NAMASCUSA Approves USASA Proposal - Final Results
Posted on 4/2/2011
Dear USASA Members,
Confirming the preliminary results, the NAMASCUSA membership officially approved the USASA Proposal which will create a new breed. In addition, it chose a new name for the breed: Miniature American Shepherd.
Following is the NAMASCUSA Board announcement, detailing the final vote count and showing the certifications of that vote.
Sharon Fontanini
USASA President
Stevens Parr
USASA VP & Liaison – MAS
AKC BALLOT RESULTS
FINAL TALLY MARCH 31ST, 2011
To: The Membership of NAMASCUSA
After researching for almost 4 years and giving the membership the decision to decide the future of this club, see below for the official results from the two notaries that certified the results of the NAMASCUSA membership vote.
NAMASCUSA has always been a member driven club. NAMASCUSA has always been inclusive, not exclusive. We will continue with those ideals as we move forward.
The name of this new breed is the Miniature American Shepherd. The board of NAMASCUSA will be sending another letter to the membership this next week and will be inviting you to participate in our future.
If you have questions, please contact the board
Thank you,
Karen Keller President of NAMASCUSA
The Board of NAMASCUSA
Deb Dulaney, Vice President
Traci Phillips, Treasurer
Jeanie McAdams, Secretary
Charles Lasater, Board Member
Michele Stewart, Board Member
Judy Challenger, Board Member
NAMASCUSA AKC Liason, Linda Perry (Past President of NAMASCUSA)
The NAMASCUSA AKC Committee
Linda Perry, Chairperson (Past President of NAMASCUSA)
Janet Boursier, Committee Member
Mindy Stevenson, Committee Member (NAMASCUSA Registrar)
Sharon Sloper, Committee Member
Denise Albright, Committee Member (Web Mistress)
Traci Phillips, Committee Member (NAMASCUSA Treasurer)
Karen Keller, Committee Member (President of NAMASCUSA)
| Ballots mailed | 463 |
| Ballots returned | 364 |
| % of ballots return | 78.6 % |
| Valid ballots received | 360 |
| Invalid ballots received | 4 |
| YES Votes | 297 |
| % of YES votes | 82.5 % |
| NO votes | 63 |
| % of NO votes | 17.5 % |
| Votes for the new breed name | 349 |
| Miniature American Shepherd votes | 187 |
| % for MAS | 53.6 % |
| North American Shepherd votes | 162 |
| % for NAS | 46.4 % |
