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NEHBA ANNUAL MEETING
January 25, 2015
January 25, 2015
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 Carreau Todd Nigro Brad Nigro Mike Santos Arman Ribeiro Doug Bower
Judges for the National’s Trial were discussed with following (3) members being nominated to possibly judge trial:
Brad Nigro Todd Nigro Tippy 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
Respectfully Submitted.
Michael W Santos
Michael W Santos
NEHBA Secretary
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 Carreau Todd Nigro Brad Nigro Mike Santos Arman Ribeiro Doug Bower
Judges for the National’s Trial were discussed with following (3) members being nominated to possibly judge trial:
Brad Nigro Todd Nigro Tippy 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
Respectfully Submitted.
Michael W Santos
Michael W Santos
NEHBA Secretary
