Resolution Index 2000-06

ADMINISTRATION

00-11 Appointed Janine Fiorito to reconcile monthly bank statements and verify Treasurer's accounting of activity.

03-93 Appointed Brian Rex to reconcile bank statements and verify Treasurer’s accounting of activity.

MY 04-14 Treasurer to apply for a business credit card with MBNA America. Monthly statements to be reviewed as part of the monthly GRCA bank statements.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

MY 00-23 Approved an increase in the hourly compensation rate for the Membership Administrator from $10 to $11 per hour and approved an increase in the hourly compensation rate for the Administrative Assistant from $13 to $14 per hour.

MY 03-22 Increased compensation for Jolene Carey from $14 an hour to $15 an hour.

03-68 Authorized GRCA Administrative Assistant to acquire new FAX machine for GRCA with costs not to exceed $350.

MY 05-32 Adopted Job Performance Review document to be used yearly for contracted positions and as needed for others.

NS06-69 Raised salary of Administrative Assistant to $20.00 per hour.

AGILITY

MY 01-27 Adopted new guidelines for calculating agility statistics by approving that the Agility Statistician will record the rankings of only the top 25 Excellent B dogs in Standard and Excellent B Jumpers with Weaves with jump heights (20 inches and 24 inches) combined, by year-to-date MACH points and double Q's.

01-44 Created the title of Agility Dog Hall of Fame, to be abbreviated ADHF, and established the criteria for earning the title.

01-50 Amended Resolution 01-44, Agility Dog Hall of Fame.

01-53 Amended the job description of the Agility Statistician to include annual
computation of the Agility Hall of Fame listing.

03-116 Authorized Statistician for the Agility Dog Hall of Fame to purchase yearly agility report from AKC at a cost not to exceed $125 per year.

04-73 Approved job description for Statistician—Agility Hall of Fame

AKC CANINE HEALTH FOUNDATION
(See Also Golden Retriever Foundation—Grants)

00-52 Authorized Rhonda Hovan to sign AKC Canine Health Foundation documents necessary to complete the funding on Grant Proposals Nos. 2012, 2025, 2038, and 2044. She will also be responsible for receiving progress reports from these studies and bringing such information back to the Board and the GRCA membership.

00-69 Authorized the President to send a letter to the AKC Canine Health Foundation stating that GRCA supports and plans to fund an approved study of Cricopharyngeal Dysphagia (CPD) as quickly as possible.

01-40 Requested Barb Rollins and Dr. Ann Hubbs to represent GRCA at the 2001 National Parent Club Health Conference on October 19-21, 2001, and authorized reimbursement for a portion of their expenses not to exceed $1,000.

NS 02-77 Transferred control of the Buckmann Fund within the AKC Canine Health Foundation to the Golden Retriever Foundation and directed the President to notify the Canine Health Foundation in writing of the change in management.

05-87 Authorized Christine Miele and Ann Hubbs to represent GRCA at the AKC Canine Health Seminar in October, 2005, combined costs not to exceed $800.

AKC INVITATIONAL

02-01 Reimbursed Sally Ray for expenses for GRCA educational booth at AKC Invitational up to $300.

NS 02-71 Authorized Sally Ray to set up and staff Educational Booth at the AKC Classic on Dec. 11, 2002, in Orlando, FL.

03-104 Reimburse Barbara Branstad for expenses not to exceed $500 to attend AKC Invitational Show and man “Meet the Breeds” booth.

04-63 Appointed Margie Sarkin to organize and staff the GRCA educational booth at the AKC Invitational Show on January 15-16, 2005. Reimburse Margie Sarkin for expenses not to exceed $300.

05-92 Appointed Margie Sarkin to organize and staff the GRCA educational booth at the AKC Invitational Show in Jan. 2006; costs not to exceed $300.

06-40 GRCA to sponsor medallions at the AKC/Eukanuba National Championships for BOB, BOS, Best Bred By at a total cost of $75 and for Top Performing Golden Retriever in the agility and obedience trials at a total cost of $90.

06-76 Linda Shipman requested to organize and staff the GRCA educational booth at the AKC Invitational show; reimbursement for expenses not to exceed $300.

ALL BREED FIELD TRIAL

01-63 Approved GRC of Greater St. Louis to hold a Derby/Qualifying Field Trial
on June 1 & 2, 2002.

04-06 GRC of Greater St. Louis approved to hold all-breed Derby/Qualifying stakes on September 24-26, 2004.

04-106 Approved GRC of Greater St. Louis as host of the GRCA all-breed field trial on March 25-27, 2005.

05-60 Approved GRC of Greater St. Louis to hold GRCA all-breed field trial March 24-26, 2006.

06-03 Greater St. Louis approved to hold Derby/Qualifying stakes at all-breed field trial Sept. 29-30. 2006. Motion withdrawn, conflicted with national.

06-75 Approved GRC of Greater St. Louis to host Spring All-breed field trial on March 23-25 at Busch Wildlife Area

ARCHIVES

00-71 Authorized purchase of two historical binders for the GRCA Archives at a cost of $40.00.

MY 03-16 Adopted the Archivist Committee job description

MY 05-24 Appointed Anne Shannon as new Archivist.

05-70 Purchased archival items from Carole Johnson at a cost of $900

05-75 Authorized Carole Johnson to transport the archives to Colorado at a cost of $.405 per mile

06-46 Authorized GRCA Archivist to purchase an Epson Perfection 4490 flatbed scanner at a cost not to exceed $250.

AUCTIONS

02-99 Adopted policy regarding the purchase of Golden Retrievers at auction recommended by National Rescue Committee.

BACK ISSUES

02-33 Increased price of back issues of GR News to $20 US and Canada and $40 for foreign countries

04-72 Approved job description for Back Issues Agent.

04-108 Appointed Kathy Fregelette as Back Issues Agent.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

00-05 Approved holding Mid-Year Meeting April 8-9, 2000, in Minneapolis, MN.

01-01 Established date of Mid-Year Board Meeting to be held in Kansas City, MO on March 10-11, 2001.

01-124 2002 Midyear Meeting of GRCA’s Board of Directors be held in Chicago, IL on March 9-10 at the Chicago Sheraton Hotel.

02-30 Adopted Board of Directors Code of Conduct.

02-31 Adopted Conflict of Interest Policy Statement.

02-96 Mid-year meeting to be in Chicago, March 8-9, 2003.

03-57 GRCA to pay full cost of hotel rooms for Board members attending the National Specialty. Should the room be shared with a person other than a spouse or significant other, that person will reimburse GRCA for one half the cost of the room. Replaced by Reimbursement policy.

03-103 Mid-Year Board meeting to be in Chicago Feb. 28-29, 2004

04-97 Set 2005 Midyear meeting for April 9-10 in Denver, Colorado

05-119 Midyear meeting to be held March 18-19, 2006 in Chicago. 

BREED EDUCATION COMMITTEE

NS 03-74 Accepted proposals of Educational Programs Task Force (proposed Breed Education Committee.)

03-97 Dissolved Educational Programs Committee and replaced it with new Breed Education Committee.

MY 04-16 Adopted schedule of staggered terms for Breed Education Committee.

04-99 Revised NS 03-74, Breed Education Committee, to allow for more flexibility in appointing subcommittee members.

06-38 Approved the revised committee description for the Breed Education Committee.

06-78 Approved job description for the Breed Education Committee Design Group.

BREED EDUCATION COMMITTEE--PERSONNEL

MY 04-27 Appointed partial Breed Education Committee as follows:

Member Ed Subcommittee: Diane Roman, Hach Hachtel.
Breeder Ed Subcommittee: Gloria Kerr, Linda Willard, Janice Provenzano
Judges Ed Subcommittee: Linda Stebbins, Ainslie Mills, Marcia Schlehr.

04-39 Appointed additional members to the Breed Education Committee:

Breeder Ed Subcommittee: Helene Friedwald, Ellen Wilson
Judges’ Ed Subcommittee: Kathy Chase, Glenda Brown

04-65 Appointed additional members to the Member Education Subcommittee of the Breed Education Committee: Diane Roman, Romaine Halupa, Lisa Weinberg, Cynthia Pischke, Helen Dorrance.

04-70 Appointed Ainslie Mills as interim Chair of the Judges’ Education Subcommittee

05-05 Appointed Cathie Turner as Technical Support Chair for Breed Education Committee.

05-10 Appointed members of the Field Education Subcommittee of the BEC:

Kathryn Newman Bornhofen, Chair; Jim Drager, Lisa Hartfield, Danette Weich, and Ann Strathern.

05-12 Appointed Nancy Talbott to the Judges’ Education Subcommittee.

05-13 Appointed Ainslie Mills as permanent Chair of the Judges Education Subcommittee

05-45 Appointed Linda Willard as interim chair of Breeder Ed Subcommittee.

05-78 Appointed Nancy Kelly and Eileen Oshiro to Breeders’ Education Subcommittee.

05-79 Appointed Linda Willard as Chair of Breeders’ Education Subcommittee

05-86 Appointed Linda Atwell as Chair of the Breed Education Committee.

06-12 Appointed Ellen Hardin as a member of the Breeders’ Education Subcommittee.

06-34 Appointed Brian Smith to the Breeder Education Subcommittee of the BEC.

BREED STANDARD COMMITTEE

MY 03-10 Tabled approval of Breed Standard Committee job description and guidelines until completion of the work of the Educational Programs Task Force.

04-02 Adopted job description for the Breed Standard Committee.

BUDGET

NS 02-81 Approved annual budget

NS 03-71 Approved budget for 2004.

NS 04-91 Approved 2005 budget as amended.

NS 05-102 Accepted Report of Treasurer 

NS 06-67 Approved budget for 2007 as amended

BYLAWS

MY 01-11 Bylaws, Article I, Section 2D.

Recommends adoption of the proposed change: To encourage and conduct sanctioned matches, specialty shows, field trials, obedience trials, tracking tests, agility events and hunting tests under the rules of the American Kennel Club.

MY 01-12 Bylaws, Article II, Section A: Individual.

Recommends adoption of the proposed change: Delete from the fifth sentence the words "two weeks" (pertaining to the time frame during which a Director can object to an applicant for membership) and substitute the words "thirty days".

MY 01-13 Bylaws, Article III, Section 1 A: Terms of Office.

Referred back to the Bylaws Committee for further clarification: Adding the following to. the fifth sentence of Section 1 A "... except that the Board may adjust the length of the term of office of a Vice President position which is to be filled in order that the terms of office of the Vice Presidents remain staggered."

MY 01 -14 Bylaws, Article III, Section 1 A(2)

Recommends the adoption of the proposed change: "(2) no member may hold an office or remain on the Board for more than six consecutive official years, except that serving less than twelve months of an unexpired term shall not be considered as one of the six."

MY 01-15 Article III, Section 1 A: Terms of Office (3):

The committee advises the proposed amendment "If an incumbent Officer or Director accepts nomination for a different office, either by the Nominating Committee or by petition, prior to the expiration of his or her current term of office, he or she shall automatically resign the current office, effective as of the Annual Meeting" is unacceptable to the American Kennel Club and thus recommends this amendment not be approved.

MY 01-16 Article III, Section 1 B(l)

Eligibility for the Board of Directors:

Committee recommends amending this section to read: "B. ELIGIBILITY FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: (1) No person may be elected to the Board who has not been a member of the Club in good standing for a minimum period of four consecutive years as of the date of the applicable election." Board recommends the adoption of this proposed amendment.

MY 01-17 Article III, Section 1 B (2): The Committee recommends amending this section with the addition of the following paragraph: "No employee of the Club or person who supplies goods or services to the club by contract or agreement, nor a family member of such person, shall be eligible for nomination or election to the Board of Directors until at least one election has passed from the time that such person or his or her family member has ceased providing goods or services to the Club. For these purposes a "family member" is defined as a spouse, son, daughter, father, mother, brother, sister, it not being a requirement that the persons involved reside within the same household." The Board recommended that this proposal be referred back to the Committee for further clarification in the wording of paragraph (2).

MY 01-18 Article VI, Section 1. A - The Committee recommends not approving the proposal to change the fiscal year to begin on the first day of July each year and to end on the thirtieth day of June the following year. The Board does not wish to adopt this amendment.

MY 01-19 Article VI, Section 3 - The Committee recommends the following: That Article VI, Section 3, of the bylaws be amended by changing the lettering of subsection D. thereof to E. and by inserting a new subsection D. to read: "D. IN THE EVENT OF A TIE VOTE: If there is a tie vote among the candidates who have received the highest number of votes for a Board position, no vacancy in the position shall be deemed to have occurred. In that event, a runoff election shall be held with the membership to vote to break the tie. An incumbent shall remain in office until replaced through the run-off process. The Board of Directors shall set a date for that election which shall be as close in date to the previous annual meeting as is reasonably possible, but the date shall not be more than ninety days after the Annual Meeting. The Board, not later than fourteen days after the Annual Meeting, shall appoint not less than six or more than twelve inspectors of election and six alternates from among the Club members in good standing and shall designate one of them as Chief Inspector of Elections. Not less than thirty-two days prior to the runoff election date, the Secretary shall send a ballot to each member in good standing who was eligible to vote in the previous election. The ballot shall list the named candidates in alphabetical order and contain an instruction that a member shall vote for one of the candidates. All other ballot requirements shall be as indicated in Bylaws Article VI." The Board recommends the adoption of the proposed amendment.

MY 01-20 Article VII - Discipline, Section 2 - The Committee reviewed a proposal to provide alternate means for the resolution of disputes that arise from the filing of a charge by a Club Member against another Club Member. It also considered extending the time frame for the setting of a hearing to not less than thirty days or more than ninety days from the date that the Board accepts jurisdiction of a charge. The Board recommends that this proposal be referred back to the Committee for further clarification.

MY 01-21 Recommended that another bylaws change be made to the Sections regarding Elections that would allow for an electronic vote in the future.

MY 01-30 Recommend to the Bylaws Committee the adoption of a change to Article I, Section 2 of the Bylaws as follows: E. To encourage and assist breed specific rescue operations as a humane and charitable endeavor.

NS 01-85 Recommended the adoption of the proposed amendment to Article I, Section 2 D of the Bylaws by inserting the words "agility events" after the word "tracking" in the first sentence of Section D.

NS 01-86 Recommended the adoption of the second proposed amendment to Article I, Section 2 D of the Bylaws, by inserting the words "and regulations" after the word "rules" in the first sentence of Section D.

NS 01-87 Recommended the adoption of the third proposed amendment to Article I, Section 2 D by removing the period at the end of the section and replacing it with a semi-colon.

NS 01-88 Recommended the adoption of the proposed amendment to Article I, Section 2 of the bylaws by adding the following: "E. To encourage and assist rescue operations that involve the Golden Retriever."

NS 01-89 Recommended the adoption of the proposed change to Article II, Section 2 A of the bylaws by deleting from the fifth sentence the words "two weeks" and by substituting the words "thirty days" in place thereof.

NS 01-90 Recommended the adoption of the proposed change to Article III, Section A of the bylaws so that the fifth and sixth sentence of said Section shall read "Each Vice-President shall be elected for a term of two Official Years except that the Board, by resolution, may adjust the length of the term of office of the Vice- President position which is to be filled in order that the terms of office of the Vice-Presidents remain staggered to the reasonable extent possible. Any adjustment shall not be more than a period of twelve months in duration. Motion was rescinded by Res. 02-21.

NS 01-92 Recommended the adoption of the Amendment to Section 1 B, to read: "B. ELIGIBILITY FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (2) No person may be elected to the Board of Directors who has not been a member of the club in good standing for a minimum of four consecutive years prior to the election."

NS 01-93 The second and third sentences of "B. Eligibility for the Board of Directors will be moved to create Subsection (2) to read as follows: "(2) Only one person from an individual household may be nominated to serve on the Board at any one time. Board members shall be residents of the United States of America.”

NS 01-94 Approved that the proposed amendment to Article III, Section 1 B (guidelines as to what constitutes a conflict of interest) is unnecessary and dropping it from consideration.

NS 01-95 Recommended the adoption of an amendment to Article VI, Section 3 A by adding the following sentence to the end of Section A: "It shall designate one of the inspectors as Chief Inspector of Elections."

NS 01-96 Recommended the adoption of an amendment which would add the following paragraph to the end of Section 3 B, of Article VI:

"When permitted by the Colorado Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act or revisions thereto, the Board of Directors may contract with a vendor for the electronic receipt and tabulation of ballots provided member eligibility is verified and confidentiality and integrity of the voting process is maintained." Rescinded by Resolution 01-125 - unacceptable to AKC.

NS 01-97 Recommended the adoption of an amendment to Article VI, Section 3 of the Bylaws be amended by changing the letter of subsection D. to E., and by inserting a new subsection D. which would provide for procedures to be followed in the case of a tie vote in an election.

NS 01-98 Recommended adoption of an amendment to Article VI, Section 4 Voting: by removing the period from the end of the first sentence in Section 4 and adding ". . . or, with the exception of bylaws amendments, by electronic means if electronic voting at such time is permitted by Colorado law and is authorized y the Board of Directors". Rescinded by Resolution 01-125 - unacceptable to AKC.

NS 01-99 Recommended adoption of a further amendment to Article VI, Section 4 Voting by removing the period from the end of the fourth sentence and adding the words "... or by electronic means if permitted by Colorado Law and when authorized by the Board of Directors. Rescinded by Resolution 01-125 - unacceptable to AKC.

NS 01-100 Recommended the adoption of an amendment to Article VI, Section 4 A by removing the period at the end of the first sentence and adding the words "... or by electronic means if permitted by Colorado law and when authorized by the Board of Directors." Rescinded by Resolution 01-125 - unacceptable to AKC.

NS 01-101 Recommended the adoption of an amendment to Article VII, Section 2 of the bylaws which would increase the deposit required when a member prefers misconduct charges against another member from $10.00 to $50.00.

NS 01-102 Recommended the adoption of an amendment to Article VII, Section 2, whereby the fifth sentence would read "If the Board entertains jurisdiction of the charges it shall fix a date of a hearing not less than thirty days or more than ninety days thereafter by the Board...".

NS 01-103 Recommended the adoption of an amendment to Article VII, Section 2 whereby the fifth sentence would read "If the Board entertains jurisdiction of the charges it shall fix a date of a hearing not less than thirty days or more than ninety days thereafter by the Board or the Board may appoint a committee of three Board members to hear the charges."

NS 01-104 Recommended the adoption of an amendment to Article VIII, Section 2 whereby the sixth sentence to said section would read "The Secretary shall send one copy of the exact charges to the accused member by certified mail, wherein he is directed to appear as cited, together with a notice stating that the accused may personally appear in his own defense and bring witnesses if he wishes."

01-125 Rescinded Resolutions NS 01-96, NS 01-98, NS 01-99 and NS 01-100 passed at the 2001 National Board meetings. (Bylaws amendments determined to be unacceptable to AKC).

02-21 Rescinded Res. 01-90.

BYLAWS COMMITTEE

MY 03-28 Dissolved Bylaws Committee.

MY 04-13 The Board to appoint an ad hoc committee of no more than seven people to examine the Bylaws to identify problems and areas in need of update and to compile a list of recommended changes and/or areas of concern.

04-96 Established Bylaws Revision Committee and appointed the following to it: Cheryl Minnier, Chair; Barbara Branstad, Barb Rollins, Margaret Strowe, and Terry Thornton.

CALENDARS

00-43 Authorized the Central Oklahoma GRC to produce GRCA's 2001 color calendar with printing and service charges not to exceed $15,500.

01-45 Authorized Central Oklahoma GRC to produce GRCA's 2002 color calendar with printing costs and service charges not to exceed $16,000.

MY 02-18 GR News Editor requested to place ad in March/April issue of GR News to sell the remaining 2002 calendars at $6 each.

02-24 Approved printing of 2003 calendar at a cost not to exceed $13,400

02-37 Approved running full-color ad in GR News for 2003 calendar.

03-38 Authorized Central Oklahoma GRC to produce 2004 calendar at a cost not to exceed $14,000.

03-54 GRCA to run full page color advertisement featuring 2004 calendar in GR News

04-60 Authorized Central Oklahoma GRC to produce 2005 color calendar with printing and service charges not to exceed $10,900.

05-64 Authorized Central Oklahoma GRC to produce 1500 2006 calendars at a cost not to exceed $10,000.

06-29 Central Oklahoma GRC authorized to produce 2,000 copies of the 2007 calendar with costs not to exceed $10,900.

CANDIDATES FORUM COMMITTEE  

00-09 Established Annual Candidates Forum to be posted on GRCA’s website and adopted Election Forum Guidelines.

02-28 Appointed members of the 2002 Candidates Forum Committee: Tom Burton, Ginny Gray, Margaret Strowe. Alternates: Linda Shipman, Mike Butler, Joanna Bedford

03-51 Appointed 2003 Candidates Forum Committee: Deborah Donnell, Mike Butler, Linda Shipman, Joanna Bedford.

03-106 Approved updated Election Forum Guidelines.

04-32 Appointed Candidates’ Forum Committee: Debbie Barry, Walt Faubion, Joanna Bedford, Margie Williams.

05-44 Appointed Candidates Forum Committee: Dianne Barnes, Don Carson, Laura Agee

MY 06-28 Appointed 2006 Candidates Forum: Kurt Macauley, Terry Thornton, and Cathy Story.

CERF COMMITTEE

MY 02-10 Disbanded CERF Committee, CERF contact to come under supervision of Health and Genetics Committee.

CERTIFICATE COMMITTEE

00-30 Created a Certificate Committee to facilitate the issuing of GRCA's awarded certificates such as SDHOF, ODHOF, FDHOF, OS/OD, VC/VCX, and WC/WCX and the GRCA Longevity certificate. Such committee has the duties as described and functions as a standing committee with GRCA under Article VII, Section 1 of the Bylaws.

00-31 Appointed Edell Schaefer as Chair of the Certificate Committee.  

CERTIFICATE OF CONFORMATION ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE

03-36 Established task force to research the issues involved a proposed GRCA Conformation Certificate.

NS 03-86 Accepted recommendations of the Conformation Certificate Task Force and that a permanent committee be appointed.

03-112 Appointed Conformation Certificate Assessment Committee members:

Marcia Schlehr, Chair; Robin Bowen, Karen de Cordova, Sheree Farber, Betty Gay, Barb Loree, Linda Stebbins, Terry Thornton, and Gayle Watkins.

04-01 Adopted job description for the Certificate of Conformation Assessment Committee

04-27 Added Certificate of Conformation Assessment program be added to the 2004 National Specialty schedule on Monday, Oct. 11, 2004. Implementation of this program to be turned over to the CCA Committee.

04-28 CCA Committee authorized to print necessary forms and obtain postage and supplies with costs not to exceed $750.

04-64 Adopt and approve the final rules, regulations, score sheets and applications for the Certificate of Conformation Assessment program. To be published in GR News and posted on GRCA website.

04-78 Appointed Barbara Loree as interim chair of the CCA Committee.

04-105 Appointed Barbara Loree as Chair of the Certificate of Conformation Assessment Committee.

05-43 Adopted advertising policy for CCA titles

05-76 Appointed Suzanne Hemminger to the CCA committee.

CHIC

01-68 GRCA will inform the CHF that GRCA will participate in the CHIC program, and that the standard exams required for issuance of CHIC Certificate will be those currently required by the GRCA Code of Ethics (hips, eyes, hearts, elbows) with acceptable findings from OF A, PennHIP, GDC, CERF and board certified cardiologists, and that GRCA will require annual expiration and renewal of CHIC certificates based upon eye exams within 12 months, up to the age of 8 yrs. at which time CHIC certificates will become permanent.

01-114 Clarified GRCA’s requirements for standard examinations required for issuance of a CHIC certificate by requiring that the minimum acceptable age at the time of examination for PennHip evaluations will be 24 months.

CLUB BANNERS

MY-00-17 Authorized purchase of a banner to replace the GRCA's Kansas City GRC banner.

02-51 Created position of Club Banner Chairperson and approved job description.

02-52 Appointed Carolyn Molder as Club Banner Chairperson.

02-89 Authorized purchase of templates of member club flags at a cost not to exceed $1400.

04-33 Club Banner Chairperson authorized to have a replacement flag produced for the New Jersey Pine Barrens GRC, cost not to exceed $350.

MY 05-25 If missing club banners cannot be located by the end of April, the GRCA Treasurer will submit a claim for replacement. Club Banner Chair will be directed to order new replacement banners.

05-62 Authorized Club Banner Chair to replace eight club banners lost at LA specialty at cost not to exceed $1200.

06-50 Approved revised job description for the Club Banner Chair.

06-52 Appointed Jayne Hurkman as Club Banner Chair.

CODE OF ETHICS

01-38 Amend the GRCA Code of Ethics as follows:

iii) possess the following examination reports in order to verify status concerning possible hip dysplasia, hereditary eye or cardiovascular disease, and elbow dysplasia;

d. Elbows - appropriate report from Orthopedic Foundation for Animals; Institute for Genetic Disease Control in Animals; or at minimum a written report from a board-certified veterinary radiologist (Diplomat of the American College of Veterinary Radiologists). Consideration should be given also to other disorders that may have a genetic component, including, but not limited to, epilepsy, hypothyroidism, skin disorders (allergies), and orthopedic disorders such as osteochondritis.

COMMITTEES

NS 00-65 Approved list of Committee Chairs and Appointees.

MY 01-24 Accepted revised job descriptions for the following positions: WC/WCX Recorder. VC/VCX Recorder, Statistician-Agility, Statistician-Field, Statistician—Junior Showmanship, Statistician—Obedience, Statistician- Outstanding Producers, Statistician—Show Dog Hall of Fame.

NS 01-106 Approved the list of Committee Chairs and Appointees for 2002.

NS 02-88 Appointed 2002-2003 Committee Chairs and Appointees.

03-45 Approved Guidelines for Recruitment of Committee Chairpersons.

NS 03-85 Appointed 2003/04 Committee Chairs

NS 04-88 Appointed Committee Chairs and Appointees for 2004-05.

MY 05-32 Adopted Job Performance Review document to be used yearly for contracted positions and as needed for others.

NS 05-107 Rescinded Res. 03-45 and approved new Guidelines for the Establishment of Committees and the Recruitment of Committee Chairs.

NS 05-110 Appointed 2005-06 Committee Chairs and Appointees.

06-06 Added the following to the Guidelines for the Establishment of Committees: Section I H. A committee chair represents GRCA and as such, should only use the committee title when writing on official GRCA business. Using the title for personal opinions or on personal websites is not appropriate.

NS 06-68 Appointed committee chairs for 2006/07.

COPYRIGHT

MY 03-14 Adopted the Copyright Assignment Agreement, Letter to Introduce Permission Agreement, Work for Hire Agreement, and Web Site Copyright Language documents.

03-64 Referred issues that arise regarding possible GRCA copyright infringement or false claims regarding GRCA membership to GRCA Legal Resources Committee for appropriate cease and desist letters.

03-94 No copyrighted material owned exclusively by GRCA shall be used, reprinted, copied, or disseminated by any other person or entity, in whole or in part, without the express written approval of a majority of the Board of Directors of the GRCA.

03-95 Accepted offer from Doral Pub. Co. to put insert into book “The Golden Retriever: An Owner’s Survival Guide” to indicate that portions of this Work were taken from “An introduction to the Golden Retriever” published by GRCA in 1985.

03-96 Adopted copyright statement.

DELEGATE CHAIRMAN

00-08 Established position of Delegate Chairman.

00-12 Appointed Bev Brown as Delegate Chairman

MY 01-22 Delegate Chair will prepare a condensed version of the Delegate Bulletin to be posted on the website and the electronic mailing list for GRCA Delegates. Job description of the Delegate Chair will be amended to reflect this change.

MY 05-40 Abolished position of Delegate Chair

DELEGATES

06-05 Approved updated Delegates Guidelines.

DONATIONS

00-40 Authorized contribution of $100 to the 2001 Art Show at the Dog Show to be awarded to the best entry depicting a Golden Retriever.

00-72 Authorized donation in the amount of $50.00 to the Golden Retriever Foundation in memory of Ms. Frances Hargraves, recently decreased life member.

01-35 Approved the donation of trophies for Best of Breed and Best of Opposite Sex Golden Retrievers for the Field of Champions Dog Club Show, with costs not to exceed $50.00.

01-43 Approved the donation of $100 to the 2001 Master National Hunt Test Auction.

01-109 Authorized a donation in the amount of $ 100.00 to the Zeke Cancer
Fund within the GR Foundation in memory of Gail Lutolf.

01-120 Authorized a donation in the amount of $100.00 to the GRF in memory
of Ludell Beckwith.

02-26 Donation to NorCal Golden Retriever Rescue in memory of Karen Lindstrom in the amount of $50.

02-35 Donation to the Golden Retriever Foundation in the amount of $50 in memory of Tom Congleton.

03-34 Donation to GRF of $50 in memory of Suse Hammond.

03-114 Authorized donation of $50 to Yankee Golden Retriever Rescue in memory of Marjorie Perry.

04-47 Donation of $50 to the Golden Retriever Foundation in memory of Edi Munneke

05-14 Donation of $100 to the GRF in memory of Carol Falberg.

05-59 Donated $50 to GRF in memory of Barbara Lowe.

05-63 Donated the $2000 received from Discovery Communication for the People’s Choice Award at the 2005 National Championships to the GRF.

05-89 Donated $1500 to the AKC-CAR Katrina Fund.

06-01 Donation to the Golden Retriever Foundation of $100 in memory of Marilu Semans.

06-30 Donate $200 to the April Fund of the Golden Retriever Foundation in honor of Maizie Magoffin.

06-32 Donate $100 to the Golden Retriever Foundation in memory of Mrs. Ruth Worrest Otis.

06-37 Donated $100 to the Golden Retriever Foundation in memory of Joanna Bedford.

DUAL DOG HALL OF FAME

03-05 Established Dual Dog Hall of Fame and adopted criteria for same.

03-06 Established position of Dual Dog Hall of Fame Statistician and adopted job description.

03-63 Appointed Trish Miller as Dual Dog Hall of Fame Statistician.

MY 05-33 Combined Statistician—Dual Dog Hall of Fame and Triathalon Coordinator into one position. Job description to be developed later.

EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD
See GR News—Editorial Review Board

EDUCATION COUNCIL

MY 05-26 Established Education Council: chairs of PEC, MEC, JEC, BEC, FEC; Electronic discussion group to be set up.

EDUCATION, ADVERTISING

MY 00-13 Approved a monthly public education advertisement in Dog World magazine.

MY 00-14 Approved discontinuing ad in Retriever Journal.

00-36 Authorized Public Education Coordinator to place an education advertisement in the annual Dogs USA special edition magazine with costs not to exceed $85.

01-07 Approved placing educational advertisement in the annual issue of Puppies, USA at a cost not to exceed $50.00.

01-09 Approved renewal of the one-inch boxed advertisement in Dog Fancy for one year with the cost not to exceed $925.

02-04 Approved advertisement in annual issue of Puppies USA at a cost not to exceed $75

02-50 Approved educational advertisement in Dog World Magazine for 12 issues at a cost not to exceed $500.

EDUCATION, JUDGES

00-35 Requested that Rhonda Hovan represent GRCA at the Judges Study Group during the Astrohall cluster in Houston, Texas, and that she be reimbursed for additional meals and lodging with costs not to exceed $350.

00-37 Requested Jeffrey Pepper attend the seminar sponsored by the American Dog Show Judges Institute and present a program on Golden Retrievers and that a portion of his expenses be reimbursed not to exceed $200.

01-110 Requested Rhonda Hovan to represent GRCA at the St. Louis Dog
Judges symposium and that she be reimbursed a portion of travel
expenses not to exceed $250.00.

01-111 Requested Gloria Kerr to represent GRCA at the Texas Dog Judges
Association symposium, and that she be reimbursed a portion of her travel expenses not to exceed $100.00.

01-112 Requested Ainslie Mills to represent GRCA at the Seattle Dog Judges
symposium, and that she be reimbursed a portion of her travel expenses
with costs not to exceed $250.00.

02-91 GRCA, as a parent club, to encourage AKC to require that judge’s education presentations that qualify towards a judge’s license or approval be required to be “parent-club approved” presentations.

MY 03-08 AKC judges and provisional judges will be allowed to attend judges’ Education seminars at GRCA Regional and National Specialties at no cost. All materials and handouts will also be free. Other attendees will be required to pay appropriate admissions and/or material costs set forth by the club or organization hosting the seminar.

Rescinded by 05-47.

MY 03-19 Reimbursed Pam Oxenberg for a portion of her expenses for presenting a judges’ education seminar with costs not to exceed $250.

03-102 Approved Judy Word to present a slide show program for Judges’ Education using slides from the AKC program and that she be reimbursed not to exceed $150.

04-36 Judges Seminar “Evaluating the Golden Retriever” to be held on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004; program will be based on the AKC slide show and the Certificate of Conformation Assessment program which will include hands-on evaluation of specific dogs; program will be presented by Jeffrey Pepper. Members may attend this program at a cost of $25; rental of Atrium building will not exceed $550.

04-59 Jeffery Pepper to be requested to present an education program on behalf of GRCA at the American Dog Show Judges seminar on August 16, 2004. Mr. Pepper to be reimbursed for costs not to exceed $500.

NS 04-92 Approved purchase of power point program and outline developed by Kathy Lorentzen for $3,000, provided the releases for all photos accompany the program and that Kathy Lorentzen releases all claims to the material.

05-02 Judges’ Education programs for 2005: Western Regional; Central Regional; Eastern Regional; Dog Judges Assoc.; National Specialty. The three regional presentations were cancelled due to lack of registration.

05-47 Rescinded Res. 03-08; Judges Education Subcommittee allowed to charge enough for educational seminars to cover the costs and handouts.

05-54 Authorized restoration and production of two master copies of “Pagey’s video” The Golden Retriever with costs not to exceed $900.

06-11 Authorized Judges’ Education Subcommittee to print 150 copies of the pamphlet At a Glance with costs not to exceed $250.

06-53 Requested Kathy Lorentzen to do a presentation at the Monroe Sporting Dog Club Judges’ Education Seminar; travel and materials not to exceed $150.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS COMMITTEE

00-07 Appointed Joyce Kinghorn Chairman of the Educational Programs Committee.

MY 00-16 Authorized Public Education Coordinator to print 5,000 copies of an educational poster with costs not to exceed $870 and to request funding to produce this poster from the Golden Retriever Foundation.

00-53 Authorized Barb Rollins to make arrangements for renting the audio equipment required for recording and transcribing the Breeders Educational Seminar at the National Specialty. Cost approximately $120.

MY 01-25 Appointed Laurie Doumaux as Educational Programs Committee Chair.

01-48 Approved twenty-five copies of Introduction to the Golden Retriever be provided to Terry Combs for his use in teaching Canine Science Curriculum to other high school teachers

01-51 Requested that Laurie Doumaux, Educational Programs Chairman, attend the 2001 National Specialty in Albuquerque, NM and that she be reimbursed for round-trip airfare and two nights lodging, with total not to exceed $600.00.

MY 02-15 Approved that the Board approve the three persons suggested by the Chair of the Educational Programs Committee and that the Board will appoint two additional members to serve on the interim committee until the 2002 National.

02-65 Reimbursed Education Programs Chairperson Laurie Doumaux for travel expenses to 2002 National Specialty at cost not to exceed $1,000.

03-97 Dissolved Educational Programs Committee and replaced it with new Breed Education Committee.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS COMMITTEE, INTERIM

MY 02-17 Board to appoint the following individuals to the interim Educational Programs Committee until regular appointments can be made at the 2002 National: Sylvia Donahey-Feeney, Bill Lauderdale, Kathy Lorentzen, Ainslie Mills, Cindy Partridge.

MY 02-15 Approved that the Board approve the three persons suggested by the Chair of the Educational Programs Committee and that the Board will appoint two additional members to serve on the interim committee until the 2002 National.

NS 02-86 The interim Educational Programs Committee will be responsible for educational programs at the National Specialty, educational programs at the GRCA Regional Specialties, and parent club AKC judges’ conformation seminars throughout the year, and the committee will not develop any new material until the work of the Educational Programs Task Force is complete.

02-95 Appointed Bill Lauderdale, Ainslie Mills, and Cindy Partridge to the interim Educational Programs Committee until the Educational Committee Task Force has completed its work or until the next annual meeting of the Board of Directors, whichever is first; Bill Lauderdale to serve as chair.

03-43 Adopted proposed budget for the Educational Programs Committee for 2003 education event expenses. 

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AT NATIONALS AND REGIONALS  

MY 00-15 Approved payment of up to $1500 total honorarium to be paid to the speakers at the National Education Seminar.

01-41 Approved payment of Dr. Rory Todhunter's travel expenses, lodging and meals with costs not to exceed $1,200.00, and approving payment of an honorarium in the amount of $750.00 from the Golden Retriever Foundation. (For Education Seminar at 2001 National Specialty)

01-42 Scheduled the member education seminar at the 2001 National Specialty for Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2001 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the host hotel,
and approved that the charge to attend the seminar will be $30.00.

03-109 Dr. Andrew Hillier approved to present education seminar in 2004 National Specialty on allergies. Dr. Hillier to be reimbursed $250 an hour plus travel expenses, not to exceed $1500.

04-07 Approved education program at 2004 Western Regional. Program to be presented by Dr. Shereen Farber on “In Depth Screening of Canines— Identification and Treatment of Common Physical Problems.”

04-40 Approved Member Education program at 2005 National Specialty, “Improving Performance While Keeping Our Dogs Healthy and Free from Injury” to be presented by Dr. Chris Zink.

05-01 GRCA to offer a breeders’ education seminar at 2005 National given by Dr. Matthew Breen, expenses not to exceed $500.

05-115 Honorarium of $500 to Dr. Christine Zink for seminar presented at 2005 National Specialty.

05-116 Honorarium of $500 to Dr. Matthew Breen for seminar presented at 2005 National Specialty.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TASK FORCE

02-47 Established Education Programs Task Force; outlined tasks. Task Force to provide monthly reports to Board on progress. Task Force to consist of Edell Schaefer, and three representatives from each of the three regions.

NS 02-83 Approved personnel to serve on the Educational Programs Task Force; the Task Force be operational no later than December 31, 2002.

MY 03-10 Tabled approval of Breed Standard Committee job description and guidelines until completion of the work of the Educational Programs Task Force.

NS 03-74 Accepted proposals of Educational Programs Task Force (proposed Breed Education Committee.)

ELECTION FORUM
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ELECTIONS

00-41 Appointed Nona Bauer as Chief Inspector of Elections for the 2000 election.

01-66 Appointed Arlene Blouch as Chief Inspector of Elections for the 2001 election.

01-70 Instructed Chuck Barlow (Bylaws Chairman) to contact GRCA's Colorado
based legal counsel to solicit an opinion of the legality of electronic voting for
GRCA, with costs not to exceed $500.00.

02-38 Appointed Caroline Roetzer as Chief Inspector of Elections for 2002 election.

03-62 Appointed Donna Sadlik as Chief Inspector of Elections for 2003 Election

03-65 Adopted Chief Inspector of Elections Guide for use in 2003 and subsequent elections

03-69 Appointed the following as Inspectors of Election: John Janoch, Carol deHart, Virginia Gray, Karen Mills, Judy Drotar, Steve Bolton, Mark Struble, Miki Shannon, Caroline Roetzer, Christopher Roetzer and Pat Herschman. The following people to be alternates: Cheryl Minnier, Patricia Dunseith, Jennifer Workman, Toni Norton, Theresa Yeager, and Kevin Darling.

MY 04-26 Adopted Guidelines for Appointing GRCA Inspectors of Elections.

04-67 Appointed Gloria Henderson as Chief Inspector of Elections for 2004.

04-80 Appointed Inspectors of Elections for 2004.

05-61 Appointed Patricia Herschman as Chief Inspector of Elections, 2005.

05-71 Appointed Dianne Barnes, Karin Boullion, Kathy Hearn, Jennifer Krawsczyn, and Barb Rollins as Inspectors of Elections, 2005.

06-44 Appointed Sally Sheridan as Chief Inspector of Elections.

06-49 Appointed Eileen Oshiro, Ann Caudle, Nancy Kelly, Angela Berkheimer, and Susie Rezy as Inspectors of Elections.

EQUIPMENT

02-58 Replaced computer printer for Membership Administrator at cost not to exceed $900.

02-90 Authorized Treasurer to purchase new computer for GRCA with costs not to exceed $1200.

03-68 Authorized GRCA Administrative Assistant to acquire new FAX machine for GRCA with costs not to exceed $350.

04-08 Approved purchase of Archos Jukebox FM Recorder 20 together with a Boundary Microphone at a cost not to exceed $300. Note: Equipment did not function as expected at MidYear meeting and was returned for a full refund.

06-46 Authorized GRCA Archivist to purchase an Epson Perfection 4490 flatbed scanner at a cost not to exceed $250.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

NS 02-85 Appointed Cathy Story, Edell Schaefer and Ginger Garrett to Executive Committee.

04-100 Appointed Cathy Story, Ken Matthews and Kurt Macauley to the 2005 Executive Committee.

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FUTURITY TASK FORCE

MY 02-11 Established Futurity Task Force to investigate the feasibility of a Futurity program. Vice Presidents from each region to find two volunteers to serve on task force.

MY 03-20 Established ad hoc Futurity Committee. Members are Sheree Melhuish, Toni Norton, Rochelle Andonian, Jeffery Van Engelenhaven, Kemah Plusk and Hach Hachtel. Committee to report to Board by National Specialty.

Midyear 2004. Report of the committee indicated record-keeping would be a huge problem; recommended Board not pursue this concept. Board concurred it is not practical for GRCA to sponsor a Futurity at this time.

GEM AWARD

02-29 Established Golden Effort Member Award (GEM) and Guidelines

02-40 Established position of Golden Effort Member Award Coordinator.

Position to function as a sub-committee under GRCA Volunteer Coordinator. Approved job description. Adopted certificate form.

03-01 Appointed Denise McDonald as Golden Effort Member (GEM) Award Coordinator

03-52 Amended Res. 02-29, Golden Effort Member (GEM) Award, to allow for nomination and recognition of groups; accepted revised Guidelines.

04-112 Appointed Kathleen King as Interim GEM Coordinator

05-65 Discontinued Golden Effort Member (GEM) award

GOLD STANDARD AWARD

MY 00-20 Approved the establishment of the GRCA Gold Standard Award.

MY 01-26 Awarded the first Gold Standard Award to U-AC-II, I-CD, U-AGI Toby's Sunny Jacob Don Wilson CD, NA, NAJ, TDI.

MY 02-16 Awarded Gold Standard Award to “Taffy” owned by Christina Yohe.

MY 03-24 Awarded 2003 Gold Standard Award to The Beauty of Bretagne; Honorable Mention to Alexander P.S. The Great and to Morninglo’s Seek’m the Story CD AX, MXJ

MY 04-25 Awarded 2004 Gold Standard Award to Willow This Little Light O’ Mine

(Laura) owned by the DiMarzio family. Rainbow’s Westwardly Wind ( Casper) and Ambertrail’s Ruby Red (Ruby) to receive Honorable Mention.

Midyear 2005. No nominations were received; award was not given.

MY 06-19 Awarded 2006 Gold Standard Award to Talver Carmel Gold.

GOLDEN RETRIEVER FOUNDATION

NS 02-77 Transferred control of the Buckmann Fund within the AKC Canine Health Foundation to the Golden Retriever Foundation and directed the President to notify the Canine Health Foundation in writing of the change in management.

NS 02-82 Requested the Golden Retriever Foundation to fund the cost of the Golden Starfish Award pins with costs not to exceed $475.

MY 03-13 Adopted statement clarifying the relationship between the GRF and the National Rescue Committee

NS 05-95 Proposal from the GRCA Board of Directors to the Golden Retriever Foundation recommending the establishment of the Rachel Page Elliott Education Fund placed on the record; Treasurer authorized to pay pledge of $5000 to the GRF.

GOLDEN RETRIEVER FOUNDATION-GRANTS

00-47 Recommended a contribution of $4160 for the funding of Grant Proposal No. 2004 (to determine the value of ultrasound and cytologic examination of the thyroid gland for diagnosing hypothyroidism in Golden Retrievers) to be paid
from the GRCA Buchmann Fund of the AKC Canine Health Foundation, and
requests the Golden Retriever Foundation to reimburse the Buchmann Fund in the amount of $4160.

00-48 Recommended a contribution of $3200 over two years ($1516 in the first year) for the funding of Grant Proposal No. 2025 (to study tumor suppressing genes and their use in the control of hemangiosarcoma) to be paid from the GRCA Buchmann Fund of the AKC Canine Health Foundation and requests the Golden Retriever Foundation to reimburse the Buchmann Fund in the amount of $3200 over two years to be paid from the "Zeke Fund."

00-49 Recommended a contribution of $5000 over two years ($2500 each year) for funding of Grant Proposal No. 2012 (Development of PCR Multiplexed Canine Marker Panels for the Purpose of Genome Screening and Linkage Analysis) to be paid from the GRC A Buchmann Fund of the AKC Canine Health Foundation and requests the Golden Retriever Foundation to reimburse the Buchmann Fund in the amount of $5000 over two years.

00-50 Recommended a contribution of $1300 for funding of Grant Proposal No. 2035 (Transfer in Receptor Expression by Canine Brain) to be paid from the GRCA Buchmann Fund of the AKC Canine Health Foundation and requests the Golden Retriever Foundation reimburse the Buchmann Fund in the amount of $1300 to be paid from the "Zeke Fund."

00-51 Recommended a contribution of $3 000 over two years ($ 1400 for first year, $1600 for second year) for funding of Grant Proposal No. 2038 (The Molecular Cytogenics of Canine Lymphosarcoma: Correlating Chromosomal Changes with Clinical Disease) to be paid from the GRCA Buchmann Fund of the AKC Canine Health Foundation and requests the Golden Retriever Foundation to reimburse the Buchmann Fund in the amount of $3000 over two years to be paid from the "Zeke Fund."

MY 01-33 Recommended payment of $2,500 to the AKC Canine Health Foundation in support of Grant 2155e and requested payment of this grant from the GR Foundation.

01-34 Recommended payment of a grant in the amount of $5,185.00 to Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc., of New Jersey (GRRI) and requesting payment of the
grant from the GR Foundation.

01-62 Recommended contribution of $3000 over 2 years with $1,500 in the first year for funding of Grant Proposal No. 2277 to be paid from the GRCABuckmann
Fund of the AKC CHF, and requesting the GRF to reimburse the Buckmann
Fund in the amount of $3,000 over two years.

01-65 Recommended the contribution of $9,636 over 2 years with $4,818 in the first year for funding of Grant Proposal No. 2232 to be paid from the Buckmann Fund of the AKC Canine Health Foundation, and requesting that the GRF reimburse the Buckmann Fund in the amount of $9,636 over two years.

01-69 Recommended contribution of $30,000 over 3 years with $10,000 in the first year for funding of Grant proposal No. 2254 to be paid from the GRCA
Buckmann Fund of the AKC CHF, and requesting the GRF to reimburse
the Buckmann Fund in the amount of $30,000 over 3 yrs.

01-118 Recommended contribution of $3,889 over 2 yrs. for funding of Grant
Proposal No. 2269 to be paid from the GRCA Buckmann Fund, and
requesting the GRF to reimburse the Buckmann Fund.

01-119 Recommended contribution of $5,500 over 2 yrs. for funding of Grant
Proposal No. 22101 to be paid from the GRCA Buckmann Fund and
requesting the GRF to reimburse the Buckmann Fund

02-61 Recommended a contribution of $9,800 over two years to fund “Identification and Characterization of Genetic Mutations in Canine Mast Cell Tumors” from the GRCA Buckmann Fund of the AKC Canine Health Foundation; and that the GRF reimburse the Buckmann Fund $9,800.

With the passage of Res. 02-77, control of the Buckmann Fund was transferred to the GRF; individual grant proposals were no longer approved by the GRCA Board.

GOLDEN RETRIEVER FOUNDATION—PERSONNEL

NS 00-63 Appointed Steve Bolton to his second term as Director of the Golden Retriever Foundation.

NS 01-74 Appointed Judy Rasmuson to a second three-year term as Director of the Golden Retriever Foundation.

NS 02-84 Appointed John Cotter to serve one additional three-year term as Director of the Golden Retriever Foundation.

03-66 Appointed Barbara Zelechoski as Director of the GRF.

NS 03-81 Amended Bylaws of the Golden Retriever Foundation to provide guidelines for the appointment of a Director, should an existing Director leave office during his term

04-76 Appointed Dr. Michael Lappin to a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the Golden Retriever Foundation.

05-91 Appointed Dave Kinghorn as a Director of the Golden Retriever Foundation

06-41 Appointed Barbara Zelechoski to a second three-year term as a Director of the Golden Retriever Foundation.

GOLDEN STARFISH AWARD

02-45 Established Golden Starfish Award to recognize individuals or groups who have made a significant contribution to Golden Retriever Rescue efforts; adopted guidelines for this award

NS 02-82 Requested the Golden Retriever Foundation to fund the cost of the Golden Starfish Award pins with costs not to exceed $475.

GR NEWS  

00-19 Authorized Newsletter Editor to purchase software in order to facilitate the electronic transfer of information to the Webmaster with costs not to exceed $190.

01-115 Authorized the Editor of the GR News to hire Extra! Extra! Graphics as
the printer of the Golden Retriever News.

02-56 Approved that regular feature columnists for the GR News receive an additional copy of the magazine to be mailed first class.

03-107 Any GRCA member club hosting a GRCA Regional or National Specialty may upgrade all of their free pages of show results for such Specialty in the GR News from black and white to color by paying the actual costs involved for the GR News staff to upgrade such pages to color. If any venues are published in color, all must be. Host clubs will consult with the Editor of the GR News to determine the actual costs in advance of submitting materials.

05-06 Set aside 03-107 for 2004 only; GRCGLA to pay $800, GRCA to pick up remainder of expense of $400 to pay for color coverage of the National Specialty in the GRNews.

05-08 Granted permission to GRNews Editor to exceed the maximum number of pages of 224 for the Jan/Feb 2005 issue up to 300 pages.

MY 05-28 Authorized the Jan/Feb issue of the GRNews to be designated as the National Specialty Issue. Content will be limited to coverage of the National and will not include statistics, special features, member club columns or other articles not related to the National Specialty. Exceptions will be Memoriams, New Title Reports, and Specialty Reports

MY 05-29 Raised subscription rates for GRNews $10.00 per year effective Sept. 15, 2005.

05-73 Established theme issues for the GRNews: J/F: National Specialty; M/A: Stud Dog, Brood Bitch; M/J Performance Dogs; J/A Young Hopefuls, Promising Puppies; S/O Veterans; N/D different theme each year.

MY 06-27 Adopted Distribution Policy for copies of GR News.

NS 06-65 Approved Letter of Intent (in lieu of a contract) from Extra Extra Graphics.

GR NEWS--ADVERTISING POLICIES

00-02 Amended GRCA advertising policy regarding elbow dysplasia reports.

MY 02-19 Updated and clarified advertising policy for GR News.

02-22 Approved that a host club for the National Specialty may have their 12 pages of black and white advertising printed in color, by paying the actual costs to produce those pages. Host clubs are to consult with the GR News Editor to determine the actual costs in advance of submitting materials. The National Specialty Handbook will be updated to reflect this policy.

MY 03-26 Adjusted deadline for advertisements in the GR News to first Wednesday after the 15 th of the even months.

MY 03-27 Amended guidelines for publishing independent specialty reports In the GR News to provide that each member club may publish the results of two specialty shows per calendar year without charge.

Such reports will be limited to 13 photos and the results only. Effective 1/1/03.

05-43 Adopted advertising policy for CCA titles

GR NEWS-ADVERTISING RATES

00-38 Established cost for commercial color advertising in the GR News at $575 per page.

MY 02-09 “In Memorium” ads in GR News to consist of one photo, dog’s name, date of birth, date of death, sire and dam, name of owner; price for one-quarter page to remain at $25. Copy in excess of these limits to be charged at the half page rate of $50.

MY 03-25 Adjusted charges for color advertising in the GR News.

MY 05-27 Established Advertising Task Force for the GRNews: Editor, Asst. Ed, Advertising Sales Manager, Kurt Macauley and Collette Jaynes. Charge is to review advertising rates and guidelines NS 05-111 Adopted new advertising pricing schedule for GRNews.

GR NEWS-EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD

00-06 Amended policy of the Editorial Review Board as follows: Members of the ERB will review all manuscripts which are sent to the Editor of the GR News for publication. This does not include regular columns, member club reports or specialty show reports unless the Editor feels that the content of a regular feature requires review for technical or other significant purpose.

01 -04 Accepted the resignation of Deborah Blair-Muzzin as Chair of the Editorial Review Board and appointed Terry Thornton to fill that position.

02-34 Revised Policy and Procedures for Editorial Review Board.

04-09 Revised Job Description and Policies and Procedures for the Editorial Review Board. Guidelines for Reviews and Criteria for Evaluation remain in place.

04-55 Appointed Lisa McCabe as Chair of the Editorial Review Board.

04-114 Appointed Danette Welch, DVM, to Editorial Review Board.

GR NEWS-PERSONNEL

MY 00-24 Established a paid contracted position for the Assistant Editor for the GR News.

00-27 Appointed Gail Lutolf as Assistant Editor for the GR News at the contracted rate of $14.00 per hour.

NS 01-108 Approved that Deborah Blair-Muzzin be contracted as Assistant Editor of the GR News at an hourly rate of $14.00 per hour.

MY 03-23 Increased compensation for Sylvia Donahey-Feeney from $43 per page to $43.50 per page.

04-107 Approved position of Advertising Sales Manager for the GR News and approved job description.

04-110 Approved job description for position of Assistant Editor, GR News.

04-113 Approved paying for proofreader for GR News at $500 an issue until position of Asst. Editor is filled.

04-116 Approved job description for Editor, GR News.  

MY 05-30 Appointed Bobbi Eller as Advertising Sales Manager for the GRNews.

MY 05-31 Appointed Jan Owen as Asst. Editor of the GRNews.

MY 05-32 Adopted Job Performance Review document to be used yearly for contracted positions and as needed for others.

05-118 Appointed Pat Vanden Heuvel as Asst. Editor of the GRNews.

05-120 Approved providing reimbursement for proofreading at $500 per issue for the Sept/Oct and Nov/Dec 2005 issues of the GRNews

GRACE AWARD

MY01-23 Supported the initiation of award to be given out to rescue dogs at rescue parade at national—Grace Award.

GREEN BOOK

NS 03-88 Authorized printing of Quick Reference Book (Green Book), 500 copies with costs not to exceed $3,700.

Motion not implemented; Green Book never printed.

MY 04-24 Rescinded Res. 03-88, publication of proposed “Green Book.”

HEALTH & GENETICS COMMITTEE

.MY 02-10 Disbanded CERF Committee, CERF contact to come under supervision of Health and Genetics Committee.

02-43 Melora Hunt, DVM, to represent GRCA at the 2002 Genes, Dogs and Cancer Conference, to be held on September 18-20, 2002.

02-44 Approved sponsoring 2002 Genes, Dogs and Cancer Conference at the $2,500 level; funding to come from Golden Retriever Foundation.

02-48 Amended Res. 02-43; authorized payment of registration fee for Melora Hunt at Genes, Dogs and Cancer Conference.

02-60 Adopted updated GRCA Job Responsibility and Committee Procedural Guidelines for the Health and Genetics Committee.

MY 03-09 Authorized Health and Genetics Committee to purchase CERF database

MY 03-17 Eliminated position of OFA Liaison; responsibility for maintaining contact with OFA will be transferred to the Health and Genetics Committee.

03-59 Authorized payment of $100 registration for Lisa Branford, DVM, to attend the “Dogs, Genes and Cancer” Conference in Seattle, Sept. 2003.

NS 03-84 Approved position of PennHip Liaison to become a subcommittee of the Health and Genetics Committee.

NS 05-108 Removed position of Penn Hip Liaison as a standing committee of GRCA, since it has been moved to the Health & Genetics Committee. 

06-45 Reimburse Rhonda Hovan for airfare not to exceed $225 to attend the AKC Canine Health Foundation Genes Dogs and Cancer Conference; Rhonda to write article for the GRN describing this conference. Article was not written and funding was not requested.

HEALTH AND GENETICS COMMITTEE—GRANTS See Golden Retriever Foundation--Grants  

HEALTH AND GENETICS COMMITTEE—PERSONNEL

01-121 Appointed Bev Brimacomb as Chairman of the Health & Genetics Committee

02-93 Appointed Ann Hubbs as Chair of Health and Genetics Committee.

02-94 Appointed Rhonda Hovan as the Research Facilitator of the Health and Genetics Committee

HISTORIAN  

05-23 Accepted resignation of Rachel Page Elliott as GRCA Historian and appointed her as Historian Emeritus

MY 05-39 Appointed Marcia Schlehr as Historian

05-51 Approved revised job description for Historian

INFORMATION OFFICERS  

NS 05-106 Appointed Shirley Shipp and Bea Goldblatt as Information Officers

05-122 Appointed Melissa Dunas as Information Officer—Eastern Region.

INSURANCE

05-17 Renewed insurance coverage with Sportsmen’s Insurance; annual premium of $2,273.

INTERNET INFORMATION VOLUNTEER

02-36 Established position of Internet Information Volunteer; approved job description.

INTERNET WATCHDOGS COMMITTEE  

MY 05-38 Established position and approved job description for Internet Watchdogs

05-72 Appointed Ron Beck and Jan Berie as Internet Watchdogs.

JUDGES’ EDUCATION See Education, Judges

JUDGES SELECTION STUDY COMMITTEE

NS 03-77 Board to appoint an ad hoc committee to look into the method of selecting all judges for the National Specialty. Report to be given prior to 2004 National.

03-99 Establishment of ad hoc Judges’ Selection Study Committee.

MY 04-17 Added Judges’ Selection Study Committee to agenda MY 04-22 Appointed the Judges’ Selection Study Committee: Deborah Blair-Muzzin, Chair, Linda Atwell, Joan Donohue, Karen Frick, Lynn Heidinger, Gloria Kerr, Jackie Mertens, Pat Quinn.

Report was prepared and was ready for presentation at the 2004 Annual Meeting. A quorum was not present and no business could be Transacted. The report was published in the GRN, but as of 11/05 no additional call has been received for this report.

JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT

00-46 Appointed Trish Lenkiewicz, Carolyn Molder, and Katie Ropar to serve on the Junior Achievement Committee for the year 2000, relieving Debbie Kahla.

NS 00-60 Awarded Junior Achievement Award to Kathy Hughes.

NS 01-76 Awarded the 2001 Junior Achievement Award to Courtney Carufel.

02-05 Appointed Susan Peterson as Chair of the Junior Achievement Committee

NS 02-69 Approved the Junior Achievement Award for 2002 to Cortney Corral

NS 03-72 Approved Service Awards, Vern Bower Humanitarian Award to Joanne Stacher, and Junior Achievement Award to Linda Kurtz.

04-81 Awarded 2003 Junior Achievement Award to Alyssa Grossnickle.

05-77 Appointed Stephanie Smith as Chair of the Junior Achievement Award.

NS 05-99 Junior Achievement Award to be awarded to Jessica Hansen.

NS06-57 Awarded 2006 Junior Achievement Award to Maxie Bowen

KENNEL PREFIX LISTING

02-39 Kennel Prefix listing: “Original requirement that participants must be GRCA members be continued”; changed renewal period to annual and payable with membership renewal form; fee to be $4.00 per listing; Members whose listing were due and paid in 2002 or earlier, will continue to be included in the Master Kennel Prefix Listing until their original five-year term expires.

Position of Kennel Prefix Listing Coordinator be maintained and that the coordinator and the GRCA membership Administrator synchronize their database files to facilitate sharing of information.

02-62 Accepted definition of “Historical Listing” in the Kennel Prefix List.

NS 03-82 Approved revised job description for Kennel Prefix Listing Chair.

NS 03-83 Discussion regarding use of Kennel Prefix Listing as a tool for Puppy Referral be tabled until the Puppy Referral Task Force has made its findings and recommendations to the Board.

04-10 Grant historical status to the Bargello kennel name on the Kennel Prefix List.

04-62 Following kennel names on the Kennel Prefix List be changed from “Previously used but no longer listed” to the “historical” designation: Indian Knolls, Kinike, Ginge, Goldrush, Ronakers, Goldenloe. The kennel name “Fieldale” be designated “previously used”. The owners of the High Farms “historical” listing be shown as Ralph & Ruth Worrest and Robert & Ginny Worrest.

NS 05-109 Removed Kennel Prefix Listing Chair as a standing committee of GRCA; duties to be assumed by Membership Administrator 

LEGAL RESOURCE COMMITTEE

03-35 Created Legal Resource Committee and adopted job description

03-47 Appointed Zane Sullivan to Legal Resource Committee.

03-53 Appointed Chuck Barlow to Legal Resources Committee.

04-104 Expanded membership on the Legal Resources Committee to three to five members

04-115 Appointed Steve Klonowski, Liz Breyer and Bob Keller to the Legal Resources Committee, with Zane Sullivan remaining as Chair.

LEGISLATIVE LIAISON

05-83 Created position of Legislative Liaison and approved job description.

05-121 Appointed Diane Makinney as Legislative Liaison.

LIFE MEMBERS

NS 02-74 Elected Steve Bolton to Life Membership in GRCA.

NS 02-75 Elected Howard Falberg to Life Membership in GRCA.

NS 02-76 Elected Sharon Bolton to Life Membership in GRCA.

NS 03-79 Elected Edwina Ryska to Life Membership.

NS 03-80 Elected Nancy Talbott to Life Membership.

MY 05-42 Authorized all living Life Members to be given a GRCA name badge and recognized at the annual meeting. New life members to receive same recognition.

05-52 Added the names of Ralph G. Boalt, Ben L. Boalt, Henry Norton and William Froelich to list of Life Members.

NS 05-100 Life Membership awarded to Ellen Hardin.

NS 05-101 Life Membership awarded to Jolene Carey.

LONGEVITY CERTIFICATE PROGRAM

MY-00-18 Approved the formation of a committee to investigate setting up a longevity certificate program.

Midyear 2004. The owners of the Open Health Registry are interested in incorporating longevity information into their database. Board concurred that the Open Health Registry would not be a GRCA project and that GRCA would not issue any type of certificate. Ann Greenberg to prepare an article for the GR News covering the open health registry and the longevity information

MEMBER CLUBS (See also New Member Clubs Committee)

00-32 Approved New Jersey Pine Barrens GRC as a member club.

03-117 Accepted Chesapeake GRC as member club of GRCA. 

MEMBERSHIP

04-03 Names and states of residence of new applicants for membership in GRCA will be published on the GRCA Info List, to allow members to contact Board members with any concerns. Board to follow procedures outlined in Bylaws for accepting or rejecting new membership applications.

NS06-62 Approved revised Welcome Letter to go in New Member Packets.

MEMBERSHIP ADMINISTRATOR

MY 00-23 Approved an increase in the hourly compensation rate for the Membership Administrator from $10 to $11 per hour and approved an increase in the hourly compensation rate for the Administrative Assistant from $13 to $14 per hour.

02-58 Replaced computer printer for Membership Administrator at cost not to exceed $900

MY 03-21 Increased compensation for Deb Ascher from $11 an hour to $13 an hour.

MY 05-32 Adopted Job Performance Review document to be used yearly for contracted positions and as needed for others.

NS 05-104 Renewed contract with PDI for one year; yearbooks and calendars to be removed from PDI and the responsibility for the distribution of these items be given to the Membership Administrator.

NS 05-105 Approved special products form to be mailed with dues renewal notice, placed on the website and published in the GRNews.

NS 05-109 Removed Kennel Prefix Listing Chair as a standing committee of GRCA; duties to be assumed by Membership Administrator

NS06-70 Raised salary of Membership Administrator to $18.00 an hour.

MILE HI GRC

03-98 Handling of complaint by Jonathan Chase against the MileHi GRC.

NATIONAL PARENT CLUB CONFERENCES

MY 02-13 GRCA to send two representatives to the 2002 National Parent Club Conference in October, 2002.

02-57 Approved requesting Laurie Doumaux to represent GRCA at a parent club seminar in Memphis, TN on Oct. 12, 2002.

04-79 Appointed Christine Miele and Barbara Branstad as GRCA’s representatives to the AKC Parent Club Conference to be held in Cincinnati on October 23-24, 2004, and that they be reimbursed for their expenses not to exceed $600 total.

NATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE See Rescue

NATIONAL SPECIALTIES

MY 00-15 Approved payment of up to $1500 total honorarium to be paid to the speakers at the National Education Seminar.

02-22 Approved that a host club for the National Specialty may have their 12 pages of black and white advertising printed in color, by paying the actual costs to produce those pages. Host clubs are to consult with the GRNews Editor to determine the actual costs in advance of submitting materials. The National Specialty Handbook will be updated to reflect this policy.

03-02 Host clubs for Regional and National Specialties are required to provide the GRCA Secretary with an acceptance letter/contract signed by both the authorized host club representative and the prospective judge for all events (including sweepstakes, field, obedience, agility, etc.). The Judges Panel application will not be submitted to AKC until copies of signed acceptance letters are provided to the Secretary. Judging assignments cannot be changed without providing justification that is acceptable to a majority of the GRCA Board members. To become effective 1/1/04.

Rescinded by Res. 03-118  

NS 03-78 Specialty Advisory Committee to look into revising guidelines in the National Specialty Handbook to suggest that host clubs consider the airline embargo when planning the National.

03-107 Any GRCA member club hosting a GRCA Regional or National Specialty may upgrade all of their free pages of show results for such Specialty in the GR News from black and white to color by paying the actual costs involved for the GR News staff to upgrade such pages to color. If any venues are published in color, all must be. Host clubs will consult with the Editor of the GR News to determine the actual costs in advance of submitting materials.

03-118 Rescinded Res. 03-02, Judges’ contracts for National and Regional Specialties, and substituted new requirements. Host clubs required to mail written contact to each judge seven days after extending invitation. Judges are to sign and date copy of written contract to host club within 14 days of receipt. Copy of signed contract to be filed with GRCA Secretary. Judging Panel not To be submitted to AKC without signed contract on file with GRCA. Any change of judge by any party to be approved by GRCA Board. National and Regional Handbooks to be updated to reflect this change. Effective January, 2004.

04-49 Golden Retrievers who have achieved All-age Qualified (***) status be permitted to enter Parade of Titleholders at National and Regional Specialties.

04-56 All host clubs for GRCA Regional or National Specialties will submit the show premium to the GRCA Secretary and the Chairman of the Specialty Advisory Committee for proof reading prior to the submission of said premium list for printing.

05-06 Set aside 03-107 for 2004 only; GRCGLA to pay $800, GRCA to pick up remainder of expense of $400 to pay for color coverage of the National Specialty in the GRNews.

MY 05-28 Authorized the Jan/Feb issue of the GRNews to be designated as the National Specialty Issue. Content will be limited to coverage of the National and will not include statistics, special features, member club columns or other articles not related to the National Specialty. Exceptions will be Memoriams, New Title Reports, and Specialty Reports

MY 05-36 Increased loan to host clubs of a National Specialty to add an additional loan of $2000 available one year prior to the event.

05-50 Provided $2500 to GRCGLA to help defray the loss from the National

05-117 Events offered at National Specialty shall be limited to one each of the required events. If non-required events are offered, these shall also be limited to one each. Effective with 2007 National.

06-02 Puppy Singles competition to be offered in conjunction with licensed field trial at 2006 National.

MY 06-20 Established National and Regional Financial Task Force to develop Standardized template to be used for financial statements from future Regional and National host clubs.

NATIONAL SPECIALTIES—HOSTS

01-113 Authorized Mid-Florida GRC to hold the conformation show (including
sweepstakes) for the 2002 National Specialty over a five day period.

02-27 Approved Golden Retriever Club of Greater Los Angeles to host 2004 National Specialty.

02-42 Approved Potomac Valley Golden Retriever Club as host of 2005 National Specialty

02-64 Approved Potomac Valley GRC adding additional day for conformation judging to the 2005 National Specialty schedule.

04-29 GRC of Greater Los Angeles granted a waiver not to hold TD and TDX tests at the 2004 National Specialty due to the lack of suitable tracking fields. GRCGLA granted permission to offer a VST test at National.

04-30 GRC of Greater Los Angeles granted permission to offer two separate agility trials at 2004 National Specialty. Permission to apply to 2004 only.

04-38 Granted permission to Potomac Valley GRC to hold two separate agility trials at the 2005 GRCA National Specialty; permission applies to 2005 only.

04-43 Kansas City GRC to host 2006 National Specialty September 23 – October 1, 2006.

04-53 Evergreen GRC approved to host 2007 National Specialty September 22 – September 29, 2007.

06-09 Yankee GRC approved as host of the 2008 National Specialty.

NEW MEMBER CLUB COMMITTEE

01 -05 Appointed Bobbi Eller as Chairman of the New Member Club Committee.

02-20 Approved Northeastern New York GRC as non-member club.

04-45 Midnight Sun GRC approved as provisional club.

04-46 Wheatland GRC approved as provisional club.

04-98 Approved Marshbanks GRC of South Central Michigan as a provisional club of GRCA.

05-48 Admitted Tarheel GRC as a provisional club.

05-49 Admitted Mid-Michigan as a provisional club.

06-13 Approved Marshbanks GRC of South Central Michigan as a member club.

06-14 Approved Wheatland GRC of Wichita as a member club.

06-15 Approved Midnight Sun GRC as a member club.

NOMINATING COMMITTEE

00-62 Appointed Nominating Committee for 2001.

NS 01-78 Approved the 2002 Nominating Committee

02-07 Replaced Kathy Carbone as Chair of 2002 Nominating Committee with Jeff Chaffin.

02-23 Approved establishing ad hoc committee to look into possible revisions of the Nominating Committee Procedures and Guidelines. Committee to be composed of two persons from each region and a chair. Chair will choose members. Edell Schaefer to be Chair.

NS 02-73 Appointed 2002-03 Nominating Committee

NS 02-89 Adopted the updated Nominating Committee guidelines

NS 03-75 Appointed 2004/05 Nominating Committee.

04-82 Appointed 2005 Nominating Committee.

NS 05-94 Appointed 2006 Nominating Committee: Cynthia Binder, Chair; Julia Dezarov, Camille Doehring, Jennifer Workman, Leslie Albin, Susan Rezy, Sherri Farmer, Ken Matthews, Ellen Wilson. Alternates: Margie Sarkin, Debra Oster, Sheila Iturriaga

NS06-60 Appointed Nominating Committee for 2006/07.

OBEDIENCE

05-21 Established height of jumps in Veterans Obedience classes to ¾’s the height of the dog at the withers

OFA

MY 03-17 Eliminated position of OFA Liaison; responsibility for maintaining contact with OFA will be transferred to the Health and Genetics Committee.

OPEN DISCUSSION LIST

03-100 Board to discuss business, except for matters that require executive session via an electronic communication list that can be read by GRCA members to subscribe to the list.

Motion was defeated.

03-101 GRCA Board to investigate all legal means for members to participate in a read-only electronic mail list; that a protocol be developed to protect sensitive matters; that a procedure be developed by the GRCA Board to determine access to the list by all interested members; that a weekly summary of topics before the Board be posted to the Board Information list.

03-111 Approved submission of questions on open e-mail discussion group to Dr. David Vancil, parliamentarian, at a cost of $100 per hour, not to exceed $200.

04-31 Board to continue with weekly internet bulletin, “Hot Topics” to improve communication with membership. Duty to be made part of job description for Secretary.

OUTSTANDING SIRES/OUTSTANDING DAMS

MY 01-28 Appointed Outstanding Sire/Outstanding Dam Review Committee as an ad hoc committee to review the requirements for Outstanding Sire/ Outstanding Dam designations and to present their recommendations for clarification and possible restructuring to the Board MY 03-29 Adjusting requirements for Outstanding Sire and Outstanding Dam to Include Preferred Agility classes.

MY 03-30 Revised requirements for the designation of Outstanding Sire and Outstanding Dam.

04-75 Approved job description for ad hoc committee on OS/OD and VC/VCX Qualification Review.

04-102 Appointed the following to the ad hoc OS/OD-VC/VCX Committee: Julie Caruthers, Chair; Patricia Herschman, Jennifer Krawsczyn, Ann McGuire, Cindy Pischke, Pat Quinn, Rita Robins, Kathy Smith, Terry Southard, Tonya Struble, Christy Thomas, Karen Webb, Julia Wolfe, Judy Word.

MY 06-17 Approved revised point scale for Outstanding Sires/Outstanding Dams, effective Jan. 1, 2006.

PAL COMMITTEE

04-11 Dissolved PAL Committee as a GRCA standing committee. The Administrative Assistant to be responsible for managing the team of volunteers who distribute additional information. Jeffrey Pepper to be thanked for his dedication to the PAL project.

PARADE OF TITLEHOLDERS

04-49 Golden Retrievers who have achieved All-age Qualified (***) status be permitted to enter Parade of Titleholders at National and Regional Specialties.

04-58 Established Ad Hoc Committee to investigate the current requirements for entering the Parade of Titleholders and to make recommendations to the Board regarding the addition or deletion of titles. Report due back to Board no later than Dec. 31, 2004.

04-66 Appointed Julie Caruthers, Julie Dotts, and Patricia Herschman to the Parade of Titleholders Task Force.

05-07 Approved revised list of titles eligible to enter the Parade of Titleholders

PARLIAMENTARIAN

02-63 Contracted with a professional parliamentarian to serve at the Annual Meeting October 31, 2002, cost not to exceed $400.

MY 03-11 Approved that the Board retain the services of a professional parliamentarian for each annual GRCA meeting.

03-61 Approved contracting with Mr. Bruce Tyler Wick to serve as the Parliamentarian at the 2003 Annual Meeting with costs not to exceed $500.

06-55 Hired Ms. Wanda Livingston as Parliamentarian for Annual Meeting at a fee of $125.

PENN HIP

NS 03-84 Approved position of PennHip Liaison to become a subcommittee of the Health and Genetics Committee.

NS 05-108 Removed position of Penn Hip Liaison as a standing committee of GRCA, since it has been moved to the Health & Genetics Committee.

PETLAND

NS06-61 Motion made and passed at Annual Meeting: GRCA supports the GRCA Board and the GRCA Delegate to AKC in their efforts to rescind the AKC’s contract with Petland.

POINT SCHEDULE REVISION COMMITTEE

NS 00-64 Recommended to the GRCA Board of Directors that a committee be established to work with and encourage the AKC to revise the current method of determining how points toward obtaining a conformation championship are calculated.

NS 00-66 Established the Point Schedule Revision Committee consisting of Virginia Gray, Janine Rice, Jennifer Krawaczyn, Margaret Stowe and Karen Lindstrom.

NS 01-105 Approved that the Board has decided not to take any action at this time with regard to the proposals of the Point Scale Revision Committee.

PUBLIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE

01-122 Appointed Dianne Uzdawinis of Albuquerque, NM as Public Education
Coordinator.

03-40 Created Public Education Task Force under direction of Dianne Barnes and Cathy Story. Outlined tasks to be accomplished.

04-48 Approved new job description for the Public Education Committee; Public Education Committee Task Force is dissolved with thanks.

06-08 Approved $1200.00 for expenses incurred by the PEC booth at six events in 2006: shipping and insurance, booth space, table and chair rental, volunteer parking fees, door admission, and other related costs

PUBLIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE—PERSONNEL

01-122 Appointed Dianne Uzdawinis of Albuquerque, NM as Public Education
Coordinator

04-95 Appointed members of the Public Education Committee: Toni Maita, Dawn Christensen, Diane Lavigne, Linda Shipman, Jolene Carey.

05-16 Appointed Linda Shipman as interim Chair of Public Education Committee.

05-80 Appointed Dean Lake and Karin Boullion to the PEC Comnmittee.

05-85 Appointed Frances Brentson and Deborah Blair-Muzzin to the PEC.

05-123 Appointed Sue Nation as Educational Curriculum Coordinator for the Public Education Committee.

06-42 Appointed Karin Boullion as Chair of PEC.

06-73 Appointed Karen Hawk and Margie Sarkin to PEC

PUPPY REFERRAL

00-04 Appointed Sharon White as Puppy Referral Representative for the North Central Region.

MY 00-21 Adopted uniform guidelines for the Regional Puppy Referral Representatives.

00-33 Instructed Puppy Referral Coordinator to establish a toll-free 800 number for GRCA's automated information line with costs not to exceed $175 per month.

02-49 Discontinued toll free number for Puppy Referral/Information

02-59 Appointed Jo Bighouse, Sue Fourmet and Joanne Vanore-Charney as Internet Puppy Referral Agents.

02-97 Appointed Kelly O’Neill as Internet Puppy Referral Agent.

02-98 Appointed Donna Sadlik as Puppy Referral Coordinator

03-92 Established Puppy Referral Task Force. Outlined tasks; appointed the following: Sheree Farber, Chair; Anne McGuire, Karen Mills, Chair and members of the National Rescue Committee, interested state and regional puppy referral program personnel and members of GRCA who have an interest in puppy referral, up to a maximum of ten.

04-74 Approved job description for Puppy Referral Chairman and Committee.

05-15 GRCA-appointed Puppy Referral volunteers will not list any litters of members who engage in intentional cross-breeding of Golden Retrievers for personal profit. Puppy Referral Manual will be updated

05-46 Appointed Puppy Referral Committee: Ellan Thorson, Chair; Diane Makinney, Peggy Zionts, Walt Faubion, Dianne Henning, Doug Spieker, Laurie Shrode, and Judy Word

05-66 Authorized publication of the 2005 Puppy Referral Manual to be made available to all GRCA member and provisional clubs puppy referral volunteers.

PURINA PARENT CLUB PROGRAM

MY 02-12 Approved GRCA joining Purina Parent Club Program; one-half of the donated funds will be designated for the Golden Retriever Foundation.

03-110 Donation of $1,000 of the funds received from the Purina Parent Club Partnership Program to the GRF for the April Fund for Rescue.

04-54 Donation of $1000 of the Purina Parent Club Partnership funds to the Golden Retriever Foundation for the April Fund for Rescue.

NS 04-89 Approved creating a line-item in the budget for education, to be opened with the remaining funds from the Purina Parent Club Partnership Program for fiscal year 2004.

NS 04-90 Approved that in future years, one-third of Purina Parent Club Partnership Program funds be allocated to education

QUALIFIED ALL-AGE (***) AS A TITLE

04-77 Formed ad hoc committee to investigate the possibility of making Qualified All Age (***) an AKC title.

05-57 Appointed QAA Task Force: Audrey Coleman, Danette Weich, John Gassner, Bente Pasko, and Nona Bauer.

NS 05-96 Accepted the report of the Qualified All-Age Task Force

REGIONAL SPECIALTIES

01-52 Beginning with 2002 Dues, an annual surcharge of $70.00 will be assessed each GRCA member club in addition to the club's dues, and that these funds will be used to support the three Regional Specialties, with these funds being in addition to other funding available from GRCA.

03-02 Host clubs for Regional and National Specialties are required to provide the GRCA Secretary with an acceptance letter/contract signed by both the authorized host club representative and the prospective judge for all events (including sweepstakes, field, obedience, agility, etc.). The Judges Panel application will not be submitted to AKC until copies of signed acceptance letters are provided to the Secretary. Judging assignments cannot be changed without providing justification that is acceptable to a majority of the GRCA Board members. To become effective 1/1/04.

Rescinded by Res. 03-118

03-03 Any host club for a Regional specialty may upgrade either or both of their two free pages of advertising for such specialty in the GR News from black & white to color by paying the actual costs involved for the GRNews staff to upgrade such pages to color. Host clubs will consult with the Editor to determine actual costs in advance of submitting materials.

03-107 Any GRCA member club hosting a GRCA Regional or National Specialty may upgrade all of their free pages of show results for such Specialty in the GR News from black and white to color by paying the actual costs involved for the GR News staff to upgrade such pages to color. If any venues are published in color, all must be. Host clubs will consult with the Editor of the GR News to determine the actual costs in advance of submitting materials.

03-118 Rescinded Res. 03-02, Judges’ contracts for National and Regional Specialties, and substituted new requirements.

Host clubs required to mail written contact to each judge seven days after extending invitation. Judges are to sign and date copy of written contract to host club within 14 days of receipt. Copy of signed contract to be filed with GRCA Secretary. Judging Panel not to be submitted to AKC without signed contract on file with GRCA. Any change of judge by any party to be approved by GRCA Board. National and Regional Handbooks to be updated to reflect this change. Effective January, 2004.

04-49 Golden Retrievers who have achieved All-age Qualified (***) status be permitted to enter Parade of Titleholders at National and Regional Specialties.

04-56 All host clubs for GRCA Regional or National Specialties will submit the show premium to the GRCA Secretary and the Chairman of the Specialty Advisory Committee for proof reading prior to the submission of said premium list for printing.

MY 05-41 Established policy that if no host club for a regional specialty has been found by the preceding August, the regional specialty for the following year will not be held

MY 06-20 Established National and Regional Financial Task Force to develop Standardized template to be used for financial statements from future Regional and National host clubs.

REGIONAL SPECIALTIES-HOSTS, CENTRAL

00-29 Approved Central Oklahoma GRC as host of the 2001 Central Regional Specialty on May 18-19, 2001.

01 -49 Approved Greater Twin Cities GRC as host of the 2003 Central Regional Specialty to be held on June 13, 2003, with the WC/WCX to be held on June 14, 2003.

01-56 Approved Northern Flyway GRC as host of the 2002 Central Regional
Specialty on May 17, 2002 with the WC/WCX on May 18, 2002.

03-46 White River GRC to host 2004 Central Regional Specialty.

03-60 Amended Res. 03-46; White River GRC to hold 2004 Central Regional Specialty on May 8, with WC/WCX to be held on May 9, 2004.

04-42 Northern Flyway GRC to host 2005 Central Regional Specialty on May 20, 2005 with WC/WCX on May 21, 2005.

05-20 Approved Ft. Detroit GRC as host of the 2006 Central Regional Specialty.

05-112 Central Oklahoma GRC to host 2007 Central Regional Nov. 17, 2007, WC/WCX to be held Nov. 18, 2007.

REGIONAL SPECIALTIES-HOSTS, EASTERN

00-55 Approved Yankee GRC as host of 2002 Eastern Regional Specialty to be held on May 31, 2002, with the WC/WCX to be held on June 1, 2002.

00-70 Approved Yankee Golden Retriever Club as host of the 2001 Eastern Regional Specialty to be held on May 31, 2001 with the WC/WCX to be held on June 2, 2001.

01-46 Approved Garden State GRC to host the 2003 Eastern Regional Specialty on October 6, 2003, in conjunction with their independent specialty on October 5, 2003, and with sweepstakes and the WC/WCX to be held on October 4, 2003.

NS 01-79 Approved Greater Pittsburgh GRC to host the 2004 Eastern Regional Specialty to be held June 17 & 18, 2004 with the WC/WCX on June 20, 2004.

03-56 Sandlapper GRC to host 2005 Eastern Regional Specialty.

04-12 Permission granted to the Pittsburgh GRC to add a second day of agility to the 2004 Eastern Regional Specialty.

04-61 Approved Golden Retriever Club of Western New York to host 2006 Eastern Regional Specialty on September 1, 2006, with the WC/WCX to be held on September 3, 2006.

REGIONAL SPECIALTIES-HOSTS, WESTERN

01-08 Approved Evergreen GRC as host of the 2003 Western Regional to be held on August 24, 2003 , with the WC/WCX on August 25, 2003. (See 01-37)

01-37 Amended Resolution 01-08 to reflect change in date for the 2003 Western Regional Specialty from 8/24/03 to 8/23/03, with WC/WCX to be held on 8/25/03.

01-39 Approved Austin GRC to host the 2002 Western Regional Specialty on Feb. 9, 2002 with WC/WCX to be held on Feb. 10, 2002.

02-54 Amended Res. 01-37 to correct dates of 2003 Western Regional Specialty to August 22, 2003, with the WC/WCX to be held on August 24, 2003.

03-48 MileHi GRC to host 2004 Western Regional Specialty

04-52 NorCal GRC approved to host 2005 Western Regional Specialty on April 28, 2005, with the WC/WCX to be held on May 1, 2005.

05-82 Approved Inland Empire GRC as host of the 2006 Western Regional Specialty. Waived requirement of holding a WC/WCX at this event.

05-88 Approved Dallas/Ft. Worth as host of the 2007 Western Regional.

06-07 Valle del Sol approved as host of the 2008 Western Regional Specialty.

REIMBURSEMENT

03-67 Adopted GRCA Reimbursement Policies.

RENEWAL NOTICES

NS 01-80 Approved that a line be added to the dues renewal form asking for a member's local club affiliation.

NS 01-81 Approved that a line be added to the dues renewal notice asking the question "Do you have Internet access?"

NS 04-93 Approved 2005 Dues Renewal form as amended.

NS 05-103 Approved 2006 Dues Renewal Form.

NS06-63 Approved 2007 dues renewal form.

REPRINT HANDBOOK

03-58 Authorized production of 500 copies of “The Best of the GR News”, an all new collection of selected reprints from the 1998-2002 issues of the GR News, at a cost not to exceed $9,000.

Midyear 2004. Authors of various articles were asked for permission to reprint articles; permission was not received by all of them. Ginger Garrett to contact Laurel Shaw regarding addition of other articles. Ginger and Laurel also requested to investigate the publication of smaller packages of information on individual subjects.

2005. No follow through. Project abandoned.

RESCUE

00-34 Approved that Golden Retriever rescue groups will be provided annually upon request 25 free copies of the coloring book, Color Me Golden : and that rescue groups may purchase additional copies at cost plus postage; and that the Golden Retriever Foundation be requested to approve the printing of an additional supply of 4,000 coloring books to be used specifically for this purpose with costs not to exceed $2,700.

00-54 Resolved that the Board immediately appoint a Rescue Task Force to examine the problems, issues and procedures involved with Golden Retriever rescue, the Committee to Assist Rescue and this Committee's relationship to GRCA and the Golden Retriever Foundation, and that this task force be requested to report to the GRCA Board at the Directors meeting on October 8, 2000. This task force will be comprised of Jonathan Chase, Chair, Eastern Region; Barbara Zelechoski, Central Region; Cheryl Minnier, Eastern Region; Ane Brusendorf, Western Region; and John Cotter representing the Golden Retriever Foundation.

00-68 Approved guidelines for a rescue group to be included in the listing for the Golden Retriever News as follows: Either (1) 501(c)(3) status granted by the IRS, (2) participation in GRCA's past rescue surveys or (3) be affiliated with a GRCA member club. Additional groups may be added to the list on a case by case basis.

MY 01-31 Adopted the structure of the National Rescue Committee as outlined by the Rescue Task force and presented at the Midyear Meeting.

MY 01-32 Approved the publication of the job descriptions for National Rescue

Committee Chairman and the National Rescue Committee Assistant in the GR News and GRCA website in order to solicit applicants for these positions.

02-45 Established Golden Starfish Award to recognize individuals or groups who have made a significant contribution to Golden Retriever Rescue efforts; adopted guidelines for this award

02-99 Adopted policy regarding the purchase of Golden Retrievers at auction recommended by National Rescue Committee.

03-07 GRCA to pay costs of supporting National Rescue Committee website for 2003 with costs not to exceed $450.

MY 03-13 Adopted statement clarifying the relationship between the GRF and the National Rescue Committee

RESCUE-GRANTS

00-45 Recommended payment of a grant in the amount of $5,000 to Delaware Valley Golden Retriever Rescue and requested the payment of this grant from the Golden Retriever Foundation.

RESCUE—PERSONNEL  

00-10 Appointed Linda Atwell as Chair of the Committee to Assist Rescue (CAR).

01-60 Appointed Judy Laureano to the position of National Rescue Committee Chair.

01-61 Appointed Carol Free to position of National Rescue Committee Assistant

MY 02-14 Appointed Jane Moore as Administrative Assistant for the National Rescue Committee

MY 03-12 Appointed Margaret Strowe to the position of Administrative Assistant to the National Rescue Committee

05-113 Jennifer O’Brien appointed as Eastern Region representative to National Rescue Committee 

06-77 Appointed Diane Williams as Eastern Regional Representative on the National Rescue Committee.

SALES

02-92 Approved contract with Andrea Decker to construct the GRCA electronic store for GRCA’s web page with costs not to exceed $2000.

MY 04-15 Board to appoint an ad hoc committee to fulfill the job responsibilities Outlined in Res. 03-108, use of GR News covers on sales items. Deb Haggerty*, Mary Schulz, Claire Caro and Suzy Rezy to be on Committee.

* Deb Haggerty was unable to accept this appointment.

MY 04-18 Board to investigate the possibility of entering into a contractual agreement with Promotional Designs, Inc. to act as a fulfillment house for GRCA sales items, and that the Board will collectively review the Contract to see if we can come to acceptable terms.

04-71 Approved contract with Promotional Designs, Inc. for one year.

05-68 Approved revised job description for the Sales Manager

NS 05-104 Renewed contract with PDI for one year; yearbooks and calendars to be removed from PDI and the responsibility for the distribution of these items be given to the Membership Administrator.

NS 05-105 Approved special products form to be mailed with dues renewal notice, placed on the website and published in the GRNews.

MY 06-22 Established Sales Review Task Force to analyze GRCA’s sales methods. Kurt Macauley and Suzanne Hemminger to serve as Board liaisons. Report due to Board by July 1, 2006.

NS06-66 Established Sales Task Force consisting of Al Cheaure’, Collette Jaynes, and Sharon Bolton to analyze present sales system and to recommend changes and improvements.

SALES-MERCHANDISE

00-42 Authorized Sales Manager to order a supply of metal license plate frames with the GRCA logo with costs not to exceed $1600.

00-44 Authorized Sales Manager to order a supply of kennel leads, leashes and fast clip collars with costs not to exceed $3,300.

01-57 Authorized the Sales Manager to order supply of automobile sun shades
to be used as GRCA sales item with costs not to exceed $800.00.

01-58 Authorized the Sales Manager to order supply of six-pack coolers wit