August 13,2017  -Annual Meeting Announcement

The United States of America Coton de Tulear Club will hold our Annual Meeting on Sept 16, 2017 at “The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog”, approximate time from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., after the 2017 National Specialty at Purina Farms, in Gray Summit, Mo.   Please see link below for National Specialty information.  Saturday, September 16, 2017 2nd Annual National Specialty Concurrent With Three Rivers Kennel Club of Missouri

National Specialty Premium

Our club will hold a banquet and meeting at The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog, located at 1721 S. Mason Rd., in beautiful Queen Park, West St. Louis County, Missouri, is home to the world’s finest collection of art devoted to the dog. The 14,000 sq. ft. facility, which includes historic Jarville House (1853), displays over 700 original paintings, drawings, watercolors, prints, sculptures, bronzes, and porcelain figurines, and a variety of decorative art objects depicting man’s best friend throughout the ages. You may bring your dogs. Must be crated during dinner Deadline is August 30th for Preregistration & Reserved Catalogs. Banquet Tickets: Pre Registration @ $25.00 ea. (Banquet Tickets – $35.00 at the Door day of Banquet) Make checks payable to: USACTC Mail form along with payment to: Tracy McKown, 509 S, 5th Street, Herrin, IL 62948  (618) 925-1529 • tracym@riverradio.net

Sincerely,

Ruth Weidrick, President, USACTC, Inc.

Jan 29, 2017

2017 USACTC Board of Directors (New Board Announcement)

Dear Members,

Our nominating committee determined a slate of members for our club’s Board of Directors for 2017-2018. Since no additional nominations were mailed by January 25, 2017, the nominating committee’s slate shall be declared elected.

2017 USACTC Board of Directors

President-Kathy Garcia

Vice President-Ruth Weidrick

Recording Secretary-Linda Behrens

Membership Secretary-Diane Rinella

Treasurer-Kent McKown

Representatives

Northern Rep –Melissa Engelking

Southern Rep- Charlotte Cox

Eastern Rep –Danna Deimler

Western Rep – Jessica McIntyre

Central Rep – John David Keithley

Past President- Automatic position- Justine Romano

Nomination Committee Slate   01/11/2017

Dear Members,

Our Nominating Committee has determined a slate of nominees for our club’s Board of Directors for 2017-2018. The slates of names are listed below along with a brief biography on each candidate. Additional nominations of eligible members may be made by written petition addressed to; Linda Behrens, 5858 Southridge Drive, Brownsburg, IN 46112. Any additional nominations must be postmarked no later than January 25, 2017, accompanied with a written letter of acceptance of each nominee signifying his or her willingness to be a candidate. These nominees must submit the same information by responding to the same questions provided by the Board for each candidate. A blank  USACTC_2017Candidate_Questionnaire PDF document is attached and a list of our members is below. If no valid additional nominations are received by the deadline, the Nominating Committee’s slate shall be declared elected and no balloting will be required.  Please review the Constitution and Bylaws, Article V.  Our first election was ruled invalid by the majority of the Board of Directors and a professional Parliamentarian; this was noted at our annual meeting on December 30, 2016.  The meeting minutes will be provided when our Financial Report is complete. Thank you in advance for your participation in our election process.

Sincerely, Justine Romano

USACTC President , usactcpresident@gmail.com

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 9:59 PM, Tracy McSherry-McKown <tracym@riverradio.net> wrote:

The Nominating Committee has met and worked to prepare the slate of nominees for the 2017-2018 Board of Directors per direction of the USACTC Bylaws. Below you will find the selections of the committee. All nominees have been contacted and have agreed to accept their nomination. Questionnaires have been completed and are on file in preparation to present to the membership when all nominees are presented for vote to the members. The Nominating Committee has now completed its assignment.

Sincerely,

Tracy McKown

Nominating Committee Chair

2017 USACTC Nominating Committee Slate

President-Kathy Garcia

Vice President-Ruth Weidrick

Recording Secretary-Linda Behrens

Membership Secretary-Diane Rinella

Treasurer-Kent McKown

Representatives

Northern Rep –Melissa Engelking

Southern Rep- Charlotte Cox

Eastern Rep –Danna Deimler

Western Rep – Jessica McIntyre

Central Rep – John David Keithley

Past President- Automatic position- Justine Romano

Previous Announcement’s

The 2016 Nominating Committee has met and worked to prepare the slate of nominees for the 2017-2018 Board of Directors per direction of the USACTC Bylaws.  Below you will find the selections of the committee. All nominees have been contacted and have agreed to accept their nomination. Questionnaires have been completed and are on file in preparation to present to the membership when all nominees are presented for vote to the members. The Nominating Committee has now completed its assignment.

Sincerely,

Debra Nemrow,

Past President and 2016 Nominating Committee Chair

2016 USACTC Nominating Committee Slate

President-Kathy Garcia

Vice President-Ruth Weidrick

Recording Secretary-Linda Behrens

Membership Secretary-Mary Ellen O’Brien

Treasurer-Kent McKown

Representatives 

Danna Deimler-Eastern Rep

Melissa Snell-Southern Rep

Elaine Baird-Northern Rep

Central Rep – Inga Young 

Elizabeth Pettit-Western

Rep Past President- automatic position- Justine Romano

Lisa Cecin, Director of Club Relations, American Kennel Club, has requested clarification be posted immediately.  AKC is not taking sides in the election issue,  But are simply asking for documentation from the club to enable AKC to make a fair and objective evaluation of the facts.

USACTC, Board of Directors will keep the membership and AKC posted of all the facts regarding the Board of Director elections.  Please see the timeline of events regarding 2017-2018 Board of Director Election and the Recording Secretary Bylaw violations.  Timeline of dates below are highlights only.  Our membership may visit our USACTC On Line, News Flash group to review complete information at https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/2016_USACTC-On_Line/attachments

Nov. 22^nd, 2016 – Bi Annual Board of Directors Election – News Flash First election of the Board of Directors was declared null and void by majority vote of the board after seeking legal and Parliamentarian opinion from Chris Creech Esq., attorney at law and Timothy Wynn, PRP, Perfect Rules Inc.  The right to vote is a basic right of an individual member. Any action taken in violation of a rule protecting a basic right of an individual member is null and void. See RONR (11^th ed.), p. 251, lines 7-26.

Nov. 29^th, 2016 – Annual Meeting Reschedule – News Flash and USPS Our annual meeting date was changed from December 15^th, 2016 in Orlando FL to December 30^th 2016 in Lexington, KY in order give our board time to seek professional advice.

Nov. 30^th, 2016 – Letter to the Membership – News Flash USACTC Board of Directors gave the membership an update on the problems with the Recording Secretary and asks for their patience during this time and the appreciation of their continued support.

December 9^th, 2016 Update to Membership – News Flash Our Board of Directors is taking the necessary steps to mitigate the actions of the Recording Secretary with regard to the club’s bi-annual election.

December 15^th, 2016 Update to Membership – News Flash Notice of removing the duties of the Recording Secretary and from the board of Directors. Updated the membership with the professional opinion of Timothy Wynn, PRP, Perfect Rules Inc. Announcement of a new election to correct the recent invalid election. Notice of a cease and desist letter from our attorney Chris Creech Esq. Notice of Mr. Presley claiming to be the elected President.

January 4th, 2017 – Update to Membership – News Flash

• Assuring our membership that this Board of Directors of the authentic USACTC, Inc., is moving forward to correct the unauthorized actions of the Recording Secretary.
• Reminder a new election process has been initiated.
• Again, your board of Directors apologizes for the actions of Mr. Presley as he has compromised the forward movement of our club, our 2016 Election process and possibly the 2017 National Specialty.
• Please contact the board members with any questions or concerns.
• Thank you again for your support and patience.

January 11th, 2017 – News Flash – Announcement

• Our Nominating Committee has determined a slate of nominees for our club’s Board of Directors for 2017-2018 Additional nominations of eligible members may be made by written petition addressed to; Linda Behrens, 5858 Southridge Drive, Brownsburg, IN 46112.
• Any additional nominations must be postmarked no later than January 25, 2017. If no valid additional nominations are received by the deadline, the Nominating Committee’s slate shall be declared elected and no balloting will be required.
• Our first election was ruled invalid by the majority of the Board of Directors and a professional Parliamentarian; this was noted at our annual meeting on December 30, 2016.  The meeting minutes will be provided when our Financial Report is complete.

January 18th, 2017 – News Flash – Announcement

• Annual Meeting Minutes

Coton Talk USA

USACTC has a  Yahoo chat group called  Coton Talk USA ,  our members are invited to join upon membership.  This group is for club members only, chatting with other club members,  about your lovely Coton, post photos, ask questions like, “has your Coton done this”?  It is meant to be a social gathering for Coton lovers.  Participation is not mandatory.  When you join, you have the option of receiving; Individual Emails, Daily Digest ( one email with entire day postings ) or No Emails, or you can go to the website link (coton_talkusa2016@yahoogroups.com) Coton Talk and view all postings without clogging up your email. You must use the email address listed on your membership application to participate.  You may also check the group “on the website” for previous conversations, photos, files, attachments.

USACTC On-Line 

USACTC,  On-Line is our Yahoo Group for News Flashes to our members.  This group is not a chat group, all new members are invited and encouraged to join.  This group serves as communication to our members of club announcement or news.  This email group, you may select same options of receiving emails, however, News Flashes are not frequent but every one is important communication to all our members. So, please accept this invitation to join. You must use the email address listed on your membership application to participate.

Group Email Addresses

• Subscribe :2016_usactc-on_line-subscribe@yahoogroups.com  (Members Only)
• Unsubscribe :2016_usactc-on_line-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
• List Owner :2016_usactc-on_line-owner@yahoogroups.com
• Website address for USACTC On Line: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/2016_USACTC-On_Line/info

Please check back for Group Rules

(News Flash to members)

President-Kathy Garcia
Vice President-Ruth Weidrick
Recording Secretary-Linda Behrens
Membership Secretary-Diane Rinella
Treasurer-Kent McKown
Representatives
Northern Rep –Melissa Engelking
Southern Rep- Charlotte Cox
Eastern Rep –Danna Deimler
Western Rep – Jessica McEntyre
Central Rep – John David Keithley

Past President- Automatic position- Justine Romano

(News Flash to membership)

Dear Members,

Our Nominating Committee has determined a slate of nominees for our club’s Board of Directors for 2017-2018. The slate of names are listed below along with a brief biography on each candidate. Additional nominations of eligible members may be made by written petition addressed to; Linda Behrens, 5858 Southridge Drive, Brownsburg, IN 46112.

Any additional nominations must be postmarked no later than January 25, 2017, accompanied with a written letter of acceptance of each nominee signifying his or her willingness to be a candidate. These nominees must submit the same information by responding to the same questions provided by the Board for each candidate. A blank questionnaire PDF document is attached and a list of our members is below. If no valid additional nominations are received by the deadline, the Nominating Committee’s slate shall be declared elected and no balloting will be required. Please review the Constitution and Bylaws, Article V.

Our first election was ruled invalid by the majority of the Board of Directors and a professional Parliamentarian, this was noted at our annual meeting on December 30, 2016. The meeting minutes will be provided when our Financial Report is complete.  Thank you in advance for your participation in our election process.

Sincerely,
Justine Romano
USACTC President
usactcpresident@gmail.com