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2008
Regional Meeting Minutes
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section has been divided up to Regional, USA and legislation for easier
viewing. Bills affecting our dogs such as AB 1634 will be found under
Legislative News. Announcements
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United Schutzhund
Clubs News and news from within our region will remain on this page.
6/6/2008
Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of judging an affiliation trial for El
Cajon Schutzhund Club in El Cajon, California.
I would like to welcome this new USA club to the region!
Michelle
Kutelis
Southwest Regional Director
Untited Schutzhund Clubs of America
2009 Regional SchH Championships -
Vote Results
Congratulations to San
Diego Diensthund Club for winning the bid for the 2009 Regional SchH
Championships. The results were very close and decided by only two
votes. Please keep us posted on your progress/details and let me know if
there is anything you would like to add to the regional website.
Terry Fisk
Secretary and Webmaster - Southwest Region
United Schutzhund Clubs of America
2009 SW Regional Championship Bid
Information
5/18/2008
Clubs in the Region-
As earlier mentioned, the time frame to accept bids has closed.
One bid was presented at the 2008
Regional Meeting, where we also had another incomplete bid. Due to this
a motion was made to keep the bidding period open until the start of
May. The incomplete bid never surfaced, but we did get one other bid,
leaving us with a total of two possibilities for the location for the
2009 SW Regional Championships.
Terry Fisk has put links
on the Regional webpage to download the basic information on each bid.
Please review the choices with your club members, and e-mail the votes
to myself at
schhgsd@att.net
or Terry Fisk at
terry@firecreeks.com
by Sunday, June 1st
at midnight to be considered.
The links are under NEWS, at the following location:
http://www.southwestschutzhund.com/news.htm
Michelle Kutelis
Southwest Regional Director
Untited Schutzhund Clubs of America
5/11/2008
The deadline to submit bids for the 2009 SW Region SchH Championships is
up. Two clubs submitted bids and they can be downloaded for review:
West Coast Schuthzund Club download bid and
photographs in
pdf or
word
San Diego Diensthund Club download bid in
word
or pdf
2008
Regional Meeting Minutes are now available to download
here
(correct version uploaded 4/15/08)
3/19/2008
Thank
you to the following clubs who have donated $50.00 each to the
2008 Regional helper/Regional expenses.
Anacapa Working Dog Association
Arizona Schutzhund Club
Aztec Schutzhund Club
Las Vegas Schutzhund Club
Somis Schutzhund Club
Southwest Working Dog Association
More clubs have also pledged donations that are on the way.
3/19/2008 Welcome to our new affiliate club:
El Cajon Schutzhund Club, Inc.
Bob Simmons
PO Box 1442
Lemon Grove, CA 91946-1442
619-659-2129
3/17/2008
(click for original motion)
E-mail Vote to Reimburse
Helpers for the 2008 Regional Championships
Results: out of 22 clubs 3
voting officers: 16 Yes, 1 No (8 Clubs no response) Motion
carried 3/14/08.
3/12/2008
An Important Notice Regarding The
Scheduling of SV judges
Formal Motion
The Phoenix Schutzhund Club is formally requesting monies from
the SW Regional treasury to compensate the Regional Helpers for
the 2008 SW Regional Championship.
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1. PSC paid Michael Stackhouse $200.00 out of
their funds to compensate him
for travel.
2.PSC would like the Region to pay Troy Daen
$200.00 for being a SchH 3 helper
at the Regionals. PSC paid him $50.00 of that so he had gas
money to get home
since he had expected to get paid at the close of the trial.
3.Trial Chairman discussed with Josh Zapporalli
his willingness to give his $200.00
(since he was local) to Lionel Madden to
cover his expenses. Although Lionel
ended up doing the SchH 1 and 2's we thought this would be
fair. If the Region
chooses not to pay Lionel then we would request that Josh
receive the $200.00 for
being a SchH 3 helper.
Gail Kendall
PSC Trial Secretary
2008 SW Regional Trial Secretary
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2/25/2008 Message
from Marie Weller Assistant Regional Director
I would like the region to Welcome our
Newest Club, the Tucson
Working K9 Club. They
had their affiliation Trial this past Saturday 2/23/08. They had a
total of 9 entries- 1- TR 1, 4- BH's, 1- SchH 1, 2- SchH A's, 1-
SchH 3. This appears to be a great group of people, eager to learn
and compete in this sport. It was great to see members of Phoenix
SchH Club there in support and helping in the group and the
Protection field set up.
I would like to thank Cornelia
Grabichler, Al and Tish Coit for their generous hospitality, as well
as all the other very helpful and gracious club members for their
sportsmanlike conduct and willingness to learn.
I wish this club the best and encourage
anyone who can to attend their up coming and approved "Real" trial
on March 14-16, 2008 with USA Judge Johannes Grewe."
Thank you,
Marie
Weller
Assistant Regional Director Southwest Region
United Schutzhund Clubs of America
2/21/2008 Message regarding 2009 Regional SchH Championships
SW Region-
It was voted on at the Regional Meeting
that bids for the 2009 SW Regional Championships would be accepted
for 90 days.
Please submit your bids for this event
by May 2nd, 2008.
As was decided at the meeting, bids will
be voted on by the regional clubs via e-mail ballot.
Michelle Kutelis
Regional Director Southwest Region
United Schutzhund Clubs of America
2/13/2008 Message from the Regional
Director
First of all, I would like the thank
Phoenix Schutzhund Club for a well hosted Regional event. I was only
able to make it out for part of Friday and Saturday, and the meeting
of course, but enjoyed the time I did have there.
I will certainly miss that location for
future trials, and I wish the members of the club the best in this
next chapter of their lives. I hear that the Banquet dinner was a
spectacular event, and not a dry eye in the place. I am very sorry
to have had to miss it.
We had a very productive meeting, with
some exciting new motions that passed. Look for our webmaster and
Secretary to get these up on the website soon.
I will also have an announcement
concerning the 2009 Regionals coming up in the next day or so.
I want to thank Marie Weller, the ARD,
for filling in for me this last month while I dealt with some family
health issues. She will continue handling the Trial Authorizations,
but I am back in office as RD.
Michelle Kutelis
Regional Director Southwest Region
United Schutzhund Clubs of America
1/4/2008 Message from the Regional Director
Jan 4th, 2008
Dear Southwest Region Clubs,
Due to some serious health
issues with a family member that have come up unexpectedly, I will be
taking a temporary leave of absence from my position as Regional
Director.
Marie Weller, our Assistant Regional Director, will be handling Trial
Authorizations and any questions or concerns that may come up. She is
able to contact me if necessary.
Marie’s e-mail address is
Wellbrew@sbcglobal.net, and her other contact information is available at the Region’s website
at
http://www.southwestschutzhund.com.
Thank you,
Michelle Kutelis
2007 Regional
Meeting Minutes
The Regional meeting is rapidly approaching and I am in the
process of putting the club packets together. The packets
will be mailed out 30 days prior to the meeting which is on
February 8, 2008. If any of the clubs in the SW Region have
any business that they would like to add to the agenda
please contact our Regional Director Michelle Kutelis
ASAP at
schhgsd@att.net.
Wishing you all the best this holiday season,
Terry Fisk
USA Southwest Region Secretary
USA Southwest Region Webmaster
12/6/2007 AB1634 is back, see the
"Legislation" page for details.
WUSV 2008 Trophy Sponsorship
December 6th is the last day for club input.
We, as a region, have an
opportunity to sponsor one of the trophies for the 2008 WUSV held
here in the USA.
The cost of the trophy
sponsorship is $250.
I would like to have the
region decide if we would like to do this, and the easiest way at
this point is to e-mail votes.
I think the trophy is a
wonderful idea, and urge you all to discuss this matter with your
club members and e-mail your vote to the Terry Fisk, SW Regional
Secretary, at
terry@firecreeks.com by Thursday Dec. 6th.
Michelle Kutelis
Regional Director Southwest Region
United Schutzhund Clubs of America
Sorry this has taken me a while to get up and out, but for some
reason my schedule got really busy since returning from Atlanta.
First if you have not seen this already, here are some
highlights from the Annual meeting:
The USA General Board Meeting was held on Thursday
November 8, 2007. Some highlights …
-
Proposed
amendment that would eliminate Directors-at-large was not
approved.
-
Felony
Prohibition for Teaching Helpers Approved
-
Approval of
Artificial Insemination for USA Registry
-
2008 National
Events
The HOT & NA events will be combined in 2009.
-
Proposed bylaw
amendments prohibiting convicted felons from holding office as
members of the EB, officers, regional officers and judges
passed. Waiver (proposal 5) passed.
-
Laurie
Tollifson
was recognized for her outstanding work on developing USA's
registry. Laurie contributed innumerable hours on this project,
gratis, for USA.
-
A quorum of 35
club delegates was seated.
Our region had 2 club delegates
seated ( Scottsdale SchH Club, West Coast Sch Club) as well as
Nathaniel Roque as Director at Large and myself as Assistant
Regional director.
Our region has been approached by the National Events committee
and is being requested to host a national event in the near
future. As noted above the HOT and North American events will
be a combined event beginning in 2009. I feel this is something
our region does need to consider putting together. Der
Hundesport did an excellent good job in 2001 hosting the North
Americans with some assistance from local clubs. If we as a
region could come together, I have a good feeling we can put on
a great event. This is something we need EVERY club in the
region to review with their membership and bring ideas to the
table at our Regional Meeting in February 2008.
Nationals is being hosted in Texas next year, lets see if we can
have a few more clubs represented and in turn have more say for
our region.
Also, if anyone is interested in any of the USA committees
please contact me as the Nomination committee will be looking
for new faces for the coming year and 2008 has a larger slate of
potential openings.
Marie Weller
Assistane
Regional Director
Southwestern
region
New Southwest Region Yahoo
Group Thank you to Karen Groh for setting this up.
In an effort to bring our region closer together, we have put
together a Yahoo e-group. We invite *all* members of the
Southwestern Region to join, whether you are a member of a local
club or not.
This is a great place for announcing seminars, trials, shows, or
just "come on out and train at our place this weekend" type of
notices. It will also enable the SW "free agents" to stay in touch
with what's happening in our region. It can also be an excellent way
for all SW Region members to be heard in matters that count.
Please forward this e-mail to club members and other people in our
Region who may be interested.
join us!
10/31/07 From the USA website
Trial Secretary Tutorial
Your club has a trial coming and they need
a trial secretary. What are you gonna do?
Gail Kendall from the Phoenix Schutzhund
Club has distilled her long experience into a 30 minute tutorial on how
to handle that task. From setting up the entry forms, the judge's sheet
and the final listing of the scores and titles, this outstanding
presentation covers it all!
Getting the paperwork completed correctly
is a huge task in the USA office. Chasing down corrections on the forms
is a major effort. If all the forms came in correct and complete, it
would free a significant amount of resources to better serve the USA
membership.
The tutorial is about 30 minutes long. You
will need to have the Flash plug-in available on your computer to play
it. Most browsers already have this installed.
Click here to view the tutorial.
10/23/07
Our thoughts and prayers go out to all affected by the
devastation fires in Southern California. I have put together a page
with information that may assist those in need or for those who wish to
make donations or volunteer. This page is a work in progress and
information will be updated as necessary. Please feel free to
send
additional information to add to the site.
www.southwestschutzhund.com/california_wildfire.htm
9/22/07
New photos from Roanna Banducci for the 2007 Regional Conformation Show
are up on the website
http://www.southwestschutzhund.com/conformation_show.htm
9/9/2007
Quick Reference Guide for Small Trials is the USA
website. Thank you to Marie Weller for pointing that out. You may
also download a copy here.
I'll be putting an entire page dedicated to trial information
(guidelines, forms, etc.) on this site soon. Terry
9/7/2007
From Regional Director Michelle Kutelis
We need to remind the clubs that they MUST
send trial announcements at LEAST 21 days before the trial is scheduled,
and that postal mail or e-mail to every club contact is required.
(revised 9/10/07)
9/5/2007
Schutzhund USA
Advertising Special!
Announce your dogs' accomplishments!
Participate in our upcoming
2007 Sieger Show issue*
(November/December 2007)
and you will receive a
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The
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Contact Cheryl Morris as soon as possible to
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Full coverage of the Sieger Show will be in this
issue.
You don't want to miss out on this opportunity
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*
These ads are available to 2007 Sieger Show
participants only.
*
The ads in the Sieger Show Issue follow a format
designed by Cheryl Morris.
If
you'd like a unique design, you may ask Cheryl
to create one for you at an additional charge.
8/28/07
August 24-26, 2007 West Coast Schutzhund Club held a three days of
training seminars with David
Deleissegues ending with a helper seminar and classification on Sunday.
The following are the results of the helper classifications as submitted
by Ted Hartman:
Ted Hartman, West Coast
SchH Club, Regional level w/recommended for national level.
Mario Erazo, West Coast
SchH Club, Regional level.
John Alinsug, West Coast
SchH Club, Regional level.
Ha Pham, West Coast SchH
Club, Basic level w/recommended for club level.
Richard Lopez, West Coast
SchH Club, Basic level.
Cecil Terry, West Coast
SchH Club, Basic level.
Jeff Walton, West Coast
SchH Club, Entry level.
Shogo Tokizaki, West
Coast SchH Club, Entry level.
Paul Pettit, West Coast
SchH Club, Entry level.
Steve Lagambe, Lake
Mathews SchH Club, Basic level held for USA paperwork.
Shawn Thompson, Phoenix
SchH Club, Basic level held from trial for one additional seminar.
7/28/2007 Updated
Training Page with new classifications and
Helper Seminar results.
6/27/07 Reminder from
Nathaniel SW Region Helper Seminar - SWDA Training Field 3:00 - 9:00 PM
Just a reminder that the
2007 Regional Helper Seminar and Evaluation is in 2 weeks on Sunday
July 8, 2007 at SWDA.
Remember that all "Basic
and Club" level helpers must attend at least once every 4 years and
all "Regional and National" level helpers must attend at least every
2 years to maintain classification.
Teaching Helpers at the
event will be myself, Uwe Doose and Bill Szentmiklosi (confirmed)
and possibly Wayne Walcott and Craig Groh.
6/11/2007
Hi All in the Southwest Region:
Our National Breed Warden, Tim Burke, just
sent out a reminder to the BAC for us to inform all the clubs in each of our Regions that bids are
being accepted for the 2008 USA Sieger and that the deadline for submitting the bid is
this Friday, June 15, 2007.
Attached is a information on any club who is interested in
co hosting the 2008 USA Sieger Show this next year with USA.
If you need any further information or help in preparing a
bid, please contact me and I will assist you an any way that I can.
Thanks,
Roanna Banducci
SW Regional Breed Warden
