AT July-Aug 2005

Directors voting: Approve: Aufox, Gray,
Bryant, Stevens, Davenport, Walter,
DeChant & Hellmeister. Disapprove:
Hollen. Motion is approved.
93:17 STOCK DOG RULES - Chl3,
Sec 1 Membership
Motion by Davenport. I move to approve
the following SDC motion:
Effective date 30 days after publication in
the Aussie Times. This motion will appear
in the June 2005 rulebook shaded in gray
with the effective date of August 1, 2005
(deadline to AT May 15, publication date
July 1), Motion to replace Chapter 13,
Section 1 of the ASCA Stockdog Rules
with the following:
Section 1
1. The Committee will consistofseven (7)
activeASCAtrial contestants and five (5)
ASCA approved Stockdog judges. One
(1) contestant shall be appointed from
eachofthe seven (7) geographic regions.
One(l)judge shall be appointed from five
(5) of the seven (7) geographic regions.
Members from the same region(s) may
be appointed if applicants from different
regions are unavailable. Contestants
may only fill the Contestant positions
and Stockdog Judges may only fill the
Judges positions on the committee.
2. A contestant member's term shall be for
a two (2) year period beginning during
Nationals occurring in odd-numbered
years. A judge member's term shall
be for a two (2) year period beginning
during Nationals occurring in evennumbered
years. A committee member
may be appointed in the middle of
a term to serve for the remainder of
that term. Mid-term vacancies will
be announced in the Aussie Times.
Resumes from ASCA members must be
received by ASCA's Executive Secretary
within a forty-five (45) day period
following the publication date of the
Aussie Times. All resumes will then
be submitted to the ASCA Board of
Directors who will choose an applicant
to fill the vacancy.
3.When a person is appointed to a SDC
position, whether as a judgeor contestant,
they will fulfillthe appointed term for that
position until it expires.
4. Regions
a. Region 1 - Washington, Oregon,
Idaho, Montana, Alaska.
Officer Report
b. Region 2 - California, Nevada,
Arizona, Utah.
c. Region 3 - Colorado, Wyoming,
Nebraska, Kansas, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Provinces in Canada
west of Ontario
d. Region 4 - Michigan, Iowa, Illinois,
Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana,
Missouri, Kentucky.
e. Region 5 - Arkansas, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee,
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Texas, New Mexico,
Oklahoma.
f. Region 6 - Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, New York, Rhode Island,
Massachusetts, Connecticut,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West
Virginia,Virginia,Maryland, Delaware,
Washington DC, and Provinces in
Canada east of Manitoba.
g. Region 7 - All areas outside of North
America.
Motion made by Bryant and seconded by
Holmes.
Approve: Simmons, Zilch, Silveira,
Holmes, Bryant, Pechka-King, Baker,
Adamczyk, Mahoney Disapprove:
Hischier, Kissman, Hardin, Schvaneveldt
Non-Voting: Walker
Motion is Approved, I will notify the
BOD.
SDC Comments:
I approve this motion as it helps to answer
many open questions to the SDC structure
that have not been in a written rule form.
I feel that the SDC should stay with the
recommended Committee Procedure
structure of 13 members including the
chairperson. In my opinion more people
on a committee does not make it better.
With communications made so easily
available in today's world the SDC gets
plenty of input from SDC members and
the general membership via the internet.
If people in regions want their voice heard
they know how to reach this committee.
I have been on the SDC for a number of
years now I don't ever recall all the SD
Judge positions being filled by SD Judges.
Another thing that committee members
don't really consider is the amount ofwork
a chairperson has to do and as the numbers
increase so does the work. As a volunteer
chairpersonwho hasdonatedhugeamounts
of time to ASCA's Stockdog program I
think we should stick to the committee
procedures of 13 committee members.
This committee has worked very efficiently
for many years with 13 members. Sharon
Simmons
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I think the change that only judges can
fill judge positions and only contestants
can fill contestant positions will lead to
a balanced number of opinions. Since the
past has shown that there are always less
judges sending in resumes than contestants
and judges normally ARE contestants too
AND also contestants travel around the
country and see many different places
and situations, I think that the number of 7
contestants and 5 judges to fill the vacancies
in the stock dog committee are acceptable.
Sandra Zilch
♦'is**
This will allow for good representation
across the regions and also allow
for ample representation from the judges
sector. IMO it is not necessary to require
equal representation between judges and
contestants. Historically, the SDC has not
had a full complement ofjudges in a very
long time, and since judges travel far wider
than contestants they should have a broader
view ofthe needs ofASCA's stock dog trial
competitors. Joan Holmes
This committee has for some time been
made up ofmore contestants than judges, so
this is not a significant departure from how
it has been composed in the past. I feel that
we need to hold the size of this committee
to 12 members plus a chairperson, and this
change seems to be a good way to do it at
this time. MGBryant
I don't agree with the composition
proposed. I think an equal numberofjudges
and contestants is better. Judges may have
a different view of things than contestants
and they bring a lot of experience along
which contestants doesn't necessarily have.
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