President - CONTACT

  • Acts as the representative of the organization members as a whole, rather than as an individual supervisor to staff.
  • Develops agendas for meetings in concert with the board of directors. Presides at meetings.
  • Committees: Recommends to the board which committees are to be established. Seeks volunteers for committees and coordinates individual board member assignments. Makes sure each committee has a chairperson, and stays in touch with chairpersons to be sure that their work is carried out
  • Board Affairs: Ensures that board matters are handled properly, including preparation of pre-meeting materials, committee functioning, and recruitment and orientation of new board members.
  • Speaks to the media and the community on behalf of the organization
  • Listed as the contact person for our 501c3 non-profit status
  • Facilitates decision making process for the rescue. Ensures that all points of view are considered, and that the ultimate consensus is reached and then documented and communicate

 

Foster Home Info - CONTACT

  • Informs and promotes dog rescue and the need for foster homes.
  • Receives foster home applications
  • Interviews potential foster homes
  • Sends out the veterinary guidelines, foster checklists, adoption contracts, member roster, and administrative guidelines to all new foster homes, and updates, as needed, to the general membership
  • Works with the Intake Coordinator to determine the foster home placement of any incoming dogs
  • Contacts the foster home about fostering a specific dog
  • Works with the foster home in obtaining medical needs
  • Helps provide any specific needs for the foster dog - crate, heartworm preventative, flea preventative, antibiotics, etc.
  • Acts as a resource to the foster home regarding behavior, medical, and adoption questions
  • Works with the Treasurer regarding the availability of funds for medical treatments or special boarding needs
  • Receives weekly updates from each foster home on all dogs in the program
  • Communicates regularly with the Adoption Coordinators concerning the progress of the dogs and their availability for adoption.

 

Adoption Info - CONTACT

  • Accept Adoption Applications from the website
  • Contact applicants and verify they are educated on the breed.
  • Discuss dogs in the program that are a good match for the applicant(s)
  • Conduct "Vet Checks" (Verify that the applicant has a veterinarian and is responsible with their animal's health.)
  • Answer any potential adopter's questions about the adoption process, and remind the adopter's of our policies of keeping the dog indoors at night, keeping the dog in a fenced area, etc...
  • Initiate the adopter's contact with the foster homes.

 

Intake Info - CONTACT

  • Checks LSBHR Hotline daily 
  • responds to all emails and call for owner turn in's and shelter calls 
  • speaks with owners who wish to turn in their basset hound 
  • collects all information for bassets needing to come into the program 
  • makes decisions on the owner turn-in basset hounds

 

Webpage Help - Webmaster

  • Maintains all web related content
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