Policies

IWANE is committed to support rescue and will do so in close coordination with the IWCA, through volunteerism and/or financial support. IWANE will not be considered as engaged as a volunteer in a rescue/placement unless:

• The President of IWANE has acknowledged and agreed to this participation and support,
• The IWCA National Chair has agreed to, and is engaged in coordinating volunteer efforts,
• IWCA rescue and IWANE Board has been dually notified in accordance with the procedures below.

Procedures:

1. Any person may notify IWANE Board of a potential rescue.
2. The President of IWANE will notify the IWCA Rescue Chair and defer to IWCA for all procedures, forms and placement efforts.
3. The President of IWANE will seek agreement with IWCA Rescue Chair before any support initiates.
4. IWANE Members cannot represent rescue on behalf of IWANE unless the President of IWANE and the Chair of IWCA rescue has acknowledged their participation.
5. The President of IWANE will solicit volunteers and recommend financial support if needed.
6. The IWANE Board must vote on any financial support.
7. In the event that there is not an agreement concerning a rescue, volunteers will not be deployed and no monies allocated until the matter is resolved.
8. If property ownership of hound(s) is in question, IWANE must defer to other authorities in accordance with prevailing state, federal and county laws.
9. Should the IWCA National Rescue Chair also be a member of IWANE, the president or secretary of IWANE shall inform IWCA on coordinated activities within a 24–48-hour period.

Download: IWANE – IWCA Rescue Adoption Form 2025

These procedures are currently in the process of being revised.

Proceeds from the trust are intended for Health, Education, and Rescue. The Club receives the disbursements at the end of the year. The Club Treasurer tracks funds from this disbursement to be sure it is being utilized correctly.

We are able to use money if there are no funds available in our rescue fund for a situation that arises, to print educational materials, have funds for educational programs and for providing health testing to be used in ongoing studies.

At the end of the year whatever is left it is the club’s intention to have the membership vote on where to send the remaining balance to help our breed.

The membership is requested to submit the names of both Sweepstakes and Confirmation judges with their contact information and biographies to the board. The list is brought down to three by the board to be put on the ballots for the membership to vote on during the meeting held at our specialty each year.

Judges will be on a one-year foreign, one-year domestic judge schedule, unless for financial reasons the club is unable to fiscally handle the expenses of getting a foreign judge.

Once voted on by the membership, if a judge declines the assignment, the judge who had the second most member votes will be contacted. The votes are for judges being held two years from the specialty the vote is being held at.

The board holds the right to make exceptions on submitted judges as follows:

• Judged a specialty recently in the northeast.
• Age and health of judge whereas they have to be able to complete their assignment during potentially high heat and humidity.
• The board feels strongly a judge will not draw a good entry.

IWANE will donate to the IWF each year to support the Lifelong Heart Study and will endeavor to make available members’ dogs to have their hounds put in the study or to be continued to be monitored for the Heart Study at our annual specialty.

Non-members are able to get heart testing at the normal discounted rate that the IWF charges to offset costs for the cardiologist and expenses. All bookings and scheduling will be handled directly through the IWF.