SaberTails
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InAttendance:SusannahCooper,GloriaSwaine,Bob
Cohen,LindleyHenson,JoQuintenz,PamHelmer,Anne
Gallant,SandyBustin,LoraMegli,SherylBradbury,Bryan
Helvey.Absent:BettyBarth,Guest:SueSmyth,VickieWill-
mann
FirsthalfoftheMinutestoHuntBudgettakenbySusannah
Cooper,SherylFinishedminutes
Meetingwascalledtoorderat5:35PMPSTbyVicePresi-
dentBobCohen
President:NTR
VicePresident:FoundationSMILEprogramwasdiscussed
lasttimeandBoblookedintoitwiththeFoundationpro-
gramisnottakingmoneyawayfromtheClubforthis.Bob
hasbeencontactedbyDebraMillsseekingtogetherphoto-
graphs.ShewantstofileacasewiththeAKCandthe
BloodhoundClub.
RecordingSecretary:MOTION#02-15-01(Hensonsecond
Bustin)movedtoapprovetheminutesfromtheJanuary
meetingasamended.Infavor:Quintenz,Bustin,Cohen,
Megli,Henson,andCooperAbstain:SwaineMotionac-
ceptedMOTION#02-15-02(BustinsecondSwaine)moved
toapprovetheacceptanceofthethreememberapplications
forVivienPhillips,DeeCanigliaandLarryCaniglia,pro-
vidednonegativefeedbackisreceivedbyFeb15th.Motion
acceptedunanimously
CorrespondingSecretary:NTR
Treasurer’sreport:GloriaprovidedareporttotheBoard.
Discussionofthememberswhohavenotrenewedwasdis-
cussed.SusannahwillsendthelisttotheBoardinorderto
contactpeopletofollowup.
Hunt-Theboarddiscussedthecostofthemedallionsand
rosettecosts.
Delegatesreport:Annereportedthatfivepeoplearerun-
ningandfourplacesareopenfortheBoardofAKC.Anne
maderecommendationstotheBoardonthefourshethinks
arerighttovotefor.MOTION#02-15-03(Helmersecond
Henson)movedtoacceptAnne’srecommendationsforvot-
ingforthenewBoardmembers.Motionacceptedunani-
mously
NEWBUSINESS:
HuntBudget-VickieWillmannpresentedtotheboarda
needtohaveanincreasetothebudget.Theinventoryof
Ribbonsandselectmedallionneedstobereordered.Quan-
titypricebreaksareavailableandthecommitteewouldlike
totakeadvantageofthediscount.MOTION#02-15-04
(HelmersecondCooper)movedtoincreasethebudget$150
to$900toenablethecommitteetoordertherosettesand
medallionsforHunts.Motionacceptedunanimously
Eukanuba:SueSmythreportedtotheboardtheEukanuba
committeeneedstogetacommitmentfromtheclubasto
whetherthePBGVCAwillbeholdingaPBGVSpecialty.Sue
alsolettheboardknowthatcostsofattendingthisevent.
MeettheBreeds-Suementionedthatshehaddifficulty
findingpeopletobringdogsandworkthebooth.Thecom-
mitteereachedouttomanymembersintheFloridaarea.
MOTION#02-15-05(HensonsecondHelmer)movedthat
thePBGVCAcommittothe2015Eukanubaspecialtyand
MeettheBreedandthesetwoitemsupto$750forreim-
bursableexpenses.Motionacceptedunanimously
PBGVUniversity:SueSmythreportedthatSueandher
committeehavebeenworkingoncompletingthePBGV
University.SuewillbringsomeexamplestotheAprilboard
meetinginTucson.
Trophies:Suereportedthattherearesomeleftovertrophies
fromthe2014National.Suewouldliketomakethemavail-
ableforsale.Theboardrecommendedthattheybesentto
JoQuintenztoutilizefor2015auctions.Suewillreusethe
smaller“ornament”itemsastrophiesatEukanuba.
2015NationalSpecialtyReport-LindleyHenson.Lindley
reportedthatthepremiumshouldbeavailableonlinein
thenextcoupledays.Everythingisgoingwell.
2016NationalSpecialtyReport-VickieWillmannPam
Helmerreportedthereisnothingtoreportatthistime.
VickieandPamarelookingatshowsecretaries.
2017NationalSpecialtyReport-BeverlyChilds:Pam
HelmerreportedthatBeverlyChildsislookingatahotelin
Atlanta.
Rescue-PamHelmer:Pamreportedtherescueisbusy.
SaberTails-SandyBustin:Sandyreportedthatthenext
deadlineisMay1,2015.Thisdeadlinehasbeenextendedto
accommodatethe2015National.
JudgesEducation–SandyBustin:Sandyreportedthatshe
hashadarequestforaDVD.Kittyhashadsomequestions
onthelogisticsofgettingDVD
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NEWBUSINESS:
MembershipPins:Discussionofwhethertoorder30year
pinstookplace.Itwasdecidedthatweshouldlookinto
otheroptionsandpossiblynotdo30yearpinsandstartup
againwith40or50yearpins.ACTION:Susannahwillhave
theMembershipCommitteelookintootheroptionsfor
this.
Thankyounotes:Lindleywillwriteoutnotesforthepeo-
plewhodidagreatdealofworkforthespecialtyatEu-
kanubaandMeettheBreeds.
ServiceAward:TheBoardtodiscussviaemailsuggestedre-
cipientsforthisaward.CutofffornominationswillbeFeb-
ruary1,2015.
NextMeeting:Monday,February9,2015.Meetingad-
journedat8:06PMPST.
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PBGVCABoardofDirectorsConferenceCall
SubmittedbyPBGVCARecordingSecretarySherylBradbury
Monday,Feb.9,2014
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•Minutesarereprintedasreceivedfromtherecordingsecretary
andasapprovedbytheboardofdirectors•