Northstar Newfoundland Club
Board Meeting
October 3, 2010
 
Minnetonka Orchards
 
Present: Susan Wagner, Rhonda Kern, Tammy Corrow, Stacie Kramlinger, Chris Plum, Susie Manke
 
Absent: Priscilla Zeller and Judy Soder
 
Meeting called to order at 10:20 am
 
Approved minutes from last meeting.
 
It was agreed that the club would make a $50.00 donation the the Wright County K-9 unit as a thank you for the great demonstration September 25th at Manke Castle.
Susie volunteered to send the thank you note and money and be reimbursed by the club.  Since we don't have any official club letterhead, we discussed making a template that could be used by members in an official capacity.  Stacie volunteered to work on a template.
 
The treasurer’s report was e-mailed to board members and presented at the meeting.  It was agreed that we need a little more break down on the money going in and coming out.  Also we discussed going back to two signatures in case we need to access the account and the treasurer is not available.
 
Members agreed that we should make a $100.00 memorial donation in Bobby Jarrell’s name.  Chris was going to talk with Judy Soder on where she thought the money should go since she was the closest with Bobby.
 
Saturday, December 11, will be our next general membership meeting.  If plans for the St. Cloud downtown parade fall through we will have a meeting and dog gift exchange at the Manke's.  If there is a parade, we will simply meet afterwards at the Manke's for hot chocolate and good cheer.  Susie will send any information on the parade to Ted.
 
Show Committee: Judges have been set.  Ron Horn will do regular classes.  Scarlett Horn will judge Sweepstakes, and Richard Wood will judge Obedience.  Trophys have been bought.  The Banquet Dinner will be Friday night, the cost is $25.00 person with an open bar and silent auction. Anyone wishing to make a trophy donation or donate for the silent auction may contact Susie Manke.  Susan and Chris offered to help with contacting people for donations.
 
It was decided that we are not ready for a NCA sanctioned Draft test but plans are in the works to have Roger and Consie Powell do a draft dog workshop for our general membership meeting possibly in February or March near Virginia, Minnesota.
 
Next publication date of the Newsletter is November but Stacie will try to get a quick informational letter out to members with information on upcoming events that might not make the Newsletter due to timing.
 
Parade Committee:  Ted reported on the St. Paul Winter Carnival Parade.  The information has been sent to us and anyone wishing to participate should contact Ted Mittelstadt.
 
Bell Ringing:  A list of locations was passed out to members at the general membership meeting at the Manke's.  Susan Wagner is in charge of this and can answer any questions.
 
Nominating Committee:  It's that time of year when we need to think of new officers.  Our recommendations for the nominating committee were: Ted Mittelstadt, Susan Wagner and Daryl Anderson.  Ted and Susan accepted and Rhonda Kern was going to contact Daryl to see if he would accept.
 
Chris Plum brought up the problem of making a quorum for voting purposes.  Much discussion followed with the main concern being voting on new members.  A suggestion to change the Club’s by-laws so we could publish the names of new members in the newsletter and wait a determined amount of time for objections. If there weren't any, those members would then be accepted.  Also under discussion was making use of the NCA's teleconference number for board meetings.  This is available to regional clubs.  Susan Wagner was going to check on protocol for this.
 
A motion was made and seconded to adjourn.  The rest of the day was spent with members enjoying the sights, sounds and tastes of a fall day in a Minnesota apple orchard.
 
Respectfully submitted
Susie Manke