Our club made a donation in support of our long time friend, Stacy Pober. There was a fire and she lost her home, her husband and 2 of her dogs (Greyhounds); was left with one dog and the clothes on her back. Facebook page
Article in the Poughkeepsie Journal
Here's a message from Stacy. "Right now, her greatest need is to find a place to rent while her house is rebuilt (most likely for about 6 months). She needs to find a house that will take two dogs, and either has a fenced yard, or a yard that can be fenced, within about 30 miles of Pawling, NY, or in the Danbury CT area. Stacy expressed her immense gratitude to her friends and others who have reached out to help, and who have kept her in their thoughts and prayers. She has not been able (emotionally) to read her email, but is now beginning to try to reconnect and move to some more normalcy in her life. Her regular phone number is now up and working, so anyone who has that please give her a call to chat."
Brunch Report
Rip Van Wrinkle Basenji Club
18th Annual Meeting and Beat the Winter Doldrums Brunch
Chez Apu - Woodstock, New York
February 7th, 2016
Bagels and cream cheese and lox!
Present:
Susan Marsicano, Karen Christensen, Natalie Culver (with Hannah), Sue Schultz (with Heather Compton), Lisa Osenni, Debby Mayer, Malley Heinlein, Karen Sahulka, Frey Johnsson (with David)
The meeting was called to order at 12:45 p.m.
Treasurer’s Report:
SWELL! In the vicinity of $4500; membership fee income has declined but expenses (publishing) has declined at a faster rate; web site and online publication costs are minimal ($20/yr). The Wrinkler is now available only online; those few RVW members who did get it in print were notified it would only be online.
In 2015 we donated to Medfly Basenji Rescue (Karen Jones) ($500); Take The Lead ($200), Bobbi & The Strays ($300), and Rabies Challenge Fund ($200). It was agreed to repeat these donations in 2016. Club members with Amazon Prime memberships or other memberships eligible for it to designate a recipient charitable organization benefitting animals, through Amazon Smile (smile.amazon.com).
Details available from Karen upon request.
President’s Report
There are currently 80 family memberships and 11 honorary members (now 12, with the agreement to make Debby Mayer an honorary member);
172 Facebook members. The club exchanges newsletters with 10 other basenji clubs (some of those are also electronic).
The online Wrinkler and the RVW web page cost a total of $20 for the year. Older Wrinklers are archived on our home page.
Susan reminds club members there are custom-embroidered RVW patterns available from Suzy Zeh (no web presence) at 1.888.828.5445.
KC mentions that a recent purchasing experience with Foxy Roxy Creations, also featured in the Wrinkler, was positive (and the product exceptionally nice).
Embroidered gear is always in the Stuff section of the Wrinkler, as is Fozy Roxy Creations. Members ARE encouraged to join the club on Facebook. Most are already there, & enjoying it.
Match Show
2016 Match Show/picnic will again be at New Paltz fairgrounds on Friday June 24 in conjunction with the Shawangunk Kennel Club breed show. Malley Heinlein has agreed to judge, after missing last year due to Lyme disease (hopefully in permanent remission). After wide-ranging discussion, a costume class category of My Favorite Zoo Animal was agreed on.
Raffle (proceeds to BCOA Basenji Health Endowment) to be drawn at the match show, prizes include 3 new signed/reformatted limited edition prints of Susan Kamen Marsicano's Dreamers poster; a set of 3 old basenji books.
New Business
Donations (see treasurer's report); Raffle (see above); Secretary nomination/coercion: KC agreed to fill the recording/organizing role as Debby sunsets both that and the Sunshine role (to be covered by Susan K-M). Many thanks to Debby for her service over the years (and best wishes for a fun visit to Casa de Chaos). The rest of the club officers and Board Members were re-upped.
Adjourned at about 1:45, so we could talk dogs, pet dogs.
Minutes submitted by in-coming Secretary, Karen Christensen.
Lisa and Malley |
Scarlet w/David, Fiddle w/Frey  |
 Ian, Hannah, Tutu |
 Tutu's about to get a kiss |
 Malley with Scarlet |
 Fern & Hannah dance |
Contentment & a smile. (Rip smiling)
