Ballot Results - Statistics

A ballot was recently sent to the membership to vote on a change to the wording of “The American Rottweiler Club Top Ten Awards – How Points Are Calculated”.

The current wording:

The top ten Rottweilers in each level of titles will be based upon numbers of dogs defeated. If one or more dogs/Juniors receive the same number of points, they will be considered tied for that place and the dog(s) with the next number of points would be in the next place, i.e. dog A & B have 60 pts. and are tied for 3rd place; dog C has 59 pts, he will be in 4th place. A dog must have a minimum of 10 points to be in the Final Top Ten Rankings in all areas, except Carting* and Junior Handlers where the 10 point minimum does not apply. In Carting, dogs must have a minimum of 5 points to be in the Final Top Ten Rankings in the Carting Started and Carting Intermediate Levels. In Carting Excellent and all Team Levels, there is no minimum.

The proposed change:

Motion to reword the current Top 10 calculations in performance events (shown above) from 'the dogs 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.

The balloting closed on March 15, 2010. 204 ballots were returned and the results are as follows:

57 votes in favor of the proposed language on Points Calculation.

147 votes against the proposed language on Points Calculation.

Respectfully submitted,

Ann Glynn
ARC Secretary