Minutes for the 2004 IBHF Meeting
Hardwick, VT
The IBHF
meeting was held at the Vermont Beagle
Club on July 3rd 2004. Mel
Faust opened the meeting at 10:06 am. Roll Call was taken with the following
delegates and guests in attendance.
Maine
Assn. George Strickland
Pioneer
Valley Assn. Bill McLaren
New York
Assn. Bill Rowell
Northern
Michigan Hare Assn. - Dave Miller
Southern
Large Pack Assn. - Floyd Anderson
NH/VT-
Paul Burleson
Canadian
Assn Paul Pazienza (Ontario)
Quebec
and the Maritime were not represented
Guests in
Attendance were:
Bob and Pearl
Baker- Better Beagling
Beverly
Saunders American Beagling Magazine
Dave
Serna Best Feeds
Minutes
of the last meeting were reviewed and accepted.
Treasurers
report was given and a balance on hand was reported as $ 1394.93. Report
Accepted
Reports
from the various other committees were accepted as well.
Sharon
Ward Cate provided all in attendance with some interesting statistics about
last years 2003 entries.
·
We
had 132 entries last year with 42 champions. That was down 27 from the previous
year.
·
Out
of 20 placing hounds at last years trial 9 had Licensed 1st places
(other places as well) in either LP or SPO.
·
Out
of all of the entries: 26 had no First p[laces but had other places in LP or
SPO
·
2
with NBQs in the futurity had no other places
·
3
with 6th places in the IBHF had no other places
Special
Recognition to those last year who finished hounds who competed in the
futurity:
2 Times
National Champion Mr Stubbs Little Bit of Fancy
FC Beaver
Meadow Jordon
FC
Chase-N- Round Popeye
FC Rds
Blacky
Also placing
at the AKC Nationals was Hunger Mt Ivanhoe who placed third and Lone Willow
Sassea Sarah also took a third.
Congratulations
to all of the fine hounds and handlers who had a good year.
Officers
(Elected this year 2004)
President Mel Faust
1st Vice President Frank
Rooney
2nd Vice President Paul
Pazienza
Executive Secretary Cathy Palmer
Appointed Positions
Recording Secretary Barbara Warden
Field Trial Secretary Vicki Sweet
Treasurer Debbie Brown
Field Trial Chairman Bob Sweet
Measuring Chairman- Howard Cate
Painting Chairman Ralph DeWitt
Awards Chairman Sharon Cate
Raffle Chairman
Futurity dates for 2005
July 2nd, 3rd, and 4th
Host clubs who have expressed an interest in holding the
futurity for 2005 are as follows:
Paskamansett, Ma
Hardwick, VT
Salmon Falls, Me
Sandy Creek, NY (Decided they were not ready)
A motion
was made and seconded to rotate the futurity every 2 years. After much
discussion the motion was voted on. This motion Failed
The
decision will be made for the host club on or about Sept 20, 2004.
At this
meeting it was made clear to all those present who would be voting for next
site. Officers which include:
President
2- Vice
Presidents
Executive
Secretary
8-Association
Delegates (there is a possibility of 1 more starting in Canada)
On the
futurity website the voting will listed. http://www.internationalbeagleharefuturity.net
Motion
was made to change the running order of the futurity to 13 on Saturday and 15
on Sunday. (This year 2 measured out
and got their money back.) After some
discussion this motion passed.
New Business
The Joy International Award
There was
a lot of discussion over the calculation of points for the Joy cup. Should we
count more than 2 trials from Canada? What is recognized Advertising i.e.:
magazines vs. web site? Should NBQ be awarded points?
These
were the changes made and it will read as follows:
Points
will be tabulated by using the complete list of entries and the results of the
International Futurity and the AKC/CKC Licensed Large Pack Trial reports, as
listed or advertised in a recognized beagle magazine. Motion and passed to
include Terry
McBrides
website. Terry will be responsible for tabulations in re: to his website. Web
Site Address is beaglescanada.com. Voting on this motion was 6 in favor of this
motion. There was no vote.
NBQ will
get points awarded towards the Joy cup.
Motion Passed
Judy
Kosher Award
Motion passed
to again re-define the Judy Kosher award. This is once again an award just for
women. If you have a nomination please see Mel Faust or Dan Kane. A permanent
plaque will be supplied by Joy.
Motion to
adjourn the meeting was made at 11:30am
Respectfully
submitted,
Barbara Warden
Recording Secretary
