| 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 - Web Master
Mail4Pugs@aol.com Denise Brusseau-Ortman (liaison) |
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| Public Education | Coordinates and disseminate information sent to ABGA by AKC Public Education Dept. | Jill Booth, doveland@webtv.net
and Liz Harris |
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| 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 SmithRaul |
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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. | Pam Waldron (chair)
endorgriff@comcast.net Donna Vartanion, Jeff Bazell, Anne Catterson and Sharon Menger |
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| Health Committee | Conduct Health Survey , Communicate Results of Breed Health Survey, ABGA Health Fund | Mark Grigalunas (chair)
mgrigalunas@nyc.rr.com Maxine Gordon Meg Prior Pat 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 | Lorene Vickers Smith - judges
Smithbros@aol.com Denise Brusseau-Ortman, Dawn Hansen, Marjorie Simon |
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| 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 John Constantine 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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| Specialty & Supported Entry Standard Checklist | Purpose: To develop guidelines for those seeking to hold an ABGA affiliated show event | Linda Vance (chair)
Denise Brusseau Anne Catterson |
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| Ways and Means/ Finance Committee |
Receive financial or budget requests from committees and implement through fundraising and allocation | Paula Henson - Chair
(chair), griffon44@gmail.com,
Meg Prior - Corporate Shirley Earle - Am Louisville Polly Girard - Pm Louisville Steve Ruth - Northern Region Robin Schmitt - Southern Region John Constantine - Eastern Region Heather Stants - ABGA Treasurer Pam Waldron - Western Region & Abga Store |
| 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@aol.com |
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| AKC Delegate | Represent ABGA at AKC delegate meetings & reports to ABGA | Mark Grigalunas
mgrigalunas@nyc.rr.com |
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| AKC Gazette Columnist | Write the breed column for AKC Gazette | Anne Catterson
AnneCatt@aol.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 |
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| Delegate to AKC Canine Health Conference | Represent ABGA at Seminar and disseminate information to ABGA | Mark Grigalunas
mgigalunas@nyc.rr.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@chartermi.net |
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| Greetings and Goodwill Committee | Create amity through sending notes of congratulations, condolence, etc. to members | Edith Wheeling - Chair griffedy@aol.com
Jill Booth doveland@WEBTV.NET |
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| ABGA Historian | Gather and hold in one place historic and contemporary club/breed documents | Jeff Bazell - Chair | |
| Performance Events Committee | To increase interest in performance vents within the Griffon fancy | Sharon Menger - Chair smengerwa@aol.com |
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