QUESTIONNAIRE
FUTURE OF THE FUTURITIES
Purpose: To increase interest and renew importance of the Futurities
1.	 Are you a member of the American Brittany Club, if so what Regional Club?	
2.	What regions do you participate in competition?	Eastern	East Central _____Central_______Midwest________West Coast
3.	How many litters a year do you breed?  	None  	1-2  	3-4                                    ______5______Other
4.	Do you futurity nominate them?	yes  	no
4a. If Yes, do you nominate generally for	field, or	show, or	both.
4b	If no, did you stop nominating because: (check all that apply) _____Judging was too political
_____Too long of a distance to travel
_____Rewards weren’t there:
_____Magazine coverage
_____Cash awards
_____Run-off was discontinued
_____Not enough advance information on:
______Host club
______Dates
______Accompanying event
4c	If no, have you nominated your litters in the past?	yes  	no
5.	Have you found the nominating process confusing?	yes  	no
Too much bother/time consuming?	yes  	no
6.	Have you ever participated in an ABC futurity?	yes  	no

7.	If you have participated in the past and stopped, why? (Check all that apply)
_____ Had to choose among too many National events
                          _____Judging was too political
                          ______Too long of a distance to travel
______Rewards weren’t there
             ______Magazine coverage
          ______ Cash awards
          ______Run-off was discontinued
_____Not enough advance information on date
_____Other
8.	If you have participated in a futurity, have you won or been awarded a futurity placement(s)?	yes______  	no______ If yes, name award(s):
SOLUTIONS
9.	Please rank the following in order of preference: (1 – 1st choice, 2 – 2nd choice, 3 –3rd choice)
I favor:	A National event only (1 stake for All Age, 1 stake for Gun Dog and 1 Show)
_____3 regional events with a National run-off
_____3 regional events with no run-off
10.	Should the futurity field continue to be divided between events for All-age (horseback) and Gun Dogs (foot handled)?_____yes  ______	no
11.	If you favor a National run-off, would you favor: (choose One)
                        _____Invite only futurity winners from the three regional events
_____Invite FUTURITY NOMINATED dogs that participated at the regional futurities with derby points and/or show majors.
12.	If you were in favor of holding a national event only, would you favor having the futurity one week-long event in central location?	_____yes   _____no If no, explain your
objections:	
13.	If you were in favor of holding three regional events with a national run-off, would you
favor holding the run-off for the Gun Dog events with one of the Gun Dog Nationals?	yes
_____no If no, explain your objections:	
14.	If you were in favor of holding three regional events with a national run-off, would you favor holding the show run-off held during the National show or Summer Specialty?_____yes
_____no If no, explain your objections:	

15.	Do you favor paying higher forfeits (nominating fees), to increase the money award?_____ yes 	_____no or, raise the entry fees?	_____yes  _____	no
16.	Would you favor making it magazine policy to do an article on the breeders who win Best in Futurity or First Place in the field	_____yes  ____ 	no
17.	What provision should be made if someone is successful at winning multiple years in a row?
	Explain	
18.	Would you favor making it magazine policy to print nominated litters on a	bi‑
monthly,	quarterly, or	semi-annually basis in the magazine. (Check one.)
19.	Would you favor making it magazine policy to print the Regional Futurity Winners page as has been done this past year?
20.	Should the individual host clubs, with futurity committee approval, be allowed to choose whether the Gun Dog futurity is horseback handled or foot handled, but the run-off if implemented would remain foot handled?	_____yes_____no            Comments:
21.	When should the declaration of All-age or Gun-dog stake be made? _____2nd forfeit
_____Final entry
Any other suggested solutions would be welcome!
Send completed questionnaire to:
Judy Robin
robinjandt@netzero.com 6800 Park Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48103