Author: Angela Profitt

Two people, who were at the meeting, have tested positive for Covid. Neither one knew until today. We have asked them to inform you of close contact if they were near you.

Just a reminder that we have a GCDOC membership meeting tonight at 7:30pm. We will need a quorum as we will be voting on the slate of candidates for the November club elections. We will also be voting into the membership 5 applicant members: Alex and Cody Cobb, Brittany Lash, Laurel Finch and Larry Erbaugh. Please try to attend!

Set up for the AKC obedience and rally trial will be at 6:00 PM on Friday

September 23, and is expected to take about an hour.  Your help is

appreciated, if you are participating in the trials, you may set up your

crate at the completion of the trial set up. Thanks in advance for helping.

Below is the slate of Board Nominees for year 2023. This slate will be presented to the membership at the September 26th at 7:30pm Membership meeting. At that time members can also be nominated for any of these positions from the floor. After the membership meeting nominations will be closed. Sherri Heizer is the chair of the nominating committee.

President: Angela Profitt
Vice President: Steve Hart
Secretary: Donna Jennings

Treasurer: Kathy Roberts

Membership Chair: Tami Woodrow

Registar: Maggie Melton 
Members at Large: Barb Siler and Alicia Heidorn (2 year term)

After the election in November the GCDOC Board will appoint the 2023 Obedience Director and Agility Director. Below is a description of those Director’s duties as outlined in our Bylaws:

OBEDIENCE DIRECTOR Candidates for the position of Obedience Director shall apply to the Board, by submitting application to the Nominating Committee. The board, following elections at the annual meeting, will then appoint the Obedience Director. He or she shall be a member in good standing of the club. He or she shall, in accordance with the training policies established by the board of directors, have charge of the obedience training classes and the Canine Good Citizen evaluations. He or she shall establish rules and regulations for the proper conduct thereof and shall have the authority to enforce such rules. He or she is upon appointment, a voting member of the board of directors.  

AGILITY DIRECTOR Candidates for the position of Agility Director shall apply to the board, by submitting application to the Nominating Committee. The board, following elections at the annual meeting, will then appoint the Agility Director. He or she shall be a member in good standing of the club. He or she shall, in accordance with the training policies established by the board of directors, have charge of the training classes involving agility. He or she shall establish rules and regulations for the proper conduct thereof and shall have the authority to enforce such rules. He or she is, upon appointment, a voting member of the board of directors. 

Suzie Freeze in the land manager at Valleycrest. Her email is sfreeze@woh.rr.com if you want to contact her about tasks at ValleyCrest.

John Clifford is Building Manager and I think there are some brush cutting or other projects there. His email is sgaugeflyer@gmail.com.

AKC Agility Trial

August 13, 2022 – August 14, 2022 – contact Deb Werts –   Werts.deb74@gmail.com

“CPE Aglity Trial Building Rental by CCC”

September 16, 2022 – September 18, contact Carole Lenehan – carolelenehan@aol.com or Leeann Medina- dgleeanne@aol.com

AKC Obedience/Rally Trial

September 24, 2022 – September 25, 2022, there is currently a volunteer sign up sheet for this event on the Gem City member’s page. Also, an email was sent about it to all the members recently. 

Be sure to tell anyone you contact that you are a GCDOC club member who is looking to work Volunteer hours.  For John Clifford or Suzie Freeze you will need to send me your hours or enter them on the volunteer sheet on the kitchen counter at the club.

The hours worked requirement for 2022 is 20 hours worked to retain your membership. Those hours need to be reported to the membership coordinator by 9/30/22. If you have any question about how many hours you have worked so far, please email me at tbrown2126@aol.com and I will send you a PDF of your hours. Any hours worked over 49 hours will get you vouchers which you can use to pay for classes.

Message from John Clifford.

I just received a text from Houser that they will be starting on the concrete entryway at the club as soon as tomorrow, assuming no rain.  They will be working on one side this week and the other side next week.  We should have access to the lot at all times, one car at a time.  Please be patient if they are working on it when you arrive and afterwards, no driving on the new concrete until the barriers are removed.

The contractor has moved up our date for paving! Work will start tomorrow! The parking lot will be completely off limits to cars until Monday. When it reopens, we will not be able to park on it for at least 5 days. There will be parking available at the top of the lot and in front where paving hasn’t been done. This will be for everyone! You won’t want your car to sink or your dog walking on it.

Workers will be at the building at 8 am tomorrow! In order to keep all dogs and people safe the building will be closed while they are working. I don’t know when their work day ends, Im guessing around 4 or 5. Assume they will be working the same times on Friday. Paving starts Monday and it will need a couple of days to cure ( no cars allowed on it) We will keep you updated as the project progresses. Please be kind to the workers and thank you for your understanding!

The building is open for practice. The raccoon has been removed but there is a trap set just in case another comes in. Please do not move or otherwise disturb the trap!