New England Stock Dog Club

Winter Meeting Minutes

March 19, 2005

Winter Meeting New England Stock Dog Club (NESDC) 19 March 2005 Held in North Waterboro, Maine Eleven members present representing Maine and New Hampshire.

Quorum present. Call to Order at 1130am by Carroll Goodwin, Treasurer. Fran Wheeler acting secretary.

Officers Reports: President, Vice President, Secretary: not present. Treasurer: As of 28 Feb 2005 in check book: $1,874.18 (no savings passbook for the club) Deposit: 19 Mar 2005 145.00 Total: 19 Mar 2005 $2,019.18 Report was accepted as read.

Old Business: Mary has brochures available upon request. Mary asked that we remind everyone that the newsletter is emailed monthly and to be sure that Mary’s email address is in your email address book so the newsletter is not bounced back.

New Business: Steve Wetmore, President, has resigned. Members present asked if someone would like to fill out his term. No offers. Betty Levin, Board member representing Massachusetts has resigned. As no members from MA were present, no suggestion was offered for a replacement. A nominating committee was formed to put forth nominees for president and board member for MA. This committee will present names for vote at the next meeting. Message was read from Kathi Mercier that the domain name has expired therefore our website is not accessible. The registry is currently in the name of Denise and David Leonard. The Leonard’s and club secretary were notified about the expiration on 13 March 2005. To date (18 Mar 2005), Kathi had not received a response. Gabe motion; Lynn second; motion passed that we ask Denise to look into a longer period for the registration. ?? Possibly 10 years VS annual?? Carroll as Treasurer noted that we have very few bills and probably could easily extend the registration. It was suggested that we should look into this soon so as not to lose the name. Lana offered to be responsible for the upkeep of the domain name if Denise no longer wants to be the name of registry.

Board Reports: CT/MA no representative Maine: Carroll offered the pasture he leases for a possible trial or fun day. This could be held in conjunction with another trial or on its own. The pasture is approximately 17 acres and fenced with deer fencing. No date was suggested. Meeting adjourned 1230pm for lunch.

Call to Order to re-open meeting at 115pm. Board Reports cont: NH: Roger hopes to do more this summer. Gabe suggested a judging clinic to teach and help novice handlers understand what a judge is looking for, why points are taken here or there, etc, according to the USBCHA rules. This could be in conjunction with a fun day or clinic. Example suggested: all handlers could score runs and then compare. Much discussion; no resolution. VT: no representative.

Announcements: Fun NESDC weekend at the Ames in Lebanon, NH, Date TBA. If and only if the Ames agree, the next NESDC meeting will be held in conjunction with and if they have a pot luck supper. This is contingent on the Ames’ plans. If the time is not convenient for the Ames, the meeting will be held in June at a place to be determined. New Business cont: Lynn motion; Roger second; motion passed for the acting secretary to send thank you cards to the Ames and the Hayden’s for all of their work done for this organization. An idea was proposed to hold a fencing clinic for new sheep people. If there is interest, please let your state board representative or an officer know. The nominating committee to present names for a vote for president and board member from MA are: Roger Deschambeault, Fran Wheeler, Lynn Deschambeault.

Meeting adjourned 215pm. Minutes respectfully submitted by: Fran Wheeler