The following pages represent the onsite reports from Region 2's
Regional Director. Lorna had her laptop with her at the board table and
sent the following report(s) These are not complete transcripts from the
board table, but the Regional Directors notes for the region.
February 3-4, 2001
Treasurer's Report
Motion that the CFA Treasurer shall be the treasurer for the CFA
International Cat Show - Carried.
Motion that the CFA Treasurer shall be responsible for the treasury of the
NYC Media Show and any other CFA media event - Carried.
Domestic Clubs
American Bobtail Breeders Association (5) - Motion to accept without the word
"association" - Accepted.
Gulf Shore Consortium (3) - Accepted.
Motion to lift the moratorium on new Japan clubs effective immediately -
Carried.
International Division Clubs
World Exotic Cat Fanciers - Not Accepted.
International Division
Motion to invalidate the election for International Division Representatives
and to hold a new election - Carried. Call for declarations to indicate that
if only two people declare, then those two people will automatically be the
two representatives; and also to include a list of representatives'
responsibilities.
Motion to send both call for declarations and ballots by Airborne Express -
Carried.
Judging Program
Advance to Approved
JoAnn Miksa (LH) - 18 yes
Paul Patton (AB) - 18 yes
Jan Stevens (SH) - 18 yes
Advance to Approval Pending
Paula Boroff (LH) - 18 yes
John Collila (AB) - 18 yes
Ed Davis (SH) - 17 yes, 1 no
Kunio Mori (SH) - 17 yes, 1 no
Becky Orlando (SH) - 18 yes
Beverly Wood (LH) - 18 yes
Advance to Apprentice
John Adelhoch (LH) - 5 yes, 13 no. Motion to require him to complete two
mechanically correct shows by the June board meeting to be reconsidered for
advancement - Failed. Motion to drop him from the Judging Program with the
option to reapply at some future date - Carried..
Accept as Trainee
Vicki Baylus (SH) - 18 yes
Dennis Ganoe (SH) - 17 yes, 1 no
Wakako Nagayama (SH) - 18 yes
John Webster (LH) - Action postponed until June so that his intentions can be
clarified.
Guest Judging Assignments
All guest judging assignments were approved including several additional
assignments not included in report.
Retirements/Resignations
Motion to accept the retirement of Becky Jones and to grant her Emeritus
status - Carried.
Motion to accept resignation of Gary Powell - Carried.
Judging Program Rules Updates
Section II - Application:
5. Correction of cattery name registration requirement to be 10 years.
8.A Exhibiting
- Ten grands to be in specialty for which they are applying.
- Motion to include: Must have experience exhibiting one or more breeds in
the specialty in which they are applying in addition to their major breed -
Carried.
3. 14. Single specialty judges wishing to proceed into the second specialty
must furnish documentation to the JPC…; Motion to remove dollar amount from
applicable fee - Carried.
4. Under requirements second specialty, delete breeding requirements for
LH/SH specialty and exhibiting.
Section V - Trainees
A.2. Delete notation allowing a trainee to request permission to work with a
particular judge.
4.f) First specialty judge eligible for advancement after one year, second
specialty judge can more through the training program as appropriate.
Section VII - Advancement
1. Judge may not receive credit for advancement for evaluations submitted by
more than any two clubs for which the judge is a current member.
Section VIII - Licensing
Reinstate the requirement for judging a minimum of 5 shows within a period of
24 months: Motion to not reinstate this requirement - Carried.
Motion to accept updates with changes - Carried.
Judging Program in International Division
Motion to accept program as presented effective immediately, changing all
references to Europe to read International Division - Carried.
Judge Relicensing
2001 Judge fees not received from L. Baugh, B. Higuchi, G. Melotik, W.
Thompson.
All judges unanimously relicensed except the following:
L. Baugh - 7 yes, 10 no (fees not paid)
S. Beedy - 12 yes, 5 no
M. Hague - 15 yes, 2 no
B. Higuchi - 7 yes, 10 no (fees not paid)
G.Melotik - 6 yes, 11 no (fees not paid)
K. Mori - 16 yes, 1 no
W. Thompson - 2 yes, 14 no, 1 abstention (fees not paid)
No Pussy Footin' Around
Motion that V. Nye must be reimbursed by April 1 or show will not be licensed
and club will be subject to additional disciplinary action - Carried.
Judging Program Committee
The board directed Donna Jean Thompson to write a letter to the committee
requesting that they elect a chair from among themselves.
Central Office
- Golden Gate Cat Club request to hold 6 ring 1 day show on Sunday -
Approved.
- Regional assignment question: Motion to accept kitten in Region 4 for
purposes of scoring - Carried.
- Credit for points won by kitten at a show even though registration number
not in catalog: Motion that it stands as is (no credit for show) - Carried.
- Show scoring policy regarding incapacitated judge: Motion to score for
grand points and winners ribbons only but not charged with ring for
national/regional scoring - Carried.
- BW title question: Motion that the national award supercedes the regional
win, i.e., NW higher than BW higher than RW - Carried.
- Entry Clerk Software Proposal - Motion to request a demo copy of
Entries2001 and put out a request for proposals so that all programs can be
evaluated prior to any commitment on CFA's part - Carried.
- Out of regional show request to hold show in Region 4 by Tonkinese Breed
Association (3) - Approved.
- Breed council secretary newsletter mailings - Motion to send blanket
letter regarding policy to all BC secretaries and a letter and bill for
postage to D. Stevenson - Carried.
Show Rule 6.06 - pulling cat from ring when advertised judge does not
officiate: Motion to approve the policy followed by Central Office for the
duration of this show season - Carried.
Motion to amend policy for registering a litter without sire owner's
signature to include CO ascertaining satisfaction of terms of contract terms
and assessing $50 fee to person who caused the extra paperwork - Carried.
International Show
Process for Qualifying
Motion to require entry in exhibitor's home region qualifier and to provide
an option for listing cats who will not attend the show - Failed.
Motion to use same method of qualifying as in 2000 but to provide method for
exhibitor to indicate whether or not they will be attending (will not be
benched if not attending) - Carried.
Process for Selecting International Show Judges
Motion to adopt proposal number 2 - no judge may officiate for more than 3
consecutive years - Carried.
Committee to investigate cost of adding 6 more judges at the show.
MSG/Media Show
Motion to authorize committee to sign contract committing to $5,000 deposit -
Carried.
Motion to give committee authority to contract judges, etc. up to 5 years out
- Carried.
Legislation
CFA's amicus brief shall be published on the CFA website.
Breeds & Standards/Breed Council Questions
American Curl
1. Carried
2. Carried
American Shorthair
1. No action
2. No action
3. No action
Birman
1. No action
2. No action
3. Carried
4. Carried
5. Carried
6. Carried
7. No action
8. No action
9. Carried
10. Carried
11. Carried
12. No action
Motion to establish the following color classes for competition: Other Solid
Point Colors Parti-color Point, and Lynx Points - Carried.
British Shorthair
1. No action
Burmese
1. Carried
2. Carried
3. No action
4. No action
5. No action
6. Accepted
7. No action
8. No action
Colorpoint Shorthair
1. Carried
2. Carried
Cornish Rex
1. Carried
2. Carried
3. Carried
4. Carried
5. Carried
6. Carried
7. Carried
8. Carried
Devon Rex
1. Carried
2. Carried
3. Failed
Egyptian Mau
1. Failed
Exotic
1. Failed
Korat
1. Carried
Manx
1. Carried
2. Carried
3. Carried
4. Carried
Norwegian Forest Cat
1. No action
Ocicat
1. Failed
Oriental
1. Carried
Scottish Fold
1. Carried
2. Failed
3. Carried
Selkirk Rex
1. Failed
Siamese
1. Accepted
Tonkinese
1. Carried
2. Failed
3. Out of order
4. Out of order
5. Carried
6. No action
Turkish Angora
1. Carried
American Bobtail standard changes- Approved.
Motion to establish policy whereby Miscellaneous Breed proposed standard
changes must highlight what portion of existing standard is being changed -
Carried.
Motion to affirm policy that CFA will not accept any cat that is a hybrid
from a cross with a wild cat - Carried.
Motion to publish this policy, most specifically on the web site - Carried.
Webcasting
Motion to webcast delegate portion of Annual Meeting as was done last year -
Carried.
Show Rules Changes
Show Rule 6.06 - Carried.
Show Rule 15.08 - Carried.
Show Rule 20.08 - Carried.
Junior Showmanship
Motion to appoint a JS Coordinator in each of the CFA regions - Carried.
E-Commerce
Motion to authorize the committee to further explore the partnership with VIN
- Carried.
Logo Committee
Motion to accept new logo usage guidelines as outlined in report - Carried.
Clubs will be allowed to use color logo on show flyers.
Motion to accept new logo waiver of liability policy - Carried.
Future Board Meeting Sites
February 2002 - Los Angeles, CA or Houston, TX
October 2002 - Chicago, IL or Orlando, FL
New Business
Motion to allow the Judges Association to have a board member as a liaison to
the board - Carried.
Protests & Hearings
Protests
Motion to remove from the CO letter of initial notification of suspension
pending investigation the ability to groom cats in the showhall - Carried.
Motion to accept Protest Committee recommendations as presented, except for
Docket 00-053-1016, which is changed to be violation of CFA Constitution XV g
only - Carried.
Motion to cite Shana Otis-Kuhnert for a re-sentencing hearing - Carried.
Hearings
2. CFA vs. Rexelle, Debra - Guilty, permanent suspension.
3. CFA vs. Dutton, Mary Anne - Guilty, permanent suspension.
4. CFA vs Griffith, Diane - Guilty, permanent suspension.
5. CFA vs. Love, Debra - Guilty, 3 year suspension & $1,000 fine.
6. CFA vs. Buck, Chris - Guilty, immediate reimbursement in full to club for
misappropriated funds plus the $100 protest filing fee ($1784.00), 3 year
suspension, $1,000 fine, permanently barred from holding club office or being
a CFA entry clerk.
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