The Boxer Club of Canada Inc.

Minutes of the General Meeting held on Monday Feb. 4, 2013

The meeting was called to order at approx. 8:03 p.m. - on-line Moderator/Chair. – President: Dave Gilmour

Attendance: Anne McDougall, Bill & Helen Frankland, Christine Burton, Cindy Thomas, Christine Tricker, Crystal Davies, Dave & Patti Gilmour,  Debbie Allardyce, Doris Avery, Francine Gillanders, Gloria Bracchetti, Irene Waddel, Jack Ireland, Jenny Catton, Karen Parton, Kim Long, Kristi Wagg, Marta Nettelfield, Mary Curl, Mary Jane & Lee Nowak, Melissa & Mark Mathers, Michael Catton, Mike Allan, Paul & Mary Dulong, Rick and Kim Tarrington, Sally Dale, Sandra Beck, Tara Burt & Ed Wadman

Minutes:  Dave asked: If everyone has had a chance to read last meetings minutes and if there were any errors or emissions?
No errors or omission. Moved by Paul Dulong, seconded by Bill Frankland that the minutes be accepted

Business Arising From the Minutes – None
Treasurer’s Report - Paul Dulong

• Treasurer's Report at Jan 31'13    -   Receipts:   Membership  85.00... Disbursements:   CKC Annual Fees  (58.92).  Insurance Premium  (383.40)...   Bank Fees ( .26).....  Closing Balance  6,403.33.
  
• 2013 Membership Receipts Final  -  13 Homes representing 17 members did not renew.
• Paul: motion to accept

COMMITTEE REPORTS
Show Committee:

• Mary: Information has been sent to Vicki at MJN
• A meeting will be called soon

Publicity: Linda Norris – No Report
Trophy Committee: Anne – No report
Awards Committee: Kristi Wagg

• Mary: Kristi is not here yet so...
• The fillable title holder application is on the website and available from the main page
• Please with the slowness of the CKC members should contact Kristi if they feel their dogs are eligible for any annual awards or sire & dam of merit with details
• Marta: Is there any word on what happened to the 2011 performance awards?  I understand there was a probelm with them?  I never received Calypso's award.
• Dave: I will check into Marta. Please send me the particulars

Programme:  Lillian – Not in attendance

• Mary: A programme was uploaded to the BCC site

Membership: Patti – No report
Discipline Committee:  Frank Rouse (Not in attendance) –

• Jenny reported – no report

Obedience Committee:  Marta Nettelfield – No report
Fund Raising Committee:  Patti Gilmour

• Mary: For Patti who does not have her own computer access tonight and is looking over Dave’s shoulder:  This is long.

It is my pleasure to be able to announce that the Boxer Club of Canada will be holding its first ever on-line auction in February. This fundraiser will take place over two days: Saturday, 16 Feb 2013, and Sunday, 17 Feb 2013. Start and end times for each day will be announced, so please watch for further messages regarding this event. It will be held on the Boxer Club of Canada Public FaceBook page, and 20% of the proceeds will go to Boxer Rescue Canada, with the rest going to the Boxer Club of Canada for operating expenses and specialty show costs.
There's a wide variety of great items that have been generously donated by various companies and individuals from across Canada and the States. For instance, here are a some of the donations just to name a few: wonderful homemade items like boxer panties, a wet coat, a warm coat / PJs, and a braided / beaded show lead; boxer / dog fancy magazine subscriptions; a first aid DVD for dogs; a thundershirt; various toys; various books; a couple of boxer signs; collars and leashes; food bowls; a collapsible soft-sided crate; a used D-Flight tack box; a unique pair of boxer earrings; a couple of trimmers; and a nail grinder.
Thanks to the following club members regarding their exceptional donations for the auction:

• Sally Dale who donated her time and talent in creating a unique one-of-a-kind quilt that was commissioned by the BCC specifically for this auction. It is gorgeous!
• Irene and Len Waddell who have donated an internationally award-winning photograph of a group of three cute fawn boxer puppies. This photograph is also seen in The Book of The Boxer.
• Bev Pope who had donated a lovely yellow women's jacket with plenty of boxer bling on it.
• Mary Curl who had donated the not-so-easy-to-come-by Boxer Breeders Handbook by Suzie & John Campbell (looseleaf) Vol 1 - 1978.
• The estates of Lorraine Valleau and Nancy Stantial who donated a copy of The American Boxer Club 50th Anniversary Album 1935 - 1985 limited edition, and nine other boxer specific books (some signed by the authors). Please note that the proceeds of these estate books must go towards a BCCI specialty or regional in Ontario.

So, if you want any of these generously donated items . . . be sure to mark your calendar with the auction dates and please spread the word!

• Awesome!! Will you put this info up on the BCC FB page Mary?
• Mary – Yes Cindy.  We have a poster as well.
• Dave: Patti says a big thank you for that Mary
• Deb A: This is amazing what a great idea!.
• Dave: Any Questions?
• Mike: Jenny and I will donate a Michael Park figurine to the auction
• Mary: Great Mike - please contact Patti with particulars
• Dave: Send message to Patti with the particulars and thank you
• Sandra: where is BCC public facebook page please
• Cindy: https://www.facebook.com/BoxerClubOfCanadaInc
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Special Service Award: Debbie – No report

Reading of General Correspondence:  Cindy Thomas

• Cindy: I have received two applications.
• First application received on January 22, 2013, from Mary Curl on behalf of the Boxer Club Of Canada Inc. to host the 2015 BCC National. There is no specific date or location listed.
• Second application received on February 2, 2013, from Christine Burton on behalf of the Oakville & District Kennel Club to host the 2015 National on either Sept. 12th or 13th in Ancaster, Ontario.
• Please note that other clubs have 30 days to get an application in before a vote will take place. For those who submitted the application please make sure you attend the next meeting so that you can present any further information and answer any questions prior to the vote.

Old Business: 

• Jack:  Just for information we have Christian Gomez from Colombia (working dog specialist) judging the regional and Gloria Geringer, one time boxer owner handler now an AKC judge, judging the BCOWO speciality in Oct in London. 5 sets of points over 3 days

• Mary: The Boxer Club of Canada now has a calendar on its pages - go to the BCC page and type /calendar.html in the address bar after the bcc address.  All Boxer Clubs are welcome to send us info on shows and we will add them to the calendar including closing dates if we have them. Or click the link on the main page http://www.boxerclubofcanada.com/calendar.html
• Jenny: are we also listing any all breed clubs that have a Reg or Nat Spec here for the members?
• Mary: Yes listing regionals any boxer specialty
• Cindy: Can we list health clinics as well?
• Mary: Yes
• Dave: I think the calendar will be a good tool for the club

• Irene: this is old business  Black Boxers.  I have been working with Leila Bahari, Registration Division, CKC, there is no such genetic make-up or combination to produce a black a black Boxer. It is up to the Boxer Club of Canada to reconize the proper coloring for a Boxer.  If their parents are registered the pups of any standard color are eligible to for registration.  The so called black Boxer is a reverse brindle.  I have checked two in the last two months and they have had fawn stripe on their belly.   Therefore they are a reverse brindle.  It only takes one stripe to be a reverse brindle.  The proper coloring should be sent to Leila Bahari, Director of Registration that this is a reverse brindle not a black.  It is up to CKC to register it as a reverse brindle instead of black.  It is up to the Boxer Club to make it clear that their is not a black boxer.

• I have taken genetics and taught genetics, there is no such genetic numbers in the genetic pool, in the Boxer pool, to produce a black Boxer.  The Boxer Club has to eliminate black in the breed standard and call it a reverse brindle because it only takes one fawn stripe to call it a brindle.  I told Dave this a long time ago.

• Sandra: has the CKC registered blacks
• Dave: To my knowledge not in recent times.
• Sandra: thank you Irene for this info, does this now mean that they will not register blacks?
• Jack: At some shows when color is in question dogs are taken outside. Where in fact one strip of brindle anywhere is
• Mary: What does the CKC need from us Irene
• Irene: it has to be in the Boxer standard as there is no such thing as a black
• Sandra: perhaps we could strike a committee, given this valuable information, to come up with a proposal to send to the CKC.
• while we're at it, perhaps we could strike a committee to deal with the new health screening in the master breeder programme
• Mary: Good idea - are you up on all that Sandra?  Could you get a committee together?
• Dave: It is already under discussion at the exec level but we ran out of time at the meeting
• Sandra: I feel strongly about the health screening issue, so am willing to do what I can. I am more than happy to be on a committee for the colour issue, but not a geneticist
• Irene: CKC does not seem to know that Black is not in our standard and novice breeders would not know they would just call it black.  It is up to CKC to call it a reverse brindle.  The two dogs I checked, their breeder called the color black and both had one fawn strip, one on the belly and one was on inside of the hind leg therefore I would have call them reverse brindles.  It only takes one strip to be a brindle.

More discussion was held
Sandra: I move that we strike an adhock committee to look into the CKC colour registration issue and report back to the next meeting with their recommendations
Cindy seconded.

• Dave: Would you head it Sandra
• Sandra: yes, but want Irene on committee

Folks we have a motion on the floor.  Those opposed please say no
One no vote – Motion Carried

Dave: Irene will you be on the color comittee with Sandra. Also can we have any other volunteers?
Irene: Yes but not a short time as we are going to Hawiia for three weeks.
Sandra: I'll send an e-mail to the BCC group for volunteers

New Business:

• Mary: Royal Canin has invited the BCC to have a booth at the All About Pets Show - info:
• This year's All About Pets Show is taking place March 29 - 31, 2013 at the International Centre in  Mississauga, Ontario. There will be lots of families looking for activities to do together on this long weekend, and the All About Pets Show is an ideal opportunity for you to showcase your breed and breed club to this audience! A good opportunity to educate the public on what is a Boxer and what is a GOOD breeder!
• Royal Canin Canada will once again have a significant presence at this show, as the Championship Cat Show Sponsor and the World of Dogs Sponsor.  To date we only have 3 volunteers: Bill Frankland, Linda Norris & Andrea Calverley Three people cannot possibly man the booth for three days, if the BCC wants a presence there we need more people even if only for a few hours. The BCC will cover any admittance fees not covered by Royal Canin for those willing to man the booth.
• Is anyone else willing to help?  If not we may have to decline and that would be a shame
• Meliissa: I have volunteered as well
• Mary: Sorry Melissa yes you did.
• Dave: Mary how many volunteers do we need?
• Mary: At least two per day but a couple more might be nice so that they can take breaks.
• Rick T: Kim and I will volunteer some time at the booth
• Mary: We have to get some stuff together like that big logo perhaps a laptop for a video and some brochures

• Dave: Nomination Committee: The two given members of the nomination committee are the past president and the vice president. We need one more volunteer to fill out the committee
• Deb A: I will volunteer to be on the nominations committee.
• Dave: Thanks Debbie
• Cindy: Just a quick reminder that we have a private Facebook page and if you are on FB myself or another member who is already in the group or Mary Curl can add you.
• Mary and I will approve once we confirm that you are a current member in good standing.

Good and Welfare: Lillian

Secretary’s Note*
As Lillian could not attend she sent me a report after the meeting – as follows

• Lillian: Due to a family emergency I did not get home until after 9:00 PM
• Get well cards were sent to Eleanor Foley and Rod Norris
• Sympathy card sent to Patti Gilmour
• Also remind the members to let me know of those that are ill or those that have a death in the family
• Dave Responded: Card received here, Lillian. Thank you for the kindness.

Dave : As there doesn't seem to be any other new business I move the meeting be adjourned
Cindy seconded
Meeting adjourned: 9:43 PM

Next Meeting:  March 4th, 2013 8:00 p.m. Ontario time –