Advanced Judges' Committee
2004 Year End Report
September 2004
COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON: Sheila Nixon

COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Lelia Berry, Stephen Considine, Pat Hendrickson, Mary Stiles Iager, Joe Kimmel, Vivian Proctor, Joan Dean Rowe, Sam Whiteside, ExOfficio: Shirley McKenzie, Daniel Considine, President ProTem Robin Saum

COMMITTEE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE YEAR:
Since 2004 is an off year for conducting and Advanced Judges' Seminar, the Committee is going to conduct a full-scale review and assessment of the current Advanced Judges Program in order to see if the Program is meeting the needs of the ADGA Advanced Judges and the ADGA Membership. Areas that the Committee is addressing are listed, but not limited to the topics below:

1. Review Advanced Judges' Committee Definition in the Guidebook.
2. Review rules of renewing an ADGA Judges' License as an Advanced Judges' Candidate.
3. Review required content for Advanced Judges' Seminars.
4. Review extenuating circumstances conditions for renewal of license.
5. Address moving Adv Judges' Seminar to Sunday prior to start of Annual Meeting in order to avoid
conflict with Board of Director Meetings that continue through Fridays.
6. Review Judges' Recognition Program.
7. Bring Advanced Judges' Certificate Program up to date.
8. Develop Adv Judge's Questionnaire for inclusion in database and in collecting oral histories of ADGA Judges. 9. Discuss needs of Adv Judges for presentation topics and exercises for inclusion in future Adv Judges' Seminars.
10. Discuss setting goals for meeting the needs of the ADGA Members and the general public in ADGA Sanctioned Shows.
SUMMARY OF WORK DONE THUS FAR:
Committee is doing all Committee work by email.
Voting on Proposed Committee Work:
1. Review Advanced Judges' Committee Definition in the Guidebook.
Yes 2 : S Considine, Berry No 2 : Hendrickson, Proctor
No Response: Iager, Kimmel, Rowe, Whiteside

2. Review rules of renewing an ADGA Judges' License as an Advanced Judges' Candidate.
Yes 3 : S Considine, Berry, Proctor No 1 Hendrickson
No Response: Iager, Kimmel, Rowe, Whiteside

3. Review required content for Advanced Judges' Seminars.
Yes 4 : S. Considine, Berry, Hendrickson Proctor No: 0
No response: Iager, Kimmel, Rowe, Whiteside

4. Review extenuating circumstances conditions for renewal of license.
Yes 3 : S. Considine, Berry, Proctor No: 1 Hendrickson
No response: Iager, Kimmel, Rowe, Whiteside

5. Address moving Adv Judges' Seminar to Sunday prior to start of Annual Meeting in order to avoid conflict with Board of Director Meetings that continue through Fridays.
Yes 1: Berry, No 2 : Hendrickson, Proctor Doubtful: 1 S. Considine
No response: Iager, Kimmel, Rowe, Whiteside

6. Review Judges' Recognition Program.
Yes 2: S. Considine, Berry No 2 : Hendrickson, Proctor
No response: Iager, Kimmel, Rowe, Whiteside

7. Bring Advanced Judges' Certificate Program up to date.
Yes 3: S. Considine, Berry, Hendrickson No: 0 1 Vote for only Vivian's
No response: Iager, Kimmel, Rowe, Whiteside

8. Develop adv Judge's Questionnaire for inclusion in database and in collecting oral histories of ADGA Judges.
Yes 4 : S. Considine, Berry, Hendrickson, Proctor No: 0
No response: Iager, Kimmel, Rowe, Whiteside

9. Discuss needs of Adv Judges for presentation topics and exercises for inclusion in future Adv Judges' Seminars.
Yes 3 : S. Considine, Berry, Proctor No: 0 Abstentions: 1 Hendrickson
No response: Iager, Kimmel, Rowe, Whiteside

10. Discuss setting goals for meeting the needs of the ADGA Members and the general public in ADGA Sanctioned Shows.
Topics listed:
Non-dairy type goats in Recorded Grade or AOP Classes
Number of reasons appropriate for shows: size, sophistication, audience, etc.
Coordination of Linear Appraisal goals with judging goals
Bringing Adv Judges current with "new" ADGA type evaluation programs
Increasing participation by interactive discussions
Judging problem solving
Keeping Adv Judges current in the eyes of the membership
11. Topics to include in Adv. Judges' Biographies
Lengthy list in file.

FINANCIAL REPORT - COMMITTEE EXPENSES SO FAR:
None. All communication expenses absorbed by Committee Chairman

PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED:
All Committee Members agreed to participate in the committee work and to communicate by email. Four Committee Members did not participate in any committee discussion or voting even though they were contacted several times by the Committee Chairman. Because of this lack of response, no proposal received a majority vote.

DECISIONS REQUIRING BOARD ACTION
None

For all intents and purposes, this committee was an inactive committee this year. Half of the committee failed to participate in any communication regarding committee work after the first contact. We had less than a quorum to vote on any proposal.

The chairman of this committee suggests that the President and the Executive Committee take a hard look at reorganizing this committee for the 2005 year. Committee Members appointed need to be willing and able to take the time necessary to participate in committee discussions. It was not so this year. Since next year is an Advanced Judges Seminar year, it is particularly important that this committee be made up of members who are able to participate in both the committee discussions and the Annual Meeting Seminar in Kansas City, MO, October 21, 2005.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS NOT RESPONDING:
Iager, J. Kimmel, Rowe, Whiteside

Signed: Sheila Nixon, Chairman