American Rottweiler Club

ARC BOARD MOTIONS October 2009

10.1-10/04: Motion to approve the Gulfstream Rottweiler Club's Independent Specialty on Friday, March 12, 2010 at the South Florida Fairgrounds in West Palm Beach. Judges are Mr. Juan Griego and Mrs. Nancy Griego; Sweepstakes judge is pending.
MOTION: Marilyn E. Piusz; SECOND: Ann Glynn
APPROVE: AG, MP, JG, LB, JF, JR, LOC, JS
PASSED 10/7/09

10.2-10/6: Motion to appoint Stuart Larsen to fill the position of Director created by the vacancy of Ann Glynn being appointed Secretary.
MOTION: Marilyn E. Piusz; SECOND: Janet Fletcher
APPROVE: JS, AG, JR, LB, JF, JG, MP, LOC
PASSED 10/9/09

10.3-10/14: Motion to appoint the 2010 Top 20 Committee as: Janet Fletcher, Chair; Steph Anderson; Bob Busby; and Nancy Groff.
MOTION: Janet Fletcher SECOND: Jeff Greg
APPROVE: JR, AG, LB, LOC, JS, JG, JF, MP; DID NOT VOTE: SL
PASSED 10/18/09

10.4-10/14: Motion to approve Rottweiler Club of New Mexico’s, Second Annual Independent Specialty to be held on Friday, May 14, 2010, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Rottweiler Specialty will be held in conjunction with the New Mexico Combined Specialties Club. Specialty Judge: Ms.Mina Koltes; Sweepstakes Judge: Ms. Deborah Shibley. MOTION: Ann Glynn , SECOND: Lu Castro
APPROVE: JR, AG, JS, LB, MP, LOC, JG, JF; DID NOT VOTE: SL
PASSED 10/18/09

10.5 -10/19: Motion to approve the attached application for Judges Education Seminar Mentors & Presenters. This combined application will replace the separate ones we now have for Mentors and Presenters.
MOTION: Marilyn E. Piusz; SECOND: Janet Fletcher
APPROVE: AG, JS, JF, JG, MP, LB, LOC, JR, SL
PASSED 10/22/09

10.6-10/20: Motion to appoint Cheri Hagen as the ARC Obedience Statistician.
MOTION: Marilyn E. Piusz; SECOND: Jeff Greg
APPROVE: AG, LB, JS, JF, JG, MP, JR, LOC, SL
PASSED 10/23/09

10.7-10/21: Motion To cancel the upcoming November 2009 WorKing Dog Sport event of the ARC, due to lack of entries.
MOTION: Jeff Shaver; SECOND: Ann Glynn
APPROVE: MP, JF, JR, AG, LOC, JG, JS, LB, SL
PASSED 10/25/09

10.8-10/22: Motion to rescind the following motion passed by the ARC Board of Directors on July 27, 2009: " As approved by the members in attendance at the Annual Meeting, motion to reword the current Top 10 calculations in performance events from 'the dog must place in a class, then 1 point is counted for each dog defeated in the class' to 'the dog must place in a class, then 1 point is counted for each dog defeated in the class plus 1" to become effective for the 2010 Top 10 calculations." Approval of this motion to rescind, will mean that the wording will revert back to the calculation wording previously in place: "the dog must place in a class, then 1 point is counted for each dog defeated in the class".
MOTION: Janet I. Fletcher; SECOND: Marilyn E. Piusz
APPROVE: JS, JF, LB, JG, MP, JR, SL; DISAPPROVE: AG, LOC
PASSED 10/27/09

Note The Board rescinded the motion regarding this change to how the Top Ten points are calculated for two reasons:

1. Currently it is very simple. If a dog takes a 3rd place, you just subtract 3 from the total in the class and come up with the points. It may seem like no big deal to start adding 1 point to this each time. But the Statisticians deal with hundreds of dogs and we feel the addition of this step will make it easier to make an error in the points.
2. These are the Top 10 Awards. They are supposed to be for the dogs that have defeated the most in that venue. If we award a dog a Top 10 Award because he has 3 points, earned by placing when he is the only dog competing it just cheapens every other award. Below are two different scenarios; both under current method and under the method rescinded:

Example #1	Current Method	Rescinded Method
Dog #1 Placed in 2 trials defeating total of 15 dogs	15 pts (10th place)	17 pts (11th place – no award)
Dog #2 Placed in 9 trials defeating total of 10 dogs 10 pts (Actually only placed in 2 trials where he defeated the other dogs; the other 7 trials were where he was the only dog in his class and qualified so was awarded a 1st place.)	(11th place – no award)	19 pts (10th place)

It does not make sense to award the dog who only defeated 10 other dogs over the one who defeated 15 dogs, just because he was in more trials and received these additional points for “defeating” himself.

Example #2	Current Method	Rescinded Method
Dog #1 Placed in 1 trial defeating a total 1 dogs	1 pt (1st place)	2 pts (2nd place)
Dog #2 Placed in 3 trials defeating no other dogs (At all 3 trials he was the only dog in his class and qualified so was awarded a 1st place.)	0 pts (no award)	3 pts (1st place)

This is an example from a venue where there are not many dogs competing, e.g. Carting Excellent. And again it just does not make sense that a dog who never defeated another dog should rank above one who has.

10.9-10/22: Motion to approve Dogwood Rottweiler Club of Metropolitan Atlanta Independent Specialty Show to be held on Sunday April 18, 2010, in Perry, Georgia. Specialty Judge: Mr. Lester Mapes; Sweepstakes Judge: Ms. Ann Wallin.
MOTION: Ann Glynn , SECOND: Marilyn Piusz
APPROVE: JS, JG, AG, LOC, LB, JF, JR, SL, MP
PASSED 10/28/09

10.10-10/23: Motion to reverse the order of Standing Rules G. 3 & 4, as well as to change the current #3 (will become #4) to read: " At the beginning for the 2 year term stated above, each Board Member shall contact the Committee(s) for which he/she is the Board Liaison to determine if the Chairman and members are willing to serve in this capacity for an additional 2 years. If a Committee Chairman/Member is not willing to continue, the Liaison will notify the Board who in turn will appoint a new Chairman/Member."
MOTION: Marilyn E. Piusz; SECOND: Janet Fletcher
APPROVE: LB, JF, JG, LOC, AG, MP, SL, JR; DID NOT VOTE: JS
PASSED 10/28/09

10.11-10/26: Motion to accept the following late membership renewals received thru October 26, 2009: Lester A. Cerana; L.J. Currie; Gail Hubbartt; Loralee & Matt Johnson; Tylan J. McBride; Jill Kessler Miller; Lehua I. Pacheco; Julie A. Privette; Peter & Tia Rosengarten; Daniel R. Rupp; JoAnne L. & Robert E. Thatcher; Vicki L. Turner; Stephen T. Wells; Kathy & Ron Yontz.
MOTION: Marilyn E. Piusz; SECOND: Ann Glynn
APPROVE: AG, MP, JR, SL, JF, LB, LOC, JG, JS
PASSED 10/30/09

10.12-10/26: Motion to approve/add AKC Judge #17560 Mrs. Mari J. Haythrust to the Rottweiler Sweeps and Futurity Judges lists. All qualifications have been met.
MOTION: Ann Glynn SECOND: Marilyn Piusz
APPROVE: SL, AG, JS, JF, JG, LB, MP, JR; DID NOT VOTE: LOC
PASSED 10/31/09

10.13-10/28: Motion to approve the Rottweiler Club of Alaska Independent Obedience Trial and Rally Trial to be held on April 10, 2010 and April11, 2010. Event is to be held at the Valley Canine Camp and Training Center in Wasilla, Alaska. Judge: Don Rennick.
MOTION: Ann Glynn, SECOND: Stuart Larsen
APPROVE: AG, SL, MP, JF, LB, LOC, JG, JS, JR
PASSED 11/1/09

10.14-10/30: Motion to appoint Nancy B. Stafford to the newly created position of ARC Club Liaison; the job description was passed by the Board on July 27, 2009.
MOTION: Marilyn E. Piusz; SECOND: Ann Glynn
APPROVE: JS, AG, JG, JF, MP, JR, SL, LB, LOC
PASSED 11/3/09

10.15-10/30: Motion to add the following wording (in Bold) to Standing Rule I. Awards. 23. "ARC Certificates shall be presented annually to new Production Award qualifiers as determined by the Production Award Committee. These awards must be applied for through the Production Awards Chairman. All awards will be based on titles earned by December 31st of the year preceding the award presentation AKC will send data regarding the number of litters/puppies produced by Production Award qualifiers to Marilyn Piusz. She has signed a confidentiality agreement not to release this information until the dog owner’s consent is obtained. If the owner’s consent is obtained the data will be made available at the time of the award presentation, as well as published in the ARK and on the ARC website. If no consent is obtained, a notation will be made next to the dog’s name to that effect, and the data will be destroyed.
Dogs/bitches who already have a Production Award, but are not eligible for the next level or are already a Gold Producer, are able to update the accomplishments of their offspring and their point total. There will be no new certificate issued, but the changes will be made on the master Production List that is posted on the ARC website. All requirements stated above apply to Production Award updates as well. The number of litters/puppies must also be updated. AKC charges ARC for this report so anyone wishing to update information must pay a service charge of $10.00 per dog/bitch. The ARC Board will review the service charge any time there is a change to the AKC charge.
MOTION: Marilyn E. Piusz, SECOND: Janet Fletcher
APPROVE: JF, JG, MP, AG, JR, SL, LB, LOC, JS
PASSED 11/3/09