Samoyed Club of America

Samoyed Club of America

Promoting the well being and future of the Samoyed breed.

The official AKC breed club for the Samoyed since 1923.

Contact Us

SCA Board and Committees

For general club questions please contact our Corresponding Secretary.

For questions about a new membership or a pending membership, please contact our Membership Chair
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Officers and Board of Governors

President
Jim Cheskawich
samtres@earthlink.net		 Vice President
Heidi Nieman
heidinieman@gmail.com
Recording Secretary
Beth Tallentire
sizzlinsams@gmail.com		 Corresponding Secretary
Lori Chapek-Carleton
Xamoyedx@aol.com
Treasurer
Anita O’Berg
couragerunsammys@aol.com

Directors

Robin Barkhaus
rob_sca_bog@yahoo.com		 Paula Exline
exlinefamily580@msn.com
Cathy Cusack
gracecatherine@cs.com		 Diane Dotson
diane@galaxysams.com
Jane Ann Emmel
janeemmel@yahoo.com		 Neal Henderson
Whitestonesams11@yahoo.com
Kathleen Farlow
kwfarlow@gmail.com 		Dr. Marion McNeil
sterlingsami@att.net
Beth Riley
briarwild@comcast.net		 Ken Granacki
snowater_6@msn.com

AKC Delegate/Honorary Board Member
John Ronald
karonsams@hotmail.com

SCA Membership Chairperson

Darlene Rautio
1759 East Garwood Rd
Hayden, ID 83835-5129
starstrucksams@aol.com

SCA Public Information/Education and Breeder Referral

A list of SCA Publications you may order

For additional information, please contact:

Samoyed Club of America
Lori Chapek-Carleton
SCA Corresponding Secretary
Xamoyedx@aol.com

Independent Samoyed Club Liaison
Deb Fiedler
magicmistic7@gmail.com

SCA Judges Education Committee

This SCA committee:

  • Coordinates the Judges Education Seminar at the SCA National;
  • Provides information for regional judges education workshops about the Samoyed;
  • Maintains a list of possible Samoyed mentors for judges workshops;
  • Provides a schedule of Samoyed regional judges education workshops.

AKC judges interested in learning more about Samoyeds or adding the Samoyed to their list of AKC-approved breeds are encouraged to contact this committee, including their AKC judge’s number, through:

Carol Hjort*, Chair
hjortac@aol.com

SCA Standing Committee Appointments

* designates the Chairperson

AGILITY 

AUDIT

ANNUAL AWARDS

BOB & DOLLY aWARD & AKC SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD

BREEDERS EDUCATION

BREEDER LISTING

BUDGET COMMITTEE (serving as Audit Committee for 2019)

BULLETIN

CHIC

CONFORMATION

DATA COORDINATOR

EDUCATION (PUBLIC)

FOREIGN LIAISON

FUTURITY SECRETARY

HEALTH

HERDING

HISTORICAL COMMITTEE

INDEPENDENT CLUB LIAISON

JUDGES EDUCATION

JR. ASSOCIATE COORDINATOR & JR. HANDLER SCHOLARSHIP

LEGAL ADVISOR

LEGISLATIVE

MEMBERSHIP

NATIONAL SPECIALTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

OBEDIENCE/RALLY

POLICY & RULES

PRESIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS SUB-COMMITTEE

SLEDDING/RACING COMMITTEE

REGIONAL SPECIALTY COORDINATOR

REGISTRAR OF MERIT & VERSATILITY AWARDS

SOCIAL MEDIA

WAYS AND MEANS

WEBSITE

WEIGHT PULL COMMITTEE

WORKING DOG

SCA Interim Committee Appointments

* designates the Chairperson

JUDGES TELLER 2021 NATIONAL JUDGE SELECTION

JUDGES TELLER 2022 NATIONAL JUDGE SELECTION

  • TBA

TELLERS COMMITTEE (Election)

  • TBA

ILLUSTRATED STANDARD COMMITTEE

SCA Task Force Committees

* designates the Chairperson

By-Laws Task Force

Code Of Ethics Task Force

Digital Retention Task Force

Geographic Regional Review Task Force

SCA Newsletter / Magazine, The SCA Bulletin

The SCA Bulletin is a national-award-winning newsletter/magazine published in March, June, September, and December. Issues contain informational articles, SCA club news, independent club news and breed advertising. Typically containing over 100 pages per issue, it is available on a subscription basis to SCA members only. Individual issues already in print may be purchased by non-members, when available, at $20/issue from:

Cheryl West
Editor, SCA Bulletin
cherylwest@sprintmail.com