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Account7020-DirectoryPrinting:Reducebudgetby$100
to$500baseduponactualexpenditurelastyear.
Account7110–SaberTailsPrinting:Reducebudgetby$410
toreflectamountspentin2014.
Account7305–JudgesEducationTravel:Reducebudgetby
$500.GloriatalkedwithKittySteidelandsheindicatedthat
shedoesnotrequestreimbursementforhertraveltoJudges
Educationevents.Fundsareneededonlyifsomeonewill
notgowhenKittyisunavailableandtheywantreimburse-
ment.Amaximumamountisreimbursed.
Account7500–LegislativeCommittee:Reducethebudget
to$500.Inotherareaswhenreimbursementfortravelisre-
quested,thereisamaximumamountfrom$400to$500.
Thiswouldbeinlinewithtravelpoliciesinotherareasof
thebudget.
Account9129–RecordingSecretary:Reducebudgetto$500
(from$800).Thisbringsthebudgetmoreinlinewithprior
yearactuals.In2014,thereweremoremailingsthanin
prioryears.Extramailingsarenotanticipatedin2015.
Account9150–boardMeetingExpense:Reducethebudget
to$600.Priorto2013,theClubhaspaidforlunchonlyat
themid-yearmeetingsinsteadofbothlunchanddinner.
Thisamountbringsthebudgetmoreinlinewithprioryear
expenditures.
Account9180–ServiceAwards:Increasebudgetto$400.
Thisisreflectiveofwhathasalreadybeenspentin2015for
serviceawardsduetotheincreasednumberofawards.
MOTION#03-15-03(QuintenzsecondSwaine)movedtoac-
cepttherevisedbudgetaspresentedtotheboard.Motion
passedunanimously
SherylBradburytosendtheLiaisonlisttoGloriaSwaine
GloriaSwainewillsendtheanoticetoeachoftheChairperson
Delegate’sReportAbsent
2015NationalSpecialtyReport-LindleyHensonLindley
Hensonreportedtheblockofroomsisjustaboutfilled.The
shuttleavailabilityisbeingdiscussed.Mealsarebeingpur-
chasedandtheshowsecretaryisgettingentries.JoQuintenz
mentionedthatinthefutureweshouldnegotiatetheability
toextendthenumberofroomsifwefillourblock.The
committeeneedstodiscussissueswiththebartenderand
thecostsassociated.Theboarddiscussedhavinganauction
itemthatcontainsliquor.BobCohencalledforavoteofthe
board.MOTION#03-15-04(HensonsecondSwaine)moved
toproceedwiththeonlineauctionofthewinebasketacces-
sories.Barth-NO,Bustin-Yes,Cohen-No,Henson-Yes,
Cooper-Yes,Quintenz-Yes,Henson-Yes,Swaine-Yes,Helmer-
Abstain,Bradbury-No,Megli-No.Motioncarried
2016NationalSpecialtyReport-VickieWillmannPam
Helmerreportedthatthecontractforthesuperintendent
willbegoingtoBobCohenforreview.VickieWillmannhas
twologosindevelopmentforthebrochurethatshewillbe
handingoutatthe2015National.Thingsarestartingto
cometogether.Vickieispreparinghercommittedheadlist.
2017NationalSpecialtyReport-BeverlyChildsPam
HelmerreportedBeverlyChildsisstillworkingtofindalo-
cation.Beverlyhasfoundnootherplaceexceptaplace
wheretheshowwouldhavetobeoutside.Beverlyisstill
findingproblemsinlocatingahotelduetocosts,commit-
mentlevelsandotherproblems.SandyBustinwillsendPam
Helmercontactinformationforapersonthatsupportsdog
clubswiththeirNationals.
Rescue-PamHelmerReportedthattherescueisbusyidenti-
fyingifPBGVornot.Therearesomematuredogsthatneed
homesthatneedfosteringalso.Theyarelookingforfoster
homesintheeast.
SaberTails-SandyBustinSandyBustinreportedtheSaber
Tailshasbeenmailedandshouldbeineveryone’smailbox
now.ThedeadlineforthenextissueisMay1,2015.There
wassomeconcernwiththedate.Theremaybesomeprob-
lemsgettingeverythingtoheraftertheNational.Thedate
onlyleaves2weeksforeveryonetogettheiradsoritems
OLDBUSINESS
OxygenMaskJoQuintenzreportedthefinalnumberof
masksneededis23.ThetotalamountthatthePBGVCA
wouldneedtoprovideis$690.Jowillcoordinatemediacov-
erageandtheclubwillmakethepresentationduringthe
awardsbreakfast.
NEWBUSINESS
ApprovalfortheWisconsinHuntMOTION:#03-15-05
(QuintenzsecondSwaine)MovedthattheBODapprovea
secondWIhunt.Motionpassedunanimously
Videographer-LindleyHensondiscussedtheneedforaper-
sonthatwillcoordinatethevideographer.BobCohenvol-
unteeredtotakecareoftheagreementsandthetasks
associatedwiththe2015National.Theboardislookingfor
avolunteertobethiscommitteechair.
POAGTestBettyBarthaskedtheboardforinputinregards
tosupportingthePOAGTest.Bettydiscussedtheneedfor
testingdogs.Theboarddiscussedwhetherornottestingis
needed.BettywouldliketohavetheHealthCommitteebe
consultedonthesubjectoftestingandsubsidizingthecosts
andputtogetheraplanofactionforthisissue.JoQuintenz
willtalktothecommitteeandrequestaplanofactioninre-
gardstotestingandsubsidizeit.
MotiontoadjournNextmeetingApril8th2015Meeting
adjourned10:30ET
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aroundtheeventdate.
Otheraspectsoftheadmendmentarehousekeeping.
AKCPACPresident’sChallenge:Mr.CarlAshby
recognizedtheclubswhosememberscontributedthe
mosttothePAC.Therewere721contributorsin2014
donatingabout$33,000.ThePACsupported56candidates
inbothstateandfederalelectionswithawinning
percentageof92percent.Anyrequesttosupporta
candidatewillbeconsideredwithahighprobabilityof
grantingtherequest.
Severaldelegatesrosetocommentonavarietyof
issuesincludingterritory,local(state)legislativeproblems,
concernsaboutthenewwebsite,theFCIjudges’situation
andarequestforhelpfindingapersonknowledgable
aboutgrantwritingtogetcorporatesponsorshipforthe
PetEmergencyTrailerProgram.
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