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MISSION STATEMENT The American Kennel Club is dedicated to upholding the integrity of its RMegIisStrSy, IpOroNmo ting the spSorTt Aof TpEurMebrEeNd dT ogs and breeding for type and function. ® TFohuen Admederiin ca1n8 8K4e, ntnhelAKC Cluba nisd dites daicffailtieadte td o ourpghaonlidziantgio nths ea idnvteogcarittey foofr iths e Rpeugriset brrye, dp rdoomgo atisn ga tfhame islyp ocrot mofpapnuiroenb,r ead vdaongcs e acnad nibnree ehdeianlgthf oarndty pwe elal-nbd eifnugn,c wtioonrk. to protect the rights of all Fdougn odwedneinrs1 a8n8d4 ,ptrhoe mAKCote raensd piotns saifbflieli adtoegd orwgnaenrizsahtipio. ns advocate for the pure bred dog as a family companion, advance canine health and well-being, work to protect the rights of all dog owners and 805prom1 oAtrec ore Csopropnosribaltee dDorgiv oew, Snueirtseh 1ip0. 0, Raleigh, NC 276 17 260 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 8051 Arco Corporate Drive, Suite 100, Raleigh, NC 276 17 Raleigh, NC Customer Call Center ...... (919) 233-9767 260 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 New York, NY Office ...... (212) 696-8200 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE DELEGATES FRaxle...... igh, NC Customer Call Center ...... (92192) 263936-98726979 NWeewbs Yitoe r...... k, NY Office ...... (21w2w) 6w9.a6k-8c.2o0rg0 Fax ...... (212) 696-8299 OF THE AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB Website ...... BOARD OF DIRECTORS www.akc.org MARCH 13, 2018 RONALD H. MENAKER, CHAIRMA N•DR. THOMAS M. DAVIES, VICE CHAIRMAN BOARD OF DIRECTORS RONALD H. CMLAESNSA KOEFR 2, 0C1H9 AIRMA N•DR. THOMAS MC. LDAASVSIE OSF, V2I0C2E 1 CHAIRMAN DR. CARMEN L. BATTAGLIA RITA J. BIDDLE DR. CTHLAOSMSA SO FM 2. 0D1A8 VIES DOCMLAINSISC OP.F C 2A0R2O0 TA Dennis B. Sprung, President RONJAALMDE HS. RM. EDNOAK KER TPHATORMICAISA PMO. WCRERUSZ DR. J. CHARLES GARVIN HWARILVLEIAYM M J. .W FOEOENDEINY G PRESENT 335 RONCALALDS SH O. MF E2N02A0KER KAROCLLYANSNSE OMF. 2M0C2A2 TEER PATRICIA M. CRUZ CHRISTOPHER L. SWEETWOOD WCILLLAIASMS OJ.F F 2E0E1N9 EY HAROCLDA S“SR EODF” 2 T0A2T1RO III DKRA.R COALRYMNNENE ML.. BMACTATATEGELRIA RAITNAN J W. BAILDLDINLE Abilene Kennel Club— Melanie Steele DR. THOMAS M. DAVIES DOMINIC P. CAROTA ANN WALLIN DENNIS B. SPRUNG, Ex OffiTcHio OMAS POWERS Affenpinscher Club of America— Letisha Wubbel HARVEY M. WOODING EXECUTIVE OFFICERS DENNIS B. SPRUNG, Ex Officio Afghan Hound Club of America, Inc.— Ms. Con - DENNIS B. SPRUNG GINA M. DINARDO JOSEPH V. BAFFUTO, JR. President EEXxEeCcuUtTivIVeE S OeFcFreICtaErRy S Chief Financial Officer stance Butherus Chief Executive Officer DENNIS B. SPRUNG GINA M. DINARDO JOSEPH V. BAFFUTO, JR. President Ex VeICcEu tPivReE SeIDcEreNtTaSry Chief Financial Officer Airedale Terrier Club of America— Aletta L. Chief Executive Officer JAY WAKS Moore VSIeCnEi oPrR EExSeIcDuEtNivTe S Vice President & JAY WAKS KIRSTEN BAHLKE BRANDI HUNTER Akita Club of America— Sherry E. Wallis General Counsel Senior Executive Vice President Public Relations & Vice President & Purebred Consumer Demand Communications Alaskan Malamute Club of America, Inc.— Pa - MARK DUNN KEITH FRAZIER DOUG LJUNGREN General Counsel Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President CYNTHIA BEAGLES DOUG LJUNGREN tricia A. Peel Business Support Services Sports & Events ALEXANDRA ALESKOVSKY Assistant General Counsel Sports & Events Executive Vice President & Albany Kennel Club, Inc.— Ms. Mary M. MacCol - KIRSTEN BAHLKE CYNTHIA BEAGLES SHEILA GOFFE Chief Growth Officer MARK DUNN HEATHER MCMANUS Vice President Assistant General Counsel Government Relations Senior Vice President Deputy General Counsel Purebred Consumer Demand lum THERESA CHIN Registration & Senior Vice President Customer Development MARI-BETH O’NEILL BRANDI HUNTER HEATHER MCMANUS MARI-BETH O’NEILL American Belgian Malinois Club— Carol J. Planning & Operations Sport Services Public Relations & Deputy General Counsel Sport Services KEITH FRAZIER Communications Shields AIDEN COLIE Business Support ELIZABETH SOROTA Senior Vice President Services/NC Facility Ops Marketing ELIZABETH SOROTA PAULA SPECTOR DAPHNA STRAUS American Belgian Tervuren Club, Inc.— Ms. Technology Marketing Corporate Services Business Development SHEILA GOFFE DAPHNA STRAUS Janina K. Laurin Government Relations Business Development TIM THOMAS Judging Operations American Black & Tan Coonhound Club, TRIAL BOARDS APPEALS TRIAL BOARD TRIAL BOARDS TRIAL BOARD CHAIRS Inc.— Robert Urban RAALPHPE DAELLS D TEROI,A ELS BQO.,A CRHDA IR TTHREIRAELS BAO DAORWDE CLHLA, EIRSSQ . RMAALRPTHH DAE FLE DLTEEON, SESTEQI.N, ,C EHSAQIR. TBHAERRBEASRAA D POEWNENLYL, ,E ESSQQ. . American Bloodhound Club— Mary L. Olszewski MBARTBHAAR AF EWL.T EMNIESNTERIN, ,E ESSQQ. . LBAAURRBIEA RRAA YPMENONYD,, EESSQQ.. BARBARA W. MIENER, ESQ. LADUARNIIEE LR ASYMMYOTNH,D E, SEQSQ. . American Bouvier des Flandres Club, Inc.— TRIAL BOARD MEMBERS DANIEL SMYTH, ESQ. TRDIARL. BKOLAURSD AMNESMELBM ERS PERFORMANCE TRIAL BOARD Patte Klecan DRC.H KALRALUESS AFNOSLELY M PDEARVFIODR HMOAPNKICNES T, ERSIAQL., BCOHARIR D RCOHGAER LHEASR FTOINLGEEYR DAVIDTI MHO CPAKRINWSI,L ES, EQS.,Q C. HAIR American Boxer Club, Inc.— Sharon Steckler RMOEGDEORR HAA HRATIRNPGEER R TIMJO CHANR RWUILSES,E ELSL Q. DMRE. DROBREAR HTA MRPYAERLL JOAHLTNE RNUASTSEESLL American Bullmastiff Association, Inc.— Alan BDER.N RAORBDE SRCTH MWYAARLTLZ MAILKTEE RNNECATAEISSE BETTY-ANNE STENMARK MBIIKLEL TNEEACGAUISE E Kalter JAMES WHITE BILL TEAGUE

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American Chesapeake Club, Inc.— Timothy Car - Bayou Kennel Club, Inc.— Wayne Boyd rion Bearded Collie Club of America, Inc.— Kathy American Chinese Crested Club, Inc.— Marilyn Coxwell E. Currey Beaumont Kennel Club, Inc.— Carl Holder American Foxhound Club, Inc— Harold Miller Beaver County Kennel Club, Inc.— Phyllis Belcas - American Lhasa Apso Club, Inc.— Don Hanson tro American Maltese Association, Inc.— Ms. San - Bedlington Terrier Club of America— Diane dra Bingham-Porter Pearson American Manchester Terrier Club— Roberta Belle-City Kennel Club, Inc.— Carole A. Wilson Berman Berger Picard Club of America— Jacqueline Car - American Pointer Club, Inc.— Susan L. Kissik swell American Pomeranian Club, Inc.— Dr. Geno Sis - Berks County Kennel Club, Inc.— Eileen Narieka neros Bexar County Kennel Club, Inc.— Mr. Gerald H. American Rottweiler Club— Mr. Peter G. Piusz Yarbrough American Sealyham Terrier Club— Kenneth W. Bichon Frise Club of America, Inc.— Mrs. Toby Mader B. Frisch American Shetland Sheepdog Association— Black Russian Terrier Club of America— Susan Marjorie Tuff Sholar American Shih Tzu Club, Inc.— Mrs. Sally L. Blennerhassett Kennel Club, Inc.— John McCul - Vilas lagh American Spaniel Club, Inc.— Bruce Van Deman Boca Raton Dog Club Inc— Ms. Lane Carlee American Water Spaniel Club— Michael Zarlenga Border Collie Society of America— Lisa M. American Whippet Club, Inc.— Karen B. Lee Pruka Anderson Obedience Training Club, Inc.— Ms. Borzoi Club of America, Inc.— Barbara O’Neill Patricia A. Sample Boston Terrier Club of America, Inc.— Mrs. Atlanta Kennel Club, Inc.— Ann Wallin Kathleen M. Kelly Atlanta Obedience Club, Inc.— Gail A. LaBerge Briard Club of America, Inc.— Gerard Baudet Austin Kennel Club, Inc.— Bette D. Williams Bronx County Kennel Club— Alexa Samarotto Australian Terrier Club of America, Inc.— Bryn Mawr Kennel Club— Victoria Glickstein William I. Christensen Bucks County Kennel Club, Inc.— Priscilla Ga - Back Mountain Kennel Club, Inc.— Mrs. Nina bosch Schaefer Bull Terrier Club of America— Ms. Jan Dykema Baltimore County Kennel Club— Lucy C. Camp - Bulldog Club of America— Robert L. Newcomb bell-Gracie Burlington County Kennel Club, Inc.— Daniel J. Basenji Club of America, Inc.— Katie Campbell Smyth, Esq. Basset Hound Club of America, Inc.— Dr. Butler County Kennel Club, Inc.— Cathleen Norine E. Noonan Rubens

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Cairn Terrier Club of America— Pam Davis Clermont County Kennel Club, Inc.— Marjorie California Airedale Terrier Club— April Clyde Underwood Cambridge Minnesota Kennel Club— Mr. Cleveland All-Breed Training Club, Inc.— Mrs. Wayne F. Harmon Maureen R. Setter Canaan Dog Club of America— Pamela S. Ros - Collie Club of America, Inc.— Mr. John G. Buddie man Colorado Springs Kennel Club— Sidney L. Marx Canada Del Oro Kennel Club— Dr. Sophia Columbia Kennel Club, Inc.— Crystal Messer - Kaluzniacki smith Capital Dog Training Club of Washington, Columbia Missouri Kennel Club— Robert E. Ekle D.C., Inc.— Dr. Joyce A. Dandridge Columbia Terrier Association of Maryland— Cardigan Welsh Corgi Club of America, Inc.— Frederic Askin, M.D. Vivian A. Moran Concord Dog Training Club, Inc.— Anne L. Carolina Kennel Club, Inc.— Jaimie Ashby Testoni, Ph.D. Catoctin Kennel Club— Whitney Coombs Connecticut River Working Group Associa - Catonsville Kennel Club— Beverly A. Drake tion— Fred G. Ferris Cedar Rapids Kennel Association, Inc.— Dr. Conyers Kennel Club of Georgia— Michael Robert E. Tainsh Houchard Central Florida Kennel Club, Inc.— Julian County-Wide Dog Training Club, Inc.— John D. Prager French Central Indiana Kennel Club, Inc.— Sally Allen Cudahy Kennel Club— Mr. Don H. Adams Central New York Kennel Club, Inc.— Mrs. Dachshund Club of America, Inc.— Larry Sorenson Diane D. Almy Dalmatian Club of America, Inc.— Dr. Charles Central Ohio Kennel Club— Jon Green Garvin Channel City Kennel Club, Inc.— Janet V. Dandie Dinmont Terrier Club of America, Mitchell Inc.— Karen Dorn Chaparral Kennel Club, Inc.— Pam Goldman Dayton Kennel Club, Inc.— Sandra Groeschel Charleston Kennel Club— Sylvia Arrowwood Del Sur Kennel Club, Inc.— Andrew G. Mills Chicago Collie Club— Bryna Comsky Del Valle Dog Club of Livermore— Sandra Olsen Chihuahua Club of America, Inc.— Kenneth Del-Otse-Nango Kennel Club— Melinda L. Vogt Saenz Delaware County Kennel Club, Inc.— Brenda A. Chow Chow Club, Inc.— Margaret DiCorleto Algar Clackamas Kennel Club— Tami D. Worley Delaware Water Gap Kennel Club— Dr. A. D. Clarksville Kennel Club— Robert A. Schroll Butherus Classic Toy Dog Club of Western Massachu - Des Moines Kennel Club, Inc.— John D. Hughes setts— Dr. Stephen Lawrence Devon Dog Show Association, Inc.— Meg Weitz Clearwater Kennel Club— Daniel T. Stolz Dog Fanciers Association of Oregon, Inc.— Mrs. Patti L. Strand

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Dog Owners’ Training Club of Maryland, German Wirehaired Pointer Club of America, Inc.— Kathrynann Sarvinas Inc.— Ms. Patricia W. Laurans Duluth Kennel Club— Leah R. James Gig Harbor Kennel Club— James R. Dok Elm City Kennel Club— Dr. Gregory J. Paveza Glen of Imaal Terrier Club of America— Jo Lynn Elmira Kennel Club, Inc.— Homer R. Hastings, Glens Falls Kennel Club, Inc.— Mrs. Bonnie III Lapham English Cocker Spaniel Club of America, Inc.— Golden Retriever Club of America— Ellen Sharon K. Collins Hardin English Setter Association of America, Inc.— Gordon Setter Club of America, Inc.— Nance O. Mr. John P. Nielsen Skoglund English Springer Spaniel Club of Michigan, Grand River Kennel Club, Inc.— Ann Lettis Inc.— Barbara J. Gates Great Barrington Kennel Club, Inc.— Dr. Ellen English Springer Spaniel Field Trial Club of Illi - C. Shanahan nois— David H. Hopkins Great Dane Club of America, Inc.— Jean High - Erie Kennel Club, Inc.— Julie W. Parker lands Farmington Valley Kennel Club, Inc.— Terrie Great Pyrenees Club of America, Inc.— Dr. Breen Robert M. Brown Fayetteville Kennel Club, Inc.— Teresa Vila Greater Clark County Kennel Club Inc— Ms. Finger Lakes Kennel Club, Inc.— Margaret B. Karen J. Burgess Pough Greater Collin Kennel Club, Inc.— Barbara Finnish Spitz Club of America— Mrs. Cindy Shaw Stansell Greater Ocala Dog Club, Inc.— Linda L. First Dog Training Club of Northern New Jer - LaFrance sey, Inc.— Mary D. Curtis Greater Philadelphia Dog Fanciers Associa - Flat-Coated Retriever Society of America, Inc.— tion— Marlene Steinberg Neal Goodwin Greater Sierra Vista Kennel Club— Ms. Charlotte Fort Lauderdale Dog Club— Eduardo T. Fugi - I. Borghardt wara Greater St. Louis Training Club, Inc.— Mr. Fort Worth Kennel Club— Harold Tatro III Robert Amen Genesee County Kennel Club, Inc.— Mrs. Cindy Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Club of America, Collins Inc.— Catherine Cooper Genesee Valley Kennel Club, Inc.— Virginia Den - Green Mountain Dog Club, Inc.— Kathie S. ninger Moulton German Shepherd Dog Club of America— Dr. Greenwich Kennel Club— Donna Gilbert Carmen L. Battaglia Harrisburg Kennel Club, Inc.— Cindy Miller German Shorthaired Pointer Club of Amer - Havanese Club of America— Jane F. Ruthford ica— Mrs. Barbara N. Schwartz Heart of the Plains Kennel Club— Patricia M. Cruz

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Hockamock Kennel Club, Inc.— Nancy Fisk Suzanne H. Hampton Holyoke Kennel Club, Inc.— Jane Wilkinson Kennel Club of Philadelphia, Inc.— Harry Booker Hoosier Kennel Club, Inc.— Karl H. Kreck Kennel Club of Riverside— Sylvia A. Thomas Houston Kennel Club, Inc.— Thomas D. Pincus Kennesaw Kennel Club— Bud Hidlay Huntingdon Valley Kennel Club, Inc.— Dick Kettle Moraine Kennel Club, Inc.— Jacquelyn J. Blair Fogel Hutchinson Kennel Club, Inc.— Barbara A. Komondor Club of America, Inc.— Michael Har - Penny man Ibizan Hound Club of the United States— Lagotto Romagnolo Club of America, Inc.— Michelle Barlak James M. Talbert Icelandic Sheepdog Association of America— Lake Shore Kennel Club, Inc.— Diana Skibinski Patricia Putman Lakeland Winter Haven Kennel Club— Mary Ingham County Kennel Club, Inc.— Rita J. Bid - McDaniel, D.V.M. dle Lancaster Kennel Club, Inc.— Carolyn M. Vack Irish Red and White Setter Association of Amer - Land O’Lakes Kennel Club, Inc.— Jan Croft ica— Christopher M. Orcutt Lawrenceville Kennel Club, Inc.— Robert N. Irish Setter Club of America, Inc.— Ms. LaBerge Karolynne M. McAteer Lehigh Valley Kennel Club, Inc.— Dominic P. Irish Water Spaniel Club of America— R. J. DiBalsi Rubin Leonberger Club of America— Don James Irish Wolfhound Club of America— Eugenia Lewiston-Auburn Kennel Club, Inc.— Sue Gold - Hunter berg Italian Greyhound Club of America, Inc.— Long Island Kennel Club— Mr. William B. James (Bob) Steele, Jr. Tabler, Jr. Jacksonville Dog Fanciers’ Association— Victoria Los Encinos Kennel Club, Inc.— David M. Pow - A. Marks ers Japanese Chin Club of America— Victoria Dovel - Louisiana Kennel Club, Inc.— Luis F. Sosa los Macon Kennel Club— Walter O’Brien K-9 Obedience Training Club of Essex County, Magic Valley Kennel Club, Inc.— Ruth Crumb NJ, Inc.— Dave Morgan Mahoning-Shenango Kennel Club, Inc.— James Kachina Kennel Club— Betty Jo Patrick P. Henshaw Kanadasaga Kennel Club— Mrs. Beverly M. Manatee Kennel Club— Pat Edgington Nosiglia Marion Ohio Kennel Club, Inc.— Lynn Garvin Keeshond Club of America, Inc.— Richard Su Maryland Kennel Club— Gary Sarvinas Kennel Club of Beverly Hills— Thomas Powers Mastiff Club of America, Inc.— Rebecca Campbell Kennel Club of Buffalo, Inc.— Margaret Doster Memphis Kennel Club, Inc.— Mr. Ronald H. Kennel Club of Northern New Jersey, Inc.— Dr. Menaker

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Mississippi Valley Kennel Club— Gretchen Orange Empire Dog Club, Inc.— Burton J. Ya - Bernardi mada Mohawk Valley Kennel Club— Sandra Haber Otterhound Club of America— Joellen Gregory, Montgomery County Kennel Club— Ms. Ida E. D.V.M. Weinstock Pacific Coast Bulldog Club, Inc.— Link Newcomb Monticello New York Kennel Club, Inc.— Barry Pacific Coast Pekingese Club— Frank Meister A. Hoovis Panhandle Kennel Club of Texas, Inc.— Mrs. Mountaineer Kennel Club, Inc.— Mary Yoders Geraldine M. Shastid Myrtle Beach Kennel Club— Bruce E. Voran Parson Russell Terrier Association of Amer - National Capital Kennel Club, Inc.— Norma ica— Gary Koeppel Ryan Pasco Florida Kennel Club— Patricia Lombardi National Shiba Club of America— Maggi Strouse Pekingese Club of America— Steven Hamblin Naugatuck Valley Kennel Club— Viola Burgos Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club of America, Inc.— New England Beagle Club, Inc.— Blaine Grove Mrs. Anne Bowes Newnan Kennel Club— Willie Crawford Penn Ridge Kennel Club, Inc.— Dennis J. Gal - Newtown Kennel Club, Inc.— Susan Marucci lant Nisqually Kennel Club— R. H. Hachtel Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Club of Amer - Norfolk Terrier Club— Thomas Graham ica— Anne Gallant, Ph.D. North Shore Kennel Club— Richard F. Coletti Pharaoh Hound Club of America— Dominic P. Northeastern Maryland Kennel Club— Joyce Carota Engle Philadelphia Dog Training Club, Inc.— Larry Norwegian Elkhound Association of America, Wilson Inc.— Lori Webster Piedmont Kennel Club, Inc.— Dean Burwell Norwich Terrier Club of America— Jean Kessler Plum Creek Kennel Club of Colorado— William Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Club E. Ellis (USA)— Ms. Marile A. Waterstraat Pocono Mountain Kennel Club, Inc.— Sandra Oakland County Kennel Club, Inc.— Dr. Barry Krieger R. Wyerman Poodle Club of America, Inc.— Mary Ellen Fishler Obedience Training Club of Hawaii, Inc.— Bev - Port Chester Obedience Training Club, Inc.— erly H. Conroy Kathleen Gregory Obedience Training Club of Rhode Island— Portland Kennel Club, Inc.— Mrs. Joan Savage James M. Ashton Puli Club of America, Inc.— Maggie Witwer Old Pueblo Dog Training Club, Inc.— Felice Jar - Puyallup Valley Dog Fanciers, Inc.— Frances rold Stephens Olympic Kennel Club, Inc.— Betty M. Winthers Pyrenean Shepherd Club of America— Mrs. Onondaga Kennel Association, Inc.— Daniel R. Nancy-Lee H. Coombs Cunningham Queen City Dog Training Club, Inc.— Erica Behnke

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Ramapo Kennel Club— Jeffrey D. Ball Scottish Terrier Club of America— Helen A. Rapid City Kennel Club, Inc.— Ms. Sally J. Nist Prince Redwood Empire Kennel Club— Johnny Shoe - Scottsdale Dog Fanciers Association, Inc.— Dr. maker Mary-Helene (Mimi) Brown, M.D. Rhodesian Ridgeback Club of the United Seattle Kennel Club, Inc.— Sandra Frei States, Inc.— Judith Lichtman Shenandoah Valley Kennel Club, Inc.— Sharyn Richland County Kennel Club, Inc.— Mr. Y. Hutchens William A. Russett Shoreline Dog Fanciers Association of Orange Richmond Dog Fanciers Club, Inc.— Jan R. County— Susan L. Hamil Gladstone Siberian Husky Club of America, Inc.— Ann M. Rio Grande Kennel Club— Ross Jones Cook Roanoke Kennel Club, Inc.— William L. Totten Sir Francis Drake Kennel Club, Inc— William J. III Feeney Rockford-Freeport Illinois Kennel Club— Bar - Skye Terrier Club of America— Mr. Stephen P. bara L. Burns Hersey Rubber City Kennel Club— Cathy Gaidos South Jersey Kennel Club, Inc.— Mrs. Linda B. Sahuaro State Kennel Club— Rita L. Mather Willson Salisbury Maryland Kennel Club— Karen Cot - South Shore Kennel Club, Inc.— Linda C. Flynn tingham South Windsor Kennel Club— Mr. Edward F. Salisbury North Carolina Kennel Club— Bob Lyons, Jr. Busby Southeast Arkansas Kennel Club— Ricky Adams Saluki Club of America— Monica H. Stoner Southeastern Iowa Kennel Club— Marilyn R. Sammamish Kennel Club— Dr. Robert C. Gloster, Vinson M.D. Southern Adirondack Dog Club, Inc.— John V. San Antonio Kennel Club, Inc.— Nancy J. Shaw Ioia San Gabriel Valley Kennel Club— Anthony Southern Colorado Kennel Club, Inc.— Lee Vasquez Arnold Santa Barbara Kennel Club, Inc.— Abbe R. Shaw Southern Oregon Kennel Club— Warren Cook Santa Clara Valley Kennel Club, INC.— Mr. Spinone Club of America— Karen Luckey David J. Peat Springfield Kennel Club, Inc.— Dr. Thomas M. Santa Maria Kennel Club, Inc.— Laurence J. Davies Libeu St. Bernard Club of America, Inc.— Richard Saratoga New York Kennel Club— Wanda H. Nosiglia Allen St. Croix Valley Kennel Club, Inc.— Mrs. Deborah Schipperke Club of America, Inc.— Diane Ramsey J. Wilkins Scottish Deerhound Club of America, Inc.— Staffordshire Terrier Club of America— Jean - Hon. James G. Phinizy nette O’Hanlon

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Staten Island Kennel Club, Inc.— Marianne Virginia Kennel Club, Inc.— Edmond Blausten Megna Vizsla Club of America, Inc.— Elise Wright Steel City Kennel Club, Inc.— Miss Susan M. Na - Wallkill Kennel Club, Inc.— Rose M. Robischon pady Wampanoag Kennel Club, Inc.— Ms. Naida L. Suffolk County Kennel Club, Inc.— Mr. Robert Parker Eisele Waukesha Kennel Club, Inc.— Mary A. Es - Sun Maid Kennel Club of Fresno, Inc.— Marcy chweiler L. Zingler Weimaraner Club of America— Judy Colan Superstition Kennel Club, Inc.— Nancy Perrell Welsh Springer Spaniel Club of America, Inc.— Susque-Nango Kennel Club, Inc.— Laura Richard Rohrbacher Trainor Welsh Terrier Club of America, Inc.— Ereign Sussex Hills Kennel Club, Inc.— Mrs. Florence Seacord Duggan West Highland White Terrier Club of Amer - Taconic Hills Kennel Club, Inc.— Marylyn De - ica— Thomas H. Barrie Gregorio Western Fox Terrier Breeders Association— Tampa Bay Kennel Club— Mary Manning-Stolz Torie Steele Tennessee Valley Kennel Club— Mrs. Richella M. Western Reserve Kennel Club, Inc.— Kathleen Veatch Bencin Terry-All Kennel Club, Inc.— Sonja J. Ostrom Westminster Kennel Club— Harvey M. Wooding Texas Kennel Club, Inc.— Dr. Michael Knight Whidbey Island Kennel Club Inc— Dr. Karen M. Tibetan Terrier Club of America, Inc.— Stacey Ericson La Forge Wilmington Kennel Club, Inc.— Candace Mo - Town and Country Kennel Club, Inc.— Aubrey gavero Nash Windham County Kennel Club, Inc.— Frederick Trap Falls Kennel Club, Inc.— Christopher L. R. Vogel Sweetwood Windward Hawaiian Dog Fanciers Associa - Trinity Valley Kennel Club— Debby Fowler tion— Mrs. Karen Mays Troy Kennel Club, Inc.— John J. Cadalso, Jr. Yakima Valley Kennel Club, Inc.— Adele Keyfel Tualatin Kennel Club, Inc.— James S. Corbett Yorkshire Terrier Club of America, Inc.— Clau - Tucson Kennel Club— Dr. Kenneth H. Levison dia M. Grunstra-Pierro Twin Brooks Kennel Club, Inc.— Patricia C. Sarles United States Kerry Blue Terrier Club, Inc.— Mr. Carl C. Ashby, III United States Lakeland Terrier Club— Maria Sacco Ventura County Dog Fanciers Association— Lor - raine Ebdon

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derstandings of the content and discussion that may be caused by the cropping or dissemi - nation of non-official recordings and transmis - sions. Further, the activity of electronic

recording or transmission during the meeting AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB will have an inevitable adverse effect on open DELEGATES MEETING and honest discussion during the meeting. Fi - MARCH 13, 2018 nally, electronic recording or transmission of a video or a snapshot or an audio of all or part Mr. Sprung, President in the Chair, called of the meeting is prohibited because, when the meeting to order at 9:00 AM: transmitted or posted contemporaneously, or The Chair introduced the persons seated in lieu of the actual meeting transcript, it with him on the dias: Ron Menaker, Chair - would contravene the AKC Bylaw that restricts attendance to Delegates and AKC employees. man; Tom Davies, Vice Chairman; Joan Cor - The full, official transcript is available to all bisiero, Professional Registered Delegates on the Delegate Portal on the AKC Parliamentarian; Gina DiNardo, Executive website, normally within a few days to a week Secretary; and Todd DeSimone, the Court Re - after each meeting. Additionally, the tran - porter. script of the CFO's presentation will be posted to the Delegate Portal within 24 hours of this Ms. DiNardo reminded the Delegate body meeting. about electronic recordings at Delegate meet - ings: The Executive Secretary read the report of Good morning. In reaction to concerns the Nominating Committee, and the report raised following the December Delegates on additional nominations as follows: meeting in regard to electronic recordings by Ms. DiNardo: Pursuant to Article VIII of the Delegates during that meeting, I want to re - Bylaws of the American Kennel Club, the mind our Delegates of the existing ban on Nominating Committee John J. Cadalso, Jr., electronic recordings and transmissions. The Chair - Troy Kennel Club. Lee Arnold - South - official transcription of our Delegates meet - ern Colorado Kennel Club. Terrie Breen - ings is the only authoritative statement of the Farmington Valley Kennel Club. Catherine business that transpires at each Delegates Murch - Newton Kennel Club. Cindy Stansell - meeting. This ban avoids distractions and dis - Finnish Spitz Club of America appointed by ruptions at the meeting itself and any misun - the Board of Directors at its July 2017 meeting,

AKC GAZETTE 9 APRIL 2018 DELEGATES ’ANNUAL MEETING has nominated the following Delegates as can - 2019. We will now proceed with the election didates for such vacancies on the Board of Di - for the Class of 2022. Delegates were re - rectors as are to be filled at the next annual minded that the elections, in accordance with meeting of the Club on March 13, 2018. Roberts Rules of Order, require a majority There is one vacancy for the Class of 2019 and vote to elect. There were three vacancies for three for the Class of 2022. Class of 2019. the Class of 2022. Delegates were reminded to Ronald H. Menaker - Memphis Kennel Club. vote for no more than three candidates for the Class of 2022. Robert Amen - Greater St. Louis Class of 2022. Training Club. Christopher L. Sweetwood - The election procedure was overseen by the Trap Falls Kennel Club. Harold "Red" Tatro, accounting firm of KPMG. The ballots were III - Fort Worth Kennel Club. Pursuant to Arti - scanned and tabulated electronically. All can - cle VIII of the Charter and Bylaws of The didates were offered the opportunity to ob - American Kennel Club, the following Dele - serve the election procedures. gates have been endorsed in writing by the re - (There was a brief recess as the Delegates quired number of Delegates as a candidate for cast their ballots.) the vacancies on the Board of Directors for the Class of 2022, to be filled at the next annual The Chair reported on the passing of Ronald meeting of the Club on March 13, 2018. Carl W. Readmond on January 3rd, 2018. He was C. Ashby, III - United States Kerry Blue Terrier the Delegate for the Westchester Kennel Club Club. James R. Dok - Gig Harbor Kennel Club. since June 12 of 2013. Also, Mr. Sprung of - Jan Ritchie Gladstone - Richmond Dog fered condolences in the passing of Betty Fanciers Club. Ann Wallin - Atlanta Kennel Miller on September 22, 2017. She was Dele - Club. gate for the Mad River Valley Kennel Club Mr. Sprung reported that the Bylaws provide since December of 1980. that no nominations may be made from the floor, therefore, nominations closed on No - The Executive Secretary read the names of vember the 15th of 2017. As no additional Delegates seated since the last meeting: Ger - nominations may be made, and the Bylaws ard Baudet, New London, Connecticut, to rep - make no provision for write-in candidates, the resent Briard Club of America. same procedures used in previous instances Karen Cottingham, Salisbury, Maryland, to where there was an uncontested election were represent Salisbury Maryland Kennel Club. to be followed. The Chair, without objection, Lorrain Ebdon, Ventura, California, to repre - declared that Ronald H. sent Ventura County Dog Fanciers Association. Menaker was duly elected to the Class of Elizabeth J. Faber, Winchester Center, Con -

AKC GAZETTE 10 APRIL 2018 DELEGATES ’ANNUAL MEETING necticut, to represent Northwestern Connecti - Dr. Ellen C. Shanahan, Great Barrington cut Dog Club. Kennel Club. Lori Martindale, Des Moines, Iowa, to repre - sent Des Moines Obedience Training Club. The minutes of the December 15, 2017 Dele - Eileen Boyer Narieka, Leesport, Pennsylvania, gates meeting were published in the online to represent Berks County Kennel Club. Dr. January 2018 AKC Gazette and the complete Norine E. Noonan, Palm Bay, Florida, to rep - transcript was posted on the Delegates Portal. resent Basset Hound Club of America. Dr. The Executive Secretary reported a correc - Ellen C. Shanahan, Great Barrington, Massa - tion to the December meeting minutes as fol - chusetts, to represent Great Barrington Ken - lows: nel Club. Ms. DiNardo: When the Nominating Com - Judith Ann Smith, Hendersonville, North mittee was read at the December meeting, Carolina, to represent Doberman Pinscher Catherine Murch was reported as serving as an Club of America. alternate, when in fact she replaced someone James M. Talbert, Poquoson, Virginia, to rep - on the Nominating Committee. resent Lagotto Romagnolo Club of America. The Chair approved the minutes as cor - rected and they were adopted. The following Delegates, who were attending Mr. Sprung advised that The Chairman's Re - their first meeting since approval were intro - port would be distributed to all Delegates via duced from the floor: e-mail following this meeting. He noted that it would also be available in the Delegate Portal Lorraine Ebdon, Ventura County Dog and on AKC.org. Fanciers Association. Mr. Sprung gave the President's Report as Eileen Boyer Narieka, Berks County Kennel follows: Club As Delegates, you are the true ambassadors Gerard Baudet, Briard Club of America of purebred dogs, assembled to foster the James M. Talbert, Lagotto Romagnolo Club community we love. Building a solid founda - of America tion for the future is our responsibility. Our Karen Cottingham, Salisbury Maryland Ken - mission – registration and promoting the nel Club sports, creating purposely bred dogs. To en - James (Bob) Steele Jr., Italian Greyhound sure dogs remain a vital part of our lives, the Club of America American Kennel Club enacts a plan of phi - Dr. Norine E. Noonan, Basset Hound Club lanthropy that empowers not only our affili - of America ates but the world beyond the fancy. We give

AKC GAZETTE 11 APRIL 2018 DELEGATES ’ANNUAL MEETING back. AKC has distributed over $40 million in paredness and honor the true canine heroes grants, scholarships and other awards that sup - of our time. port all dogs. Over $26 million in contribu - The groundswell of support from dog lovers tions has been to the AKC Canine Health after 9/11 proved our brand messaging is re - Foundation. Support of AKC CHF resulted in markably relevant beyond our family. Having impactful achievements across the veterinary changed our posture with the establishment of world. In a direct link to our mission, we do - a marketing department in 1999 to not only nated to the Theriogenology Foundation, with look inward at our important core, we posi - significant contributions over four years. Sup - tioned ourselves to look outward, welcoming porting reproduction is rightfully self-serving. everyone. This model still is successfully in Doing so will ultimately achieve our passion, place. To continue that spirit, ten years ago I improving each unique breed by generation. was fortunate the Board accepted my proposal Recent contributions to the International Part - to create the AKC Humane Fund to sustain re - nership for Dogs expand our commitment to sponsible ownership in forms that are highly canine health beyond our shores. We support relatable to the public. Since inception, over the harmonization of genetic testing project $1 million was distributed in grants to parent and health workshops. With the world getting clubs’ rescue and to domestic violence shelters smaller, cross-cultural collaboration with peo - that permit pets. Assisting parent clubs was ple who share our interests, improving dogs' part of the original plan, then Gina suggested lives, becomes more important. helping women in need. The AKC Humane We have contributed nearly $7 million to dis - Fund Board and its president, Doug Ljungren, aster relief efforts through AKC Reunite, send - continue to encourage parent clubs to apply ing a clear message that AKC and AKC for rescue funding. Reunite are here for owners, especially during Investing in future fanciers is a key priority. times of trouble. Their independent under - To that end, we distributed nearly $2 million taking of the trailer project is a major success. in scholarships for students pursuing aca - Raising and distributing aid to owners in crisis demic and vocational studies. These contribu - first took root on 9/11. I remain grateful that tions are distinct from the significant daily the Board approved my DOGNY initiative. accomplishments Mari-Beth's Junior Show - Thanks to many, including this Delegate body, manship Department provides and Tim and it was one of our most innovative fundraising Pattie's Registered Handler Clinics, which re - efforts. In the year following the attacks, we cruit and mentor the next generation. We are raised $3.5 million and gave it to canine proud that each of the juniors that you just search and rescue organizations to ensure pre - saw are now valued members of our staff.

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When you care about dogs as we do, it is nat - rollment. There, Mark works closely with its ural to continue inviting others into our chairman, Alan Kalter, and CEO, Tom Sharp. world. The AKC Museum of the Dog was Thank you and congratulations, Mark. founded as an educational and fine arts cen - I again honor executive field representative ter. We have contributed over $3 million to Sydney Good as we did in Orlando. After 40 the Museum and are delighted it is returning years of dedication, she is retiring in June. to New York City. I welcome you and your Thank you, Sydney, for your many years of clubs to join in offering support to this impor - service. We appreciate the decades of passion, tant and influential project. It is your Mu - knowledge and friendship. seum. More on this in a few moments. Now I thank an individual who is concluding In summary, we are proud of the work AKC his service to the AKC Board. Dr. Charles does to support dogs. $40 million is a robust Garvin has been a Delegate for 28 years. His number. We will do more together. dedication has enriched his life as a breeder, Our new website at AKC.org will launch to - judge, and president of the Dalmatian Club of morrow. Thank you, Delegates, for your America. Elected to the Board in 2001 input. This undertaking was spearheaded by through 2009 and then reelected in 2010, Alexandra's department and I am appreciative Charlie was liaison to numerous committees of the Corporate Management Committee and but canine health has been a central force. their staff's collaboration. He joined the AKC CHF Board in 2008 and I am pleased to announce, for the first time has been the chairman of that respected or - publicly, two pieces of employee news. The ganization since 2016. This sportsman and promotion of Mark Dunn to Executive Vice eye surgeon won the juniors finals at Westmin - President. Thanks to his work, along with the ster in 1969. On behalf of the Board and Staff support of many departments including ATS, of AKC, I express our collective gratitude to Customer Service, Marketing and Legal, we Charlie and a big thank you to Lynn for shar - have entered our fourth year of increase for ing him with us. litters and fifth year for individual dogs. In ad - dition to registration, amongst other responsi - Board member and Delegate of the Pharaoh bilities, Mark will resurrect our internal Hound Club of America, Dominic Carota, consulting group. He will remain staff leader gave a presentation on the relocation of the for the Detection Dog Task Force, working in AKC Museum of the Dog. collaboration with Dr. Battaglia's committee, Mr. Carota: Good morning fellow Delegates. and continue as managing director of AKC Re - As I begin my presentation today, I would like unite which in 2017 had a record year for en - to thank the Museum Board of Directors and

AKC GAZETTE 13 APRIL 2018 DELEGATES ’ANNUAL MEETING my fellow AKC Board members for their unan - iconic presence in New York for us now, for imous support of our museum efforts. In par - the fancy and for the future. So here is our ticular, I would like to extend a special thanks main entrance on 40th. You will actually walk to Ron Menaker who, with his vision and ef - into the building here and our reception will forts, has empowered us to bring this museum be through here. This area highlighted with back to New York. So without further ado, let my little green pointer is going to end up me begin. Our new museum is going to be lo - being our retail area and we have some stor - cated at 101 Park Avenue. For those people age. This is going to be adaptable exhibit that know New York, that is on the corner of space through here. You will actually ascend 40th and Park Avenue. If you are going north the staircase to the second level here. We also on Park Avenue it is going to be on your right, have an elevator for those who will need it. and if you go south on Park Avenue it will be What is important, and this ties in with what on your left. What is important about this Gina will be talking about later, we have a stu - slide is that we are literally steps from Grand dio here. So we will actually have a broadcast Central, so, as such, we have 21.9 million visi - studio which can go live at any point. As you tors per year, which is a major transportation ascend to the second level, this is the staircase hub. With those visitors we are going to ex - coming up. We have a little private area here. pand our audience. Imagine all the school - This area through here is an elevator and then children that can come to us from the again multiuse exhibit space. What is key on different boroughs. Giving you a little idea, this floor for us in particular is the ability to Grand Central is in the blue and then we have have a public face of our library. This area 101 Park Avenue, right here is the building. through here is dedicated completely to the li - This will be our side entrance. If you come brary space. You will see over here, for those through here, there is steps and there will be a people who are viewing it from that side, what landing for people that need special access, that is going to allow us to do is have a lecture and shortly we will see the main entrance on area. Let's say we want to have a lecture about the right of the stairs. Our new museum is lo - detection dogs, canine dogs, New York City Po - cated on the first and second levels at 101 Park lice Department dogs, or let's say we have an Avenue with a dedicated entrance. So, as you individual who is going to talk about sporting can see here, multiple meetings with all the dogs in a particular week or hound dogs, we stakeholders involved, Dennis, Gina, myself, will have the ability to do so and we can set working on the plans, hoping to make this a this up as a lecture hall or we can set it up as a venue for all of us, for all of those who love reading area. This is what our entrance will dogs, and for all those that want to see an look like. So essentially what you see here,

AKC GAZETTE 14 APRIL 2018 DELEGATES ’ANNUAL MEETING and we had some technical difficulties this broadcast from. This area right here is desig - morning, so we will see if we can make this nated for that. This is where you ascend the work, what you see here is at night this will be staircase, and see this here, this is another illuminated. And this is a scrim, so these dogs iconic idea which will either be done in wire at night will actually be walking across the or will be illuminated at all times, again, giving building. So what happens is we will be a pres - us a presence in Manhattan 24/7. People will ence 24/7. Even we're not there, people are know our location by the dogs walking across going to know who we are. Again, that is right the building, but even more importantly, the through here. I guess we will have some dogs dog being illuminated in the middle of our ex - and we can guess what breed they are. Some hibit space. Now, this is the second level, and will walk faster some will walk slower. This is notice the ceilings are a little bit lower. How - where you enter and this area here is our retail ever, the reason that this particular view is area. Of course this is a work in progress, so here is I wanted to show you how we can adapt there are some things that we are still working the exhibit space for various exhibits and vari - on and we will talk about that shortly. Here is ous events that we have. As we turn or pivot our exhibit space. Now, this is the first level. the walls now we have changed the entire view. What is important about this level, if you no - This is the same artwork, just articulated in a tice, is that these are pivoting exhibit areas. So different way, depending on the flow of the notice we have height here. We can expand museum and essentially how we want to ap - our exhibits to include multiple pieces of art - pear to the public on that particular exhibit. work or we can turn these, depending on what Now, the important part, the library. Many our needs are for that particular day, for set - times we have heard that the library is not in ting up an exhibit. This is the interesting part. public view or it feels like it is secured some - Where you ascend the staircase we are going where and it is the best-kept secret. This is to have a glass vitrine. This will of course be now an avenue for us to show the public that secured because we are open to the public and we have a library, that we care about our past, these are very valuable pieces of sculpture. and that we have access to our archives. So Now, this vitrine, if you will, is glass, and it goes what this will do is this is the presentation that actually the first level, the mezzanine, and the we talked about earlier where we have this li - second level. It is viewable from all areas, as brary, we have storage, people can come here you ascend the staircase, as you descend, and and relax and read, but also, more impor - of course on the different levels. Here is a tantly, we can adapt the space to a lecture hall. rendering. Remember, at the base of the stair - This is where we can meet the general public. case I talked about the studio where we can This is where we can have not just exhibited

AKC GAZETTE 15 APRIL 2018 DELEGATES ’ANNUAL MEETING items but also we can have our lectures for de - what is the AKC? Many of us know what it is tection dogs, canine dogs from the New York but often our public doesn't. We need to City Police Department, or particular meet the come up with exhibits and we need to come breeds event. Now, going back to what the li - up with a message that describes our mission brary space is, of course we have some very and purpose, our history, who we are as mem - rare books and some very valuable items in bers, our member's stories, and AKC champi - our library, so this is in the offices of the AKC ons. These will all give us opportunities to on the fifth floor. What you are seeing here is show our dogs, show what we love about dogs, four designated areas in this space. The first and show who we are as a sport. Now, we can't area is here. That's our research library. This forget our history, so let's talk about the first will also house our librarian. This is area two dogs, what exhibits may come into play that and in area two we have a library conference will show the general public what that is about, area. This is all of our bookcases and shelving. dogs in ancient cultures, how the dog and Area three, which we will show you momentar - human relationships have evolved over the ily, is the rare book collection. This is encased years and through history, and it could be just in glass. This will be accessible through a secu - doing exhibits of dog collars, which could be rity entrance here. Of course we have addi - very interesting for the general public, of tional storage, number four, here. Then we course the history of dog art, and our social will end up with some off-site storage for some history, how has man's best friend changed archival items. Now, this is as you enter, there human society, and of course dogs as pets. We is our rare book collection, something that re - have many, many dogs in the New York area, ally we can be proud of. This is our history. and many dogs in this country, and because This is where we were, but for those re - this is going to be a national and international searchers that are serious, they can access this destination, we believe we are going to attract as they need to. So how do we tell our story? a lot of different people that are just going to The age-old question. Sometimes we grapple want to know about dogs, who love dogs. This with this from time to time. The key to having is where we talk about our dogs in the family, a fun and enjoyable experience in the mu - from wild to domestic, how dogs have adapted seum is to engage our audience in unique and to our home, other dogs and children. As interactive exhibits. The public library is breeders, and many of us are here, we always going to be adaptable, as I said, for private have that question are they good with chil - meeting space, for a classroom setting. We dren. So, we will be able to talk about that in have all these different opportunities. Here our museum, the training of your dog, the car - are the things that we are talking about. So, ing of your dog, general animal husbandry, of

AKC GAZETTE 16 APRIL 2018 DELEGATES ’ANNUAL MEETING course, and what do your dogs say about you right? Fun is part of what we talk about, espe - and maybe we will get into dog nutrition as a cially when we say how can we attract new peo - possible exhibit. Moving forward, especially ple to our sport. What we find is the dog for us, our parent clubs, we are very focused dreams, the dog's sense of smell, dog's vision, on our breeds, the science of dog breeding, identifying dogs by their nose prints, some in - comparing breeds, what defines a breed, what teresting little tidbits which can engage chil - is your dog and best breed match. Now, as you dren. Keeping in mind that 21.9 million know, we have a lot of new interactive displays visitors a year to Grand Central Terminal, that we see in different venues. As children imagine the children that we are going to have come into the museum, we can do a face imag - in our museum that we don't have now. And ing of them and they can be what kind of dog just general dog grooming, that is always im - are you, what kind of dog do you want to be. portant. Of course, very important and really, Their face could be matched up or their inter - I think it is opportunities for us to own the dis - est could be matched up, and what is the best cussion again, for us to really manage the nar - dog that matches your lifestyle. They can go rative, if you will, whereas we talked about through the museum as a dog and figure out purpose-bred dogs and those dogs that pro - what they do throughout the dog's life. They vide a service to us, dogs that are used for are a hunting dog. They are a sporting dog. search and rescue, our police dogs, our fire - They are a lap dog. And, of course, one of the fighter dogs, and of course our herding and things that sometimes we forget in all of these farm dogs, which are important, our therapy great ideas is we have to talk about our breed - dogs and hunting dogs. Then understanding ers and I think we are going to focus some at - dog behavior, what do different types of dog tention on our breeders, the successful noises mean? Why do dogs do a certain thing? breeders, the hobby breeders, and the people What is your dog trying to tell you? So without who we are, who love dogs and who produce getting too bogged down in the minutiae of the dogs that create our sport, and we are this, it tells the story of the whole sport, who going to talk about champion breeders in the we are as a people, why we love dogs, who museum as well. And, of course, our dogs in those dogs are, and how those dogs fulfill a culture, those dogs that influenced us, the need in our lives. So here, as you can see, at dogs in literature and film, those dogs that we night, again, when we're not there, these dogs see that are public dogs, society dogs, and of will be walking across the screen. They will be course famous dogs, those dogs around the walking across the building. This will be illu - world, and of course dogs that are represented minated at night for all to see. If you think in artwork. But we can't forget about fun, about this, everybody is going to know where

AKC GAZETTE 17 APRIL 2018 DELEGATES ’ANNUAL MEETING this is. Everyone is going to know about the would start by doing that. I have been in - American Kennel Club. Everyone is going to volved with fundraising for nearly 25 years, the know that we are a presence here and that we first ten years of which I began with Yale Uni - are an international and national entity. So, in versity. In the final two years of serving Yale, I conclusion, before I leave this podium, I was director of principal gifts and worked on would like to take a moment and introduce the first two years of their most recently com - Alan Fausel. Alan, will you please stand. Alan pleted $3.5 billion capital campaign. Follow - is our new director of AKC Cultural Resources, ing that I had a brief stint at New who will become the director of the AKC Mu - York-Presbyterian Hospital, worked for an - seum of the Dog when it opens. Alan has an other organization called Seeds of Peace, and extensive background in the art industry, hav - for the seven and a half years prior to being ing worked at the Fine Arts Museum in San hired by the American Kennel Club I worked Francisco and the Frick Art Museum in Pitts - for a private high school based in Rome. Dur - burgh. He has also served as the director of ing those seven and a half years we conducted fine arts for museum services for Bonhams. a capital campaign that was successful in He holds an MA in art history from Stanford honor of the school's 50th anniversary. So University. And you may recognize him be - why was I hired by the AKC? I was hired this cause he is a regular contributor to the An - past summer to build a foundation for a long- tiques Roadshow on PBS. term fundraising program for the American Mr. Carota introduced Robert Holcomb, Ex - Kennel Club, but primarily the goal of which ecutive Director of Development who pre - is to develop AKC's philanthropic endeavors, sented the initial plans for museum to raise funds for the benefit of AKC's affili - fundraising, the capital campaign, at the indi - ated nonprofits, the Canine Health Founda - vidual, club and sport level to support the ini - tion, AKC Reunite, the Humane Fund, and, tiative. last, but certainly not least, the AKC Museum Mr. Holcomb: Good morning. Dominic, of the Dog. So that's the long-term program thank you for that kind introduction. I also and we have been busy on plans building that want to thank Ron and Dennis for giving me out and laying that foundation and, you know, this opportunity to talk about a very fun sub - shortly after I began working with the Ameri - ject, raising money for this fabulous project. can Kennel Club, I realized, actually, I woke So before I get into that, I have had the pleas - up in a little bit of a cold sweat in the middle ure of meeting some of you, but for the most of the night, because we had this fabulous part I have not been -- I have not had the project for the Museum of the Dog, and we're chance to introduce myself, so I thought I very excited about that project and it provides

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-- it presents a really terrific fundraising oppor - prospective donor interviews to try to gain a tunity, you know, to provide support for the sense of the excitement and the level to which museum in the long term. Why are we excited people are interested in supporting the proj - by the move? Well, as Dominic alluded to, it is ect. It is where you solicit towards the end a chance to reimagine the museum. It greatly your top donors and those closest to the or - expands the exposure of the collection to a far ganization for something that is called a nu - greater audience in New York, both domestic cleus fund. The nucleus fund is generally, and international. The museum in New York when I began at Yale, typically you want to City becomes the jewel in the crown for AKC have -- you wanted to have raised 40 to 50 per - and the purebred world. It gives us the oppor - cent of your overall goal for the campaign. tunity to present innovative programming to Nowadays that has been increased to 50 to 65 engage the broader pet-loving public. And I percent and that is the nucleus fund. Then will talk a little bit more about that later on. It based on your conversations and your solicita - is a fundraiser's dream. It is an opportunity tions and what you have raised for the nucleus for us to rally the entire AKC family in its sup - fund you can then set a goal for what we call port. Even more importantly, we want to go the public phase of the campaign. In the pub - beyond the AKC family and this gives us the lic phase you make a public announcement. opportunity to draw new support from the You announce the goal and the progress to - non-AKC world, from the general pet-loving wards that goal. You have a campaign kickoff community. We have identified to date al - celebration. Then you open up the campaign ready in this new museum $35 million in nam - to the broader public. Then, finally, in the ing opportunities. Our hope is that over time, post-campaign phase of the campaign, you fi - hopefully sooner rather than later, we will be nalize all naming opportunities, install able to have all of those naming opportunities plaques, thank the donors, and then you issue fulfilled. Now, before I talk about the specific a final campaign report. So typically, a cam - campaign for the Museum of the Dog, I would paign will last anywhere from five to eight like to talk briefly about what a typical cam - years, sometimes a little less and oftentimes a paign is like. Our campaign is a little bit little more. The campaign for the AKC Mu - unique, as you will soon see. Typically, a cam - seum of the Dog is slightly different and it is paign begins with what is called the silent such an exciting project. As you just saw from phase. In the silent phase is where you iden - Dominic, we just think the design and the pro - tify your campaign leadership, your chair, your gramming is very exciting. Our silent phase co-chairs, and your volunteers for the cam - will be highly compressed. We don't want to paign for the museum. It is where you have miss out on the opportunity and the excite -

AKC GAZETTE 19 APRIL 2018 DELEGATES ’ANNUAL MEETING ment that will lead up to the opening of the cial media, through e-mail, events, direct mail, museum in January 2019. So we have decided etc. Then, finally, the post campaign, we to conduct what I'm calling a hybrid campaign thank everyone and finalize plaques and nam - in which during our silent phase we will have ing opportunities. So our campaign is com - those interviews that I mentioned earlier and pressed by normal standards and will run four we will make major solicitations and the peo - to five years. ple that we will be approaching are individu - (Video played with remarks via video by Alan als, of course, corporations, foundations, and Fausel, David Merriam and Jim Crowley.) government agencies. The goal of the silent phase will be building the nucleus fund and Mr. Holcomb: So I want to thank those three then we will set a goal as we open up the cam - gentlemen for helping me introduce how you paign to the broader public. During the hy - all can be involved in this effort. Spread the brid phase, what makes this different, we will word. We hope that you will get out there and continue having our conversations with poten - talk with your friends and your colleagues in tial major donors. At this point it becomes the sporting world and just express your ex - semi-public in the sense that we will invite the citement for the museum. We hope that you broader AKC family to participate in the cam - all will become members. We hope that you paign. We want, again, we want to capture on encourage your friends and acquaintances to the excitement of the opening in January of visit the museum and come see it for yourself 2019 of the museum, so we are planning on when it opens in January 2019. We hope that working with Alan on planning a membership you will help us reach out to your club mem - drive to begin most likely in September and bers to support the campaign and for that we run through the end of the year through the are putting together a packet of materials that opening of the museum. We think there will in the coming months we will send to each of be a great opportunity to bring in many, many you which will facilitate your reaching out to more members to the museum here in New your members in support of the campaign. York City. Then we are anticipating an inaugu - We hope that you all will consider a personal ral gala in February 2019 to kick off the public gift. As I mentioned, there are many naming phase of the campaign. During the public opportunities in the museum. We also will phase we will reach beyond AKC to bring in have a fixed permanent campaign recognition the general pet-loving community. We will plaque. We hope that you all will attend the generate excitement about the Museum of the gala in February 2019. And, finally, we en - Dog. We will continue the membership drive. courage you all, your club, to participate in We will be reaching out to people through so - this effort. You are the family of AKC and, as

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Dennis said, you know, this is your museum. The Chair declared that Harold "Red" Tatro We want to find a way to commemorate you had been duly elected as a member of the and your clubs, in the museum itself in a fixed Class of 2022. and permanent way. So we have come up – (There was a recess and the Delegates cast this is a little bit of a work in progress – but their second ballot.) just to give you an idea, we have identified a space in the museum which we would like to Chief Financial Officer, Joseph Baffuto gave call the AKC Clubs Wall of Fame, and essen - the Financial Report as follows: tially it is at the top of the stairs, there is a Good morning everyone. Hopefully mother landing right there, which gives sufficient nature did not put any additional wrinkles into space for people to stop and look up their your travel schedules. We thank you for as - names and that sort of thing. Right now we sembling here this morning. Best of luck to have two levels here. I would like to develop everyone on the ballot. Please be advised that that into a third level. We want to be as inclu - this full presentation report deck will be sive as possible. We will be building a third posted to the AKC Delegates Portal by the level into that. Again, this is just – this is a close of business tomorrow. I'm very excited work in progress but in the coming weeks we to be back and provide you with an exception - should have this finalized. Finally, I just want ally positive financial performance report of to thank you all. I appreciate your time and our 2017 fiscal year. A standalone summary of am very hopeful that you will all participate in AKC's operating revenues and expenses this effort. It is an exciting museum and I'm through December 31, 2017 are comparatively looking forward to seeing you during the presented here. We recorded $73.6 million in opening of the museum. Thank you. total revenue and $68.8 million in total ex - penses, for an operating income of just over The Chair called on Kim Johnson of KPMG $4.7 million. In comparison to the full 2016 to read the results of the ballot for the Class of year, where we reflected $66.5 million in rev - 2022 as follows: The total number of ballots enue with $61.7 million in expenses, and an cast was 319. There were no invalid ballots. excellent year of $4.8 million in operating in - Therefore, the majority to elect was 161. The come. Next, we have displayed our AKC core results of the ballots were as follows: Robert registration volumes and their year-over-year Amen, 91. Carl C. Ashby, 80. James R. Dok, performance. Our litter volume increased by 51. Jan Ritchie Gladstone, 124. Christopher 7 percent, with a total annual volume of L. Sweetwood, 134. Harold "Red" Tatro, 172. 240,000 in 2017. Our dog registrations also Ann Wallin, 160. rose by 7 percent for the year, reaching

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562,000. Our pedigrees unfortunately did de - tioned, licensed, and member events held cline slightly in total volume by almost 4 per - throughout the year. Our entries of 3.1 mil - cent during the year. Overall, much thanks to lion for 2017 was almost nearly flat to 2016 the entire effort and determination exhibited while producing a grand total of $11.7 million as well as great involvement from our Delegate in recording and event service fee revenue. body, our Board of Directors, and manage - Events represents a 16 percent source of AKC's ment staff throughout each area of the organi - total income and has been able to successfully zation. Congratulations and let's continue hold that level from the prior year. Congratu - with future great achievements ahead. Let's lations are in order to our management and drill down into the AKC 2017 operating state - staff who worked so hard and supports AKC's ment where our total revenues increased by sports and events. We will now move our pres - 10.6 percent. We will first assess our largest in - entation over to analysis of expenses. Let's creases to revenue year over year. All registra - begin at the top of the organization, and as an tion related revenues correspond to 50 AKC Bylaw requirement I report that the total percent of AKC's total revenues. The registra - amount of Board of Directors related expenses tion results that were just mentioned connects in 2017 was $317,763. Moving forward, we will to a phenomenal increase of $2.1 million for take a look at where AKC's operating expenses the AKC. Our digital advertising programs rose in the 2017 year. Our total expenses in - have garnered us an additional $2 million in creased by $7.1 million, or 11.5 percent. The revenue during 2017. This is a 110 percent in - most major component of this increase relates crease year over year. Our e-commerce pro - to our head count. Our full-time equivalent gram has earned more than $736,000 than we staff has risen 10 percent over the course of did in 2016, a 67 percent year-over-year im - the 2017 year. At December 31 we were a provement. Our CGC and Trick Dog pro - grand total staff of 341. The areas of head grams have experienced total growth of count expansion during the year were within $637,000, or 55 percent, during the 2017 year. our areas of Government Relations, Technol - The AKC Marketplace platform has accumu - ogy Services and Registration Development. lated greater than $430,000 in additional rev - The staff increase, combined with our annual enues, marking a 51 percent increase during review activities, has equated to additional 2017. Thanks again to everyone involved with costs of $3.5 million in payroll and benefits. these positive efforts in succeeding to promote Our consulting costs grew by $1 million in the services and programs of the AKC. Let's 2017, which was predominantly impacted by glance at the brief highlights in our events our real estate efforts. Our marketing pro - area for 2017. There were nearly 22,000 sanc - gram throughout the year amounted to fur -

AKC GAZETTE 22 APRIL 2018 DELEGATES ’ANNUAL MEETING ther additional spending of $680,000 which Now, although there was an increase in our lia - benefited both our registration and events bilities of 4.1, the focus lies within the $16.4 areas, among others. Our travel costs rose by million increase to our net assets. The net $348,000 throughout the year, which included asset increase puts AKC in excellent financial areas of events, education and breeder devel - position. The operating reserve stands at $38 opment. Our government relation programs million. This reserve recommendation from along with our legal and audit professional KPMG represents 50 percent of our operating costs all combined in to a total increase of budget, that if, in a catastrophic case AKC's $340,000. And we also incurred costs in 2017 business operations were to be curtailed for an relating to new opportunities, including those extended period of time we would have fund - connected with AKC.TV, among others. Out - ing to survive. Next, AKC property and equip - side of AKC's operations, next we will take an ment is valued at $8.9 million, and, thirdly, overview of our investment performance. In our AKC board designated funds are stated at 2017 AKC's investment activities had realized $105.3 million. This has allowed and will con - and unrealized gains of $11.6 million, with an tinue to allow our Board to make long-term investment return of 12 percent. Now, al - decisions and commitments to better the fu - though numerous major market indicators sig - ture of the business of the American Kennel nificantly outperformed our allocated Club. Lastly, our net assets reflect a combined portfolio, we are pleased to have participated underfunded status of our long-term post-re - in the upside market, while our downside pro - tirement and pension plans. Overall, AKC re - tection within the portfolio did restrain a por - mains in very robust financial condition here tion of our investment returns. Taking a look today and with strong opportunities toward at AKC assets, we ended the 2017 year with the future as well. Thank you for the attention $164.4 million in assets. This marks a $20 mil - this morning. Again, the full presentation lion increase from the comparison at Decem - deck will be posted to the AKC Delegates Por - ber 31, 2016. Next on the other side of the tal by the close of business tomorrow. Please balance sheet, our liabilities. Liabilities fairly feel free to contact me with any questions. I increased from $69.8 million at the end of '16 will be glad to discuss with you. Please get to $73.9 million at December 31, '17. There home safely and have a great day. was an increase to the total of accounts payable and accrued costs by $1.8 million, also Gina DiNardo, Executive Secretary delivered our deferred revenue of $1.1 million, along a presentation on AKC.TV as follows: with an increase in our post-retirement and Good morning. I'm pleased to share with medical benefit obligations of $1.2 million. you some exciting information about AKC's

AKC GAZETTE 23 APRIL 2018 DELEGATES ’ANNUAL MEETING newest communication tool, which we are call - affiliates, and anything that we can imagine ing AKC.TV. On Saturday, February 10th, celebrating purebred dogs. It is a valuable AKC soft-launched its brand new digital-first new tool for our AKC family as it will allow us network. AKC.TV allows us to deepen our to control the message 100 percent of the time brand connection with existing AKC cus - with every minute of video that we create tomers and expands our ability to reach gen - while getting maximum visibility. No longer eral dog enthusiasts. This modern platform do we have to rely on other outlets to spread widens AKC's audience, helps us to broaden our message, tell our story or hear our voice. the awareness of our mission, and will pro - AKC.TV can now do it for us, 24 hours a day. mote the value of purpose-bred dogs as pets We will have exciting, compelling educational and in society. AKC.TV will bring dog lovers content that shares the passions of our com - into the world of the American Kennel Club munity with the general public in a way that through interesting and educational content will compel them to learn more about us while that they can access 24/7 and, additionally, it enjoying good dog TV. We plan to have a ro - will offer a revenue stream that will be helpful tating lineup of live events, episodic series, to further AKC's mission. AKC.TV is an OTT documentaries, live call-in shows and live digital channel, over the top, which means we puppy cams. Viewers can browse hundreds of broadcast over the internet, not cable or net - hours of on-demand content featuring dog work television. The format is easily consum - training videos, puppy and breed videos, and able on computers, smart TVs and mobile original AKC programming. Here are some of devices. Examples of OTT channels include the TV series that we already have created that HBO Go, Netflix, Roku, Apple TV. This digi - we plan to build out over the coming year. Ca - tal-first approach capitalizes on the nationwide nine Heroes - it is a series about AKC's ACE trends of consumers who are choosing to se - Award winners with in-depth narrative of these lect streaming services over traditional cable wonderful dogs and the people who love services at a growing rate, approximately 20 them. Home is Where the Dog is - an educa - million consumers per year. All told, 168 mil - tional series providing helpful information to lion consumers will watch streaming video via dog owners so that they enjoy a happy rela - a connected TV device this year. New content tionship with their dog in the household. will be uploaded weekly to keep the network Episodes include, housebreaking, crate train - fresh for viewers and give them insight into all ing, how to trim nails, how to puppy-proof aspects of AKC, including responsible breed - your home. I Am a Breeder - a series that fo - ers, our conformation, performance, compan - cuses on AKC breeders who share their knowl - ion and parent clubs, events, charitable edge and experience while educating viewers

AKC GAZETTE 24 APRIL 2018 DELEGATES ’ANNUAL MEETING about what it is like to have this breed as a and participation in making AKC.TV a success. family pet. It also provides insight into the I would like to show just two videos that we passion that these breeders have for preserv - have created for the network. One is from our ing and protecting their chosen breed. AKC new series called In the Dog House and an - Trick Dog - a series that teaches you how to other video that we made about AKC Barn train your dog to perform basic commands Hunt. I hope you enjoy them. and tricks. This series is also a natural promo - (Video played.) tion for one of AKC's newest programs launched by Doug Lundgren and his team The Chair called on the Executive Secretary called AKC Trick Dog. Vets Corner – a series to read the proposed amendment to the Rules featuring AKC's Chief Veterinary Officer Dr. Applying to Dog Shows, Chapter 6, Section 2 - Jerry Klein, who covers timely topics about Premium Lists and Closing of Entries, and your dog's health. And AKC Live - our brand Chapter 16, Section 1 - Championships. new weekly live show, which covers all that is new and noteworthy in the world of AKC and Ms. DiNardo: This amendment is to the purebred dogs. The main destination for all Rules Applying to Dog Shows Chapter 6, Sec - content viewing is www.AKC.TV, our flagship. tion 2 - Premium Lists and Closing of Entries This channel is embeddable for digital outlets, and Chapter 16, Section 1 - Championships. and will be available for syndication. Videos In Chapter 6, Section 2, the recommendation can easily be shared across social media plat - is to change the capitalization of "benched" forms and embedded into your own websites. and "unbenched" in the section for consis - Parent clubs can embed all content that is rel - tency and move the sentence "Notification evant to their specific breed directly onto your must be printed in the Premium List only if parent club website. Dog lovers can currently the club is not offering the three-point major connect to AKC.TV from any device including to the Reserve Winners at the National Spe - computers, tablets, phones, set-top boxes, and cialty" from Chapter 16, Section 1, to Chapter Apple TV. We plan on adding additional plat - 6, Section 2, so that it is part of the Rules. forms this year, with Roku TV becoming avail - This amendment was proposed by the Dele - able in April. Additional platforms such as gate Dog Show Rules Committee and brought Pluto, Amazon Fire TV and Chromecast are to forward with a positive recommendation from come later this year. Our national announce - the Board. It will be published in two issues of ment of AKC.TV will be made on April 2nd in the online AKC Gazette and you will be asked coordination with the launch of our AKC.TV to vote on it at the June 2018 meeting. Roku app. We look forward to your feedback The Chair called on the Executive Secretary

AKC GAZETTE 25 APRIL 2018 DELEGATES ’ANNUAL MEETING to read the proposed amendment to Rules Ap - will be asked to vote on it at the June 2018 plying to Dog Shows Chapter 7, Section 2 - meeting. Judges. The Chair called on the Executive Secretary Ms. DiNardo: This amendment is to the to read the proposed amendments to the Rules Applying to Dog Shows Chapter 7, Sec - Rules Applying to Dog Shows Chapter 7, Sec - tion 2 - Judges. This is a request to change "li - tion 19 - Judges. cense" to "approval." This amendment was proposed by the Delegate Dog Show Rules Ms. DiNardo: This amendment is to the Committee with support from AKC Staff and is Rules Applying to Dog Shows Chapter 7, Sec - brought forward with a positive recommenda - tion 19 - Judges, which would make the itali - tion from the AKC Board. It will be published cized sentence "Except in hardship cases, a in two issues of the online AKC Gazette and judge will not be approved to judge a breed you will be asked to vote on it at the June 2018 and, at the same show, the Variety Group of meeting. which the breed is a part and Best in Show and Reserve Best in Show" part of the rule. The Chair called on the Executive Secretary Additionally, it removes the recommendation to read the proposed amendment to the Rules that the Best in Show judge be someone who Applying to Dog Shows Chapter 7, Section 12 - has not already judged that day. Currently, the Judges. only hardship cases that are approved are day of event judge cancellations. This amendment Ms. DiNardo: This amendment is to the was proposed by the Delegate Dog Show Rules Rules Applying to Dog Shows Chapter 7, Sec - Committee and is brought forward with a posi - tion 12 - Judges. The proposed Chapter 7, tive recommendation from the Board. It will Section 12, would bring consistency to this sec - be published in two issues of the online AKC tion to allow for electronic communication. Gazette and you will be asked to vote on it at Also, the sentence "Printed documents may be the June 2018 meeting. utilized at the exhibitor's request" will no longer be italicized, making it part of the rule. The Chair called on Sheila Goffe, Vice Presi - This amendment was proposed by the Dele - dent of Government Relations, to present the gate Dog Show Rules Committee and is Walter P. Bebout Memorial Award. brought forward with a positive recommenda - tion from the Board. It will be published in Ms. Goffe: The American Kennel Club is two issues of the online AKC Gazette and you pleased to announce that Elin and Jay Phinizy

AKC GAZETTE 26 APRIL 2018 DELEGATES ’ANNUAL MEETING and Dog Owners of the Granite State Among other things, SB 569 would have po - (D.O.G.S.) are the winners of the first quarter tentially created low thresholds requiring hob - 2018 Walter P. Bebout Memorial Award for byists to be regulated as commercial breeders, leadership in canine legislation. The Bebout required FBI background checks for a breeder Award recognizes federations and license, established excessive penalties for owner/breeder organizations that have non-compliance. Elin put off her retirement demonstrated leadership in educating legisla - and once again she and Jay stepped up to lead tors about responsible dog ownership issues, the federation, meet with policymakers, testify and have worked to preserve the rights of re - at hearings, and, perhaps most important of sponsible owners and breeders. Winners of all, they have inspired a new group of New the Bebout Award receive a $1,000 donation Hampshire dog owners to get involved and to help offset the costs associated with their help make positive changes to anti-breeder legislative efforts. Dog Owners of the Granite legislation. True to form, Elin is at home in State was founded in 1991, and Elin and Jay New Hampshire today dealing with legislative Phinizy have been active in the organization issues. However, Jay, who is the Delegate from ever since. As a federation leader, Jay spent a the Scottish Deerhound Club of America, is good deal of the 1990s lobbying the New here, and I would like to ask him to come up Hampshire state legislature, until 1998, when to receive this award on behalf of the federa - he became a member of the legislature, realiz - tion and in celebration of their outstanding ing the benefits of influencing the process leadership. from within. Jay spent ten years in the state Jay Phinizy, accepted the award and spoke as legislature, two as Chairman of the House follows: Committee on Environment and Agriculture. Thank you all very much, and Sheila, thank Elin has been a leader of D.O.G.S. since 1998. you, and I really appreciate it. It is funny be - She has testified before the State House and cause when I first went into the legislature, Senate on numerous animal care, health, and having experienced addressing the delegate ownership issues. She has also served for eight body, I never was scared or nervous addressing years on the Governor's Commission for Hu - a body of 400 representatives, but today be - mane Treatment of Animals. About six cause of this recognition I was nervous as a months ago, Elin informed us that she wanted cat. But what I would like to do is very quickly to retire as president of the federation. highlight two of the people, the younger gen - Clearly both she and Jay had done more than eration, I think this is pretty representative of their share. And then in January of this year some of the things that we have been talking some really ugly anti-breeder legislation hit. about here today, and I'm just going to read

AKC GAZETTE 27 APRIL 2018 DELEGATES ’ANNUAL MEETING the biographies of these two because I think it the Board of Directors of D.O.G.S., and she is is really cool. Sosanna Folz was raised by Vizs - the representative from the Souhegan Kennel las, her mother having acquired the family's Club. So what I would like you all to do is sort first in 1970. The Vizslas accompanied the of give both these two girls a round of ap - family on her father's European tour of duty plause for the hard work that they have done in the United States Air Force. On their re - stepping up to the plate and I thank them. turn to the U.S., Sosanna competed as a na - Thank you all very much. tionally-ranked junior handler. The Folz family, including mother Patricia and sister The Chair called Kim Johnson of KPMG to Alessandra, and I'm sure some of you have give the report on the second ballot. seen her in the ring, have consistently bred Ms. Johnson: The total number of ballots top-winning dogs under the Szikra Vizsla Ken - cast was 329. There were 12 invalid ballots. nel name. Sosanna competes in conforma - Therefore, the majority to elect was 160. The tion, hunt test, and provides a comic relief results of the ballots were as follows: Robert with rally obedience entries. She is an AKC Amen, 52. Carl Ashby, 49. James Dok, 25. Jan Breeder of Merit and a member of the Vizsla Ritchie Gladstone, 137. Christopher Sweet - Club of America. Now, Angela Ferrari of Al - wood, 132. Ann Wallin, 168. lettare Dobermans has been involved with Mr. Sprung: There is only one vacancy left dogs for nearly 20 years. What started as a in the Class of 2022. Ann Wallin has been love for training in the family as a kid grew duly elected to the class of 2022. into a passion for training, exhibiting, breed - Robert Amen, Greater St. Louis Training ing and raising purebred dogs. She co-breeds Club, withdrew. Doberman Pinschers and Beagles with her mother, Cindy Williams, another resident of (There was a recess and the Delegates cast New Hampshire, who uses the kennel name their third ballot.) Honey Pot, important to ensure – and she finds it very important to ensure future gener - The following Delegates spoke during New ations are able to participate in the wonderful Business: sport of dogs, and Angela's partnership with dogs as well as Sosanna's has given her the Carl Holder, Delegate, Beaumont Kennel platform to represent breeders and animal en - Club: thusiasts in this fight. Angela is also an AKC I would just like to give a quick report about Breeder of Merit and she is a member of AKC Reunite, because I have been working di - D.O.G.S. Both of them have been elevated to rectly with them from hurricane Harvey. I was

AKC GAZETTE 28 APRIL 2018 DELEGATES ’ANNUAL MEETING in continuous contact with Reunite, specifi - help. Thank you. cally Tessa Johnson, and they made a very good donation to our local Humane Society that the Beaumont Kennel Club has been Steven Hamblin, Delegate, Pekingese Club working with for many, many years, they know of America: us and we know them. Anyway, I let them I am very excited and energized, as I think know that I think it was PetSmart or either we all are, to see what is coming up with the Petco that matched any donations that they re - Museum of the Dog and the library and the ceived to help with what we call the “Harvey archives, and I commend you all on the work dogs”. Anyway, AKC Reunite quickly got a that you have done to actually get us this far very good donation to them and it was dou - and to keep taking us forward. As a re - bled. I talked with the director about ten days searcher and historian, I'm going to actually ago and out of a little over 500 Harvey dogs, urge you to do a bit more. First of all, I'm very there is only two left. And what they do is they aware that the real estate costs in Manhattan get these dogs, they get the owner's names, if are certainly not favorable, but I ask the Board they have that ability, and they just continue to to not overlook the intrinsic value of the re - board them until the people are able to get search collection. As a researcher and club back in a place where they can come pick their historian for both the Pacific Coast Pekingese dogs up. So, it takes a lot of money to do this Club as well as the Pekingese Club of America, over a period of time. Primarily from dona - I am well-versed with what the AKC library and tions, mainly AKC Reunite that made an ex - archives have to offer. These resources have tremely important donation, afforded them to proven invaluable in my own research, as I be able to hold on to these dogs until the own - recreated a lost history of my specialty club. ers could come get them. They had over 90 As our clubs, club members and general fancy percent of the people that dropped their dogs age and pass, the library and archives will be off and left them there, they had right around relied upon more and more to preserve and 90 percent pick them back up. They were all share our history to and for future genera - cared for until they could go back into their tions. Clubs will increasingly seek safe reposi - homes. If it wasn't for AKC Reunite and all the tory of their vulnerable and irreplaceable club money that was donated to them and the documents, and the AKC must factor in that money they donated out to help, that would increasing demand as time goes by. Please do have never happened. I would just like the not overlook making appropriate provisions Delegate body to know firsthand that AKC Re - for preserving and sharing our history with unite is real, they do what they say and really those who come after us. Thank you.

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free to phone me or e-mail me and we'll get Alan Kalter, Delegate, American Bullmastiff together and get your article published. Association: Thank you. As Chair of AKC Reunite, I would like to give you an update on the AKC Pet Disaster Relief Gail LaBerge, Delegate, Atlanta Obedience Program. Currently there are 66 trailers that Club: are in existence in the field. There are 384 I'm also on the AKC PAC Board and I bring clubs that have participated in funding those that to you this morning. In 2017 HSUS spent 66 trailers. We have raised from the clubs $875,000 on direct lobbying. The AKC PAC about a $1,250,000 and AKC Reunite has con - received only $21,053 in contributions. Today tributed $450,000, so there is a total of $1.7 you received a letter concerning the launch - million. Currently there are six more trailers ing of the president's challenge to club presi - that are in progress, in the pipeline, and there dents this morning. In the back of it you will are an additional 18 clubs that are fundraising have another sheet that is a donation sheet for currently for additional trailers. I thank the the PAC. The challenge is all the club presi - clubs that have participated and say if you can dents to have 100 percent participation by continue to do that, if you have other desire to their membership in donation to the AKC participate with the pet disaster relief trailer, PAC. We are asking for a $35 donation, which remember, we need them everywhere, not is the cost of many dog show entries today, in only for disaster, hurricane, or fire, or a mud - order to protect your right to show those dogs slide, but there was one disaster where a trailer and breed those dogs. In addition, as their del - was on site at an apartment fire, and that we egate, we are asking you to be a leader in this. needed to house the animals from the apart - We need your money to go forward. Remem - ment fire. So you never know how the trailer ber, you have an ability to go out and solicit might be needed and I encourage you to ask and help us with this. Now, on a personal your clubs, if you haven't participated yet, to note, as First Vice President of the Cardigan do so. Thank you. Welsh Corgi Club of America, I would like to recognize Vivian Moran, our Delegate. Vivian Ms. Arrowwood: Sylvia Arrowwood, Dele - has decided that she would like to step down gate, Charleston Kennel Club. I would like to as Delegate and I would like to recognize the ask anyone that would like to participate and fact that she has served our club outstandingly submit an article to Perspectives that I am as our Delegate and we are going to miss her. going to be the editor and you are all wel - Thank you. come, and if you have any questions, just feel

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Roberta Berman, Delegate, American Man - museum in your wills in the future. Thank chester Terrier Club: Today I would like to you. brag for my obedience club, the Staten Island Companion Dog Training Club. To date we Susan Sholar, Delegate, Black Russian Ter - have raised $22,000, and we will be raising rier Club of America: Gail made me think of more this coming weekend in a rally trial for this one on the other things we need to do to vests for police dogs. In total, we have paid for be giving, and I have heard many of you make 22 police dogs to have bulletproof vests at this these comments before – we have to become moment and there will be more as of Saturday. active in our local areas. Many of you may be aware that three years ago I left a state, Califor - Marilyn Currey, Delegate, American Chinese nia, that I was born in, and for the most part Crested Club: This room contains a large buy - raised in, and I was president of the California ing power, your clubs contain even more. I'm Federation of Dog Clubs for many years. I asking you to use that buying power to benefit rented a Penske truck, filled it with everything your dog's health. Amazon has a program I wanted to go with me, put a trailer in the called Amazon Smile. Purchases made back, drove my car on it and moved from San through that program do not cost you any Diego to a little town in central New York. I more for your items but if you go through the love it. No one in the city or county could an - process of selecting American Kennel Club Ca - swer questions like “what are the regulations nine Health Foundation they donate half of a for this, who do I go to for this information”. I percent to the charity of your choice. Use went and sat in on a planning board hearing. your buying power. Urge your clubs to use I was then asked if I would interview with the their buying power. Support the Canine City Council to become part of the planning Health Foundation. board. I did my research, found out I lived in a little town that had no regulations, five laws, Eduardo Fugiwara, Delegate, Fort Laud - and that's coming from San Diego, that erdale Dog Club: I wanted to bring the atten - seemed absolutely unbelievable. I went to tion to everyone that the initial contribution Seneca County to learn the county regulations for the museum would be fundamental, but I as well, because I had to know the town, which think everyone should consider the museum was also covered by the county. I met with a as a beneficiary for your will, because I know a woman there, said I needed educating. She lot of you guys, and we put our lives into our sat me down and told me all about the regula - breeds, and I think there's no better way to tions and the laws and so on within that give continuity to your work than support the county, and when I left (I had walked in with

AKC GAZETTE 31 APRIL 2018 DELEGATES ’ANNUAL MEETING my Black Russian Terrier sweatshirt on) I got an e-mail she said, by the way, I'm a rally judge. Tom Powers, Delegate, Kennel Club of Bev - After this meeting, I have to go to the county erly Hills: clerk to be sworn in to be on the planning Good Morning. I have an announcement board. for you and I hope that I can motivate you to do something for me. The KCBH was taped Jack McCullagh, Delegate, Blennerhassett by NBC Sports at the beginning of the month Kennel Club: and it will air on USA Network on Easter Sun - As well as being a member of a number of day, April 1st, at 6 p.m. in most time zones. It clubs, both all-breed and specialty, I'm also a will then reair on your local NBC affiliate the member of the Irish Kennel Club. Due to this following Sunday morning. I hope you can do connection, I would just like to wish everyone me a favor and tune in. Thank you. at AKC, both Staff and Delegate alike, a very happy St. Patrick's Day this Saturday. Jan Dykema, Delegate, Bull Terrier Club of America: Sylvia Thomas, Delegate, Kennel Club of I have just come from board meeting to Riverside: board meeting and a four-day show in St. Good morning. Usually I go up to the mi - Louis and I want to tell you what a success we crophone to speak with you about Perspec - had. Someone posted something on one of tives, but this morning I want to talk with you the dog sites and mentioned someone who about the AKC Reunite Canine Grant Pro - was in Missouri working on anti-HSUS, anti- gram. My kennel club annually gives to our pet legislation, I texted him. I said could you Riverside Police Department to help them come to our dog show, we would like to meet with the dogs, either bulletproof vests or use you. At 11 o'clock on Saturday, he showed up, the money however they wish. This year, how - we had maybe a hundred people there, he had ever, we partnered to write a grant for AKC Re - his picture taken with two different breeds of unite program and I'm proud to say that we dogs. I will be sending him an 8 by 10 photo were awarded that grant, which is a matching for his office wall which he was thrilled to grant. Between the $5,000 we got from AKC have. I'm encouraging all of you to please, I Reunite, the $5,000 my kennel club donated, know some of you already do this, but I'm en - we are able to get a new police dog for our couraging all to contact your legislators, have Riverside Police Department. So thank you them come to your shows, see what a fabulous AKC Reunite and Chris Sweetwood for letting job we do with our dogs. He was so impressed. us know about the program. Thank you. He was just amazed. So if you can do that, if

AKC GAZETTE 32 APRIL 2018 DELEGATES ’ANNUAL MEETING everybody in this room could do that just one this person that wanted to set up the vendors time we would be so far ahead of the game for our show. Now, going back to the Presi - than we are now. Please encourage your legis - dent working at the Trane Corporation. Her lators to come, I don't care if it is a mayor, a company security will not allow an e-mail to be council person, heck, get the governor if you sent to her with an apostrophe in the wrong can, but get those people there to see what a place. The security is so, so tight. But they great job we do with our dogs, have them pres - hacked her personal account which had her ent a ribbon, have them present a trophy, get calendar and showed that she was in Orlando their photos taken. That was a huge success and that's when this took place. So even and I hope we all do that in the future. Thank though Dennis was kind enough to send a let - you. ter in February, this took place in December, I think that we need to devote more time on Robert Schroll, Delegate, Clarksville Kennel our IT security aspect. With the AKC social Club: footprint ever expanding I think we need to I am the least tech savvy person in the world. make security a priority. But after Mr. Sprung’s nice letter warning the treasurers and officers of our clubs about Marianne Megna, Delegate, Staten Island what's going on with cyber security, I got to Kennel Club: thinking, it's not the first time phishing or This is my first time up here speaking so hacking has occurred in an online capacity. I please bear with me. Back in the old days we mean, it has been going on for years and years had a paper Gazette all the shows were at our and years, and with our social presence ex - fingertips. We could go through the book and panding daily I think security has become a say “Oh, I'm going to vacation in this state, let very big issue. What brought this up to me me see if there is a show over there”, and you was that during the Orlando meeting my club would look for it. Well, with the loss of the president, who works for the Trane Corpora - paper Gazette, I finally learned how to use the tion, which is a fairly large operation and deals search engine that was on my computer and I with China and all kinds of other foreign in - could put in a state and say I was looking for a dustries, was hacked. Our treasurer received hunt test or I was looking for a conformation, one of those things, and we have a wonderful I could find the dates that come up. If some - treasurer that has been in place for 20 years one could either educate me better on how to and you cannot get a penny out of her. So, of use the search engine and find events that I course she called Orlando to find out if she re - want to go to. ally needed to turn over half the treasury to

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Luis Sosa, Delegate, Louisiana Kennel Club: Christopher Sweetwood, 162. I'm only slightly more tech savvy than Robert is and I want to speak to what the last speaker The Chair declared that Christopher Sweet - mentioned and maybe you just covered this, wood had been duly elected as a member of Dennis, I'm sorry, I'm having a hard time hear - the Class of 2022 ing. But I really miss the country map on the The Chair reminded the Board to meet im - events search that allows you to search for up - mediately following the meeting in the coming events by state without having to know Salem/Warren Room. the date or the club name. I really wish that The meeting was adjourned at 12:18pm would be brought back. The opinions expressed by the speakers may not The Chair called on Kim Johnson of KPMG necessarily reflect those of The American Kennel to read the results of the third ballot. Club. Ms. Johnson: The total number of ballots cast was 319. There was one invalid ballot. Therefore, the majority to elect was 160. The results of the ballots were as follows: Carl Ashby, 15. James Dok, 11. Jan Ritchie Glad - stone, 135. Christopher Sweetwood, 155. Mr. Sprung: No one was elected on the third ballot James Dok, Gig Harbor Kennel Club, with - drew. (The Delegates cast their fourth ballot and recessed for lunch.)

The Chair called on Kim Johnson from KPMG to provide the results of the forth bal - lot. Ms. Johnson: The total number of ballots cast was 297. There are no invalid ballots. Therefore, the majority to elect was 150. The results of the ballots were as follows: Carl C. Ashby, 11. Jan Ritchie Gladstone, 121.

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ATTENTION DELEGATES posed on clubs for late submission of applica - NOTICE OF MEETING tions. The next meeting of the Delegates will be held Chapter 2, Section 4 & 9. at the Doubletree Newark Airport Hotel on Bulldog Club of America ...... $100 Tuesday , June 12, 2018, beginning no earlier Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club of Central than 10:00 a.m. It will follow the 9:00 a.m. Oklahoma ...... $80 Delegates Forum . German Shepherd Dog Club of Western Pennsylvania ...... $60 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION Irish Setter Club of Georgia, Inc...... $60 United States Neapolitan Mastiff Club Kern County Kennel Club, Inc...... $70 Metro Mile Hi Kennel Club ...... $90 DELEGATES CREDENTIALS Mid-Florida Dalmatian Club ...... $80 Gloria Askins, Greer, SC, Greenville Kennel Papillon Club of Tulsa ...... $80 Club Shetland Sheepdog Club of Southern Pamela Beale, Peterborough, NH, California ...... $60 Westchester Kennel Club Siberian Husky Club of the Niagara Frontier Jack Cadalso, Wilton Manors, FL, $80 Washington State Obedience Training Club Jeffrey M. Margeson, Lovettsville, VA, United Notification of reprimands and fines im - States Australian Shepherd Association posed on clubs for late submission of judges Cindy Miller, Annville, PA, Waterloo Kennel panel. Chapter 4, Section 1. Club Alaskan Malamute Club of America, Inc. Sandra Muer, Bloomington, IL, Corn Belt ...... $60 Kennel Club Borzoi Club of Greater New York ...... $60 Janet Rivers, Richmond, KY, Lexington Cabrillo Kennel Club, Inc...... $60 Kennel Club * Central New Jersey Hound Association Robert Rynkiewicz, Douglassville, PA, ...... $60 Eastern German Shorthaired Pointer Club Delaware Valley German Shepherd Dog Club Greg Smith, Arnold, MO, Jefferson County $120 Kennel Club of Missouri Fort St. Clair Kennel Club ...... $80

*Janet Rivers should have also appeared in the March 2018 Gazette German Shepherd Dog Club of Southern New Hampshire ...... $70 NOTICE – REPRIMANDS AND FINES German Shorthaired Pointer Club of Orange Notification of reprimands and/or fines im - County ...... $60

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Kennel Club of the California Sierra ...... $80 It is the responsibility of all Conformation Poodle Club of Tulsa ...... $60 and Junior Showmanship judges to notify the Potomac Irish Setter Club ...... $60 Judging Operations Department of any changes or corrections to their address, Notification of reprimands and fines im - phone, fax or emails. These changes are very posed on clubs for changing a judge’s assign - important because they affect your judges’ ment without the consent of the judge, Rules record, the web site and the Judges Directory. Applying to Dog Shows Chapter 7, Section 13. Please notify Judging Operations by email at Colorado Kennel Club ...... Reprimand [email protected].

Notification of reprimands and fines im - APPLICANTS posed on clubs for publishing their premium The following persons applications have list prior to AKC approval of the event/judg - been submitted for the breed(s) specified but ing panel, Rules Applying to Dog Shows Chap - they are NOT eligible to accept assignments. ter 4, Section 1. Roanoke Kennel Club ...... Reprimand NEW BREED JUDGING APPLICANTS Mrs. Elizabeth T. Brinkley (104035) VA CONFORMATION JUDGES (804) 516-7549 Letters concerning judges and provisional [email protected] judges should be addressed to the Judging Op - Shetland Sheepdogs erations Department at PO Box 900062, Mrs. Wendy A. Corr (104103) CA Raleigh, NC 27675-9062. Letters concerning (925) 855-0802 Agility, Obedience, Rally, Tracking, and VST [email protected] applicants should be addressed to the Com - Alaskan Malamutes, JS panion Events Department in North Carolina. Ms. Dianne E. Franck (104036) VA (804) 370-4087 The American Kennel Club will, at the re - [email protected] quest of a judge or judge applicant, provide Akitas, Alaskan Malamutes, Shiba Inu that individual with copies of letters received Dr. David E. Hansen (104047) NY regarding their judging qualifications. As a re - (585) 535-7549 sult, it should be understood that any such [email protected] correspondence will be made available, upon Collies, JS-Limited request, to the judge or judge applicant. Ms. Anne D. Maynard (103985) VA (703) 819-1789

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[email protected] [email protected] Labrador Retrievers Beared Collies, Old English Sheepdogs Ms. Tari A. Parish (103991) AZ Ms. Denise Borton (91682) MI (520) 603-7130 (269) 375-0059 [email protected] [email protected] Basenjis Dogues de Bordeaux, Mastiffs Mrs. Dorothy A. Schuerman (104021) IL Mr. Philip Briasco (66406) FL (217) 544-7343 (352) 427-6992 [email protected] [email protected] Chinese Shar-Pei Airedale Terriers, American Hairless Terri - Ms. Susan F. Shephard (103987) FL ers, Australian Terriers, Cesky Terriers, Wire (407) 230-9086 Fox Terriers, Manchester Terriers, Rat Terri - [email protected] ers, Sealyham Terriers, Welsh Terriers Pekingese Dr. Mary-Helene (Mimi) Brown (34835) AZ Ms. Jeanne E. Stiner (103999) PA (602) 228-9386 (814) 864-0489 [email protected] [email protected] Saint Bernards Siberian Huskies Mrs. Donna J. Buxton (3850) TX (281) 360-9751 APPROVED BREED JUDGING APPLICANTS [email protected] Mrs. Beverly Andersen (66209) AZ Balance of Toy Group (Italian Greyhounds, (480) 991-7485 Manchester Terriers, Pekingese, Pugs, York - [email protected] shire Terriers), Grand Basset Griffon American Hairless Terriers, Bedlington Ter - Vendeen riers, Manchester Terriers, Sealyham Terri - Mrs. Dawn Cox (97685) PA ers (717) 637-1679 Mr. Kurt D. Anderson (18749) CT cox215@comcast.net (203) 234-0833 Leonbergers [email protected] Mrs. Dawn Droel (7078) MN Belgian Malinois, Belgian Sheepdogs, Bel - (651) 260-3272 gian Tervuren, Collies, German Shepherd [email protected] Dogs German Shorthaired Pointers, German Mrs. Bernadette Biasi (5655) PA Wirehaired Pointers, Vizslas, Weimaraners (610) 825-1362

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Ms. Constance Gard (76654) AZ Ms. Joyce Vanek (6040) CO (520) 241-0784 (303) 674-0560 [email protected] [email protected] Bernese Mountain Dogs, Bullmastiffs, Balance of Sporting Group (Nederlandse Doberman Pinschers Kooikerhondje, German Wirehaired Point - Mr. Hector Hector (95831) FL ers, Chesapeake Bay Retrievers, Curly- (954) 593- 2324 Coated Retrievers, Flat Coated Retrievers, [email protected] Golden Retrievers, Labrador Retrievers, Chesapeake Bay Retrievers Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers, Vizslas, Mrs. Meredith Hector (95832) FL Wirehaired Vizslas) (786) 554-2113 Mr. Bruce E. Voran (5610) AZ [email protected] (928) 970-0684 Chesapeake Bay Retrievers, Nova Scotia [email protected] Duck Tolling Retrievers English Springer Spaniels, Whippets Dr. Thomas L. Hossfeld (36941) AZ (520) 297-4227 JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP JUDGING APPLICANTS [email protected] Mrs. Karmen Angoli (103983) MI Basset Hounds, Black and Tan Coonhounds, (810) 338-6885 Bloodhounds, Ibizan Hounds, Irish [email protected] Wolfhounds, Rhodesian Ridgebacks, Treeing JS Walker Coonhounds, Whippets Ms. Anna Diaz (104101) CA Mr. Douglas A. Johnson (17190) IN (415) 613-9490 (812) 332-5923 [email protected] [email protected] JS Balance of Non-Sporting Group (Boston Ms. Victoria Ferrari (104043) NV Terriers, Schipperkes, Shiba Inu) (775) 230-0300 Mrs. Robin McTaggart (79729) CA [email protected] (805) 550-5989 JS [email protected] Mrs. Sherry MacLennan (100663) CO Collies (720) 878-2268 Mrs. Ruth Rohrbach (96986) LA [email protected] (318) 965-2469 JS-Limited [email protected] Chinese Shar-Pei

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PERMIT JUDGES Ms. Barbara Salvadore (103361) FL The following persons have been approved (239) 300-7401 on a Permit basis for the designated breeds in [email protected] accordance with the current judging approval Alaskan Malamutes process. They may now accept assignments and Ms. Lisa Toth (94231) MO the fancy may still offer comments to Judging (816) 588-5424 Operations. [email protected] Siberian Huskies NEW BREED JUDGES Mr. Bruce Van Deman (103631) CA Ms. Vicky Cook (103755) OR (949) 413-1301 (541) 601-5355 [email protected] [email protected] Cocker Spaniels, Cavalier King Charles Salukis Spaniels, English Toy Spaniels, JS-Limited

Mrs. Candee R. Foss (103731) WA APPROVED BREED JUDGES (509) 528-5743 Ms. Donna Beckman (53011) CA [email protected] (510) 524-9950 German Shepherd Dogs, JS-Limited [email protected] Mr. Neal Goodwin (45218) CT Balance of Working Group (German Pinsch - (626) 327-2311 ers, Komondorok, Tibetan Mastiffs) [email protected] Ms. Nancy Bodine (3209) VA Curly-Coated Retrievers, Flat Coated Retrievers (804) 492-4824 Ms. Stephanie Harris (19333) WA [email protected] (509) 929-5227 Akitas, Alaskan Malamutes, Black Russian [email protected] Terriers, Boxers, Portuguese Water Dogs, Labrador Retrievers Samoyeds, Siberian Huskies, Standard Mr. David J. Johnson (102961) KY Schnauzers (502) 817-2540 Mr. James Donahue (101625) IL [email protected] (847) 436-0275 Italian Greyhounds, French Bulldogs, JS [email protected] Mr. Rod Ott (103841) CA Basenjis, Ibizan Hounds, Pharaoh Hounds, (419) 957-8345 Whippets, JS [email protected] Mr. Bill Fletcher (100461) SD Scottish Terriers, Bouvier des Flandres [email protected]

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Shetland Sheepdogs Ms. Yvonne Samuelson (93102) CA Mrs. Anna Lorenz (19278) WI (209) 346-7301 (920) 876-4179 [email protected] [email protected] Collies Black Russian Terriers, Leonbergers, Rot - Ms. Diann Sullivan (98831) WA tweilers (360) 599-0147 Ms. Kimberly Maffit (100365) TN [email protected] (615) 888-2306 Golden Retrievers [email protected] Ms. Linda Tefelski (39991) TN Beaucerons, Belgian Malinois, Berger Pi - (916) 206-4399 cards, Pulik, Shetland Sheepdogs Mrs. Barbara Pessina (7372) NY [email protected] (845) 529-9350 Australian Shepherds, Bouviers des Flandres [email protected] Airedale Terriers, Australian Terriers, JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP JUDGES Bedlington Terriers, Wire Fox Terriers, Ms. Cynthia H. Carriegan (103787) WA Lakeland Terriers, Manchester Terriers, Par - (206) 403-5187 son Russell Terriers, Skye Terriers, Welsh [email protected] Terriers JS Mrs. Sheila Polk (17200) CA Ms. Hayley Nitz (103765) SC (925) 228-3069 (843) 421-3681 [email protected] [email protected] American Water Spaniels, English Springer JS Spaniels, Field Spaniels, Irish Water Ms. Wanda B. Pevahouse (93140) TN Spaniels, Sussex Spaniels, Spinoni Italiani, (731) 616-7977 Wirehaired Pointing Griffons [email protected] Mrs. Sharon Ann Redmer (2711) MI (734) 449-4995 JS-Limited [email protected] Ms. Abigail B. Vines (103639) FL Balance of Working Group (Alaskan Mala - (727) 742-9828 mutes, Black Russian Terriers, Cane Corsos, [email protected] Great Pyrenees, Mastiffs, Standard Schnau - JS zers), Irish Setters, English Springer Spaniels

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RESIGNED JUDGES Mrs. Mary Mignogna (90986) OH Ms. Bonnie Blink (330) 518-9920 Mrs. Judith R. Silker [email protected] Mrs. Tish Weiner Rally – All EMERITUS JUDGES Ms. Hazel Olbrich (90368) CA Mrs. Andria Filipponi-Maloney (510) 531-2476 Mr. Daniel W. Fleitas [email protected] Mrs. Dennis (Mary Lou) Kniola Rally – All DECEASED JUDGES Ms. Jan Wesen (17565) WA Mrs. Angela Amacher (360) 333-7131 Mrs. Ingela M. Gram [email protected] Mr. Stephen J. Hubbell Tracking – TDX Mrs. Connie Hunter Mrs. Ann Mateer PROVISIONAL OBEDIENCE/RALLY/TRACKING Mr. William Oxandale JUDGES Mr. Raymond T. Swidersky The following persons have been approved Dr. Elizabeth Trainor as a judge on a Provisional basis for the class/test indicated in accordance with the PROVISIONAL OBEDIENCE/RALLY/TRACKING Provisional judging system. They may now ac - JUDGES COMPLETED cept assignments. The following persons have completed their Mrs. Laura Delfino (5212) CA Provisional Judging assignments and their (925) 917-9008 names have been added to the list of regular [email protected] approved judges. Obedience – Utility Mrs. Lucinda Seeley (90148) FL Ms. Rita Crawford (90682) CA (772) 971-4152 (408) 482-7844 [email protected] [email protected] Obedience – Utility Tracking – TDX Ms. Patty Fulton (95283) MN APPLICATION FOR BREED-SPECIFIC (763) 795-9394 REGISTERED NAME PREFIX [email protected] The following applications for a breed-spe - Obedience – Novice cific Registered Name Prefix have been sub - mitted to The American Kennel Club. Letters

AKC GAZETTE 41 APRIL 2018 SECRETARY ’S PAGES in regard to these applications should be VALLE VUE – German Shepherds – Karen G. addressed to Gina DiNardo, Executive Swecker-Thacker Secretary: VENDETTA – Boxers - Debra L. Henkle ZOLDMALI – Wirehaired Vizsla – Zsofia ANIDARY – Siberian Huskies – Michelle D. Miczek Miyabara BARNWOOD – Australian Shepherds – Carol REGISTERED NAME PREFIXES GRANTED H. Jeffery The following applications for a breed-specific BOULDERCREST – Chinese Crested & Registered Name Prefix have been granted: Labrador Retrievers – Amy A. Church ANGEL RETRIEVERS – Labrador Retrievers – DREAMCHASER – Doberman Pinschers – Katie J. Gonzalez John C. Hinkle ARUZIA – Borzoi – Lorrie A. Scott & John H. GINGERHAUS – Dogues de Bordeaux – Scott Deana L. Crutcher BARYNUK – Siberian Huskies – Barry L. ICE AGE – Alaskan Malamutes – Kimberly E. Brunner Adkinson DOUBLED – Great Danes – Miranda L. Keller LASATA – Norwich Terriers – James J. LYON’S TOYS – Yorkshire Terriers & Latuscha Chihuahuas – Trish S. Lyon LEVENDI – Manchester Terriers – Christina OLD GLORY – Brittanys – Jennifer R. C. Caridis Burlingame & Aaron N. Burlingame NICKEROOS – Whippets – Nickie Granville & ROCKING P – Australian Cattle Dogs – Misty Rachel N. Granville A. Pursell NOTTA BEAR – Newfoundlands – Bethany S. SPIIRIT – Rottweilers – Cornelia F. Jones Davis & Jon B. Davis SPOTHAVEN – Dalmatians – Connie Brown REBULLUTION – Bulldogs – Cynthia H. TORQUAY – Beagles – Marcelo R. Chagas & Kostmerchock-Kroll Roger P. Travis ROCKYTOP HEARTS – Australian Shepherds TRILLIANT – Shetland Sheepdogs – – Connie J. Watson Stephanie Trautman-Riley SALT HEIR – Portuguese Water Dogs – Lynn TRIPLEH – Pembroke Welsh Corgis – E. Green Deborah G. Cox STONE RUN – Poodles – Connie S. Unger & VENICE – Pharaoh Hounds – Deborah A. Gloria Boyle Rossi-King & Richard B. King TANDEM – Australian Shepherds – Regina L. WINSTAR – Miniature Bull Terriers – Harold Blair J. Beaudrot

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