Federation Meeting at Urbana

The general meeting was held in Urbana in conjunction with the shows this past weekend. Below are items discussed:

1. Current bill, testimony at state house, and meetings with legilators.
2. Rod Ott reported on a conference call with AKC for all high volume breeders in Ohio, only 5 breeders participated. He also reported on a recent meeting with Bill McFadden at Montgomery County shows where the California group came to speak. He stated it was poorly attented as well.

3. Idea's were presented to wrap federation meetings around informational sessions and other dog related events such as handling clinic's and matches.

4. Those in attendance did express concern for the lack on committment by exhibitors to speak out against bill. Not everyone can make the meetings at the Statehouse but calls and letter writting is effective to voice concerns.

The group thought a handling clinic with a federation presentation might be a good event to pursue in January or Feburary. Lastly should anyone be interesed in serving the Federation in any officer position or capacity we would welcome their support.

Any suggestions can be submitted to Sharon Unrau at shunrau@yahoo.com or Meranda Hendricks at meranda@tesg.net