| Committee | Duties of the Committee | Chair / Member(s) | |
| ABGA Breed Standard | Deal with all issues related to the breed standard | Marjorie Simon (chair)
marjoriesimon@hotmail.com Lorene Vickers-Smith Dawn Hansen |
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| ABGA WebSite | Maintain WebSite | Jerry Ortel - Webmaster
Mail4Pugs@aol.com Henry Odum (liaison) |
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| Public Education | Coordinates and disseminate information sent to ABGA by AKC Public Education Dept. | Liz Harris, wintergriffs@comcast.net | |
| Charitable Giving Analysis | Purpose: Investigate and recommend to the board two charities and suggest donation amount to fulfill ABGA tax exempt status obligation | Karen Wisnieski (chair) hobbitgrif@aol.com Mark Jaeger Greg Smith |
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| Breeders' Education | Mission is to develop & carry out strategies to impart the content of the outline developed by the AKC Breeders' Education Committee, and help novice breeders. | Donna Vartanian (chair)
griffy.land@verizon.net Jeff Bazell, Anne Catterson, Sharon Menger and Pam Waldron |
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| Health Committee | Conduct Health Survey , Communicate Results of Breed Health Survey, ABGA Health Fund | Mark Grigalunas (chair)
markgrigalunas@me.com Maxine Gordon Meg Prior Patt Kolesar |
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| Illustrated Standard | Handle questions and future revisions | Lorene Vickers-Smith
Smithbros@aol.com Dawn Hansen, Marjorie Simon |
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| Disseminate Illustrated Standard | Lorene Vickers-Smith -AKC judges
Smithbros@aol.com Darryl Vice - public DarrylVice@aol.com |
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| Judges Education | Sanction Judges' Ed. Seminars, create and disseminate seminar materials, train presenters | Click here | |
| Liaison To Combined Specialty Clubs of Louisville | Represent ABGA at Combined Specialty Club meetings and communicate information | Maxine Gordon (chair) | |
| Membership Review Committee | Purpose: Process new membership applications sent by the Secretary, prepare each for Secretary's submission to the Board, and keep the membership database | Linda Vance (chair)
FistFaces@aol.com Liz Harris Jimmy Neposchlan |
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| Ombudsman | Purpose: works to settle problems submitted to the satisfaction of both parties | Kay Braukman
JBraukman@aol.com |
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| Show Protocol Committee | Maintain contact, answer questions for those holding ABGA show events in their area, solve problems implementing ABGA Show Events Checklist | Henry Odum - chair
GriffonWHO@aol.com James (Jimmy) Neposchlan |
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| Specialty Judges Selection Committee | Create/maintain list of eligible judges & Sweeps nominations, Hold election of Specialty Sweeps and Breed judges | Linda Vance, chair
FistFaces@aol.com Anne Catterson Heather Stants |
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| Ways and Means/ Finance Committee |
Receive financial or budget requests from committees and implement through fundraising and allocation | Rhonda Vandermeer Co-chair newyearsgriffons@yahoo.ca,
Pam Waldron - Co-Chair, endorgriff@comcast.net, Paula Henson Meg Prior Shirley Erle Steve Ruth - Northern Region Robin Schmitt - Southern Region John Constantine - Eastern Region JoAnn Adamson – Western Region Heather Stants - ABGA Treasurer Eric Michelson Sharon Menger Candace Lydston Karen Flynn DeDe Stevens Karin Jaeger Bertie Prettyman Francis Flavin |
| Appointed To | Duties | Presently Serving | |
| Audit Review Committee | Purpose: Review all treasury statements and summaries after 12/3 and before the ABGA annual membership meeting. | Karen Wisnieski - Chair hobbitgrif@aol.com Greg Smith |
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| ABGA Bulletin | Publish and mail Bulletin to members | Anne Catterson - Editor
AnneCatt@gmail.com |
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| AKC Delegate | Represent ABGA at AKC delegate meetings & reports to ABGA | Mark Grigalunas
markgrigalunas@me.com |
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| AKC Gazette Columnist | Write the breed column for AKC Gazette | Anne Catterson
AnneCatt@gmail.com |
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| Breed Info and Referral | Send information as requested by public & through AKC phone referral and WebSite | Kay Braukman JBraukman@aol.com Bobbie Norkus BNorkus@aol.com |
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| Delegate to AKC Canine Health Conference | Represent ABGA at Seminar and disseminate information to ABGA | Mark Grigalunas
markgrigalunas@me.com |
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| Delegate to Parent Clubs Conference | Represent ABGA at conference and disseminate information to ABGA | Raul Peralta
Kapers@northstate.net Heather Stants hstants@tampabay.rr.com |
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| Greetings and Goodwill Committee | Create amity through sending notes of congratulations, condolence, etc. to members | JoAnn Adamson - Chair Jimijo@hughes.net | |
| ABGA Historian | Gather and hold in one place historic and contemporary club/breed documents | Jeff Bazell - Chair | |
| Legislative | Evaluate, report and make recommendations on Legislative issues to the club members | Maxine Gordon - Chair mpgordon@insightbb.com |
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| Performance Events Committee | To increase interest in performance events within the Griffon fancy | Linda Pickens - Chair Lpickens@gorge.net
Sharon Menger |
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