south central schutzhund training

2006 SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL MEETING MINUTES

Regional Meeting February 25, 2006
On the Border Restaurant
Dallas, Texas

7:15 p.m. Call to order per Regional Director Randall Hoadley.

ROLL CALL
SCR Regional Board:
Regional Director-Randall Hoadley - Here
Asst. Reg. Director-Steve Cobb -Here
Regional Sec.-Betty Thomas -Here
Regional Treas.-Mary Lee Grasso - Absent
Regional Breed Warden-Jennifer - Aguilar -Here
Regional Training Director-Robb - Dunn - Here

SCR Regional Clubs:
Austin Schutzhund Club-Danny Grayson - Here
Bayou City Schutzhund Club-Sandy Shaner - Absent
Buena Vista Working Dog Club-Rita Ledda - Here
Central Texas Schutzhund Club-Hilde Taylor - Here
Coastal Bend Schutzhund Club-Peggy Lamb - Absent
DFW Working Dogs-Chris Bettin - Here
Greater Dallas Working Dog Club-Jill Harris - Absent
Greater Houston Schutzhund Club-Dr. Dena McGowan - Here
Greater New Orleans Schutzhund Club- William Jackson - Absent
Lone Star Schutzhund Club-Jessy Gabriel -Here
OG North Texas-Stan Covington - Here
Red River Schutzhund Club-Norm Garner - Here
Texas Working Dog Cllub-Laurie Tollifson - Here
Affiliate Club:
South Louisiana Schutzhund Club-Gayle McLavy - Absent

South Louisiana has been moved to affiliate status because they have
not fulfilled the requirements to stay a full member club of USCA. A
trial has to be held once a year.
They have not had one for two years. USCA wouldn't approve a waiver
this time. They will automatically be moved to affiliate status.
Sixty-nine percent of our clubs are present and that is enough for a
quorum.


APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MINUTES:
Motion made by Dena McGowan to accept 2005 Regional meeting minutes as is.
Second by Rita Ledda. Motion passes unanimously.


Special Rules of Order:
Discussion limited to 3 minutes per delegate. Must be a club delegate to
speak or vote.

OFFICERS' REPORTS:

Regional Director-Randall L. Hoadley
I would like to start by saying what a year for the SCR. We have members
participating at Club, Regional and National levels. We even had a few
make it to the worlds. Congratulations to everyone participating at the
2006 Regionals. I am very proud to be apprenticing and I enjoy it. Thanks
to Dieter Schmale for being our judge. Welcome, also, to his wife. We
have a new club in our region, Red River Schutzhund Club. They have done
an outstanding job. As of this time, they have hosted two club trials and
a USA helper seminar. They have helped other clubs to meet their
requirements. I would like to welcome them at this time. In the near
future, a new club will be formed by Steve Cobb. Welcome to Alvin Clemmons
who is stepping into the apprenticeship program very shortly. Sunday will
bring to us the stadium work. I wish all of you including the helpers at
this trial a lot of success. You have worked hard to get here and
represent yourself and your club as a team. I would like to thank DFW for
hosting the 2006 SCR Championship. They are doing an excellent job in
maintaining good sportsmanship for all competitiors. They have provided
excellent tracking, an excellent stadium, and an excellent judge.

Assistant Regional Director-Steve Cobb
No report.

Regional Secretary-Betty Thomas
No report. The SCR Web site is back up and running per Randall.

Regional Treasurer-Marylee Grasso
In 2005, the SCR received a total of $925.00 which was made up of the
following:
Annual club dues: $550.00
Donation from Lone Star Schutzhund Club(workshop): $355.00
SCR web site advertisement: $20.00
During 2005, the SCR spent $199.50. Of that amount, $49.50 was spent for
web site hosting, and $150 was paid to the IRS with the SCR's application
for exemption from federal income tax. The application for tax exempt
status was submitted to the IRS, and we are waiting for their reply.
At December 31, 2005, the SCR's checking account balance was $1506.00.
Some officers have declined to be reimbursed for travel expenses, and have
expressed an interest in using the funds to hold educational opportunities
for the region.

Regional Breed Warden-Jennifer Aguilar
I would like to congratulate all participants from our Region on their 2005
successes in local, regional, and national events. Particular
congratulations go to Mellodee Middleton, vom Germelhaus, for her success
in breeding dogs that are participating at Regional and National level
events. Also Laurie Tollifson, von der Dornburg, with a male from her
breeding qualifying and participating at the Regional level in Germany.
Lone Star Schutzhund Club held the Region's only Conformation Show in 2005.
The event was very well run with 50 dogs participating in the show and 23
in the Breed Survey. A big thank you to Laurie, Betty, Rita and all
members of other clubs that helped in the event.
United Schutzhund Clubs of America 2005 National Conformation Show held in
Carson City was well supported by the South Central Region. Helping at the
Show were Rita, Rene, Hilde, and Jennifer.
The 2005 South Central Region Conformation Show was unable to be held due
to the hurricanes, Katrina and Rita, as well as the judge canceling.
We are looking forward to the 2006 Regional Show that will be held in the
fall. Texas Working Dogs will be having a show, breed survey and seminar,
details to be announced soon. I would like to encourage each of the clubs
to attempt to schedule a conformation show for 2006. I do have a group of
people that are willing to help. Just let us know where and when.
The United Schutzhund Clubs of America, 2006 National Conformation Show
will be held in Connecticut, April 21st-23rd.

Regional Training Director-Rob Dunn
This has been an extremely successful year for our Region. I would like to
congratulate all the members that had success with their dogs at the club,
regional, national, and international level this year. I also want to
congratulate all of the members that participated in the breed show and
survey.
We had several helper seminars this year with a lot of familiar faces and
also a few new faces. A two-day helper seminar was hosted by DFW in which
Randall Hoadley, Danny Grayson, and myself taught a group of new helpers.
This seminar was very successful and it was great to see some new faces and
the amazing progress that was made in just one weekend.
Lone Star Schutzhnd Club hosted a one-day obedience seminar taught by Jessy
Gabriel. Jessy went over the importance of event markers, jumping
techniques, attention and more! At the same time the club hosted a one-day
Helper seminar. We had all four of our regions teaching helpers available
to lend a helping hand! The very next day, a fun match was organized and
we ran many dogs and handlers through their paces. All of the
proceeds($320) were donated to the region and all had a good time. I
would like to thank everybody that came out to donate his or her time to
make that weekend a big hit!
Austin Schutzhund Club hosted a one-day Helper seminar and evaluation,
taught by Danny Grayson in conjunction with their trial. Congratulations
to all of the helpers that participated, your hard work paid off and we
look forward to seeing you on the trial field in 2006!
Congratulations to Randall on his apprentice judging. He has been doing an
excellent job. Also, the event has been outstanding: the catalog, the
maps, the time schedule, and the overall organization is great. Thanks to
DFW and to Chris. Congratulations to all competitors.
In closing, I would like to say a big Thank You to all of our members. I
truly believe we have a special region. This shows not only at the big
events, but the incredible amount of fun that we all have at the local club
trials. Keeping a club up and running is a very difficult task and it takes
ALL of the members to do so. Hats off to all of you and I wish you the
very best of luck in 2006!-Rob Dunn

CLUB REPORTS:
Austin Schutzhund Club: We had a successful year with three Schutzhund 3
titles. We hosted two helper seminars. We also had Schutzhund 2 titles,
and Schutzhund 1 titles. Thanks to DFW for hosting these regionals.
Bayou City Schutzhund Club-no representative present.
Buena Vista Working Dog Club-Adrian and Cora finished second in the 2005
SCR Championship. Adrian and Jack got Jack's SchH 1 and 2 , SG in show, AD,
KKL-2, and one leg of his CD. Betty and Briana got a CDX. Rita and Kona
got a BH. David and Basso got a BH. We all miss Cora very much and thank
everyone who contributed to her success. Adrian is doing fine.
Central Texas Schutzhund Club-Hilde had nothing to say.
Coastal Bend Schutzhund Club-no representative present.
DFW Working Dogs-Thank everyone of you for coming. DFW had 31 titles with
89% pass rate. They are 2 BH, 7 SchH 1, 4 SchH 2, 14 SchH 3, 2 FH, 2 AD,
and 1 KKL 2. We had four total scores of 286. We had some high in trials.
We had a member go to the Rocky Mountain Regional and score high in
trial. Two members competed at the USA Nationals-Clement Dang and Randall
Hoadley- and finished 12th and 17th respectively. We are looking forward
to another great year.
Greater Dallas Working Dog Club-no representative present.
Greater Houston Schutzhund Club-We have some young dogs coming up and we
are getting back together again and working. We are very glad Charles is
back and is doing well.
Greater New Orleans Schutzhund Club-no representative present.
Lone Star Schutzhund Club-We have had a fun year. We had fun with the
Regional Championships. We hosted a conformation show and had good results.
Ricky showed at Regionals, North American Championship and our Nationals.
He placed 5th at the North Americans and also had high protection with 98
points. Rob showed for SchH 3 and showed at the USA Nationals with high in
protection of 98 points. He also got a KK1 on Zena. Diane got a BH, AD
and show rating. We have young dogs and we hope to do a lot with them this
next year.
OG North Texas-Thanks to the Regional Director for the support he has given
our club. We have attained 22 titles. We have hosted a trial, a
Schutzhund style seminar, and a police K9 workshop. We have some UDC
members also. They have had success in 2 Breed Surveys-3 V ratings at the
UDC Regional Championships.
Please keep our training director, Wayne Taylor, in your prayers. He has
helped us all and has been in this sport for many years. He has been great
for this sport.
Red River Schutzhund Club-We have hosted two trials and our affiliation
trial. We have some titles. We have had a lot of help from our Assistant
Regional Director, Steve Cobb, and his wife Melanie.
Texas Working Dog Club-We are still hanging in there. We have been doing
things individually. We did have a trial. We are going to change our name
if we can get it worked out. It will be OG Texoma due to our location.
South Louisiana Schutzhund Club-no representative present.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
None

NEW BUSINESS

A. Motion 1- Red River Schutzhund Club-Motion that only one SCR USA event
to be held per day. Basically do not stack USA trials on the same weekend
in the South Central Region. Motion second by OG North Texas-Stan
Covington.
Discussion: Norm would like to set up a radius for trials on the same
weekend. This rule was in the past and it was archived last year. The
rule was 100 miles and we deleted it last year. Vote: 3 yes and 6 no
Failed due to lack of support.

B. Motion 2- Randall Hoadley-USA Regional Director may only spend SCR
funds with a majority vote of the SCR Board. Motions second by Buena Vista
WDC-Rita Ledda.
Discussion: none Vote: Passes Unanimously.

SELECTION OF 2006 REGIONAL CONFORMATION SHOW HOST

Bid is from Red River Schutzhund Club. Texas Working Dog Club would like
to co-host. Also, Greater Dallas would like to co-host, but they aren't
here. The region has to have a show this year. There has to be a lead
club.
Motion on floor by Chris Bettin for Texas Working Dogs to take the lead in
hosting the 2006 SCR Conformation show. Second by Rita Ledda. Passes
unanimously.

SELECTION OF 2006 HELPER SEMINAR HOST

Bid from Red River Schutzhund Club. The hosting club will get $1500.00 for
hosting the event if they meet the requirements. Lone Star Schutzhund Club
volunteers. Motion by Randall Hoadley for Lone Star to host the 2006
training seminar. They can make that seminar in any area they choose.
Second by Greater Houston Schutzhund Club-Dr. Dena McGowan. Passes
unanimously.

SELECTION OF 2007 REGIONAL SCHUTZHUND CHAMPIONSHIP HOST

Red River withdraws bid. Motion by Randall Hoadley for Austin Schutzhund
Club and Lone Star Schutzhund Club to co-host SCR Championship for 2007.
Second by OG North Texas-Stan Covington. Passes Unanimously.

SELECTION OF 2007 REGIONAL CONFORMATION SHOW HOST

Motion by Randall Hoadley for Lone Star Schutzhund Club to host the 2007
Regional Conformation Show. Second by Red River Schutzhund Club-Norm
Garner.
Passes unanimously.


ANNOUNCEMENTS

Remember the guys in the sport who are having health problems. Take time
to send them a card or email them telling them "thanks". Charles coming on
the field today after being so ill was impressive. Send emails and cards
to Wayne. Remember Adrian who is doing fine now.

ADJOURNMENT

Motion to adjourn by Greater Houston-Dr. Dena McGowan. Second by DFW
Working Dogs-Chris Bettin. Vote: Passes Unanimously.

Meeting adjourned at 7:59 P.M.

Respectfully,

Betty Thomas SCR Regional Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last Modified May 21, 2006

Visitors count started July 13, 2005

 

Copyright © South Central Region
Contact webmaster for questions or comments.