ACDCA Annual Meeting
7:30pm Wednesday October 20, 2005,
Lebanon, TN Meeting called to order by Sara-Jo Gahm at 1945. I. Roll CallBoard Members PresentStanding: Sara-Jo Gahn, Ingrid Rosenquist, Marilyn Painter, Lu Castro, Kathryn Hamilton, Mary Weiland, Rebecca Elder, Joyce Rowland, Chris Ann Moore, Mary Calley Incoming: Mark Bamberry, Diana Lemons, Guy Lawrence, Pam Mansfeld Board Members Not PresentAlison Deilke
II. Minutes of the Last MeetingMotion to approve the minutes of the last meeting; made by Mary Calley. Motion Carries. III. Report of the PresidentNominating committee for 2006: Jim Hutchins, Stacey Helsel, Louanne Brooks. Alternates: Rita Favreau, Robbie Hughes. Results of the annual audit of the club’s books: completed by Diana Lemons and John Connolly. Books found to be in good order. Quarterly: Financial figures handed out. Quarterly is operating profitably. IV. Report of the SecretaryNone at this time. V. Report of the TreasurerDiscussion surrounding the financials. Treasurer handed out financial summaries of the club general fund, and went over the Quarterly financials from above. The club budget runs form 9/1 to 8/31 for any given year. Treasurer to post detailed financial figures on the acdca.org website, and to the membersacdca yahoo mailing list. VI. Report of the Regional DirectorsNone at this time. VII. Report of the Committee Coordinator (Vice President)None at this time. VIII. Election of Officers and Board of DirectorsNew Officers and director took their places at the head table. IX. Selection of the Next Annual Meeting of the Club7:30pm October 4, 2006
Holiday Inn South
Rochester, MN X. Election of New MembersMotion to suspend the clubs Order of Business, and move Election of New Members to the end of the agenda; made by John Kurpas. Motion Carries. XI. Unfinished Business2006 Specialty Committee provided a progress update on the Specialty XII. New Business1. The Cascade ACD Club presented a bid to host the 2007 National Specialty from 9/22/07 to 9/28/07. Event may be held in conjunction with a regional specialty on 9/22 to 9/23. Motion to accept the 2007 Specialty Bid; made by Patsy Soliday. Motion carries. 2. Motion made by Pam Gipson-Beaty for the club to create a “slush fund” for use by future specialty committees; seconded by Rita Bendorf. Friendly amendment to change the wording “ To task the board to come up with a way to provide cash to new specialty committees” made by Sara-Jo Gahm. Discussion surrounding adding a checking account with a debit card by Scott Hamilton. Friendly amendment to change the wording “ To be able to set up a separate account for the National Specialty Committees use, with a debit card. The card would be held by the National Show Coordinator, and be oversighted by the President, and Treasurer; IAW the by-laws” made by Scott Hamilton. Motion to call the question. Motion carries. Motion, with amendments, carries. 3. Jolyn Owen, International Committee Chair, announced that the Properties classes made about $2500 this year. Questioned why the BoD voted to send the Properties monies where the International had requested them to go. Answered by Joyce Rowland, as a matter of good corporate governance, the BoD had simply voted to cut the check as a procedural matter. Motion to send all past and present Properties monies to Bill Ballard Eye Research at the University of Iowa; made by Jolyn Owen. Discussion surrounding whether or not there was a grant request, and what he was working on. He is working on a cheek swab PRA test. Motion carries. 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. 5. Motion to include Rally and Tracking in the clubs standard awards program; made by Diana Lemons. Discussion. Motion Carries. 6. Motion to create a committee to put together a proposal for a “Hall of Fame” or “Top Producers” program, with associated awards and report back to the membership; made by Diana Lemons. Discussion. Motion Carries. XIII. Election of New MembersMotion to form a committee of the whole; made by John Kurpas. Motion carries. Motion to absolve the committee of the whole; made by John Kurpas. Motion carries. XIV. AdjournmentMotion to adjourn; made by John Kurpas. Motion carries. Meeting adjourned, time 2245. Respectfully submitted, Guy T Lawrence
Secretary, ACDCA Attachment #1Members Present Membership NumberPamela Morgan 839F Gigi Griffith membership approved @ pre-board meeting Joann Grant 2098 Mark Bamberry 2248F Kim Griffith membership approved @ pre-board meeting Chris Ann Moore 584F Robert R Moore 584F Scott Hamilton 632F Ingrid Rosenquist 2030 Mary Adelman 80 Kim Broster 2339F Nola Jean Armstrong 2093 Pat Burgee 2249 Diana Lemons 2102 Monica Shifflet 605F Veronica Moscoe 2248F David Steward 605F Sharon Knapp 1061 Adrian Lopez 2090 Pat Cagney 2365 Marilyn Myers 780F Robbie Hughes 1019 Kathryn Hamilton 632F Johnene Baxter 2262 Paula Mayes 2347 Julia Washburn 2267 Judith Ransom 851 Melody Tillman 2221 Sara-Jo Gahm 1835F Lynda White 1020 Eric Sheets 1823F Kathy Hahn 891 John Connolly 1835F John Kurpas 613F Marie Trial 1302 Michelle Haas 2181F Rebecca Elder 2096 Elaine Haas 2181F Pamela Mansfield 1464 Lynn A Peaslee 2059 Brenda Adams 2169 Tracy Johnson 1418 Stacey Helsel 1819 Ellen Beasley 2170 Julie Waltenburg 1461F Stephen J Ware 1890 Larry Painter 1203F Rita Bendorf 2043F Serenity Littlefield 2034 Guy Lawrence 2160F Julie Lawrence 2160F Emily Overholser 2332 Tracy Smith 1755 James Brooks 1082F Louanne Brooks 1082F Pam Pruett 886 Howard Brinkley 2317 Joe Williams 2127F John Thomas 1423 Mary Calley 1097 Judi Williams 2127 Pam Gipson Beaty 1132 Cathie Watson 2009 Jolyn Owen 2292 Amy Berry 7 Leslie Allan 1760 Jennifer Taylor 2312 Liz Sharpe 1877 Ellen Schwab 2315 Lu Castro 2201 Lori Pruett 1276 Larry McCampbell 2188 | 
