Welcome

Welcome/gift bags were in the host hotel and given at arrival. Extremely well received! Lunch deliverer (co-owner) not given correct location by his brother (co-owner)! Once re-directed, delivery went smoothly. Club members had decided at club meeting to do Sat lunch instead of dinner. No place to leave dogs during dinner +security, could have been too hot to leave in cars or leave alone in new town etc) Hawaiin chicken Sat lunch well received but because of rain and cold, folks did not stay and we couldnt have the fun picnic tables on grass get-together we were hoping for.

☺️"Rosettes were gorgeous" ☺️Parking was free ☺️I liked my brisket sandwich ☺️Berts Chuck Wagon did his best to make lunch right on Friday. ☹️Long way for members to come and help ☹️Did not feel welcome. ☹️Trophy's not engraved ☹️Donations to club down ☺️Raffel take down ☹️Not enough committee leads (someone in charge of lunch would have helped a lot especially on Saturday) ☹️Volunteers did not feel valued ☺️I am not sure I would stay at host hotel ☹️No itinerary, information about what to do or where to eat

A specialty debrief discussion took place at the club meeting on July 1st. Below are the comments and suggestions from club members at that meeting. Please add additional comments/suggestions for next year's specialty if you have any. Ilene gave the following report: Debrief From Club Members It didn't really feel like a specialty. No gift bags, no opportunities for socialization with folks coming from outside the area to make them feel welcome, no way to know who everyone was. (Note: welcome bags were given out at the host hotel.) Not having a dinner wasn't ideal. (Note: Membership had an extensive discussion at the June club meeting about holding a dinner and decided a dinner might be problematic due to dogs being left alone at the fairgrounds or in hot cars and members taking an additional trip back to McMinnville for dinner.) No opportunity to hear from the judges about the entry (as is usually done at a dinner) Need more communication/advertising about the lunch(s) and their location in advance of the day of the show A group grooming space should be considered for next year; it might help with socialization and connection with others Is there an opportunity to hear from CKC regarding the feedback they've received from other clubs/participants? Can a formal request be made to CKC to receive this feedback? No opportunity for photos. This was in part due to the ring time for cairns in the next show being so close to the ending of the specialty. Need club members available to help with photos; getting trophies where needed, etc. Need more time between the specialty ending and the next ring time starting. Consider having the specialty later in the day and the all breed show cairn ring time in the morning