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German Shorthaired Pointer Club of Central Iowa is officially accredited by the AKC as of today.
We plan on doing some kind of raffle to raise money so we can have a field trial this fall or next spring.
We are thinking of doing a raffle on a blank pistol (or two) and some smaller items.
Any ideas for raffle items would be appreciated.

Cool beans! Do you have a website or Facebook page I can follow for the club?

Nothing yet, but will be working on it.

Where will it be based out of? If it is close I my come meet up wih you. The nebr group had like 2 people show up and 1 other wanted to sell off his trial stuff. didnt go back

Knoxville

Jeff,

Send me an application. I will support your club in anyway I can.

Good Luck and Congrats!!!

Sean Hauser

Great news! Please post info when you get it. I'm in Pella and would love to be a part of something like this.

rockyridge kennels wrote:Jeff,

Send me an application. I will support your club in anyway I can.

Good Luck and Congrats!!!

Sean Hauser

Thanks Sean!
I will send you one when I get one made up. I was holding off on alot of that stuff like the application and a web page until I got AKC's approval.
I was told that it could take up to a year to get accredited with AKC and it only took 2 months. In between training dogs and going to field trials, I will start getting alot of the details done now. Thanks again.
Jeff

iowahntr4 wrote:Great news! Please post info when you get it. I'm in Pella and would love to be a part of something like this.

PM me your email and I will send you information when it's ready.
Thanks for your interest.

Jeff

Jeff...is the AKC making the club hold a number of sanctioned events before they allow the club to hold licensed events?

Wyndancer wrote:Jeff...is the AKC making the club hold a number of sanctioned events before they allow the club to hold licensed events?

The AKC has "Fast Track". This is where the club can forgo the sanctioning process by documenting significant experience within the club.

sh0rthair wrote:

Wyndancer wrote:Jeff...is the AKC making the club hold a number of sanctioned events before they allow the club to hold licensed events?

The AKC has "Fast Track". This is where the club can forgo the sanctioning process by documenting significant experience within the club.

Good!....They did that a while back for a club that I helped found.

Jeff, who is a good contact at the AKC to discuss this Fast Track program with?

original mngsp wrote:Jeff, who is a good contact at the AKC to discuss this Fast Track program with?

Contact "Club Relations". This is who I got my information from.
clubrelations@akc.org

original mngsp wrote:Jeff, who is a good contact at the AKC to discuss this Fast Track program with?

The other option is a mentored event. That is the process we went through and had members from a nearby club mentor us during the process. Our club was also made up of experienced members as well as a handful of newbies. We are also helping to train inexperienced members at each trial to help with different jobs so we don't put all the work on the same people for every trial. PM me your email address and I will help you out with documents etc if you get the process started to form a club and hold trials.

If you ever need any help, just ask. I would be glad to help in any way. Send me an app. Good Luck!!

I live in SE MN and would be interested in an application as well...

BVK wrote:I live in SE MN and would be interested in an application as well...

PM sent

There is still 2 1/2 weeks left to get entered into the drawing.

Congratulations!!!

Welcome from your brothers & sisters @ the Central Florida German Shorthaired Pointer Club.

Thank You!