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Hall of Fame Committee (HOF) -- Liaison:
Ann DeChant
Committee Chair: Anne Shope (NM) legendsranch@hotmail.com
REGION 1:
REGION 2: Cheri Preciado (CA), Gina Larson (CA), Laura Diebold (CA)
REGION 3: Sharon Elkins (CO)
REGION 4:
REGION 5: Anne Shope (NM), Robin McNeill (FL), Dorothy Montano (NM)
REGION 6: Chris Davies (PA)
REGION 7: Anneke deJong (Germany)
If you have not done so, please read the article Hall of Fame Time and also the Hall of Fame Committee Report in the March/April 2008 Aussie Times. These two go hand-in-hand in explaining the proposed Hall of Fame Excellent ("HOFX"). You will have the opportunity to approve or disapprove HOFX this year when voting for your Board of Directors at ballot time.
In addition to working on HOFX, the Committee was directed by the Board to clarify how breeders qualify for Hall of Fame. The HOF titles required were very clear, but the Board felt that the breeder's directives and qualifications were unclear and possibly inconsistent. The Motion below, at the time this report is written, is passing easily by majority vote of the HOF Committee members. This Motion will, of course, still require Board approval.
MOTION 2008-1
Anne Shope moves and Cheryl Padgett seconds that the following
language be placed immediately prior to Section One in the Rulebook
(which section is copied directly below for reference purposes):
1) ASCA gives credit to any breeder or cobreeders of record on
Australian Shepherds that have acquired HOF titles as named in
Section One below.
2) Prior to applying for HOF the breeder must be in good standing,
and the kennel name must be registered and current in renewal. No
further renewal of kennel name is required for any kennel awarded
HOF.
3) Upon dissolution of a HOF kennel partnership:
a) The HOF kennel remains with the owner given custody of the
kennel name.
b) Any partner applying for a new kennel name may utilize the HOF
title credits on dogs they are listed as breeder/co-breeder for
their new kennel. This utilization may be used only once in a member's
lifetime.
FROM THE RULEBOOK:
KENNEL HALL OF FAME REQUIREMENTS
(If motion 2008-1 is approved, this is the spot for the language in
that Motion)
SECTION ONE: BREEDER and/or KENNEL REQUIREMENTS
GRANDFATHER CLAUSE: 99:02 Any allowed titles earned towards HOF
Requirements prior to 1/1/03 will count towards HOF requirements
after 1/1/03. Any allowed titles earned after 1/1/03 must be earned
under the new HOF requirements. ASCA recognizes the kennels/breeders
who have produced titled Australian Shepherds that have met the HOF
requirements as set forth below.
A. Qualifying titles counting toward a Kennel/Breeder's Hall of Fame
are as follows:
1. Agility: RS-O (Regular Standard Open) or RV-O (Regular Veterans
Open) or RJ-O (Regular Junior Open) (only one of these per Australian
Shepherd to count)
2. Obedience: CDX (companion dog excellent)
3. Tracking: TD (tracking dog)
4. Stockdog: ATDd (advanced trial dog ducks) and/or OTDs (open trial
dog sheep) and/or OTDc (open trial dog cattle).
5. Conformation: CH (conformation champion), A-CH (altered
conformation champion)
B. A Kennel/Breeder must have accrued twenty (20) qualifying titles
on their progeny as follows:
1. Ten (10) stockdog and conformation titles, with a minimum of
three (3) in each, and
2. The remaining Ten (10) in any category named in A.1-5 above.
We invite you to ask any questions or direct any comments you may have on HOF or HOFX to this Committee.
Respectfully submitted,
Anne Shope, HOF Chair
The Committee continues to work on clarification of the awarding of Hall of Fame. Some say it's the kennel; others say it's the breeder. Lots of discussion is ongoing at at the time I write this report. Your comments on this topic are welcome.
We await the results of the memberships' votes on Hall of Fame Excellent. If it passes, we have plans to publish an application in the Times so that all breeders who are qualified may apply.
There is still room on this Committee for new members. We invite you to contact Jo Kimes at
jo.kimes@imsday.com
, if you'd like to join us.
At any time if you have any concerns or questions regarding Hall of Fame Kennel, Sire or Dam, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Anne Shope, HOF Chair
legendsranch@hotmail.com
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