B/D Meeting, Whitten Inn, Abilene, Tx.
Dec. 27, 2003 

Directors present:  Jimmy Walker, Rick Strohl, Red Oliver, Susan Carpenter, Wayne Elmore, Carl Larsen, Ron Burkey, Richard Belvin
Director not on call:  Chris Thomson
Officers on call:  Richard Belvin, Susan Carpenter, Francis Raley

1.      Meeting called to order at 10:05 AM, by  Richard Belvin.

2.      Carl Larsen moved to approve minutes of last B/D meetings and conference calls, second by Way Elmore.  Passed

3.      Wayne motioned to accept treasures report, second by Rick Strohl.  Passed 

4.      Susan suggested sending out Trial bids as soon as possible and have finalized by March.  Directors agreed.

5.      George Wallace, President of WTSDA, presented to the Directors a proposal to sanction trials outside of Texas and explained the problem with term limits of the by-laws.  Jimmy Walker motioned to exempt WTSDA from by-law Article 4.2, so they may elect Directors outside of Texas, and Article 6.1, President must be elected from the Board of Directors, second by Ron Burkey.  Passed

6.      Susan Carpenter motioned to expand TSDA/TCDA sanctioning area to the states bordering the state of Texas, second by Jimmy Walker.  Passed

7.      A review of the 2003 Sheep and Cattle Finals.  Directors felt that both finals were excellent.

8.      Richard appointed committees for 2004.  First committee will be Development and Education committee, working with trials in their area, education sponsors and developing new trias.  Each committee chairperson will appoint members to their committee.  The following committees were appointed. 

Cattle Development/Education Committee

Membership Committee – Kay Stephens

North Central Area – Rick Strohl

East Central – Jimmy Walker, Chris Thomson

Stockshow Com  – E.B. & Francis Raley

South Central – Red Oliver

Central Area – Carl Larsen

Cattledog Finals Chairperson – Carl Larsen

Sheepdog Finals Chairperson – Susan Carpenter

Sheep Development/Education Committee

Southwest – Susan Carpenter

Northwest – Richard Belvin

North Central – Rick Strohl

Central – Emil Luedecke

South Central – Ron Burkey

Northeast – Wayne Elmore

South Central – Red Oliver

 

 

9.      Richard brought up the need of new judges in the Association.  Richard would like a list of members who will be willing to judge.  The next newsletter will be address this issue.  Anyone who is willing to judge please contact Francis Raley or Richard Belvin.

10.  The replacement trophies were discussed.  A survey will be sent to membership in the next newsletter and put on web site seeking the opinion for the membership on how they feel about the replacement rophies, revoling trophies, etc.

  1. Ron Burkey motioned due to a typographical error (that was mailed Nov. 15, 2003) the By-law proposals # Article 6.1 and will be re-voted by mail in ballot, second by Wayne Elmore.  Passed 
  2. Richard motioned to table Jane Harrell’s proposal and address at next Board meeting, second Red.  passed.  The Directors needed more time to study the proposal.
  3. Jimmy motioned the TCDA to withhold an additional one dollar in all classes to be use for Cattledog Finals expenses, second by Susan Carpenter.  Passed
  4. Wayne motioned to require 2 sanctioned qualifying runs in TCDA to qualify for the yearly Finals, second by Rick Strohl.  Passed
  5. Directors reviewed the Cattledog rules, updating the handler’s and class definitions.  These rules should be finalized in the next couple of months and presented to the membership.
  6. Francis reported she bought a new laptop computer, and Directors agreed for TSDA to pay labor expenses to set up to the new computer. 
  7. Ron moved to adjourn, second by Susan.

 Francis Raley,