Minutes- PBGA
Delegates Meeting
Saturday, January
13, 2007
Dunnstown Fire
Hall
Attendance: Absent:
Breakneck
Central Rainbow Pucketos
Jacobus Tunkhannock
Lycoming West Branch
I. Meeting called to order by outgoing
President Sam Lauchman at 11:10 AM.
II. Approval of Minutes: Tina Grim made a
motion, seconded by John Gibble
to accept the minutes as
distributed. Motion passed.
III. Officers and Director’s Report
a.
President:
Outgoing President, Sam Lauchman introduced incoming President Jared Shade
and thanked the delegates for the opportunity to serve as President. Jared thanked Sam for his service and stated
his intentions as incoming President.
b.
Eastern Vice President: Mark Malloy welcomed the delegates.
c.
Western Vice President: Gary Defoor asked the Delegates to
look over the field trial schedule in the directory and also stated the
paperwork for a blanket sanction for the PBGA trials was received from the AKC.
d.
Secretary: Outgoing secretary (Jared Shade)
introduced incoming secretary Todd Seitz. Todd stated that he looked forward to
doing his part and working with newest board.
e.
Treasurer’s Report: Dave Sharer offered attached
Treasurers report.
f.
Director of Communications: Outgoing director Tina Grim made
statements about her duties and reminded the delegates that communication is
key to a thriving Assoc. Incoming Director Josh Herring had no comment.
g.
Board of Directors: West-Stan
Hepler & Kevin McEwen. East-
Scott Dennis & Charlie Flexer offered no report.
IV.
Committee Reports
a.
Political Awareness:
John Gibble gave a summery report about Governor Rendell acts to
strengthen the state dog law. Rendell appoints dog law enforcement team, and
names a new advisory board. John was
appointed to the advisory board to represent the field and hunting dog
group. Tina Grim also commented on this
issue. The delegates discussed this information at length. John urged delegates
to take actions thru their clubs and as individuals by sending comments by
February 14, 2007 to Mary Bender (PA. Bureau of Dag Law Enforcement) 2301
b.
Show Seminars: Ginny Conrad & Cathy Stewart
have missed the last two out of three meetings and no report from them. Motion
by John Gibble and seconded by Charlie Flexer to have the show seminar
committee be chaired by Sam Lauchman and & Tina Grim. Discussion; show
program needs more judges that are qualified to give the program some
credibility. Sam & Tina will work to
improve the program. Motion passed.
c.
Hall Of Fame: Report given by Sam Lauchman that
Charlie Flexer was elected to the PBGA Hall for Fame. FC Brandy Dans Racheal
& FC Bottomland Bedrock Pebbles were also elected in to the Hall of Fame.
Sam made comments that Clubs are not voting, which could lead to embarrassing
situation in the future. Recommendation that delegates take voting more
seriously. Other discussion about the system being flawed. President Shade is
going to move up balloting to help improve system. No further action taken.
d.
Banquet (2007): Dave Sharer & Tina Grim reported
that 60 people were paid of banquet. Motion to put a deposit down on Fire Hall
for 2008 on same date for meeting / banquet by Stan Hepler. No 2nd,
motion tabled till June. Discussion about
meeting/banquet date was the reason for the discussion.
e.
Directory: Tina Grim reported that she is not
going to be on this committee any longer. President Shade volunteered to take
this project on.
f.
Website: Tina Grim reported the site was
down for a short period of time due to the server not being paid but is now
taken care of. Member clubs may add
notices or advertising to their web page at no cost to the club.
g.
Field Trial Committee:
Gary Defoor gave report earlier in meeting and
had nothing else to report
h.
By-Law Committee: Mark
Malloy reported that presently the committee is going to be working on them and
plans to have recommendations by the June meeting.
V.
Old Business:
a.
Championship Trials: Mark Malloy reported that Pucketos has stepped
up to host the 2007 Derby Championship (June 16 & 17 2007). Judges were
also selected for the derby championship by the delegates. The final list will be advertised.
b.
PBGA Raffle: Sam
Lauchman reported that he will be stepping away from this committee. Mark Malloy,
Jared Shade, Josh Herring, and
Charlie Flexer volunteered to work on this committee.
Josh reported that he had a sorce
through Cabela’s to continue to have some prizes donated to the Assoc. Mark
also talked about some ideas used by other federations to help with the their
raffle, more information to come.
c. Purina and the PBGA: Tina
Grim reported that Purina will continue to support the Assoc. Sam Lauchman also added that Mike Luchetta
(Purina Rep.) does listen to concerns about the product and suggested to
respectfully explain you’re like or dislikes about the product with him at the
Assoc. events.
d.
Consistency Award/ 2006
Winners: Dave and Sara Sharer
reported the winners and runner ups. Thanks were also given to Dave and Sara
for their work on the consistency awards by the delegates. Official
announcement for those winners and runner ups will be part of the banquet
festivities.
Congratulations
to all Winners and Runner Ups.
e. Apprentice Judging Seminar: Rick
Merkel was not present and no report was given. Delegates decided to table this
idea due to lack of interest.
f. Marshall Sparks: President Shade reported that
Marshall Sparks was notified that he will not be reinstated in to the Assoc.
due to the member club vote to this effect. This issue will be removed from the
agenda for the future.
VI.
New Business
a.
NEBGF/BAC Update: John
Gibble hand out newsletter and will be attached as received. A brief outline was discussed with a note to
be highlighted is that Mark Malloy & Edgar Burdette will be representing
the Northeast at the 2007 AKC SPO
National Championship in Owensboro, Kentucky.
b.
Pa Federation of Dog Clubs: Tina Grim report given earlier in meeting
under Political Awareness.
VII.
Adjournment:
* Charlie Flexer and Al West made
motion to adjourn.
* Respectfully Submitted by
Todd Seitz
Attachments:
1.
Treasurers Report
2. Overview of Changes to
3. NEBGF January, 2007 newsletter.