General Meeting Minutes
September 14, 2005

Members present: Reggie Gausman, Deb Lewy, Rusty Kingery, Muriel Clifford, Patty Hull, Jan Leikam, Doug Haldeman, Michael Krolewski, Vandra Huber

Meeting called to order by Rusty at 7:40.

Minutes: Jan had a correction to the minutes from June. She did not cancel the insurance, just the rider. For the July minutes, we did not ignore Pet Responsibility Day; rather, we decided not to participate. For the January 07 show, we should remove the sentence that starts: "Jan and Julia.” Reggie moved and Patty seconded that the minutes be approved as corrected. Passed.

Treasurer’s Report: Patty passes out the Treasurer’s report. Jan motions and
Deb seconds to accept the Treasurer’s Report as given. Passed.

Report of the President: Rusty reported for Dee that the Board voted to send
$1,000 to LVMC for hurricane relief rescues.

Committees:

January 07 show, Judges’ Committee. Jan passed around the judges’ list that she and Vandra worked on. Vandra motions to accept the
judging panel for January 07. Doug seconds, passed.

August 05 show. Rusty discussed the possibility of a pen giveaway for future shows and we discussed the boxes of literature. Deb to email Patty with the club brochure.

Nominating Committee: This consists of Doug, Mike, and Bo. Bo is the chair.

Unfinished Business:

Patty discusses the jackets, etc. with SAM logos. We currently give jackets,
hats, and polo shirts to members for free. Doug motions that we set a $150 limit for SAM “boutique” items. Jan seconds. Doug amended the motion to state that there should be a 5-year “statute” for the $150; i.e., if you have anything from 5 years ago, you can start over and re-order SAM boutique items. Jan seconds. Passed.

New Business:

Election of 2007 August show committee. Rusty nominates Bo. Jan accepts
in absentia. Patty seconds, passed. Bo is chair of judges’ selection with Vandra and Verlynn. Reggie proposed a change to the standing rules to allow co-owned dogs shown at our shows. Discussion. Jan moves to form a committee to look into rewriting our standing rules about co-owned dogs and showing them. Vandra, Reggie, and Patty will be on this committee and report back to the general membership by the annual meeting in December. Jan seconds. Passed.

Annual meeting: The December annual meeting will be at Doug and Bo’s house. Deb moves that it should be on the 4th at 2 p.m. Reggie seconds. Passed.

Rusty adjourned the meeting at 8:35 p.m.