February 5, 2012

Vice President Terri Porthan called the February meeting of the North Star Toy Dog Club to order at    12:20  p.m.

Members present:   Beth Gray, Terri Porthan, , Sandy Thibodo-Johnson, Jonathan Mathes, Carol Lauren-Schmitt, Donna Erickson, Karen Lawrence

Secretary’s report: Accepted as written. Motion to accept Terri, Jonathan seconded.

The treasurer’s Report: $3,247.28 in account as of  1-31-2012. We have not yet received the check from Land –o_Lakes as of today’s date.  $200.00 deposit from membership dues. $660.52 fro judges expenses, $.30 interest. Motion to accept Jonathan, second Sandy.

Old Business:

Micro chip clinic- $25.00 per chip with a vet that will put it in for us. We need to set the date which is yet to be determined.

Please get your donations for next year’s raffle can be brought to the meetings. Thanks to all that have been donating items for our raffle and we hope to continue to get great items.

REMEMBER:  ALL brags must be on AKC registered dogs and AKC dog events. If we want to encourage all of our members to send their brags along with pics (if they would like) to Beth so we can keep this page up dated. The NSTDC reserves the right to publish or NOT publish all brags and or photos submitted for the NSTDC website at the editors discression.

Jonathan discussed account options with TCF. We don’t qualify for a corporate account. We will get credit for the checks that were ordered. We can only do a small business money market account. With this account you cannot go over 6 transactions per month.  They do require $1,000 balance for it to remain in the free status.  Terri made a motion to accept the terms and conditions to open this check account. All were in agreement. Beth will e-mail spreadsheet to Jonathan with membership. Jonathan also needs a copy of the insurance policy. Beth will get a copy of that from Carol R.

Are there any nominations from the floor for board members? Sandy is nominated for one of the board positions and Karen Lawrence is the other.

New Business: Thank you card from Don for his 99^th Birthday. Conversation was had about a birthday party for Don’s 100^th birthday.

Paperwork from the Pet Breeders Association. The group looked at the paperwork and decided against promoting this group

Motion to adjourn: Terri, second Sandy.

The meeting was adjourned at 1:04 pm.

The next meeting will be on March 18, 2012 from noon to 2 p.m. at Pet Junction on 694 and Rice Street.  Voting in of officer’s at this meeting. It will be a pot luck.

April meeting will be at Pet Junction on April 29, 2012 from 1-3 PM

Respectfully submitted,

Beth Gray, Secretary

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DON, AND THANKS FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE TO MAKE THE NORTH STAR TOY DOG CLUB A SUCCESS!

January 6, 2012

President Carol Reinhart called the January meeting of the North Star Toy Dog Club to order at 1:27 p.m.

Members present:  Carol Reinhart, Beth Gray, Terri Porthan, Donna Temple-Burgess, Emma Hanson, Sandy Thibodo-Johnson and Barb Blum

Secretary’s report: Accepted as written. Motion to accept Terri, Sandy seconded.

The treasurer’s Report: $3,707.00 in account as of 12-31-2011. Motion to accept Donna, second Terri.

Old Business:  Thank you to Jan for working our raffle table-we couldn’t have done it without you!

Microchip clinic- Terri will be getting that information to Carol R.

Our show went very well!  We had a good entry-up from last year.

We would like to add Jr. Handling to our show next year-Carol R will look into setting that up. There was a discussion regarding fees for entering into additional classes $5.00 for any regular classes, free with additional entry, and Bred By Exhibitor $20.00. We would like to have more local judges. We will try to work that in. Prizes for next year were discussed-Group placing 1-4, breed and best Jr. Terri made a motion to accept Donna second. What those prizes will be are yet to be decided.

Please get your donations for next year’s raffle can be brought to the meetings. Thanks to all that have been donating items for our raffle and we hope to continue to get great items.

REMEMBER:  ALL brags must be on AKC registered dogs and AKC dog events. If we want to encourage all of our members to send their brags along with pics (if they would like) to Beth so we can keep this page up dated. The NSTDC reserves the right to publish or NOT publish all brags and or photos submitted for the NSTDC website at the editors discretion.

New Business: Member participation is needed for show set up/take down.

New officer election is coming. Make sure you have your membership renewal and dues in before January 31, 2012

Motion to adjourn: Emma, second Sandy.

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The meeting was adjourned at 2:30 pm.

The next meeting will be on February 5, 2012 from noon to 2 p.m. at Pet Junction on 694 and Rice Street.

Respectfully submitted,

Beth Gray, Secretary

Noblewinds Icing on the Cake, AKA Cherry, (Tyra’s daughter) took Winner’s Bitch and Best of Winners at the same show. It was a family affair! Great Win!!

Casanova with his Therapy Dog scarf

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Casanova was the 1st Papillon from Minnesota to apply for and earn the new AKC THD Title.  We have been doing Therapy Dog visits for over 4 years now and earned his TDIA and TDIAOV awards this year….We volunteer at Gillett’s Children’s Hospital in St. Paul, as well as Glenhaven Nursing home…Christmas time is one of the most popular visits.