NEHBA ANNUAL MEETING

January 31, 2016

The annual meeting opened at 9:15am with a roll call being completed with
all clubs except Central Mass Beagle club being represented.
President Larry spoke of the state of the association and how we had a good year despite the
cancelling of many of our trials. He then spoke on the issue of Central Mass and
their choice of judges, specifically Marshal Sparks as he is not in good standing with
the association currently. Lastly it was brought to the Association that Central Mass
was dropping out from the association, no official word has been delivered to the
board.
Treasurer ReportDoug Bower reports that the account is finally up and running but still looking into a
few matters in regards to Non-profit status and tax exempt. Also we did get our EIN
# and now are considered a corporation. With the banking we discussed the fee for
maintaining our checking at the bank of $10 dollars a month. The membership
agreed it would be wise to look into other options as paying the fee with the limited
resources wasnt cost effective. Doug to look into a passport account and get back
to us at a later date.
Dave Wood made a motion to allow Doug Bower to make the decision of whats best
around banking with the guidance of Larry Mazza, seconded by Dave Bourque,
passed unanimously
Jerry Carreau made a motion for the association to reimburse Larry Mazza $40 for
his application fee for Corporation status, seconded by Bob Sousa, passed
Secretary ReportMinutes from Semi-Annual meeting were read and accepted with a motion by
George Faria and seconded by Doug Bower.
Field Trial SecretaryJason Wiseman is requesting more help with the Winners Stakes as it is very time
consuming and takes lots of resources.
Unfinished BusinessNothing to report

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BanquetWill be at Home Plate in Taunton, from 2-5pm on Feb 28 th, $25 dollars must see
Tippy, need headcount by Feb.14th
Election of OfficersCurrent SlatePresident- Larry Mazza
V.President- Tippy Willis
Treasurer- Doug Bower
Secretary- Mike Santos
FTS- Jason Wiseman
Dave Wood makes a motion to replace Jason Wiseman as FTS and replace him with
Dave Bourque, and also to move Jason Wiseman in to FTC role, seconded by Doug
Bower, passed unanimously.
New Slate of OfficersPresident- Larry Mazza
V.President- Tippy Willis
Treasurer- Doug Bower
Secretary- Mike Santos
FTS- Dave Bourque
FTC- Jason Wiseman
Dave Wood motions to accept officers as reads, seconded by Bubba Sousa, passed.
The secretary than casted one vote to keep officers as discussed, passed
New BusinessHall of Fame nominations were discussed and the following hounds men were
nominated: Art Nigro was nominated by Merrimac Beagle Club, and Brian Ridley was
nominated by Bay State Beagle Club, a vote ensued with both members being
voted in unanimously.
Discussion around the By-laws to change Article 9 Winners Stake, the change is
around wordage to change a section to reflect the words And/Or, Larry to work on
and get changes out to member clubs.
Next on the agenda was the discussion of Association Awards, the membership
decided to the following:

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High Hounds (4) will receive Dans jackets or up to $120 to spend on an item at In
Stitches the company we currently use for awards. www.institchesmystic.com
Champions (7) a fleece or up to $80 to spend on an item at In Stitches the
company we currently use for awards. www.institchesmystic.com
Runner- Up (4) choice of an item up to $25 to spend on an item at In Stitches the
company we currently use for awards. www.institchesmystic.com
Plaques for High Sire and Dam, at this point we only knew the Sire (Mrs Tips Tank of
Bud)
Plaques for Hall of Fames inductees (2) Art Nigro and Brian Ridley
Motion by Tony Roderick to donate $200 to the Kids Trial, seconded by D.Bourque,
passed

New Business ContMotion by Doug Bower and seconded by Jason Wiseman to hold a Judges seminar at
an NEHBA club, passed.
Motion by Tippy Willis to start to identify young handlers at NEHBA events and
present them with some type of award to be given at our Winners Stakes yearly,
also that a committee formed to help with building a criteria to get kids more
involved and to achieve the award, seconded by Jerry Carreau, passed unanimously.
A discussion ensued and the following are now members of this committee: Jerry
Carreau, Doug Bower, Tippy Willis, Tony Roderick, Jason Wiseman, Bubba and Mike
Santos, passed
Jerry Carreau discussed his discussion with state representative Paul Smid, and how
the rabbits have declined in Mass, the representative would like a letter from the
Association or Jerry stating what we do and how he could basically help.
Nomination took place for judges for the Federation trial in New York, the following
judges will be submitted: Jerry Carreau, Doug Bower, Mike Santos, Todd Nigro, Brad
Nigro and Armand Ribeiro, a motion by Jason Wiseman and seconded by Doug
Bower, passed.
Jason Wiseman then made a motion to submit the same judges for the Nationals,
seconded by Bob Sousa, passed.
We then discussed possible judges for our Winners Stakes with the idea of having
non-association judges, the following names were submitted for possible
assignments: Matt Minick, Brett Donaldson, Joe Casack, Keith Brick, Campbell Haire,
Adam Morse, Tyler Pease and Zack Clich.

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Motion by Dave Wood at 12:53pm to adjourn seconded by Jerry Carreau, passed

Respectfully Submitted.
Michael W Santos
Michael W Santos
NEHBA Secretary