AKC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MEETING
The
Board convened on Monday, August 10, 2009 at 8:00 a. m. All Directors were present. Also present were the Executive
Secretary, the Chief Operating Officer, and the Assistant Executive Secretary.
PERFORMANCE EVENTS
Doug Ljungren, Lisa Carroll,
and Caroline Murphy, AKC Staff, participated in this portion of the meeting via
video conference
Beagle Field Trial – Combining Classes by
Gender
There was a motion by Mr.
Marden, seconded by Mr. Goodman, and it was VOTED (unanimously) to approve a
change to Beagle Field Trial Rules and
Standard Procedures for Brace, Small Pack and Small Pack Option Field Trials
and Two-Couple Pack Hunting Test, Chapter 9. Section 1 to allow a Field
Trial Committee the option of combining the small Beagle Field Trial Class (13”)
with the other size class (15”) from the same gender. This will be read at the September 2009
Delegate meeting for a vote at the December 2009 Delegate meeting.
The section is amended as
follows (underlined)
CHAPTER 9
Section
1. At a licensed or member Beagle field trial, the
regular classes shall be:
Open
Dogs not exceeding 13 inches in height.
Open
Bitches not exceeding 13 inches in height.
Open
Dogs over 13 inches but not exceeding 15 inches in height.
Open
Bitches over 13 inches but not exceeding 15 inches in height.
However,
if when the entries are closed, it is found that there are fewer than six
hounds eligible to compete in any class, the Field Trial Committee shall
have the option of combing that class either by
gender
or size into a single class.
Beagle Field Trials – Licensing Federation
Trials
There was a motion by Mr.
Arnold, seconded by Dr. Battaglia, and it was VOTED (unanimously) to approve a
change to Beagle Field Trial Rules and
Standard Procedures for Brace, Small Pack and Small Pack Option Field Trials
and Two-Couple Pack Hunting Tests, Chapter 3, Section 1 and Beagle Field Trial Rules and Standard
Procedures for Large Pack Field Trials, Chapter 3, Section 1 to grant
license status to events held by Beagle Field Trial Federations (group of local
Beagle Field Trial clubs). This
will be read at the September 2009 Delegate meeting for a vote at the December
2009 Delegate meeting. The amended
sections read as follows (underlined):
Beagle Field Trial Rules and Standard Procedures for
Brace, Small Pack and Small Pack Option Field Trials and Two-Couple Pack
Hunting Tests
Chapter 3, Section 1. A club, association or federation
which wishes to hold a licensed or member
field
trial must apply to The American Kennel Club on a form which will be supplied
on request to clubs
which
meet the requirements of The American Kennel Club. The form must be received by the
American
Kennel Club ninety (90) days prior to the first day of the field trial. Applications received less
than
the ninety day requirement may be approved provided a penalty is paid by the
club. This
application
will be referred to the Board of Directors of The American Kennel Club, which
will consider
it
and notify the club of its approval or disapproval.
A
Beagle Association or Federation which has been approved by the American Kennel
Club may hold
one
licensed Field Trial and one licensed Two-Couple Pack event per calendar year.
Beagle Field Trial Rules and Standard Procedures for
Large Pack Field Trials
Chapter
3, Section 1. A Club, association
or federation which wishes to hold a licensed or member
field
trial must apply to The American Kennel Club on a form which will be supplied
on request to clubs
which
meet the requirements of The American Kennel Club. This Application will be referred to the
Board
of Directors of The American Kennel Club, which will consider it and notify the
club its approval
or
disapproval.
A
Beagle Association or Federation which has been approved by the American Kennel
Club may hold
one
licensed Field Trial and one licensed Two-Couple Pack event per calendar year.