BEAGLE INTEREST GROUP COMMITTEE 2018

BEAGLE
INTEREST
GROUP
COMMITTEE
2018

GROUP PHOTO

Elisna Bosch

Chair person
• In charge of the communications between OTAU
  management and the beagle interest group.
• Enforcing the rules of the beagle interest group.
• Assisting members of the committee as well as
  ensuring that they do their work.

Anien
     Bezuidenhout
Vice chair and secretary
• Assisting the chairperson in communications
  with sponsors and arranging new events with
  OTAU management.
• Organizing meetings and keeping record of the
  minutes of these meetings.
• Reminding committee members of upcoming
  events.
• Standing in for the chairperson if she is
  unavailable.

Jaco Theron
Internal events
•   In charge of events such as wash days, fun run, guest speakers etc.
•   Making sure that all supplies, equipment etc. are available and ready
    when needed.
•   Working together with other committee members that have ideas for
    internal events.

Puppy management
•   Handling the vaccinations, deworming, weighing of pups, optimising
    their growth and feeding the correct types of food at the different ages.
•   Handling everything happening inside the neonatal room.

Ceallach Foster
External events
• Dog parks, Run for Rhinos – Arranging with Sr
  Annette when and where we would like to take
  the dogs.
• Making sure that all the dogs will be safe by
  doing adequate research about the place
  beforehand and providing all necessary
  information to Sr Annette.
• Organising that everyone going knows how the
  day will work (driving arrangements, water,
  treats etc.)

Teneal Naidoo & Coert
van der Westhuizen
Puppy trainer
• Socializing of pups as soon as they are allowed outside the
  neonatal room.
• Basic discipline training of pups being kept as well as preparing
  them for practical’s.
• Coming up with fun, exciting new ideas about training
  techniques and tricks to teach the dogs.
• Working closely with Sr Carla to ensure the training techniques
  are correct.

Muhammed Moola &
Tamryn Bertram
Adult trainer & agility centre coordinator
• Improving the discipline of the adult dogs.
• Assisting in socializing the dogs.
• Getting people to work more with the dogs.
• Showing people some tricks they can train their dog and ways to
  connect more with their dog.
• Working closely with Sr Carla to ensure the training techniques
  are correct.
• Coming up with ideas on how to improve the agility centre and
  keeping it in a good condition.

Nicole Hickman
Admin
• In charge of the walking lists – E-mailing the necessary
  information to Dr van Vollenhoven at the end of each month and
  refilling the file with new lists.
• Keeping record of attendances to events for house points.
• Getting appropriate gifts for the walker of the month.
• Replacing the key sign out lists when full and ensuring there are
  keys to the kennels.
• Doing the Beagle Allocations.

Chantelle Blofield
Media, advertising and communication
• Keep beagle website up to date.
• Make posters of events and put them up on
  campus as well as removing the posters after the
  events.
• Communicate with the beagle interest group on
  Facebook and Whatsapp.
• Keep the Facebook group (Onderstepoort Beagle
  Interest Group) up to date.
• Keeping the walker Whatsapp groups updated as
  to what is happening with their specific dog.

Carla de Kock
Socializing and enrichment
• Coming up with ways to improve the dog day
  enclosures (toys, tunnels, digging holes etc.)
• Planning small events for the whole club to enjoy
  with the beagles.
• Helping the trainers to socialize the dogs by
  organising different dog breeds to come to
  campus.

Daniella van der have
Adoptions
• Keep up to date with which dogs will be adopted and when.
• Setting up a system where people can sign up to adopt a dog
  when they are old enough.
• Personally introduce the person adopting a dog to Sr Annette
  and remain in contact with the person adopting the dog until the
  specific dog is taken away. This way we will know exactly when
  the dog is going to another home thus we can give people that
  want to say goodbye, sufficient time to do so before the dog is
  taken away

Francisca Gissing
Community outreaches
• Organising Wollies outreaches – creating Whatsapp groups
  ahead of time for the people going in order to communicate all
  the arrangements.
• Getting people more involved and to donate more towards
  outreaches.
• Communicating with the management of Wollies to remind
  them when we are visiting.
• Possibly creating new community engagement events for the
  club to participate in.

Ida Glover
Treasurer
• Over sees the club’s finances by keeping track of the budget.
• Assisting each portfolio when money is required by claiming it
  from the university.
• Informing the committee when the funds are low or when there
  were changes made in the total amount of money available for
  the use of the beagle interest group.