English Cocker Spaniel Field Trial Hall of Fame Committee Meeting
March 28, 2017 – 7:00 pm CST (Conference Call)
In attendance were: Bethann Wiley, John Bishop, Rob Cotiaux, Sheryl Mayo, Keith Meissner
Old Business
- Induction Ceremony Review
In February Bethann attended the induction ceremony at the Hall of Fame in Tennessee. Paul McGagh gave a presentation about his dog Sydney and Bethann gave presentations about Albert Winslow and Berol’s Petey’s Boy. It was nice to have a few people from the cocker field trials the day before in attendance at the ceremony. A nice article will be coming out in the ECSCA Review in April and photos from the ceremony will be posted on the ECFT Hall of Fame website.
Bethann stated that the Field and Stream Cocker Trophy and the other Shawfield Glenfire Trophy that Kate secured for the Hall of Fame are on display in the trophy cases. Bethann is working on securing more early trophies from other owners to be put on display at the Hall of Fame. AR Ginn and Bethann discussed some lighting issues in the Cocker wing that will be addressed in the future. The electronic display that Terry Reckert had developed for the Hall of Fame has a glitch. Bethann will talk to Terry to see about getting the display repaired.
New Business
- Nomination Process– Opens June 1, 2017
Hall of Fame inductee nomination forms are available on the Hall of Fame website (here is the link):
www.englishcockerhalloffame.com/home/index.php/nominations/individuals-nomination
These forms can be filled out in PDF form or by hand and can be submitted to Bethann prior to the August 31st deadline. The Hall of Fame is actively looking for nominations for this coming year inductions for both dogs and individuals.
- Fundraising Ideas
Wall of Champions plaques – Pete Rizzo is having the Wall of Champions plaque made and it will be finished in June. The Early Era American Cockers and English Cocker Field Champions from the 1930’s to 1960’s are all established on their own plaque already hanging in the Hall of Fame. The HoF committee is looking for Field Champion Dogs from the Modern Era whose owners would like to have their dogs memorialized on a plaque at the Hall of Fame. The donation cost is $100 per dog. The donations would go directly to the English Cocker Hall of Fame for lighting, framing, photos, trophy Acquisition etc. The form can be found on the English Cocker Hall of Fame website and it is attached at the end of the minutes.
https://www.englishcockerhalloffame.com/home/index.php/fund-raising/activities
Another idea was brought up by John. He suggested that we could work on getting a quality item donated to be raffled or auctioned off at the NCC in order to raise funds for the HoF.
Adjournment: 7:24 pm CST
2017 Calendar
March 28th Meeting of the Hall of Fame Committee
May (?) Meeting of the Hall of Fame Committee
June 1 – Aug. 31 Hall of Fame nomination accepted
September – Meeting of the Hall of Fame Committee
October – Meeting of the Hall of Fame Committee
Presentaion of inductees made at the NCC
Solicit Nominees for 2018 HoF Committee\
Nov. or Dec. Meeting
Wall of Champions
Display at the National Bird Dog Museum
Grand Junction, Tennessee
Honor your Field Champion or sponsor a Field Champion from the past.
For a contribution of $100.00 your Field Champion can be honored on the Wall of Champions for all visitors to see and enjoy when coming through the English Cocker exhibit.
Please fill in the form below and mail with your remittance made payable to “ECSCA – Hall of Fame” to Peter Rizzo, 20 Crestview Dr., Tomkins Cove, NY 10986.
This form may be duplicated and also may be found on the Hall of Fame website: www.englishcockerhalloffame.com.
To guarantee space on the first display, you are encouraged to send in your application as soon as possible.
PLEASE FOLLOW THE FORMAT OF THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLE
NFC FC Diana Floss of Windmillwood MH “Millie”
SN66744901 ECS F DOB: 2/2/1997
B: Mr. D.S. Morris (U.K.)
O: Harold Bixby & Martha Calabrese
PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY
Line 1: Registered name, title(s), and Call Name
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Line 2: AKC registration #/ECS or ACS/M or F)/Date of Birth
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Line 3: Breeder (country of origin if not U.S.)
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Line 4: Owner(s)
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
NAME OF SPONSOR __________________________________________________________________________________
Email address _________________________________________________________________________________________
Home address _________________________________________________________________________________________