The annual
meeting opened at 9:05am with a roll call being completed all member clubs were
represented.
President / Treasurer
Report-
Larry began with a moment of silence for Gene Underkoffler
who passed recently and was a huge loss for the Association.
Discussion in regards to the Hall of Fame and this year’s
inductees of Gene Underkoffler and Manny Branco. Tippy Willis makes a motion
that we induct both members into the Hall of Fame, seconded by Tony Roderick, a
vote was conducted and the motion passed unanimously.
We need to resolve the Treasurer/ Website issue with the
passing of Gene. Current balance in our checking account is $2,619.69. George
Holstrom a possibility for website with Mike Santos as a second option. Doug
Bower to reach out to George to see if he is interested.
Secretary Report-
Minutes from Semi-Annual meeting were read and accepted
with a motion by Tony Roderick and seconded by Bubba Sousa
Minutes were read from Special meeting with a motion by
Doug Bower and seconded by Tony Roderick to accept as read, passed
Field Trial
Secretary-
We had a profit of $489.oo from Winners Stakes
Dave Bourque suggested Eastern Conn for this year’s
Winners Stakes, motion by Tony Roderick, seconded by Doug Bower, passed
Unfinished
Business-
By Law Changes:
Remove Credentialing from by-laws, a vote ensued
Results (9) yes (1) no (Central), passed
Add Winners Stakes trial to be part of High Hound Awards,
a vote ensued
Results (10) yes, passed
Amend Section 5 Disciplinary, vote ensued
Results (10) yes, passed
Election of
Officers-
Current Slate-
President- Larry Mazza
V.President- Tippy Willis
Treasurer- Unfilled
Secretary- Mike Santos
FTS- Peter Marks
A motion by Dave Bourque and seconded by Tom Bray to
elect Doug Bower to vacant treasurer position, vote ensued passed
A second motion to elect Tony Roderick as Assistant
treasurer to assist Doug Bower by Doug Bower and seconded by Bubba Sousa, vote
ensued, passed
Larry motions to have the bank accounts moved to a bank
that is of easy access to both Tony and Doug, seconded by Bubba Sousa, passed
New Slate of
Officers-
President- Larry Mazza
V.President- Tippy Willis
Treasurer- Doug Bower
A.Treasurer- Tony Roderick
Secretary- Mike Santos
FTS- Tippy Willis
FTC- Jason Wiseman
Dave Wood motions to accept officers as reads, seconded
by Bubba Sousa, passed. The secretary than casted one vote to keep officers as
discussed, passed
New Business-
Roll Call vote was conducted in regards to not allowing a
Beagler not in good standing on the grounds of an Association trial to judge or
compete.Vote ensued with results as
follows (8) yes (1) no (Central) and (1) abstained (Thorton), passed
Motion by Doug Bower to allow new webmaster the needed
resources to get the website going, seconded by Jerry Carreau, passed
D.Wood suggests delegates go back to clubs and explain
importance of getting payments and results to person in charge.
Clubs joining NEBGF need to pay the $40 fee by February
1, 2015 with their vote on one trial.
New Business Cont-
Tippy motions that NEHBA move to a flat rate fee in upcoming
year, seconded by Tom Bray, to be discussed at semi-annual meeting, passed
Dave Bourque suggested E.Conn for Winners Stakes was previously
voted on and passed. Conversation ensued for clarification purposes. The host
club takes care of raffle and kitchen, Association gets judges, awards and
entry fees.
Larry makes a motion that due to hardship on clubs they can
use licensed trial as ALL-Age qualifier and instead of paying the $1.00 per
capita per dog the club will pay a $25.00 flat rate, seconded by Jerry Carreau,
passed
Banquet Awards were then discussed with a motion by Tippy
and seconded by Tony Roderick to buy (4) plaques, (14) Dan’s jackets, donate
$200 to kids trial and give two tickets to each of the Hall of Fame inductees,
passed
Judges for the Federation Trial were discussed with
following (6) members being nominated to possibly judge trial:
Jerry CarreauTodd
NigroBrad NigroMike SantosArman RibeiroDoug
Bower
Judges for the National’s Trial were discussed with
following (3) members being nominated to possibly judge trial:
Brad NigroTodd
NigroTippy Willis
Motion by Tony R and seconded by Jerry Carreau to accept the
nominated judges list, passed
Motion by Tony R for association to pay cost for horse at
Nationals if selected, seconded by Tom Bray, passed
Motion by Dave Wood to adjourn seconded by Jerry Carreau,
passed