NOTICE: The next meeting will be held at our
Specialty Show on April 23, 2000, at the Timonium Fairgrounds.
A brief meeting of the Board of
Directors was held following the judging of Shih Tzu at the Maryland Kennel
Club Show on Sunday, February 20, 2000. A summary follows:
1. Specialty:
a.Jackie Rayner to judge sweeps at this year's specialty; Danny
Augustus to judge breed.
b.Awards* "Ceremony" with plaque presentations
will take place following judging but before the raffle.
c.Committees: Raffle - Timney, DeSalvo (proceeds go to our
rescue fund, donations of raffle items encouraged and appreciated)
Hilde Pittelli's son-in-law has donated a beautiful wood "mosaic" of
a Shih Tzu head to be raffled off; this will be separate
from our other raffle - we will sell chances for this one...it's absolutely
wonderful!!
Hospitality - everyone - we need a "coordinator"
(donations of foodstuffs encouraged and appreciated)
Trophy - Pat Brink; DeSalvo will take care of ordering the plaque
for BOB. (donations of money encouraged and appreciated)
Flowers - to be decided (including judges boutonnière and corsage)
Judges gifts - to be decided
2. Proposed slate of officers for upcoming year (to be installed 5/00):
President - Sherry Bollinger
Vice President - John Timney
Recording Secretary - Sherri Taylor
Corresponding Secretary - Doug Bollinger
Treasurer - Vicki Jenkins
Membership Secretary - Pru Timney
Directors - Janet Danner, Lorraine DeSalvo, Kurt Kroemer
Nominations from the "floor" are
welcome. Should you wish to nominate someone, please make sure they are
willing to serve before forwarding your nomination in writing to
Pat Brink (P.O.Box 88, Washington Grove, MD 20880). We will vote at our
May meeting (at which we will review our specialty report and install new
officers.)
3. Format for newsletters discussed, including a one-time per year color issue
(possibly). Photos of dogs will be included for a fee. More on
this later, but hopefully we will have a newsletter ready by Specialty
time. Doug Bollinger (RMagicShihTzu@aol.com)
will oversee/coordinate/produce. Send him your information (brags, litters,
interesting stuff, dajin journal, etc.). Remember... WE
ARE WHAT YOU MAKE US!!
4. Membership - dues notice in the mail this weekend per John Timney.
You must be paid up to vote or receive awards.
The following topics were not discussed
but require our action:
Should you have suggestions for our judging panel for
next year's specialty please let me now as soon as possible. We should
get this to the Baltimore County Kennel Club soon so we have a chance for
input. E-mail me at desalvo@physics.umd.edu.
(fax: 301/314-9922, or mail them to me 1734 Tarleton Way, Crofton, MD 21114,
or call me (301)405-5948 - work, (410)721-7593 - home.)
Volunteers are needed to do
"odd" and "not-so-odd" jobs at and before our
specialty...e.g., set-up, raffle ticket sales, hospitality, etc. You can
contact Pat Brink (301/977-6789, or pbrink6454@aol.com)
or me (410/721-7593 evenings or desalvo@physics.umd.edu)
to lend a helping hand. We look forward to hearing from you ALL!
*Members who have renewed their membership
should start gathering your information for our upcoming Club Awards (for
titles received during calendar year 1999.) If I get your information, i.e.,
copies of Championship Certificates and your preference (plaque at your
expense**, certificate at ours) by March 15th, I may be able to have your
awards available at this year's specialty as well. (You can fax them to me at:
301/314-9922). Awards that you may apply for include:
Breeder
Award (if you are the breeder of record of a titled dog awarded by the
American Kennel Club)
Champion/Obedience/Agility
Award (if you are/were the owner of record at the time of the title
award)
Stud Dog - sire of 5
or more champions
Brood Bitch - dam of 3 or
more champions
**The cost of plaques vary from about $12 to $70, depending
on size, quality of wood, number of plates, engraving, etc. If you choose to
get a multi-plate plaque then you pay for the initial plaque and engraving and
the Club will pay for the plate engraving in subsequent years - until you fill
it up. Then you pay for your second multi-plate plaque and engraving,
and so on and so on....! Should you have questions, contact me!
Awards are NOT automatic...you must apply for them.
(Note: A copy of this will be mailed
to the 10 or so members who do not have e-mail addresses...yet. Also, I
am in the processing of updating our website. It takes some time but I'm
hoping it will be current soon. I'll let you know when so you can review
it to make sure it represents us adequately. If you are eligible and you
apply for an Award, send me a photo of your dog, and it hopefully will appear
on our website for the whole world to see!!)
Here's
looking at you!!
Lorraine DeSalvo
President (but not for long!!)
