InAttendance:BettyBarth,BobCohen,SusannahCooper,
LindleyHenson,LoraMegli,GloriaSwaine,JoQuintenz,
BryanHelvey,AnneGallantAbsent:SherylBradbury,
SandyBustin,PamHelmerGuest:TiffanyCannon,Laura
Liscum

SusannahCooper,CorrespondingSecretarytookthemin-
utesinSherylBradbury’sabsence

President:Bettycalledthemeetingtoorderat12:25PM
MST.

HealthCommittee–LauraLiscumjoinedtopresentthe
HealthCommitteereport.ExcitedaboutPOAGtestthatis
availableviaAHTintheUK.Testcanidentifyclear,carrier
andaffected.ThisdoesnotcoverClosedAngleGlaucoma.
AHTwillgivea10%discountforthenextmonth.Thereis
adiscountcodeforthisanditwillbebroadcast.Havecom-
mittedtoordering20.Bettyaskedwhetherthecodecould
beputinthebroadcastemail.Itwasdiscussedthathaving
peopleemailtorequestthequotewouldbeagoodwayto
keeptrackofhowmanyarebeingordered.Veronicaand
Helenarewritingthebroadcastemail.TheFoundationhas
beentalkingaboutamechanismforreimbursingindividuals
whopurchasethetestprovidingtheysendtheresultsinto
OFA.SubmissiontoOFAisfreeifyoualreadyhaveadogin
theOFAdatabasethroughtheendofAugust2015.

VicePresident:Bobhasbeenworkingonhotelcontractfor
Charlotte,NCSpecialtyin2017.Bobsentalettertothe
AKCthathewillbethepersontocontactwithregardtothe
AKCwebsiteandchangestothecontentforPBGVs.

RecordingSecretary:Notinattendance

CorrespondingSecretary:Broughttheresumesandballots
forvotingonthe2017Judges.Annebroughtupthepoint
thatthemembershipdoesn’tseemtorealizeyournational
judgecanbeabreederanddoesnothavetobeanofficial
AKCjudge.

Treasurer:GloriaprovidedareporttotheBoard.Trea-
surer’sreportwasdiscussedandaccepted.

Delegate–AnnewillsendusthewriteupfortheJunevote
ithastodowithallbreedshows,territoriesanddates.They
arealsolookingatthelowentrybreedstoseeifthereisa
waytooffermoreoptions.Annedidsaythisisinthevery
earlystages.

2015National–Lindleyreportedthatthepersonthatdid
thetrophy’sspelledTucsonwrongandredidthemathis
owncost.Lindleyaskedwhatwemightdowithallofthe
wrongitemssincewewillstillgettheincorrectitems.Itwas
suggestedthatwemaybegivethemtocharities.

2016National–PamreportedVickiehaspeopleworkingon
thelogoandpamphletstohandout.

2017National–WillbeinCharlotte,NCBobiscurrently
workingonthecontractwiththehotel.

Discussionofsomechangestotheshowmanualwasdis-
cussedandwillbebroughtupatthenextmeeting.Jodis-
cussedpossiblyworkingtogettheexpensesmoreinlinefor
theshowsasovertheyearsthingshaverangedgreatlyin
pricesforthespecialties.(i.e.Ribbons)Weshouldstartask-
ingforcompetitivebidding.

Rescue–Pamstillhas5dogsandtheywillgotofostersas
soonaspractical.Possiblytwomorecomingintorescue
soon.

SaberTails–Nothingtoreport

JudgesEducation–KittyisbringingtheCD’stohandout.

OLDBUSINESS:

Oxygenmaskswillbeprovidedfortheallfirestationsinthe
TucsonMetropolitanarea.JoaskedAndyfromtheFireDe-
partmenttotryandcometoourannualmeetingforacere-
monialpresentation.Hewascheckingintogettingsome
mediaattentionforthedonation.SaveaLifeFoundation
willsendthemoneytoAirforPawstosendthemasks.The
ClubandFoundationaresplittingthecostofthemaskpur-
chase.

NEWBUSINESS:

OrganizationChartforSpecialties:TheBoarddiscussed
variousoptionsforthestructuringoftheshoworganization
chart.Annesuggestedweneedtomakeanorgchart.Will
inviteHelenInghertothenextcallsowecandiscussthis
further.

Agility:LoraMeglisuggestedthatwepaytheAgilityhelpers
moreaswerentedthespaceforsolittleandtheyworked
veryhard.WewilldiscussthiswithJulietwhowasthe
Chair.MOTION#04-15-01(MeglisecondGallant)toauthor-
izeJulietFrazentoofferuptoanadditional$250tothe
Agilityfacility.Tobeusedforthefacilityandcourse
builders.Motionacceptedunanimously

LoradiscussedtheideaoftheAgilityHighinTrialalsoget-
tingaspotinSaberTails.MOTION#04-15-02(Helveysec-
ondCooper)tohavetheObedienceandAgilityHighinTrial
winnersfeaturedinSaberTailsincolorfacingpages.Mo-
tionacceptedunanimously

NextMeeting:Monday,May11,2015–5:30PMPDT/
6:30PMMDT/7:30PMCDT/8:30PMEDT.Meetingad-
journed3:58PMMST

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ISaberTails

PBGVCABoardofDirectorsAnnualMeeting

CorrespondingSecretarySusannahCooper

Wednesday,Apr.8,2015

ITucson,Ariz.

•Minutesarereprintedasreceivedfromthecorrespondingsecretary

andasapprovedbytheboardofdirectors•

•ReadSaberTailsonlineatpbgv.org•