AKC is a revered American
brand, as well-known as other classic
brands, like IBM and General Electric.
And like those brands, the AKC requires
periodic invigoration, to remind our
supporters of our unique value and to
educate new generations about our
benefits. I believe that the best way to
maintain and grow our registry is to
aggressively communicate the value that
the AKC provides. We must develop a
theme. I have suggested 6 points:
Purebred registration, Policies, Programs, Performance events, Publications
and People. These principles are the
lifeblood of our organization and the key
to our future.
We must refresh the AKC brand, with a
proven message which has three elements. They all begin with the letter “R”.
The first is Responsibility. The AKC has a
unique standing as the champion of Responsible Dog Ownership. Because of
the increased threat of governmentimposed breeding limits and breedspecific legislation, we must change our
approach to anti dog legislation and stop
waiting until the wolf is at the door to
react. That puts us on defense. We must
change and begin to put emphasis
on our own offense. We can not sit back
and wait for the animal rights to launch
campaign after campaign. They are well
funded and they come well prepared.
We can do better with a well thoughtout offense. One that exposes the animal
rights agenda and puts them on defense.
But our fight against the animal-rights
extremists must connect our own Rights
to our responsibilities. These ideas will
resonate with the socially-conscious
younger generation and strip credibility
from PETA and HSUS. It will put them on
defense. The third “R” is Relationships.
We need to be seen as more than just
breeders and exhibitors. By placing
more emphasis on the bond between
humans and dogs, we can win the sympathy and the support of public officials.
We very much need their approval to
continue our mission of Responsibility
and our Right to own and breed dogs.
Some have said that you can’t teach old
dog new tricks! I hope my 6 principles
and three R’s disprove that. We don’t
need a shake-up. We need systematic
change. I thank you for the privilege of
serving and ask for your vote of confidence for another four years.
Dr. J. Charles Garvin, representing the
Marion Ohio Kennel Club, spoke as follows:
Good morning. I would like to thank the
nominating committee for their consideration, and thank the delegates for this
opportunity. I will briefly discuss my
experience, the contributions I can bring
to the board, and some of my concerns
about what can be improved. My experience is extensive; in dog competition,
dog organizations, and other organizations. I started showing Dalmatians in
1965, first in obedience, then conformation. By the time I was 15, I had the top
owner-handled Dalmatian in the country. I also won the Junior Showmanship
finals at Westminster—a couple of years
ago. With my supportive parents, including my mother Betty, who was one of
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the first women AKC Delegates,
and with my wife Lynn (and three kids),
we have produced 87 Dalmatian Champions, most of which I personally handled, and some of the top winners and
producers in the history of the breed.
I have served on the AKC Board for eight
years, and have been a Delegate from
Marion Ohio Kennel Club since 1990,
now President of that all-breed club. I
serve on the Delegate Canine Health
committee. I have been on the board of
the Dalmatian Club of America since
1981, serving as President 12 terms.
Currently, I serve on the board of the
AKC Canine Health Foundation as Treasurer. I have been an AKC judge since
1980, and have judged at our national
six times, as well as at Westminster, Eukanuba, the Centennial, and nationals in
other countries. In real life, I am an ophthalmic surgeon and, since 1986, President of the Smith Clinic, a 75 physician
multispecialty group practice, with
seven subsidiaries, 700 employees and
$180 million in annual revenues. I have
served on more than two dozen governing boards.
I believe the qualities I can bring to AKC
are analysis, problem solving and conflict resolution. I can balance both the
big picture and the essential details. My
occupation demands that I can synthesize important concepts and explain
them in understandable, credible terms.
I do my homework, and can manage the
huge work load of the AKC Board with
energy and enthusiasm. For our AKC, we
need to recognize that there are legitimate differences of opinion and points
of view throughout our group, but we
should celebrate that diversity. I have
so often found that even when people
disagree with me, I find value in what
they have to say. We have a wonderful
opportunity to extract the benefit of the
years of experience, knowledge, and
talents of this Delegate body, and put
that value towards the good of the or-
ganization. This will lead to better relationships among the delegates and the
board and the staff. That will give us the
confidence and the tools needed to aggressively challenge the animal rights
radicals and others who would take our
dogs and our sport away from us. It will
give us – all of us — the right to proclaim our pride in breeding and competing with pure-bred dogs. Of course it is a
challenging time, but by working together we can meet these challenges,
honor our past, and thrive toward our
future. I would appreciate your vote to
help make it happen. Thank you.
against the AKC, or when I first served
here as a Delegate or during my 8 years
on the Board. I love the AKC. I love its
history, I love MOST of its traditions and
I love its completely selfless goal of celebrating and preserving our dogs. On
occasion my passion for the AKC has
been what some consider “tough love.” I
have been critical of AKC policies and
positions, pointing out what I considered to be significant problems when I
saw them. The cases I took always were
for the purpose of creating a better,
stronger AKC. You simply can never cure
a problem if you have not identified it.
That’s one of the things I’m good at.
That’s part of what I do in the Board
room. I’m sure that’s why Ron appointed
me to serve as Chairman of the Board’s
Audit Committee.
Trained as a lawyer and businessman at
the University of Pennsylvania, I am a
successful entrepreneur, who brings a
wealth of practical competitive business
experience to the table.
As President of my parent club, the Cardigan Welsh Corgi Club of America, I am
fully familiar with and sympathetic to
the issues facing our breeders and clubs.
I am concerned about the image we are
being saddled with by those with agendas polar to ours. We need to aggressively present ourselves as the true protector of the welfare of dogs. We need to
blow our own horn and stand up to
those who would mischaracterize and
defame us. We need creative, aggressive
programs to do that. Perhaps we NEED
some bulliness.
This election is kind of like judging a
lineup of 7 magnificent dogs in Best in
Show. You have 5 outstandingly qualified candidates, each deserving of your
support. So why vote for Steve Gladstone? You already have a dozen nice
guys on the Board. That’s enough.
Thank you!
Steven D. Gladstone, representing the
Reno Kennel Club, spoke as follows:
Good morning. Let’s be candid. You have
5 great candidates to choose from. We
each have no less than 8 years experience. We are all dedicated dog people,
each devoted to the American Kennel
Club. So why should you vote for Steve
Gladstone? I am perhaps a bit different.
After all Charlie, Pat, Carmen and Bill:
they’re all nice guys.
Me? I ask the hard questions. I have
spent a career as an attorney cross examining, asking questions until I get
credible answers. I tell it like I see it, and
often play the devil’s advocate, because
it is vitally important to explore both the
obvious and the not so obvious consequences of proposed actions. I don’t believe in rubber stamping. Some rejoiced,
Dog News tells us, when I left the Board
last March. After all, the April meeting
was able to adjourn 2 whole hours earlier without me dragging things out with
my questions.
Being a bully is how they like to tag me.
Well, yes, I am big, steady and strong
like a Bull Mastiff, persistent and tenacious like a Bulldog, and of course cute
and loveable like a French Bulldog. So I
guess I am Bully! Actually, my position
vis-a-vis AKC has never changed from
the days when I represented clients
Dr. William Newman representing the
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Mastiff Club of America, spoke as follows:
Good Morning. It is unusual for me to
stand before you today to introduce myself to a group with whom I have been
associated for 15 years. Our organization is such that we operate in a traditional way and since we seat in the
neighborhood of 60 new Delegates a
year, many of you may not know who I
am or what I stand for regarding the
philosophy of the sport and its future.
When elected three years ago as a new
director, I looked forward enthusiastically to what new horizons we could
reach with a new direction, changing
what needed to be changed and reinforcing that which works well. My naïveté soon became apparent when attempts to introduce a mixed-breed program was met with opposition that delayed its implementation until this year.
Three of the other candidates voted
against the original motion and it was
not until new board members were
elected last year that were we able to
proceed with a program that may be the
lifeline to maintaining our sport as we
know it.
Yes, we need to vigorously pursue the
registration of every puppy in every AKC
litter to support the organization and
the charitable programs that we finance.
Full litter registration can increase our
figures to make our organization more
attractive to those who support our alternative revenues.
However, even if the commercial sector
were to return in force, those revenues
will not return us to our previous levels.
We must accept the fact that we will
never return to the days of the sixties
and seventies when the American family
was moving to suburbia, starting families, buying big cars, getting an AKC
puppy for the household and raising an
occasional litter. Times have changed,
many do not marry, and the dogs that
they acquire are often those from rescue
or the humane societies.
Believe me I do not accept a defeatist
attitude,
I never have and never will, nor will I
ever accept business as usual. We must
face the reality that we have to reconstruct our organization to compete in
the 21st century with numerous enemies in the legislative and media arenas
who are fueled by the animal rights people and the affluent HSUS.
The Canine Partners Program hopefully
will give us the numbers, impetus and
political clout to better articulate who
we are and the good that we do. Our
outreach to the Veterinary community
will continue, together with the initiatives Dr. Haines and I have taken as liaisons to AVMA. My program to partner
with local humane societies is working
but needs impetus to grow. A spay and
neuter program for these local Humane
Societies needs to be supported by us
and our local clubs, showing our concern for responsible dog breeding and
ownership.
Succinctly, we need to establish a new
business plan for the organization, never
forgetting our core values and purpose,
but realizing that we need to reach out
to the entire population of dog owners
and supporters. We need to step up publicly to assume the role we have had and
must continue to have, and that is, to be
the most knowledgeable active dog body
in the world, concerned with the health
and well being of all canines.
If you feel as I do that we have a future,
then support me with your vote and I
shall do my best to never let you or your
dogs down.
not worry, I will not be keeping you that
long.
I am honored to be a candidate of the
Nominating Committee for the Board of
Directors class of 2014. I have frequently attended venues in Performance
and Companion Events. I am a strong
supporter of the total dog, titles before
the dog's name and titles after the dog’s
name.
The primary goals of the AKC should be:
1) to protect the rights of all dog owners. This involves fighting breed specific
legislation and mandatory spay/neuter
laws. If we lose the right to own and
breed dogs, all other issues will be insignificant. The barbarians are knocking at
the door; and, this is one battle we must
win.
2) to increase registrations and stop the
severe decline. From 1992 through
2008, registrations have decreased 50
percent and only 40 to 45 percent of all
purebred dogs are registered with the
American Kennel Club.
3) to be accountable to the needs of our
breeders, club members, judges, exhibitors, and all members of the fancy.
These are our customers.
4) And something very important to me
personally, to keep open and improve
the lines of communication and trust
among the Board, the AKC staff, the
Delegate body, and the fancy. I am a
team player and a consensus builder.
I’m asking you to vote for Pat Scully because I possess expertise in several areas, and am able to offer various viewpoints.
I’m retired and I have the time to devote
to the Board. I had a 100 percent attendance rate at past Board meetings. We
Patricia C. Scully, representing the Obe- need to start to think out of the box and
dience Training Club of Hawaii, spoke as not do business as usual, otherwise we
follows:
will go the way of the dinosaurs. If a corMr. President, Mr. Chairman, fellow
poration has cash flow problems and
Delegates, ladies and gentlemen, I have decreased revenues, the business model
some good news for you. As Elizabeth
must be leaner and more efficient for
Taylor said to her eighth husband, do
the enterprise to remain profitable.
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Please vote for Pat Scully for continuity,
stability and long range planning.
And let’s always remember, dogs are
not our whole lives, but they are what
make our lives whole.
Thank you, and Aloha from Honolulu.
The Chair announced the passing of
three Delegates: Dr. Steven Blau, Delegate for the Greenwich Kennel Club
since March 2001, died on September
22. Ken Wadley, Delegate for the first
Dog Training Club of Northern New Jersey since October 9, 2007, died on October 8th. And Virginia Mayhall, Delegate
for the Atlanta Obedience Club since
October 7, 1991, died on November
17th.
The Executive Secretary read the names
of Delegates seated since the last meeting: Ricky Blackman, Franklin, WI, to
represent Southeast Arkansas Kennel
Club; Mary Ann Brocious, Milford, MI, to
represent Ann Arbor Kennel Club;
Dr. Sam F. Burke, Jr., Shreveport, LA, to
represent Doberman Pinscher Club of
America; Carol Clark, Waverly, MO, to
represent Border Collie Society of America; Gay Dunlap, Gilbert, AZ, to represent
Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Club of
America; David W. Galloway, Worthington, OH, to represent Central Ohio Kennel Club; Joellen Gregory, DVM, Jefferson, MD, to represent Otterhound Club
of America; Hon. Janet G. Harner, Pittsburg, PA, to represent Western Pennsylvania Kennel Association; Judy Hiller,
Mentor, OH, to represent Clumber
Spaniel Club of America; Sharyn
Hutchens, Lexington, VA, to represent
Shenandoah Valley Kennel Club; Donna
Kranzberg, Sarasota, FL, to represent
Cornhusker Kennel Club of Lincoln,
Nebraska; Betty McDonnell, Mahwah, NJ,
to represent Norwich Terrier Club of
America; Sheila Favro Marks, Lakeland,
FL, to represent Lakeland Winter Haven
Kennel Club; Susan Olsen, Chicago, IL, to
represent International Kennel Club of
Chicago; Shirley Sanders, Elon, NC, to
represent Carolina Dog Training Club;
Kimberlee Schiff, Port Jervis, NY, to represent German Pinscher Club of America; Dr. Geno Sisneros, Montgomery, AL,
to represent American Pomeranian
Club; Diana L. Skibinski, Crown Point,
IN, to represent Lake Shore Kennel Club;
Evelyn Van Uden, Ransomville, NY, to
represent Irish Water Spaniel Club of
America; Diane Wagner, Boca Raton, FL,
to represent Boca Raton Dog Club; Sandee White, Boonville, IN, to represent
Miniature Pinscher Club of America.
The following Delegates, who were attending their first meeting since approval, were introduced from the floor:
Ricky Blackman, Franklin, WI, Southeast
Arkansas Kennel Club; Carol Clark, Waverly, MO, Border Society of America;
Kathy De La Garza, South Houston, TX,
Galveston County Kennel Club; Gay
Dunlap, Gilbert, AZ, Soft Coated
Wheaten Terrier of America; David Galloway, Worthington, OH, Central Ohio
Kennel Club; Judy Hiller, Mentor, OH,
Clumber Spaniel Club of America;
Sharon Hutchens, Lexington, VA, Shenandoah Valley Kennel Club; Betty
McDonnell, Mahwah, NJ, Norwich Terrier Club of America; Sheila Favro
Marks, Lakeland, FL, Lakeland Winter
Haven Kennel Club; Susan Olsen, Chicago, IL, International Kennel Club of
Chicago; Shirley Sanders, Elon, NC, Carolina Dog Training Club; Gene Sisneros,
Montgomery, AL, American Pomeranian
Club; Diane Skibinski, Crown Point, IN,
Lake Shore Kennel Club; Sandee White,
Bonnville, IN, Miniature Pinscher Club of
America.
The minutes of the September 15, 2009
Delegates meeting as published in the
October 2009 AKC GAZETT and the
complete transcript as posted on AKC’s
website were approved as published.
AKC Board Chairman, Ron Menaker,
gave his report as follows:
Good morning. I hope you all had a wonderful time this weekend. It was a
memorable way to commemorate our
125th anniversary.
I would like to thank all the volunteers,
stewards and parent club members who
staffed the Meet the Breeds booths as
well as the 133 Parent Clubs who held
their supported entries and specialties
with us.
I would also like to thank the Kennel
Club of Beverly Hills, the Los Encinos
Kennel Club and the Long Beach Kennel
Club for all their hard work and for making us feel so welcome.
Our anniversary year has been filled
with celebration, the marking of milestones and new opportunities. We have
chronicled our accomplishments in
dogs, the first 125 years of The American Kennel Club and an up to date version of our well known AKC Source Book
last printed in 1984. And I remind
each of you to pick up a copy as our gift
to you on your way out today, along
with a show catalog, a show guide and a
memorable medallion that we prepared
for each of you.
In 1884 the AKC began its all pure bred
dog registry with just nine breeds. As of
December 30th, we will recognize 164
breeds with the addition of the Blue Tick
Coonhound, the Boykin Spaniel and the
Redbone Coonhound. In addition to AKC
holding several press conferences tied
to our anniversary, the AKC Publications
department dedicated the entire September issue of the AKC GAZETTE,
which has been our official journal for
the sport of purebred dogs since 1889.
One of the most exciting events and another wonderful way to commemorate
our 125th anniversary was the first
stand alone Meet the Breeds event organized by the AKC and Cat Fancier’s
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ners, our pet insurance company. We
celebrated our companion and performance events, hosting the National Retriever Championship just a few weeks
ago, the biennial National Tracking Invitational and the ever popular National
Agility Championships.
And not to forget that the team we sent
to the World Agility Championship in
Austria this September returned home
with two silver metals.
Also in 2009, the Obama family found
their dog, a Portuguese Water Dog
named Bo. The Portuguese Water Dog
Club of America and the PR department
worked closely to make this an opportunity to educate the public about the
breed, about purebred breeds and about
responsible dog ownership.
The AKC started the public conversation
and followed the Obama dog campaign
from President Obama's first mention of
a dog, all the way through to Bo’s arrival.
Their work on this campaign helped
them win many national and local PR
awards and keep the AKC and purebred
dogs front and center with pet owners.
Finally, we began looking to the AKC's
next 125 years with the creation of several new programs. We launched our
STAR Puppy Program, a precursor to
our popular AKC canine good citizenship
test which will get puppies and their
owners off to a good start.
The Canine Health and Welfare Advisory
Panel was created and has met several
times to review public perceptions on
this topic and to insure that AKC has
access to the insight and information
that will allow us to continue leading the
dialog when it comes to enhancing and
protecting canine health and welfare.
The AKC Canine Partners Program also
launched this year, has already listed
more than 1300 dogs beginning in April
2010.
More than 300 AKC clubs will be hosting
stand alone obedience, agility or rally
events open to mixed breeds.
Beyond the competition, millions of additional dog owners we may never have
reached will be able to access a myriad
of AKC resources and services, bringing
together like minded people who share
our passion for dogs and our commitment to responsible dog ownership.
This has been a historic year of great
achievement and progress for the
American Kennel Club. In addition, I’m
happy to report that despite the current
economic climate, our preliminary numbers show that we will have a reasonable operating profit for the year in addition to record breaking investment
results.
Once again, I wish to thank you all for
your support and look forward to another 125 8 December 2009 Delegates
quarterly meeting December 2009 years
of history as the dog’s champion.
Thank you all very much.
Additionally, there were 15 sponsors, 90
vendors and 148 parent clubs to engage
and educate the public. We gave visitors
an exciting venue, spectacular demonstrations, fabulously decorated booths
brimming with happy, healthy dogs,
knowledgeable experts and responsible
breeders, all in a nurturing, family
friendly environment.
But without you, our volunteers from
member clubs, parent clubs and local
specialty clubs, success would not have
been possible.
I want to thank our presenting sponsor,
Pet Partners, for their tremendous support, the hundreds of club volunteers
who came out to work, and AKC staff led
by Gina DiNardo and Michael Canalizo
and Pat Laurans, Chair of the Parent
Clubs committee. Without all of us
working as a team, we could not
have held an educational program of
this magnitude.
AKC President and CEO, Dennis Sprung, To share with you the scope of Meet the
gave his report as follows:
Breeds, our communications departMeet the Breeds began as a vision. It
ment, which was instrumental in garbecame a shared vision and a common
nering pre and post publicity, has put
goal of the American Kennel Club and
together a brief presentation, including
the Fancy to bring our unique breeds to a small sampling of the media coverage
the public on a broad scale.
for you to enjoy. (There was a video
We wanted to show pet lovers not only presentation.)
our dogs and their endearing, predictThank you again for helping to create
able qualities but our responsibility,
this historic weekend. We are all proud
devotion and love of them.
of your tremendous accomplishments
The recent success of Meet the Breeds
including this past weekend's Meet the
hosted by the American Kennel Club and Breeds success and our ability to bring
the Cat Fanciers Association and sponthe American Kennel Club, our clubs,
sored by Pet Partners Pet Insurance has our people, responsible messaging, and
once again proved that when we set
most importantly our dogs front and
goals and work together, we can meet a center to the public. Thank you.
challenge and exceed all expectations.
We expected a large number of attenJames Stevens, AKC CFO, gave the finandees and welcomed more than 36,000.
cial report. A summary follows:
We asked legislators to serve as honor- Total revenues of $55.6 million for the
ary chairpersons and 91 accepted. We
first eleven months of 2009 were 10%
strived to reach 140 million media imlower than last year. The major sources
pressions and generated more than 468 of our revenues have been negatively
million. We invited media outlets to join impacted by the recession.
us and over 40 were in attendance.
Successful cost containment efforts
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resulted in total operating expenses of
$54.5 million being 7% less than 2008.
This produced a year-to-date operating
surplus of $1 million vs. $2.8 million last
year. A better performing stock market
environment in 2009 has led to a yearto-date investment gains of $8.8 million.
This contrasted with last year’s loss of
$17 million.
The first vote was on the proposed
amendment to Chapter 3, Section 8 of
the Rules Applying to Dog Shows - Dog
Show Classifications.
The proposed amendment was brought
forward by the Delegate Dog Show Rules
Committee. This amendment would
bring the Bred by Exhibitor requirements in line with all regular classes as
defined by Chapter 11, Section 1 of the
Rules.
The proposal was read to you at the September 2009 Meeting. It was published
in two issues of the AKC GAZETTE. The
Board recommended its approval.
The Delegate voted with a two-thirds
affirmative vote so that the amendment
was adopted, effective immediately.
recommendation and was approved by
the Board of Directors. The proposal
was read at the September 2009 meeting. It was published in two issues of the
AKC GAZETTE. The Board recommended its approval. A two thirds
affirmative vote was required for adoption.
There was discussion as follows:
Gwen McCullagh, Delegate for the Huntington Kennel Club who spoke as follows: I move to amend the proposed
amendment to the Rules Applying to
Dog Shows, Dog Show Classification,
Chapter 3, Section 14, by striking
"Neutered dogs or spayed bitches are
not eligible for Grand Championship
points." And again, under Championship
and Grand Championship Awards, Chapter 16, Section 6, by striking out
“Neutered dogs and spayed bitches are
not eligible for Grand Championship
points.”
While this, at first glance, appears to be
a fairly radical step, it actually is not. It
has a very narrow application to a very
small group of dogs in a very small
group of venues. But obviously I believe
The second vote was on the proposed
it's important or I wouldn't be standing
amendment to Chapter 3, Sections 14
before you.
and 15 of the Rules Applying to Dog
Let me try to tell you what precisely this
Shows - Dog Show Classifications which does. The Grand Championship program
would allow for awarding Grand Cham- is intended to provide incentives for
pionship points to Best of Breed or Best breeders and exhibitors to continue to
Variety of Breed; Best of Opposite Sex of show their Champions and also as a secBreed or Variety of Breed, Select Dog
ondary goal to generate additional reveand Select Bitch; and to Chapter 5, Secnues for entry from AKC. It is an add on
tion 1, Rules Applying to Dog Shows program. Champions of record will earn
Ribbons, Prizes and Trophies, which
points towards their additional title by
would allow for a ribbon for Select Dog competing for Best of Breed.
and Select Bitch awards in connection
All single as well as dogs and Champions
with the Grand Champion of Record Ti- entered for Best of Breed competition,
tle; and to Chapter 16, Section 6 and 7 of all winners of single entry classes will be
Rules Applying to Dog Shows - Champi- eligible to compete for Best of Breed
onship and new Grand Championship
and, if they are champions of record, for
Awards that would allow for the creaGrand Championship points. But spayed
tion of awards for these new titles.
and neutered dogs in general are not
The proposed amendment was a staff
eligible to compete for Best of Breed,
which will eliminate them automatically
from earning Grand Championship
points or the title.
Now, that said, there is one group of
spayed and neutered Champions who
are permitted to compete for breed, and
that is the veteran. The veteran dog and
the veteran bitch, spayed or neutered
though they may be, have independent
specialty shows only, may compete for
Best of Breed.
The intent of that exception was to recognize that by the time a dog attains the
age required to be a veteran, health issues or prophylactic intervention for
health may have required them to be
spayed or neutered. They probably have
already made contributions to the
breed.
Until now, that spayed or neutered veteran competing for breed did so on a
completely equal basis to its not neutered fellow contestants. The intent of
this program, I am quite sure, is not to
downgrade or denigrate any champion.
And we have to, as we go forward and
add additional opportunities, keep in
mind the original intent of this exception, which was to let the spayed and
neutered veteran compete in this specific time at independent specialties for
everything that was going connected
with Best of Breed competition and win.
You gave them prizes, you gave them
whatever was going and now I believe
we need to still recognize them fully and
allow them to earn Grand Championship
points.
If the amendment before you passes
without this amendment, they will be
eliminated from that opportunity. And
so I would like to urge you to allow them
to compete fully.
Thank you.
Patricia Laurans, Delegate for the German Wirehaired Pointer Club of America, spoke as follows:
I’m speaking as chair of the Delegate
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Parent Club committee. We had a very
good and long discussion of this at our
meeting yesterday which culminated in
a vote of the Parent Club committee. The
Parent Club Committee, after hearing
from Gwen, others in the audience, and
John Wade, have voted to support this
amendment so that champion veteran
dogs and bitches and independent specialties may be allowed the rights they
have now and to continue that into this
new and very worthwhile program.
Thank you.
who are spayed or neutered can, in fact,
win Best of Breed. If they can win Best of
Breed, they certainly ought to be able to
be awarded, as Gwen said, Grand Championship points. In addition to which,
and this may be a small adjustment for
the amendment, it reaffirms our concern
for dogs’ health. It shows people that
that is our primary concern and not the
show.
shown six or fewer times in that three
year period, it would be a terrific opportunity for the individual clubs to not
only get additional entries but to get
additional people interested in the sport
and interested in their clubs. So, I think
as a marketing program, since we are
devoid of every other tool that we normally have in marketing, there is no advertising to be able to do this, there is no
promotion.
A majority voted to adopt the amendIt's basically going to have to be the
ment.
name of the program and word of mouth
that is going to create the energy and
Larry Sorenson, Delegate for the Dachs- Sidney Marx, Delegate for the Colorado excitement around the program. I will
hund Club America, spoke as follows:
Springs Kennel Club, spoke as follows:
tell you from the 40 some years I did
I do have a concern that we have used
I'm a firm believer that language and
marketing, that the hardest thing you
this requirement to help hold the barwords are very important. We are all
could possibly do is name something,
rier on mandatory spay and neutering.
aware that in stock venues there are
and you will never make everybody
By dropping this requirement, we may
Grand Champions. That term usually
happy. But I will encourage the Delegate
weaken that wall and I would like the
indicates that this is something above
body to stay with Grand Championship.
Delegate body to think about that.
and beyond championship status. In this I think it is a known term and it is one
particular motion all that is necessary is that will excite and incite the people
The Chair called on Robin Stansell, Vice for a dog to beat one champion three
who are sitting with dogs at home on the
President Event Operations, who spoke times but the dog need never win Best of sofa to bring them back out and particias follows:
Breed. Because of that, I make a motion pate at all our shows.
This may be a bit unusual but I would
that we amend it from the name Grand
like to clarify one thing that perhaps
Champion to Champion of Merit. Mr.
Sherry Wallis, Delegate for the Akita
people don’t recognize, that although
Sprung: Is there a second on that
Club of America spoke as follows:
veterans may compete in independent
motion?
I brought this up at a legislative caucus
specialties after they are altered, should
because a number of people had exthat dog not be a champion, it is not eli- Unidentified Delegate: Second.
pressed reservations about this particugible to retain championship points. We
lar title because they have had, in the
do not award neutered dogs or spayed
Alan Kalter, Delegate for the American
past, ranked dogs or very famous dogs
bitches championship points. We don't
Bull Mastiff Association, spoke as folthat were just Champions. Their opposiaward championship points to any dog lows:
tion to this is not actually to the idea, per
from the non regular classes. The intent I obviously agree that language is critical se, but that they felt as if the ability to
of this wording was to continue that
in communicating anything. The prohave a Grand Champion would mean
practice to not award additional chamgram really is a marketing program. So if that the dogs that were in the past
pionship titles to dogs that are neutered we think of it as a marketing program,
would somehow be lesser or dogs that
or spayed.
it's a program that is to entice people to were too old to show would somehow
bring those dogs, once they finish them, be cheapened because they were just
Marcy Zingler, Delegate for the Sun Maid bring them back out and really compete Champions.
Kennel Club of Fresno, spoke as follows: to achieve something of value. So the
They were much more comfortable with
I’m also quite sure that the original inname we put on the program actually
some other name and Champion of
tent of this wording was not to foster
will have a lot to do with the desire to
Merit was what someone suggested and
inconsistency. If we adopt this amendwant to continue. Since in the last three it seemed to be much more acceptable.
ment, it will be consistent with the fact
years there are something like 50,000
that veteran dogs and veteran bitches
Champions of Record that have been
Wyoma Clouss, Delegate for the Idaho
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Capital City Kennel Club, spoke as follows:
We’ve discussed this name on both the e
mail list and at our local kennel club
meetings. The objection was not to the
program but some concern about the
name Grand. They thought it was a little
grand. I guess we also think of Grand
Champion cows or something, I don't
know. We did like ideas of Champion of
Merit.
There is also the issue of if this goes forward and it becomes like having a
MACH, a MACH 1, 2, 3 as you progress,
go beyond the first Champion of Merit or
Grands, so then you have a Grand 1,
Grand 2, Grand 3. The Champion of
Merit could become like a CM, CM1,
CM2, CM3. It was just a general feeling.
The program is fine. The name should be
worked on.
front of the word champion that has
some punch. Meritorious champion, select champion, whatever you want to
make it. But I don't think we want to
throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Mr. Green: If this amendment fails, I will
move that the name be Distinguished
Champion.
Thank you.
Mrs. McCullagh: Just to speak to the
negative connotations of this being a
title used by Pit Bulls, the title Grand
Champion presently exists with Bassett
Hounds where we have field trial Grand
Champions. And if you look at the intent,
which I think most of us as breeders
now have, which is to do more with less
dogs because that's the reality of life,
when you start putting multiple titles on
the dog, we already have dual champions which are dogs that have earned a
William Green, Delegate for the Rio
field trial championship and a bench
Grande Kennel Club, spoke as follows:
championship, and we have grand field
One thing I discovered while researchtrial champions. So the match there
ing this name issue was that Grand
would be dual Grand Champion. It
Champion is already in use in the dog
works. But if we go with some other tiworld. Apparently in Pit Bull circles
tle, it will not fit as neatly. And perhaps
Grand Champion is used to denote a dog that's not a major consideration but I
that has come out the winner in five or
did like to say that there is a grand title
more fighting matches. And that might
in use in AKC events and it has a very
be another reason for avoiding it.
positive connotation.
Thank you.
William Blair, Delegate for the ProgresMs. Laurans: I’m not usually the one that sive Dog Club, spoke as follows:
steps up here to be conciliatory and to
Just to make a suggestion, premier
try to get us to come to a centrist posichampion. It has a little more punch. Ms.
tion. And I understand and have heard
Zingler: Aside from the one somewhat
the concerns out there in terms of the
negative connotation with Pit Bulls,
word grand and I don't want the prothere are all the positive connotations in
gram to go down because of a name
virtually all other species of livestock.
change. I appreciate the name Champion There are Grand Champion cats, there
of Merit but I’m not sure it’s strong
are Grand Champion cattle, there are
enough and I'm wondering if we could
Grand Champion sheep and on and on
come to a compromise. And the only
and on. And I think all of those positive
thing I can come up with is Select Cham- connotations go toward recognizing
pion or something in that vein, unless
the fact that this perhaps is the best tersomeone can come up with something
minology. It is one syllable. It is widely
different. I think you need something in known. It is not in contradiction or re-
dundancy with the word champion as
some suggestions might be. I think that
Grand Champion says it all and it is most
widely recognized. Unidentified Delegate: I object to Champion of Merit on a
very practical point of view. Does that
mean my dog that is only a champion
that doesn't have merit?
Mr. Sprung: The motion is to amend
striking Grand Champion of Record and
inserting Champion of Merit. This would
be a majority vote. All those in favor
please raise your hands.
Thank you
All those opposed? Thank you. The motion does not pass.
We are back to the original amendment.
Is there any further discussion?
John McCullagh, Delegate for the Plainfield Kennel Club, spoke as follows:
On the gray sheet, on the second page of
the gray sheet, the second paragraph
underlined says, “Select Dog and Select
Bitch eligible for this award are” and the
eligibilities do not relate to Grand Champion, they relate to the previous half of
the second paragraph. I think it just
needs to move down towards Section
15.
Eugenia Bishop, Delegate for the Cardigan Welsh Corgi Club of America, spoke
as follows:
I agree with the Delegate. Basically that
paragraph needs to be moved down to
the last paragraph because those eligibility requirements are for Best of Opposite Sex, not for a Select Dog and a Select
Bitch.
The Chair called on Robin Stansell, Vice
President Show Events, to address this
question, who spoke as follows:
Mr. Stansell: I certainly have no objection to that change. The intent is the
same in either location. Mr. Sprung: Mr.
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ing detail. The question is on Chapter 3,
Sections 14 and 15 of Rules Applying to
Dog Shows Dog Show Classifications;
Chapter 5, Section 1 of Rules Applying to
Dog Shows - Ribbons, Prizes and Trophies; and Chapter 16, Sections 6 and 7
of Rules Applying to Dog Shows Championships and new Grand Championship
Awards.
Those in favor, please stand. Thank you.
Those opposed, please stand. Thank you.
There are two thirds in the affirmative.
The amendment is adopted.
The third vote was on the proposed
amendments to Chapter 9, Section 1, of
the Beagle Field Trial Rules and Stan-
dard Procedures for Brace, Small Pack
and Small Pack Option Field Trial and
Two Couple Pack Hunting Tests. This
amendment was recommended by the
Beagle Advisory Committee and gives
clubs the option of combining classes by
either gender or size in order to run a
more efficient trial. The proposal was
read at the September 2009 meeting. It
was published in two issues of the AKC
GAZETTE. The Board recommended its
approval.
The Delegates voted with a two-thirds
affirmative vote to adopt the amendment, effective January 1, 2010.
The fourth and final vote was on the
proposed amendment to Chapter 3, Section 1 of the Beagle Field Trial Rules and
Standard Procedures for Brace, Small
Pack and Small Pack Option Field Trials
and Two Couple Pack Hunting
Tests.
The amendment was recommended by
the Beagle Advisory Committee. This
amendment would grant licensed status
to events held by Beagle Field Trial Federations.
The proposal was read at the September
2009 meeting. It was published twice in
the AKC GAZETTE. The Board recommended its approval.
The Delegates voted with a two-thirds
affirmative vote to adopt the amendment, effective January 1, 2010.
The Chair called on the Executive Secretary to read the proposed amendment to
Chapter 11, Section 6 of the Rules Apply-
ment Awards solely honor AKC clubs
and federations holding exceptional AKC
Responsible Dog Ownership Day events.
Each of the honorees will receive an AKC
certificate of recognition and the AKC
ing to Dog Shows - Dog Show Entries,
will donate $1,000 to each club or fedConditions of Dogs Affecting Eligibility
eration. Details about the honorees and
which would eliminate the use of teleevents will be published in the AKC GAgrams to change or cancel entries as
ZETTE and featured on the AKC website.
telegrams are obsolete. The amendment The special fourth quarter RDO day honwas brought forward by the Delegate
orees are:
Dog Show Rules Committee and is apThe Lake Cumberland Kennel Club, the
proved by the AKC Board of Directors. It Rogue Valley Kennel Club, and the Westwill be published in two issues of the
ern Carolina Dog Fanciers Association.
AKC GAZETTE and you will be asked to And we have honorable mentions: the
vote on it at the March 2010 meeting.
Huntsville Obedience Training Club, the
The Chair called on the Executive Secre- Northeastern Maryland Kennel Club, the
tary to read the proposed amendment to Obedience Training Club of Chugiak.
Chapter 10, Section 1 to 6 of Rules ApPlease join me in congratulating the
plying to Dog Shows - Duties and Rehonorees.
sponsibilities of Animals, and Chapter
15, Section 1 of the Rules Applying
Mr. Sprung reported that the annual
to Dog Shows - Protests Against Dogs
meeting will be held on March 9, 2010 at
which would update the requirements
the Sheraton Newark Airport Hotel. The
for show veterinarians to better accom- March meeting will be the annual elecmodate on call veterinarians and to retion of directors for the Class of 2014.
quire clubs to inform them of their duties.
The following Delegates spoke during
Chapter 15, Section 1 of the Rules Apply- new business:
ing to Dog Shows - Protests against
Judith Daniels, Delegate for the Mt.
Dogs, is intended to include the event
Baker Kennel Club and Chair of the Delecommittee in the process of removing
gate Bylaws Committee, advised the
dogs from the show to eliminate the re- Delegate body that the Bylaws Commitquirement for a form and to assign the
tee voted to submit to the Board of Diphysical responsibility for veterinary
rectors for their consideration an
expenses.
amendment to the Charter and Bylaws
This memo is brought forward by the
of the AKC which would delete
Delegate Dog Show Rules Committee
the third paragraph and Article VII, Secand approved by the AKC Board of
tion 1, that stipulates term limits for our
Directors. It will be published in two
Board members.
issues of the AKC GAZETTE and you will
be asked to vote on it at the March 2010 Sherry Wallis, Delegate for the Akita
meeting.
Club of America, reminded everyone
that January 5th is the deadline for subThe Chair now calls on John Lyons, CEO, mission of articles to Perspectives, and
to announce the fourth quarter AKC
asked if anybody had anything
Community Achievement Awards. Mr.
they would like to write about and
Lyons spoke as follows:
would like to send her. Ms. Wallis is the
The fourth quarter Community Achieve- coordinating editor for that issue.
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testing on all the dogs after 9/11, this
dog, I don't know exactly how long ago it
was, came up with a tumor in the lung
and a tumor between the heart and the
lung. Three weeks ago Sage had surgery
and is totally, they think, free now of the
cancer. And some members of the Border Collie Society that have a dog related
to her donated hotel rooms for her to
Wyoma Clouss, Delegate for the Idaho
stay in while she was at Colorado State
Capital City Kennel Club, encouraged
University having surgery. Her owner,
using the mixed-breed program as a way Diane Whetsel, is extremely thankful to
of involving members of Four H in our
AKC. Ms. Clark thought this story could
sport.
be used in a commercial, because everyone wants to recognize the veterans and
Carol Williamson, Delegate for the Hous- the dogs that support them and this is a
ton Kennel Club, spoke about Bill Bruce, happy story for AKC that we should
the director of Animal and Bylaw Sershare.
vices in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. she
stated that the caucus proposed to the
Mr. Gladstone, as Chairman of CAR,
Coordinating Committee yesterday that pointed out that they are working hard
we be allowed to bring them in to do a
to bring out new marketing programs
forum for the Delegates and with the
and sales programs for both our microCoordinating Committee’s support and chips and enrollments. He asked that
with AKC’s generous support, that has
club members, if approached by reprebeen scheduled for September of next
sentatives from CAR to try and set up
year.
meetings and programs at your club
meetings. Mr. Gladstone asked that you
Nancy Perrell, Delegate for the Scottsplease help and cooperate. He said that
dale Dog Fancier’s Association, spoke
he believes and knows that most of you
about somebody who had never been to feel that AKC CAR is a great asset for
a dog show that she met at the Long
AKC and needs to make to be successful.
Beach Airport when she arrived. The
Mr. Gladstone asked again for clubs’ cowoman had attended on Saturday, and
operation when asked to come to their
went to every booth at Meet the Breeds club and talk and have a program to disand was extremely impressed and was
cuss.
upset because Terriers were her particular interest and she couldn't stay for Blackie Nygood, Delegate for the MispilSunday. So next year she's coming for
lion Kennel Club asked that AKC conboth days.
sider selling Delegates a printed copy of
the Delegate Directory:
Carol Clark, Delegate for the Border Col- Robert Nazak, Delegate for the Old Dolie Society of America, spoke about the
minion Club of Northern Virginia,
Border Collie that received the ACE
thanked Dennis for acknowledging the
award for Search and Rescue. This dog
fact that Bo Obama has joined us but
worked at Katrina, Rita, 9/11, and spent said we are also very proud that one of
six months in Iraq finding bodies. Beour members, Martha Stone, bred Bo. It
cause AKC and the Canine Health Foun- was handled with a lot of dignity. It was
dation decided to support and do health actually well accomplished, what could
Barbara Wicklund, Delegate for the Bassett Hound Club of America, requested
that in the future when new breeds are
being admitted to the Miscellaneous
class and to regular classes, that consideration be given to requiring the Parent
Clubs to at least have a rescue content.
have been a very complicated issue, and
Mrs. Stone did a beautiful job. Mr. Nazak
was sorry to report that we have lost
her and asked that she be kept in your
prayers.
Margarette Wampold, Delegate for the
South Windsor Kennel Club, praised the
New York Meet the Breeds.
Rose Radel, Delegate for the Ramapo
Kennel Club, also praised the New York
Meet the Breeds.
Hearing no additional business, the
Chair adjourned the meeting at 11:58
am.
The opinions expressed by the speakers
may not necessarily reflect those of The
American Kennel Club.
The Delegates Forum is an informal
meeting of Delegates that provides an
opportunity for open discussion and the
expression of ideas. No official business
is transacted, a quorum is not required
and no attendance record is kept.
The December 2009 Forum consisted of
questions directed to candidates for the
AKC Board of Directors who are to be
elected in March 2010. The candidates
fielded questions on topics including:
their previous tenure on the Board, talents they would bring to the Board, their
views on how to address the decline in
registrations, their position on group
realignment, and AKC
judging approval.
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Visit the new website at www.gsmdca.org—coming soon!
GSMDCA Board Minutes July 1-September/09
July 1, 2009
The C & P Club was granted recognition as a
GSMDCA Recognized Regional Club by unanimous
consent.
July 21, 2009
A motion is made by Chuck and seconded by Cathy
that:
1 - The 2011 NS committee be informed that they
need to either a:) use an AKC licensed show superintendent, or b.) use a show secretary that provides a bond in the amount of $5000 naming the
GSMDCA as the covered to draw upon for failure to
perform.
2 - Any contracts entered needs to include wording that should the AKC license status be subsequently dropped or removed, whether voluntary
or involuntarily, the contract with the GSMDCA for
show services is immediately null and voided until
such time that a bond is immediately provided to
us.
3 - Any unlicensed show secretary will require
that all entry checks are made payable to the
GSMDCA and said checks will be provided to us at
the show. Credit card charges will be run through
GSMDCA processing or GSMDCA paypal accounts.
All charges of the secretary will be paid, by check,
at the show to the show secretary upon receipt of
itemized invoice for said services.
4 - Add in to the national specialty guidelines the
same as in #1 , #2 and #3
Motion passes with:
8 yes votes-Amy, Anna, Cathy, Cheryl, Chuck,
Donna, Judy, Kelly
1 abstain-Ann
2 not voting-Brigitte, Rita
Comment for publication: Ann Hansen
While I think these are good guidelines, I fear that
there may be times when certain parts might be
hard for a host club to find a show secretary, at a
reasonable price because of the rule. Thus resulting in times that an exception might need to be
made. Therefore I abstain from my vote.
August 3, 2009
A motion is made by Cathy and seconded by
Donna that we approve the GSMDCA Annual Membership Meeting Minutes as presented by the Recording Secretary.
Motion passes with:
10 yes votes-Amy, Ann, Anna, Brigitte, Cathy,
Cheryl, Chuck, Donna, Kelly, Rita
1 not voting-Judy
August 11, 2009
Brigitte to approve the Q-2 Board minutes as presented by the RS.
Motion passes with:
9 yes votes-Amy, Ann, Anna, Cathy, Cheryl, Chuck,
Donna, Judy, Kelly
2 not voting-Brigitte, Rita
August 24, 2009
By unanimous consent, a committee comprised of
Ann Hansen (chair), Mary Jo Rasmussen and Lisa
Simonsen was approved to review the the Recognized Regional Club guidelines and propose
changes needed, if any, and submit these changes
to the board for approval.
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GSMDCA Board Minutes continued
September 2, 2009
Chuck to approve the Membership Guidelines
Revisions.
Motion passes with a unanimous yes vote.
September 12, 2009
By unanimous consent, the Southbound Greater
Swiss Mountain Dog Club was granted approval
from the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Club of
America board to hold the annual Cotton Classic
Specialty April 18, 2010. This Specialty will be
held in Perry, GA in conjunction with the Peach
Blossom Cluster April 15-18th. Mrs. Michelle
Billings to judge the Specialty and Mrs. Pam
Kalupa will judge Sweeps.
September 22, 2009
By unanimous consent, the GSMDCA created the
position of AKC Legislative Liaison.
By unanimous consent, the GSMDCA opted to
support the AKC Registration Pledge.
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