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AKC Delegate Report

Margaret DiCorleto, AKC Correspondents
March 2017

The March meeting of the AKC There is hope for a Parent a show at a site within the area of
Delegates was held in Newark, NJ Club Conference in 2018 if the another club on a case-by-case basis,
March 13, 14, 2017. necessary sponsorship is obtained. if it believes the permission of the host
Highlights of the Parent Club Representatives of parent clubs can club has unreasonably been denied.
Committee Meeting: Reminder that meet and exchange ideas and learn An amendment to Field Trial Rules
the Parent Club-L is a good site for about a wide variety of topics such creating a Retriever National Derby
the exchange of ideas related to parent as legislation, health and welfare, Championship was also adopted.
clubs. Any club officer or member finances, judges ed., public relations. There will be a vote in the future on
can join by contacting John Neilsen, The last conference was held in 2007. an amendment to Chapter 16, Sect.
nielsenjp@yahoo.com or Peter Piusz, The Group Realignment (now 6 of Rules Applying to Dog Shows
ppiusz@nycap.rr.com called Group Reassessment) process which would include the non-regular
The number of Canine Good is moving very slowly. The committee (eligible for Best of Breed/Variety)
Citizen evaluations continues to grow. is trying to determine how many new class entrants in the calculation
Over 57,000 titles have been awarded groups are needed and what they of Grand Championship points.
to date. AKC CGC is endorsed by would be called. Assignment of breeds Currently dogs that win Best of Breed,
42 states and the goal is to have it to groups is made by the AKC Board Best of Opposite Sex, and Select from
recognized by all 50 states. of Directors. a non-regular class (such as Veterans)
Starting May 1, there will be a new Clubs that are considering the use of can earn GCH points but are not
Trick Dog titling program. There are 4 e-balloting are reminded to look at the included in the count for GCH.
levels from Novice to Performer. The state of domicile to determine if such Meet the Breeds events featured 160
program is open to dogs with an AKC, balloting is allowed. breeds in Orlando (December 2016)
PAL, or Canine Partner number. CGC The topic was raised of allowing and 135 in New York (February 2017).
evaluators can make the required spayed or neutered animals to Dennis Sprung gave the annual
observations. Dogs with a CGC on compete in more classes than is review of the AKC for 2016. Many
record need do only 5 tricks! Details currently allowed. There were new and different things are
can be found on the AKC website. opinions both pro and con. happening in many areas. www.akc.
There was discussion of the AKC There will be a Parent Club org/about/minutes-reports/annual-
Marketplace and who uses it. The Health conference in St. Louis, MO reports/
Marketplace should be monitored in August. At this time, the early Carl Ashby reported that AKC PAC
regularly to make sure people who registration fee is for one person per funds raised in 2016 were the highest
claim membership in the club, for club. ever. 89% of the candidates supported
example, are actually members. Any Highlights of the General won their elections.
problems with the Marketplace should Membership Meeting: The following
There is a new video describing
be addressed to Stephen Pessah. 4 delegates were elected to the Board AKC and the importance of the AKC
Parent club websites should have of Directors Class of 2021: Rita delegate which will be available soon.
information for the general public as Biddle, Ingham County Kennel Club;
The next meeting will be in Newark
well as for club members. Dominic Carota, Pharaoh Hound in June.
There was an excellent handout, a Club of America; Harvey Wooding,
10-page guideline for archiving club Westminster KC; Thomas Powers,
materials. Brynn White from AKC Kennel Club of Beverly Hills.
will attend the June meeting and An amendment was adopted to
answer questions. Chapter 2, Sect. 3 of Rules Applying
Publicity for a national specialty can to Dog Shows which would enable
be provided by Liz Sorota at AKC. the AKC upon receipt of an appeal,
to approve a club for the holding of
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