Conference Call
The meeting was called to order at 7:35 pm by the President.
Prior
Meeting Minutes: Motion by
Susan and seconded by Cynthia that the minutes from the last Board meeting be
approved as written. Motion passed.
OFFICER
REPORTS
President: No report.
Vice President:
No report.
Past President: No report.
Recording
Secretary: No report.
Corresponding Secretary: Received request from Sun Maid Kennel Club
to sponsor award for Best Jr. handler (we did this in 2004). After discussion, motion made by Cynthia and
seconded by Heather for NCPC to send a $50.00 donation to sponsor the award for
Best Jr. handler competition at the Sun Maid Kennel Club.
Richmond Kennel Club – does our club want to sponsor agility
or rally at their show next year? It
will probably be too hot to do agility.
Would the rally be for pugs only?
Or all breed? Cynthia will
contact Wanda for more information and to answer our questions.
Wanda also asked if we wanted to use the same area for our
club picnic at the 2006 show and Cynthia will let her know we would like to
reserve it.
Treasurer Report: Susan reported she received letters from the two rescue organizations thanking us for the recent donations. One letter explained how our donated funds will be used. Susan will scan the letters and email a copy to the Board.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Benched Show:
Donna will collect entries at the Specialty. She will send out one more email reminder to the club
members. She plans to hand-deliver our
club’s entries on November 1st.
Good Sportsmanship Award: The committee has picked the recipient and
Jim ordered the plaque for presentation at our Specialty dinner.
Historian:
Are we sending copies of our newsletter to the PDCA Historian? Jim will add the Historian’s name to the
mailing labels.
Pugtacular: The insurance for the event is
all set and we sent in our $600 (refundable) deposit for the facility plus $925
for the rental of the room, tables, chairs and bleachers. We may need to look into holding the event
in another location next year, if we can find a less expensive rental fee. Also some discussion on changing the date
for next year’s event.
Donna is thinking of doing three
large baskets for the auction, each with a different theme. If anyone has items they wish to donate to
the Pugtacular auction, bring them to the Specialty.
Susan suggested we do a B-Match
before the Pugtacular to try to bring in more show people to the event. Everyone liked the idea and but we can’t do
it until next year as we need to get AKC approval for a match.
Some discussion of the Pugtacular
website and updating to reflect the Santa photos are being done by Jim and not
the same photographer as last year.
Donna will call Cheryl and ask her to make the changes.
We will have a combined “Public
Education/Membership” table at both the Pugtacular and Specialty.
Specialty: Discussion of Parade of Title Holders –
suggestion to handout a ticket to everyone in attendance for a drawing, with
the drawing held after the Parade of Title Holders, and the winner must be present
to win. Joanne will bring a
paper/ticket to use and Steve Clark will handout the tickets/stamp hands of
those who have entered the drawing. We
have a nice basket left over from the Nationals (which is missing a bottle of
wine -- Joanne will donate a bottle to replace it) we can use as the prize for
the drawing.
Donna plans to start decorating around 1:00 pm on Friday and
needs volunteers to help setup.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS -- 2008 Nationals
Presentation. Danielle
and Susan did a fabulous job on the presentation. The PDCA board said it was a great presentation, however, they
felt there were a couple of key issues that prevented them from presenting it
to the PDCA members. They asked us to
rethink the items they questioned and bring them another presentation in March
2006. Our current compromise/proposal
would be to (1) Go back to the Marriott to continue negotiations to lower room
rate to around $100, and (2) For show chairpersons, Danielle Campi for the NCPC
Specialty, Donna Manha for the Regional Specialty and Donnelle Richards for the
PDCA Specialty. All show chairs would
be under the umbrella of Donnelle. We
would hold our Specialty on Monday, the Regional on Tuesday, and the PDCA
Specialty starting on Wednesday.
Some discussion of formally withdrawing the current proposal
with a letter to the PDCA President before we resubmit a proposal in
March. Jim will work with Susan on
this.
Motion was made by Donna and seconded by Joanne that NCPC
reimburse all expenses by Danielle Campi and Susan Phillips incurred to prepare
and present the presentation to the PDCA board. Motion unanimously approved.
NEW BUSINESS
-- None
Next meeting is a general membership meeting on October 23,
2005 at Del Valle Kennel Club show in Pleasanton, immediately following pug
judging; location to be announced.
Motion to adjourn by Susan and seconded by Heather. Meeting adjourned at 9:13 pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Joanne Clark
Recording Secretary