Membership

MassFed 2012 Slate of Officers & Board Members

In accordance with the By-Laws of MassFed, the Nominating Committee has discussed the proposed slate and received the assent of the persons listed below to serve as Officers and Board members for the organization during the 2012-2014 cycle:

President: Nancy Fisk
Vice President: Darci Brown
Corresponding Secretary: Julie Rembrandt Seeley
Recording Secretary: Linda Gagnon
Treasurer: Rebecca Leonard

Board Members:
Judith Erlanger
Kerry Fogler
John Kenney
Virginia Rowland
Holly Stump

Respectfully Submitted,
Linda Gagnon, Chair
John Seeley
Cindy Stark

ARTICLE IV

SECTION 4. Nominations. No person may be a candidate in a Federation election who has not been nominated. During the month of April (even years), the Board shall select a Nominating Committee consisting of three members and two alternates, not more than one of whom may be a member of the Board. The Corresponding Secretary shall immediately notify the committeemen and alternates of their selection. The Board shall name a Chairman for the Committee and it shall be his duty to call a committee meeting which shall be held on or before May 1.

(a) From among the members in good standing the Committee shall nominate one candidate for each office and five candidates for the five other positions on the Board, and, after securing the consent of each person so nominated, shall before June 15th report their nominations to the Recording Secretary in writing.

(b) Upon receipt of the Nominating Committee's report, the Recording Secretary shall before July 1st notify each member in writing of the candidates so nominated.

(c) Prior to August 1st, additional nominations may be made by petition to the Recording Secretary. Such petition must be signed by a minimum of five members in good standing, one of whom may represent the associate members' single consensus vote, and must bear statement from the candidate so nominated indicating his willingness to serve.

Membership
Does your kennel/breed club belong?
Do you belong as an individual?
Are you helping to fight unfair dog legislation?
Are you helping your community pass dog ordinances
that all of us can live with?
Are you helping in the effort to maintain the existence
of “hobby” breeders as opposed to commercial breeders?

If you answered “no” to any of the above questions, you
can start helping by becoming an active Member Club (see list below) or Individual Member of MassFed.

Bay Colony Tibetan Terrier Club
     Delegate Caryl Crouse
     508-695-8410
     lyractt@yahoo.com

Baystate Bullmastiff Club
     Stacey Gavin
     508-393-3964
     stacgav@aol.com

Bulldog Club of New England
     Delegate Tom Rattigan
     508-435-5276
     trat56@verizon.net

Central New England Brittany Club
     Delegate Dorothy Boyatzi
     978-652-5374
     flashfirebrittanys@comcast.net

Charles River Dog Training Club
     Delegate Rebecca Leonard
     508-653-6139
     rebeccacleonard@verizon.net

Classic Toy Dog Club of Western MA
     Delegate Thomas Baldwin
     413-583-3128
     tomonlyone@aol.com

Cocker Spaniel Breeders Club of New England
     Delegate Paula Emerick
     508-759-3895
     applhl@aol.com

Collie Club of New England
     Delegate Dan Cardoza
     508-863-1976
     countryvew@aol.com

Colonial Shetland Sheepdog Club
     Delegate Bonnie Chandler
     978-456-3169
     jbchandler@verizon.net

Concord Dog Training Club
     Delegate Anne Testoni
     978-779-6154
     atbasset@gmail.com

Eastern Dog Club
     Delegate Bruce Smith
     508-397-2331
     rbsmithbulldogs@charter.net

Framingham District Kennel Club
     Delegate Donna Cappadona
     508-881-8104
     cappadona@verizon.net

Hockamock Kennel Club
     Delegate Nancy Fisk
     508-966-4564
     akikoakitas@aol.com

Irish Wolfhound Assn. of New England
     Delegate Colleen Brown
     508-673-6467
     jcbrown9@aol.com

Labrador Retriever Club of the Pioneer Valley
     Delegate Gretchen Boss
     413-736-5606
     cgnbboss@yahoo.com

Ladies' Dog Club
     Delegate Virginia Rowland
     978-424-1044
     Blackslate@aol.com

Mayflower German Shorthaired Pointer Club
     Delegate Bill Felins
     617-470-6757
     bfelins@verizon.net

Merrimack Lhasa Apso Club
     Delegate Arna B. Margolies
     781-449-0612
     rjaylhasa@comcast.net

Minuteman Samoyed Club
     Delegate Marion McNeil
     860-378-0304
     mtmcneil2@juno.com

New England Rhodesian Ridgeback Club
     Delegate Jean Gamble
     978-779-6112
     jean.gamble@comcast.net

New England Rottweiler Fanciers
     Delegate Karen Sbuttoni
     617-850-5100
     karenmsb@gmail.com

New England Sporting Group Assn
     Delegate Linda Gagnon
     978-544-8933
     wetacres@gmail.com

New England Terrier Club
     Delegate David Healy
     781-264-2980
     starviewterriers@gmail.com

Newfoundland Club of America
     Delegate Kathleen Grim
     508-898-9751
     grimks@yahoo.com

North Shore Kennel Club
     Delegate Holly Sheltry
     978-356-1644
     hollysheltry@hickoryhillkennel.com

Patriot Papillon Club, Inc.
     Delegate Kim Walsh
     401-785-3560
     kim@walshab.necoxmail.com

Pioneer Valley Kennel Club, Inc.
     Delegate Darci L. Brown
     413-772-2111
     dbhappyhr@hotmailcom

Scottish Terrier Club of New England
     Delegate Margaret Blaine
     508-881-1979
     mblaine@framingham.edu

South Shore Kennel Club, Inc.
     Delegate Darlene Flood
     508-888-6786
     darlenespringers2002@yahoo.com

Southern Berkshire Golden Retriever Club
     Delegate Jean Deresienska
     413-567-4685
     ariagoldens1@verizon.net

Springfield Kennel Club
     Delegate Tom Davies
     413-283-3842
     dunwich@samnet.net

Town & Country Toy Dog Club of Eastern MA
     Delegate Mary Harrigan
     508-520-4089
     brooksidemaltese@gmail.com

Tracking Club of Massachusetts
     Delegate Donna Kiuru
     978-665-2933
     leomecs@aol.com

Wachusett Kennel Club, Inc.
     Delegate Julie Rembrandt Seeley
     978-456-8644
     JRembrandtSeeley@charter.net

Wampanoag Kennel Club.
     Delegate Monique Bertrand
     508-287-0298
     mizstang67@comcast.net

Worcester County Kennel Club
     Delegate Cynthia Stark
     508-852-2483
     stbernhospice@juno.com

Yankee Golden Retriever Club
     Delegate Judith Erlanger
     978-263-7301
     JudithPER@aol.com

Yankee Siberian Husky Club
     Delegate John Kenney
     781-383-0504
     musherjohn@verizon.net

With new dog legislation being worked on and introduced almost daily, we need to be extremely pro-active in order to ensure that our hobby/sport of breeding and exhibiting dogs is protected. Please review the list of member clubs link. If you belong to a club that IS NOT listed please print a copy of our latest newsletter, take it to your next club meeting and encourage your club to join MassFed. If you are not a member please consider joining MassFed as an individual. The larger our numbers grow and the more we communicate the better our chances become of stopping bad dog legislation.

We always welcome new members! Join MassFed!
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