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NPGA
Board
of
Directors
Meeting
Orlando,
FL
January
17-18,
2004
Saturday
January
17,
2004.
President
Bill
Granger
called
the
meeting
to
order
at
8:00
AM.
Present
were
President
Bill
Granger,
Vice
President
Ray
Hoyt,
Secretary
Linda
Henwood,
Treasurer
Aaron
Esterline,
Directors
Mark
Adkins,
Lynda
Gredin,
Mary
Beth
Guenther,
Stacy
Hamilton,
Carol
Hepner,
Joyce
Hubbard,
Theresa
McPhedran,
Red
Mertens,
Bobbie
Montgomery,
John
Murray,
Andy
Nash
and
Susan
Seiler,
and
Business
Manager
Dori
Lowell.
Pres.
Granger
had
everyone
in
attendance
introduce
themselves
and
which
region
they
represented.
All
Directors
having
an
interest
in
running
for
office
were
asked
to
declare
their
interest
in
each
position.
Vice
President’s
Report
Since
the
June
Board
meeting
this
office
has
dealt
with
a
number
of
time
consuming
issues.
On
July
15,
2003,
Larry
Speed
resigned
as
chair
of
the
Arbitration
Committee.
The
President
appointed
an
interim
chair.
As
the
liaison
to
NPGA
committees,
I
provided
procedural
guidance
to
the
interim
chair
as
the
process
went
forward.
A
number
of
incoming
complaints
were
referred
to
the
interim
chair
for
investigation.
Two
NPGA
manuals
have
been
prepared,
one
by
the
Judges
Training
Committee
(Showmanship
Manual),
and
the
other
by
the
Show
Committee
(Guidelines
for
Hosting
a
Pygmy
Goat
Show).
The
Publications
Committee
has
reviewed
both.
I
have
participated
in
the
NPGA
Organizational
Study,
assigned
at
the
last
Board
meeting
to
Aaron
Esterline,
Bobbie
Montgomery,
Dori
Lowell
and
I.
Aaron
has
taken
the
lead
in
this
effort
and
coordinated
our
activities.
A
progress
report
will
be
presented
to
the
Board.
At
the
last
Board
meeting,
paragraph
7C2
was
added
to
the
Rules
and
Regulations
to
provide
that
“Committee
chairs
shall
sign
a
statement
at
the
bottom
of
both
the
NPGA
Committee
Chair’s
job
description
and
the
particular
job
description
for
their
respective
committees
that
they
have
read,
understand
and
will
comply
with
their
job
descriptions.”
Those
signed
statements
are
all
on
file.
I
was
assigned
earlier
this
year
to
survey
all
committee
chairs
to
determine
the
type,
volume,
and
use
of
files
and
records
kept
by
each
committee.
Five
questions
were
asked
of
each
chair,
and
the
answers
compiled.
The
results
of
this
survey
have
been
passed
to
the
President,
and
will
dovetail
into
the
activities
of
the
committee
studying
the
NGPA
organization
mentioned
above.
Fran
Bishop
has
submitted
her
resignation
as
Chair
of
the
Youth
Committee,
to
be
effective
at
the
January
Board
meeting.
She
says
“I
have
enjoyed
being
a
part
of
this
committee
and
the
chairperson,
however
I
feel
I
can’t
do
justice
to
the
position
because
of
my
involvement
in
other
areas
of
NPGA.”
She
has
agreed
to
serve
as
a
member
of
the
committee
should
a
new
chair
deem
it
acceptable.
I
already
have
a
request
from
a
member
of
the
committee
from
Region
7
to
serve
as
its
chair
(Patricia
Kaufmann).
This
vacancy
will
have
to
be
advertised
in
Memo,
but
we
certainly
should
have
an
interim
chair
in
place
during
the
pendency
of
this
process.
As
most
of
you
are
aware,
I
conducted
the
oversight
of
the
scoring
of
the
National
Champion
Challenge
at
the
Boise
convention
in
the
absence
of
President
Bill
Granger.
Using
the
scoring
system
prescribed
in
the
Show
Rules,
i.e.,
the
goat
with
the
most
first
places
will
be
the
National
Champion,
it
became
very
apparent
to
me
that
the
system
provides
no
ability
to
determine
the
overall
comparison
of
the
goats
placed
to
each
other.
A
number
of
people
asked
me
after
the
competition
how
certain
goats
finished,
and
there
was
no
way
to
determine
any
relative
positions.
I
brought
the
individual
judge’s
ballots
home
with
me
from
Boise
and
tested
a
point
system
to
see
what
the
results
would
be.
I
arbitrarily
assigned
points
to
1st,
2nd,
3rd,
4th
and
5th
places
as
5,
4,
3,
2,
and
1
respectively.
There
was
NO
CHANGE
to
the
winners
in
all
three
categories
(does,
bucks
and
wethers),
but
it
gave
a
much
better
picture
of
how
each
goat
did
in
relation
to
the
other
goats
with
which
they
competed.
The
JTC
was
assigned
the
task
at
the
last
Board
meeting
to
make
a
recommendation
at
the
January
2004
meeting
on
National
Champion
scoring.
A
recommendation
is
included
in
the
JTC
report.
Secretary’s
Report
The
minutes
of
the
June
2003
Board
Meeting
were
accepted.
Motion
#
2004-01
Passed
Proposed
By
Esterline/Montgomery
Secretaries
Job
Description
item
4
be
amended
as
follows:
Sends
drafts
of
minutes
to
other
members
of
the
Executive
Committee
for
review.
Upon
approval
by
the
Executive
Committee,
copies
of
the
complete
version
will
be
sent
to
all
Directors
for
approval.
Directors
will
be
given
7
days
to
provide
input.
Upon
approval
by
the
majority
of
the
Board
members,
copies
of
the
published
version
will
be
sent
to
all
Committee
chairs,
the
MEMO
Editor
for
publication,
and
the
Webmaster
for
posting
on
NPGA’s
website.
YES:
Adkins,
Granger,
Gredin,
Guenther,
Hamilton,
Henwood,
Hepner,
Hoyt,
Hubbard,
McPhedran,
Mertens,
Montgomery,
Murray,
Nash,
Seiler.
NO:
NONE
Treasurer’s
Report
Treasurer
Esterline
stated
the
2003
picture
looked
better
than
previously
projected
due
to
the
fee
increases
and
the
lateness
of
MEMO.
The
report
was
accepted.
9:00
am
Nomination
for
Officers
Nomination
for
officers
were
taken;
President
Aaron
Esterline,
Vice-President
Ray
Hoyt,
Secretary
Mark
Adkins,
Treasurer
Linda
Henwood.
There
was
no
opposition
and
all
nominees
were
elected
unanimously.
President
Esterline
stated
that
we
would
go
over
the
budget
as
each
item
came
up
during
the
meeting.
Central
Office
Report
•
Final
numbers
were
not
in
till
January
14th
so
Dori
gave
those
numbers
as
of
December
8th.
•
There
were
no
significant
complaints.
Operations
continue
to
go
smoothly.
All
equipment
seems
to
be
functioning
fine.
•
Price
increases
-
Due
to
the
lateness
of
Harvest/Fall
issue
of
MEMO,
many
members
were
not
informed
of
the
price
increases
that
took
effect
October
1st.
By
late
November
almost
all
paper
work
was
submitted
with
correct
payment.
No
complaints
regarding
price
increases
were
received.
•
Ellen
Kritzman
offered
some
old
correspondence
that
may
be
of
interest
to
NPGA.
Dori
will
get
back
on
this.
•
Ellen
also
offered
to
donate
to
NPGA
a
yearling
doe
skeleton.
The
Board
graciously
accepted
the
donation
and
suggested
that
it
be
made
available
for
the
convention
host
to
put
on
display.
The
convention
host
would
be
responsible
for
shipping
cost.
•
Central
Office
procedure
manual
is
being
updated
as
time
allows.
•
Productivity
Certificates
are
now
available
to
Does
who
have
had
10
or
more
kids
for
a
$3.00
fee.
•
A
storage
unit
is
not
needed
at
this
time.
•
Report
accepted.
Merchandise
Report
•
It
has
been
a
very
good
year
for
sales
with
over
$18,000.00
taken
in.
The
big
seller
being
the
Patriotic
T-shirt
and
sweatshirts.
•
Will
send
non-working
capital
to
central
office
to
put
into
a
CD.
•
The
report
was
accepted.
Webmaster
Report
•
Breeders’
listing
continues
to
be
updated
in
a
timely
manner
(110
requests).
•
Jewel
is
now
handling
the
updates
to
the
Show
list.
•
There
are
now
15
different
image
bars
with
photos
submitted
from
85
different
members.
•
The
New
Website
was
launched
on
April
20th.
Between
then
and
December
5th
we
had
49,690
visitors,
sold
$10,271.44
in
Merchandise
and
services,
and
had
116
new
members
join
through
the
website.
•
The
Webmaster
would
like
to
work
with
the
JTC
to
create
a
special
section
of
the
website
dedicated
to
the
information
that
judges
need.
•
Aaron
offered
his
resignation
as
Webmaster.
THE
BOARD
REJECTED
HIS
RESIGNATION.
•
The
report
was
accepted.
MOTION
#
2004-02
Passed
Proposed
By
Nash/Hepner
A
new
item
12
be
placed
on
the
Webmasters
Job
Description.
All
Breeders
with
a
youth
membership
will
be
listed
on
the
Youth
Breeders
page
of
the
website.
NPGA’s
non-youth
Breeders
list
will
list
Herdname,
Name,
Address,
Phone
Number,
E-Mail
and
Website
link
only.
YES:
Adkins,
Granger,
Gredin,
Guenther,
Hamilton,
Henwood,
Hepner,
Hoyt,
Hubbard,
McPhedran,
Mertens,
Montgomery,
Murray,
Nash,
Seiler.
NO:
NONE
Memo
Report
•
MEMO
advertising
remains
fairly
consistent
with
a
couple
of
exchange
ads
brought
in
by
Bob
Flickinger.
•
One
advertiser
has
stopped
doing
their
ad
in
color.
The
initial
reaction
to
the
rate
increase
was
negative
until
the
reason
was
explained.
Then
it
was
received
well.
•
Concern
over
the
cost
of
the
back
cover
being
a
half
page
vs.
a
full-page
ad
inside
(the
cost
is
the
same).
•
Show
results
being
sent
in
on
disc
are
on
the
increase.
The
majority
still
being
sent
in
the
old
way.
The
number
of
people
sending
in
photos
on
disc
is
on
the
increase,
which
saves
NPGA
money.
•
The
MEMO
Editor
expressed
the
need
for
more
people
to
submit
photos
and
articles.
•
The
Board
expressed
the
need
for
more
communication
from
the
Editor.
The
Vice-President
will
act
as
liaison.
•
Color
cover
vs.
black
and
white
cover
will
be
dictated
by
the
budget.
•
MEMO
report
accepted.
The
Roster
The
Roster
was
discussed.
The
need
for
Committee
Chairs
and
members
being
printed
in
the
Roster
was
discussed.
This
hasn’t
been
done
and
needs
to
in
the
next
one.
Darren
will
be
asked
if
he
will
do
it
for
the
same
price
as
last
year.
The
cost
of
the
January
Board
meeting
was
discussed.
A
committee
was
formed
composed
of
Lynda
Gredin,
Linda
Henwood
and
Dori
Lowell
to
find
a
hotel
with
airport
shuttle
service
for
the
January
Board
meeting.
It
was
suggested
that
we
might
consider
changing
the
Rules
&
Regulations
(1.a
Board
actions
and
Board
meetings)
to
set
a
permanent
site
for
the
January
Board
meeting.
The
committee
will
make
its
recommendations
to
the
Board
in
June.
Affiliated
Clubs
There
are
46
clubs
listed
as
affiliated
clubs
Information
packets
have
been
sent
to
groups
in
Texas,
Ohio
and
California.
No
new
clubs
have
been
listed.
The
report
was
accepted.
Breed
Standard
Linda
Carpenter
and
Michael
O’Kelly
rotated
off
and
have
been
replaced
by
Becky
Conerly
and
Fran
Bishop.
There
have
been
a
few
requests
for
clarification
of
the
Breed
Standard,
all
by
e-mail.
None
of
these
needed
committee
action.
There
is
an
ongoing
project
to
better
define
random
markings,
as
well
as
breed
markings,
and
their
relative
faulting.
Coinciding
with
this
project,
the
committee
worked
on
some
rewording
of
the
Breed
Standard
to
add
the
classification
“Moderate”
to
faulting
the
Breed
markings
and
random
markings.
The
Guidelines
for
Judging
Pygmy
Goats
will
also
need
rewording
to
reflect
these
changes.
Report
accepted
as
amended
MOTION
#
2004-12
Passed
Proposed
By
Adkins/Hepner.
The
Breed
Standard
be
changed
as
follows:
COLOR:
Markings
-
a.
Breed-specific
markings
are
required:
muzzle,
forehead/crown,
eyes,
and
ears
are
accented
in
tones
lighter
than
the
dark
portion
of
the
body
in
goats
of
all
colors,
except
in
goats
that
are
solid
black.
Front
and
rear
hoofs
and
cannons
(socks)
are
darker
than
the
main
body
coat,
as
are
crown,
dorsal
stripe,
and
martingale
except
in
the
solid
black.
On
all
caramel
goats,
light
vertical
stripes
on
the
front
sides
of
darker
socks
are
required.
b.
Optional
markings:
Light
areas
(on
darker
backgrounds)
that
appear
as
complete
or
partial
girth
belts
are
acceptable.
All
other
patches
are
faulted
moderate
to
very
serious.
c.
A
complete
lack
of
all
Breed-specific
markings
is
disqualifying.
Guidelines
for
Judging
Pygmy
Goats:
A
complete
lack
of
all
Breed-specific
markings
is
disqualifying.
Wording
in
Reasons
Column:
Weak
or
missing
markings,
or
markings
other
than
those
specified,
detract
from
pygmy
type
&
may
challenge
breed
identity;
evaluate
extent
of
detraction
as
Moderate,
Serious,
Very
Serious.
YES:
Adkins,
Granger,
Gredin,
Hamilton,
Henwood,
Hepner,
Hoyt,
Hubbard,
McPhedran,
Mertens,
Montgomery,
Murray,
Nash,
Seiler.
NO:
NONE
Certification
Committee
For
the
period
of
January
1st,
03
to
December
31st,
03
one
animal,
which
lacked
breed-specific
markings,
was
rotated
through
the
committee
for
review.
There
was
a
unanimous
decision
that
the
goat
should
not
be
registered
due
to
the
absence
of
the
breed-specific
markings.
No
other
animals
have
been
rotated.
Progeny
Division:
11
new
progeny
applications
since
January
2003,
which
brings
the
total
number
of
applicants
to
186
since
June
1990.
Four
animals
completed
the
process
and
have
been
approved
this
year.
Two
committee
members
resigned.
One
from
Region
2
and
one
from
Region
7.
Looking
for
members
in
Region
2
and
3.
Progeny
process
updated
to
add
-The
reviewer
will
also
check
the
applicant
for
disqualifying
traits
such
as
non
conformity
of
height
cannon;
hernias
(scrotal
&
umbilical);
natural
hornlessness;
roman
nose;
face
crooked;
disfiguring
malocclusion;
ears
pendulous;
multiple
orifice
in
bucks;
non
functioning
or
bi-furcal
teats
in
does;
blue
eyes.
Please
be
aware
all
fees
are
non-refundable.
Does:
two
of
these
kids
may
have
been
born
prior
to
starting
the
progeny
process,
however,
one
set
must
be
born
after
you
have
submitted
your
initial
progeny
application.
Bucks:
four
of
the
eight
kids
may
have
been
born
prior
to
starting
the
progeny
process,
however,
four
must
be
born
after
you
have
submitted
your
initial
progeny
application.
The
report
was
accepted.
MOTION
#
2004-04
Passed
Proposed
By
Hamilton/Montgomery
Rules
and
Regulations
4.
C
be
revised
to
read:
“Only
the
offspring
of
two
NPGA
registered
animals
or
animals
that
have
successfully
completed
the
progeny
process
are
eligible
for
registration.”
YES:
Adkins,
Granger,
Gredin,
Guenther,
Hamilton,
Henwood,
Hepner,
Hoyt,
Hubbard,
McPhedran,
Mertens,
Montgomery,
Murray,
Nash,
Seiler.
NO:
NONE
Judges
Training
Showmanship
Manual
-
will
include
an
acknowledgement
page
on
the
inside.
It
will
contain
the
revised
goat
drawings
done
by
George
Starbuck.
It
will
be
sent
to
the
judges
for
review
and
then
to
Publications.
Closed
Session
The
Showmanship
Manual
was
approved
pending
a
final
review
by
the
Board
(via
e-mail)
after
the
suggested
changes
and
a
review
by
the
Judges
is
complete.
The
Executive
Committee
will
handle
the
revisions
and
collecting
feedback.
The
goal
is
to
have
the
manual
in
print
by
Convention.
The
cost
of
the
new
manual
will
be
$10.00.
Closed
Session
National
Champion
scoring
system
was
discussed
and
the
following
motion
was
made.
Motion
#
2004-05
Passed
Proposed
By
Nash/Granger
Show
Rule
I.
1
a
be
amended
to
read:
Champion
Challenge
Class
competition
only
of
Permanent
Grand
Champions
for
the
National
Champion
trophy
shall
be
judged
by
a
panel
of
judges
in
attendance
at
the
convention
who
do
not
own
any
goats
being
judged
or
have
any
goat
with
their
Herdname
being
judged.
Each
judge
shall
write
his/her
top
three
placings
on
a
scorecard,
and
they
will
be
tallied
by
the
NPGA
President
or
a
replacement
the
President
delegates.
1.
The
placings
will
be
scored
1st
place=5points,
2nd
place=3points,
3rd
place=1point.
2.
The
goat
with
the
most
points
will
be
the
National
Champion.
If
two
or
more
goats
are
tied
then.
3.
The
winner
will
be
whichever
tied
goat
has
the
most
1st
places.
If
there
is
still
a
tie
then.
4.
The
winner
will
be
whichever
tied
goat
has
the
most
2nd
places,
then
3rd
places.
If
there
is
still
a
tie
then
Co-National
Champions
will
be
awarded.
YES:
Adkins,
Granger,
Gredin,
Guenther,
Hamilton,
Henwood,
Hepner,
Hoyt,
Hubbard,
McPhedran,
Mertens,
Montgomery,
Murray,
Nash,
Seiler.
NO:
NONE
JTS
Written
Exam
Scoring
System
Change
–
JTC
proposes
that
an
applicant
must
earn
a
grade
of
at
least
75%
in
each
section
and
an
overall
grade
of
80%
or
higher
in
order
to
pass
the
written
exam.
This
was
tabled
but
would
be
approved
provided
the
changes
to
the
manual
and
a
study
guide
for
the
test
be
available.
JTS
Candidate
Scoring
System
Change
–
JTC
recommends
that
the
passing
grade
of
the
JTS
candidate
must
be
at
least
80%.
Not
Approved.
Judges
Yearly
Dues
-
Request
denied.
Judges
Dress
Code
-
Motion
#
2004-13
Passed
Proposed
By
Hubbard/Adkins
The
Code
of
Ethics
for
Judges
be
amended
as
follows:
Add
the
following
“No
blue
jeans,
open-toed
shoes,
or
shorts.
Deviations
from
this
are
acceptable
if
agreed
to
between
the
local
show
chair
and
the
judge,
in
writing,
in
advance.”
YES:
Adkins,
Granger,
Gredin,
Guenther,
Hamilton,
Henwood,
Hepner,
Hoyt,
Hubbard,
McPhedran,
Mertens,
Montgomery,
Murray,
Nash,
Seiler.
NO:
NONE
Apprenticeships,
Rules
regarding
apprenticeship
or
show
observers
–
sent
back
to
the
committee
for
more
clarification.
Article
on
judging
the
milking
doe
class
will
go
to
JTC
for
review
and
then
to
Publications
then
to
MEMO.
JTC
report
accepted
as
amended.
Public
Relations
Proposal
-
1.
To
continue
to
seek
out
publications
willing
to
do
exchange
advertising.
2.
To
request
an
increase
in
the
budget
to
pursue
advertising
in
nationally
distributed
magazines.
3.
A
modified
exchange
advertising
deal
which
would
generate
money
for
advertising
by
selling
ad
space
in
MEMO
to
a
publication
and
then
in
turn
using
that
money
to
place
an
ad
in
their
publication.
This
would
help
jump
the
policy
hurdle
of
no
exchange
advertising.
4.
The
committee
is
will
have
a
camera-ready
ad
created
that
they
can
use
to
swap
with
other
publications.
The
report
was
accepted.
Publication
There
is
an
opening
in
Region
6.
The
committee
continues
to
review
articles
prior
to
publication
in
MEMO.
Guidelines
for
Hosting
a
Pygmy
Goat
Show-
minor
changes
needed
to
be
made.
The
cost
will
remain
$5.00.
Guidelines
approved
pending
revisions.
The
report
was
accepted.
Show
Committee
There
was
a
discussion
regarding
putting
a
cap
on
the
number
of
wins
each
wether
can
have,
and
creating
a
Champion
Challenge
class
for
platinum
wethers
to
compete
in.
This
was
sent
back
to
the
committee
for
more
clarification
with
input
from
Mary-Beth
Guenther,
Aaron
Esterline
and
Stacy
Hamilton.
Jewel
will
be
directed
to
change
show
sanction
application
to
indicate
that
if
wether
shows
are
scheduled,
the
fee
is
$16.50
per
show.
A
set
of
wether
ribbons
and
a
Report
of
Awards
will
be
furnished.
Effective
immediately.
The
report
was
accepted.
Motion
#
2004-06
Inactive
Proposed
By
Hamilton/Hepner
This
motion
has
been
declared
null
and
void
as
it
conflicts
with
motion
1981-09
YES:
Adkins,
Granger,
Gredin,
Guenther,
Hamilton,
Henwood,
Hepner,
Hoyt,
Hubbard,
McPhedran,
Mertens,
Montgomery,
Murray,
Nash,
Seiler.
NO:
NONE
Arbitration
Closed
Session
Exhibiting
Goats
in
Judge’s
Herdname
After
lengthy
discussion
this
rule
remains
with
the
following
amendment:
Motion
#
2004-07
Passed
Proposed
By
Hubbard/Montgomery
Rule
B
3b
be
amended
to
remove
the
“non”
from
the
sanctioned
4-H/youth
shows.
YES:
Adkins,
Granger,
Gredin,
Guenther,
Hamilton,
Henwood,
Hepner,
Hoyt,
Hubbard,
McPhedran,
Mertens,
Montgomery,
Murray,
Nash,
Seiler.
NO:
NONE
Procedures
for
Unpaid
Membership
Dues
If
dues
aren’t
paid
by
December
31st
for
Directors,
Judges,
Committee
Chairs
you
are
no
longer
a
member
therefore
you
are
no
longer
a
Judge,
Director
or
Committee
Chair.
Notification
of
loss
of
membership
and
position
will
come
from
the
President
with
a
copy
to
all
other
parties
that
are
affected,
through
written
communication.
Closed
Session
Organization
Study
The
Committee
was
formed
to
look
at
positioning
NPGA
for
an
Executive
Director
and
have
more
accountability
from
committees.
This
committee
has
been
communicating
over
the
past
several
months
through
e-mail
and
phone
calls
regarding
NPGA’s
mission
and
strategy
for
supporting
that
mission.
We
have
created
a
mission
statement
and
objectives,
listed
out
the
service
that
NPGA
offers,
and
evaluated
each
committee
to
see
if
any
changes
are
necessary.
The
Board
agreed
that
the
committee
was
on
the
right
track
with
this
study.
This
will
be
brought
up
in
June
for
more
input.
Meeting
Adjourned
11:00
pm
Meeting
Called
to
Order
at
8:00
am
January
18th
Closed
Session
New
Business
O.
The
Board
wished
to
reinforce
“That
it
is
the
exhibitor’s
responsibility
to
make
sure
goats
are
tattooed/microchiped”
and
that
the
tattoo/microchip
must
be
recorded
on
the
registration
paper.
Motion
2004-03
Passed
Proposed
By:
Hoyt/Henwood
Sections”
9.
Nominations
Procedures”,
“10.
Election
Procedures”
of
the
Rules
&
Regulations
be
replace
with
the
following:
Nomination
Procedures
A.
Nominations
for
the
next
Director
or
Vacancy
Replacement
Director
in
each
region
will
be
open
to
the
membership
immediately
following
the
January
Board
Meeting,
and
remain
open
until
August
15th
each
year.
B.
Notification
of
such
vacancies
shall
appear
in
every
MEMO,
which
will
be
received
by
the
membership
between
January
15th
and
August
15th
each
year.
This
notification
will
include
a
sample
nomination
form.
C.
Eligibility
requirements
1.
Must
be
at
least
18
years
of
age
by
August
15th
of
the
year
in
which
the
nomination
is
made.
2.
Must
be
a
voting
member
in
good
standing
according
to
NPGA
Central
Office
records
at
the
time
of
nomination,
and
remain
in
good
standing
through
the
nomination
and
election
cycle.
3.
Must
have
resided
in
the
region
for
which
he/she
has
been
nominated
for
a
minimum
of
6
months
prior
to
the
close
of
nominations.
Residency
is
defined
as
the
primary
residence
and
verifiable
by
a
driver’s
license
or
state
ID.
4.
The
Business
Manager,
MEMO
Editor,
Merchandise
Department
Head,
and
chairs
of
the
Arbitration,
Nominations
and
Judges
Training
Committees
are
not
eligible
for
nomination,
nor
are
any
members
of
their
respective
households.
5.
No
other
member
of
the
same
household
as
a
sitting
Director
is
eligible
for
nomination.
D.
For
Director
three
written
nominations,
on
the
NPGA
form
or
facsimile
thereof,
and
bearing
the
original
signatures
of
the
nominators,
are
required,
for
the
Vacancy
Replacement
Director,
only
one
is
required.
One
of
the
three
may
be
a
self-nomination
by
the
prospective
nominee.
Nominators
must
be
voting
members
in
good
standing,
and
all
nominators
of
a
given
nominee
must
possess
separate
NPGA
membership
numbers.
Fax
and
e-mail
nominations
will
not
be
accepted.
E.
All
nominations
must
reach
the
Nominations
Chair
no
later
than
August
15th
each
year.
At
this
point,
the
Nominations
Chair
will
forward
the
nominee
information
to
the
Business
Manager
for
confirmation
of
eligibility
as
outlined
in
paragraph
C.
F.
An
automatic
candidate
is
defined
as
a
director
who,
through
the
normal
election
process,
has
completed
one
or
two
2-year
terms.
Automatic
candidates
are
absolved
of
the
nominations
procedures
as
outlined
in
paragraph
D.
G.
All
nominees,
including
automatic
candidates,
must
formally
accept
their
nominations
by
submitting
an
autobiography
of
150
words
or
less.
This
autobiography
must
reach
the
Nominations
Chair
no
later
than
September
1st,
otherwise
the
nominee
or
automatic
candidate
will
not
be
eligible
for
election.
The
submitted
autobiographies
will
be
checked
by
the
Nominations
Chair
for
proper
length,
that
they
include
only
pertinent
facts
about
the
candidates’
past
activities
and
qualifications,
and
do
not
include
endorsements
or
derogatory
comments.
H.
Immediately
following
the
reception
of
all
nominations
and
acceptable
autobiographies,
and
verification
of
eligibility
of
all
nominees,
the
Nominations
Chair
will
submit
the
official
slate
to
the
Executive
Committee
for
final
approval.
Election
Procedures
A.
Per
section
4.3
of
the
Bylaws,
in
the
event
there
is
either
no
candidate
or
a
single
candidate
running
in
a
particular
region,
elections
in
that
region
will
be
eliminated.
If
there
is
no
candidate,
that
directorship
will
be
vacant
for
two
years,
and
its
remaining
director
will
serve
the
region.
If
there
is
only
one
candidate,
that
unopposed
candidate
will
be
deemed
elected.
B.
All
ballots
will
be
prepared
and
mailed
from
the
Central
Office
by
September
15th
to
be
returned
postmarked
by
October
15th.
Ballots
returned
after
the
deadline
will
not
be
counted.
C.
All
completed
election
ballots
will
be
sent
to
a
designated
auditor
that
has
no
affiliation
with
NPGA
for
counting
and
will
be
verified
by
a
notary
public.
The
election
results,
as
counted
by
the
auditor
and
verified
by
the
notary
public,
will
be
provided
in
writing
directly
to
the
NPGA
President
with
a
copy
to
the
Central
Office.
No
other
person
will
be
informed
of
the
election
results
until
the
President
has
had
time
to
personally
notify
the
winning
and
losing
candidates.
D.
Any
tie
in
the
election
for
the
Board
of
Directors
will
be
decided
by
written
vote
by
the
existing
Board
members,
with
their
ballots
certified
and
counted
by
a
notary
public.
E.
Successful
candidates
for
election
will
assume
the
duties
of
their
office
on
the
ensuing
January
1st.
F.
The
current
year
ballots
and
two
previous
year’s
ballots
will
be
stored
at
Central
Office.
Prior
year’s
ballots
will
be
destroyed.
YES:
Adkins,
Granger,
Gredin,
Guenther,
Hamilton,
Henwood,
Hepner,
Hoyt,
Hubbard,
McPhedran,
Mertens,
Montgomery,
Murray,
Nash,
Seiler.
NO:
NONE
Motion
2004-10
Passed
Proposed
By:
Esterline/Henwood
We
amend
the
Rules
&
Regulations
as
follows:
4.A
Herd
names
must
be
registered
prior
to
registering
goats.
The
cost
of
registering
a
herd
name
shall
be
$10.00
for
NPGA
members
and
$50.00
for
non-members.
4.C
Only
the
offspring
of
two
NPGA
registered
animals
or
animals
that
have
successfully
completed
the
progeny
testing
process
are
eligible
for
registration.
The
registration
fees
for
members
are
$6.00
for
Does,
$10.00
for
Bucks
and
$4.00
for
wethers.
Registration
fees
for
non-members
are
$15.00
for
Does,
$20.00
for
bucks
and
$8.00
for
wethers.
Transfer
fees
for
Does,
Bucks,
and
wethers
are
$4.00
for
members
and
$10.00
for
non-members.
Registration
certificate
errors
shall
be
corrected
for
$3.00.
Duplicate
certificates
may
be
requested
for
$3.00.
YES:
Adkins,
Granger,
Gredin,
Guenther,
Hamilton,
Henwood,
Hepner,
Hoyt,
Hubbard,
McPhedran,
Mertens,
Montgomery,
Murray,
Nash,
Seiler.
NO:
NONE
Motion
#
2004-14
Passed
Proposed
By:
Esterline/Gredin
Rules
&
Regulations
7.C.1
be
amended
as
follows:
All
openings
for
NPGA
Chairpersons
shall
be
advertised
in
MEMO
with
the
exception
of
the
JTC
Chair
in
which
a
notice
shall
be
mailed
directly
to
all
licensed
judges.
Interested
candidate…
YES:
Adkins,
Granger,
Gredin,
Guenther,
Hamilton,
Henwood,
Hepner,
Hoyt,
Hubbard,
McPhedran,
Mertens,
Montgomery,
Murray,
Nash,
Seiler.
NO:
NONE
New
Business
Add
rules
pertaining
to
judges
to
the
Rule
&
Regulations
-
after
some
discussion
the
JTC
was
asked
to
prepare
a
list
of
current
requirements
and
present
them
at
the
June
meeting.
Examination
of
bites
at
shows
by
judges
-
this
was
tabled
until
June
for
further
research.
Establish
guidelines/video
for
JTS
-
tabled.
Andy
Nash
will
look
into
the
cost
of
having
a
Video
done
professionally.
Adding
a
symbol
for
National
Champions
-
tabled
till
June
so
that
Dori
could
look
into
the
cost.
Lower
the
age
of
Senior
Does
to
18
months
so
that
Does
that
are
18
to
24
months
old
don’t
always
win
Junior
Champion
-
tabled
till
June
so
that
Director
can
poll
the
membership.
Physically
holding
a
part
of
the
goat
in
the
ring
to
enhance
the
appearance
-
The
Board
felt
that
this
is
part
of
showmanship
and
will
continue
to
be
allowed.
Exhibitors
drinking
alcohol
at
shows
-
the
Board
felt
it
was
up
to
the
local
show
chair
to
handle.
Mistreatment
of
animals
-
The
Board
felt
that
any
complaints
of
maltreatment
of
animals
should
be
handled
through
the
Arbitration
Committee.
Remembering
“Friends
of
NPGA”
-
There
will
be
a
spot
on
the
website
for
the
remembrance
of
any
NPGA
members
who
has
passed
away.
The
Board
of
Directors
would
like
to
thank
the
Florida
Pygmy
Goat
Club
for
the
generous
fruit
basket.
Meeting
Adjourned
3:45
pm
January
18th
Respectfully
submitted,
Mark
Adkins
Secretary |
