GZDELEGATES’ ANNUAL MEETING

GZZ delegates’ annual meetingMonmouth County Kennel Club, Inc.—Harold E. PerryMontgomery County Kennel Club—Ms. Ida E. WeinstockMount Vernon Dog Training Club—Ruth CrumbMountaineer Kennel Club, Inc.—Mrs.Rebecca S. StanevichMt. Baker Kennel Club, Inc.—Mrs.Judith V. DanielsNashville Kennel Club—James EfronNational Beagle Club—Eddie DziukNational Capital Kennel Club, Inc.—Mrs. Catherine B. NelsonNational Shiba Club of America—MaggiStrouseNaugatuck Valley Kennel Club—ViolaBurgosNewfoundland Club of America, Inc.—David HelmingNewnan Kennel Club—Willie CrawfordNewton Kennel Club—Catherine H.MurchNewtown Kennel Club, Inc.—Mrs.Diane F. TaylorNisqually Kennel Club—R. H. HachtelNorfolk Terrier Club—Robert LachmanNorth Shore Kennel Club—Richard F.ColettiNortheastern Maryland Kennel Club—Stephen SkolnikNorthwestern Connecticut Dog Club,Inc.—Billie PontonNorwegian Elkhound Association ofAmerica, Inc.—Margaret K. MottNorwich Terrier Club of America—Betty McDonnellNova Scotia Duck Tolling RetrieverClub (USA)—Ms. Marile A. WaterstraatObedience Training Club of Hawaii,Inc.—Ms. Patricia C. ScullyObedience Training Club of RhodeIsland—James M. AshtonOld English Sheepdog Club of America,Inc.—Christiana GaburriOld Pueblo Dog Training Club, Inc.—Felice JarroldOlympic Kennel Club, Inc.—Betty M.WinthersOnondaga Kennel Association, Inc.—Daniel R. CunninghamOrange Empire Dog Club, Inc.—BurtonJ.YamadaOtterhound Club of America—JoellenGregory, D.V.M.Ozark Kennel Club, Inc.—Mark A.ChambersPacific Coast Boston Terrier Club—Mr.Carl E. GomesPacific Coast Bulldog Club, Inc.—LinkNewcombPacific Coast Pekingese Club—StevenHamblinPapillon Club of America, Inc.—MissArlene A. CzechParson Russell Terrier Association ofAmerica—Gary KoeppelPasco Florida Kennel Club—HelenIngherPekingese Club of America—ElizabethTilley-PoolePembroke Welsh Corgi Club of America,Inc.—Mrs. Anne BowesPenn Ridge Kennel Club, Inc.—DennisJ. GallantPetit Basset Griffon Vendeen Club ofAmerica—Anne Gallant, Ph.D.Pharaoh Hound Club of America—Dominic P. CarotaPhiladelphia Dog Training Club, Inc.—Larry WilsonPlainfield Kennel Club—Amy KiellGreenPlum Creek Kennel Club of Colorado—William E. EllisPoodle Club of America, Inc.—MaryEllen FishlerPort Chester Obedience Training Club,Inc.—Robert A. AmenPortland Dog Obedience Club, Inc.—James PrimmerPortland Kennel Club, Inc.—Mrs. JoanSavagePortuguese Water Dog Club of America,Inc.—Brytt B. HasslingerProgressive Dog Club—William H. BlairProvidence County Kennel Club, Inc.—Richard E. GrantPug Dog Club of America, Inc.—Michelle R. AndersonPutnam Kennel Club, Inc.—Florence R.LaicherPuyallup Valley Dog Fanciers, Inc.—Frances StephensRamapo Kennel Club—Jeffrey D. BallRapid City Kennel Club, Inc.—Ms. SallyJ. NistRhodesian Ridgeback Club of theUnited States, Inc.—Michael J. TeelingRichmond Dog Fanciers Club, Inc.—JanM. RitchieRio Grande Kennel Club—NancyO’NealRiverhead Kennel Club, Inc.—BonnieLaneRockford-Freeport Illinois KennelClub—Ronald H. MenakerRockland County Kennel Club, Inc.—Karen JustinRogue Valley Kennel Club, Inc.—PaulBodevingRubber City Kennel Club—CathyGaidosSahuaro State Kennel Club—Rita L.MatherSalisbury North Carolina Kennel Club—Bob BusbySamoyed Club of America, Inc.—Mr.John L. RonaldSan Antonio Kennel Club, Inc.—NancyJ. ShawSan Gabriel Valley Kennel Club—Anthony VasquezSanta Barbara Kennel Club, Inc.—AbbeR. ShawSanta Clara Valley Kennel Club, INC.—Audrey SuttonAKC GAZETTE III APRIL2014Santa Maria Kennel Club, Inc.—Laurence J. LibeuSaratoga New York Kennel Club—Wanda H. AllenSaw Mill River Kennel Club, Inc.—Mr.Andrew I. KalmanashSawnee Mountain Kennel Club ofGeorgia—Darlene KelleySchipperke Club of America, Inc.—BettyJo PatrickScottish Terrier Club of America—HelenA. PrinceShenandoah Valley Kennel Club, Inc.—Sharyn Y. HutchensShoreline Dog Fanciers Association ofOrange County—Susan L. HamilSiberian Husky Club of America, Inc.—Ann M. CookSilver Bay Kennel Club of San Diego—Nancy DandreaSilver State Kennel Club—DanieleLedoux-StarzykSir Francis Drake Kennel Club, Inc—William J. FeeneySkokie Valley Kennel Club, Inc.—PatGrossmannSkyline Kennel Club, Inc.—GloriaShaverSoft Coated Wheaten Terrier Club ofAmerica—Robert BergmanSouth County Kennel Club, Inc.—Graafin Ginger M. LeeuwenburgSouth Jersey Kennel Club, Inc.—Mrs.Linda B. WillsonSouth Shore Kennel Club, Inc.—LindaC. FlynnSouth Texas Obedience Club, Inc.—Mrs.Gerry DalakianSouth Windsor Kennel Club—Margarette (Peggy) WampoldSoutheastern Iowa Kennel Club—Marilyn R.VinsonSouthern Adirondack Dog Club, Inc.—John V. IoiaSouthern Colorado Kennel Club, Inc.—Lee ArnoldSpace Coast Kennel Club of Palm Bay—Glenda StephensonSpinone Club of America—KarenLuckeySpringfield Kennel Club, Inc.—Dr.Thomas M. DaviesSt. Bernard Club of America, Inc.—KitA. BostromSt. Croix Valley Kennel Club, Inc.—Deborah J. WilkinsStaffordshire Terrier Club of America—Holly E. SheltryStandard Schnauzer Club of America—Dr. Harvey MohrenweiserStaten Island Kennel Club, Inc.—Marianne MegnaSuffolk County Kennel Club, Inc.—Mr.Robert EiseleSun Maid Kennel Club of Fresno, Inc.—Marcy L. ZinglerSuperstition Kennel Club, Inc.—RogerArbuthnot

GZ delegates’ annual meetingSusque-Nango Kennel Club, Inc.—LauraTrainorSussex Hills Kennel Club, Inc.—Mrs.Florence DugganSussex Spaniel Club of America—Mr.John R. Lewis, Jr.Taconic Hills Kennel Club, Inc.—Marylyn DeGregorioTampa Bay Kennel Club—MaryManning-StolzTexas Kennel Club, Inc.—Steve SchmidtTibetan Spaniel Club of America—Mr.Herbert H. RosenTibetan Terrier Club of America, Inc.—Stacey La ForgeTonawanda Valley Kennel Club, Inc.—Ranae HansonTopeka Kennel Club, Inc.—Robert E.BostromTown and Country Kennel Club, Inc.—Toni DoakeToy Dog Breeders Association ofSouthern California—John ShoemakerTrap Falls Kennel Club, Inc.—Christopher L. SweetwoodTrenton Kennel Club, Inc.—JosephMartynTrinity Valley Kennel Club—DebbieFowlerTualatin Kennel Club, Inc.—James S.CorbettTwin Brooks Kennel Club, Inc.—PatriciaC. SarlesUnited States Australian ShepherdAssociation—Leon B. GoetzUnited States Kerry Blue Terrier Club,Inc.—Mr. Carl C. Ashby, IIIUnited States Lakeland Terrier Club—Alfred J. FerruggiaroUpper Suncoast Dog Training Club—Josephine De MennaVacationland Dog Club, Inc.—Mrs. JoanTaborVentura County Dog FanciersAssociation—Mr. William F. DumasVirginia Kennel Club, Inc.—Bradford W.NoyesVizsla Club of America, Inc.—LynnWorth-SmithWampanoag Kennel Club, Inc.—Ms.Naida L. ParkerWashington State Obedience TrainingClub, Inc.—James W. SmithWaukesha Kennel Club, Inc.—Mary A.EschweilerWeimaraner Club of America—JudyColanWelsh Springer Spaniel Club of America,Inc.—Richard RohrbacherWelsh Terrier Club of America, Inc.—Ereign SeacordWest Highland White Terrier Club ofAmerica—Thomas H. BarrieWestbury Kennel Association, Inc.—Geraldine JaitinWestern Fox Terrier BreedersAssociation—Torie SteeleWestern Reserve Kennel Club, Inc.—Ann YuhaszWestminster Kennel Club—Harvey M.WoodingWhidbey Island Kennel Club Inc—Colleen McDanielWindham County Kennel Club, Inc.—Frederick R.VogelWindward Hawaiian Dog FanciersAssociation—Mrs. Karen MaysWoodstock Dog Club, Inc.—RosannSextonYakima Valley Kennel Club, Inc.—AdeleKeyfelAMERICAN KENNEL CLUBDELEGATES MEETINGMARCH 11, 2014Dennis B. Sprung, President in the Chair,called the meeting to order at 9:05 a.m.The Chair introduced the persons seatedwith him on the dais: Chairman, AlanKalter; Doris Abbate, ProfessionalRegistered Parliamentarian; Jim Crowley,Executive Secretary; and. ToddDeSimone, the Court Reporter.The Executive Secretary read the reporton the Nominating Committee, and thereport on additional nominations, asfollows:Mr. Crowley: Pursuant to Article VIII ofthe Bylaws of the American KennelClub, the Nominating Committee:Dominic P. Carota, Chair, PharaohHound Club of America; James M.Ashton, Obedience Training Club ofRhode Island; Robert D. Black, HatboroDog Club; Constance Butherus, AfghanHound Club of America; and Marcy L.Zingler, Sun Maid Kennel Club ofFresno, appointed by the Board ofDirectors at its July 2013 meeting hasnominated the following Delegates ascandidates for such vacancies on theBoard of Directors as are to be filled atthe next annual meeting of the Club onMarch 11, 2014.There are three vacancies for the Class of2018: Dr. Charles Garvin, DalmatianClub of America; Ronald H. Menaker,Rockford Freeport, Illinois Kennel Club;and Patricia C. Scully,Obedience Training Club of Hawaii.Pursuant to Article VIII of the Bylaws ofthe American Kennel Club, the followingDelegate has been endorsed in writingby the required number of Delegates as aAKC GAZETTE IV APRIL2014candidate for the vacancies on the Boardof Directors for the Class of 2018, to befilled at the Annual Meeting of the Clubon March 11, 2014. Class of 2018: JamesR. Dok, Gig Harbor Kennel Club.(There was a brief recess and Delegatescast their ballots)The Chair called on Alan Slay, Directorof Event Programs, who coordinated apresentation on "Attracting Exhibitorsand the Public to Your Event."Mr. Slay spoke as follows:Thank you, Dennis. As we said, we aregoing to give a presentation on how todraw exhibitors as well as the generalpublic to your shows. But before we startthat, I wanted to take this chance to giveyou a little update about a department,the Event Operations Department. I'mresponsible for that department. We areresponsible for processing the plans, theapplications that you provide, as well asthe judges panels and the results. We aredoing very well in the results processing.We are turning them around in a timelymanner, so that you know what yourprogress is and your exhibitors know theprogress toward their titles. We are notdoing as well as we want right now inturning around your applications as wellas your judges panels. I want you toknow that we are aware of that. We areworking very hard. We are working a lotof extra hours and weekends to try tocatch up with that. We are also putting insome new initiatives and looking at newways to make it easier for you to get youinformation and to get your communication back from us.We understand that show chairs arevolunteers and that you are trying tomeet deadlines with your premium listsand your advertising. We do appreciatethat and we are working very hard. Ourgoal is to make this as easy for you aspossible, provide you the informationthat you need to know so that we cancommunicate with each other, and weare monitoring this ongoing and we willcontinue to monitor it and we will comeback here in June and tell you how weare doing and it will be better. But Iwanted to pass that on before we startedour presentation.So today myself and these Delegates aregoing to talk about ways to attract

GZ delegates’ annual meetingexhibitors and the general public to yourevents, how to make your dog show anevent. One thing is, just like our dogscompete in the ring and out on thecourse, you have got to have thatmentality, that same competitor mentalitywhen you are trying to draw exhibitorsin. Today it is tougher than ever becauseexhibitors have more options. They canhave a hobby and through the use oftechnology they never have to leave theirhouse. The fellowship that they once gotby going out and participating in a dogshow or some other hobby, they can dothat online now. So we have to givethem a compelling reason to leave theirhouse, to get out and join our shows andour events.The exhibitors, because of that, aredemanding more value for their time andmoney. It has become more expensivethan ever to participate. Exhibitors arestaying closer to home because of thatexpense. But we do have some thingsthat are in our favor and one is, unlike alot of other hobbies, we have that bondbetween people and dogs and we alsoknow that people who are passionateabout something will go spend their timeand money and we need to takeadvantage of that when we are trying todraw people to participate in our Sport.The other thing about our Sport is wehave a Sport for everyone. We have sucha wide variety of sports all the way fromsomebody just starting out to the veryexperienced. We have sports that will lasta lifetime. We also are open to everyone.We always have been.So when you think about how you aregoing to draw exhibitors in, think abouttaking advantage of some of those issues,take advantage of some of the things thatwe have going for us to overcome thoseissues.One thing, talking to exhibitors, they tellus two of the main things that drivewhere they are going to exhibit is thelocal area as well as assembling the judgespanel. Time after time the exhibitorshave told us this. The thing is thatthrough technology exhibitors are moreknowledgeable than ever about judges.They are tracking the results that arehappening with the judges. They are alsosharing, through Social Media. They canshare the experience they have.The exhibitors tell us they want to winbut they also want the judge to treatthem like a customer. They are lookingfor a pleasurable experience. So theseexhibitors are tracking judges and theyare forming an opinion, so the showchairs and the clubs, you need to do thesame thing to know what is going todraw in those exhibitors. Some thingsthat they have told us and things we haveobserved is recent assignments in thearea. Exhibitors tell us if it is the samejudges over and over in an area and theydon't have a good experience, they arenot going to come back, and that's a verybig concern. Because, like I said,exhibitors are staying close to home. Soif you can't capture them going to yourlocal area, we may have lost them as anexhibitor.Also, some show chairs are puttingrestrictions in the judges' contractsbeyond what the AKC requires. Insteadof 30 days, some of them will go to a 90day restriction to try to make sure thejudge is fresh in the area. They likeshowing underneath a judge who is abreeder of the breed they are judging orof breeds of similar type and function.They feel very comfortable with judgeswith that.Look at supporting your permit judges.They are the future of our Sport. A goodway to use your local judges is use themas a permit judge. We know exhibitorshave told us that if they have a judge thatthey have a lot of knowledge about andthat they might not feel they will have agood experience versus a permit judge,they will choose the permit judge. Theywill take that chance. Also, the judge'shistory in drawing entries, all of thisinformation that exhibitors are gatheringis driving up the entries. Look and seewhat the judge has drawn recently. Ifthey are drawing a lot of exhibitors, thenthere is a good chance they will havegood entries at your show as well.Working with the specialties supportingthe event, go over the judges panel withthem, talk to them, ask them if there is ajudge they may recommend. If yourspecialty is not only supporting yourevent but also supporting your judge, youhave a good chance of drawing a goodentry. And targeted breeds, a little bitcontroversial, but there are some breedsthat no matter how hard you work it isnot going to move the needle much inyour exhibitors. There are some otherbreeds that can draw a good entry. IfAKC GAZETTE V APRIL2012your goal is to increase your entries youmay want to look at those targetedbreeds and work even harder whenassembling a judges panel for thosebreeds.Another thing the exhibitors like isadditional competition. Going back tothat value, if I'm going to spend themoney to go somewhere I'm going tocompete. The winner right now is theNational Owner Handled Series.Exhibitors love this. It is no cost to them.They get an extra chance to compete.They get to compete against their peers.We found, our data shows that when aclub offers this, that over 40 percent ofexhibitors are checking off the box thatthey are eligible on their entry form andare competing in this series. We have alsofound that this special attraction has agreater impact on your entries than anyother special attraction, more so thanyour best puppy, your best veteran, yourbest bred by.The National Owner Handled Series is afactor in exhibitors choosing where theyare going to exhibit. If you sign up forthis, we will send information to yourclub ahead of time to help youunderstand how to execute the series.Also, every judge assigned to your event,we will send them information abouthow to adjudicate in the ring. We are alsoworking with Marketing.You will seesome more information soon aboutsome compelling reasons to offer this.We are also in the early stages of workingwith our Communication and MarketingDivision about creating a video that isavailable online to help the stewards andthe judges adjudicate this in the ring tohelp them out. So you can look forwardto that.So this is a winner. So if that isn'tenough, we will promote your show andwe will promote this for you. If yourclub signs up for this, we will send out emails to potential exhibitors in the areanotifying them that the National OwnerHandled Series is available and will giveinformation about your show and yourclosing date. We send those e mails outfive weeks and two weeks prior to yourclosing date so they have two opportunities to get that information. So this hasbeen a winner and I hope you willconsider offering this.The other one is the four to six monthbeginner puppy. This is also very popular

GZ delegates’ annual meetingwith the exhibitors. This is a way tobring in new people. We found thatabout half the people who participatedin this are new to the Sport. We alsofound that over 68 percent of the dogsthat compete in this go on to compete inother AKC competition. This is how wecan get newpeople into our Sport. One way we dothat also is we promote this as well. Wewill send out e mails five weeks and twoweeks prior to potential exhibitors in thearea, prior to the closing date of theshow and notify them of the four to sixmonth beginner puppy and providethem some information about it.Specialties is another. I know a lot of youuse specialties associated with your eventsand we encourage you to continue to doso. Once again, it goes back to that value.The exhibitor likes the opportunity toearn multiple points at one time on oneweekend when they are out exhibiting.Then the companion competitions, Iknow some of the Delegates will talkabout the obedience and the rally andthe agility are very popular not only withexhibitors, but also with the generalpublic. Well, I will let some of our otherguest presenters provide someinformation about how they have takentheir dog shows and turned them intoexciting events for the exhibitors and thegeneral public. We will start with Ms.Carol Williamson.Ms. Williamson: Now in its 37th year,our cluster, the Reliant Park World Seriesof Dog Shows, was begun as a way tointroduce our sport to the general publicand it has worked! People in Houstonconsider our cluster to be their show.Many times we have witnessed someonewho has never been to our show stopand try to figure out where they are atthe show, and where they want to go.And somebody else who stops to talk tothem to them is another spectator whohas been to the show many years. Theyshare interesting things they have seenand where they are located.Our cluster is composed of, and all ofthese contribute to our success, the TexasWorking Dog Association of GreaterHouston; the Houston All Terrier Club;the Blue Bonnet Boxer Club; theCombined Specialties, the HoustonKennel Club; the Beaumont Club andthe Galveston Kennel Club. We are verylucky to have five Delegates, SherryWallis, Katherine Sullivan, Cathy De LaGarza, Carl Holder, and myself, activelyinvolved in putting on our cluster. Wenormally have approximately 20,000spectators at our event.We advertise our show in several ways.Pet Talk is a slick, printed, free, localmagazine with which we have anongoing partnership. They distribute tovarious locations around town and alwaysspotlight the show in their annualReliant Park issue with special articles,pictures and advertising geared towardour show. The magazine gives the publicsome information about how the show isjudged and what events will be held.There is also a two-sided card thatSherry Wallis developed which has thedate and our website address on one sideand a description with public orientedspecial events on the other. Ourmembers spread the cards around town.When people arrive at the show, they aregiven a copy of Pet Talk,a publicoriented guid

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