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A few points need to be highlighted: The annual budget for litter registration and individual registration was significantly reduced from a year ago. Therefore, when comparing year on year, we should expect lower numbers. To a great degree litter registration and to a lesser degree individual registrations are seasonal. Therefore, in order to manage to budget, at this point, we should be at approximately 60% of annual budget. Taking these points into consideration, registration is on track. This should not diminish our focus on increasing registration via marketing, on line registration and partner relationships. This was an action item at the October Board meeting and is listed below in follow-up. SHOW SURCHARGE CLARIFIED Show producing clubs will be charged $1.00 surcharge per entry beginning with shows licensed on or after September 1, 2001 and/or occurring after January 1, 2002. $0.50 of surcharge will go to CFA and $0.50 will go to the applicable region (where the show is held) after the show and the money is received by Central Office. Any club not in compliance will not be allowed to license future show until surcharges are paid. Reimbursement of surcharge to the regions to be mailed to the Regional Directors on May 1, August 1, November 1, and February 1 along with a list of clubs and the related dollars received. COMPLETE as amended to exclude Canada or the International Division. The CFA International Show, any non-scored show will not be paying the surcharge. THE CFA BOOTH @ LEAD SHOWS There is some confusion over who covers the cost of the CFA booth at Lead Shows being held under the CFA & Friskies Cat Show Program. The expenses associated with having the CFA booth at Lead Shows (LS) are budgeted from the sponsorship fee CFA receives from the Friskies PetCare Company each program year. When the program first started, we were able to cover the cost of the CFA booth attending all 20 LS each year from funds we received from Friskies. Friskies shifted the program’s fulfillment services, which were being handled by CFA to another contractor after the first couple of years, and CFA corporate then began receiving less direct funding from Friskies. In 1999, the CFA Budget Committee recommended the scaling back of the number of LS the booth would attend at CFA’s expense. This move was to help CFA’s bottom line. The CFA board approved the budget committee’s recommendation when they approved the CFA 1999-2000 fiscal year budget. The 1999-2000, 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 budgets provided funds to cover on around ten (10) LS each year. Beyond those ten shows, the CFA booth attends other LS when the sponsoring clubs are willing to cover the associated expense of having the booth at their shows. The National Capital Cat Show, Cincinnati Cat Club, Garden State Cat Club, The Crafty Cat and Nova Cat Fanciers, to name a few of the clubs, have covered the cost of having the CFA booth at their shows. REGIONAL QUALIFIER FOR OCTOBER 2002 In order for a cat, kitten or premier to enter the CFA International Cat Show, it must have been entered and competed in the Regional Qualifier of the region of residence of the owner. The previously established region of residence will determine a co-owned entry's region. A cat/kitten entered in more than one region will be disqualified. In consideration of current quarantine laws regarding Hawaii, CFA registered cats from the Championship, Kitten and Premiership classes owned by exhibitors residing in Hawaii qualify for entry in the International without competing in a Regional Qualifier. CFA registered cats from the Championship, Kitten and Premiership classes owned by International Division exhibitors residing INSIDE Europe qualify by being present and competing at the International Division Qualifier. However, CFA registered cats from the Championship, Kitten and Premiership classes owned by International Division exhibitors residing OUTSIDE of Europe qualify for entry in the CFA International Show even though they did not compete in the International Division Qualifier. AOV, Provisional and/or Miscellaneous cats/kittens are eligible to enter the International Show without having entered a Qualifying show. THERE WILL NOT BE A "QUALIFIER SHOW" IN 2003. That weekend, the same as past Qualifier’s will be a "Regional Show." This can be a one-day, back to back or two-day show. The Regional Director will deem the most cost effective for the region. This is to be a money maker show for the region. JUDGES SELECTED FOR 2002 QUALIFIER NORTHWEST REGION LORNA MALINEN BECKY ORLANDO CHUCK GRADOWSKI JIMMY THOMPSON ED YURCHICK BRIAN MOSER ALL BREED ALL BREED ALL BREED SPECIALTIES SPECIALTIES SPECIALTIES ALTERNATES: SHARON MCKEEHEN-BOUNDS JIM KILBORN WAYNE PARK CENTRAL OFFICE Golden Gate Cat Club request for a 6-ring 1-day show on Sunday - Approved. Request to exempt Hawaiian clubs from payment of the show entry surcharge - Approved. Alternate format for judging book pages: Motion that Central Office should develop an alternate proposal for these pages to present to the board in June - Carried. Show cage insurance - Request that Central Office continue to make show cage insurance available to clubs with a reasonable service charge added (payable to CFA) to cover our administrative costs - Carried. Reverse pedigrees: Motion to uphold October 2001 decision to allow reverse pedigrees to be purchased by anyone whether or not they own the cat - Carried. Request to ratify Central Office policy concerning "Not For Breeding" restrictions as follows: Requests which have the nature of depriving and/or restricting a co-owner of the use of their cat must be agreed to by that co-owner - Carried. Request to ratify the removal of the restriction placed on the cat without the permission of both co-owners - Carried. Litter sired by two different males: Motion to allow for dual registration of litters sired by two males provided that DNA testing is provided to substantiate the registration - Failed. Maintaining exact names of cats registered by FIFe by adding "(Imp)" after the name when conflicts arise - Motion carried. All imported named cats must retain the previously registered name with the exception of a cattery suffix if there is one. This procedure will be held and not implemented until after the World Cat Congress grants their approval. Traditional Cat Association - No action requested. Permanent Cattery Names - No action requested. Motion to add information on how to obtain a permanent name to the CFA web site - Carried. INTERNATIONAL SHOW Motion to donate $10,000 from show profits to the Winn Foundation - Carried. BREED ADVANCEMENTS & TRANSFERS BREED ADVANCEMENT TO PROVISIONAL (SPHYNX) BREED ADVANCEMENT TO CHAMPIONSHIP AS OF MAY 1, 2002 (SPHYNX) BREED ADVANCEMENT TO CHAMPIONSHIP AS OF MAY 1, 2002 (EUROPEAN BURMESE) TONKINESE AOV TRANSFERRED TO CHAMPIONSHIP ALL JUDGES UP FOR ADVANCEMENT were accepted with the exception of Tohru Aizawa who was dropped from the judging program. We had two judges resign from the judging program because of health reasons, Michael Peterson and Marilyn Cruz. If you have any idea or subject that you would like to let the Regional Director or Webmaster know about, please use the Comment page. This will send email directly to them.