AKCA Minutes of January 12, 2007

 

Officers Present:                                  Directors Present:                                               Guests:

Chair: Larry Leverett                   Kelly Houston (Inland)                    Spike Cover

Vice Chair: Harlan Glenn                      Bob Finnegan                                                 

Secretary:  Carole Elliott                      Joan Finnegan

CFO:  Doug Dahl                                    Bill Thompson (San Diego)                                                                    

                                                                Burt Ballou               

                                                                Joyce Glenn

                               

Board Highlights:

Ø       Koi Person of the Year forms being sent out

Ø       Nominating Committee has a slate of officers for 2007-2008

 

The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Larry Leverett @ 7:07 pm.  

 

v       MINUTES:  Motion:  To approve the minutes of November 10, 2006.  Motion by Harlan, 2nd by Joan.  Approved.

 

v       NOVEMBER/DECEMBER FINANCIAL STATEMENT/FINANCE COMMITTEE:

Doug reported that our investment fund gained $4281 in Oct., $1869 in Nov., and $4406 in December. 

Motion:  To purchase $50,000 in the money market & $30,000 in CDs to cover KHV commitment or expenses.  Motion by Burt, 2nd by Joyce.  Approved.   Went over KOI USA vendors who are behind in their payments for advertisement.  Joseph, our accountant, completed annual review for KOI USA Inc. and for AKCA and will send it to Doug to share with the Board.  Michael, our tax man, has completed the KOI USA Inc. and AKCA tax forms for last year.  Fed taxable income for KOI USA Inc. was only $13,384 for last year.  KOI USA Inc. Fed taxes are $2008 but we paid $5836 in estimated taxes so are due a refund of $3825.  KOI USA Inc. State taxes are $1183 but we paid $4000 in estimated taxes so are due a refund of $2817.  Michael recommended we use the refunds as estimated taxes for this year so Doug does not have to file them.  AKCA tax form preparation was $350 from Michael including Annual Registration Renewal to Attorney General and Annual Calif. Exempt Organization renewal.  Doug has notified KOI USA Inc. that since they do not have an approved annual budget, all financial motions require AKCA Board approval until a budget is created and approved.  The budget is 6 months overdue.  Joseph agreed that 10% interest is reasonable for AKCA to charge for the $41K loan.  Interest calculation and balance sheet is attached to this report.  Motion:  To charge KOI USA Inc. 10% interest, compounded monthly, for the $41K loan to start KOI USA Inc.  Motion by Doug, 2nd by Burt.  Approved.  AKCA owes no taxes for last year.  However, since KOI USA Inc. did not have sufficient income to cover a $104K donation to AKCA, we still have the $104,502.52 debt owed by AKCA to KOI USA Inc. to cover the subscription liability.  KOI USA Inc. made a loan repayment of $6390 on Dec. 1st and will repay the last payment plus interest on Feb. 1, 2007.  Motion:  To transfer $104,502.52 from the AKCA investment account into the KOI USA Inc. investment account to purchase CDs to cover the subscription liability.  Motion by Doug, 2nd by Joan.   Approved.  Motion:  To purchase a shredder for $86.37 to shred credit card information sheets from the Seminar and bookstore and other sensitive documents.  Motion by Burt, 2nd by Harlan.  Approved.  AKCA has received notification it is included in a class action suit against Zurich regarding commissions and quotas to the selling insurance companies.  KOI USA Subscription income dropped $400 (20 subscribers) from Nov/Dec issue to Jan/Feb issue.  Subscription liability ahs dropped to $95K from $116K in August!  Motion:  To pick up all cost to send bookstore materials and pay Brenda to go to Florida and Connie’s expenses in Arizona.  Motion by Burt, 2nd by Joan.  Approved.

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

v     SCIENTIFIC:   Spike passed out the report for the KHA program; Karen Pattist has done a great job.  Sandy Yosha has resigned with Tim Miller-Morgan taking over for her.       

 

v     KHV Project:  Spike presented his report.  They have made decisions on proposals.  Gene sent acknowledgement and thank you letters to all 2004 & 2005 individual donors with new donation form enclosed to make additional contribution.  Started market research on koi dealer best health practices certification program; very positive results from dealers.  Funding to date is $138,867.   

 

 

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v       PUBLICATION:    Joan presented the report.  The CFO is working to balance the accounts between KOI USA Inc. and AKCA.  The Librarians Reference was discussed; decided to continue maintaining their

listing in the reference guide to periodicals used by libraries.  Discussed Brenda’s expenses for representation at various East Coast shows; helped her plan her expenses.  Requested purchasing a shredder for KOI USA (separate from AKCA).  Discussion about ad rates; decided to leave them as they currently are.  The new envelopes are here and will start appearing with the May/June issue.  Tom is coordinating Alpha Servers and PCS to get a subscription info.  Tom has secured a 10x10 booth at Pondapalooza which is being held in Savannah in August.  For back issues, call Joan.  Ron discussed setting goals for KOI USA.  He as asked them to think about where they would like the magazine to be in three years and to be prepared to discuss this at the next meeting.  Bill contacted some people to be sales reps.  More info will be forthcoming.

 

v      MEMBERSHIP:  Doug reported that we have had several club express an interest in joining AKCA; 1 club has asked to be a member.  However, it is not a club in the typical sense.  Their members meet through the internet with members throughout the USA.  Burt needs to see if our insurance would cover such a club; voting on hold until we get more info.  

 

v       JUDGING:  Bob reported on some recent problems with several email responses.  Much discussion and possible consequences for a judge involved.  Bob will have final say in this matter as he is the Chair of the Judging committee. 

 

v       SPEAKER’S GRANT:  NR

 

v      GUIDES:   Burt reported that he has all the info for the revised filter guides; will be getting together with Cindy & Tom Graham to create the revised AKCA prefilter & filter guide.

 

v      INSURANCE:  Burt reported that he will check with our agent about having an internet club join AKCA.

 

v      Nominating Committee:  Larry assigned Joan & Carole to be on the committee.  Harlan Glenn has agreed to serve as Chairperson; Bill Thompson has agreed to serve as Vice Chair; Carole has agreed to Secretary; and Doug has agreed to stay on as CFO.  The Slate of Officers will be formally presented next month and then sent out to clubs for their vote.

 

SEMINAR REPORTS:

 

v      2007 Phoenix, Ariz.  Seminar:  Joan reported that Robbie wanted to have a Koi show at the Seminar and asked to get feedback from AKCA.  After much discussion it was felt that due to lack of space at the Seminar and the extreme heat for any outside venue, it is inadvisable to have a koi show.  We have never had a koi show at a Seminar; San Diego’s Seminar will be a 1st and a trial run for any future shows at an AKCA Seminar.

 

v      2008 Jacksonville, Fla. Seminar:  Burt reported that they have their committee heads; getting pricing on various items so that they can create the budget. 

 

v       2009 San Diego, CA:  Burt reported that they have three contracts from hotels in the San Diego area; need to clarify room space and then he will negotiate a contract with one of the hotels, preferably the Hanalei.

 

REPRESENTATIVE CONTACTS:

 

q       Written report submitted by Doug:  Judy Schwartz, of Austin Pond Society, reports the club held elections in November and a BBQ dinner including a pond related trivia game with prizes.  The Central Calif. KC newsletter reports the topic of discussion in Nov. was pond winterization, feeding of koi during cold winter months and protection against predators.  A Christmas party was held at a member’s home.  Tony Palazzo was voted club President.  Becky Maier, of Enchanted K&WGC, reports a warm winter so far.  Club meetings will resume in March.  Teresa Lawrence, of First Coast K&WGC, reports the club recently

 

 

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q       held their 4th Annual Koi Show with 87 koi in 16 tanks.  Joe White and Henry Culpepper were the Judges.  Sue Boydstun, of Idaho WGS, reports the club passed revised By-Laws and elected new club officers.  Sot Chimonas is club President.  The club will hold a Wet Lab on May 19.  Dara Newman, of Las Vegas KC, reports a club Board meeting on Jan. 20 will introduce new club officers and submission of budgets, plans and committees.  Several club members reported on their travel to the Tucson, AZ koi show.  A club member has had 15 koi die due to KHV or copper poisoning.  6 of the koi tested positive for KHV.  Four favorite koi

were saved in quarantine for further testing.  Ardis Black, of Lone Star ZNA KC, reports a club Christmas party and auction.  Club members took a trip to Brett Rowley’s Fish Farm in Danbury, TX in Dec. for the 2nd annual fish sale.  Three other Texas koi clubs were present at the sale and day of presentations and seminars.  Dr. James Hooper, of Mendocino Coast KC, reports he had nothing to report except the club Christmas Party.  Pam Francis, of Michigan K&PC-SE, reports 13 club members held a 2 day Planning Getaway Meeting in late October, including driving their campers to stay for the weekend using hookups provided by their host.  The meeting was held in a gazebo near a natural bottom koi pond that is 60x120 feet in size.  Lunch was provided by the club along with side dishes provided by the attendees.  Club Boards will meet again to start planning for 2007 events.  Dot Wilbanks, of Moto Kara Koi Kai, reports club members also attended the koi sale and cookout at Brett Rowley’s Koi Farm.  Vance Schultz brought extraordinary longfin koi to sell.  Ron Goforth presented a judging Seminar.  Lone Star club provided the hot dogs for the lunch with others providing the side dishes.  Live music added to turn the cold day into a festive affair.  Melinda Christopher, of Olympic K,G&WGC, reports club members will meet on Jan. 13 at a member’s home to remove a bottom gravel filter and replace it with a bottom drain to improve the pond performance.  The next club meeting will be in March.  Geoffrey Huntley, of Piedmont K&WGS, reports club members will meet Jan. 13 at a local restaurant to plan the upcoming year including a fieldtrip, April cull auction, pond tour, 10th Annual Charlotte Koi Show and a potential community service project.  Sheb Masters, of The Great Smoky Mountain KC&PS, reports the club is advertising to grow club membership.  Dick Emerick, of Upper Midwest KC, reports the November meeting included a slide show of members who recently made a koi purchase trip to Japan.  The clubs first koi show is planned for Aug. 4/5 at local nursery Bachmans.  The nursery will provide advertising, location in a greenhouse, well water and electricity.  The show will include a vendor Expo.  The show will employ a flow thru water system and splash guards between tanks.  Masano, a Shinkokai Judge, has agreed to judge the show and the show committee plans to request AKCA judges to join the team.  Meeting topics for 2007 planned to include:  bio filter hands on demonstration, basic koi first aid and parasite identification, transporting, netting and panning koi.  Club newsletter, koi focus, continues to improve, focusing on education.  The newsletters from 2006 are available to members on CD.  A club member put together a koi first aid kit, including microscope and parasite video, and donated it to the club for auction.  Mary Oxman, of Ventura KC, reports club meetings held at interesting ponds in November and again in January.  Robbi McCleney, of Valley of the Sun KC, reports club members are very active organizing the 2007 AKCA Seminar.  The Seminar registration form and costs are in the Jan/Feb issue of KOI USA just mailed to subscribers.  Website Seminar registration is also up at www.akca.org.  There are several optional side trips available for Wednesday and Thursday including the Grand Canyon, Sedona and golf.  Doug tried to contact the following clubs with no response:  Blue Water Pond Club; Dai Ichi KC; Las Pampas K&WGS; Mid Atlantic KC; Middle Georgia WGC; Nashville PS; North Idaho Koi Keepers; Pioneer Valley WG&KC; Rhode Island & Massachusetts KC; Salt Lake KC; Triad K&WGS; and, Tulsa KS.

 

q       Written report submitted by Bob:  So Cal Koi Club had their annual Christmas party & Chinese Gift exchange in December at a local restaurant; had a great all you can eat Champagne brunch and much fun with the gift exchange.  In February Spike Cover will be conducting a wet lab for the club.  Great Ponds & Koi Society of West Michigan is closed for the winter.  Charles Phelps, of Greater Louisville K&GFS, said that they had their Christmas party in December.  Norm Call, of Oregon K&WGS, said that they are having committee meetings for the upcoming year.  Larry Christensen, of Northwest K&GFC- ZNA Northwest Chapter, said that everything is great.  Jan Davis Brown, of North Florida KC, said that their club has a new president, Tom Gaston.  Richard Thomas, of Indiana K&WGC, said that everything is cold and OK.  Carolyn Forde, of West Tennessee Pond Society, said that their last meeting was in October; next meeting will be in either March or April.  Bob tried but was unable to reach Tropical Koi & WGC of So. Florida.

 

q       Written report submitted by Burt:  Johnny Foster, of Nature’s Coast K&WGC, said they had their Xmas party; had a karaoke disc jockey; had a gift exchange; party was at Bell’s Restaurant & had a few special raffle items.  Had a field trip to a local koi dealer’s; there was a big koi auction with Johnny as the auctioneer; several koi clubs were in attendance.  Henry Culpepper, of Orlando Area K&PC, said they had their Xmas party @ Chris & Diane Schroettinger’s; had a Chinese gift exchange; had some garden statuary for

 

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q       members.  Planning the Central Florida Koi Show with four other clubs; will be a ZNA show as they are hosting the ZNA President’s meeting.  Joe White, of Florida East Cost K&WGS, said their new president is Sheri White.  The club had their Xmas party @ the White’s; the new Hikari USA rep joined their club; had a Chinese gift exchange.  The Hikari rep brought in a bunch of samples.  The new VP is Randy Hess; next

meeting will be at the Agricultural Extension office sponsored by the University of Florida; members are going to redo the school’s existing pond after a talk on the subject.  Rod Lawton, of ZNA Southern Koi Assoc., said their upcoming meeting will be planning the March koi show; vendor booths almost all sold; show space is running out; may need to move to a bigger site.  The ZNA President’s meeting will be at the Orlando koi show; will have a wet lab; good speakers; expect show to be big.  They have a website: CFKS.org.  Norbun Watson,  of Middle Georgia KS, said the weather is cold; club was in a Christmas parade.  They had their Christmas party with Chinese gift exchange.  New president.  Sandi Soedjono, of Dallas Koi Kichi Group, said they are planning a koi show in June; have some volunteers to help Tom Walker (show chair).  Their club members feel that having a koi show & Seminar together would be too hectic.  They had their Christmas party with a Chinese gift exchange; everybody had a great time.  The club plans to cater their show more to the public instead of just koi people; will also have more vendors to have things for the general public as well as kids activities.  Arley Hulstrand, of K&WGC of North Texas, said they had their Xmas party with a Chinese gift exchange.  Next meeting will be at a member’s home; David Jones will speak on “how to be a better pond person”; will start their planning for May Pond Tour; will be a day & night pond tour on Saturday & Sunday.  Linda Montgomery, of Cascade K&GFC, said they are getting ready for the Xmas banquet this next Saturday.  The Yard Garden & Patio show in Feb. will have a booth; members are considering doing the Japanese Festival in Beaverton in Sept.  John Hathaway, of Pacific Wonderland KC, said they had their Xmas party; Toys for Tots gifts; new officers; planning some field trips for the members as well as trying to increase their membership.  John Case, of San Francisco Bay Area KC, said the weather is cold; had elections with Ed Thomas as President.  Their Christmas party was held at the Cattleman’s restaurant.  Barb Flowers, of Rocky Mountain KC, said they have had a couple of snow storms; had their Xmas party with a Chi8nese gift exchange.  Most ponds are covered for the winter.  Carole Lee, of Santa Clara Valley K&WGC, said they had their Christmas party; Toys for Tots” plus a gift exchange.  Are preparing for koi show in April with Norcal ZNA at Cherry Blossom Festival at Cupertino; also preparing for Pond tour.  Jesus Brito, of the Oklahoma KS, said they have a new President, Darryl Welch.  They will not have a meeting for the month of January or February; may have show meetings but not club meetings. 

 

q       Written report submitted by Carole:  Gary Floyd, of Amarillo KS, said they are in the deep freeze again.  He covers his pond with a greenhouse and installs a central heating system.  The club is still retaining it’s member base and is fixing to add two new members.  They are still working on the BCS pond downtown and hope to finish in February or March.  They have been asked to build another pond for a businessman there in town.  They will continue to grow the club this year and save money for equipment; will need to put on a show.  They also plan to attend shows to learn how to do them and to help other clubs so that they can get some hands on experience.  Had a glitch in filing their 501c applications; sent wrong amount not knowing the rate had changed.  They continue to meet on the first Tuesday of each month at a designated members house.  Mike Przewoznik, of High Desert Koi Fanciers, said they chartered a bus for their club to go to the San Diego Koi Show; having a big campout in June with games and prizes in Buellton.  No meeting for January.  Joe Copeland, of North Texas WGS, said they are currently working with two elementary schools.  They are building each school a pond for their outdoor learning areas.  They are providing the funds and their expertise in pond construction.  Both the kids and the parents are digging like crazy.  A pond is a great way for kids to learn about science and nature.  They are gearing up for their booth at two of the local home & garden shows.  They will be answering questions about ponds & promoting this hobby.  They will soon be doing more community services.  Will be cleaning the stream and bog at the Dallas Zoo.  Soon after that they will have their annual aquatic plant potting workshop.  They will also be cleaning the pond at the Texas Discovery Gardens.  Loren Prucnal, of Niagara Frontier K&PC, said they are having their elections for club officers this Friday.  They are also having a talk by Gary Sokolowski, from Menne Nursery, on outdoor living areas; talk was originally planned for October but was cancelled due to the early Lake Effect storm that caused wide spread damage.  They are also planning their koi show for August 25/26 at Menne Nursery and are looking for a judge.  The club also has completed a couple of projects at the Botanical Gardens and would like to submit it as an article for KOI USA.  Jerry Woodbury, of Miami Valley WGS, said they are starting out 2007 with a round table discussion.  They will have three stations where members will be helping other members with questions or problems about their ponds mechanics, fish or plants.  The following weekend they are planning a field trip to the Franklin Conservatory in Columbus, Ohio.  Jackie Allsup, of Eastern Iowa Pond Society, said that they don’t have regular monthly meetings thru the holiday months, however, specialized committees have been meeting to make plans for the upcoming year’s meetings.  The club is

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q       currently in the planning stages for their May Pond Expo.  This is their version of a trade show with speakers.  It is open to the public and is great fun for their group.  A club social is planned for the 20th of January.  Larry Hursh, of Genesse Valley P&KC, said their Christmas Party and celebration of the completion of their 10th year was a big success.  Attendance was good and interest for the coming year was enthusiastic.  The Board

will meet in January to prepare a tentative calendar of events and topics for 2007.  They will not have a general meeting in January because of the holidays & a history of questionable weather.  However, the calendar will be presented to the membership in the February newsletter and will be discussed at the monthly meeting.  Possible additional topics for that meeting might be:  interesting views of a winter pond or a guest speaker on garden lighting.  They hope that the weather will be improving so that in March they can highlight bringing the ponds and gardens into spring and preview some of the spring garden shows.  Buck Williams, of Central Alabama K&WGS, said there is no meeting in January; pond tours in May thru July. Debbie Hartman, of Southwest K&PA, said that their club will be in hibernation mode until March.  Carole tried but was unable to reach the following clubs:  Bakersfield K&WGS; Canada KC of British Columbia;  K&WGS of Central New York; Mid-Columbia K&PC; Midwest Pond & Koi Society; Northern Lights KC; Puget Sound KC; South Carolina K&WGS; South East Wisconsin KC; and, The WGC of South Texas. 

 

q       Written report submitted by Larry:  Shelly Klinger, of Central Illinois Water Gardeners, said the 1st meeting of the New Year will be held Sat., Jan. 13th at Pet Supply, now located at the airport.  The Pet Supply owner will speak on fish for your pond.  For those who would like to visit over breakfast, meet first at the FAA hangar at the airport.  Darlene Jennings, of Mid-Michigan P&WGC, said they will not be meeting until March.  They haven’t had a freeze there yet so their ponds never froze over.  The unusual warm weather has the wild life busy.  Jean Woelfel, of St. Louis WGS, said their meetings have all been moved to the 3rd Tuesday of each month; still at the Missouri Botanical Garden.  Their January program will be on the Design & Construction of water features by Chris Siewing, President of Natur’e Re-creations, a local company.  They also started preparing for their public Pond-O-Rama pond tour which takes place the weekend of June 23-24th.  Three of their club members were included in Pond Magazine’s Top Ponds of the Midwest article containing 5 ponds.  She said that she hopes to learn about the online courses AKCA offers to its members so they can encourage that this year.  Ron Carter, of Prairieland K&PS, said he is no longer the AKCA rep; new rep is Mark Schatsick.

 

q       Written report submitted by Phil Hunter:  Don Hellard, of Gainesville Koi, Goldfish & WGC, reports that the club is doing well and working as one of the sponsoring clubs on the Central Florida Koi Show in March.  Many of the club members are part of the team putting the show together.  For additional info about the show, visit www.cfks.org.  The club is also hosting the president’s meeting of the ZNA.  This is the first time this meeting has occurred with an east coast show and the club is honored to host the meeting.  Linda Siler, of Springfield WGS, reports that everyone had a wonderful time at the club’s Christmas party.  The first meeting of 2007 will be held in Jan. at the St. John’s Cancer Center.  There will be two programs presented.  Program number one will be about making articifial rock waterfalls from both the professional and the hobbyist.  It will be presented by Eric Kincade.  Program number two will be hobby presentations by several members of the club.  The demonstration on how hand blown glass pieces are made.  Tom Tanbarger, of Shasta K&WGC, reports that the club did not meet in December, but will resume in January.  The meeting will be at the home of Diane Franzoi.  The topic will be A Winter Water Watch.  The February meeting topic will feature a program on Koi art.  The following clubs are on hiatus for the winter:  Capital Area K&WGC and the Mountaineer K&WGS.  The Inland Empire WG&KS is on hiatus until Feb. and the Dayton K&GFC had no report this month.

 

q       Written report submitted by Joyce Glenn:  Dave Peebler, of KC of Kansas, said they had to cancel their meeting due to an ice storm.  Frank Bosek, of Washington K&WGS, said that Nancy Moore has been elected their President.  The club is planning to have a wet lab in March.  In April they will be touring Bloedel Reserve which is a major garden with lots of woods.  Their own pond tour will be in July.  Joyce Tauji is their new AKCA rep.  Michael Anderson, of Atlanta KC, said their winter social was an ikege held at the Gonzalea farm in Martin, Georgia.  Vicki Vaughan and Carl from Kierin Koi seined the pond and all attendees celebrated the harvest with sake.  Joyce tried but was unable to reach Hawaii Goldfish & Carp.  

 

q       Written report submitted by Kelly Houston:  Inland Koi Society reports that the general meeting Jan. 28th will be at the home of Dan & Ashirlee Berghamer; time for members to renew their membership.  Guest speaker will be the koi health advisor, Tom Ross; topic will be on koi health. 

 

 

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q       Written report submitted by Spike Cover:  Dan Phillips, of North Carolina K&WGS, reports that officer elections were held in November.  December meeting was a holiday party held at a Japanese steakhouse.  Club Treasury paid for all member’s meals.  Approval was obtained to purchase two new club show tanks & nets.  Also approved for 2007 was the motion for the club Treasury to provide $40 to the host of each

monthly meeting to help cover related costs since NCKWS has experienced such growth in recent years.  January meeting is a working meeting to plan events for 2007 beginning with their own mud pond grow out.   Ray Jordan, of Texas K&FGFS, said they are starting 2007 with a discussion about the club’s plans and goals for the year at their Jan. 21st meeting at Water Garden Gems.  Planning is well underway for their 13th annual Spring fish Seminar and sale March 31 & April 1 featuring Japanese Koi Breeder Hijime Sakuma.  Said that the auto entry options on the AKCA website for the club events is not working.

 

PROXY CALLS FOR February

§         Ideas for topics/speakers for upcoming Seminars as well as locations you would like to go to!

§         How do you feel about changing the date of AKCA Seminar?

 

Upcoming AKCA Annual Calendar Events for February

Nominating Committee appointed

Seminar registration packets go to past attendees

Seminar registration form in Jan/Feb issue of KOI USA

 

OLD BUSINESS:  

q       Bumper Stickers:  Joan stated that she received bids on the “I Love Koi” bumper stickers.  For 500 - $437.50 plus tax & shipping.  For 1,000 - $525 + tax and shipping; 1,500 - $612 + tax & shipping.  Motion:  To print 1,500 bumper stickers at a cost of $612 + tax and shipping.  Motion by Carole, 2nd by Harlan.  Approved.

 

q       Seminar Pins:  Burt want to know if anyone wanted to suggest any changes on the pins to be awarded for past AKCA Seminar attendees.  A resounding NO!

 

q       Koi Person of the Year:  Burt made up the form for the 2007 Koi Person of the Year to be sent out with these minutes.  Must be filled out and returned by May 1st!

 

 

NEW BUSINESS:

q       AKCA Rep Drawing:  Larry brought a list of eligible AKCA reps for the drawing with the winner getting their expenses paid to come to an AKCA meeting (in either May or June).  The winner was Nature’s Coast Johnny & Martha Foster.  Should the rep for that club be unable to come, the runner-up club is Daichi (British Columbia, Canada). 

 

 

Motion:  To adjourn the meeting 9:30 p.m.  Motion by Bob, 2nd by Burt.  Approved.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Carole Elliott