Minutes of Hall of Fame Field Trial Committee
Tuesday October 23, 2012
Meeting was held at the headquarters hotel for the 2012 NCC in North Conway, NH. Present at the meeting were Barbara Haupt, AR Ginn, David Williams and Dennis Joannides. Absent were Hob Brown, Ernie Hasse, and Sue Rose. Sue and Hob were in transit and had not yet arrived at the hotel.
Minutes of the prior meeting had been sent to all HFC members. No comments were received and Barbara Haupt made a motion that minutes be accepted as sent. The motion was seconded by AR Ginn. All in attendance voted in favor of accepting the minutes.
Dennis reported that Lisa Brown had uncovered additional history and did not feel comfortable publishing a time line until her research was complete.
Dave reported that he had been in touch with Tony White and he was awaiting photographs and time line to proceed with his work. Those in attendance felt he should proceed without the time line. Dave showed us a photograph of a plaque that could be used for the Wall of Champions. It has some laser engraving of hunting scenes on wood blocks that could be replaced with name tags as we received more donations.
We discussed the Scroll for the Hall of Fame that would be given to each recipient. Dennis shared a sample that was sent to him by David Smith. Barbara Haupt indicated she had someone who could do a pen and ink sketch of a Cocker Scene. The committee authorized her to proceed and coordinate with Tony the printing of the scrolls.
We discussed the need for a project timeline as we were concerned we might not have displays ready for the Induction ceremony. Dave was to work with Tony on the project timeline. Dennis indicated that Lisa was contacting the families of dogs and people selected for the HOF. She was also going to coordinate mailing of invitations with the BDM.
We discussed the possibility of framing all prior NCC prints and putting them up on our display. Dennis felt this would be a waste of money if they were not going to be kept up permanently and suggested it only be a fall back provision if space was not complete. The committee agreed to make it a fall back provision.
The meeting was adjourned with date of the next meeting to be determined at a later date.