DAAC Minutes 12/11/2014

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Delegate Advocacy and Advancement Committee (DAAC) Minutes of the Meeting of Dec. 11, 2014, Orlando, FL

Members Present: Daniel J. Smyth, Esq., Burlington County KC, Chair On Call Staff Liaison: Dick Blair, Huntingdon Valley KC Whitney Coombs, Catoctin KC

AKC Board Liaison: Jim Dok, Gig Harbor KC

Gerry Meisels, St. Petersburg DFA Mary Lou Olszewski, American Bloodhound Club

Members Absent: Harold Perry, Monmouth County KC

Carole Plesur, Italian Greyhound COA Jane Ruthford, Havanese COA Marjorie Tuff, American Shetland Sheepdog Assoc.

AKC Staff Present: None

Daniel Stolz, Clearwater Kennel Club Marge Calltharp, Chinese Shar-Pei Club of America

Guests Present: Deb Ashlock, Lawrence Jayhawk Kennel Club Bob Brown, Great Pyrenees Club of America Sue McClure, Pensacola Dog Fanciers

Nick Pisias, Chintimini Kennel Club Nina Schaefer, Back Mountain Kennel Club

Call to order: The meeting was called to order by Chairman Dan Smyth at 1:15 pm. The DAAC members and guests introduced themselves. Dan Stolz made the motion, with Whitney Combs’ second to approve the minutes of the 9/7/2014 DAAC meeting as written. The motion was approved.

An Executive Session was held from 2:45 pm to 3:30 pm.

Chairman’s Report—(Dan Smyth) In accord with Jane Ruthford’s request, discussed processes for approving and formatting DAAC minutes. Gerry Meisels made the motion, seconded by Marjorie Tuff, that DAAC minutes be a record of formal actions taken, accompanied by a bullet item list of topics discussed, and a list of attendees. The motion was approved.

New Delegate Mentoring Subcommittee— (Dick Blair)

Event/Month Number of New Delegates

Sept. 12

Oct. 5

Orientation Today 7 + 3 unexpected; 4 later

Possible updating of Dick’s two documents for new Delegates.

Delegate Yahoo! E-List, ‘please subscribe’ request. o Written instructions are needed for changing an email address or joining the E-list.

New Delegate September Seminar—(Dan Smyth) In March –

Will discuss changing the seminar format for more zip.

Delegate Relations Subcommittee—(Jane Ruthford)

Updated cover letter for the flyer, “The Importance of Your AKC Delegate.” o Flyer target audience—Get Member Clubs, Some Miscellaneous, Some Licensed Clubs. o Take idea to other committees—Flyer to encourage clubs to have a Delegate. o Email Blast to Clubs—through Jim Crowley’s office. o Institutional road blocks to becoming a Member Club.

Name Tag Program. o Thank you to Ellen Hardin—plastic tags. o Paper tags are proceeding well.

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An Exit Poll for Delegates Leaving— (Whitney Coombs, Mary Lou Olszewski) Responses were generic.

Currently in a holding pattern for any future poll. AKC Website Issues (Mary Lou Olszewski) Chris Walker rescheduled the new AKC website meeting with Mary Lou Olszewski and Jane Ruthford.

Goal of the New AKC Website—to push more people looking for your breed to ‘you’ instead of the public going to someone who has paid for online advertising.

Also new site will push toward vets, rescue, and other support venues and events in your area. Event Planning Operations (Mary Lou Olszewski) Summary report is attached to Sept. 2014 Minutes.

Alan Slay requested the raw data, which was sent to him. New Business: Delegate Empowerment—‘Rules’ (decided by the Delegate Body) vs. ‘Regulations’ (decided by AKC Board with Staff input). This is a process issue.

‘Rules’ changed into ‘Regulations’—would weaken Delegate and Member Club influence.

Changing ‘Regulations’ to ‘Rules.’ Complicated.

Differences between the appointment processes for the committees-- o Advisory Committees (‘Regulations’) Member appointment varies regarding who & when. o Delegate Committees (‘Rules’) Member election follows Robert’s Rules OO.

Delegate Eligibility--Is within the purview of DAAC. Discussed --

Bylaws’ vote to bring up allowing Delegate judges to charge up to $150 over expenses.

Possibly joining Bylaws Committee’s work on this issue and others on eligibility. The meeting was adjourned at 3:30 pm. Jane F. Ruthford ● DAAC Secretary