FROM THE PRESIDENT

In order to improve communications between the Membership and the Board the President will attempt to clarify some of the actions and current activities of the Board. The President will also be tasked with responding to some of the inquiries made to the Board by individual members.

The Dirty Beards seems to be a major issue with a vast majority of the membership. The Board has signed a contract with a publishing firm that publishes documents for other breed clubs. The Board is still searching for someone to step up and assume the responsibility of managing editor of the Dirty Beards. Several members have expressed interest as contributing editors but not managing editor. In the interim Linda Hoyer has agreed to manage the next issue of the Dirty Beards.

The by-laws have been under review by the Membership Bylaws Committee and the initial review indicates a definite conflict with what the ABdFC documentation indicates and the documentation in the AKC files. There will have to be a process established so that a final by-laws document will be accepted by the entire membership and AKC.

Legal action in the form of exchanging documents between the legal representative of two club members and the legal representative of the ABdFC has taken place over the past few months. The two club members were seeking access to club files pertaining to an activity of a committee and it was felt by the Board that some of the documents they were seeking were of such nature as to be considered confidential. Because the ABdFC was incorporated in the State of Pennsylvania the discussion thus far is based on what is or what is not considered confidential information in a club such as ours.

If anyone has a concern or an issue please contact a Board member before you enter into the world of untruths and misinformation on the NET.

Thank you
Stuart L. Riley
President, ABdFC