Frequently Asked Questions
Please know that most of these questions and answers are related to the Clubs located in Southern Nevada and therefore could differ from answers for the same questions in different locations.
Event Committee
Event Committee Members must be club members. Minimum of five (5) required on site, including chairman; the trial secretary may be on the committee only if they are a member of the club.
The members help with answering on-location exhibitor questions and in the event of a more serious issue, hold a trial committee hearing to determine the best way to manage the issue.
Following is news the Agility Trial Secretary receives from time-to-time with details.
September 15, 2011
Event Committee Reminders: If you are working with a club that receives a complaint and after they investigate it they decide the complaint does not meet the criteria to hold a trial committee hearing, they still need to submit their minutes, the written complaint & the procedural checklist (as far as it was done) to Jack Norton so it is on-file at the AKC office. This shows that the committee did their job and investigated the complaint.
It's just like if the committee fills out the form to disqualify a dog and then decide not to, they still send in the form to AKC to show they did their job and investigated the incident. In most cases with things of this type, just be sure to tell them that they need to send a copy of everything to AKC, so that AKC knows the committee properly handled the situation and has the information on file if someone calls or writes in with a question about it.