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REGION 14 AFTCA*GENERAL MEETING MINUTES SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2006 1:00 PM MST COMFORT INN TRANS CANADA, MEDICINE HAT, AB 1. Voting(*) Club Delegates and attending members: Sheldon Rogers* Maureen Preston* Steve Short* Dawn Feist Bill Preston* Sig Guggenmoos* Vern Brunen* SeanKelly* Kim Brunen* David Noell* Gar Beacom* Colin Kennedy* Bill Fraess* Neil Mason* Jim Eunson Ashley Bennett Glen Conover* Kelly McLean* Austin Turley Louise Roblin Tom Nygard Ron Bender* Shannon Nygard Linda Bender* Louis Qualtiere Kay Vaughn* Jeanette Heise 2. All 11 active clubs paid dues to Region. 3. A moment of silence was held in respect for Bob Jorgenson who passed on this last year. 4. Permission for all Attendees to speak and move resolutions./Passed 5. Adoption of January 15, 2005 Minutes (see R14 website for minutes). Motioned and approved: SShort/SKelly 6. Old Business A. Website Report- (Sheldon and Dawn) Reported on the number of hits for the Region 14 site. Discussion. Motion: Designate $500 to Sheldon to use to upgrade website. GBeacom/SShort: Passed. Sheldon will still see if he can get support from some companies to support these changes to the website. . B. Report on the GSP Trial 2005 points decision (Tom) Discussion followed with a motion: Award a tie for this year’s High Point 2005 Dog of the Year trophy due to conflict in interpreting existing rules. VBrunen/BPreston. Discussion followed and motion failed with the Executive decision upheld. C. Report on the Brett Maggs decision: Louis Qualtiere Discussion and Executive decision upheld. D. Dog of the Year Rules: Amendments to define limited stakes, suggested amendment: A. Dog of the Year Rules: Amendment to define limited stakes suggested amendment: *8.6 All trials in which the entries are limited (breed, qualifications, prior winnings, etc.) must have the trial approved at the annual meeting or by the Region 14 Executive at least 30 days before the trial. Discussion with Motion: Amend the words ‘All trials’ to ‘All stakes’. SGuggenmoos/BPreston./Passed. Motion: Amend to read for ‘stakes’ (except AFTCA and CKC Championships). BPreston/MPreston/Passed. Revised Reads: 8.6 All stakes (except the AFTCA and CKC Championships) in which the entries are limited…. Motion to accept revised rule # 8.6. CKennedy/SShort, Passed. Motion: Update Dog of the Year paragraph #2 by removing the words (regardless of the type of venue or stake that dog won.) GBeacom/VBrunen/ Passed. (See revised 2006 DofY rules attached.) E. 2003 Dog of the Year Awards, report on status (Dawn and Kim) All 2003 buckles have been accounted for except for Ryan McNally’s. Lou Qualtiere will notify Ryan and hopefully resolve the problem. F. Acceptance of the Financial Report for 2005. BPreston/KVaughn. G. Trustee’s Report (See Following) for information. 7. CLUB REPORTS: Ardath: Sheldon/Bill Grounds are really tough to find birds. May propose a change of venue. Hard to get around with drought and fencing over the past years. Still had a good time at Fall and Spring trials. Dundurn Fun trial /Lou Q. Great looking grounds, only a few birds found but lots of spear grass. Should review these grounds again for early spring or late fall. Alberta Field Trial/ CKennedy Entries were very low and not sustaining the club with expenses. Believes the grounds/courses were excellent and every dog had bird contacts. Needs support from Region club members! Stoughton: KMcLean Great corrals, birds were a little young yet for trialing. Weather cooperated. Number of dogs good with more than half US entries. GSP: SShort Decent entries, made money. Lots of rain. Lots of birds. Calgary: Kim New people and new grounds. Mortlach: Ron Spring was good for birds. Fall was down in entries but we did ok. Rain dampened the spirits. Big Country: Gar Prizes are donated and doing well financially. Birds hard to find, dogs did well but need more participants. Big Sky: Glen Great Falls: Good birds course a good for 1/2 hour stakes. Malta: Good entries Circle: Cancelled due to horse diseases. CKC Championships: Vern. Grass was high, birds were good. Entries were fair. SD Championships, Stoughton: Lou 9 Region 14 dogs; 20 non-Region dogs entered While setting Courses birds were seen. Birds were small, and many dogs had problems finding them during the trial. All Age Championship: Lou 4 Region 14 dogs; 36 non-Region entries 8 braces a day with 40 entries was necessary and created some controversy. Birds were good. Competition was great. Weather was good for the Championships but turned poor on the weekend. 8. New Business: A. Judges Clinics: Any volunteers for ideas? SNygard and SKelly volunteered to research/look into a training or judges clinic that would be feasible to hold for the Region membership. B. Contributions to Region 14. Use, where? (Tom Nygard) Hospitality Nights suggested with Shannon and Lou in charge of organizing. On the topic of monies, the subject of the Region helping clubs who are having financial problems, i.e. entries low and expenses high, was approached; For example, help could be in paying for their ads with Region approval. Motion: Moves to design ads for clubs to place on the website verses paying for ads through the American Field. BPreston/MPreston. Failed. Motion: Any club who has a financial loss may approach the Region 14 for reimbursement for their ad following Region 14 approval. SKelly/GBeacom/Passed. C. Award Prizes for 2006 DofY-Same as 2005./ Approved. D. Region Meeting 2007-Where: Medicine Hat, When…January 20 or 27, 2006./ Approved. E. Dog of Year: -Trophy SC and MC, were all accounted for in 2006 meeting. - Trophy boxes or any repairs: Abercrombie needs repair and a traveling box made. Action: JHeise F. AFTCA By-Law rules (see attached) Lou Q. made a few statements to help clarify the AFTCA rules with regard to Stake managers, SD scouting, and keeping things constant within stakes/trials. Comments were to discuss with your judges how you/they perceive the stake should be handled. New printings of the AFTCA by-law books are being printed and some should be sent out with the membership fee receipt. G. 2006 Championship Dates/Venues And Club Proposed Dates: Region 14 Shooting Dog Championship at Stoughton, SK August 28, 29 and 30; to follow the McLean Classic and Stoughton Club trial but not before August 28). Region 14 All Age Championship at Mortlach, SK September 4, 5 (to follow PAAC but not before Sept.4) Club dates, see attached. H. Election of 2006 Executives: Sheldon Rogers stays as 2nd VP Steve Short elected as 1st VP Tom Nygard moves to President Jeanette Heise staying as Secretary/Treasurer. Sheldon made the comment that it would be of help in making decisions if there were alternates to help if/when an executive decision had to be made when there was a conflict of interest with others on the Executive. Suggestion was to use Presidents of member clubs to help make decisions with remaining Executives when the Executive staff is diminished. I. Limited Stake Request from Steve Short, GSP Club. With regards to May 6-7 and/or Sept 9-10, 2006 trial dates, GSP Club would like to run three venues: Horseback Stake, Retrieving Stake and a Walking Stake. Since the CKC allows only 2 SD Stakes a trial adding the third with AFTCA regulations lets them run another stake. The AFTCA stake may not be the one used for the limitations, but if they choose to do so they have the option. Motion: If GSP Club chooses this year (2006) to run a stake with a possible limited Shooting Dog stake, limitations being dogs must have a placement in either a Derby or Shooting Dog Stake, points will still count toward Dog of the Year. Passed. 9. Adjournment with Supper at Montana’s . 10. Dog of the Year Awards (See Attached Sheet) and Club Social |