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Archives	Programs
Audit	Public Education
Awards	Publicity
Club Hospitality	Puppy Referral
Club Equipment	Rescue
Delegate to PWCCA	Show Committees / Liaison
Delegate to ADOA	Sunshine
Delegate to NJDF	Talebearers
Insurance	Toplines
Judges' Selection	Trophies
Judges' Hospitality -- Sup. Entry	Ways and Means
New Members	Web site

Archives
Chairperson -- Kathi Powers

This position maintains the historical records of the Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club of the Garden State. These records include, but are not limited to, Specialty results and pictures, catalogs of past Specialties, match results, past issues of Toplines, articles about the Club, herding instinct test results. The committee is presently composed of one person.

Audit
Chairperson -- Terry Coughlin

Awards
Chairperson -- Marge Kolmus

Club Hospitality
Chairperson -- open

The committee consists of one person who is responsible for arranging for refreshments at the PWCCGS meetings. Responsible for contacting club members to enlist them as volunteers to bring beverages and snacks for a particular meeting.

Club Equipment | Storage
Chairpersons -- Dan West & Ed Sheppard

Delegate to PWCCA
Chairperson -- Bobbe Lord

Acts as liaison between this Club and the parent club and whenever possible attends meetings of the parent club, keeping it informed of this Club's activities and likewise reporting to this Club the activities of the parent club. The delegate is always a member in good standing of the parent club. May attend PWCCGS board meetings without a vote in order to make reports.

Delegate to ADOA
Chairpersons -- Marion Rapp

AKC Legislative Liaison
Chairpersons -- Melody Kist

Delegate to NJDF
Chairperson -- Marion Rapp

Insurance
Chairperson -- Ed Sheppard

Judges' Selection / Breed & Obedience
Committee Members -- Cindy Savioli (breed), Carol Black (obedience)

This committee works to create a short list of judges for sweepstakes and regular classes at our specialty. From this list, the members vote on their choices for judges. The committee also works with local all-breed clubs to select judges for our supported entries. The committee generally meets 1-2x per year.

Judges' Hospitality -- Supported Entry
Chairperson -- Andria Filipponi-Maloney

New Member Greeter
Chairperson -- Jeff Powers

Programs
Chairperson -- Peg Forte

Public Education
Chairperson -- open

Publicity
Chairperson -- Jane Ann Altar

Create ads and promotional materials announcing club events & programs. Coordinate the timely delivery of ads to PWCCA National Newsletter and to other club newsletters and show catalogs as appropriate.

Puppy Referral
Chairperson -- Irene Ferrant

"Helping well-bred corgis find their way into loving homes"

The Puppy Referral Committee is a referral service for all PWCCGS members who breed their corgis and are looking to find good homes for them. Individuals looking for a corgi puppy are either referred by club members, the club website, the AKC website or the Pembroke Corgi Club of America website. Inquires are received via. email or telephone. The committee refers prospective owners to the breeders with available puppies. If no puppies are available, their names are put on a waiting list and they are also given the name and telephone number of the Rescue Committee Chairperson in case they might be interested in adopting a rescued corgi. The committee consists of one member.

Rescue
Chairperson -- open

These positions are the guardians of the lost and nearly forgotten corgi. Rescue attempts to identify, appraise, retrain and re-home corgis who have been abandoned, strayed, been given up by past owners or turned into rescue as unmanageable. The rescue committee fosters these dogs, they update needed medical care, retrain as much as possible, temperament test and place the rescues.

Rescue administers a transfer of ownership contract with those giving up dogs and adopters are required to sign a Contract regarding care of their new corgi. If possible, dogs are micro-chipped before placement. All dogs are neutered before placement and brought up-to-date on shots and needed medical work (i.e. teeth cleaning, nails shortened).

Rescue remains as a resource for adopters after placement of the dog and will always take a dog back into the program if the placement does not work or the adopter cannot keep the dog. Donations are requested for the adoption of dogs and a donation is requested when a dog is given up to the program.

The program is currently in need of club members who are able to foster.

Show Liaison
Chairperson -- open

Member of the PWCCGS judge's selection committee who works with the Bucks County Kennel Club and the Trenton Kennel Club -- the two all breed shows that follow our Independent Specialty. As our aim is to present a complete four-day Pembroke Welsh Corgi event to our specialty exhibitors, we have a supported entry at both of these shows -- as well as a sweepstakes at Trenton. We strive to have judges at these shows that will be most appealing to corgi exhibitors. Show chairmen, Josephine Deubler of Bucks County and Deanna Lonabaugh of Trenton, have been most cooperative. Whenever possible they have hired the corgi judges that we have recommended.

Show Committees
Contact chairperson for specific event for details of open positions.

Sunshine
Chairperson -- Fran Sudol

The "Sunshine" committee is usually the Treasurer. This person sends greetings to PWCCGS members who are in need of wishes of "get well" or "cheer", or "expressions of sympathy".

Talebearers
Chairperson -- Debra Pepe

This position is responsible for submitting an account of the Club's recent activities, election of board, upcoming events --and other note worthy Club news -- for publication in the PWCCA quarterly newsletter.

Toplines
Chairpersons -- Debra Pepe, Peg Forte, Mildred Harris

Toplines is the newsletter for the Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club of the Garden State. The publication is distributed quarterly in March, June, September, and December. It is comprehensive and reports not only on the wide variety of club activities held throughout the year but also provides its readers with informative articles, helpful hints, lighthearted stories and poems. It serves as an avenue for individuals to showcase their corgis and it extends an opportunity for other clubs to promote their show events as well. This is all made possible by a staff of volunteers who gather and organize content into a layout, solicit advertising and contributions from members, and then use desktop publishing programs to create final output which is then delivered to a print shop for production and assembly. Afterwards, newsletters are stuffed in envelopes and mailed. This work is performed by a staff consisting of editors, design/production personnel, a circulation manager and various staff assistants. Volunteers are always welcome to contribute in any capacity.

Trophies
Chairperson -- Cindy Savioli

The trophy committee provides the trophies for the PWCCGS Specialty, plus several Supported Entries at designated shows during the year. This involves keeping track of which trophies need to be purchased each year, soliciting donors for those trophies, providing a list of trophies and their respective donors for premium lists and catalogs, ordering and labeling the trophies, delivering the trophies to the appropriate shows, and billing the donors for the trophies purchased.

Ways and Means
Chairperson -- Vince Savioli

Web Site
Chairperson -- Jane Ann Altar

Create and maintain web site that promotes club events & programs and that serves as a resource for members and visitors.

Questions? Interested in volunteering?
If you have any questions about any of our committees, click here to send an e-mail to have the appropriate chairperson get in touch with you.