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2010 Membership Renewal
2010 Calendar of Deadlines and Events
Board and Member Meeting Minutes

Report of the 2010 Nominating Committee

NOTICES from the BCCA Recording Secretary 

Annual Membership Meeting

The Annual Meeting of the BCCA will be held the evening of Thursday, October 7, at the Embassy Suites hotel in Loveland, Colorado.  The exact room and time will be announced later.

 

Annual Board Meeting

The Board of Directors of the BCCA will meet on Monday, October 4, at the Embassy Suites hotel in Loveland, Colorado.  The exact room and time will be announced later.

 

Notice to All Affiliate Clubs

Please have your club secretary send a listing of your current officers and directors to the Recording Secretary of the BCCA: Carol Freeman 2922 15th Avenue, Moline, IL 61265-3310, or beardieone@mchsi.com.

 

2013 National Specialty Host Clubs

Bids are now being accepted from local clubs to host the 2013 BCCA National Specialty.  Please contact the Recording Secretary for a bid packet: Carol Freeman 2922 15th Avenue Moline IL 61265-3310 or beardieone@mchsi.com.

 

Nominations for Regular, Sweepstakes, and Futurity Judges for the 2012 National Specialty

Please send your nominations for regular, sweepstakes, and Futurity judges for the 2012 National Specialty to the Recording Secretary: Carol Freeman 2922 15th Avenue, Moline IL 61265-3310, or beardieone@mchsi.com.  Each BCCA member is entitled to nominate one person for regular classes, one for sweepstakes, and one for futurity.

 

Deadline for receipt of all nominations is September 1, 2010.  Do it Now!

 

A preliminary ballot with all nominations will be mailed to the membership with the November issue of the Bagpipes and must be returned to the Treasurer no later than January 15, 2011.  The top three candidates from the preliminary ballot for each position will be presented to the membership in a final ballot with the February issue of Bagpipes, with the ballots to be returned to the treasurer no later than March 30, 2011.

 

Nominations of judges from other countries who are eligible to judge championship shows are allowed for regular conformation classes only.

 

In the selection of sweepstakes judges, persons eligible to judge the entire Herding Group in this country or the Group to which Bearded Collies belong in any other country, or are eligible to judge the breed at any AKC shows, are ineligible to judge sweepstakes at the National Specialty.  All nominees for sweepstakes should have at least seven (7) years of experience as an exhibitor in conformation and/or as a breeder of Bearded Collies and have a thorough understanding of the Rules Applying to Dog Shows and Judging as well as the Standard of the Bearded Collie to be eligible for nomination.  Only U.S. and Canadian residents may judge sweepstakes at the National Specialty.  Only BCCA members in good standing may be candidates to judge sweepstakes at the National Specialty.

 

Any judge officiating at the BCCA National Specialty will not be permitted on the ballot again until a two year time period has elapsed.

 


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