The meeting was held in room A 117 at the Veterinary School of Medicine and brought to order at 7:00 pm by President Phyllis Fortune with a quorum of members present.

The minutes of the April meeting were approved with no corrections.

Report of the President: Nancye Davis is still in the hospital. She is in  Specialty Select Unit of Fort Sanders Hospital in room 430. Her phone number is 541-3430. Nancye will be there for approximately 6 more weeks. Please give Nancye a call to help her pass the time. Linda Baker that lives with Nancye is in St. Mary's Hospital with a broken ankle.

Corresponding Secretary:  Jeanne Ringe received the entries for the GKKC Match. Also received by Jeanne was a Than You note from Rachel Gregory, thanking the club for the flowers sent to her on the birth of her baby boy Christopher. Jeanne also received a letter from Big.com, a new Internet Service. Their monthly fee is $13.95. She also received a letter from the National Animal Interest Alliance requesting input via money. They are wanting more responsible pet owners. Catherine Bell stated that they are a good organization. Catherine mad the motion to donate $200 to them. This was seconded by Dr. Barth.  Motion carried.

Treasurer's report:  Total Receipts              $798.50
                                 Disbursements              $1,621.73
                                 Ending Balance               $11,482.17
                                 Checking account Balance     $11,482.17
                                 Money Market 3/3/02            $44,334.67
                                 Total Assets                           $55,816.84

Committee reports:

Fall Show Chairman:  Tom Schmidt stated that all is moving nicely toward the Fall Show. He has the contract to be signed by the President, Phyllis Fortune.

Obedience Committee: Larry Stogner stated the that the July Obedience Trial is all approved and ready to put the premium list out. They will have 3 rings Sunday. They have hired a judge for the Novice classes. There was a discussion on buying the mats and gates. Catherine Bell made the motion to purchase the mats and gates. This was seconded and motion carried. Larry stated that the East Tennessee Boxer Club is required to hold obedience trials. He suggested letting the ETBC have one day of the July Obedience Trial in year 2003 and TVKC have the other day. They could share the expenses. Rachel Gregory made the motion for the ETBC to have one day of the Obedience trial and for TVKC to have the other day for the year 2003. Motion seconded by Catherine Bell. Motion carried.

Program Chairman: Doris Werdermann stated that we were to have a program tonight on Canine Companions for Independence given by Marilyn and Nancy Butler. They did not make the meeting due to the weather. Doris will reschedule them. Doris suggested that we do something for the Vest-A-Dog Program. The cost of a vest is $325. Connie Setzer made the motion to spend $650 and buy 2 vests for dogs in the program.  A ballot vote was taken. We had 34 yes votes. The motion carried.

Trophy Chairman: Joy Smith asked if anyone had not made a trophy donation and wishes to do so, please see her after the meeting.


Time was taken out to pass out the ballots for voting on the new officers. All ballots were placed in the Ballot Box and taken for counting.

Visitors: Paul and Judy Shire gave a brief talk on their selves and their dogs. Their breed will be pugs.

Voting on new members: Tina Shepherd -- her breeds are schnauzers, rottweilers, boxers and dachshunds. Tina is an accountant. She is willing to work and help where needed. Ballot vote taken. Tina is voted into the Club.

New business: Jeanne Ringe brought up the point on the plaques. As it stands now you need to attend 4 meetings in order to receive your plaque. There are members that cannot make the 4 meetings, but do work for the club. She'd like to make an amendment to the standing rules that a member who volunteers at club events can substitute a day of volunteering as 1 meeting. Jean Dinkins would like to amend the motion to also read committee heads that head a committee for a year can also substitute that for 1 meeting. This was seconded and approved.

The votes for new officers have finished being counted.
The new officers for June 2002 to June 2003 are as follows:
President                   Tom Schmidt
Vice president              Barbara Price
Corresponding Secretary Jeanne Weber Ringe
Recording Secretary           Roberto Jimenez
Treasurer                           Jean Dinkins
Board Members  Grant Howard
    Steve Merritt
    Phyllis Fortune
    Nancye Davis
    Garry Clausing     
AKC Delegate   Karen Clausing

It was brought up that the July meeting would be on July 4th. Doris Werdermann made the motion to change the meeting date to July the 11th. This was seconded and approved.

Jan made a motion to adjourn the meeting.

Meeting adjourned at 8:30pm

Submitted by Barbara Price
Recording Secretary