BMDCR Meeting Notes

The official BMDCR meeting minutes are published in the Messenger, our newsletter.  These notes are a brief summary of the key decisions both from the board of directors and the general membership.

May 20, 2012

• The board decided not to adopt the email program "Constant Contact" for use by the club to disseminate information.
• Buffy Snyder and Barry Solomon will create a survey to seek input on ways to improve communication and encourage new members to participate in club activities.
• Vicki Chesser will craft a letter to welcome new members; she & Joanna Hughes will contact new members by phone for welcome & encouragement to become active members
• Next meeting and Bernerfiesta will be at Lori and Don Kennedy's home on July 22, 2012
• Barry Solomon moved to purchase a trailer for BMDCR draft equipment with a cap of $2500. Val Horney seconded. Motion approved. Barry will research sizes and prices of trailers with a side door and walk in back door.
• New sustaining members: Byron & Yoshi Petersen. New voting member: Barb Callen LeTourneau

March 25, 2012

• The 2011 regional specialty lost $719.00
• The Fall 2011 draft test lost $55.00
• A separate checking account for rescue will be established.  It will be initially funded with $5000.00 from the general fund checking account and $5279.62 from an existing rescue CD.  Additionally a debit card for the new account will be issued to facilitate paying for rescue services.
• The club will subsidize the dessert course with a cap of $250.00 for the 2012 specialty dinner.
• The Club club will sponsor High Scoring and BOB trophies (cost of $200 total) for the 2012 specialty.
• Lori Kennedy heads a task force on finding ways to store club property.  Options include a trailer for draft test equipment and a storage space for historian and hospitality items.  No decision yet.
• The board would like to make clear that club channels of communication cannot be used to promote members private enterprises.
• The board would like the club's previous website (bmd.org) to look less like the official one (bmdcr.org), to not contain any club references, and to not violate any club copyrights.  The BMDCR rescue application form will need to be recreated on the official website since it does not exist there.
• The Bernerfiesta will not be held in conjunction with the draft clinic.
• Tentative draft clinic dates are June 16 & 17.  The location is still TBD.
• The club will match $250 of raised contributions for the Furry Scurry.
• New Sustaining Members Lee Ann McCaslin, Greta Ritschard, Patricia Tackett, Lynette Weaver
  New Voting Member Kelly Pickett

November 20. 2011

• The Board approved paid advertising in the Newsletter. The fee will be $5 per ad. Contact Buffy Snider for details.
• The Awards Banquet will be at Marie Callender’s on January 22. Contact Lou Tucker for details.
• The Spring Draft Test will be April 21 & 22. Contact Lori Kennedy for details.
• The 2012 BMDCR Regional Specialty will be September 7. Dottie is still looking for a volunteer to chair Raffle, Rally, and Grounds.
• The new Officers and Board were elected and they are Vice President Lori Kennedy, Secretary  Alice Clark, and Boardmembers Vicki Chesser, Helen Karl, and Barry Solomon.
• We welcome three new sustaining members: Debbie Garvey, Margaret Kooda, and Priscilla Young.

July 24. 2011

• We had a presentation by Dr. Jennifer Frick, an orthopedic surgeon at VCA Alameda East Veterinary Hospital. She gave an informative presentation on common hip, elbow, and knee problems in Berners and described how they can be treated.
• Over the past few months BMDCR members donated $1390 to a fundraiser to support Dr. Breen’s research into histiocytosis. The membership today voted to match that amount from the club treasury for a total of $2780.
• The club voted to donate up to $375  toward trophies for next year’s Peak to Peak Working Group show
• The club voted to donate $100 to the general trophy fund for the 2012 National Specialty in Gettysburg, PA.
• The club voted to donate $300 for morning hospitality for the 2012 National Specialty.
• The Nominating Committee was named. Sharon Keefer will chair it.
• A task Force to be chaired by Sara Karl will review our current bylaws and determine where updates are needed.  Emergency meetings, non-in person meetings, and a streamlined sustaining membership application process are some of the key areas to be reviewed.  Initial members are Sharon Johnson and Stacy Temples.
• Newly elected members are Patty Wellinger (V), Kirstin Gillespie (S), Mary Ann Marszalek (S), Larry Parachini (S), Pam Swisher (S), Susanne Thompson (S), Elizabeth Watkins (S), and Nancy Winegar (S).
• The next meeting will be September 25. Time and place TBD due to the dog show that day.