Beardie Beat

- Membership Renewal & Trophy Sponsorship forms

- President's message

- Notes from the Jan 2018 Board meeting

Hello! Hope you're all surviving Mother Nature's cold spell. Winter seems to have arrived with a vengeance! This is a longer message than usual, so please bear with me and read to the end!

Your 2018 Board Members gathered on January 13th to discuss plans for upcoming events. While some things are set with dates and locations, we do have a few things that we're working on scheduling. Check out the calendar for more details.

Our Specialty plans for Timonium, MD in April are coming along. We are welcoming Maureen Larroux (Majela) as our sweepstakes judge, and Althea Richardson (Caramac) for our regular classes on Friday. For Sunday's BCKC Supported Entry show, we have Val Maloney (Avalon) for sweepstakes and Ian Copus (Rallentando) for regular classes. We hope you'll join us for the show! We will once again have our basket raffle, so please consider donating any item you think may be of interest. Feel free to put together a themed basket or if you have a few items, we can organize baskets for you. Items do not have to be beardie or even dog related. Last year we had wine, lobster and first-aid baskets that were very popular, just to name a few . Also, keep an eye out for our special pre-show fundraising, coming soon!

Calling all obedience friends, fans and volunteers: Have some spare time on Sunday, April 22, 2018? Lucy Cambell-Gracie is looking for some help with stewarding the all-breed obedience trial. Email Lucy for more details.

We are moving forward with our annual herding trial this June. Lucy Campbell-Gracie will be stepping in as our herding trial chair. If you are interested in being part of the committee or helping in any way, please contact Lucy.

Our agility trial is also coming together under the direction of Linda Porter (who has done an amazing job with this event for the last few years!!). We will return to FISC in Frederick, MD in October 2018. As always, if you're interested in helping out on the agility committee or at the event, please contact Linda.

We're hoping to schedule two beardie bounces this year- after all, it's what they do best! One should be in May and one will be in November alongside our annual meeting. We're always looking to spread out the location of these meetings. If you have the space and are interested in hosting a bounce, please email me at ncbccpresident@gmail.com

Attached in this newsletter are membership renewals and trophy donation forms. Don't forget to renew!! Last year, each of you received the gift of membership from NCBCC as a thank you for your participation in our club and our successful National Specialty in Gettys burg. We have kept the amount for the 2018 membership dues the same as they were in 2016.

We hope that as you are submitting your dues this year, you'll also consider sponsoring a trophy or the general trophy fund for our specialty in April. Your support helps us offer special trophies for all the exhibitors who travel to participate in our show. Donors will be published in the show catalog if received by March 1, 2018 .

Lastly, your board voted to form an exploratory committee to consider a bid to host the 2021 BCCA National Specialty. We are focusing on a Virginia location this time around. If you are interested in participating on this committee, please email me at ncbccpresident@gmail.com by January 31, 2018

Wishing you all the best,

Laura (and Gilly, too!)

Attendees: Colombo, Corn, Cambell-Gracie, Dimond, Minner, Orrock,

Meeting called to order at 2:15p

Committee Reports

Treasurer:

• EOY 2017 final reports provided. Treasury has $21,614.03.
  
• All accounts have been moved to Lucy's mailing address
  
• Considering account consolidation to reduce fees. Signees on current account are Lucy, Laura, and Casey
• Renewals have started coming in

Membership:

• Several applications are pending attending both required events
• Membership renewals are due by 3/1/2018 (you can renew via paypal)

Specialty Committee:

• All events have been approved and premiums are in progress. Data has been loaded
• Judges: Friday Regular - Althea Richardson (UK Caramac), Sweeps - Maureen Laroux (US Majela), Sunday Regular - Ian Copus (CN Rallentando), Sweeps - Val Maloney (Avalon)
• Karen Norteman has agreed to ring steward for us again (thank you!!!)
• Trophies have been ordered, but we need to begin collecting trophy donations. (See form attached to the newsletter)
• Doing the basket raffle again (please donate!)
• Kathy and Roger will do hospitality again (thank you!)

Agility:

• Linda Porter has offered to chair 2018 (thank you!!!)
• Deposit made for building, prices holding steady
• Application for the event submitted, and fees paid

New Business

State of the Herding Trial/Committee:

• David has stepped down as herding chair (thank you for many years of doing the job!). Lucy Campbell-Gracie will be the chair going forward.
• Event will be 6/9-10/2018 at Scarlett's Mill Farm in Birdsboro, PA - same location as last year
• We will be taking advantage of a new package deal offering that Scarlett's Mill and the trial secretary have made available. They take care of all arrangements, e.g. judges, travel, stock, etc., we pay only for our application fees and odds and ends which we may offer, e.g. trophies.
• Need at least 5 committee members who can be on site for the event. Lucy, Lynne, Kathy, Roger - If you would like to help with this committee, please contact Lucy.

2017 Charitable Contributions:

• NCBCC donated to two charities: $500 to the Canine Health foundation and $500 to AKC Disaster Relief
• For 2018 - we are targeting a 10/28/18 deadline for suggestions for our annual giving. The board will present ideas for ratification by members at the annual meeting.
• Some ideas: CHF, Take the lead, Dogs Finding Dogs, Spay/Neuter, Canine Companions for independence, Local rescue organizations

BCKC event interest/Obedience trail request:

• Request for help @BCKC rally/obedience on Sunday 4/22. Specifically looking for ring stewards
• Lynne volunteered to help, if she's able to be there.

2018 Event Calendar

• Feb
• March
• April: 4/20 Specialty, 4/22 BCKC Supported Entry
• May: ***Need Location*** targeting 5/12 for Bounce
• June: 6/9-10 Herding Trial Birdsboro, PA
• July
• August
• September: Wine Event, 8 Chains North Winery, 9/22 or 23
• October: 10/27-28 Agility Trial Frederick, MD
• November: Annual Meeting target 11/10 or 11 ***Need Location***
• December: 12/1 Scottish Walk
• January 2019 (yes, already planned): Holiday party hosted by Kathy Dimond, Roger Orrock and Gail Green

Exploring: Fairfax County K9 Demonstration at Lynne's, Joint Venture with BCKC to host a barn hunt day, Funday of agility

If you have ideas, suggestions, or would like to host an event, please contact us

2021 National Bid Discussion:

• The board discussed options to put together a bid to host the 2021 BCCA National Specialty
• A motion was approved (unanimously) to form an exploratory committee
• Laura, Casey, Lynne, Kathy, and Roger all agreed to help. We will also look for club members who may like to be involved
• Casey will reach out to BCCA and National Specialty Advisors for starting advice

Request for Additional Trophy stipend for BCKC:

• Casey made a motion to raise the stipend for BCKC from $250 to $350. The motion passed without dissent

2018 Board Meeting plans:

• January (CHECK)
• April
• July
• October
• November (pre meeting in advance of Annual meeting. Board arrives early)

Motion to adjourn: Laura

Second: Lucy

Meeting adjourned: 3:33p

If you have an idea for an event or wish to host one in 2018, please contact Casey (ncbccsecretary@gmail.com) or Laura (ncbccpresident@gmail.com). We will work to finalize the 2018 calendar at our first board meeting