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General
Meeting Minutes
August 8, 2005
Welcome
New Member
– Marla Corey from
Reno
.
She is owned by a Border
Collie named Scout.
Treasurer’s
Report:
Checking $6006.98, Savings $1522.93
Secretaries
Report: We
received a Thank You from the American Cancer Society for the $1,115
donated through Pam Harris for the Relay for Life.
We also received a Thank You from Cynthia and Patrick Kennedy
for the Trial Package we gave them as a wedding gift (after being
together for 29 years, they tied the knot – ‘business’ she
says).
The
club donated $100 as a Level Two sponsor to High Desert DockDogs for
their first ever sanctioned event at the Nevada State Fair.
We also donated to the Nevada State Fair $150 for the 4H group.
CPE
Trial Update:
We have approximately 270 runs on Saturday and 250 runs on
Sunday. Nearly all the
entries have been logged. We
have 83 dogs entered and 57 exhibitors; 9 exhibitors will be RV
camping. Carrie Dempsey
volunteered to host the Continental Breakfast on Saturday and Becky
Ellis volunteered to host for Sunday.
Thanks everyone. Carrie
D will check with Kathy Givens/Aussie Rescue if she can do lunch.
If Aussie Lunch is a go, we’ll staff with workers in half
hour increments from
10:30
until
2pm
.
Raffle tickets will be given to workers.
We’ll still have two rings/two judges but we’ll stagger the
rings so only one runs at a time.
This allows for a smooth flow to the trial and eliminates
stress on workers and exhibitors.
The club will take the Judges out to dinner at Red’s 395 BBQ
on Saturday night at
5:00 pm
.
Sign ups for reservations (all members welcome – self pay)
will be taken Saturday morning at the check in desk.
There will be a workers only raffle.
Teresa
Rector Seminar Update:
Oct 15-16 at Chris Vaught’s place in
Washoe
Valley
.
Flyers will come out soon.
This will be an affordable seminar.
QAC
Picnic Update:
The Picnic is now set for Monday Sept 12 at
Fuji
Park
(pending approval
from the city for availability). Members
should arrive at
5:30 pm
– dinner is at
6:30 pm
. The club will
supply chicken, steaks and burgers, drinks and dessert.
Members will bring potluck appetizers and salads.
An email will be sent out shortly asking members which meat
selection they would like.
Traci
Haakinson/Lyon County
Fun
Match:
Traci is hosting an agility fun match on October 1 at the grass
soccer field in the Smith area in conjunction with the Lyon County Car
Cruisers. Everyone is
invited to come out and enjoy the fun match for a tiny entry fee.
She is looking a few people to assist in setting up, tearing
down, etc. If you will be
there, please let Traci know you can help out.
It’s a lot of fun – fall is a great time for agility.
Fuji
Park
Availability:
The weekend of Sept 24-25 is still available at
Fuji
if someone wants to
host an event. Please let
Becky Ellis know ASAP – since the SplashDogs people are holding the
weekend open if someone wants to use the park.
Otherwise the date will be released back to the public.
DOCNA:
This is a new venue called Dogs On Course in
North America
. It’s
very flexible in that the clubs can chose slatted or non-slated
contact equipment, 36 or 42 inch contact zones as long as it’s noted
in the premium. Also the
times are generous for newcomers but there are levels that will
challenge the more advanced dogs.
Perhaps after the first of the year, once they have it all
organized and the kinks worked out, QAC can look into hosting an
event.
Decals
for Trailer:
Chris Vaught to investigate the pricing of decals for the big
trailer from Alpine Signs (they do the decals for the forest service
fire rigs). We’d like
our logo with our name and website on each side of the trailer and
maybe a smaller logo on the rear door.
She’ll send the info to the board to vote on.
Upcoming
Events:
Nevada
State
Fair August 24-28.
Check out H3D’s Dock jumping event Thursday – Saturday in the
Rodeo Arena. Finals will
be Saturday. $10 gets you
into the fair – enjoy!
MDT
NADAC trial at
Fuji
Park
Sept 3-5
HA=HA
NADAC/ASCA trial at
Fuji
Park
Sept 10-11
Wags:
Pilot
and Ruby Tuesday
(Jenny and Bob Haas) earned their Novice Rally Obedience titles at the
Truckee Meadows event. Now
that Pilot has earned the
elusive AKC title, he can march in the Parade of Title Holders at the
Toller National Specialty. Pilot
– the littlest DockDog, launched
for the first time into the pool at the Tamarack Junctions Fun Jump
Jackpot with H3D. Ruby
was also quite successful in jumping into the pool off the dock in
preparation for her competition debut at the fair.
Reo (Susan
Woodin) earned two legs and Chaz
earned one leg toward their Novice B Rally Obedience titles.
Lisette
McLain has started a local Jack Russell Terrier Club.
She also has a great enclosed agility field behind her vet
hospital.
Maka
(Jim Collins) Q’d 8 out of 10 runs at the CPE trial in
Sunnyvale
the week before
last. She completed her
Level One title so she can go to the CPE Nationals next year.
Lexi (Jean
Collins) got her Novice Rally Obedience title.
She started her Therapy Dog training (she passed the test) and
had her first visit to the hospital.
She also passed the Temperament Test with flying colors.
Ivy
(Cathie Rossman) earned her Canine Good Citizen Certificate at the Fun
Day at
Fuji
Park
on July 23.
Basil (Becky
Ellis) finished his AX and AXJ AKC agility titles at the Flat Coat
Trial in Central Point Oregon with two 1st place runs and a
3rd place run.
Rush
(Kris Rainey) finished her agility Open Standard and Open Standard
Jumpers at the Oregon shows and Kris came home with ribbons and 9
month old Flat Coat females named Chilly.
Rudy
(Sharon Jans-Snyder) ran 15.3 miles on Saturday Aug 6 – from Echo
Summit to Big Meadows. Way
to go!
Dora
the Wonder Dog (Cori Meyer) earned 7 Q’s and her Open Gambler and
Novice Tunnelers titles at the MDT trial.
Cimmaron
(Chris Vaught) earned 2 Novice Standard legs and his Novice Gamblers
and Novice Jumpers titles at the MDT trial.
Tika earned 2 Vet Elite Gamblers legs, 1 Vet Elite Jumpers leg and 2
Vet Elite Regular legs at the MDT trial.
At the USDAA Super Regionals, Tika
earned a Master Gamblers leg, a Master Standard leg and a PIII Jumpers
leg. Chris also has a new
Kelpie puppy named
Liberty
– CLK Let Freedom Ring.
Almost but not quite 100% sure she’ll keep her.
Tres
(Carrie Dempsey) earned two Novice A Rally-O legs towards his RN AKC
title and he earned a Novice A Obedience leg towards his CD AKC.
Squirt (JJ
Bowen), who came down with cancer awhile back, got his Flyball Master
title – YEAH!!! Jinx
and Emma also got their Flyball Master titles.
Jinx got her 1st
leg toward her HRD1 (herding) title and three legs towards her Junior
Jumpers title in Dock Diving at the Wags to Wishes tourney.
Jinx and Emma also
placed 1st in Lure Coursing (obstacle).
(Brigette
Lewis) got a new puppy called Tak.
It’s a tri-colored Border Collie.
Range
aka Crackhead (Ann Raines) got his CGC certificate.
Whoa!!
Willow
still remains
awesome and is healed from her two-story plummet!
Editors
Note:
The
Rainbow
Bridge
receives with open
arms….. Lexi (Melissa
Hardy’s dog) and Shadow
(Traci [Kipler]
Franklin
’s dog).
Farewell faithful companions.
No July 2005 meeting
General Meeting
Minutes-June 13, 2005
Called to order:
7:10 pm
Welcome
to New Members and Family Teams from Tahoe
Ann Raines and Brigitte Lewis (Jr handler)
Elisabeth and Cathie Rossman
Treasurers
Report as of the End of May
Checking –$ 8835.97 Savings - $1522.93
USDAA Trial – May 2005
Expenses – 5261.20
Income - $6999.00 Profit - $1737.87
Old
Business
July 9 Fun Match at
Fuji
– No one member could/would volunteer to chair but several members
stated they would be there to help.
USDAA Raffle May 2005 – The raffle that Ann and
Kathy hosted was a success. $1185
was raised as a donation for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for
Life. Quicksilver donated
to the raffle about $600 of which $450 was raised through the silent
auction of used agility equipment and another $150 in workers raffle
tickets. The donation was presented to Pam Harris who was
participating in the relay. Needless
to say, she was speechless and full of gratitude.
Quicksilver also gave a check for $500 to Kathy
Givens for Aussie/Border Collie Rescue of No
Nev.
$350 was for workers
lunches and another $150 was a donation from the club.
She also was very grateful.
July 23 4H Qualifier – Deb White to judge/host
with volunteer help from Susan Woodin, Ann Raines and Cori Meyer.
Members are encouraged to come by and help set up, help out and
break down. Set up starts
at
10am
and the event should go until about 3 or
4pm
.
QAC Picnic date has been moved to Saturday,
August 13. Site to be
announced soon.
CPE Trial August 20-21 – Carrie Dempsey will
chair the raffle so please help and donate raffle gifts to a worthy
cause. Jenny will check with CPE if there is any protocol to a judge
running on his/her own course and what the tradition is to any gratis
runs. Ann Raines will look
to Bill Ackermann for tutelage on
Chief
Course
Building
for the CPE trial and future events.
USDAA Trial has moved back to May 13-14 in 2006.
The Renaissance Faire guy wobbles back and forth to which
weekend he needs for
Fuji
.
Deborah White made awesome QAC business cards for
members to pass around to perspective members.
Thanks Deb – they look great.
J
New
Business
July 11 QAC meeting has been cancelled.
Please, please be sure to attend the August 8th
meeting as it’s the last time we meet before our CPE trial.
Discussion on hosting a trial and/or match and/or
seminar in Tahoe for 2007. Deborah
White and Bill Ackermann to look into venues.
Pictures were passed around of the 4H Camp at
Stateline
NV
where the 4H Fun Match was help over Memorial Day weekend – and WOW!
what a beautiful place!!!
The Summer/June newsletter is posted to the QAC
website.
H3D (High Desert DockDogs) will be hosting the
raffle at HA=HA’s September raffle.
Please donate a raffle gift.
See Becky Ellis for details.
Wags
– Our Club has been BUSY earning titles!!!
Pilot
and Ruby Tuesday, who
co-own Bob and Jenny Haas, each earned two legs towards their Rally
Obedience Novice titles at the Reno Kennel Club’s show in June.
Dora,
who co-owns Cori Meyer, earned a Q in P1 Snooker to finish her title,
a Q in P1 Gamblers at QAC’s USDAA trial.
At the AKC TRACS trial in
Dixon
over Memorial Day, Dora earned a 1st place Q in Novice
Jumpers. At R2R last
weekend, she earned 8 Q’s (3 Regular, 1 Gamblers, 2 Jumpers, 1 Touch
n Go and 1 Weavers.)
Jakob,
who co-owns Judy McQuain, went Best of Winners in conformation at the
Hangtown Placerville show in May.
Willow
, who co-owns Ann Raines,
got all of her weave pole entries in the R2R trial this past weekend.
She’s totally happy with this as it took 1 ½ years to
retrain her handler. J
Sierra, who
co-owns Carrie Higuera, earned a 1st place Q in P1
Gamblers, a 1st place Q in P1 Snookers and a 2nd
place Q in PI Jumpers at the USDAA QAC trial in May.
Skotch, who
co-owns Becky Ellis, earned a 1st place Q in Championship
Jumpers and a 2nd place Q in Championship Pairs Relay with
Chris Vaught and
Cimarron
at the Quicksilver USDAA trial in May.
Skotch also took 9th place at a SplashDogs event in
Auburn
on June 12 out of 122 dogs entered!
Basil, who
co-owns Becky Ellis, earned a 1st place Q in P1 Standard,
Snookers and Jumpers at the USDAA trial at
Fuji
Park
in May. He also jumped
from a dock for the first time into a pool in
Auburn
at the SplashDogs event!
Cimarron
, who co-owns Chris Vaught,
earned a Starters Novice Pairs leg with Becky Ellis and Skotch and a 2nd
place Starters Novice Relay title.
He also earned a 2nd and a Q in Starters Novice
Jumpers at the USDAA trial.
Tika, who
also co-owns Chris Vaught, earned a Master Snooker Q at the USDAA
trial in May. In NADAC,
Tika earned a Q in Elite Touch n Go, Elite Jumpers, Elite Tunnelers, 3
Elite Regular legs and 2 Elite Gamblers Q to complete her NATCH!
You go Tika!!!
Maka, who
co-owns Jim and Jean Collins, picked up her first two Q’s in Open
Standard at the TRACS AKC trial in
Dixon
…after a dry spell of almost a year!
Tres, who
co-owns Carrie Dempsey, earned an Advanced Snooker Q and an Advanced
Jumpers Q at the USDAA QAC trial in May.
He earned at the R2R trial in June a 4th and a Q in
Elite Jumpers and a new title: Elite Jumpers – Outstanding in NADAC
and ASCA. He had a 2nd
and a 3rd both days and a Q with a new title: Open Touch n
Go. Also Q’d in Elite Tunnelers for a new title: Elite Tunnelers.
Gabriel, who
also co-owns Carrie Dempsey, earned at the USDAA trial in May a PII
Snookers Q, and a PII Standard Q.
At the AKC TRACS trial in May he Q’d in Novice Preferred
Jumpers w/ Weaves for a new title.
At the R2R trial in June he had two 1st place Q’s
in Elite Gamblers for his NADAC and ASCA titles: Elite Veterans
Gamblers and one 1st place and one 2nd place Q
in Elite Standard.
Holly,
who owns Elisabeth Rossman, retired from conformation after taking
Best of Breed over the Males and they also beat a top professional
handler at the Camellia Kennel Club in
Woodland
,
CA
on Sunday May 15.
Ivy,
who owns Cathie Rossman, took Winners Bitch on May 15 at the Camellia
Kennel Club plus Best of Show on June 4th and Best of
Winners on June 5 – both at the Reno Kennel Club show.
General
Meeting Minutes – May 9, 2005
Welcome to Guests and New Members:
Sherry
and Jessica Flamm were our guests and they received a membership form.
Welcome to Pam Gardner and Kathy Flaherty, new members who joined last
month. Also a welcome to Kathy Etchemendy, long time member, to the
meeting.
Treasurers Report:
Checking:
$ 5410.86
Savings: $1521.03
Upcoming Events:
USDAA
Trial May 21-22. A volunteer sheet was passed around. It will be a
small trial, less than 300 runs. Judges have been secured. Kathy
Givens will be hosting the lunch with Aussie Rescue. Looking for
members to help out for an hour…(lunch rush, making salads etc –
please check in the Kathy)
Fun Match at
Fuji
– July 9….who volunteered to host the match?
CPE Trial – August 20-21 – Coming along nicely, judges have been
secured, the premium has been printed and passed out at the meeting.
Opening day for entries is June 1.
Teresa Rector Seminar at Chris Vaught’s place in
Washoe
Valley
– Oct 14-16. No longer a conflict with TMDTC dates.
Old Business:
Inventory
at the 4H Fun match– Six members inventoried the equipment and
worked the event (setting up, tearing down and manning clinic
stations), Carrie Dempsey, Bill Ackermann, Candy Johnson, Susan Woodin,
Carrie Higuera and Jenny Haas. Thanks to those members who came out to
help and earned valuable Quicksilver Bucks. We had about a dozen dogs
entered in the clinics and we set up three stations that they rotated
through. The fun match was a show n go…we had a full sheet of
signups. Members got to run their dogs after the event was over…and
two member beginner dogs (Ruby Tuesday and Pecos) got to try out the
equipment. There will be a silent auction at the May trial for members
only to bid on equipment. Must be present to bid.
New Equipment:
Susan
bought 6 nice stopwatches with large numbers for about $100. Chris
bought two measuring wheels. Carrie D. will buy the wagon and two
umbrellas (we have two empty umbrella stands). Has anyone seen two of
our eight foot tables??
July 23 – 4H Qualifier for State Fair at
Fuji
– Deborah White volunteered to judge/host. Need other volunteers to
assist.
QAC Picnic – dates may change, possibly to a weekend, location to be
determined. Deborah to check into the 4H site at Tahoe.
New Business:
4H
Guide Dog Club – Lissette
Leon
requesting help hosting a fun match over the Memorial Day weekend at
the 4H Camp in Tahoe. Deborah sent around a helper sheet. $15 for
three runs includes lunch and use of the beach, volleyball courts and
amenities. For an extra $5 you can stay overnight in the rustic cabins
– bring a sleeping bag and lots of poop bags. Cabins sleep 6-8
people.
Splash Dogs is hosting a fun jump (pool jumping event) in
Auburn
to benefit the
Auburn
Dog
Park
in memory of Cash – the dock dog who died suddenly after a jump.
Being held at Rainhead
Park
in
Auburn
June
11-12 10 am to 6 pm
.
Bill Ackermann suggested the club make business cards to pass out with
our club website info. Every event we have inevitably have someone requests
info. Deborah White to create and have printed out so members can pass
them out.
Wags and Wiggles:
Pilot
(Jenny Haas) earned his first NADAC title, NAC, at the Ready 2 Run
trial on May 1. He also Q’d in Jumpers at the Pepper Memorial.
Baron (
Kathy
Port
) Q’d in Standard Novice, Q’d twice in Gamblers and Q’d twice in
Jumpers – all in NADAC. Shelby Q’d in Jumpers, Kira Q’d twice in
Standard Novice and Q’d in Jumpers and little Tilly the Toy Poodle
had some nice runs in Jumpers and Touch n Go but did not make time.
Amanda (Judy Dreyer) earned her 1st Gamblers Q at the Pepper Memorial.
Oliver (Gwen March) earned 8 Q’s and got his
Superior
title in Tunnelers.
Panda (Kathy Etchemendy) finished her 20” Novice AKC titles to move
to open.
Jake (Becky Ellis) the Irish Setter/Pointer mix decided he might want
to do agility. He is doing an A- Frame and a Jump!
Tres (Carrie Dempsey) got a Q in Snooker, Gamblers and Jumpers at the
USDAA trial in
Dixon
in April.
Pecos
started herding lessons and is a STAR!!!
At the Ready 2 Run trial at the end of April, Dora (Cori Meyer) earned
6 – count ‘em – 6 Q’s!!—2 in Standard (both 1st place), 2 in
Gamblers and 2 in Jumpers (both 2nd place). She also completed her
ASCA Novice Jumpers title.
Quicksilver
Board Meeting - April 11, 2005
Called to order at
6:10pm
In attendance: Jenny Haas, Carrie Dempsey, Cori Meyer, Chris Vaught,
Susan Woodin, Kathy Port, Deborah White and Bill Ackermann.
Discussion of Equipment
-
Carrie
D. bought some large plastic bins and sorted through the small trailer
organizing the small equipment, tent poles, bungies, etc. Also bought
small plastic drawers for the ribbons.
-
We need to buy 6 good stop watches. Susan W. will investigate prices
and models and will purchase.
-
Carrie D. will ship the broken wicket to Duncan
for repairs. Much cheaper than buying a new one at $210.
-
Chris V will go to Home Depot and buy two 12” measuring wheels that
go forward and reverse and have a kickstand. Just like the USDAA ones.
Cost is about $110 each.
-
Carrie D.will purchase a large utility garden wagon from Costco for
hauling stuff around trials for $89.
-
Cori M. will investigate prices and models of two-way headsets at
Radio Shack and Best Buy. She’ll report back.
-
Bill A. will investigate buying an adapter for the trailer hitch on
the big trailer so it can be towed by other trucks with universal
hitches.
-
Carrie D. bought another broad jump and ordered another set of small
yellow cones.
Discussion of Catastrophic
Emergency Fund
We will investigate how other funds are funded and distributed …and
what the criteria is for application. Tabled until the August board
meeting.
Chris V to put on a presentation about Pet Insurance to the general
membership.
Discussion of QS Dollars
A price of $10 QS dollars has been set for members who volunteer to
set up and tear down for events/seminars
Adjourned at
7:15 pm
Quicksilver
General Meeting Minutes
- April 11, 2005
Called to order at
7:15 pm
Guests in attendance: Kathy
Flaherty, who has a Sheltie and her friend Pam Gardner, who has a
Standard Poodle. Both joined the club. Welcome!!
Treasurers Report
Checking
Balance $6,359.45
Savings Balance $1,519.20
Terry Smorch Seminar Report
Seminar Income
Seminar
Registration Fees
$3,033.00
QS
Bucks towards registration
$422.00
Total
Income
$3,455.00
Seminar Expenses
Seminar
Fee
$1,500.00
Hotel
$193.20
Airfare
$407.90
Lunch/Supplies
$131.54
Mileage
$12.00
Parking
$44.00
Meals/Snacks $3.10
Total Expenses
$2,291.74
Net Income $
1,163.26
New/Old Business
Discussion of the equestrian building in the CarsonValley that is for
sale for 3 million dollars. Carrie D will check into the club possibly
renting the building so we can have indoor training and a place to
store the trailer and equipment.
USDAA Trial Update:
Committees
were selected: Becky for Sunday starters ring steward; Chris V
possibly master ring steward; Cori at the scoretable (with 3 others
TBD)
Reminder of July 9 Fun Match
at
Fuji
in conjunction with Bonanza and TMDTC
CPE Trial: Jenny finished
the premium with input from the club, fees were set (free tents w/o
amenities or power), opening date for entries June 1, established
committees : Chief Course Builder – Bill Ackermann; Chief Ring
Stewards - Cori Meyer and Susan Woodin; Awards - Carrie Dempsey; Chief
Scorekeeper – Deborah White
Reminder:
The
Theresa Rector seminar will be at Chris Vaught’s house in Washoe
Valley on Oct 15-16. Price for this seminar will be lowered so we just break
even – the club need not make a profit off the seminars.
Equipment Inventory Rescheduled:
May 7 at Fuji
Park
at 10 am before the 4H Fun Match (which is at
12:30
)
Wags and Wiggles
Tika (Chris Vaught) got a Master Gamblers leg and a Masters Standard
leg in
Madera
. Tika also went 10 for 10 at the Ready 2 Run trial.
Cimarron
got his 1st USDAA Q in Jumpers at
Madera
. Cim earned an Open Tunnelers Q at Ready 2 Run.
Dora (Cori Meyer) Q’d and got a 1st in Novice Touch n Go at Ready 2
Run. This finished her title. Dora also Q’d with a 1st in Novice
Tunnelers at Ready 2 Run.
Tres (Carrie Dempsey) earned a Q and 3rd place in Elite Tunnelers, a Q
with 2nd place in Open Touch n Go and a Q with a 1st in Open Touch n
Go – earning his Touch n Go title at the Ready 2 Run trial.
Pilot (Jenny Haas) earned a Q in Novice Touch n Go at the Ready 2 Run
trial.
Josie (Bill Ackermann) earned a 1st place and a Q in Tunnelers at
Ready 2 Run. She had the fastest time of all dogs at the Ready 2 Run
trial – not bad for a 7 ½ yr old dog. Sting attended his first ring
event at the Terry Smorch Seminar where he learned the meaning of Run
Away from Bill.
Skotch (Becky Ellis) retrieved 3 of his 4 birds to hand and had two
beautiful water retrieves at the Sierra Nevada Retriever Club’s
picnic trial in Fallon in March. Basil had 3 successful retrieves –
2 on land and 1 in water. In Dixon
on Apr 9-10, Basil finished his AKC Open agility titles (OA and OAJ)
with 2nd place runs.
Adjourned
8:15 pm
General
Meeting Minutes
, March 14, 2005
Meeting
came to order at
7pm
with Susan Woodin presiding.
Welcome of New Members and
Visitors:
Member
Sharon
Jans brought her husband Randy Snyder as a guest. We had three other
visitors/potential members: Kathy Flagherty, who has attended a
meeting before. Julie & Clint Stanley were Lissette McClain’s
guests and they are filling out a membership form!! Thanks Lissette…and
thanks for taking blank membership forms to your office for
distribution!
Induction (in absence) of new Board Member at Large, Deborah White,
who replaced Becky Ellis. Welcome back to the Board Deborah!
Treasurers Report:
Cori,
our new treasurer tallied the bank accounts.
Checking - $7,019.58
Savings - $1,1519.20
-
Reminders of Upcoming 2005 QAC
Events:
Terry
Smorch April 2-3*
*Equipment inventory after the seminar on Sunday afternoon
-
USDAA Trial May 21-22 – Premiums available now on the club website
-
Silent Auction/Sale of overstock of agility equipment to QAC members
during the trial. Trail committees still have openings. Please step up
to the plate. Since we have about 50 members and we host about three
trials a year, you only need to volunteer to chair a committee once
every leap year –or so (or would that be a blue moon?)
-
Fun Match at
Fuji
– July 9 in conjunction with Bonanza Kennel Club conformation and
TMDTC obedience match. Looking for volunteers to help out.
-
CPE Trial Aug 20-21
-
Teresa Rector Seminar Oct 14-16 at Chris Vaught’s in
Washoe
Valley
– stay tuned for updates
Old Business:
Judy
McQuain spoke passionately of the Juniors program and asked for
volunteers. She suggests a 4 person committee so they can rotate weeks
(it’s an 8 week program) to lessen the load. The classes can be
scheduled at your convenience. Still no takers…it would be a shame
to let this important time spent with Juniors and their dogs fall by
the wayside. Cori thought once the agility training classes were put
on the calendar then someone (perhaps she) would volunteer – knowing
what their own schedule is.
New Business:
4H
Match at
Fuji
– looking for volunteers – Gwen Marsh,
Kathy
Port
and Judy Dreyer expressed interest.
Two other items of new business were put out to the general membership
but not discussed in detail as there wasn’t a large club turnout.
Kathy Givens, long time former member and Aussie Rescue Extraordinaire
has two personally owned dogs who have recurring health issues.
Donations for health care were suggested – on a personal level.
Free
entry (or other compensation) to a QAC event for one dog to our
tireless Newsletter Editor and Webmaster.
Other Local Events were
mentioned:
April
9-10 R2R NADAC new games only (www.ready2runagility.com)
April 16-17 Pepper Memorial – likely filled
April 30-May 1 R2R NADAC/ASCA trial
May 14-15 Susan Perry Seminar (contact MDT) – likely filled
June 11-12 R2R NADAC trial
June 25-26 NNASC Herding Trial
Wags:
Pilot
(Jenny Haas) had a great day during his rookie field training day at
Little Washoe Lake. He had three water and three land retrieves with
pigeons. It was his first time successfully working with pigeons. So
does this make him a Nova Scotia Pigeon Tolling Retriever?
Dora (Cori Meyer) got 3 Q’s at
Dixon
at the AKC trial in Standard. She got a 1st place and 2nd place and
finished her NA. She got 3rd place in Jumpers with Weaves, to earn her
first Novice Jumpers leg.
Whistler (Susan Woodin), a puppy Border Collie, has joined the Woodin
household. He was the puppy demo dog at puppy socialization at
Dayton
Valley
Veterinary
Hospital. From all reports, he’s quite a smart little guy and
gets along
well with his 4-legged housemates.
Jinx (JJ Bowen) has discovered that he can, in fact, herd.
Skotch (Becky Ellis) turned 6 years old on Sat., March 12th. He has a
new SplashDogs pool personal best jump of 18’9”. He finished 7th
at an event in
Pleasanton
,
CA
and qualified for the International Sportsmen Expo SplashDogs Finals
taking 14th place overall. Skotch’s new passion is the field and
retrieving birds!
Basil (Becky Ellis) wants to be a bird dog too and is doing very well
at the practice hunt tests in Fallon with the Sierra Nevada Retriever
Club. Basil went 3 for 4 at an AKC agility trial in Dixon March 5-6
with two 3rd place Q’s in Open JWW (Jumpers w/ Weaves) and a 1st
place Q in Open Standard beating 14 other 24” dogs!
General
Meeting Minutes – Annual MeetingFebruary 7, 2005
Start:
7:00 pm
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Welcome Visitors and New Members:
We
welcomed several members who were attending their first meeting since
joining – Ann Daugherty, Mike Fish and Carol Paugh.
Paul Hubbard submitted a New Member form.
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Introduction
of the 2005 Board.
Kim
Munoz resigned as Treasurer. Cori
Meyer will fill the vacancy of Treasurer and
Kathy
Port
will then fill Cori’s vacant Board position.
Update on Judy McQuain’s back surgery.
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Board
Report:
Board
minutes read from the January board meeting.
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Treasurers
Report:
2004
Annual Summary of the Treasurers report passed around.
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Presidents
Report:
Carrie
read her President’s Report for the upcoming year and encouraged all
members to take an active role in THEIR club.
Reminder of club membership renewal due date.
Must renew by February 28 or the current membership will lapse.
If it lapses, a New Member fee will be required.
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Old
Business:
Auditor
positions and limited Novice spots are still available for the Terry
Smorch Seminar in April.
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Inventory
of equipment reminder taking place after the Smorch seminar –
hopefully to take place on Saturday afternoon so when the Sunday
seminar is over everyone can go home.
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A
silent auction of excess equipment to be held for members only will be
held after the May trial. QS
dollars can be used to pay for items won.
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May USDAA Trial: A Raffle Committee was selected.
Ann Daugherty and Paul Hubbard stepped up to the plate.
The Raffle Committee gets to chose which charity the monies
raised can go to. We are
looking for a Co-Chair, Co-Secretary and 4 Chief Ring Stewards.
Members were reminded that trial positions pay big bucks - $65
for Chair/Secretary and $30 for Chief Ring Steward.
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Newsletter Update: Deadlines discussed for contributing; March 1, June
1, Sept 1 and Dec 1. Submit
articles and brags to Deborah White at deborahjwhite@yahoo.com
Two board members will write up an article – doesn’t have
to be a tough training article – can be a recipe for dog cookies.
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Free Want Ads/Classifieds section will be part of the newsletter.
We’ll also spotlight two members dogs each quarter.
The spring newsletter will focus on Sally Armstrong’s dog
Yaki and Julie Work’s
dog Chance. The spring
newsletter will also have an updated club roster.
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New
Business:
ByLaws:
Revisions
to the bylaws were read and approved with the exception of the ‘7
day rule on premiums’ pending investigation of rules from CPE and
USDAA. (7 day rules refers
to reserving a set amount of entry spots for club workers.)
2006
Dates:
Terry
Smorch Seminar - April 1-2
USDAA
Trial - May 20-21
Event
- June 17-18
Event
– July 8-9
CPE
– Aug 19-20
USDAA
– Sept 23-24
Event
– Oct 14-15 or Oct 21-22
We may choose two Spring USDAA and one fall CPE or vice versa.
TBD.
2005 Committee Assignments:
Juniors:
Susan Woodin spoke on behalf of the 2004 Juniors committee and
read a note from Judy Mcquain. She
said it is more the relationship between the kids and their dogs than
it is honing in on any technical skill.
She encouraged members who are creative and/or who like kids
(or not!) to step up and volunteer for the 2005 committee. It is an 8
week program taking place during the summer months.
Mentoring: We will be
putting together a new mentoring list will be discussed at the next
meeting and will be included in the New Member Packets.
Sister
Club Relations: We’d
like volunteers to assist with maintaining relationships with all the
other agility clubs in the area. – it’s a very easy duty.
USDAA Correspondent: This is a new committee whereby the chairperson
acts as liaison to USDAA and takes photos, submits stories etc on on
our USDAA trials. A perk
is getting free membership to USDAA.
Pam Richcreek volunteered.
New
Member Packets: Jenny Haas will put
together folders for new members.
The folder will contain CPE and USDAA membership forms, roster,
intro to agility stuff, glossary of terms, newsletter, etc.
Wags for Wishes: Anne Marie Bellard and Stacy Coleman to head up.
A fundraiser comprised of many different dog events with
proceeds going to Make a Wish Foundation.
To be held at Rancho San Rafael
Park in 2006. Quicksilver participation TBD.
Check out the website www.wagsforwishes.com for more info on
the event that’s being held this year.
Adjourned:
8:15 pm
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