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NAHRA Executive Board Meeting Minutes 6/15/09
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 (15:04:21)
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NAHRA EBOD Meeting Minutes
6-15-2009
Attendees: Bob Riggs, Dan Hove, Frank Plewa, Sandy Zandlo, Kim Schiller, Rosemary Haynes
501C update
• Kim met with the accountant last week.
• Still in need of:
o Copy of the seal of incorporation
Job description
o Application should be complete by the end of the week
o Process could be completed by the end of July
Yankee Waterfowlers Hunting Retriever Club
• It was agreed that YWHRC can take advantage of the offer made to new clubs regarding free memberships
• Frank will relay that information this weekend
New website
• Kim continues to work with the website developers
Judging eligibility committee
• Bob will send the documents to the full BOD
• These requirements will be an agenda item for the full BOD meeting
Motion to adjourn
• Motion Frank
• Second Bob
• Motion carried |
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Membership Initiatives
Thursday, April 30, 2009 (20:15:14)
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My fellow members,
As you will see in the coming Executive BOD minutes, we passed two important motions that I wanted to present to you with some explanation.
First, in an attempt to increase both individual and club memberships, the EBOD elected to grant a free membership to members of new clubs. When a new club membership application is submitted to the NAHRA office and is accompanied by individual membership applications of club members, NAHRA will offer a free membership to those individuals for the remainder of the calendar year. This shall also apply to past NAHRA affiliated clubs and their members who wish to reaffiliate. The protocol is the same, membership applications for individuals must be received with the club application and fee.
Secondly, NAHRA memberships will now be based upon the calendar year (January 1 to December 31). This will align all memberships and seriously cut down on the work involved at the NAHRA office to track memberships. This will also alleviate some of the headaches Field Test Committees face during the planning and application process ensuring committee members and judges have up to date dues . Consequently, the NAHRA office will be able to process applications quicker and more efficiently.
For those whose membership renewals are past January 1, the NAHRA office will accept partial dues payment for the remainder of the year. Please check with the office regarding partial payments. This will be a one time inconvenience but it will reduce administrative problems in the long run. All new memberships from this point forward will be handled in the same manner. If you have any questions, please call or email the NAHRA office.
I hope these initiatives by the EBOD will serve to make NAHRA affiliation more appealing and serve to make the administration of our program more efficient.
Changing gears a little, I thought I would mention an issue that has grabbed my attention in the past week. This involves the combining of stakes at our licensed events. As you know, the NAHRA rules now allow only two stakes to be combined at a licensed event unless a compelling reason is provided and is subsequently authorized by a BOD member. Several clubs have recently requested permission to combine three stakes at their events. While I realize economics and help are the driving forces at work here, I must tell you that the BOD will hold fast to the two stake limit unless a severe hardship or other compelling reason is presented.
The BOD enacted this limit to protect the quality of our testing events and also not to burden judging pairs with the responsibility of creating adequate and complete testing of our dogs at the various categories. In cases where entries are very low and the need to cut down on judging expenses are necessary, we have provided the following alternative. A judging pair may judge three categories if only two stakes are combined and completed before starting the third stake. For instance, if Started and Hunter are combined, then an Intermediate would not start until the completion of the former. Using the previous example, it would be prudent that clubs inform the participants in the Intermediate stake in advance that a later start time will be required so that they are not inconvenienced by a long wait if test premiums indicate an early start.
In a perfect world (where we hope to be in a year or two), all events will be stand alone and have its own set of judges. We are working toward this but for the time being, the BOD will continue to allow two combined stakes. Field Test Committees are reminded not to push the envelope and have dissatisfied participants due to trying to do things on the cheap and hosting a less than quality event. Planning of your event and number of stakes held based upon local or regional numbers of participants is the best practice. Work with your Regional Director and neighboring clubs to present the best schedule and types and numbers of stakes offered.
Pick em up clean!
Frank Plewa
NAHRA President |
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Executive Board of Directors Minutes 4/13/09
Friday, April 24, 2009 (14:29:41)
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4-13-2009 EBOD Minutes
Attendees: Rosemary Haynes, Bob Riggs, Frank Plewa, Dan Hove, Sandy Zandlo, Kim Schiller
RAW 2010
Motion for Frank to make a formal announcement regarding SBDA has been awarded the 2010 RAW
Motion passed
RAW agreement/contract
Dan Hove had a question about the document contradicting itself. Dan will re look at this and back to Rosemary.
Other than Dan's question the document should be ready.
Rulebook
Very close to being able to print books
Rulebooks will be shipped to the RD's.
Clubs will be responsible for identifying how many copies they will need.
There will need to be 700 copies printed to cover current members.
Dan will get some price quotes before printing.
Judges test update
Sandy has given the test questions to a resource to review and should have them back by 4-14.
There will be two different versions of the test and they will rotate.
There will be 75 questions on the test.
90% or better will be required to pass.
Sandy will send test questions to Tom, Harry and Frank.
Feedback needs to be back to Sandy by 4-30.
Targeting Mid May to have new tests available.
Multiple Logo Issue
The Ready Retriever logo and the classic rectangular logo will be retired.
Kim is getting samples of new logo's to see how they look screen printed and embroidered.
New club applications
NAHRA currently has one of the highest membership dues.
Motion that all membership applications attached to a paid new club application will be free for the first year.
Motion Passed
Membership Renewals
Currently there is no penalty to anyone not renewing their memberships on time.
Judges and test committees not having renewed memberships cause a lot of administrative work.
Motion to make all membership renewals due on Jan 1.
Motion passed
Frank and Rosemary will work on how to handle this administratively.
New committees
The following are committees that have been created.
Committee to update Bylaws.
Committee to create Judging eligibility requirements.
Judges Clinics
Rosemary has received some of the presenters for the judging clinics.
Material for Judging clinics will be updated.
501 Status
Everything seems to be in order and ready to move forward.
Website status
Kim is waiting to hear the latest status and timeline.
Need bios and pictures from Dan and Sandy.
Job Posting
Still looking for volunteers. |
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2010 RAW / NAHRA Invitational
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 (13:20:30)
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Fellow NAHRA members,
On behalf of the Executive Board of Directors I am pleased to announce that the Spokane Bird Dog Association has been approved to host the 2010 Richard A. Wolters / NAHRA Invitational Field Test. Congratulations and best wishes for a successful event. We look forward to working with you in the coming year.
Frank Plewa
NAHRA President |
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NAHRA is looking for a few good men…and women!
Thursday, March 19, 2009 (17:32:04)
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NAHRA is looking for a few good men…and women!
As the 2009 Board of Directors, we know and have heard many of you who want to help the NAHRA organization and we appreciate it. For many years, the NAHRA organization did not have a formal way to get members involved without holding an officer or regional director position. Well, we plan on changing that; many of you have a lot of innovate ideas to better the organization and we want your help.
Calling all NAHRA members – Here’s your chance to get involved, come up with, and implement some great ideas…
Please click on the "Job Postings for the Website" link under the NAHRA Info block for more information. |
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