DOGS SA is a registered business name of the South Australian Canine Association Inc. BN04827570
Association Address: David Roche Park, Cromwell Road, Kilburn 5084. Members of Council: Mr B Parker (President) Mr P Thompson (Vice President) Mr P Dynan Mr B Fielder Mr L Heilmann Mr J De Lucia Mr B Luxton Mr N Gouzos Mrs S Pike Mrs C Redhead Miss C Murphy Executive Officer: Ms D Lee Advertising: All advertising enquiries to Dogs SA Office. Advertising Deadline: All advertising copy must be lodged at the Dogs SA Office 6 weeks prior to month of publication. Dogs SA accepts no responsibility for the contents of advertisements. All advertisements are accepted in good faith and the liability of advertising content is the responsibility of the advertiser. Letters: the editor reserves the ricght not to publish any letter which in the opinion of the Editorial Sub-Committee or Council should not be published for legal or other reasons. All letters are received with that reservation. The opinions expressed in contributors’ articles are not necessarily those of Council. The Editorial Sub-Committee reserves the right to refuse the publication of any item or advertisement and, whilst every effort is made to ensure copy is reproduced correctly, no responsibility is taken for error. April 2022
Postal Address: (For all correspondence including advertising). The Executive Officer, Dogs SA P.O. Box 844, Prospect East 5082. Phone: 8349 4797 Email: info@dogssa.com.au Website www.dogssa.com.au
President’s Report Thank you to those members who attended the AGM of the Association on 02 March. The meeting did achieve a quorum and many of the motions presented were accepted by the members present. The minutes of the meeting will be provided shortly so those members not present will know what transpired at the meeting. As the meeting went so well, approximately 1 hour of general discussion followed which was well received by those present. There were several complaints received over the condition of the grounds during shows conducted in early March. This condition was due to a number of factors and not simply because of the change of contractors. Those that attended events later in the month noted the improvement in the grounds and I am positive improvement will continue as the new contractor comes to terms with the grounds and our expectations. There were also water supply issues for the irrigation which are being investigated and will be resolved in the near future. The newly elected Council will have it’s first meeting on Wednesday 30 March and many good things are expected to come from this Council with the assistance of the new EO, Deb Lee. Deb has already hit the ground running with drafting a number of policies and procedures that the office previously just did not have capacity to complete as well as keeping the office running as effectively as it does. These policies and procedures will not have an evident effect on the members but will assist Council with it’s Governance and Accountability. With the atrocities we are witnessing in the Ukraine and the devastating floods in NSW and Qld, I am sure I can talk for all members of Dogs SA in that we send our sympathies to them all and offer what assistance we can. Dogs Australia has already expressed ways of assistance for both and these will be discussed by Council. Although not evident over the last few weeks with the temperature on the rise, winter is approaching and with winter comes many more of our sporting activities such as Lure Coursing, sledding and others. These activities help to demonstrate that pure bred dogs have the ability to perform as they were bred to do. So let’s get out and support these disciplines and show what our dogs can do. Covid is still with us and this has been made evident with a number of positive cases being detected at different events. Dogs SA will not be insisting on any restrictions above that imposed on us, however I do urge all members to be considerate of others and abide by the restrictions enforced at any time. We all need to do our bit to learn to live with this virus whilst causing minimum disruption to our friends at events. As always if members have any questions relating to the operations of Dogs SA, please feel free to talk to members of Council. Get the facts in the first place as rumours cause damage to our Association.
Brian Parker President DOGS SA Mob: 0417 724 223 Page 3
