MCKC NEWSLETTER
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MEETING
NOTICE: December 9, 2008 7:00 p.m.
HARDESTY
LIBRARY
8316 E 93rd
(East of
Memorial at the light at 93rd)
BEFORE THE MEETING DINNER
If anyone wants to meet for dinner
before the meeting you can join us at Panera
Bread at 91st and Memorial at 6:00.
MEETING
INFORMATION
The Annual Meeting of MCKC will be Tuesday, December 9th during which we
will elect the Officers, Board Members, and AKC Delegate for 2009. We will also be voting on The Betty Charles
and AKC Good Sportsmanship Awards from among the members nominated at the
November Club meeting.
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Our fall show is now in the history books and overall it went
very well. We had more publicity this year than ever before thanks to Lori
Finlayson - in addition to ads and spots in the newspapers we also had TV
coverage. And once again I feel that the most impressive showing we had
was the Children's Art Show At The Dog Show - I am always amazed at the
art kids can create! This event is the brainchild of Lori Finlayson
and she was once again ably aided by Charles & Phyllis
Simmons who handled all the matting and mounting of the over 360
pieces of art. I'll apologize in advance to anybody I forget to
name who worked during the show: new members Carol Minden & Jamie
Wooley helped with set-up and move-in, and Bonnie Parker helped our
Trophy Chairman Sherry Brisco with labels for the trophies and Phyllis
Simmons and Deby Harber who helped hand out trophies the
day of the show. Our mainstay on the speaker's stand/catalog sales were Marc
Crews (also my Assistant Show Chairman), Bob Tucker, and Charles
Simmons. Judges Hospitality was ably handled by Lori
Finlayson. And of course I have to thank Obedience Chairman Barbara
Jeleski who works from the beginning of set-up through the last of
the shows. The show is always a result of the efforts of so many
people!
Three delegates from each club in the Tulsa Area Cluster voted
during the shows this year as to the fate of all future fall shows.
I asked as many exhibitors and handlers as I could where they wanted our shows
to be held and overwhelmingly the answer was the fairgrounds with parking being
the #1 reason. All of our delegates voted to move permanently,
beginning in 2009, to the fairgrounds on a late August/early
September date. All of the other delegates voted to remain at the
Convention Center - moving to the August/September dates in 2009 and then
back to our October/November dates in 2010. At the November MCKC membership
meeting a motion was made and passed that MCKC move to the
fairgrounds in 2009 on the August/September dates, holding back-to-back shows
as soon as possible, and to invite another club to join us. The
Board will be working on implementing this motion.
Spring 2009 Grove Show - I need an Obedience Chairman, Trophy Chairman, and
Chief Ring Steward. Please volunteer if you can! This show is
on Easter Sunday.
Karen Gibson
November 11, 2008 MEMBERSHIP MEETING
MINUTES – quorum in attendance
The meeting was called to order at 7:25 by President Karen Gibson
Karen thanked Peggy Tucker for bringing it to her attention that our
regular meeting place – Hardesty Library – would be closed on our
meeting night. She also thanked
Carol Minden for making Michael V’s banquet room available for us on
short notice and also for providing snacks for the meeting.
Guests introduced.
President – No report
Vice-President – Lori Finlayson reported that the
Children’s Art Show was a big success and thanked Charles and Phyllis
Simmons for their hard work in matting and hanging the artwork.
Treasurer – Barbara reported the regular account balance
is $13,764.93, Agility account - $754.92, and CD’s for $17,276.54 and $11,433.43. Barbara has moved the bulk of the
agility account balance to the regular account. The fall show profit will be
approximately $7,500.00.
Secretary – Miscellaneous correspondence.
Charles Simmons reported that we still have Art Show T-shirts available
for sale. He is in the process of
returning the art work to the kids.
Spring Show – Lori Finlayson Show Chairman reported that we will
need an Obedience Chair, Trophy Chair and Chief Ring Steward for the Grove
Show.
Cluster – Karen reported that the Cluster voted to keep the fall
shows at the Convention Center although the MCKC Cluster delegates all voted to
move the show back to the
Nominating Committee – Charles Simmons, nominating committee chair
read the nominations and Karen Gibson asked for nominations from the
floor. There were none so the
committee nominations stand.
Karen passed around forms for the Betty Charles and AKC Good Sportsman
Awards nominations. Voting will be
at the December membership meeting.
New Business:
Peggy Tucker made a motion to stop giving trophies at our shows. Motion was seconded by Charles
Simmons. After discussion from the
membership a vote was taken and the motion was defeated.
Peggy then made a motion to only give trophies for Best in Show, Group
placements and Junior Showmanship.
No second was made – motion died.
Marc Crews told about a young woman he met at the K-9 Experience in
Lori suggested Jay Cronley – writer for the Tulsa World – be
given a community award from MCKC and also be asked to speak at our Awards
dinner. Motion was made by Marc
Crews and seconded by Lori Finlayson.
Motion passed.
Charles Simmons made a motion to move the MCKC show to the 35th
weekend (end of August) to the
Meeting Adjourned.
Submitted by: Deby Harber, secretary
BRAGSBRAGSBRAGSBRAGSBRAGSBRAGSBRAGSBRAGSBRAGSBRAGS
Deby Harber
& Lori Finlayson
Polaris N Dalmino’s Mostly Sunnie - Dalmatian
MCKC – BOW – 3 points – TO FINISH!!
Marc
Crews/Bob Tucker
Firecreek Stella Luna – Smooth Fox Terrier
Tri-State
KC - WB/BOW – 1 point
MCKC – WB – 1 point
Lori
Finlayson
CH Dalmino’s Whoopdedo – Dalmatian
MCKC – BOS
Carol
Minden
Blumoon’s Barbecue Smokehouse – Bernese
Mountain Dog
CH Smokehouse Chocolate Souffle – Bernese
Mountain Dog
Tristate KC - BOS
AWARD NOMINATIONS & CHAMPIONSHIP
PLAQUE INFORMATION
Nominations for the Betty Charles Award and the MCKC Good
Sportsmanship Award will be made at the November meeting. If you want to nominate someone plan to
be at the meeting. Nomination forms
will be handed out and collected at the meeting - NO nominations will be
accepted by mail. Nominees will be printed in the December Newsletter &
voting will be at the December meeting.
Championship or Obedience Title
Plaque Information
If you have completed the requirements for an AKC
championship, obedience, or agility title for your dog(s) fill out the form
below. If you have more than one,
please fill out a separate form for each dog. The dog must have completed his/her
title between June 16th, 2007 and June 15th, 2008. Forms must be turned in at the
December meeting or sent to Karen Gibson No Later Than December 9th, 2008. Please remember that each member is
allowed 2 plaques. If you have more
than that, you must pay for them in advance. If you would rather make a donation to
an animal related charity in lieu of your plaque, please indicate that on the
form.
Award Banquet Program: A photo of your dog and a short write-up will be put
in the Awards Banquet Program. Even
if you do not want a plaque, you can have the photo and write-up in the
program. Photos & write-ups Must
be brought, sent, or emailed to Karen Gibson NO Later Than the December
Membership Meeting (December 9th, 2008)
Plaque Information
(please type or print )
Dog’s Name:
_______________________________________________________________
Breed:
________________________________________________________________
Title Received: _______________________ Date Received: _____________
Owner(s):
________________________________________________________________
Mail To:
Karen Gibson
Scanned Photos & Write-ups can be emailed
5525 East 101st
Street
Andauerwhp@aol.com