May 07 Board News

To: ACDCA Membership
From: Tracy Johnson, ACDCA Secretary
CC: membersacdca@yahoogroups.com
Date: 5/11/2007
Re: Discussion Topics for the 2007 Annual General Meeting

At the 2005 Annual General Meeting (AGM) a motion was made to have
the membership submit discussion topics for subsequent AGM's to the
Secretary prior to the meeting. This motion is now part of our
Standing Rules. The motion was stated as follows:

"4. Motion to submit proposals and items for discussion at the
annual meeting 14 days prior to the annual meeting, and limit
discussions to 10 minutes; made by Judith Ware. Discussion. Friendly
amendment to make the proposals posted on the acdca.org website,
membersacdca yahoo mailing list, and to have hard copies available in
the hospitality room at the specialty. Motion, with amendments,
carries."

This motion affects us in two ways. First, discussion topics are
required to be submitted in writing (via traditional, or electronic
mail) 14 days prior to the AGM (no later than 7 pm on September xx,
2007). Shortly after that date, I will assemble a list of discussion
topics and post them on the membersacdca mailing list, have them
posted on the acdca.org website and have printed copies available in
the Hospitality room at the Specialty.

If your discussion topic is New Business, it should be phrased in the
form of a motion. Please provide a short paragraph explaining your
motion and why you feel it is necessary. Also, provide contact
information so that the Board of Directors may contact you if they
have any questions regarding your motion. If your question pertains
to a certain officers report, or you would like a certain officers
report to address a certain item, then please state that plainly so
that there is no room for ambiguity.

Second, the motion limits debate of a motion to 10 minutes. The
Secretary will read the Motion as it was submitted to the Secretary.
In order to be fair, this time will be divided into two 5 minute
sessions. The first session will go to the maker of the motion and
is referred to as Preference 1. Then the Opposition to the motion,
if any, will have up to 5 minutes to make their points. Once a
speaker for the Opposition has sat, a speaker in favor of the motion
will be called. Debate will continue in an alternating fashion until
the 10 minutes is used up. If one side uses up their 5 minutes, then
the opposite side may continue to speak, or remain silence. When
there is no further discussion, the 10 minute limit is reached, or
the question is called (and the motion passes) a vote will be
called. Some things to remember: 1. Debate may be extended, by
motion (the motion to extend is non-debatable), before or during
debate. It must pass by a 2/3 majority2. 2. Each side of a motion
has 5 minutes, do not waste time making the same point someone else
has already stated. 3. No one person may speak more than twice on a
motion3. 4. During debate members of the assembly do not speak to
each other when they have the floor, they speak to the chair. This
rule exists to help keep things cordial between members4.

Thank you,

Tracy Johnson, Secretary, ACDCA Inc.
Secretary@acdca.org

1 Roberts Rules of Order Newly Revised (10th Ed.) p. 366-371
2 Roberts Rules of Order Newly Revised (10th Ed.) p. 183-189, 378-379
3 Roberts Rules of Order Newly Revised (10th Ed.) p. 375-377
4 Roberts Rules of Order Newly Revised (10th Ed.) p. 380 l. 16-35

Officers & Directors Nomination for October 2007 Election - pdf

To: ACDCA, Inc Membership
From: Tracy Johnson, ACDCA Secretary
Cc: membersacdca@yahoogroups.com,
Date: 5/12/2007
Re: Nominations for 2007-2008 Officers and Directors

In accordance with ACDCA, Inc Bylaws, the Nominating Committee has
presented to the ACDCA Board of Directors a 2007-2008 slate for all
officer positions, for the AKC Delegate and for all directors whose
terms expire this year. Normally a slate is presented to the
membership by April 1. However, due to difficulty in filling the
position of President, the full slate is only now available. The
Nominating Committee included: Rebecca Elder, Chair; Eric Sheets;
Rose Jurain; and Rita Favreau, alternate. Serenity Littlefield was
originally a member of the Committee. She resigned and was replaced
by Rose Jurain. Because of the delay in completion of the slate, we
will accept additional nominations until June 12, 2007 as described
below.

The positions up for election are President, Vice President,
Secretary, Treasurer, Northwest Director, Southwest Director, South
Central Director, Southeast Director, and AKC Delegate.

President Robert "Ronnie" Moore, Arkansas
Vice President Serenity Littlefield, Texas
Secretary Tracy Johnson, Nevada
Treasurer Sara Reiter, New York
AKC Delegate Kathryn Hamilton, Oregon
Northwest Director Alison Deilke, Washington
Southwest Director Larry Favreau, California
South Central Director Lori Graham, Texas
South East Director Pamela Mansfield, Florida

Additional nominations of members in good standing may be made by
written petition, signed by five members in good standing. The
nominations must be sent to me, the Secretary, at the address listed
below. I must receive any additional nominations on or before June
12, 2007. This date allows one month from the date of mailing of this
letter for any additional nominations. The nominee must be a resident
of the United States and a member in good standing for at least one
full fiscal year. The Club fiscal year runs from September 1 to
August 30.

A written acceptance from each additional nominee signifying his or
her acceptance to be a candidate is required. These acceptances must
be sent to me along with the petition. A member who has accepted a
nomination by the Nominating Committee cannot be nominated for
another position. If I receive no additional, valid nominations, the
Nominating Committee slate will be declared elected and no balloting
will be required.

Thank you,
Tracy Johnson, Secretary, ACDCA Inc.

Send any additional nominations to secretary@acdca.org Tracy Johnson,
Secretary, ACDCA, Inc.
7221 Sandy Plains Ave
Las Vegas, NV 89131-3387

May 2007 Board Business

MOTIONS

Motion 1 by Chris Ann Moore

Move the ACDCA will present a cash award of up to $500 to the club members who are the Top Junior Handler in Conformation and the Top Junior Handler in combined performance events. The actual amount of the award will be based on funds raised by the Junior's Committee in any given year. Awards to juniors under 18 will be made with the permission of parent or guardian. The Junior's Committee will develop the detailed guidelines and requirements for the awards which will be reviewed and approved by the ACDCA Vice President.

Rowland – NONE; Moore – YES; Johnson – YES; Reiter – YES; Hamilton – YES; Deilke – YES; Favreau – YES; Buetow Branson – YES; Graham – YES; Graham – YES; Kephart – YES; Mansfield – YES

MOTION CARRIES

Motion 2 from Chris Ann Moore

Move to permit the Junior's Committee to sell a portion of the trophies left over from the 2006 National for fundraising purposes. Delegate to the Club President and Vice President discretion to determine how many trophies to designate for this purpose once a full inventory is completed and to report back to the full Board on the quantities so designated.

Background: The leftover trophies are in two locations. Lynda White has those remaining from Herding and she has completed an inventory. Jim and Louanne Brooks have the trophies from other venues. They are completing an inventory and will ship them as requested by the Board.

MOTION CARRIES

Motion 3 from Chris Ann Moore

Move to adopt, as required by the AKC, a breed mentor program per the proposal of the Standards and Education Committee (file from Standards and Education to be uploaded).

Background: The AKC is requiring that parent clubs provide a list of approved mentors for ringside judges' education. Mentors must have at least 12 years experience in breeding, exhibiting or judging the breed. The clubs may establish additional criteria.

MOTION CARRIES

Motion 3 from Tracy Johnson

Motion 4 by Tracy Johnson: Provide three back issues of the Quarterly for a junior's recruitment package that she and the Junior's Committee are developing.

MOTION CARRIES

NEW MEMBERS APPROVED BY 2/3 VOTE OF THE BOARD

MAY MEMBERSHIP APPLICANTS: Dillon Lentsch, Junior to be added to Family membership of Delta Lentsch Sisseton, SD Drywood ACD's
Sponsors: Delta Lentsch Barb Finegan

Kate M and Woody Ellenwood Glorieta, NM Glory Kennel
Sponsors: Scott Hamilton Kathryn Hamilton

Michelle A. Rogers Bothell, WA
Sponsors: Serenity Littlefield Lynda Rocksvold

Frieda R and Sam L. Young . Tulsa, OK
Sponsors: Chris Ann and Robert Moore