Minutes

of the WUSB-delegates meeting at the 19.03.2005

in Estepona/Spain

 

Beginning: 09.00 o'clock - end: 13.00 o'clock

 

Present are:

Wolfgang Ketzler, president,                              - Germany 1 -

Erika Kalscheuer, secretary,                             - Germany 1 -

Melanie Reimer                                                - Germany 2 -

Torbe Hansens                                                 - Denmark -

Karen Nielsen                                                  - Denmark -

Taina Nygard                                                    - Finland -

Pascal Guesdon                                               - France -

Jean Prim                                                        - Luxembourg -

Romy Prim                                                      - Luxembourg -

Peter Brieskorn                                                - Italy -

Wolfgang Mohr                                                 - Italy -

Maureen Gwilliam                                             - Scotland -

Pat Muggleton                                                  - Scotland -

Jan van D Belt                                                  - Netherlands -

Myriam Nelissen-Franssen                                - Netherlands -

Katharina Heiberg                                             - Norway -

Elly M. Larsen                                                  - Norway -

Hans Linser                                                     - Austria -

Carlos Vieira Rodrigues                                     - Portugal -

Nuno Canella d'Assuncao Sousa                       - Portugal -

Reto Wiederkehr                                              - Switzerland -

Ruedi Thomann                                    - Switzerland -

Vladimir Klacan                                                - Slovakia -

Kite Vozar                                                       - Slovakia -

Kari Augestad                                                  - Spain -

Peggy Gilbert                                                   - Spain -

Bob Bostrom                                                    - USA -

 

Honorary-members: Cloo D Vries (NL), Ray Horlings (USA), Rolands Hans (CH)

Honorary-president: Peter Schmidlin (CH)

 

Excused are: Herma Lautenschläger-Broeckart, Franky D Tandt (B), Marianne soot, Hermann Evers (D2), Dr. Antonio Morsiani, Dr. Dinora Morsiani )I) Didier Basset, Christian Tessier (F), Anton Froschauer (A), Marta Gaspar, Tama Szabo (H)

 

Furthermore present: 13 guests

 

1.         Greeting

 

The WUSB-Präsident, Wolfgang Ketzler, greets all present delegates and guests, the honorary-members, the honorary-president of the WUSB as well as the new president of the Spanish club. He determines the proper invitation and quorum of the meeting. He/it thanks the Spanish club for the organisation of the show. His particular thanks goes at Kari Augestad, who has adopted the entire organization.

 

2.                   Greeting-word of the president of the Spanish St. Bernards-Club

 

The president of the Spanish club, Mr. Ramon Martinez, introduces himself to the present and he welcomes them in Estepona heartily and wishes all a beautiful weekend. Kari Augestad translates the greeting into German and English.

 

 

3.                  Minutes of Esztergom (Hungary) 2004

 

Against the from from Hungaries 2004 is raised no factual objections.

 

4.                  Report the President and review on the last year

 

Wolfgang Ketzler reports that the last year has proceeded very quietly on the whole. Only the news of the Hospiz has provided some unrest and some discussions. In item 8 is reported over it.

 

5.                  Report the secretary and the treasurer

 

Erika Kalscheuer asks the delegates to declare their fax - or e-mail-addresses so that the shipment of the invitations and minutes becomes easier.

 

The cashier, Reto return, gives an overview over the cash register-situation. At the moment there is a plus from approximately 16.000 Euro. He reports that all bills were sent to the member clubs. The actual count of memberships are given known.

 

On wish of Kari Augestad becomes the item

12.              Last information of the WUSB-Show 2005

discussed now.

                 

                  Kari Augestad tells that 142 dogs areentered to the show. She gives a detailed overview over the course of the weekend, the individual events as well as the departure-time of the shuffle-buses.

           

6.                  Report the editor „Barry International “

 

Wolfgang Ketzler thanks Jan van de Belt and Kari Augestad for the executed work. Kari Augestad reports that there will still be two editions in the year 2005. It must become deliberate how it can continue. She offers to make available the Barry gratuitously in the Internet. Jan van de Belt introduces a suggestion of Erich Wermelskirchen. With this offer, at four-color printing would cost approximately 4.000 Euro with 72 sides with 2000 copies, for two years á four editions 3.800 Euro. The ads would be free. Peter Brieskorn does the suggestion to print only the outsides colored, which the expenses would halve.

Furthermore, one considered, whether the clubs perhaps would be willing to pay the expense for postage and also some money for the printing. Jean Prim suggests to ask the  clubs which interests exist. A cost schedule had to then be done. However, this must be adjudicated until ultimate of the year.

 

7.                  Decision over exclusion of clubs because of not paid membership fees

 

Wolfgang Ketzler announces that the club from New Zealand has quit the WUSB. Furthermore he reports that no more feedbacks come from Australia. It must be assumed that there no more interest exist. The board applies to cancel the Australian club.

Result of the voting: unanimously, 1 forbearances

 

 

8.                  Report the Swiss St. Bernard-Club about the situation of the dogs in the Hospiz

 

Ruedi Thomann reports on the previous events. He emphasizes that he doesn’t speak for the Swiss club but for the new founded foundation. First an article appeared in August  2004 in the Italian newspaper La Stampa, after that two English newspapers and the biggest newspaper of the Switzerland reported about it. As a result, the foundation, that consists of eight organizers, was established. The purchase are the buildings in Martigny, the dogs and the kennel-name. 60.000 Swiss francs one gets annually from the monks and 15.000 francs taken on from sponsors.

The goal is to be built a foundation-capital in 10 years in height of two million Swiss francs.

 

Wolfgang Ketzler thanks Ruedi Thomann for the statement.

 

9.                  Pronunciation over the current situation in the WUSB and its member-clubs;

Suggestions for a better organization and public relation

 

Peter Brieskorn reports in names of the Italian club that the umbrella organization ENCI now publishes special papers for the dogs, who are checked for HD.

Austin Longdoyle introduces the Irish club as new WUSB-Mitglied. It is an active club with many Saint Bernards. The delegate thanks for the application and the invitation and asks simultaneously for support, also from sides of the judges.

Wolfgang Ketzler asks after it for suggestions to the better representation of the WUSB.

Peter Schmidlin determines that the WUSB has today a better team spirit as to his time. He proposes to organize once more a judges-breeders-meeting, in which also the  breeding responsibles of the clubs should take part. He could imagine that this could take place in the middle of Europe all two or three years. Thanks at Peter Schmidlin for his implementations. Jan van de Belt shall inquire at the Swiss Mountaindog-Club about the experiences with such meetings every two years.

The Board should become instructed to start a meeting. One votes on it.

Result of the voting: unanimously

 

Carlo there Silva tells that the second Portuguese club exists again:

Clube Português do Cão de São Bernardo. He is the president. He asks whether his club can be member again. Wolfgang Ketzler does the suggestion  to decide on it today, if nobody of the present is against it, although no written proposition is available, since the club was already a member earlier. The two Portuguese clubs must agree about the votings  since only two delegate-votes per country are possible but the first club has according to the WUSB-statutes decision-right however.

It is voted on the membership.

Result of the voting: unanimously, 3 forbearances

 

10.               Report the member-clubs on compulsory breeding-prerequisites in its countries

 

Look at attachment

 

11.        Situation of the Dean of judges established in the statutes in 2004      

 

In the last year, one decided that a Dean of judges should be chosen from among the judges for 3 years. Instead of this the judges-meeting has proposed that a judge of the country, in whom the WUSB takes place, should  organzise the judges-discussion. In this year, it is Julian Hernandez from Spain.

 

13.              Piece of information of the Dutch club about the WUSB-Show 2006

 

Myriam Nelissen-Franssen invites all to the WUSB into the Netherlands. The date is the 27. / 28.05.2006. The event takes place close to the German border in the east of the Netherlands. It is about a nature-preserve in the middle of the forest. There are overnight stay-possibilities on the terrain from Friday afternoon until Monday. The hotel for the judges is in a distance of 2 km . The Meetings take place on the terrain. She hands out Flyers and entry-forms.

Further information in the Internet: www.sint-bernard-hond.nl

 

14.              Election of the judges

 

For the WUSB-Show 2006 in the Netherlands are chosen following judges:

 

Geert van Ooijen                             , Netherlands,

Annegret Splinter                            , Germany 1,

Austin Long-Doyle                           , Ireland,

Carlo Da Silva                                 , Portugal,

Christine Wiederkehr                       , Switzerland,

Gunnar Jensen                                , Norway,

Howard Dees                                  , USA,

Christian Tessier                             , France,

 

Substitute:  Pat Muggleton              , Scotland,

                  Piet Roosenboom          , Belgium,

 

Dean of judges: Jan van D Belt         , Netherlands,

 

Comment: after 3 ballots Pat Muggleton and Howard Dees had the same votes on themselfes, then Pat abstained in favor from Howard.

 

15.              Sundries

 

Roland Hans suggests to buy a video-projector (Beamer) for the WUSB. Wolfgang Ketzler objects that this brings a problem of the storage and the respective transportation with itself, which already shows the experience with the WUSB-flags.

 

 

Since there is no request to speak, the President closes the meeting and wishes all participants a beautiful and interesting weekend.

 

 

Sgd. Erika Kalscheuer                                                              sgd. Wolfgang Ketzler

           1. Secretary                                                                       President   

 

Attachment

 

 

 

MINUTES of the WUSB-judges meeting 2005 in Estepona (Spain) on 19.03.2005   Beginning: 15.00 o’clock - End: 17.30 o’clock   Present are: Julian Hernandez                   - Spain - chairman Wolfgang Ketzler                      - WUSB-President Peter Brieskorn                         - Germany 1 - Erika Kalscheuer                      - Germany 1 - Annegret Splinter                      - Germany 1– Werner Schmid                         - Germany 1 - Taina Nygard                            - Finland - Austin Long-Doyle                     - Ireland - Ann Long-Doyle            - Ireland - Jean Prim                                 - Luxembourg, WUSB-Vice-President, judge-candidate, Pat Muggleton                          - Scotland - Maureen Gwilliam                     - Scotland - Terry Munro                              - Scotland - Jan van de Belt                         - Netherlands - Yanny Cloo-de Vries                 - Netherlands - Maria Küster                             - Netherlands - Hans Golverdingen                    - Netherlands - Maija Anestad                          - Norway - Gunnar Jensen                         - Norway - Gabriela Höllbacher                   - Austria - Carlos Lopes da Silva                - Portugal - Charles Cuenoud                      - Switzerland - Rolands Hans                           - Switzerland - Howard Dees                            - USA - Stan Zielinski                            - USA - Joan Zielinski                            - USA - Bob Bostrom                            - USA -   Excused are missing:   Paul Baelen, Joseph van Hummelen, Piet Roosenboom, Herma Lautenschläger-Broeckart (B) Lutz Waßmann, Reinhold Welsch, Günter Prause, Erwin Brummel, Jakob Steiber (G 1) Hermann Evers, Marianne Ruß, Max Ruß (G 2) Christiane Lafay, Christian Tessier (F) Klazien Hekman van den Ham, Gerd van Ooijen (NL) Eduard Gutknecht, Dr. Martin König, Christine Rossier, (CH)   25 guests are present.     1.                                                                              The WUSB-President Wolfgang Ketzler calls all present judges and guests a cordially welcome and hands over the word to the chairman, Mr. Julian Hernandez.   Julian Hernandez opens the judges-meeting and introduces the today's speaker.   Rolands Hans from Switzerland explains way to the current new version of the standard, which demands he makes to the standard, and he gives some explanations to the wording (see attachment). Peter Brieskorn from Germany speaks about the physique and the movement of the Saint Bernards. Dr. Giovanni Morsiani could not hold his speech for informal reasons unfortunately. Therefore Peter Brieskorn takes over also the description of the construction and expression of the head.   The speeches formed then the basis for an active discussion. Unfortunately, the discussion and presentation of dogs didn't occur from lack of time. Julian Hernandez thanks the speakers and hands over the word to the WUSB-Presidenten.   Unfortunately the remaining agenda-items could not be discussed because of the advanced time.   At 17.30 o'clock, the president Wolfgang Ketzler closes the judges-meeting and wishes all a beautiful and interesting weekend in Estepona and the judges a good hand in doing their job.     sgd. Erika Kalscheuer                                                                          sgd. Wolfgang Ketzler 1. Secretary                                                                                               President