news from the USBCHA

The following motion was passed on March 31 by the USBCHA Board of Directors:

Dean Holcomb motioned to delete the sentence in Cowdog Rules , Section 22, 4-C, which reads: points will not be awarded until the cattle have daylited the outer ends of either the left or right obstacle, seconded by Wilda Bahr. Motion passed.

Dean Holcomb, yes
Allen Hichenbottom, yes
Jimmy Walker, yes
Judy Thayer, yes
Lena Bailey, yes
Dan Keeton, yes
Laura Hicks, yes
George Stambulic, yes
Barb Ross, yes
Norma Stewart, yes
Michele Howard, yes
Dick Williams, yes

Also in the USBCHA news is a motion to clarify the wording of section 5-L of the Bylaws, which currently reads as follows:

Section 5 – L: Eligibility to run in the USBCHA Open and     Nursery Sheepdog Finals is limited to citizens of the United States and/or     Canada, and to non-citizens who have been physically present in the United     States and /or Canada for at least nine months of the qualifying year for     the Finals they seek to enter, and who have not run in the National sheepdog     or Cattledog trial of any other country during the same calendar year as the     Finals they seek to enter.

Jimmy     Walker motioned for rule change to Section 5-L     add the wording "other than the     USBCHA National Finals and the CBCA Canadian National Championships" to rule     L,  seconded by Wilda Bahr.  The intent of this motion is to bring the     wording of a fairly new rule into line with what we have always done by     running in both the Canadian and U.S. championships. Discussion of this     motion will stay open for a minimum of one week.

This one seems like another no-brainer to me: clearly the rule was intended to apply to  national finals in countries other than those in North America.  As I’m constantly told by my Canadian friends, Canada is an actual country, not just a really big U.S. state north of New England!