Board-Briefs January 2003
Written by Ginny Altman
The first regular GSDCA Board of Directors Meeting was held on January 25 and
26, 2003 at the Plaza Resort and Spa, Daytona Beach, Florida. It was preceded
by the Budget and Finance Committee meeting on January 23 and 24, 2003. A
visit to the show site was made by the Board and other GSDCA members who were
in attendance at the Board meeting.
The following Committees and Committee Chairpersons were approved by the
Board: Budget and Finance - Ken Downing, National Specialty & Show Sites -
Debbie Hokkanen, Agility - Sue Sacco, Herding Chair - Dorothy Linn, Herding
Field Chair - Sandy Moore and Rosemary Joralemon, Obedience - Dalene
McIntire, Tracking - Billie Kovacs, Board Meeting Sites - Debbie Hokkanen,
Review Marketing - Lee Smith, Review Management - Eugene Tenges, Review
Editorial - Lee Smith, Futurities - Tish Walker, ADOA - Kathy Casteel, Awards
– Award of Excellence - Jane Kerner, Performance Award of Merit - Lori
Nickeson, Health Award of Merit - Julie Richards Mostosky, Blanche Beisswenger
Memorial Hero Dog - Helen Fisher, Newsletter - Ann Mesdag, Dual Award - Daphne
Szczuka, ROM- Sires - Doris Estabrook, ROM-Dams - Cappy Pottle & Gloria
Birch, Title Pins and Certificates - Pam Stoesser, Thirteen Club - Sharon
Allbright, Training Achievement Award - Judith Ecklund, Don Cliff Memorial
Good Sportsmanship Award - Ginny Altman, Connie Beckhardt Award - Ken Downing,
Lloyd Brackett Award - Ken Downing, LaMar Kuhns Award - Rita Sandell, Roll of
Honor - Debbie Hokkanen, Board-O-Gram - Ginny Altman, Breeders Code - Jamie
Walker, Bylaws - Didier Ardoin, Education/ABJAC/ PEC - Lana Jorgensen, Ethics
- Danny Dwier, Health - Tony Cherubini, Insurance - Dan Smith, Internet - Bill
Pfeiffer, Juniors - Sue Godek, Legal Affairs - LaMar Frederick, Membership -
Dania Karloff, Membership Database Management - Gail Hardcastle, Orientation
-Dorothy Linn, Parent Club Office - Nanci Nellis, Policy & Procedure Manual -
Kim McNamara and Ginny Altman, Products - Gary Szymczak, Public Relations -
Debbie Hokkanen, Red Book - Ellie Goede Carson, Regional Clubs - Tom Mesdag,
Temperament Committee - Bob Penny, Video - Carmen Battaglia, Breed Rescue -
Linda Kury, Canadian - Peter Crawford, Foundation - Sue Godek, President,
Search & Rescue - Barbie Balyeat, SV & WUSV - David Landau, Chairperson,
Martylou Plinski, Committee Secretary, Veterinary - Jim Spicer, D.V.M., WDA -
David Landau, COAPA - David Landau.
Carmen Battaglia announced that the AKC is sponsoring an International Working
Dog Breeders Conference on April 27-29 at Lackland Air force Base in San
Antonio, Texas. This is an effort to link information sharing world wide from
scientists to breeders. The conference is open to breeders and more
information can be obtained at www.iwdba.org.
The DOGNY statue sponsored by the GSDCA and Purina will be delivered to the
AKC offices in Raleigh, North Carolina sometime in the next few weeks. The AKC
and the GSDCA are interested in making this a newsworthy event and there will
be GSDCA Board members on hand for this ceremony. Dates proposed for this
event are mid to late March.
Debbie Hokkanen reported on a very successful National which was held in Lake
St. Louis. The Board visited the Ocean Center, the 2003 National Site in
Daytona Beach on Friday afternoon. The Board is enthusiastic about this site
as it has a generous amount of space for the conformation ring and can also
house the obedience in a very large room that can accommodate several
regulation size rings for obedience and agility during the National Specialty.
At this time the 2003 Futurity and Maturity finals are planned for Tuesday
afternoon commencing at 4:00pm at the 90th GSDCA National Specialty on October
5 - 11, 2003 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Watch for further details in the
Review.
There will be NO advance brochure this year but the information will be placed
in the National Attention Column in the Review each month and on the GSDCA
website. This will allow for the information to reach the members in a timely
way and it will result in the information being more accurate than it has been
in the advance brochure. Plans are for the show hours at the National to be
8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Search and Rescue Dogs will be recognized in the Parade of Greats if they meet
the criteria adopted by the GSDCA Board. Criteria will be printed in a future
National Attention Column in the Review. Individuals wanting this criteria
now may contact Barbie Balyeat (vdanhoffer@aol.com) or Ginny Altman (ginialtman@aol.com)
for a copy of the criteria by email. Copies may also be obtained from the
Parade of Great Chairman, Sam Colvin at 4911 LaPosada San Antonio, Texas
78233, phone 210 654 0193 email - dershimer@aol.com.
The Herding Trial will be held on Saturday and Sunday October 4 and 5 at Penn
Y Careau Farms in Lady Lake, Florida approximately 1 ½ hours from the show
site. Herding Instinct tests will be offered on Monday. A Ranch Course
Invitational will be held at Penn Y Careau Farms on Monday, October 6.
The AKC has approved the GSDCA to host the AKC Herding Judge Certification
Seminar to be held in conjunction with the National on Tuesday October 7 at
the Ocean Center.
The 2004 National will be determined following a site visit by the Board at
the Board meeting on April 26-27, 2003 in Albany, Oregon.
Debbie Hokkanen announced that this will be her last year as National Show
Chairman. Each year Debbie has included a request in the Review and appealed
at multiple Board meetings for interested parties to step forward and
familiarize themselves with the requirements and the job of a National
Chairman. The announcement was made at this time to be proactive in securing a
future National Show Chairman. She asked that the Board look at this
announcement as "Succession planning" creating insurance that the GSDCA
continues to remain a strong force at the National front. It is important that
the transition be done smoothly during this year. Debbie will continue to be a
resource for that individual in future years. Ken Downing asked that Debbie
Hokkanen retain the Chairmanship of Show Sites and Board meeting sites. Debbie
accepted this chairmanship. All interested parties should contact Debbie
Hokkanen Phone 508 852 4473 Fax 508 852 1067 or Ken Downing, Phone 913 845
2435 Fax 913 845 3998 email abraxas@prodigy.net
A new Juniors Award will be offered at the 2003 National. This is a Grade
Point Average Award for a Junior who is participating in the GSDCA Juniors
Program. Juniors should watch for information coming out in the Juniors
Newsletter.
Gail Sprock reported that the Review has been nominated by the Dog Writers
Assn. of for the Best Breed Club Magazine. The award winners are announced in
February in conjunction with the Westminster Dog Show.
Two dogs have qualified for the Performance Award of Merit (PAM) so far in
2003.
Regional Clubs may contact Nanci Nellis 242 PR 2410 Alvord, Texas 76225 Phone
(940) 427 4481 for their Bronze Medals for their Specialty Shows. HCH, OTCH,
and VST title holders should also contact Nanci Nellis for their Silver
Medals. Contact Pam Stoesser at S. 78 W. 23900 Cheri Avenue, Big Bend,
Wisconsin, 53103 Phone (262) 662- 0442 for Breeder Pins and other Title pins.
Members must submit the request for Title pins within 6 months of achieving
the Title.
If you wish to be listed as a signer of the Breeders Code contact Jamie
Walker, Breeders Code Committee Chair. Windwalkergsd@cs.com or (505) 877 8783.
Individuals interested in contributing photos of dogs that are deceased or no
longer being shown for use by the Illustrated Standard committee may contact
Lana Jorgensen. Walflwr2@aol.com or (765) 344 0423.
There are new products being added to the GSDCA website regularly. Take a
look. www.GSDCA.org. If a member has trouble accessing the members site,
contact Bill Pfeiffer at greypines@aol.com.
Regional Clubs need to keep Gail Hardcastle - hardcastle@starband.net(509) 493
2114, as well as the AKC- updated when there is a change of Club Officers.
The 2003 National Schutzhund Championship/WUSV Qualifying Trial will be hosted
by the Metro Atlanta Schutzhund Club, April 11-13 in Senoia, GA. Tracking
will be judged by Dieter Schmale (SV judge), Obedience by David Landau (SV
Foreign judge), and Protection by Rolf Blume (SV judge). For more
information, contact Rhonda Southern at (770) 489-2746 or at: iamsouthern@hotmail.com
The 2003 GSDCA-WDA National Police Dog Trial is to be held in conjunction with
the 2003 National Schutzhund III and World Qualifier Championship (Metro
Atlanta has agreed to host the event). Wendel Nope is to judge the WPO trial.
A GSDCA-WDA National Event will be held in Daytona Beach, Florida on October 5
in conjunction with the 2003 National Speciality.
The Board approved a change in the Conditional Class requirements so that the
Conditional Class is for dogs and bitches who have OFA hips and elbows and
have a performance trial title which is recognized by the AKC or WDA. In 2003
this conditional class would be offered for dogs and bitches who have OFA hips
and elbows and have a performance trial title at the FIRST level and the
SECOND level in 2004 and after.
The following members and alternates were elected to the Nominating Committee.
Chairperson, Tish Walker
Northeast: Cheryl Olson; alternate, Susan Sacco
Mid America: Jim York; alternate, Jane Kerner,
Heartland: Rita Sandell; alternate, Charlotte LaRosa
Western: Anne Thompson; alternate, Jamie Walker
The next Board meeting is in Albany, Oregon on April 26-27, 2003.
Ginny Altman
posted 2-5-03
