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The lock to the gate on the land has been changed for security reasons. Please contact a board member for the combination

Attention All Gem City Dog Obedience Club Members:

The hours and dues amount for each member has been populated in your member’s profile. To access your profile please log onto GCDOC.com. On the right side of the home screen at the top hover the cursor over your name. A drop-down list will appear. Click on the option to “edit profile”. When your profile comes up on the screen, roll down to the bottom of the page and your hours worked and dues amount will display. Underneath that is a button to allow you to pay your dues using PayPal. If you wish to send a check for your dues make it Payable to GCDOC and send it to Tami Woodrow, 4921 Pacemont Ave, Dayton, Oh 45415.

Dues are due by October 31, 2022. 

If your dues amount says “Not elig” instead of a dues dollar amount that means you have not worked the 20 hours required to renew your membership. If you wish, you may become an associate member for $15 and when you are able to work the required minimum hours you will be able to reinstate to full membership.

When you pay your dues remember to sign the GCDOC waiver form!!

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!

Earthdog practice will be Saturday starting at 1:30 with set up around noon.

Thank you,

Curt

Membership Meeting

Monday Sep 26, 2022 ⋅ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (Eastern Time – New York)

Location: 4920 Northcutt Place, Dayton, OH

This will the last opportunity for you to volunteer yourself (or someone else you can beg/guilt) into running for board positions!

Read the previous meeting minutes here!

Doit Dog Hike @ Hills & Dales Metro park

When Sun, September 18, 5pm – 7pm

Where 2655 S Patterson Blvd, Kettering, OH 45409, USA

The club building will be closed for maintenance on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday next week (Sept 20, 21,22) from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.  We have a company coming in to clean the HVAC furnace & duct work inside and out.  They will have ladders, scaffolding and noisy vacuum equipment in both rooms.  All the agility equipment will have to be out of the way, as well as the ring gating.  We should be able to have limited use of the floor after 5:00 as long as everything is moved back out of the way for the next morning.  They do not expect to be there late on Thursday, so preparation for the AKC trial next weekend can proceed as planned.
John Clifford

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.