Portuguese Water Dog Club of Greater Chicagoland
BOARD MEETING
November 30th, 2020
Via Video Conference Google Meeting The meeting was called to order by President Patti McKnight at 7:05 pm. Members in attendance were as follows:
Patti McKnight, David Parker, Bob Zak, Nigel Clark, Cindy Petrey, Gary Novak, Giene Keyes, Wendy Anderson
President’s Report:
President Patti McKnight welcomed Giene Keyes to the board meeting as a new director and encouraged her to add any input or ask questions she may have in regard to the club.
Patti stated that meetings like this will be used to approve new breeder referrals for memberships and of course discuss upcoming events.
Secretary’s Report:
Bob Zak had emailed the recent Annual Meeting and subsequent new board meeting out prior to this meeting and is included here as follows:
Portuguese Water Dog Club of Greater Chicagoland
ANNUAL MEETING
November 1st, 2020
Via Video Conference Zoom Meeting The meeting was called to order by President Patti McKnight at 6:00 pm. Members in attendance were as follows:
Patti McKnight, David Parker, Bob Zak, Nigel Clark, Cindy Petrey, Julie Wencloff, Gary Novak, Mary Goodman, Wendy Anderson, Susan Becker, Carl McKnight, Patty Johnson, Carolyn Shere, Barb Novak, Alice Zak, Katie Zak, Midge Ihrig, Piper Miller, Giene Keyes, Piper Miller, Troy Turner, Jennifer Munger Hirsch, Gloria Morris, Brandi Schaal
President’s Report:
President Patti McKnight welcomed and thanked all for joining in on the meeting. Patti discussed that this past year had been difficult and strange with health and safety concerns due to the COVID virus and we were very restricted in what we were able to do as a club together. Hopefully 2021 will allow us to get back to a more normal course of events so we can do things together for our membership and our dogs.
A couple of additional ideas that could be done virtually would be to offer a first aid course for pets given by Red Cross offer to club members and a breeding seminar to share helpful ideas and methods from our member breeders about keeping our breed healthy and strong in the coming years.
Secretary’s Report:
Secretary Bob Zak had the meeting minutes from the 2019 Annual Meeting and to save time the minutes will be made available to read individually. David Parker moved to accept the meeting minutes with Wendy Anderson seconded the motion. Motion carried. The Minutes have been added into this report as follows:
PWDCGC ANNUAL MEETING OCTOBER 12TH, 2019
Happy Tails Ranch Island Lake, IL
The meeting was called to order by President Nigel Clark at 11:17 am. Members in attendance were as follows:
Fran Aring, Wendy Anderson, Chris Chandler, Nigel Clark, Deborah Gressle, Theresa Hosking, Carl McKnight, Patti McKnight, Barb Novak, Gary Novak, David Parker, Carolyn Shere, Debra Valenta, Alice Zak, Bob Zak, Mary Goodman, Steve Goodman, Midge Ihrig, Chris Ihrig, Susan Schlitt, Carolyn Sullivan, Tim O’Neill
President’s Report:
President Nigel Clark welcomed and thanked all for coming out and attending the meeting. Nigel discussed how the Health Clinic had gone and was well attended. Nigel also discussed about plans for working on a 2021 National Bid.
Secretary’s Report:
Secretary Deb Valenta read the minutes from the previous annual meeting. Nigel Clark moved to accept the meeting minutes with one correction and Dave Parker seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Treasurer’s Report:
Treasurer Cindy Petrey was not in attendance. Nigel Clark explained how the financial monies were
calculated to the treasurer’s report.
Nigel Clark read the Treasure’s Report from 9/3/2019 as follows:
Checking Account Balance: $25,380.18, Miscellaneous Account: $100.88,
Total Club Account: $25,481.06,
Current Profit/Loss November 1st thru September 3rd, 2019: $4627.48, Profit/Loss by Event for the fiscal club year 2019:
2019-2020 Event Sponsor funds $1310.00 Membership: $2275.00
Insurance: ($1250.00)
Office Supplies: (190.05), Shorelines: ($36.55) 2019 Grayslake Regional Specialty: ($979.78) 2019 Storage: ($330.00) not final
2019 Health Clinic: ($24.80) 2019 Picnic: ($372.63)
2019 PWDCA: $4640.86
2019 Annual Meeting: ($250.00) not final 2019 Badger Show: ($476.79)
2019 Dry Land Workshop: $50.00 2019 Pond Puppy: ($50.00)
2019 Water Trial: $88.22 not final Merchandise: $224.00
NOTE: Events with known outstanding items are listed as “not final”. All other amounts are presented
as final results.
A motion to accept the Treasurer’s Report was made by Wendy Anderson and was seconded by Barb Novak. Motion carried.
Committee Reports
Water Committee:
Debbie Gressle reported that the water working year was a very successful one with the Dry Land Workshop being well attended and graduating on to Pond Puppy. The water trial was also very well attended and very successful with Catherine Gadd as the trial judge. Debbie discussed the challenges to finding water trialing beaches when looking for different areas to hold our water trials. Also discussed was the weather and water temperatures not being conducive to starting outdoor water training earlier than Memorial Day.
Membership Committee:
Gary Novak reported that there are 28 single members, 17 family members, 29 associate members and 37 breeder referrals totaling 128. Gary explained that Breeder referrals are referrals from the breeders of their new puppy owners and that they get a free first years membership to the club.
Sunshine Committee:
Debbie Gressle reported that one floral arrangement had been sent out and that members should contact a board member or Irene Miller to let them know if we had a club member who had taken ill.
Merchandise Committee:
Chris Chandler reported that the club has a positive sales balance in the merchandise account. Communication Committee:
Gary Novak reported that he sends out updated membership lists with voting members highlighted.
Regional Specialty:
It was reported the 2019 Grayslake show had a good entry of 59 dogs entered. There were 4 Junior Handlers entered.
Health Clinic:
Nigel Clark reported that the Elkhart, IN Heart and Eye Clinic’s numbers were up due to concern with grain free dog foods. There was a $25.00 net loss on the clinic. Nigel will be checking on a quote for echo cardiograms for next year’s clinic.
Annual Picnic:
The PWDCGC’s annual picnic held at the dog park near the RecPlex in Pleasant Prairie, WI was well
attended with 35 dogs with their owners enjoying each other’s company. The park set up was described
in detail as to where the food was located and how the park was situated.
Thanks to Dave Parker, Dave Everett, Carolina Valenta, Gary Novak and Cindy Petrey for making this the success that it was! And also thanked were those who walked the park afterwards to provide any necessary clean up.
Volunteers for next year’s Picnic Committee will be solicited. Corn Maze and Boat Ride:
Irene Miller posed the question as to if this activity will be scheduled for next year. It is usually
scheduled for the last week of September so it wouldn’t interfere with water trials and specialty. Midge
Ihrig suggested maybe sometime in May might offer less conflicts. Club Election:
The Secretary read the slate of nominees as presented by the nominating committee. A motion to accept the new nominees was made to the voting members and was approved. The 2020-2021 Board of Directors are as follows: President: Patti McKnight, Vice President: David Parker, Secretary: Bob Zak, Treasurer: Cindy Petrey, Directors: Chris Chandler, Julie Vanderbush, Nigel Clark, Wendy Anderson, and Gary Novak.
New Business:
Nigel Clark reported on her investigation into venues to hold the 2021 National PWDCA Specialty. Nigel had contacted Geneva Ridge Resort in Lake Geneva, WI and was waiting to hear back from them. She received a negative response from The Grand Hotel and was in the process of contacting The Delta Hotel in Racine, WI. Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, IL was discussed but there was concern about the distance that might be from a possible water trial site.
Wendy Anderson asked if there was anything available in the Madison, WI area.
Debbie Gressle brought up the need for a beach area and a longer shoreline to host the Water Trial at.
It was noted that the committee members all need to be in place in order to submit a bid for the specialty.
The different committee chairs that would be required to run the specialty were discussed and Co- Chairs would be considered as well for the different events. There would be a need for approximately 15-20 volunteers needed to get the process started. Some initial volunteers were as follows:
David Parker as Confirmation Chair, Linda Hunt as Water Chair, Chris Ihrig as Grounds Chair, Wendy Anderson as Scent Work Chair.
Break for Lunch
New Business Continued:
The potential locations for the 2020 Regional Show were discussed. Patti McKnight volunteered to be the Chair if the event were to be held at West Bend.
Kettle Moraine offers both performance and confirmation.
Grayslake did not offer an obvious place for social events plus no Obedience or Rally events were offered.
It was suggested that maybe the Supported Entry be switched to DeKalb or Grayslake.
Patti McKnight made a motion to hold the 2020 show at West Bend. Midge Ihrig seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Gary Novak made a motion to vote in the Sullivan Family to club membership. Irene Miller seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Nigel Clark was thanked for her leadership and guidance as the club President and Deb Valenta and Debbie Gressle were thanked for their past service on the board as well.
Patti McKnight was welcomed as the new club President. Dave Parker will serve as Vice President. Bob Zak as new club Secretary. Nigel Clark and Wendy Anderson will serve as club Directors.
Gary Novak made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 1:17 pm. Motion was seconded by Wendy Anderson. Meeting adjourned.
Treasurer’s Report:
Treasurer Cindy Petrey read the Treasures Report date November 1st, 2020: Checking Account Balance: $23,160.77
Miscellaneous Account: $100.88 Total Club Account: $23,261.65
Current Profit/Loss November 1, 2019 through October 31, 2020: Profit/Loss by Event for the fiscal club year 2020: ($1,396.95) 2019-2020 Event Sponsor funds: $660.00
Membership: $1,970.00 Insurance: ($1,250.00) Program expenses: ($297.33) 2020 Kettle Moraine: ($175.00) 2020 Storage: ($660.00)
2020 Health Clinic: ($50.00) 2020 PWDCA: ($50.00)
2020 Badger Show: ($381.47) 2020 Dryland Workshop: ($10.00) 2020 Pond Puppy: ($775.00) 2020 Water trial: ($200.00) Merchandise: $100.00
Sunshine gift: ($178.15)
NOTE: Events with known outstanding items are listed as “not final”. All other amounts are presented
as final results.
A motion to accept the Treasurer’s Report was made by Nigel Clark and was seconded by David Parker.
Motion carried.
Committee Reports
Water Committee:
No Report
Membership Committee:
Gary Novak reported that there are 30 single members, 22 family members, 30 associate members and 82 breeder referrals totaling 186 total memberships. It was discussed that due to circumstances brought on by COVID safety concerns forcing many activities to be cancelled, all memberships will be carried over through next year as well as breeder referrals without additional cost.
Sunshine Committee:
No Report
Merchandise Committee:
No Report Regional Specialty:
No Report Health Clinic:
No Report Annual Picnic:
No Report Club Election:
The President read the slate of nominees as presented by the nominating committee. A motion to accept the new nominees was made to the voting members and was approved. The 2020-2021 Board of Directors are as follows: President: Patti McKnight, Vice President: David Parker, Secretary: Bob Zak, Treasurer: Gary Novak, Directors: Nigel Clark, Wendy Anderson, Cindy Petrey, Giene Keyes, and Jennifer Munger Hirsch. It was noted that anyone not yet a full member would need to upgrade immediately to that status to ne eligible to be on the board. A motion to approve new board was made by David Parker and seconded by Barb Novak. Motion carried.
Chris Chandler and Julie Vanderbush were thanked for their time and service to the club serving on the board.
Unfinished Business:
Patti McKnight talked about having chairpeople for conformation and for performance, to put together kind of a program of what exactly needs to be done when you're doing those situations so that someone would have an outline to follow. Nigel Clark and Wendy Anderson will work on putting those together for review by the end of February 2021.
The club picnic and other club get together events will be dependent on COVID virus public restrictions. New Business:
Jennifer Munger Hirsch suggested that the club check into setting up a method for members to make payment to the club easier for membership dues or club events thru an online source such as Zelle, Venmo or Paypal. Patti McKnight asked if Gary Novak and Cindy Petrey could investigate those options and report back as to which method would be the easiest and most economical for the club to implement.
Patti McKnight discussed that conformation shows in early 2021 may be cancelled due to COVID concerns. Supported Entry/Regional Specialty show planning will need to take this into account.
The Badger Supported Entry show in May is still viable at this time and we should move forward with this show planning.
It was discussed that anyone serving as chair person for a particular show would not be allowed to participate as a show entrant and that possibly hiring an outside person to serve in the chair capacity representing our club would be something that could be looked into.
Giene Keyes and Jennifer Munger Hirsch were welcomed to the board.
Gary Novak suggested seeking volunteers for membership, merchandise, website and communications chairs. A description of what those jobs and duties would entail should be put together and emailed out to the membership and added to the Shorelines distribution to let anybody considering volunteering what is involved.
Wendy Anderson volunteered to work on the supported entry show and suggested having a scent work trial as well.
Jennifer Munger Hirsch discussed the club making a donation to a worthy dog charitable organization. It
was noted that the club has made donations to Nina’s Panty in the past.
David Parker noted that he will provide an email link with password for members to view a recording of this meeting for the secretary to send out to members to view should the wish to.
The next board meeting was scheduled for Sunday, November 29th, 2020.
David Parker made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:57 pm. Motion was seconded by Mary Goodman. Meeting adjourned.
Treasurer’s Report:
Treasurer Cindy Petrey read the Treasures Report date November 1st, 2020: Checking Account Balance: $23,160.77
Miscellaneous Account: $100.88 Total Club Account: $23,261.65
Current Profit/Loss November 1, 2019 through October 31, 2020: Profit/Loss by Event for the fiscal club year 2020: ($1,396.95) 2019-2020 Event Sponsor funds: $660.00
Membership: $1,970.00 Insurance: ($1,250.00) Program expenses: ($297.33) 2020 Kettle Moraine: ($175.00) 2020 Storage: ($660.00)
2020 Health Clinic: ($50.00) 2020 PWDCA: ($50.00)
2020 Badger Show: ($381.47) 2020 Dryland Workshop: ($10.00) 2020 Pond Puppy: ($775.00) 2020 Water trial: ($200.00) Merchandise: $100.00
Sunshine gift: ($178.15)
NOTE: Events with known outstanding items are listed as “not final”. All other amounts are presented
as final results.
A motion to accept the Treasurer’s Report was made by Nigel Clark and was seconded by David Parker.
Motion carried.
Committee Reports
Water Committee:
No Report
Membership Committee:
Gary Novak reported that there are 30 single members, 22 family members, 30 associate members and 82 breeder referrals totaling 186 total memberships. It was discussed that due to circumstances brought on by COVID safety concerns forcing many activities to be cancelled, all memberships will be carried over through next year as well as breeder referrals without additional cost.
Sunshine Committee:
No Report
Merchandise Committee:
No Report Regional Specialty:
No Report Health Clinic:
No Report Annual Picnic:
No Report Club Election:
The President read the slate of nominees as presented by the nominating committee. A motion to accept the new nominees was made to the voting members and was approved. The 2020-2021 Board of Directors are as follows: President: Patti McKnight, Vice President: David Parker, Secretary: Bob Zak, Treasurer: Gary Novak, Directors: Nigel Clark, Wendy Anderson, Cindy Petrey, Giene Keyes, and Jennifer Munger Hirsch. It was noted that anyone not yet a full member would need to upgrade immediately to that status to ne eligible to be on the board. A motion to approve new board was made by David Parker and seconded by Barb Novak. Motion carried.
Chris Chandler and Julie Vanderbush were thanked for their time and service to the club serving on the board.
Unfinished Business:
Patti McKnight talked about having chairpeople for conformation and for performance, to put together kind of a program of what exactly needs to be done when you're doing those situations so that someone would have an outline to follow. Nigel Clark and Wendy Anderson will work on putting those together for review by the end of February 2021.
The club picnic and other club get together events will be dependent on COVID virus public restrictions. New Business:
Jennifer Munger Hirsch suggested that the club check into setting up a method for members to make payment to the club easier for membership dues or club events thru an online source such as Zelle, Venmo or Paypal. Patti McKnight asked if Gary Novak and Cindy Petrey could investigate those options and report back as to which method would be the easiest and most economical for the club to implement.
Patti McKnight discussed that conformation shows in early 2021 may be cancelled due to COVID concerns. Supported Entry/Regional Specialty show planning will need to take this into account.
The Badger Supported Entry show in May is still viable at this time and we should move forward with this show planning.
It was discussed that anyone serving as chair person for a particular show would not be allowed to participate as a show entrant and that possibly hiring an outside person to serve in the chair capacity representing our club would be something that could be looked into.
Giene Keyes and Jennifer Munger Hirsch were welcomed to the board.
Gary Novak suggested seeking volunteers for membership, merchandise, website and communications chairs. A description of what those jobs and duties would entail should be put together and emailed out to the membership and added to the Shorelines distribution to let anybody considering volunteering what is involved.
Wendy Anderson volunteered to work on the supported entry show and suggested having a scent work trial as well.
Jennifer Munger Hirsch discussed the club making a donation to a worthy dog charitable organization. It
was noted that the club has made donations to Nina’s Panty in the past.
David Parker noted that he will provide an email link with password for members to view a recording of this meeting for the secretary to send out to members to view should the wish to.
The next board meeting was scheduled for Sunday, November 29th, 2020.
David Parker made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:57 pm. Motion was seconded by Mary Goodman. Meeting adjourned.
BOARD MEETING
November 30th, 2020
Via Video Conference Google Meeting The meeting was called to order by President Patti McKnight at 7:05 pm. Members in attendance were as follows:
Patti McKnight, David Parker, Bob Zak, Nigel Clark, Cindy Petrey, Gary Novak, Giene Keyes, Wendy Anderson
President’s Report:
President Patti McKnight welcomed Giene Keyes to the board meeting as a new director and encouraged her to add any input or ask questions she may have in regard to the club.
Patti stated that meetings like this will be used to approve new breeder referrals for memberships and of course discuss upcoming events.
Secretary’s Report:
Bob Zak had emailed the recent Annual Meeting and subsequent new board meeting out prior to this meeting and is included here as follows:
Portuguese Water Dog Club of Greater Chicagoland
ANNUAL MEETING
November 1st, 2020
Via Video Conference Zoom Meeting The meeting was called to order by President Patti McKnight at 6:00 pm. Members in attendance were as follows:
Patti McKnight, David Parker, Bob Zak, Nigel Clark, Cindy Petrey, Julie Wencloff, Gary Novak, Mary Goodman, Wendy Anderson, Susan Becker, Carl McKnight, Patty Johnson, Carolyn Shere, Barb Novak, Alice Zak, Katie Zak, Midge Ihrig, Piper Miller, Giene Keyes, Piper Miller, Troy Turner, Jennifer Munger Hirsch, Gloria Morris, Brandi Schaal
President’s Report:
President Patti McKnight welcomed and thanked all for joining in on the meeting. Patti discussed that this past year had been difficult and strange with health and safety concerns due to the COVID virus and we were very restricted in what we were able to do as a club together. Hopefully 2021 will allow us to get back to a more normal course of events so we can do things together for our membership and our dogs.
A couple of additional ideas that could be done virtually would be to offer a first aid course for pets given by Red Cross offer to club members and a breeding seminar to share helpful ideas and methods from our member breeders about keeping our breed healthy and strong in the coming years.
Secretary’s Report:
Secretary Bob Zak had the meeting minutes from the 2019 Annual Meeting and to save time the minutes will be made available to read individually. David Parker moved to accept the meeting minutes with Wendy Anderson seconded the motion. Motion carried. The Minutes have been added into this report as follows:
PWDCGC ANNUAL MEETING OCTOBER 12TH, 2019
Happy Tails Ranch Island Lake, IL
The meeting was called to order by President Nigel Clark at 11:17 am. Members in attendance were as follows:
Fran Aring, Wendy Anderson, Chris Chandler, Nigel Clark, Deborah Gressle, Theresa Hosking, Carl McKnight, Patti McKnight, Barb Novak, Gary Novak, David Parker, Carolyn Shere, Debra Valenta, Alice Zak, Bob Zak, Mary Goodman, Steve Goodman, Midge Ihrig, Chris Ihrig, Susan Schlitt, Carolyn Sullivan, Tim O’Neill
President’s Report:
President Nigel Clark welcomed and thanked all for coming out and attending the meeting. Nigel discussed how the Health Clinic had gone and was well attended. Nigel also discussed about plans for working on a 2021 National Bid.
Secretary’s Report:
Secretary Deb Valenta read the minutes from the previous annual meeting. Nigel Clark moved to accept the meeting minutes with one correction and Dave Parker seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Treasurer’s Report:
Treasurer Cindy Petrey was not in attendance. Nigel Clark explained how the financial monies were
calculated to the treasurer’s report.
Nigel Clark read the Treasure’s Report from 9/3/2019 as follows:
Checking Account Balance: $25,380.18, Miscellaneous Account: $100.88,
Total Club Account: $25,481.06,
Current Profit/Loss November 1st thru September 3rd, 2019: $4627.48, Profit/Loss by Event for the fiscal club year 2019:
2019-2020 Event Sponsor funds $1310.00 Membership: $2275.00
Insurance: ($1250.00)
Office Supplies: (190.05), Shorelines: ($36.55) 2019 Grayslake Regional Specialty: ($979.78) 2019 Storage: ($330.00) not final
2019 Health Clinic: ($24.80) 2019 Picnic: ($372.63)
2019 PWDCA: $4640.86
2019 Annual Meeting: ($250.00) not final 2019 Badger Show: ($476.79)
2019 Dry Land Workshop: $50.00 2019 Pond Puppy: ($50.00)
2019 Water Trial: $88.22 not final Merchandise: $224.00
NOTE: Events with known outstanding items are listed as “not final”. All other amounts are presented
as final results.
A motion to accept the Treasurer’s Report was made by Wendy Anderson and was seconded by Barb Novak. Motion carried.
Committee Reports
Water Committee:
Debbie Gressle reported that the water working year was a very successful one with the Dry Land Workshop being well attended and graduating on to Pond Puppy. The water trial was also very well attended and very successful with Catherine Gadd as the trial judge. Debbie discussed the challenges to finding water trialing beaches when looking for different areas to hold our water trials. Also discussed was the weather and water temperatures not being conducive to starting outdoor water training earlier than Memorial Day.
Membership Committee:
Gary Novak reported that there are 28 single members, 17 family members, 29 associate members and 37 breeder referrals totaling 128. Gary explained that Breeder referrals are referrals from the breeders of their new puppy owners and that they get a free first years membership to the club.
Sunshine Committee:
Debbie Gressle reported that one floral arrangement had been sent out and that members should contact a board member or Irene Miller to let them know if we had a club member who had taken ill.
Merchandise Committee:
Chris Chandler reported that the club has a positive sales balance in the merchandise account. Communication Committee:
Gary Novak reported that he sends out updated membership lists with voting members highlighted.
Regional Specialty:
It was reported the 2019 Grayslake show had a good entry of 59 dogs entered. There were 4 Junior Handlers entered.
Health Clinic:
Nigel Clark reported that the Elkhart, IN Heart and Eye Clinic’s numbers were up due to concern with grain free dog foods. There was a $25.00 net loss on the clinic. Nigel will be checking on a quote for echo cardiograms for next year’s clinic.
Annual Picnic:
The PWDCGC’s annual picnic held at the dog park near the RecPlex in Pleasant Prairie, WI was well
attended with 35 dogs with their owners enjoying each other’s company. The park set up was described
in detail as to where the food was located and how the park was situated.
Thanks to Dave Parker, Dave Everett, Carolina Valenta, Gary Novak and Cindy Petrey for making this the success that it was! And also thanked were those who walked the park afterwards to provide any necessary clean up.
Volunteers for next year’s Picnic Committee will be solicited. Corn Maze and Boat Ride:
Irene Miller posed the question as to if this activity will be scheduled for next year. It is usually
scheduled for the last week of September so it wouldn’t interfere with water trials and specialty. Midge
Ihrig suggested maybe sometime in May might offer less conflicts. Club Election:
The Secretary read the slate of nominees as presented by the nominating committee. A motion to accept the new nominees was made to the voting members and was approved. The 2020-2021 Board of Directors are as follows: President: Patti McKnight, Vice President: David Parker, Secretary: Bob Zak, Treasurer: Cindy Petrey, Directors: Chris Chandler, Julie Vanderbush, Nigel Clark, Wendy Anderson, and Gary Novak.
New Business:
Nigel Clark reported on her investigation into venues to hold the 2021 National PWDCA Specialty. Nigel had contacted Geneva Ridge Resort in Lake Geneva, WI and was waiting to hear back from them. She received a negative response from The Grand Hotel and was in the process of contacting The Delta Hotel in Racine, WI. Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, IL was discussed but there was concern about the distance that might be from a possible water trial site.
Wendy Anderson asked if there was anything available in the Madison, WI area.
Debbie Gressle brought up the need for a beach area and a longer shoreline to host the Water Trial at.
It was noted that the committee members all need to be in place in order to submit a bid for the specialty.
The different committee chairs that would be required to run the specialty were discussed and Co- Chairs would be considered as well for the different events. There would be a need for approximately 15-20 volunteers needed to get the process started. Some initial volunteers were as follows:
David Parker as Confirmation Chair, Linda Hunt as Water Chair, Chris Ihrig as Grounds Chair, Wendy Anderson as Scent Work Chair.
Break for Lunch
New Business Continued:
The potential locations for the 2020 Regional Show were discussed. Patti McKnight volunteered to be the Chair if the event were to be held at West Bend.
Kettle Moraine offers both performance and confirmation.
Grayslake did not offer an obvious place for social events plus no Obedience or Rally events were offered.
It was suggested that maybe the Supported Entry be switched to DeKalb or Grayslake.
Patti McKnight made a motion to hold the 2020 show at West Bend. Midge Ihrig seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Gary Novak made a motion to vote in the Sullivan Family to club membership. Irene Miller seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Nigel Clark was thanked for her leadership and guidance as the club President and Deb Valenta and Debbie Gressle were thanked for their past service on the board as well.
Patti McKnight was welcomed as the new club President. Dave Parker will serve as Vice President. Bob Zak as new club Secretary. Nigel Clark and Wendy Anderson will serve as club Directors.
Gary Novak made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 1:17 pm. Motion was seconded by Wendy Anderson. Meeting adjourned.
Treasurer’s Report:
Treasurer Cindy Petrey read the Treasures Report date November 1st, 2020: Checking Account Balance: $23,160.77
Miscellaneous Account: $100.88 Total Club Account: $23,261.65
Current Profit/Loss November 1, 2019 through October 31, 2020: Profit/Loss by Event for the fiscal club year 2020: ($1,396.95) 2019-2020 Event Sponsor funds: $660.00
Membership: $1,970.00 Insurance: ($1,250.00) Program expenses: ($297.33) 2020 Kettle Moraine: ($175.00) 2020 Storage: ($660.00)
2020 Health Clinic: ($50.00) 2020 PWDCA: ($50.00)
2020 Badger Show: ($381.47) 2020 Dryland Workshop: ($10.00) 2020 Pond Puppy: ($775.00) 2020 Water trial: ($200.00) Merchandise: $100.00
Sunshine gift: ($178.15)
NOTE: Events with known outstanding items are listed as “not final”. All other amounts are presented
as final results.
A motion to accept the Treasurer’s Report was made by Nigel Clark and was seconded by David Parker.
Motion carried.
Committee Reports
Water Committee:
No Report
Membership Committee:
Gary Novak reported that there are 30 single members, 22 family members, 30 associate members and 82 breeder referrals totaling 186 total memberships. It was discussed that due to circumstances brought on by COVID safety concerns forcing many activities to be cancelled, all memberships will be carried over through next year as well as breeder referrals without additional cost.
Sunshine Committee:
No Report
Merchandise Committee:
No Report Regional Specialty:
No Report Health Clinic:
No Report Annual Picnic:
No Report Club Election:
The President read the slate of nominees as presented by the nominating committee. A motion to accept the new nominees was made to the voting members and was approved. The 2020-2021 Board of Directors are as follows: President: Patti McKnight, Vice President: David Parker, Secretary: Bob Zak, Treasurer: Gary Novak, Directors: Nigel Clark, Wendy Anderson, Cindy Petrey, Giene Keyes, and Jennifer Munger Hirsch. It was noted that anyone not yet a full member would need to upgrade immediately to that status to ne eligible to be on the board. A motion to approve new board was made by David Parker and seconded by Barb Novak. Motion carried.
Chris Chandler and Julie Vanderbush were thanked for their time and service to the club serving on the board.
Unfinished Business:
Patti McKnight talked about having chairpeople for conformation and for performance, to put together kind of a program of what exactly needs to be done when you're doing those situations so that someone would have an outline to follow. Nigel Clark and Wendy Anderson will work on putting those together for review by the end of February 2021.
The club picnic and other club get together events will be dependent on COVID virus public restrictions. New Business:
Jennifer Munger Hirsch suggested that the club check into setting up a method for members to make payment to the club easier for membership dues or club events thru an online source such as Zelle, Venmo or Paypal. Patti McKnight asked if Gary Novak and Cindy Petrey could investigate those options and report back as to which method would be the easiest and most economical for the club to implement.
Patti McKnight discussed that conformation shows in early 2021 may be cancelled due to COVID concerns. Supported Entry/Regional Specialty show planning will need to take this into account.
The Badger Supported Entry show in May is still viable at this time and we should move forward with this show planning.
It was discussed that anyone serving as chair person for a particular show would not be allowed to participate as a show entrant and that possibly hiring an outside person to serve in the chair capacity representing our club would be something that could be looked into.
Giene Keyes and Jennifer Munger Hirsch were welcomed to the board.
Gary Novak suggested seeking volunteers for membership, merchandise, website and communications chairs. A description of what those jobs and duties would entail should be put together and emailed out to the membership and added to the Shorelines distribution to let anybody considering volunteering what is involved.
Wendy Anderson volunteered to work on the supported entry show and suggested having a scent work trial as well.
Jennifer Munger Hirsch discussed the club making a donation to a worthy dog charitable organization. It
was noted that the club has made donations to Nina’s Panty in the past.
David Parker noted that he will provide an email link with password for members to view a recording of this meeting for the secretary to send out to members to view should the wish to.
The next board meeting was scheduled for Sunday, November 29th, 2020.
David Parker made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:57 pm. Motion was seconded by Mary Goodman. Meeting adjourned.
Treasurer’s Report:
Treasurer Cindy Petrey read the Treasures Report date November 1st, 2020: Checking Account Balance: $23,160.77
Miscellaneous Account: $100.88 Total Club Account: $23,261.65
Current Profit/Loss November 1, 2019 through October 31, 2020: Profit/Loss by Event for the fiscal club year 2020: ($1,396.95) 2019-2020 Event Sponsor funds: $660.00
Membership: $1,970.00 Insurance: ($1,250.00) Program expenses: ($297.33) 2020 Kettle Moraine: ($175.00) 2020 Storage: ($660.00)
2020 Health Clinic: ($50.00) 2020 PWDCA: ($50.00)
2020 Badger Show: ($381.47) 2020 Dryland Workshop: ($10.00) 2020 Pond Puppy: ($775.00) 2020 Water trial: ($200.00) Merchandise: $100.00
Sunshine gift: ($178.15)
NOTE: Events with known outstanding items are listed as “not final”. All other amounts are presented
as final results.
A motion to accept the Treasurer’s Report was made by Nigel Clark and was seconded by David Parker.
Motion carried.
Committee Reports
Water Committee:
No Report
Membership Committee:
Gary Novak reported that there are 30 single members, 22 family members, 30 associate members and 82 breeder referrals totaling 186 total memberships. It was discussed that due to circumstances brought on by COVID safety concerns forcing many activities to be cancelled, all memberships will be carried over through next year as well as breeder referrals without additional cost.
Sunshine Committee:
No Report
Merchandise Committee:
No Report Regional Specialty:
No Report Health Clinic:
No Report Annual Picnic:
No Report Club Election:
The President read the slate of nominees as presented by the nominating committee. A motion to accept the new nominees was made to the voting members and was approved. The 2020-2021 Board of Directors are as follows: President: Patti McKnight, Vice President: David Parker, Secretary: Bob Zak, Treasurer: Gary Novak, Directors: Nigel Clark, Wendy Anderson, Cindy Petrey, Giene Keyes, and Jennifer Munger Hirsch. It was noted that anyone not yet a full member would need to upgrade immediately to that status to ne eligible to be on the board. A motion to approve new board was made by David Parker and seconded by Barb Novak. Motion carried.
Chris Chandler and Julie Vanderbush were thanked for their time and service to the club serving on the board.
Unfinished Business:
Patti McKnight talked about having chairpeople for conformation and for performance, to put together kind of a program of what exactly needs to be done when you're doing those situations so that someone would have an outline to follow. Nigel Clark and Wendy Anderson will work on putting those together for review by the end of February 2021.
The club picnic and other club get together events will be dependent on COVID virus public restrictions. New Business:
Jennifer Munger Hirsch suggested that the club check into setting up a method for members to make payment to the club easier for membership dues or club events thru an online source such as Zelle, Venmo or Paypal. Patti McKnight asked if Gary Novak and Cindy Petrey could investigate those options and report back as to which method would be the easiest and most economical for the club to implement.
Patti McKnight discussed that conformation shows in early 2021 may be cancelled due to COVID concerns. Supported Entry/Regional Specialty show planning will need to take this into account.
The Badger Supported Entry show in May is still viable at this time and we should move forward with this show planning.
It was discussed that anyone serving as chair person for a particular show would not be allowed to participate as a show entrant and that possibly hiring an outside person to serve in the chair capacity representing our club would be something that could be looked into.
Giene Keyes and Jennifer Munger Hirsch were welcomed to the board.
Gary Novak suggested seeking volunteers for membership, merchandise, website and communications chairs. A description of what those jobs and duties would entail should be put together and emailed out to the membership and added to the Shorelines distribution to let anybody considering volunteering what is involved.
Wendy Anderson volunteered to work on the supported entry show and suggested having a scent work trial as well.
Jennifer Munger Hirsch discussed the club making a donation to a worthy dog charitable organization. It
was noted that the club has made donations to Nina’s Panty in the past.
David Parker noted that he will provide an email link with password for members to view a recording of this meeting for the secretary to send out to members to view should the wish to.
The next board meeting was scheduled for Sunday, November 29th, 2020.
David Parker made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:57 pm. Motion was seconded by Mary Goodman. Meeting adjourned.
