Minutes for the October 27, 2022 SCGSF Special Board Teleconference Meeting 7:00pm-8:00pm
- The meeting was conducted via ZOOM and called to order at 7:08 PM
- Members in attendance were: Maryann, Margaret, Cindy T, Cindy S and Pam.
- The purpose of the Special Board Meeting was to discuss the 2022 Specialty and the status of Kiosk.
Kiosk: Margaret sent an email to Georgette after having received Georgette’s resignation. Margaret shared her email to Georgette whereby she offered thanks and gratitude to Georgette for doing such a great job with Kiosk these past years. Margaret asked Georgette to reconsider staying on as editor of Kiosk. Georgette had previously mentioned that she was not getting much content for Kiosk and said that the upcoming issue would be the last one the she is putting together.
Various ideas were suggested and one thought is to see if someone else will take over editing the Kiosk Newsletter and the membership will be queried at the next meeting. Erika talked to Cindy and suggested the possibility of creating a blog for club members. We will add this item to the agenda for the upcoming meeting in November. Cindy will ask Erika to make a presentation about creating a club blog at the next meeting. We discussed the older editions of Kiosk that the club has. The idea was also proposed to look through old issues of Kiosk and create a booklet for sale.
Specialty: Gavilan Kennel Club sent a letter to the AKC giving their approval for SCGSF to offer salukis at the Specialty during October, during the same weekend as the Gavilan KC shows.
Cindy received a few responses to the Specialty survey with some interesting ideas. The Board will take some of those ideas under advisement. One good idea was to research getting a host hotel which will offer better rates.
After discussion, it was agreed that we will offer an additional show on Friday of the Specialty weekend, thereby making the 3 day Specialty. In light of the approval for a 3rd day, we will need another conformation judge and 2 sweepstakes judges.
After reviewing how much work there is to put on a totally independent Specialty, Maryann said that having the show chair coordinate all the aspects of the show is too much. Wendy had previously made a suggestion to have all facets of hospitality be overseen by a chair, who would then delegate some of the hospitality duties to other committee persons. Maryann will create a hospitality Chair overview to present to the membership.
After consulting with Wendy about the Specialty timeline, Maryann will go forward and send in the applications for 3 shows on October 6, 7 & 8.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:40 PM.
Maryann Lillemo-Recording Secretary