The BOD has asked that a letter be drafted by the SDC to be sent out to ASCA Stockdog Judges when they will be working with an Apprentice SD Judge. In this letter it needs to contain information as to what the Senior Judges responsibilities are to the Apprentice Judge. The Merit program has been in effect for several years and now it is time to review it to see what the membership thinks about the program. How ties should be broken. By difficulty Advanced has precedent, then Open, then Started.
Cattle has precedent over sheep, and sheep over ducks.
Or by using part of the scoresheet. For example since the center obstacle is awarded the most points, whoever earned the most points there would win. Discussion on giving Aussies preference on trial entries. With that addition of more other breeds to our program, in some areas it is difficult to get into a trial even when sending your entries in on opening day. It is felt by some that the ASCA program was developed for the Australian Shepherd, and now in many cases the Aussies can't even get in.