Regional Director's Corner
February 10, 2010:
GREETINGS TO THE NORTHWEST REGION,
I have compiled some information from the Feb 6-7, 2010 Board meeting. Please understand that these are not the OFFICIAL minutes and Rachel will have those minutes as soon as possible. The official minutes will be posted to the Region 2 website as soon as they are available and from the minutes, you will be able to determine “who said what” and how each member voted on the issues.
Out of Region Shows:
Tonks West (R-6) club will hold their October 23/24 show in Visalia, CA (Region 2)
Cat-A-Lina Cats CC in S. Cal (R-5) will hold their Jan 1-2 2011 show in Las Vegas, NV
On-Line Registration Application:
This system will possibly be in place by the end of Feb 2010. With this new system you will be able to register individual kitten on line and receive the registration slip by email
Junior Showmanship:
This program is financially in trouble and the Board feels it to be an important program. Multiple regions, including Region 2, made financial contributions to keep this program viable while other revenue sources for support are being investigated. I encourage our clubs to provide JS opportunities where they can.
2010 Yearbook
has been shipped and it’s really beautiful. If you have not ordered one, I will bring mine for you to see at the Eugene show.
New Club Applications
Regions 1-8
Las Vegas Cat Club – accepted
Sunshine Cat Club – Japan accepted
International Division
Cat Fanciers of Denmark – accepted
Imperia (Russia) – accepted
Siam Cat Fanciers Club (Thailand) – accepted
International Division
Russia will now be required to obtain 6 winners ribbons to obtain the CH or PR title. They had only needed 4 up to this time.
Website Proposals
As you may well know the CFA website needs to be brought into a more modern format. Three proposals were reviewed and one proposal was accepted for further discussion and possible contract development.
Judging News
Two judges – Kitty Angel and Yoshiko Yamada - will be retiring.
Judge Lois Jensen will be taking a one-year LOA during the 2010-2011 show season. During that show season Lois plans to return to the role of exhibitor.
Judging Advancements
In June 2010 Mihoko Yabumoto will be presented to the Board for acceptance as LH #1 specialty
Accepted as trainees:
Jacqui Bennerr (SH – 1st specialty)
Teresa Keiger (LH 2nd specialty)
Advance to Apprentice:
Marsha Ammons (LH -2nd specialty)
Advance to Approval Pending Specialty:
Carol Fogarty (LH –second sp)
Hope Gonano (LH – first sp)
Melanie Morgan (SH – first sp)
Michie Shinmoto (LH – second sp)
Advance to Approved Specialty
Teresa Keiger (SH – first sp)
Makoto Murofushi (LH- first sp)
Advance to Approval Pending Allbreed
Gary Powell
Animal Welfare
Busy year and they are developing a cattery organization notebook that will hopefully raise money for BAP. The system should be ready for review at the June meeting.
Meet the Breeds
will again be held in 2010 in conjunction with AKC if sponsorship can be developed by 4/1/2010
The International show
will not be held in 2010 and that weekend has been given to the region for fundraising shows. Plans are in process for another 2-5 Gala. Details will be available in the near future when Dee Dee gets the hotel commitment. The 2010 Internationals did make money and we are working with sponsors to again hold the event in another venue in the US. The co-chairs of this event Debie Kusy and Mark Hannon did a great job sticking to the budget!
Domestic Felines Project
will continue to be developed by David Mare and his committee for further presentation at the June meeting. This project will not impact the current HHP class in the show hall. They are, at this point, 2 truly separate things that may well work in conjunction to bring new people into the Fancy. More as it happens.
Show Rules
All ring restrictions have been removed from the 6x6 and 10 ring show formats. If clubs want to do a 6x6 there remains some scheduling requirements. For the club holding the traditional date for the weekend of the show they simply have to license their 6 ring one day show on Sat. For the second club participating on that weekend, they need to apply to the NSC for permission to hold a show on the Sunday of that weekend. It is now possible to have 2 one-day 6 ring shows on the same weekend in different part of the region. When these shows are in close proximity to one another exhibitors may well be able to attend both shows. The traditional date will remain with the original club.
Midwest Region Annual Committee Report
All plans seem to be well underway and they are looking forward to hosting the delegates from around the world.
2009 Breed Council Poll
Aby- proposal(s) passed by the breed council passed by the Board
Balinese - #1 and #2 passed
Birman – #1 and #2 passed
BSH – proposal(s) passed by the breed council passed by the Board
Burmese – proposal(s) passed by the breed council passed by the Board
CPSH - – proposal(s) #1 and #2 passed by the breed council passed by the Board
European Burmese - #1 proposal failed; #2 and #3 proposal passed
Exotic – #1 and #2 passed
Japanese Bobtail - – proposal(s) passed by the breed council passed by the Board
Ocicat – #1 passed, #2 failed
The following information on the Oriental pointed SH was written for distribution by Darrell Newkirk.
Best/2nd Best of color Patterned Pointed and/or Red/Cream Pointed Oriental Shorthair Division.
Certain oriental pointed SHs are allowed to compete in the sixteen (16) CPSH color classes: Red Point, Cream Point, Seal Lynx point, Chocolate Lynx point, Blue Lynx Point, Lilac Lynx Point, Red Lynx Point, Cream Lynx Point, Seal-Tortie Lynx Point, Chocolate-Tortie Lynx Point, Blue-Cream Lynx Point, Lilac-Cream Lynx Point, Seal Tortie Point, Chocolate Tortie Point, Blue-Cream Point and Lilac Cream Point. Oriental Shorthairs having these color descriptions are allowed to compete in the CPSH color classes. They will compete and be scored for breed wins as an Oriental Shorthair. These cats are allowed to accumulate national and regional points as Oriental Shorthairs. They will be given open, champion/premier, grand champion/grand premier titles as Oriental shorthairs although competing in the CPSH color classes.Persian - Bicolor -– proposal(s) passed by the breed council passed by the Board
Persian – Himalayan -– proposal(s) passed by the breed council passed by the Board
Ragamuffin - – proposal #1 failed, proposal #2 and #3 passed, proposal #4 failed
Scottish Folds - – proposal #1 failed, proposal #2 passed, proposal #3 and #4 ruled out of order
Ragdoll – the BC withdrew it’s request to be advanced to CH status
Siamese – the vote to end the outcross, passed by the BC, failed by the Board. The rationale was the BC does not own the gene pool and the decision to outcross or not is left to the individual breeder.
Siberian -– proposal(s) 1 and 3 passed by the breed council failed by the Board; proposal #2 passed
Sphynx – proposal(s) passed by the breed council passed by the Board
Five Breed Councils were commended for their high percentage of ballot returns –
Euro Burm – 93% return rate
Siamese – 85% return rate
CPSH – 83% return rate
Balinese – 80% return rate
BSH – 77% return rate
New Breed - Li Hua
One of the highlights for me was being able to see and handle the newest breed accepted for Miscellaneous status – the Li Hua (pronounced Lee Wah) is a natural shorthair breed indigenous to China. The Li Hua comes in one color – brown mackerel tabby and they are truly beautiful and have a gentle temperament. The 2 cats we were able to see and handle were both whole males, non –related, yet able to share a benching cage without incident. To me, a non-judge, they do not look like any other cat I’ve ever seen. Despite rumors, these cats are not from any wild blood. It was obvious from the presentation that these cats are treasured and protected by the Chinese fanciers. If memory serves, there are about 4000 Li Hua. The breed was accepted unanimously. With their acceptance into Miscellaneous, at some point you may be seeing one in a show hall near you!
I’m sure I’ve left out things or forgotten things and the full official minutes will be posted as soon as they are available. Rachel has about 15 hours of tape to review and in those official minutes you can read “who said what” and who made what votes on the various issues. Respectfully submitted,
Ginger Meeker,
Regional Director, NWR
The following notes were excepted from the BOD report of Dee Dee Cantley, RD Region 5 with permission. Each of us may have different “takes” on what happened and I thank Dee Dee for her generosity. I simply missed these items as I was preparing my notes.
Ginger
Clerking
The new Chair person John Heimstra asked that the board approve re-vamping of the clerking titles as follows:
Trainee Clerk (TC),
Apprentice Clerk (AC)
Certified clerk (CC)
Apprentice Master Clerk (AMC)
Master Clerk (MC) and
Master Clerk Instructor (MCI).
A new clerking manual will note these in the near future. Please contact John if you have any questions, he will be overseeing all the clerks in the US including discipline and advancements
Hotel discounts to CFA
We now have a CFA corporate Lodging card and exhibitors will receive a discount from LaQuinta Hotels. The information on this new card and the code needed will be on the CFA website soon. The contract with Motel 6 is extended for 2 more years the CFA code is on the CFA website.
DNA Testing
The DNA tests will have an increase in cost, as the cost of the materials has risen. Increase will be around $5, look for more information to be posted on the CFA website. They have processed more than 9000 samples as of February.
The International Show, GALA Region 2/5 Show
The International showed a profit of over $29,000 this past year. We lost a large sponsor for which the 2010 International show because of poor spectator attendance for the past two years and it was determined the International could not be produced without that funding. Therefore, there will NOT be an International show in 2010. The Board gave the weekend to the Regions to do a show. I have already partnered with Region 2 to produce a GALA SHOW (much as we did the year San Mateo was canceled). The Region 2/5 show is already in production and when we have the venue and judges contracted I will make an announcement to the Region, hopefully in the next few weeks. Anyone willing to volunteer and help with production of the show, please contact me. The show will be the weekend of November 20/21/2010, and we are looking to do a 450 limit, 8 ring BLOCKBUSTER so put it on your calendar...
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