The Nominating Committee has nominated the following candidates. Under the Bylaws">

The Nominating Committee has nominated the following candidates. Under the Bylaws, additional candidates may run, provided their petitions, with at least 50 signatures, are received in this office before November 15, 2009. This makes the effective deadline the close of business on Friday, November 13, 2009.   Pursuant to Article VIII of the Bylaws of The American Kennel Club, the Nominating Committee appointed by the Board of Directors has nominated the following Delegates as candidates for such vacancies on the Board of Directors as are to be filled at the next Annual Meeting of the Club on March 9, 2010:  Class of 2014   Dr. J. Charles Garvin, Marion OH Marion Ohio Kennel Club   Dr. William R. Newman, Bedford, PA Mastiff Club of America   Patricia C. Scully, Suffern, NY Obedience Training Club of Hawaii   October 15, 2009 Dear Delegate or Member Club Secretary: Pursuant to Article VIII of the Bylaws of The American Kennel Club, the following named Delegate has been endorsed, in writing, by the required number of Delegates as an additional candidate for such vacancy on the Board of Directors as is to be filled at the next Annual Meeting of the Club on March 9, 2010                                                                    Class of 2014                                                               Steven D. Gladstone                                                                                  Reno Kennel Club                                                                             Sincerely, James P. Crowley JPC/ns