Minutes from the Chapter Meetings

2011

Atlantic Chapter Show
The date for the 2012 Atlantic Chapter Show is April 14th, Dave Woods will judge and Mish Irish is the show chair. The show has been moved to State College, PA. We have the show hall reserved Friday and Saturday so that registration may begin Friday night and animals may be housed in the show hall overnight. Also new for this show will be the addition of an awards banquet following the show Saturday night. Much else remains the same.

One suggestion for the live animal raffle is to limit animals to first place or better only, and have them run through the show.

Fundraising
The chapter is going to create a calendar for 2012 with chinchilla photos submitted and voted on by chapter members. The photos will not have the owner’s name on them, rather the names of members that contributed photos will be listed on the back cover. We will aim to have the calendars available for sale by mid-September in time for the NY/NE chapter show. Cost will be $15, including shipping. Additionally, we will sell business card-sized ad space on each month of the calendar for $20.

Treasury
The chapter has agreed to buy the trailer for hauling the show equipment from Dave and Chris Woods for $2000. This will be paid in installments, pending the sale of our calendars. Currently there is approximately $2800 in the treasury.

Officers and Board Members
Dave and Chris Woods have resigned from the board. Mish Irish was elected president, Gloria Mills re-elected vice president, Monika Grogan elected secretary, and Bill Amrhein elected Treasurer. Additionally, Megan Stewart was voted on the board. Chris Woods will close the chapter’s account and send the money to Bill, who will open a new account for the chapter.

2010

Atlantic Chapter Show

  • April 9th, 2011 – This was the only date that both Friday night and Saturday were available.
  • Volunteers
    • Over the years, the amount of volunteers for the show has dwindled. Action needs to be taken to increase the amount of volunteers for the registration table and other various places.
  • Show Cages
    • Last year it was determined that the show cages would need to either be replaced or powder coated. The chapter went with powder coating due to the cost.
    • 370 cages were powder coated at $9.00 per cage for a total of $3330.00
  • The 2009 show profited approx. $700.
    • The show cost approx. $1145 to hold
    • The show brought in approx. $1870
  • Table Purchase/Donations
    • Each year we spend a good amount on renting tables. The chapter has come to the conclusion that it would be more beneficial to purchase tables vs. continuing to rent them.
    • Megan Stalosky and Jason Steward have agreed to donate money to the purchase of tables with the agreement that they will be able to use them in June for their wedding.
  • Exhibitor Fee
    • In an effort to help create more members in MCBA, it was decided that the fee for Exhibiting animals as a NON member would increase.
    • Exhibiting MCBA Members would pay $4.00 per animal
    • Exhibiting NON MCBA Members would Pay $8.00 per animal

Atlantic Chapter Board

  • Board Members
    • Due to the Loss of Edgar Hykes, an empty seat on the board needed to be filled
      • Voted Mish Irish onto the Board
  • Secretary / Treasurer Position
    • The Secretary / Treasurer position has been split into two separate positions.
      • Voted to Split of positions and who would fulfill those positions
        • Secretary – Voted Brandi Bowen
        • Treasurer – Voted Chris Woods

Treasury

  • After the credits and deposits of the 2009 York, PA show and the Powder Coating of the show cages were accounted for, the Atlantic Chapter has approx. $2000.00 in the Treasury.

2009

The Atlantic Chapter held its annual chapter picnic August 30th at Dave & Chris Woods’ residence. We had a great turnout and as usual Dave grilled some wonderful steaks. Dave also was showing how to groom before a show. Some members brought chins to be evaluated and Dave was showing the good points and bad points on what to look for under the show lights. The Chapter meeting was held after and we agreed to have the Atlantic show at the Dover Firehall again for next year. Dave agreed to judge the show again. The date for the show next year will be a little earlier than previous years. We will have our show April 10th. The topic of the Atlantic Chapter’s show cages was brought up (being that they are old and need refurbished) and Dave is going to have some of them redone and test them out at the NY/NE and Ohio Claim show to see how they hold up. He had one at the picnic that was done and it looks really great. If all works out then we will go ahead and get them all restored for our upcoming show in April. Dave Woods was re-elected as President, Gloria Mills as Vice President and Chris Woods as Secretary/Treasurer. The Board members stayed the same.