MOTION 01-02 - To reinstate membership of Fernando Gonzales. Moved by Makowski; Nance.  YEAS: Makowski, Engle, Nance, Steedle, Barringer-Ruggeri, Williams, McDonald, Svizeny and McCullagh.  NAYS none.  No abstentions.

A discussion was held in the presence of BHCA member and club general counsel Charles Carnese regarding status of foreign and rescue clubs re: BHCA membership or affiliation.  Several ways of creating an alliance with these clubs were reviewed, as well as needed information to be supplied by the clubs.

MOTION 02-02 - BHCA will create an Affiliate Club Program for foreign clubs. Moved by Nance; seconded by McCullagh. YEAS: Makowski, Engle, Nance, Steedle, Barringer-Ruggeri, Williams, McDonald, Svizeny and McCullagh.  NAYS: None.  No abstentions.  Further, affiliated clubs will receive club newsletter subscription pending their payment of foreign postage.

Discussion pursuant to the report of the Financial Oversight Committee was held with Carnese present regarding the possible need to revise club bylaws and on the need to revise the club’s financial year in order to finalize Nationals financial matters in the year the event is held and report on same to membership.

MOTION 03-02 - To accept the report and recommendations of the Financial Oversight Committee.  Moved by Makowski; seconded by Barringer-Ruggeri.  YEAS: Makowski, Engle, Nance, Steedle, Barringer-Ruggeri, Williams, McDonald, Svizeny and McCullagh.  NAYS: none.  No abstentions.

The Board had a lengthy discussion of certain line items of the proposed budget presented by Williams.  No significant changes were deemed warranted.

MOTION 04-02 - To accept the 2002 Budget.  Moved by Barringer-Ruggeri; seconded by Nance.  YEAS: Makowski, Engle, Nance, Steedle, Barringer-Ruggeri, Williams, McDonald, Svizeny and McCullagh.  NAYS none.  No abstentions.

MOTION 05-02 - That all applicants published in the July/Aug and Sept/Oct issues of the club newsletter are accepted for membership.  Moved by Svizeny, seconded by Steedle, YEAS: Makowski, Engle, Nance, Barringer-Ruggeri, Williams, McDonald, and Svizeny.  NAYS none.  Abstentions: McCullagh, Steedle.

Via email, the board voted on a motion discussed favorably at a previous meeting but not finalized regarding the need to raise advertising rates for the club newsletter.

MOTION 06-02 - To approve the proposed new advertising ratess for the Tally-Ho as follows:

1. increase rates for covers II, III, IV from $100 to $110.
2. increase centerfold from $150 to $175.
3. increase full-page ads from $70 to $80.
4. increase half-page ads from $40 to $45.

The new advertising rates to be effective with the Jan/Feb 2002 issue of Tally-Ho.  Moved by Makowski; seconded by Steedle.  YEAS: Makowski, Steedle, Nance, Svizeny, Engle, McCullagh, Williams.  NAYS: none. Abstentions: McDonald.Motion 0702 - To have the NW group proceed with setting up the Nationals for 2004, contingent on a revised budget to be submitted to the Board of Directors not later March 1, 2002. Motion by McDonald, seconded by Russell. Approved unanimously.

MOTION 0702 - To have the NW group proceed with setting up the Nationals for 2004, contingent on a revised budget to be submitted to the Board of Directors not later March 1, 2002. Motion by McDonald, seconded by Russell. Approved unanimously.

MOTION 08-02 - That the list submitted by the Judges Education Committee be approved for submission to AKC as presenters. This includes the provisional judges who meet the requirements and agree to being presenters. Moved by Williams, seconded by Steedle. Approved unanimously.

The following motions were made by Svizeny and seconded by Steedle:

MOTION 09-02 - To approve the Regional Application for the Eastern Region Field Trial Advisory Council (FTAC) Members’ Field Trial, to be held on May 4/5, 2002 at the Niagara River Beagle Club, Alexander, NY.

MOTION 10-02 - To approval the Regional Application for the BHCA Field Trial Members’ Mid-Week Field Trial to be held on October 8/9, 2002 at the Hamilton-Middletown BC, in Camden, OH.

MOTION 11-02 - To approve the 2002 Spring/Fall FT Schedule as submitted by Kay Reilly, FTAC Chairman.

MOTION 09-02, 1002, 1102 were passed unanimously.

MOTION 12-02 - To correct the minutes of the open/annual meetings which were published in the November/December ’01 issue of Tally-Ho as follows:

At the open meeting, Jack McCullagh, secretary of Berkshire Valley Basset Hound Club stated his club, at a recent meeting, discussed BHCA’s support of canine health research and asked Peter Bach, Treasurer of BVBCH to detail the club’s action. Peter Bach, treasurer of Berkshire Valley, read a letter being sent to AKC enclosing donations of (i) $150.00 received by the club from her friends and colleagues in memory of it’s late member, Susan Cook and (ii) $500.00 from BVBHC to the AKC Canine Health Foundation both to be dedicated to Basset-specific research. Peter then offered a friendly challenge to all BHCA member clubs to match or exceed Berkshire Valley’s contribution to the AKC/CHF.

Also at the open meeting, Joe Speiser proposed that Article 5, item 5 of the Bylaws be changed to include service to the breed to service to the club as criteria for life membership, instead of as published. And, he suggested the board consider placing a deadline on receipt of an application from the region expected to host a given future Nationals, so that alternate bids could be extended should no acceptable offer from that region be submitted, instead of as published. He said this would facilitate obtaining alternative offers, given the increasing demand by potential host hotels for booking far in advance of the actual date.

At the annual meeting, Peter Bach announced that Berkshire Valley Basset Hound Club had sent AKC donations of (i) $150.00 received by the club from her friends and colleagues in memory of their late member, Susan Cook and (ii) $500.00 from BVBHC, both for the AKC Canine Health Foundation to be dedicated to Basset breed-specific research. Peter reissued his friendly challenge to all BHCA member clubs to match or exceed Berkshire Valley’s contribution to the AKC/CHF.

Motion made by McDonald, seconded by Nance. Passed unanimously.

The following motions were discussed, voted on and approved via email.  No motions were defeated in the period since the last minutes.

MOTION 13-02 - That the AKC Delegate’s hotel expenses of $350.76 be reimbursed for the AKC Delegate meetings held in Orlando, FL.  Moved by Williams, seconded by Steedle.  Yes - Williams, McDonald, McCullagh, Engle, Makowski, Steedle, Nance, Barringer, Svizeny, Russell.

MOTION 14-02 - That BHCA renew its AKC New Titles subscription for 2002 through paper distribution and that the Board approve payment of $198 for such renewal.  The subscription as in the past will be mailed to the chair of the Awards committee.  Moved by Williams, seconded by Nance.  Yes - Williams, McDonald, Engle, Makowski, Steedle, Nance, Barringer, Svizeny, Russell; No - McCullagh.

MOTION 15-02 - To approve the application/request to hold a BHCA Regional (Western Section), to be jointly sponsored by the Basset Hound Clubs of Portland and Greater Seattle and the Emerald Empire Basset Hound Fanciers, as part of the Basset Hound Northwest Cluster, and held on Monday July 29th, 2002, at the Howard Johnson Hotel, Portland, OR.  Moved by Svigeny; seconded by McCullagh. Yes - Williams, McDonald, McCullagh, Engle, Makowski, Steedle, Nance, Barringer, Svizeny, Russell.

MOTION 1602 - That the memberships of John & Susan Kammerer, Tony & Tina Stratton, and Carl & Virginia Degner be reinstated pursuant to Article II, Section 4 (b) of the By-laws.  Moved by Williams, seconded by Svizeny.  Yes - Williams, McDonald, McCullagh, Engle, Makowski, Steedle, Nance, Barringer, Svizeny, Russell.

MOTION 1702 - To rescind BHCA Board of Directors Motion # 78-01. (MOTION # 78-01 “The BHCA roster will include a list of members who are eligible to judge Bassets. Those member judges that meet the AKC definition of “Breeder Judge” will be so designated in the designation “Breeder Judge” in the roster. Will also be shown on the list of Judges eligible for the BHCA Nationals.)  Moved by McCullagh, seconded by Svizeny. Passed by required two-thirds majority.  Yes - McCullagh, Nance, Barringer, McDonald, Williams, Svizeny, Engle;  No - Steedle, Makowski, Russell.

MOTION 18-02 - That the Board approve the one-time price adjustments on Country Store inventory proposed by Ellen Bach.  Moved by Steedle, seconded by McDonald.  Yes - Williams, McDonald, McCullagh, Engle, Makowski, Steedle, Nance, Barringer, Svizeny, Russell.

MOTION 19-02 (a) - That Paul and DiAnne Naros be reinstated pursuant to Article II, Section 4;  and, 1902 (b) that Emory W. Parsons, Jr. be reinstated pursuant to Article II, Section 4 (b). Moved by Williams, seconded by Svizeny. Yes - Williams, McDonald, McCullagh, Engle, Makowski, Steedle, Nance, Barringer, Svizeny, Russell.

MOTION 20-02 - That Keith and Donna Klawinski be reinstated to membership pursuant to Article II, Section 4 (b) of the By-Laws.  Motion by Williams; second by McCullagh. Yes - Nance, Williams, Svizeny, Engle, Russell, Makowski, Barringer, Steedle.  Abstaining - McDonald, McCullagh.

MOTION 2-102 -  That the membership of Dawn VanKeuren and Richard Goldstein be reinstated pursuant to Article II, Section 4(b).  Moved by Williams, seconded by Svizeny.  Yes - Williams, Engle, Makowski, Steedle, Nance, Svizeny, Russell, Barringer.  Abstain - McCullagh, McDonald. 

MOTION 22-02 - To approve NCBHC for a Regional Specialty on Saturday evening, September 7th, 2002 at the Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds, Petaluma, CA, to be held in conjunction with NCBHC Specialty on September 6, 2002, and the Redwood Empire KC show.  Moved by Svizeny, seconded by Nance.  Yes - Williams, McDonald, McCullagh, Engle, Makowski, Steedle, Nance, Svizeny, Russell, Barringer. 

MOTION 23-02 - To individually approve applicants previously published in the Nov/Dec 2001 Tally-Ho. Moved by Svizeny, seconded by McDonald.  Yes - Williams, McDonald, McCullagh, Engle, Makowski, Steedle, Nance, Svizeny, Russell, Barringer. 

In addition to discussing matters relevant to the above motions, the board gave much consideration to issues including an applicable BHCA definition of the term breeder-judge and the club’s uses of such definition, and of the terms of BHCA membership standing related to late payment of dues and the current 90-day grace period.

The following motions were adopted via email since the last minutes were reported:

MOTION 24-02 - That Shirley Carpenter-Castonguay is reinstated pursuant to Article II, Section 4 (b). Moved by Williams; seconded by McCullagh. Yes - Russell, Makowski, Williams, Svizeny, Engle, Barringer, Nance, McDonald, Steedle; abstaining – McDonald, McCullagh

MOTION 25-02 - That Ellen Bach be given the authority to order 500 BHCA decals at the price quoted in her proposal of 2/8/02 and to sell them for $2 each. Moved by Steedle; seconded by Nance. Yes - Russell, Makowski, Williams, Svizeny, Engle, Barringer, Nance, McDonald, Steedle, McCullagh

MOTION 26-02 - To approve corrected/revised FTAC field trial date schedule to include BHC of Portland, OR, June 1-2, 2002. Moved by Svizeny; seconded by McCullagh. Yes - Russell, Makowski, Williams, Svizeny, Engle, Barringer, Nance, McDonald, Steedle, McCullagh

MOTION 27-02 - That the Board approve the payment of the roster cost of $2,200 for printing and $399.61 for postage and other costs incurred. Moved by Williams; seconded by Svizeny. Yes - Russell, Makowski, Williams, Svizeny, Engle, Barringer, Nance, McDonald, Steedle, McCullagh

SPRING BOARD MEETING MINUTES

The spring meeting of the board of directors convened at 7:23 p.m. on Friday, March 15, in Detroit, MI. Present - Frederiksen, Russell, Makowski, Williams, Svizeny, Engle, Barringer, Nance, McDonald, Steedle. Absent – McCullagh, excused due to prior commitment.

MOTION 28-02 - Minutes of last meeting approved as published. Moved by McDonald, seconded by Nance

The president then opened the agenda for the meeting. The first item was appointing BHCA representatives to attend the AKC Parent Club Conference in October ’02.

MOTION 29-02 - That Randy Frederiksen, president, and Thad Makowski, vice president, attend the AKC Parent Club Conference, with Richard Nance serving as an alternate. Moved by Steedle, seconded by McDonald. Yes - Russell, Makowski, Williams, Svizeny, Engle, Barringer, Nance, McDonald, Steedle. Not voting – McCullagh

MOTION 30-02 – That all resolutions of the board of directors adopted by email vote and all actions taken in relation hereto by and hereby are approved and ratified. Moved by Steedle, second by Nance. Yes - Russell, Makowski, Williams, Svizeny, Engle, Barringer, Nance, McDonald, Steedle. Not voting – McCullagh

The meeting reconvened at 8:50 a.m. on March 16. Business began with a resolution, as follows:

MOTION 31-02 – Resolved, that the board commends BHCA members, chaired by Ellen Ferguson, for the Meet the Breeds exhibit at the AKC/Eukanuba American Dog Classic in December ’01. Moved by Williams, seconded by Nance. Yes - Russell, Makowski, Williams, Svizeny, Engle, Barringer, Nance, McDonald, Steedle. Not voting – McCullagh

MOTION 32-02 – To accept the three- and six-month financial report, covering the period ending February 28, 2002, submitted by the treasurer. Moved by Nance, seconded by Barringer. Yes - Russell, Makowski, Williams, Svizeny, Engle, Barringer, Nance, McDonald, Steedle. Not voting – McCullagh

MOTION 33-02 – To accept the 2001 Nationals final financial report. Moved by Russell, seconded by Makowski. Yes - Russell, Makowski, Williams, Svizeny, Engle, Barringer, Nance, McDonald, Steedle. Not voting – McCullagh

MOTION 34-02 – To accept the financial report of the 2001 Futurity. Moved by Barringer, seconded by Makowski. Yes - Russell, Makowski, Williams, Svizeny, Engle, Barringer, Nance, McDonald, Steedle. Not voting – McCullagh

MOTION 34-02A – BHCA trophies, ribbons and prizes as listed in the premium list will be presented in the ring to the handler of the dog. There will be no duplication of any BHCA award. Moved by Williams, seconded by Barringer. Yes - Russell, Makowski, Williams, Svizeny, Engle, Barringer, Nance, McDonald, Steedle. Not voting – McCullagh

MOTION 35-02 – To approve up to $500 to upgrade BHCA’s publishing software and acquire a rewriteable CD-ROM. Moved by Williams, seconded by Nance. Yes - Russell, Makowski, Williams, Svizeny, Engle, Barringer, Nance, McDonald, Steedle. Not voting – McCullagh

MOTION 36-02 – That eight pages will provide information on and promotion of the upcoming Nationals, to be coordinated between the Tally-Ho editor and a designee of the Nationals committee. Moved by Barringer, seconded by Williams. Yes - Russell, Williams, Svizeny, Engle, Barringer, Nance, McDonald, Steedle. No – Makowski. Not voting – McCullagh

MOTION 37-02 – That 50% of the net proceeds of the BHCA Ways and Means raffle be donated to the AKC Canine Health Foundation/Basset Hound Donor Advised Fund. Moved by Steedle, seconded by Svizeny. Yes - Russell, Makowski, Williams, Svizeny, Engle, Barringer, Nance, McDonald, Steedle. Not voting – McCullagh

MOTION 38-02: To adjourn at 8:00 p.m. EST, April 8, and to resume on April 9, 8:00 a.m. EST. Moved by McCullagh, seconded by Nance. Yes - Engle, Svizeny, McDonald, McCullagh, Nance, Williams. No - Makowski, Steedle. Not voting - Barringer, Russell.

MOTION 39-02: To accept all candidates listed in the Jan/Feb Tally-Ho with two sponsors into BHCA membership. Moved by Svizeny; seconded by Engle. Yes - Makowski, Williams, Engle, Nance, McCullagh, Steedle, Svizeny, Russell, McDonald. Not voting - Barringer.

MOTION 40-02: To pay the tax preparation fee of $300. Moved by McDonald; seconded by McCullagh. Yes - Makowski, Engle, Nance, McCullagh, Steedle, Svizeny, Russell, McDonald. Abstaining - Williams. Not voting - Barringer.

MOTION 41-02: That Version 3 of the minutes be printed in the current issue of Tally Ho. Moved by Williams, seconded by McDonald. Yes - Russell, Makowski, Williams, Engle, Steedle, McDonald, Svizeny, Barringer. No - McCullagh. Abstaining - Nance,

MOTION 42-02: To approve payment of $406 premium renewal for BHCA general liability insurance coverage (Sportsmen’s Insurance Agency of Cape Vincent, NY). Moved by Williams, seconded by Nance. Yes - Williams, Nance, Steedle, Makowski, Svizeny, Engle, McCullagh, Russell, McDonald. Not voting - Barringer.

MOTION 43-02A - To clarify the Recording Secretary’s minutes of the Spring Board meeting regarding the discussion held defining the duties of the Education Committees, I move that we remove - “Education related to Basset health will be assumed by the health and research committee. A member education committee will be responsible for providing information in areas including field trailing, obedience, agility, hunt tests, conformation competition and tracking, and Basset maintenance and hygiene,” and insert - The current Research Committee will cover health issues relating to genetic disease and disorders. A Member Education Committee will cover health issues relating to health maintenance and genetics as it relates to conformation issues for breeders and will be responsible for providing information in areas including field trailing, obedience, agility, hunt tests, conformation competition and tracking. Moved by Svizeny; seconded by Williams. Yes - Williams, Engle, Svizeny, McDonald, Nance, Russell, Barringer. Abstaining - McCullagh, Makowski. Not voting - Steedle.

MOTION 43-02B - That the current Research Committee be renamed the Health and Research Committee to more accurately reflect the new role it encompasses. Moved by Svizeny; seconded by Williams. Yes - Williams, Engle, Svizeny, McDonald, Nance, Russell, Barringer, McCullagh. Abstaining - Makowski. Not voting - Steedle.

MOTION 44-02: That the Board approve the payment of $4,912 to Grunwald Printing, Corpus Christi, Texas for printing of 2000 copies of the Illustrated Standard. Moved by Williams, seconded by Svizeny. Yes - Makowski, Williams, Nance, Steedle, Svizeny, Engle, McCullagh, Russell, McDonald. Not voting - Barringer.
 

Respectfully submitted,
Vicki Steedle, Recording Secretary

Following are the motions considered by the board since the last report:

MOTION 45-02

MOTION 46-02

Allen, Emelita M./Wayne L.
Bonaccorso, Robert F./Jane L.
Flowers, Karen/James
Gerasenkov, Andrey/Ferdman, Diana
Ginsberg, Nancy/Gregg
LeBlanc, Kim/Clark

Moved by Svizeny; seconded by McDonald.   Yes - Barringer, Engle, Steedle, McDonald, McCullagh, Makowski, Russell, Nance, Williams, Svizeny.

MOTION 47-02

MOTION 48-02

MOTION 49-02

MOTION 50-02

Baumann, Barbara E. Henry,
Gail M. Knotts,
Jerry W. Roden,
Brenda J. Warner,
Betsy Alexander,
Bob C/Katherine J.
Janiec, Kenneth C/ Judi
Russell, Dr. Sally Kolitz/Russell, Dr. Elbert
Thompson, Brett A/Stacy B.
Abbott, Bobby/Julsing, Paul

Moved by Svizeny; seconded by McCullagh.  Yes - Williams, McCullagh, McDonald, Engle, Svizeny, Steedle, Nance, Russell, Makowski.  Not  voting - Barringer.

MOTION 51-02 - To approve the application for a Regional Tracking Test sponsored by the Dal-Tex BHC, to be held at Northern Crossing, Haltom City, TX, for 4 TD and 4 TDX on 2/3/03.  Moved by Svizeny;  seconded by Engle.  Yes - Williams, McCullagh, McDonald, Engle, Svizeny, Steedle, Russell. Abstaining - Nance. Not voting - Barringer, Makowski

ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS

As no petition for inclusion on the ballot was received by the deadline of July 15, there will be no ballot for club officers and directors this year.  The slate presented by the nominating committee will be installed at the annual meeting.  Balloting will be conducted to choose conformation judges for the 2003 Nationals, and that ballot can be found in this issue.

ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting of the Basset Hound Club of America will be held on Saturday, October 12, immediately following the annual dinner at the Holiday Inn, 2480 Jonathan Moore Pike. Columbus, Indiana.  Members who choose not to attend the dinner are encouraged to attend the meeting.

Respectfully submitted,
Vicki Steedle