ISAA BOD MTG February 9
Mtg. called to order at 7:02 P.M. EST
Present: Terry Warnock, Jennifer Sanders, Loren Dribinsky,Peg Johnson, Kathy Birnie,JudiVittetoe, Pat Putnam
Minutes from 3rd Quarter were submitted, approved, and are on the website.
When the transition mtg. minutes are approved, Terry will send them to Kim Carestia with a cc to Loren.
Fourth Qtr reports have been submitted.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
Peg is withdrawing from the website committee. We need a BOD liaison to the website committee to keep the BOD informed and involved in the process. A liaison from the Board may also help to keep the process moving along. Jennifer Sanders volunteered to be the liaison.
THE NATIONAL:
Peg is organizing the details for the next newsletter. Kathy Birnie has submitted a farm dog evaluation proposal. Kathy has not been able to contact the representative from the host club to solidify the details. We have a committee: Spike will take care of the course, Loren will chair. Typical charge is $40-50 per event. This is a stand alone event. The biggest cost is the judges-but we need to find out if there is a facility fee. We can use any type of stock- even just 5-6 chickens. People can sign up the day of event. We can get ribbons for the maximum number of entries allowed. Kathy suggested that we allow Icelandic Sheepdog owners to sign up early, and if there are slots left, allow other breeds to enter.
Kathy discussed judging options: Kathy is a certified judge, and her handler is a certified judge. Kathy would waive her fee, and her handler would charge $150, possibly lowering it if entries are small. Kathy ran it by AKC, and since Kathy is not entering her dogs, there appears to be no conflict. A vote was taken and carried unanimously that Kathy and her friend act as judges. Kathy will walk through the day of entries recording requirements. Judi Vittetoe volunteered to be the secretary. The plan is to run the event on Thursday. No donations are necessary. There are no trophies- only a qualifying ribbon. There is no high in trial. After the facility is confirmed, Kathy will reach out to the local 4 H or agricultural school to try and recruit chickens or alternate stock.
Peg is trying to recruit a meeting room for the annual meeting on the showgrounds . The seminar by Hans-Ake will be on Sunday afternoon. Peg will give Pat a JES flyer for the Hans-Ake seminar. Pat will place information on the judges education listing. The judges will have a lower price to attend the seminar. Pat will place notices in various judges education group newsletters regarding our judging education program and Hans-Ake seminars. Perhaps we will ask for donations for our Judges education program.Peg is trying to locate a projector- she may ask the hotel. Pat questioned whether Hans-Ake will have handout material for sale- Peg doubts this. Pat reported that at other specialties there is a professional video recorder of the entire specialty. If there is such an organization, it could video the seminar. Pat will check with the cluster officials, and then notify the Board. Jennifer will refer a local videographer to Pat.
2017 ISIC MEETING:
Location has been arranged: The Inn at Port Gardner in Everett, WA. Peg has notified the ISIC organizations.Peg questions whether there should be registration forms for U.S. and Canadian attendees who are not official ISIC members. Typically, they attend the morning session, speaker session, and the closing session. Pat Putnam will be the speaker. ISIC members are looking forward to this. The hotel is dog friendly, and Judi Vittetoe wondered whether there can be a gathering of icelandics for them to see American representatives of the breed. Typically, they do not have conformation shows during the meeting because it detracts from the business of the ISIC meeting. Pat is planning to visit Mark Watson’s former homestead in California, and she hopes that she can arrange for some icelandics to be there for her photographs.
CALENDAR: 86 calendars sold- revenue $475. Judi is awaiting the check from Lulu.
ELECTION results reviewed.
20th Anniversary: Spike has sent out the bulk of the pins. ISAA has made $180 from the logo items.
NEW BUSINESS:
Gabi Vannini has resigned. We need to fill the vacant position. Tina Carney has been suggested. Terry will contact Tina to see if she is interested and report back to the Board.
The club P.O. Box expires the end of April. Should it be left near Spike- He has offered to check on it. We do not receive much mail. Terry suggested that it be changed to her P.O. Box address and there will be no additional cost. We would need to change it on the AKC and ISAA websites. We will renew it for a year.
ANNUAL REPORT: individuals who do quarterly reports will collate them for the annual report. Please submit by the end of March to the BOD yahoo group and Kathy will organize the Annual Report.
Member Discussion Group- 57% of members are members of this online group. Terry asked if weshould continue to offer this service as it has very little activity and we will need a new monitor as Spike will no longer monitor it. Kathy suggested a poll with membership reactions. Peg pointed out that we can run a poll through Zooza. Jennifer offered to look and see how we can utilize Zooza for a poll.
AKC Gazette: It is now online only. Jamie McDermott has been doing this for years, and now has run out of topics. Our article is quarterly – March, June, September, and December.Pat suggests that the June, September, and December articles focus on the National. We could possibly use Kathryn’s article in Herding Digest for the March article or alternatively, focus on Hans-Ake’s upcoming visit. Peg will look for new writers in the newsletter.
AKC Delegate Report: The judges application procedure to judge our breed has changed; they must answer 25 questions accurately, without error. These questions need to be reviewed by our JES committee chairman to ensure that they agree with our standard. Thordur needs to contact Tim Thomas in Judges Operation, to institute a review of these questions. Terry will contact Thordur.
Pat questioned whether we need to review the data present in the AKC Marketplace; it is possible to get information on breeds in this area. We have no control over this data.Pat suggests that we contact AKC if their data misrepresents the breed. Terry will contact AKC about their reporting on health issues and weight in the breed. Pat points out the information is generic and can be inaccurate. In the past, we contacted AKC about some Breeders of Merit who did not appear to follow ISAA breeding guidelines. AKC said they would look into it.
Action Items:
Spike shared the budget in January.
We need a chair and venue for the 2018 National Specialty. Terry suggested a notice in the newsletter calling for a volunteer.
Next Meeting: Thursday, May 18th 7 P.M. EST
Meeting adjourned at 9:23 P.M.