Wednesday, February 22, 2012
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Spring 2012 Hunt Test EVENTS Tab active - Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Spring 2012 Events Tab is now active. Premiums, waivers and entry forms are posted
 for all tests. Some premiums are still being updated, so please re-visit the premium before
you head out for the test. We are working on the weather link we need a pass code and then
we will activate
Spring 2012 Newsletter will be mailed early next week

Best of luck to everyone running dogs this spring  Mark Schmiedeshoff, Secretary

 
 
2012 Spring Hunt Test Dates & Locations Approved by the BOD are: - Friday, January 27, 2012

 

  • April 14-15   Kinston, NC  &  Higginsville, MO
  • April 28-29   Orchard, CO
  • May 5-6         Adrian, MI   &   Tekamah, NE
  • May 19-20    Chancellor, SD

Further information will be posted in the "Events" tab as it becomes available

 

 

 
2011 APLA Hall of Fame Ballots Completed - Sunday, January 01, 2012

Congratulations and we welcome the following dogs as recieving the most APLA member votes for the 2011 Hall of Fame inductions.   It was close on a few and the ballots were counted three times to be certain.  We welcome the following new APLA HOF dogs:

Trieven Twist and Shout
Minn Horse and Hunt Club Thor
Bar None's Snake River Otter
Rockerin Medicine Beau

Thanks to all who provided information, compiled the write ups and all who voted! 
Bruce

 
2012 ELECTION RESULTS - Thursday, December 08, 2011

Thank you from the APLA Directors to all who offered their services and time to the organization as a nominee for the 2012 Officer and Director elections.

Please congratulate the following individuals elected to office:

Bruce Smiley, President
Doug Powell, Treasurer
Mark Schmiedeshoff, Secretary
Ed McNally, Director
Troy Benson, Director

*** Update, Nate Hamblin, as runner up in the most recent Director election process, was unanimously appointed by the APLA Board to serve out the remaining term of Bruce Smiley's Director position.  Congratulations, Nate. ***

 
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Sunday, January 23, 2011
1-13-2011 BOD Meeting Minutes
By Dog&Doug @ 9:37 PM :: 1012 Views 		 

 

Minutes of APLA Directors meeting 1/13/2011 (7 pm CT)
 
  1. Special Meeting, called by Directors Vic Rompa and Bruce Smiley
  2. Purpose: discussion of APLA Committee Structure for 2011 (agenda sent in advance by Smiley) 
  3. Directors Attending: Dale Merritt, Larry Kimble, Dale Swiderski, Mike Bachkosky, Vic Rompa, Bruce Smiley. Troy Callanan joined at 8:00 CT.   Absent: Ed McNally, Doug Powell.
  4. Meeting was opened by President Dale Merritt referencing the previously sent agenda items. First agenda item selected for discussion was defining “Committee v/s Commission” designation per APLA Bylaws.
  5. Merritt asked Smiley to explain the difference between a committee and a commission and reference its definition in the Bylaws which was done. Essentially a “committee” acts with the authority of the board in its actions whereas a “commission” makes a recommendation to the board for approval and has no authority to act on behalf of the board.The Board then proceeded to evaluate all current APLA “committees” as to whether they should be designated as a committee or commission. Board action was as follows:
    1. Rules, designated a “commission” by unanimous vote.
    2. Judges, designated a “commission” by unanimous vote.
    3. Web Site, designated a “committee” by unanimous vote with the charge that its ability to expend APLA funds will be limited to $500 per project. Any expenditure larger than that amount shall require approval of the Board.
    4. Hunt Test, designated a “committee” by unanimous vote with two charges 1) That its “calendar of events” shall be approved by the full board and 2) that in the course of its administration of hunt tests, decisions on any items which would result in an exception or non-compliance with any APLA rule or written policy requires approval of the Board.
    5. Hall of Fame, designated a “committee” by unanimous vote with the charge that the annual ballot of HOF nominees shall be submitted to and approved by the Board.
    6. Election, designated a “commission” by unanimous vote.
    7. Audit, designated a “commission” by unanimous vote.
    8. Classified Moderator, designated, unanimously as a function of the Web committee.
  6. It was discussed and agreed that committees and commissions shall take new working agenda items from the Board. Suggestions new projects for committees/commissions to address shall be submitted by membership in writing to the Board and the Board shall make the decision to commit resources.
  7. It was discussed and unanimously agreed that Committees/Commissions shall present a report of their activities to the Board “at least” once per year.
  8. It was suggested that Board members begin to consider and approach non-board members about potential involvement on the committee/commission structure but upon further conversation it was generally agreed to postpone reaching out to membership until a formal structure for formulating committees was established.
  9. Dale Merritt indicated that there were guidelines for committee structure and membership requirements that had been established in the past however documentation for these guidelines was not available.
  10. Next steps regarding 2010 committees were set as:
    1.       Establish current documented Board criteria for membership and makeup, of committees/commissions.
    2. Solicit input and select individuals for participation on committees/commissions
    3. Establish projects and agenda items that the board wishes to charge each committee/commission to work on in 2011.
  11. Committee process will be followed up in the 1/18 Board meeting but it was noted that it would likely not be resolved during that meeting and would require additional follow up. Rompa volunteered that he and Smiley would be happy to establish an additional follow up meeting after the 1/18 Board meeting.
  12. Various items were discussed that were deemed by consensus to be items of “new business” to bring up in subsequent regular meetings and provide as agenda items to committees after committee structure was established.
  13. Bachkosky indicated that the hunt test submissions were nearly complete and would be submitted to the Board at the 1/18 meeting.
  14. Meeting was adjourned at 8:40 CT.
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