David Margolin called the meeting to order at 7:18pm.  In attendance were:   David Margolin, Carol Phelps, Jackie Argall, Linda & John Morris, Susan Begasse, Elaine Poulin, Kim & Saul Himmelfarb, Kim Karcut, Marisa Fowler, Joan Heimbach, Susan Nakamura, Richard Bennington and Henry Grant.                           

 

Recording Secretary Report:  Motion was made by Carol to approve the minutes of the April 18, 2007 seconded by Dave; approved by vote. 

 

Meeting Program Committee:   The Summer/Fall Fun Day was approved by the Board.  Dennis Witzke & Debra Steele will be Chairing this year's event on August 11, 2007.  There will be  Intro to Birds and Conformation  programs similar to last years’ Fun Day.  Dave presented their Event Budget, as they were out of state, and the Board approved the event based on the slightly better than break even budget.

 

Treasurer’s Report: Carol Phelps reported that the account balances are as follows:  Checking $6,823.26; Health $2,979.56; Rescue $3,864.42; CD$ 3,418.92.  The CVVC Ohio Reward Fund is $13,852.13. All agreed that Carol Phelps and Kim Himmelfarb did a fabulous job of putting together the “Reward Fund’s” procedures for processing claims against the cash reward offered by the CVVC. 

 

Carol also received a letter from the Florida Association of Kennel Clubs, Inc thanking the CVVC for our $100.00 donation to the animal relief effort after the horrific fire at the Seminole County Shelter.     

 

Corresponding Secretary's Report:  Linda reported that this years HT was approved by the AKC.

 

Breed Rescue Report:  John Morris has evaluated a 2 1/2 yr. old female in Greenwich and a 3 1/2 yr. old female in Southbury. Two of the three dogs in Canterbury are still available (the third dog has been successfully rehomed), but not much contact has been made with the lady recently. It was determined that we should continue our informal ad hoc use of  localized area rescue evaluators, rather than coming up with a formalized list. This is important when the location of the potential rescue is such that it would be too far/costly for John to do himself. All agreed that was necessary if and when needed.  Kim Himmelfarb worked extensively on the Legal Screening of Proposed Guidelines and the Review of Waiver, Agreement, and Adoption Forms. The Adoption Form Questionnaire was passed around for comments and inclusions. Joan Heimbach suggested that we reword the aggression section to be more specific: e.g. towards kids, adults and other animals. It was noted that this evaluation was to be filled out by the CVVC Evaluator. Dave will review all guidelines to incorporate Kim’s notes and then will email for Board approval. 

 

Conformation Committee Report: Carol distributed the call lists for Hospitality for the Greenwich Kennel Club show. Each caller will call club members and ask them to please bring one six-pack of cold soda, H2O or juice, and either sandwiches, dessert, or side dishes, for the Greenwich hospitality. Each club member will also be asked to donate items for the raffle. These items are to be delivered to the Hospitality tent. Susan Begasse, Carol, Joan Toepke and Kim Karkut will be bringing coolers with ice.  Joan Toepke also volunteered to bring many beverages.

 

Jackie Argall has agreed to serve as Chair for the 2008 GSA Specialty in Secaucus. David Margolin, as CVVC President, has made contact with potential judges for the 2008 GSA Specialty and the 2007 SKC Supported Entry Sweepstakes. Kathy Rust has accepted the offer to judge our GSA specialty in Secaucus in February 2008 and Joe Diaz has accepted the offer to judge our SKC Supported Entry Sweepstakes in November 2007. To date, SKC has not responded to our e-mails requesting updates on our breed judge.  The Conformation Committee will be developing a new list of judges for future shows. 

 

 Hunt Test Report:  Dave Margolin reports that the HT has been registered with the AKC and that the judging panel has been submitted as well. The Action Plan for future HT Chairs is still in progress.

 

Field Trial Report: Joan Heimbach submitted the FT Event End Report. She commented that we had a good actual Net Profit ...... $662.00 per CVVC Books versus a budgeted profit of $335.00.  She graciously thanked all members who helped out to make this year's FT a huge success. She especially wanted all to know what a wonderful job Audra did and how generous she was in donating over $200.00 worth of items for the auction and to Dave for getting so many CVVC volunteers this year.  All extended many thanks to Audra’s friends (not CVVC members) for helping out and Joan made a few requests for the allocation of monies from this year’s FT:

 

• To give a stipend of $15.00 to each of the three gunners for a total of $45.00.

• To consider a new starter pistol for the use at Fun Days and HT as well. Saul had said that he would donate a starter pistol.

• To look into the purchase of Pinnies (orange vests) for the Line marshals, Judges and Scouts.

A motion was made for the FT Committee to investigate and come up with a budget for these spending considerations. All voted in favor.

 

Joan said that the Committee is still working on the Hunting Dog Stake.  All agreed Flaherty wasn’t an option based on the State DEP & Flaherty Association’s position of not wanting to close the grounds to the public after the January grounds use schedule has been published.

 

The final status of the club goods is still in progress.  Joan Heimbach stated she would contact Dick Frawley to get a specific identification of the of the club goods and will contact Flaherty President to investigate possible storage in the Flaherty clubhouse (Joan has some cabinets she could donate), as well as will contact a local to Flaherty Public Warehouse, as an option, to find out the costs, etc. for storage there. She will advise Dave when this is completed.

 

Marisa passed around a flyer for the FT Judge’s Seminar which is to be held on July 14th, 2007 at the Flaherty Field Club House in East Windsor, CT.  She went over the Event Budget and Flyer with everyone.  A motion was made to accept the Event Budget by Kim Karkut, seconded by Carol and approved by vote.

 

Marisa was looking for low cost ways to get the info to other clubs via email lists, and the Newsletter. She asked if Emily (Jackie’s daughter) could make labels from the club’s Hunt Test name & address list.

 

Health Committee Report: Nothing New

 

Merchandising:  Nothing new

 

Nominating Committee: Nominations from the floor were solicited by David Margolin, in accordance with CVVC Bylaws, and none were made.

 

New Business:     No new business. 

 

Motion was made to adjourn the meeting by Marisa, seconded by Susan Begasse and accepted. The Meeting adjourned at 8:55pm. There was a thirty minute dinner break between topics.