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ASCA News:Past Motions
The motions on this page were voted on within the last 30 days. When the current secretary report is available, they are removed from here and you can view them in that report. For all approved agility motions since last rule book update look here.
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Board Policies
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93:19 BOARD POLICIES - Sec. 9.11.10C.
Motion by Hellmeister, seconded by MacRoberts.
Directors:
Voting on the enclosed motion went as follows:
Approve: Aufox, Davenport, DeChant, MacRoberts, McNamara, Hellmeister & Stevens.
Disapprove: Berryessa.
Abstain: Gann.
Motion is approved.
Thanks,
JO
I move to approve the following:
Section 9.11.10 c of the ASCA Policy Book already provides the process on which employees will attend the National Specialty. I propose an addition to section c:
A Business Office representative will travel to the National Specialty site the day before Stock Dog Finals start to help work the Finals. This individual shall also be present for the first day of Board of Directors meeting at Nationals to present a Business Office report to the BoD. Such report shall consist of - but not be limited to - information on
Business Office status Work backlog Titles, Registration, Services
Employee reviews
Office Computer Systems Status
Office building repair & maintenance
Future goals for Business Office
Comment: I dont think that the report of the BO representative should be made to the GMM. The BO staff is hired by the Board and therefore should report to the Board. It is the Boards responsibility to report to the membership, not the BOs reps.
Through the used wording I leave it open on who is gonna be traveling to Nationals in case ASCA decides to hire an Executive Director in the future. Whether future Boards decide to bring either one (E.D. or OM) or both to Nationals is up to them.
I have left the time frame for the stay of the BO rep open since there are some variables. What if the presence of the BO rep is needed on another day of BoD meetings? Should the BO rep be present at the ASCA booth (if one is there)?
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Breed Standard Review
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Conformation
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98:05 CONFORMATION COMMITTEE - Ch. 3, Sec. 3.10.
Motion by Gann.
Directors:
Voting on the enclosed motion went as follows:
Approve: DeChant, McNamara, Davenport, Gann, Hellmeister, MacRoberts, Berryessa & Stevens.
Disapprove: Aufox.
Motion is approved.
Thanks,
Jo
I move to approve the following:
The motion attached below regarding Ch. 3, Sect. 3.10, has passed the Conformation committee with affirmative votes from:
Liz Gibson, Debbie Martin, Mary
Hellmeister, Denise Creelman, Regi Gravtte,
Cynthia Clark,
Heather Herron
, Janet White, David Clayton, Gail Karamalegos,
Peter Kontos, and Leah Swatko.
Non Voting: Nadia Schlapp
HOW IT SHOULD READ: (Correcting grammar and to make the section match the form that is out there in use now)
CHAPTER 3 SECTION 3.10 A club may file an Obedience/Conformation Judge Extension Request Form with its sanctioning request if additional time is required to obtain Obedience/Conformation judges.
a. When the Obedience/Conformation Judge Extension Request is utilized, a list of the Judges' names, address contact information, and judging assignmentshas to be sent to the ASCA Business Office for approval no later than 21 days prior to the date of the show.
b. Shows will not be sanctioned until the ASCA Business Office receives a completed Judges'list and all Judges have been approved by the ASCA Business Office. The completed Judges' list must be postmarked no later than 21 days prior to the date of the show.
HOW IT USED TO READ:
CHAPTER 3 SECTION 3.10
A club may file an Extension Request Conformation / Obedience Judge(s) Form with their sanction request if additional time is required to obtain Conformation / Obedience judges.
a. If a club files an extension request, after they have selected their Conformation / Obedience Judges, they must send an
extension Conformation / Obedience Judge(s) List Form listing all Judges names, addresses and assignments to the ASCA Business Office.
b. Shows will not be sanctioned until the ASCA Business Office receives extension Conformation / Obedience Judge(s) List and all Judges have been ASCA approved
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DNA
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97:14 DNA COMMITTEE - Swab Kits
Motion by Davenport.
Directors:
Voting on the enclosed motion went as follows:
Approve: DeChant, McNamara, Aufox, Davenport, Gann, Hellmeister, MacRoberts & Berryessa.
Disapprove: Stevens.
Motion is approved.
Thanks,
Jo
I move the following from the DNA committee
Approve: Linda, Lori, Carol Mac, Trish, Mary, Joan, Laura, Tanya, Marilyn, Carol H., Sandra, Liz, Mark, Devona
Abstain: Jamie
I move to include the following as an additional insert to be sent with all DNA swab kit orders.
Lori
RE: DNA SWABS
Due to a high failure rate because of improper collection of DNA material, please be advised if there are not enough cells on the DNA buccal swabs to process for parentage verification, you will be required to retest using blood cards or blood tubes at your expense.
Please read and follow the instructions carefully!
(Pay close attention to #3 on the instruction sheet-repeated below)
3. Insert the swab into the side of your dogs mouth and rub firmly against the inside of the cheek
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For maximum DNA collection rub for 1 minute and INCREASE the area of collection. (Note: Increase the area of collection means to use more than one small spot on the inside of the cheek). Do not soak in the dogs saliva as that will wash the DNA away.
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Education
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Juniors
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MVA
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Nationals
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Obedience
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Registry
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Show Rules
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Stockdog
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93:17 STOCK DOG RULES - Finals Judges.
Motion by Davenport.
Directors:
Voting on the enclosed motion went as follows:
Approve: DeChant, Aufox, MacRoberts & Davenport.
Disapprove: Berryessa, Stevens, Hellmeister & McNamara.
Abstain: Gann.
Motion is defeated.
Thanks,
Jo
I move the following SDC motion
Approve: Baker, Bryant, Caldwell, de Jong, Hardin, Holmes, Kelly,
Kissman, May, Pechka-King, Shope, Warren
Non-voting: Silveira
Motion is carried.
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Motion by Warren, second by Bryant.
Last day to vote is March 22.
I move to add the three documents attached for the selection of Finals
Judges to the Stockdog Rulebook Appendix. (one is attached as a spreadsheet)
Comments:
Seems somewhere along the way the process of how to select Finals
Judges was lost. We went through this process last year it seemed to
work OK. Now it needs to become part of the rulebook. I made some
minor changes to what I originally sent you. I took out my comments
and reworded the last sentence of Step 3 #1 dealing with ties. The
Business Office can supply the Appendix number.
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COVER LETTER FINALS JUDGES
Dear SDC Members,
Once again it is time for the Stockdog Committee to recommend judges for the National Stockdog Finals to the National Host Club. There will be a minimum of six judges recommended to the Host Club and the Host Club will make the final determination of which four judges will be used. The attached questionnaires are a result of the established Procedures for Choosing Finals Judges and have been devised to help in making these recommendations. None of these questions are meant to exclude any judge from being considered as a prospective Finals Judge. They are simply a method, instituted by the Stockdog Committee to choose judges who will be recommended irrespective of the answers.
All judges that have returned an acceptance letter and questionnaire must be ranked from first choice through as many as have returned their questionnaires. If only a partial list is received the list will be returned to the SDC member to complete. If only a partial list is received by a SDC member by deadline it will not be considered complete and will not be used as it skews the end results.
Also attached is the process for selecting Finals Judges and a Finals Judges Work Sheet. This work sheet is just an aid in determining ranking and does not have to be returned to the SDC. There is no set standard for filling out the work sheet. See Chapter 11 Section 7: Selection of Finals Judges for more information.
Return by_____________________
PROCESS FOR SELECTION OF FINALS JUDGES
STEP ONE:
1. Business office will send a letter and questionnaire to all ASCA Stockdog judges by January of the year preceding the next Finals (example: the letter will go out by January 2008 for the 2009 Finals) with a 90 day deadline for return of acceptance and questionnaire to the Business Office.
2. The cover letter must include dates and place of Finals to be judged.
3. Business Office will then send all questionnaires received to the SDC Chair for distribution.
STEP TWO:
1. The SDC Chair will send out a cover letter and questionnaires that were returned by all the Stockdog Judges willing to judge the Stockdog Finals.
2. The cover letter will include the following:
a. The questionnaires from all judges that have returned an acceptance letter.
b. The Finals Judges Work Sheet which will include the judge's name filled in by the SDC Chair. This is just an aid in determining ranking. There is no set standard for filling out the work sheet.
c. Where to find information on Finals Judges in the rule book.
d. Deadline for return of individuals SDC members ranking of judges.
e. SDC members must rank all of the judges from #1 through as many have accepted the invitation to judge.
STEP THREE:
1. The Chair will then take all the ranking information and put it on the Judges Ranking Information Work Sheet, add the results and determine the ranking of the judges. The ranking of the judges is determined by adding all SDC members individual ranking for each judge giving each judge their total score. The lowest score to the highest score determines the six judges that will be sent to the host club. A copy of this work sheet must go out to the entire SDC. The Chair will then send the top six ranked judges on to the host club. If there is a tie for the sixth ranked judge then as many judges who receive the same score will be sent on to the Host Club.
3. The Host Club must contact all available judges provided by the SDC until they come up with four that accept the judging assignments. If less then four are available from the list provided by the SDC the Host will then contact the SD Chair for the next available judge until four have accepted the assignment.
4. An alternate judge may also be asked to judge finals but also must come from the list of provided by the SDC.
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Tracking
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Miscellaneous
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MISCELLANEOUS - Gossip - Bulletin Board
Motion by Stevens, seconded by Gann.
Directors:
Voting on the enclosed motion went as follows:
Approve: MacRoberts, Hellmeister, Stevesn, Aufox & Gann.
Disapprove: Davenport, DeChant, McNamara & Berryessa.
Motion is approved.
Thanks,
Jo
I move to approve the following:
Since this is the last day to put in motions and it seems some are getting cold feet about the cross-bred issue I feel that there needs to be an official vote so the membership will know what is going on and who is trying to do something about this issue. At our Spring board meeting after all the e-mails were passed around and Russ Ford had made his talk I read the statement listed below. There was some discussion and there was a consensus at that time by the Board for Ann to put this in The Bulletin Board starting with the July-Aug. issue of the Aussie Times and to run in each issue of the bulletin board of the Aussie Times until further notice. So therefore the motion is listed below and upon passing will be in each issue of The Aussie Times listed in The Bulletin Board.
ASCA and the ASCA Board of Directors do hereby request the ASCA membership
afford all ASCA registered Australian Shepherds the honor due them by this
registration. All registrations done by ASCA have met the criteria set forth by the Registry and are accordingly assigned. Therefore, the ASCA
membership should refrain from derogatory comments related to the ancestry of ASCA registered Australian Shepherds. To do so would be a reflection upon the integrity of the ASCA Registry and will not be tolerated.
Comment-- This is to be ASCA's official statement about the cross-bred issue at this time and may be changed or amended in the future by the ASCA Board. The cross- bred issue is hurting ASCA in many ways,bottom line it affects ASCA financially.
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MISCELLANEOUS - BULLETIN BOARD
Motion by DeChant, seconded by Hellmeister.
Directors:
Voting on the enclosed motion went as follows:
Approve: MacRoberts, Berryessa, Hellmeister, Aufox, McNamara & DeChant.
Non-Voting: Davenport, Gann & Stevens.
Motion is approved.
Thanks,
Jo
I move that the Miscellaneous -Gossip - Bulletin Board be withheld from publication in the July - August Aussie Times Bulletin Board and that this be an Emergency motion with a 48 hour discussion period with 24 hour vote period.
Rationale: It has been moved and seconded to reconsider the Miscellaneous -Gossip - Bulletin Board motion, and it has been determined to be handled like a regular motion. This means that the vote on the motion to reconsider will not be held until after the upcoming May 15 Aussie Times/Bulletin Board deadline. Publication of this statement needs to be withheld until after the vote for reconsideration has been conducted.
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