The 2007 Board Meetings will be held on April 1, August 1 and November 1 this year. In future years, three dates will also be set for a spring, summer and fall meeting.
Copies of the agenda and the minutes of each meeting will be emailed to all USMMA members. To request a copy, please contact us.
The next meeting of the USMMA Board will be hosted by Jacob Martinez and Theresa Long in CA in January. Please let us know if you wish to attend as a member.
Our thanks to Tresa Smith, MT for hosting the August meeting.
A discussion was held concerning the Marchador breed standard of the ABCCMM. After the discussion, it was concluded that there may be some areas of difference between what the USMMA members want and th ABCCMM. A breed standards committee was formed, chaired by Tresa Smith to make recommendations at the next meeting.
A proposal to begin a half-Marchador registry was introduced. There were split opinions with some members stauch supporters and others against it as a loss of focus during these critical years of building breed awareness. A motion was made to encourage half-Marchador owners to join as associate members to determine the level of interest during 2006.
There was a sharing of marketing ideas around advertising, shows and other promotions.
Association business on meetings, elections, budgets etc took up the remainder of the meeting.
The first meeting of the USMMA was held in February at Summerwind Marchadors, AZ. Officers were elected and by-laws adopted.