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ATCA Committee Reports for Year 2017 of a kind product, but the postage cost, over which the store had no
(Submitted January 31, 2018) control, decreased our profits.

AKC Gazette Breed Column, Columnist, Grace Massey, firewalker- May I ask the Board for suggestions on how to best keep our small ad-
aussies@gmail.com vantage of being able to offer breed information and other products
that only ATCA has access to and suggestions on new products that
Articles sent to AKC Gazette during 2017 were: will help our inventory and improve our sales? I encourage you to go
• February 2017- The Value of CHIC testing to the web sites of other Terrier clubs to see what their on line store
• May 2017- Form Follows Function (reprinted from has available, and to keep an eye out for new breed products at show
Feb 2014 issue) vendors.
• Aug 2017- Why Contribute to Scientific Studies?
• Nov 2017- That Something Special No immediate budget requests are anticipated for 2018 pending addi-
tion of new products.
All articles since I started writing them in November 2007 have been
sent to: Julie Seaton, Talkabout Editor, to be published in the Talkabout Awards, Performance – Versatility, Barb Curtis, Thalia Rott, Susan
I am always looking for new material to write about. If anyone has any Saulvester
ideas for an article or would like to serve as guest columnist please let
me know! Member participation in Club Awards, requesting new title bars,
applying for the Versatility Awards, and qualifying for the Henderson
Archives Preservation/Historian, Darlene Evans, Sue Bachman, Obedience Awards continues to grow. Members regularly update
Carol Sazama me on their dog’s new titles and the plaques that ATCA offers are well
received. The Awards Committee has already received requests from
New data is in the process of being collected in several categories members for their Awards which will be presented in Asheville. Infor-
such as winners of awards, updating the history of the club including mation on Club Awards and how to apply for each will be in Issue 1 of
officers etc. Some of this information is always available but not easily the 2018 Talkabout and is on the “ Member’s section” of the web site.
accessible. There were several breed firsts in 2017.
AKC is willing to archive all of the scannable data but all of that data • Cindy Burgess took the lead with CH Temora Keeping Stride
has already been scanned and is preserved on an offsite location UDX4 OM 6 GN GO. He is our breed’s first and only OM6, OM5,
(Carbonite). AKC has access to that site and like our format and is OM4, and UDX 4. He is well on his way to becoming our breed’s
planning on using it as an example of club historical information. A third OTCH (Obedience Trial Champion). OM stands for Obedi-
question has to be determined as to whether we want to send the ence Master
hard copies to AKC as AKC wants it in the same order that we have on • Anne and Fiona McGroarty achieved our first new Rally Interme-
our storage site. AKC will not accept anything that is unable to be diate title with Shastakin Jr’s Royal Dancer RI.
scanned. A determination has to be made as to how we can distrib- • Elizabeth Hiller and MACH Abq Kacy Christhill MXJ MJC XF
ute these items in a fair way to all Aussie owners. This will be finalized became our first Master Century Jumper.
in 2018. • Wismiss Rhythm N Blues Brother THDX CGC, owned by Eileen
Wittfelt and Kerrie Bryan and Carol Sazama became a Therapy
Archive Committee would like club members to submit photos (recent Dog Excellent.
and old) of dogs, wins, people, and just Aussie pets that did not ap- • Susan Jacobson’s GCH CH Amawalk Wish Upon Star (Benz) CAX,
pear in the 50th Anniversary Commemorative. All photos will be BCAT, RATN, TKA, CGC VX earned the first Fast CAT (BCAT) title in
returned to sender. our breed.
• Jenny and David Anglin and Tapa’s Dragon Fly FDC was the first
2008 was our last update of our historical data. The Committee is go- to acquire the new Farm Dog Certified title. He is a working farm
ing to look at updating that document in 2018 for our 60th anniver- dog and they have indicated they will be continuing on in other
sary. events with him.
• Muriel McMullen’s Dunham Lake Maid in Wisconsin CD, BN, RA,
TKP became our first Trick Dog Performer, the most advanced of
Aussie Store, Susan Saulvester
the Trick Dog titles.
As I reported last year, sales from the Aussie Store have decreased over In December, AKC began sending out a new Achievement Award cer-
the past several years. We cannot compete with on line vendors like tificate to those dogs who acquire three different AKC titles with the
Amazon, eBay, and Café Press, and Zazzle. Most of our sales are to pet third title being acquired after Dec 1. Several members have already
owners and we cannot match the large on line merchants for inven- received this certificate.
tory.
Attached is the Versatility Award Guidelines with new 2017 titles
Kerrie helped update and streamline the Store page on the web site added. There are new titles in Rally: the Rally Intermediate and Rally
this year. The Grooming CD’s remain our best seller.
Master classes. These titles have been added to the chart. There is
also a new Rally Champion title (RACH) which is not included as our
This year, the Store advertised its first drop ship product, the lovely”
Aussies in the Sandpit” tapestry designed by Claudia Coleman. We Obedience Trial Champions and Agility Trial Champions have their
own category of distinction on the web site. BCAT has been added as
sold 23 tapestries with a profit to ATCA of $462. The company was an either/or title corresponding with CA, as both of these are consid-
very difficult to work with and to navigate their wholesale dealer order ered coursing events.
site. They did their own shipping and postage costs were unreason-
able and inconsistent for the shipping addresses. I purchased 5 to
have here to avoid their high postage and have one left. When it is
sold, I will discontinue the listing on the web site. It was a unique one
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