AWDF take over attempt ...... - Page 1

Check out the agenda for the next for the AWDF meeting. Notice those few items at the bottom. This looks to me as if the BRT club and USCA are up to hijinks. If this voting scheme goes through USCA will have unopposed control of the AWDF. If you think that it's wrong for one club to control the AWDF please let USCA and BRT know that this will not go unchallenged and ask your sportfriends to do the same
 
 
 
 February 6, 2012 Conference call Agenda
 
President report
 New requirements of AWDF to the FCI
 
Vice president Report
 
Secretary report - October 24^th 2011 minutes
 
Treasurer report – Budget
 
Old Business
2012 AWDF Championship
Aggressive Dog policy
Events committee
Judges Committee and AWDF Program
 
New Business
 
2012 Elections– President, Treasurer, 2 DAL positions - Vera Reeves & Glenn Stephenson (who resigned Sean O’Kane appointed to fill the remainder of the term)
All members running for an elected position within the AWDF must have the endorsement of their member organization. A letter from that organization signed by its President will serve as proof of such endorsement. All nominees must fill out a petition for nomination form and it must be submitted 45 days (deadline: 3/27/12) prior to the General Board Meeting. Nominees may submit a resume to the Nomination Committee to be posted on the AWDF website.
The nominations committee assembles a slate of candidates to fill existing or upcoming vacancies among the officers or at-large Executive Committee members.
The Secretary circulates the slate to the General Board at least 30 days (deadline: 4/11/12) before the annual meeting.
The nomination committee:
 AWDF Secretary Michelle Testa, Dyan Harper, Patty Bartley,and Frank Phillips
 
New IPO rule clarification for the following:
a)   1 scorebook regulation - Submitted by Ann Camper AWMA & Carol Walker NAWBA
b)   APr titles 1,2 & 3  submitted by Linda Kruz  UDC
 
Scorebooks
a) Each AWDF member breed be able to give scorebooks to any breed of dog -  Submitted by Anne Marie Chaffin BRT club
b)  UScA only scorebooks being submitted to non UScA trials submitted by Mark Chase
 
Voting– Submitted by Anne Marie Chaffin BRT club
Each AWDF member club should have votes based on membership numbers (example 1 per 250) 

The only FAIR way for the AWDF to be successful is it to be a "per capita" voting system. Otherwise, the smaller clubs would have to pay the same amount as UScA. You cannot expect UScA to shoulder the pay load but have the same vote as a club with 8 members. If you want a One club One vote.....and UScA pays the same amount as AWMA or Boxer Club.....I think the smaller clubs would go away..............just my opinion.

After 20 plus frigging years now it's unfair...Really?


Keith

This is a logical next step from the change a few years back to dues being charged on a per member basis

You mean mostly logical to the USCA.

Keith

They areapying most of the expenses so they should have more of a say

Bill,

What motivation do the other breed clubs have to support AWDF?  If it's just another club run and dominated by UScA and the GSD's? We've already seen UScA become more breed focused and less sport foucused.

Thomas Barriano
Dubheasa Germania (11/05/99-08/11/08) SchH III M R Brevet AKC WD III AWD 1 STP 1 CD WAC TT
Ascomannis Jago (06/20/03) SchH III AKC WD III AWD I TT WAC
Belatucadrus (08/14/05) DS BH TT MR I
Flannchadh von der Bavarianburg (5/21/08) BH STP I

 Quote:

  "We've already seen UScA become more breed focused and less sport foucused.


   What other orginization in the USA focus,s on the German Shepherd dog and still hold,s a National all Breed (WDC) event?
 

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Thomas,

I do not know, why do they join now, to get a relatively free ride.

What is the purpose of the AWDF beyond sending a team to the FCI events?

Bill

 

Why is paying dues, based on membership numbers, fine and dandy, but voting the same way is not? If USCA is to have the same one vote as a breed club with ten members, it should pay the same amount of  dues. Or, it should have votes in proportion to its membership, the same as with the dues it pays to SUPPORT AWDF, as no other breed club does. Pretty straight forward and reasonable.