YEAR END REPORT
SHOWS COMMITTEE

Committee Members:
Peter Snyder (chair), Beth Adams, Charlotte Sankey, Cindy Eslava, David Funk, Martha Griner, Pamela Haney, Shari Reyna, Tom Rucker, Vivian Proctor, David Saum

STATEMENT OF GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE YEAR:

To consider, discuss, and propose/revise, rules and guidelines regarding ADGA sanctioned shows as well as considering and correcting problems with Report of Awards and Show Sanctions

. SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE WORK AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR:

Considered 19 issues/ideas that were brought to the attention of the committee. All but 1 of these issues were issues/ideas that the committee felt were best left "as is" or not worthy of being considered further. That one issue is included below in Decisions Requiring Board Action.

Considered 2 issues that were brought to us by the New Breeds Task Force. These are included below in Decisions Requiring Board Action.

We also discussed 6 show sanction/ROA problems that were brought to our attention for a decision. Five were approved, one was not, as follows:

*Approved sanctioning of the Pennsylvania Farm Show held on January 11, 2004 at Harrisburg, PA and judged by Stephen Richter. The $85 sanction fee was sent to ADGA on 11/4/03 but no sanction application was submitted. When the problem was discovered on the day of the show, a completed ROA and additional late fee were submitted to ADGA. 8 yes to approve, 1 no, 1 no response, 2 undecided

*Approved an error on an ROA from the Southern Vermont DGA junior doe show hel on June 20, 2004 at Marlboro, VT and judged by Lelia Berry. The name and information of the Best in Show was left blank. Written statements were received from the judge and show secretary acknowledging that the winner was Starlite Caprines Cayenne N1274436 STM/S27 and owned by Susan Sokol. 11 yes to approve, 0 no

*Approved an error on a ROA from the Central Washington DGA senior doe show held on June 12, 2004 at Grandview, WA and judged by Rebecca Glover. The show secretary made an error on the ROA and filled in the name of the Grand Champon nubian instead of the Best of Breed Nubian. The owner of both animals was the same, Pete and Debbie Patnode. The best in show winner was the Best of Breed nubian, GCH Narrow Way DC Clarice N1036493 SEC/K3. The judge provided written verification of the correction.

7 yes to approve, 1 no, 3 no response

*Approved an error on a ROA from the Ventura County Fair Combined Jr/Sr Doe Show held on August 2-3, 2003 at Ventura, CA and judged by Sally Callahan. All of the numbers were completely left off the Oberhasli breed section. The numbers were provided by the show secretary and a written statement from the judge verified the same. 7 yes to approve, 1 no, 3 no response

*Approved an error on a ROA from the Northeast Kansas DGC senior doe show held on May 23, 2004 at Tonganoxie, KS and judged by Marshall Binkley. The number of milking classes was left blank on the nubian section. The show secretary and show chairman both provided written statements that there were 5 milking classes. 8 yes to approve, 1 no, 2 no response

*Sonoma-Marin Fair Combined Jr/Sr doe show held on June 17, 2004 at Petaluma, CA and judged by Stephen Considine. The show rules and sanction application state that AOP and Recorded Grade classes are sanctioned and the other breeds are "to be determined". On the day of the show, classes for Alpine, Lamancha and Oberhasli were held. Vote was taken to approve the post sanctioning of these 3 breeds that were originally "to be determined": 1 yes to approve, 5 no, 3 undecided/some breeds only, 2 no response. Vote failed.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT:
Absorbed by the Chair

PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED:
None

DECISIONS REQUIRING BOARD ACTION:

*1- ROA return time: to replace page 72, L, 8 a-e:

a. a phone call reminder from the ADGA office to the judge at 10 days allowing 5 business days to return the ROA.

b. If not received in the ADGA office after 5 days the sponsoring organization is to be requested a copy of their copy of the ROA.

c. Judges commitee to be notified of the offending judge.

8 yes to approve, 1 no, 2 no response

The reasoning for this is that all too often judges do not submit the completed ROA's in a timely fashion which causes ALL succeeding show results to be held up until the one not submitted is finally received in the ADGA office, which in turn causes championships to be delayed, etc, etc. There are several judges who are notorious for not getting the ROA's submitted in a timely fashion. We felt that we needed to tighten up the time frame in order to not cause a delay in the processing of show wins. If a judge is competent enough to accept the judging assignment, attend the show and then accept a judging fee, then they should also be responsible enough to get the completed ROA in the mail in a timely fashion.

*We also considered 2 issues that were brought to our attention by the New Breeds Task Force;

Supplemental ROA for Sables and Nigerian Dwarves. Since the office has a 3 year supply of ROA's and the fact that many shows will not yet be offering classes for these 2 newest breeds we decided that designing a suppleental ROA that includes just these 2 breeds was appropriate. 10 yes to approve, 1 no response

Check off box for height measurement for Nigerian Dwarves: The committee felt that this was not needed because if an animal exceeds the height requirement then it is automatically disqualified and therefore is not eligible to be shown.

WORK TO BE COMPLETED BY NEXT YEARS COMMITTEE:

Continue discussion on ideas, issues and problems related to ADGA sanctioned shows, rules, guidelines and ROA's.

Respectfully submitted.
Peter Snyder
Chairman 2004