Interesting extracts from Club meeting minutes
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Here are some interesting notes extracted from Club minutes by ELF one long rainy week a few years back. Note the recurring "incorporation" theme? (This is not a complete list of decisions made or policies decided on; just things that I thought were fun to look back on.)
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[edit] 1992
[edit] Bay Area Agility Group: First meeting: August 22, 1992
- 15 attendees, Kathryn Horn (acting Chair), Peggy Clark, Diane Daubenmeier, Carol Gallagher, Nancy Gyes (acting Secretary), Gwen Jones, Rob Michalski, Renee Newcomb, Chuck Reynolds, Sandi Baker, Sandy Rogers, Laurie Sasaki, Debby Stein, Becky Woodruff, Lori Ziemba
- Discussed goals, including a club-owned, leased, or rented centrally located practice site where equipment can be stored. :-)
- Proposed budget included $260 for a dog walk and $450 for an A-frame.
- Kathryn will look into incorporation.
[edit] Bay Area Agility Club: 2nd meeting: Oct. 21, 1992
- 6 attendees, including addition Margot McKeraghan
[edit] Bay Area Agility Club: 3rd meeting Nov 7, 1992
- 6 attendees, including addition Aileen Brodsky.
- Discussed the proposed Constitution & agreed to take a final vote later.
[edit] 1993
[edit] Fleet Feet, 4th meeting Jan 16, 1993
- 10 attendees, including additions Linda Putz, Chuck Osborn, Lora Sults, Penny Larson.
- "Fleet Feet" voted in as club name; "The Bay Team" came in 2nd.
- I think the constitution was approved (although it says only that it was agreed to amend one sectin of it...)
- Renee looked into opening a bank account.
- First slate of officers proposed: Kathryn for Prez, Aileen VP, Linda Putz Secretary, Renee Treasurer, Nancy for Member at Large.
- A temporary position of Membership Director was created & assigned to Diane Daubenmeier.
- Club dues established at $25/yr
[edit] The Bay Team, Feb 20, 1993
- There are now 14 paid members.
- Voted to allow household membership at $35.
- First set of officers voted into place.
- Fleet Feet already taken; we become The Bay Team.
- Began discussing locations for first USDAA Sanctioned Test or Fun Match.
- We do not have to incorporate to become a USDAA member.
[edit] The Bay Team, Mar 26, 1993
- Cash in the account: $385.
- Membership is now at 16.
- No one really likes "The Bay Team"; other proposals include Bay to Barkers.
- Lori Sasaki showed a possible logo that everyone thought was a lovely artistic logo.
- Position of Activities Resource Contact proposed & Becky Woodruff nominated. Duties: new members or new competitors could contact person for advice on events, dates, how to enter, etc.; she maintain a current & updated list of all events to make available to members thru the mail or however.
[edit] The Bay Team, May 8, 1993
- Nancy Gyes was authorized to purchase 20 Bay Team t-shirts for purchase at a discount by members.
- It appears that we're using Nancy's equipment, as we "discussed a need for some supplemental equipment to nancy's." Suggestion made for everyone to look at placerville's equipment and come up with jump ideas--all members would make/design a different jump.
[edit] was there a June 5 meeting?
[edit] The Bay Team, July 10, 1993
- Kathryn resigns, Aileen becomes prez.
- Membership up to 19.
- Jumps: Rob agrees to draw up plans; 10 jumps will be built by members; voted that members donate $25 each to club to pay for the jumps.
- Plans for agility demo at Premium Pet for Sept 26.
- Fresno announces its first sanctioned fun match in Oct.
[edit] Board meeting, July 21, 1993
- Club votes to apply to join USDAA and NADAC also.
[edit] The Bay Team, Oct 9, 1993
- It's pointed out that we must mark jump heights on all of our jumps.
- Margot agrees to go to Stockton to pick up free barrels to make a barrel jump.
- Candy Gaiser's new club, Baywag, discusses jointly sponsored fun match with The Bay Team on Nov. 20.
[edit] The Bay Team, Nov 6 1993
- Account balance $573 ($350 from 16 fun match entries).
[edit] 1994
[edit] The Bay Team, 1/7/94
- Year-end balance: $906 (expenses $2051, income $2958)
- Proposed 1st USDAA trial for Memorial Day Weekend (May 28-30) with Candy as chair.
- Peggy will look into trailers.
- Name change mentioned again.
[edit] The Bay Team, 2/11/94
- Possible new club names: Bay Way, Bay Area Rapid Canines (BARC), Bay to Barkers.
- Steve Bettcher brought in 15 logo designes, & members picked 2 for further work. Possible color would be black background with aqua print "if suitable aqua can be found." (do examples exist?)
- Memorial Day trial will be at Cal State Hayward. Standard runs will cost $15, games $7.50. Steve will do the premium.
- A fall event with one day NADAC & one day USDAA proposed.
[edit] The Bay Team board, 3/1/94
- A logo for the upcoming trial only was approved. (do examples exist?)
[edit] The Bay Team, 4/16/94
- A long list of equipment needed to be borrowed, built, or bought was presented (for 2 rings).*Bert Hewey from Fresno will be the trial's announcer (this continues for several trials!).
[edit] Board, 5/3/94
- We'll need 47 entries to break even at our trial; currently have 20.
- Asking club members whether anyone has canopies for shade.
- Agreed that all club members will wear turquoise Bay Team shirts and name tags.
- Paid membership up to 24.
[edit] Bay Team Board, 6/15/94
- Various demos discussed.
[edit] The Bay Team, 8/5/94
- Sept 11 NADAC event discussed; one ring planned.
- Checkbook balance at $1569.
- General Membership meetings will be every other month on the first Saturday of the month.
- Executive Board meetings will be alternate months on the first Wed. of the month.
[edit] Bay Area Agility Dogs (BAAD), 11/5/94
- Sept. show details discussed; also next year's Memorial Day trial.
- Club voted on new name: Bay Area Agility Dogs.
- Voted in new colors (turquoise, black, white, & a little blue) and a logo design created by Steve Bettcher. (If it's the one attached, it's a foxhound-like dog jumping thru a hoop formed by the words "Bay Area Agility Dogs" and an image of the Golden Gate Bridge.)
- Rob Michalski volunteers to publish a bimonthly newsletter.
[edit] BAAD, 11/17/94
- Logo
- Noted that "last 1-day trial had poor turnout."
- Discussion on Jan 21/22 NADAC trial locations.
- Decided not to offer Veterans class because our jumps don't have those heights yet.
- Pre-entry package cost of $50; day-of-trial entry would be $64.
[edit] Bay Team Board, 12/7/94
- Ken Tatsch rejected BAAD because he holds a copyright on phrase "Agility Dog." We revert to The Bay Team temporarily.
- Voted to reduce membership fees to $20 indiv, $25/household.
[edit] 1995
[edit] Bay Team Board, 1/11/95
- We need more sources of income:
- Proposed the position of Marketing Director, who would contact Bay Area dog clubs & inform them that the Bay Team would be interested in running agility matches or run-thrus at their fun matches (for fees).
- Proposed that club members start teaching agility classes as a way of earning $.
- Sharon strongly suggested that we incorporate for liability reasons.
[edit] Bay Team, 1/14/95
- Bay Team will help Countywide put on a NADAC trial in April; experienced Bay Teamers will help the inexperienced club. Bay Team does one day, Countywide does the next; we will split expenses & profits equally.
- In Brags, Tyler Etherton gets 3 NADAC legs at his first-ever agility event. Bobbi Brodsky completes her AD, 15 months after getting her first leg. Kita and Rontu Michalski earned their ADs.
[edit] Bay Team, 2/25/95
- Pointed out that several revisions were needed to the bylaws. A committee is formed to pursue revisions.
- Club voted to create a show-budget form that chair will fill out in advance & treasurer will complete after each show. (Does this form exist?)
- A 36-weave-pole "Scurry" event is approved for the September show: participants can practice as often as they want for $2/practice. An official time will be taken when they're ready. Fastest team at each height will win one half of the proceeds for that division.
- A committee formed to solidify training class plans--and actually turned in a report & plan 2 weeks later! (Class costs, instructors, locations, everything included.)
- In Brags, Scud & Hopscotch Gyes reported as finishing their MAD titles last year. Jim Basic & Nancy Gyes beat Steve & Becky in the Strategic Pairs in Phoenix. Boz Newcomb completed the AD.
- Margot will check into incorporating the Bay Team.
[edit] Bay Team, Apr 9, 1995
- In NADAC, dogs can no longer move up on the same day of a trial; they must wait until the following day.
[edit] Bay Team, May 22, 1995
- Revenues of $1100 reported from classes. Costs were $1200 for start-up.
- Balance in checkbook is $5100.
- Our Memorial Day trial had 96 dogs entered by the closing date.
- Bylaws changes discussed (or is it a Constitution?). Committee will continue work.
- In Brags, Tippy Bettcher finishes JM and MAD. Scud Gyes finishes ADCh.
[edit] Bay Team, June 24, 1995
- Classes are starting to make a profit.
- Memorial day trial made about $2000 ($860 from raffle).
- "The Bay Team" is now official.
- Club votes that "To remain in good standing, members need to abide by the rules of USDAA and NADAC, help out at 2 events per year, attend 2 meetings per year, and pay dues." This shd become part of Bylaws.
- Revised bylaws will be made available for approval in the near future.
[edit] Bay Team, July 24, 1995
- Bay Team decides that we have the $ to buy an enclosed trailer.
- More bylaw revisions discussed. Revisions will be available for approval in the near future.
[edit] Bay Team, Aug 19, 1995
- Cheryl will look at revised bylaws; Debbie will type them up & make them available for approval in the near future.
- We discuss our 1st possible 3-day trial, Labor Day weekend in '96 with a DAM tournament.
- We discuss having an end-of-the-year award shindig recognizing the achievements of club members.
[edit] Bay Team, Nov 11, 1995
- We discuss purchasing a covered trailer. Sharon points out it would be tough to find anyone to pull it.
[edit] 1996
[edit] Bay Team, Jan 19, 1996
- New trailer has arrived.
- Davis agility trial on Memorial Weekend caused us to move USDAA trial to June.
- Melissa DeMille asks for permission to create a Bay Team Web page on her Border Collie web site.
[edit] Bay Team, Feb. 15, 1996
- We discuss ways to reduce lunch expenses at trials. (Our last NADAC show made $2500.)
- Jim is working on a layout for storing equipment efficiently in our new trailer. We decide to have our logo painted on it in teal.
- The club agrees to subscribe to the Clean Run & make issues available to members. (Whatever happened to this? Sharon?)
- A group is organized to fix up the bylaws and prepare for incorporation. The bylaws will be revised & sent out to members for approval in the near future.
[edit] 4/14/96
- not much newsworthy.
[edit] 8/10/96
- Club votes to have Ralph Frazier outfit trailer with fittings for equipment.
- Sharon says that we need a Club Equipment Manager and if anyone's interested, contact her. :-)
- Classes are very popular; the last 6-week session netted $1160.
[edit] 12/8/96
- We have $8500 in the bank account.
- We decide to buy 4 canopies of our own.
[edit] 1997
[edit] 1/12/97
- The old wooden jumps become adopt-a-jumps.
[edit] 3/16/97
- A contest for best-decorated adopt-a-jump is announced.
- Jennifer is researching incorporation.
- We propose our first club-only agility seminar, perhaps by Stuart Mah.
- NADAC April trial has 180 dogs entered, our biggest yet.
[edit] 6/28/97
- Anne Etherton announced as the winner of the adopt-a-jump contest, with baylands sandpipers on a turquoise field.
| Other adopt-a-jumps | |
By Ellen Finch |
By Jennifer Jones and Steve Bettcher (one of two similar) |
[edit] August 3, 1997
- The President notes that we should be conscious of our membership which is not accessible via email. (We have 29 members on email and 8 not.)
- Board approved a request to purchase a new Duncan triple jump and a double jump.
- We discussed that we have no reliable way of providing equipment for the second ring at our trials and approved a rental fee schedule for members who have equipment that they're willing to bring.
- Adopt-a-jumps must either be brought to every trial in competition-ready state or turned over to Aileen to be raffled off for money.
- The lowest fees that Ellen Finch found for setting up our own domain name (bayteam.org) and web site (currently we're piggybacking off of member Melissa deMille's site) were $130 a year plus another $290/year. These figures alarmed some members, and raised the issue of what benefit(s) the club gains from having its own domain name and web page. Specifically:
- If the benefit is publication of our premiums, then this may be accomplished in other ways, for example using another club member’s web address.
- Some questioned how many of our mailing list would actually use it.
- If the benefit is dissemination of agility information, then this may already be accomplished by other dedicated web sites such as www.dogpatch.org
- One way to offset the cost of the web page might be to offer advertising space.
- No decision was made.
- Karey and Aileen will research what we need for a vendor policy for our trials, since some now want to come to our trials.
- The issue of whether we should limit entries to our trials was debated--again--and we will make a decision at the next meeting.
- Negotiations are ongoing as to which northern Cal club will hold a Grand Prix this year. We had it last year.
[edit] September 7, 1997
- We learn that Rob pronounces his last name “Mi-HALL-ski”.
- Was decided to prepare two tool boxes, one for each ring, each fully supplied with hammer, tape measure(s), survey tape, tent stakes for tunnels, golf tees, etc. Will brightly mark these toolboxes and their tools with ring-color-coordinated tape (pink or blue).
- Jennifer Jones brought a preliminary t-shirt design of a dog jumping over the Golden Gate bridge.
- More web site discussion: a proposal was approved that we could afford our own web site and domain name if we could pay for it with advertising fees. Ellen will research.
- Decided to continue doing raffles, deciding at each trial, although we no longer depend on the income to make a profit.
- Haute Dawgs and Bay Team discussed alternating years for DAM and Grand Prix between the clubs. HD has never done a DAM so would like to try it. Fresno has expressed an interest, too, so maybe each club would do one every 3 years instead of every other year.
- Nancy, Jennifer, and Ellen will see about whipping the bylaws into shape.
[edit] 2003
[edit] July 13, 2003
Just a note: Here are pictures of how accesses to our web site have increased over the past 3 years. (We had a web site for 2 years before that, but don't have stats for that time.)
Total page accesses per week: http://www.bayteam.org/history/images/WebUseApr00toJul03.gif (Web usage over 3 years: increasing steadily)
Home page accesses per week (probably a better indicator of the number of users): http://www.bayteam.org/history/images/HomePgUseApr00toJul03.gif (Home page accesses 3 years increasing steadily)
