Icelandic Sheepdog Association of America
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
Nov. 5, 2015
Attendees:
Terry Warnock, Spike Williamson, Peg Johnson, Judi Vittetoe, and Loren Dribinsky.
Terry called the meeting to order at 7:00pm ET.
Committee Reports
Minutes
Minutes from the 8/27/15 meeting were sent out via email and were approved as amended.
Presidents Report - See attached report.
Treasurer’s Report
The balance in the General checking account is $15014.20 , and the National account balance is $4221.23 , as of 9/30/15.
Membership Report – See attached report.
BRCC Report - See attached report.
Website Report - See attached report.
Titles and Events - See attached report.
Unfinished Business
2015 National [Loren] - successfully held in October
Newsletter 4th Quarter 2015 Newsletter [Peg] - submittal deadline Nov. 15th with distribution goal of first week in December.
Website Revision/Membership Poll Update [Shellie] - One member volunteered to help with the revising the website. Further follow-up is being taken.
2016 National [Loren] - Ken Olsen is working on the schedule of activities. The event is tentatively scheduled for May 5 – 8 at Purina Farms south of St. Louis. Loren will send in application for the event.
2017 ISIC Meeting – Discussion/committee [Spike/Peg] - Peg has explored the various possibilities and Terry and Peg will visit the sites. Meal proposals are forthcoming. A summary will be presented thereafter for board review.
Constitution and bylaw amendments Update [Spike] - changes approved by the membership, awaiting AKC BOD approval before implementing.
New Business
2017 National [Loren] - verbal proposal received to hold the event in Kalamazoo, Michigan over the Memorial Day weekend. Possible chairs Karen Barnes and Joan Dow.
2016 Calendar [per Amber] - should be available for purchase by November 9th
Next BOD Meeting Date [Terry] - 4th Quarter 2015 review – Thursday, January 28, 2016
Minutes for this meeting were taken by Spike.
Respectfully submitted,
Shellie Greyhavens
Recording Secretary
3rd Quarter 2015
President’s Report to the ISAA Board of Directors
AKC Delegate: Pat Putman is our delegate.
CALENDAR COMMITTEE: Calendars should be ready for purchase by mid November. As usual, we had many great photos!
AKC GAZETTE BREED COLUMN: An article entitled From Novice A Agility to Judges Education was submitted by our guest columnist Kathryn Ananda Owens, appeared in the September issue of the Gazette. Our next article should appear in the December issue.
BOARD MEETING: Our 2nd quarter 2015 board meeting was held on August 27th. The minutes can be found on our club website on the About ISAA page under the meeting minutes tab.
NEWSLETTER: The Summer 2015 newsletter [Volume 16 No. 2] was distributed on June 10th. Submissions for the Fall newsletter were due by August 15th.
NATIONAL SPECIALTY: Our 2015 National Specialty was held October 22-25 in Colorado. News will appear on ISAA website soon. Ken Olson and Loren Dribinsky are working on the 2016 National, tentatively set for the 1st weekend in May at Purina Farms.
NISRA: The National Icelandic Sheepdog Rescue and Alliance (NISRA) and ISAA are working on a more formal affiliation.
ISIC: This year’s seminar is in Iceland. Spike Williamson attended.
Respectfully Submitted,
Terry R Warnock
President - ISAA
Vice President Report to the Board of Directors
Period 07-01-15 to 09-30-15 – 3rd Qtr 2015
Club Post Office Box
The club maintains a U S Post Office box (ISAA; PO Box 71093; Richmond, VA 23255). Our current annual rental period is from November 1, 2014 to October 31, 2015. Mail received during the quarter was distributed appropriately to the required board members.
CONSITUTIONAL / BYLAW COMMITTEE
Near the end of the second quarter the five modifications listed below were sent to the membership for comments. Only four replies were received with one suggesting that term limits should be added. The suggestion was reviewed, including a comparison with other clubs’ bylaws, and the board unanimously concluded that it was not in the best interest of our club to modify the bylaws to include term limits.
On September 9th the proposed changes were mailed to the membership for their acceptance or rejection. Ballots are due to be returned to the Recording Secretary by October 10 and the votes will be tabulated shortly thereafter.
The modifications are: [1] changing the timing of the Annual Meeting from during the 1st quarter to during the National Specialty, [2] eliminating conflicting wording regarding Junior Memberships, [3] changing the dues wording to that currently recommended by the AKC which allows more long-term flexibility, [4] revising the Board of Directors makeup and election, and [5] adding wording to provide for the option to conduct electronic balloting.
Icelandic Sheepdog International Cooperation (ISIC)
The 2015 ISIC Conference will take place in Iceland the weekend of October 23-25. I will be attending. Our annual report for 2014 was distributed to the ISIC club representatives prior to the meeting.
Member Discussion Group
The club maintains an ISAA member discussion group on Yahoo. 118 ISAA members, who represent about 58% of the membership, are enrolled in the group as of September 30, 2015.
The number of postings in the discussion group for the period July – September 2015 was 38.There were 39 postings during the third quarter of 2014.
Respectfully submitted,
B. M. “Spike” Williamson, Jr.
Vice President – ISAA
Website/Pedigree Report June - Oct 2015
Pedigree DB:
A new database is published about every 2-3 weeks, as changes come in.
Website:
Updates have been made to the following pages:
Thanks, Nan Robertson
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BRCC Report 3rd Quarter 2015
LITTER INFORMATION: We are aware of 4 litters being whelped in the USA during the 3rd quarter of 2015.
Whelp Date Sire Dam Female Male Total
8/23/2015 / Sindra Vikingur / Stonecrop Anja / 3 / 3 / 69/4/2015 / Astvinur Imaldur / Iseyar Mjoll / 2 / 3 / 5
9/8/2015 / Kersins Leifur Heppni / Tri-Star Raena / 7 / 1 / 8
9/11/2015 / Frostfyres Mesti Thorpari Hrokur / Mceremon Sonnet for the Rose / 1 / 1 / 2
BREEDER/STUD LISTINGS: There are 36 breeder listings and 28 stud listings.
HEALTH INFORMATION (From OFA)
Twelve dogs had OFA HD (hip dysplasia) testing this quarter. Two were excellent, nine were good and one was fair.
Twenty six dogs had OFA eye tests. All were normal. One had a breeder option noted with a diagnosis of E1 Cataract, Significance unknown.
Two dogs had OFA elbow tests. Results were normal.
Five dogs had dentition checks. All had full dentition.
CHIC: There were no new CHIC dogs this quarter:
PennHip: As of February 27th (last data available), there are 191 Icelandic Sheepdogs in the PennHIP database. The DI stats are listed below:
min = 0.24
max = 0.96
mean (average) = 0.54
median = 0.53
75th %ile = 0.44
60th %ile = 0.50
25th %ile = 0.65
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AKC Titles of Record & Events
Q3 2015
TITLES EARNED
Canine Good Citizen CH Arcticridge Beretta CGC
Canine Good Citizen Arcticridge Claymore CGC
Canine Good Citizen CH Fagrahvamms Njordur CGC
Canine Good Citizen Kross Gola Enja Of Arcticridge CGC
Herding Tested Surtsey's E-Eilifur HT
Agility Excellent GCH CH Stokk-Sels Sif RA AX AXJ CGCA
Master Excellent Jumper Preferred 4 GCH CH Bjarkarkots Hroi Hottur Luke PT MX AXJ MXP3 MXPB MJP4 MJPB
PAX OF
Master Excellent Jumper Preferred 6 PACH Kersins Trolli OA AXJ MXP8 MXPG MJP6 MJPS PAX NF OFP T2BP2
CGC
Coursing Ability CH Stubborn Elm's Óskasteina Skiptingur BN RA CA CGCA
Canine Good Citizen Mceremon Ava CGC
Advanced Canine Good Citizen GCH CH Stokk-Sels Sif RA OA AXJ CGCA
Champion CH Brosandi Tryna Snorrasdottir RN
Grand Champion GCH CH Brosandi Thorbjorn Snorrason CGC
Master Bronze Agility GCH CH Stubborn Elm's Ylfa MX MXB MXJ OF
Master Agility Excellent Preferred 4 GCH CH Bjarkarkots Hroi Hottur Luke PT MX AXJ MXP4 MXPB MJP4 MJPB
PAX OF
Master Agility Excellent Preferred 9 PACH Kersins Trolli OA AXJ MXP9 MXPG MJP6 MJPS PAX2 NF OFP T2BP3
CGC
Master Excellent Jumper Preferred 2 Vinlands Brana OA OAJ MXP3 MXPB MJP2 OF OFP T2BP CGC
Master Agility Champion 8 MACH8 Nosi MXB3 MJC2 AXP AJP RATN
Preferred Agility Excellent 2 PACH Kersins Trolli OA AXJ MXP8 MXPG MJP6 MJPS PAX2 NF OFP T2BP3
CGC
Time 2 Beat Preferred 3 PACH Kersins Trolli OA AXJ MXP8 MXPG MJP6 MJPS PAX NF OFP T2BP3
CGC
Champion CH Haustlita's Here Comes The Sun
Champion CH Nordurvindur Sjavarulfur
Open Agility CH Kross Gola Kelinn OA OAJ NF
Master Agility Excellent Eyjahunda Ari Bragason CD BN RN MX MXJ NAP NJP
Master Agility Excellent Preferred 4 Vinlands Brana OA OAJ MXP4 MXPB MJP2 OF OFP T2BP CGC
Master Excellent Jumper Eyjahunda Ari Bragason CD BN RN MX MXJ NAP NJP
Master Bronze Jumper GCH CH Stubborn Elm's Ylfa MX MXB MXJ MJB OF
Master Excellent Jumper Preferred 7 PACH Kersins Trolli OA AXJ MXP9 MXPG MJP7 MJPS PAX2 NF OFP T2BP3
CGC
Master Gold Jumper Preferred PACH Kersins Trolli OA AXJ MXP9 MXPG MJP7 MJPG PAX2 NF OFP T2BP3
CGC
Novice Barn Hunt Thrymheims Ovaent Gjof RATN
Membership Report for July 1 to September 30, 2015
4 new members
Active members as of 09/30/15 = 203
Last ISAA Membership # assigned = ISAA #701
Paid Through December 31st of: / Number of Active Members2015 / 167
2016 / 8
2017 / 1
2018 / 3
2019 / 1
Life Time / 23
TOTAL ACTIVE / 203