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President’s

Message

I am honored to serve as your Welcome Committee and the
new President and am grateful to Welfare Committee. If you are
the members for the support that interested in serving on any of
has been shown to me. First off, I these committees, please contact
would like to thank Yvette Ferguson me at your convenience by
for her service as President for the email at huchu@aol.com. I will
past two years. Her leadership and be appointing Chairs for all the
vision has been very beneficial to Committees at the April Board
the Club and our breed. meeting, so please get in contact
Many dog clubs are facing with me soon!
challenging times with declining Our National Specialty is fast
membership and entries. In approaching from April 11th
order to remain a viable club, we through the 14th and I highly
need to continue to encourage encourage everyone to attend. We
people to join the Chow club have a full four days of activities I am a firm believer that the Chow
and get involved. Besides the including a puppy match to club belongs to all the members and
Board positions, we have many support Chow Welfare on Tuesday if you have any ideas or suggestions
committees that we need members night and hope to see everyone in to promote the Club, please get in
to volunteer their services for Chicagoland. The show committee touch with me at your convenience
including: Awards Committee, has also arranged to have Chow as I am always open to new ideas.
Health Committee, Education breeder judges at the Yorkville I look forward to seeing everyone
Committee, Companion Events, Kennel club shows preceding the in April at the National Specialty!
Regional Club Liaison, Ways & National, so come early and help - Dave Cook
Means, Membership Committee, build majors at those shows.

Editor’s

Message

It’s a new year and Chow Life has advertiser, just click on their email who has continued to advertise
some added features that I am happy address and it will navigate you to in Chow Life. I realize there are
to announce! your email service. If you have any other ways to promote wins and
The biggest change this year is the issues with accessing the on-line breedings ; however, there are some
addition of an on-line magazine. magazine or using the features, unique benefits that advertising in
This offers access to the magazine please email me. Chow Life offers. First, Chow Life
on your smartphone, computer You will also notice that the is distributed to every AKC licensed
and tablet. The on-line magazine is magazine has a new layout this Chow judge. In addition, not only
available as part of your subscription year. The preferred pages have are the majority of CCCI members
to the printed magazine. This been expanded to allow for more subscribers to the magazine, we also
means that you will still receive the color pages in the beginning of the have many, many readers that are
printed issue each quarter along magazine. The table of contents has non-members. Simply put, Chow
with access to the on-line magazine. its own dedicated page and the front Life reaches a targeted community
The features that I find most useful cover now includes a full color page of people who love the breed.
with a on-line magazine is that for the cover story. I hope you enjoy the new changes
you can easily navigate the pages. I want to personally thank everyone this year and look forward to your
Also, if you want to reach out to an feedback...