Recording Secretary Report:  Motion was made by Susan Potocik to approve the minutes of the February 28, 2007 seconded by Carol Phelps and approved by vote.  

Meeting Program Committee:   The next General Membership meeting will be April 18, 2007 at Bertucci's Restaurant, 7:00 PM in Newington. The guest speaker will be Dr. Steve Feldman.  Dr. Feldman will be covering aspects of geriatric canine health problems and Vet’s pet peeves.

 There is still no one who has stepped up to Chair the Summer/Fall Fun Day.  Lack of volunteers is putting this event in serious jeopardy.

Treasurer’s Report: Carol Phelps reported that the account balances are as follows: Checking $5,679.92; Health $2,979.56; Rescue $3,561.05; CD$ 3,403.44. The CVVC Ohio Reward Fund is $13,772.08.     

Corresponding Secretary's Report: John Morris  reported for Linda that we have received the application for next year’s GSA event. The AKC sent a receipt for the application of the Field Trial. The VCA sent a letter acknowledging Judy Harrington’s donation to the VCA welfare Foundation. Linda will be sending Judy a thank you note. Lastly, Linda received information on the AKC Companion Animal Recovery microchip program and trophy catalog. Brief discussion of the CAR microchip program indicated it has been universally accepted and the use of it wouldn't conflict in the case of any animal already with a different microchip format.   

Breed Rescue Report:  John Morris received a $200.00 donation from the Towle family who adopted the 2 year old from Canterbury. There are still 2 dogs available for placement. He says that the dogs from Canterbury are still a work in progress.

The Board reviewed the proposed Breed Rescue Guidelines, and made some changes. Kim Himmelfarb will screen the proposed guidelines along with Carol Phelps from a legal view. John will put together an application adoption form questionnaire. After all is compiled, Carol Phelps and Kim Himmelfarb will also review the waiver, agreement, and adoption forms. Once the edits are finished, the Guidelines will then be emailed to the Board for final review and acceptance via email vote.   

Conformation Committee Report:  The Conformation committee has donated the leftover toys  from the GSA show to the Field Trial Committee for the upcoming FT. The coordination of  receiving  goods for Hospitality at  the Greenwich/ Longshore show  still needs to be determined. It was stated that we need to reach out to all  club members that will be attending to help with hospitality.  There is nothing yet for the 2008 GSA in Secaucus.       

Hunt Test Report:  Dave Margolin agreed to chair again this years Hunt Test, since no one else has stepped up, with Susan Nakamura apprenticing and Steve Hanna as Secretary.  Dave stated that this will be the last hunt test he will chair for a while and that membership will have to step up in order for it to continue ................Susan Nakamura, however, is anticipated to be the chair of the 2008 event but will require support in the judge's selection area.  Dave will also have an event action plan developed shortly for all future chairs to follow.

Field Trial Report: Joan Heimbach sent an email update for the Field Trial. The judge's panel has been approved by the AKC, published on their website and the premium was forwarded to Carol to post on the CVVC website.  Dave distributed the premium by email to the CVVC membership and hard copies will be mailed to those who do not have email. The premium was also emailed to the FT committee  members to distribute to their associates, and emailed to those who attended past HTs .....email list was provided by Dave. The premium has been posted on the Vizsla Hunt, Field Trial and Talk lists. Some entries have come in already.  

Health Committee Report: Nothing

Merchandising:  Nothing

 Club Equipment/Goods:  The decision was made to throw out or for members to take home any left over perishables from each event we hold for personal use, etc.  Motion was made by Susan Begasse, seconded by Carol and approved by vote. The chair of each event will be responsible, from this point on, for documenting and reporting where all the different club goods went at the end of each event to a person to be determined. The majority felt there was not a need to have a central warehousing place as Dave had graciously offered.  Dave will be picking up the non perishable club goods that Kim Karkut has in her possession.

New Business:    Elaine mentioned that one of the purposes behind the Nominating Committee focus this year was to bring new members to the Board which, in turn, can alleviate the burden/burn out of repetitively serving members.  Remaining on Board, long standing club members have the knowledge to mentor any new member and it is hoped this approach will continue in the future thereby broadening the pool of available for Board service members.  By encouraging members to step up and volunteer to serve on the Board helps to ensure the longevity of our club as well as bring fresh thoughts.  Elaine mentioned that she plans to step down from the Board in order to help in this approach.

As far as membership and sponsorship goes, any new member who volunteers for  a committee will be contacted by that committee “communicator”. The committee communicator is responsible for verbally communicating as well as follow up with a welcome letter/email  to each new member who volunteers for a committee. The communicators are as follows: FT- Joan Heimbach, HT- Dave Margolin, Conformation- Susan Potocik, Fun Day- Carol Phelps, Publication- Ida Tenenbom, Obedience- John Morris, and Health- Jackie Argall.  The revised Membership Procedure states the New Member Chair  is to advise each Committee communicator so the member can be contacted, welcomed, etc.  Dave will provide shortly an example of such communication currently in use by Joan Heimbach.

Newsletter: Ida needs more items for the newsletter, including picture ads. Carol will write to the membership to remind all about the upcoming June 2007 Newsletter.