Committee Openings

The NCA has three basic types of Committees:

• Closed Committees, where the NCA Board appoints both the Chair and all members of that Committee;
• Open Committees, where the NCA Board appoints only the Chair and any NCA Member is free to join and participate in that Committee; and,
• Ad Hoc Committees, which is not a permanent Committee and the NCA Board appoints both the chair and all members of that Committee

NCA Committees with openings

There are currently openings on the following committees:

Breeders Education Committee

General Education Committee

Health & Longevity Committee

Working Dog Committee

Recognition Committee

Breeders List Committee

NewfTide Policy Committee

Contact the Committee Liaison for Job Descriptions

Working Dog Committee

Committee Type: Board Appointed

The Working Dog committee has an opening that we would like to fill this winter. The position available requires the following:

*ability to handle regular deadlines involving computer reports, which need to be provided to others within the WDC within 30 days of receipt throughout the calendar year.
*willingness to participate in e-mail meetings within the committee. These may continue throughout the year, multiple times per week, with very short breaks. This is an active committee with multiple projects requiring discussion and voting on a regular basis.
*experience in working with groups with respect for the ideas of others, even if in opposition to your own position. Be able to give examples of past experience working in harmony with teams or groups on multiple projects. This is a committee of individuals willing to set aside personal opinion in deference to the vote of the majority.
*possess experience in draft and water tests, either as judges, exhibitors, and/or high level committee members at NCA sanctioned events. Experience giving seminars for draft or water work should also be mentioned to demonstrate well-rounded experience.

Please provide your resume, giving examples of how your experience meets the criteria for the current opening as e-mail attachment to Cheryl Dondino, WDC Chair, cmd555@aol.com no later than October 15, 2007. Thank you.

Technical Resources Committee

Committee type: Board Appointed
Skills needed (across the breadth of the committee): A strong understanding of technology and the role in can play in assisting the NCA, including, especially security, database, and Internet technology; information management; audio and visual communications, in addition to familiarity with the workings of the NCA.
Job Description:
• Perform ongoing reviews of the NCA’s information (both electronic and non-electronic) needs and status, and make recommendations as to how to improve and take better advantage of technology to further the goals of the NCA, and prepare at minimum an annual report making suggesting for projects that will enhance information gathering, access, and security.
• Address all information security concerns that arise in the NCA acceptance and recording of private member data (e.g., credit card information).
• Advise the NCA Board and committees as needed on specific issues that require technology expertise. Examples might include the following:
• Assist the Health & Longevity Committee and/or Breeders Education Committee and/or General Education Committee in developing electronic libraries of information that can be easily indexed and accessed.
• Assist Newf Novelties in building electronic files and web pages to manage ordering and sales.
• Assist various committees in building the skills they need to prepare and submit information for inclusion on the web site
• Assist the database committee in transferring information from the current proprietary database into a database that could be meet future needs
• Assist the JEC in the creation of a CD-ROM
• Respond to ongoing technical concerns of the Board (for example, the posting of meeting recordings on the web site).
• Make recommendations, if and as appropriate, for hardware software acquisition by the NCA. (Would it be, for example, advantageous to the NCA to own and hold title to hardware and software used by any of its committees or employees such as Newf Tide Editor or database chair?)
• Overall, serve as a technical resource to the NCA Board and NCA committees for any instances where specific technical information and communications knowledge is needed.

Help the Breed--from the Comfort of Your Own Home

The Technical Resources Committee will soon be unveiling the new NCA database--a valuable resource that will be open to store and provide information (openly accessible) on our dogs and their pedigrees, titles, health test results, and more. We are currently populating that database through a variety of means, but now and over time the committee will be looking for people to assist with data entry and quality assurance tasks. Can you help?

If you've been looking for a way to help the NCA, this might be the right job for you -- and it's one that you can do right from the comfort of your own home. Qualifications for the job include the following:
• a computer and access to the Internet
• good attention to detail
• enough working knowledge of the NCA that you understand both NCA and AKC title acronyms and health test acronyms
• some knowledge/familiarity with Newfoundland breeder kennel names (very helpful but not mandatory)

If you're interested in donating some time, please contact the Technical Resources Committee and provide us with a brief overview of your abilities and the amount of time that you might be able to devote to this job on a weekly basis.

Those interested in serving on these committees should send indication of willingness to serve and a brief biography to Mary Lou Roberts, NCA 2nd Vice President and Committee Liaison.

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