- APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
- MINUTES OF MEETING HELD 21st June 2006
- MATTERS ARISING FROM MINUTES OF MEETING HELD 21st June 2006
- MINUTES OF MEETINGS
Executive Committee - 3 May 2006, 26 July 2006
Disciplinary Committee - 14 December 2005
- FINANCE
a) Treasurer's report
b) O'Hara Wood's 6 months report to June 2006
- AMENDMENTS TO GCCF RULES
Executive Committee recommends the following
a) Section 2, Rule 17e, Section 3, Rule 8e
The Open class judge must not withhold Best of Breed if any certificate has been awarded by him/her to a cat of the breed on the day.
Amend to:
The Open class judge must not withhold Best of Breed if, on that day, he/she has awarded any certificate to a cat considered for that Best of Breed. - CARRIED
b) Section 2, Rule 17c, Section 3, Rule 8c
Cats to be considered for Best of Breed shall be the winners of the Open classes for that breed and cats of that breed that were entered in the Imperial Grand Champion/Grand Champion/Imperial Grand Premier/Grand Premier classes and not in the Open class.
Amend to:
Cats to be considered for Best of Breed shall be the winners of the Open classes for that breed and cats of that breed that are entered in the Imperial Grand Champion/Grand Champion/Imperial Grand Premier/Grand Premier classes and not in the Open class, with the exception of cats withdrawn, by their exhibitor(s), from such consideration. - CARRIED
c) ADD Section 2, Rule 3g:
The temperature within the show hall should not exceed 90 degrees F (32 degrees C). At Summer shows the show management should consider planning wider aisles and discuss with the venue manager and safety officers the possiblity of netting or screening doors to permit safe additional ventilation. Exhibitors should be permitted to use cold packs under their cats' blankets and/or safe battery-operated fans on their pens. Exhibitors and visitors should be requested not to crowd the pens and, in severe heat, may be requested to leave the hall for a period to allow the temperature to drop. - CARRIED
d) Section 1, Rule 7b
Names must differ by at least one letter from the name of any other cat registered with the GCCF. The following will not be accepted as a name or part of a name:
Numbers in figures (roman or arabic)
Recognised feline titles (Champion, Premier, Supreme, International, Imperial etc)
Cedillas, accents etc
Repetition of words previously registered by the same person or under the same prefix except recognised appropriate breed colour/pattern/coat description words in English, the definite and indefinite articles (the, a, an) or recognised human titles (Mr, Mister, Mrs, Miss, King, Queen, Prince, Princess, Lord, Lady, Sir, Dame.)
NB Applicants should ensure that they do not submit a business or trade name which might lead to legal action by the registered owner of that name.
Applicants should ensure, to the best of their knowledge, that they do not submit a word which has been registered as a prefix with another cat registering organisation by another person.
The applicant shall be held responsible for any action arising from the registration of a name. - CARRIED
- AMENDMENTS TO THE GCCF CONSTITUTION
Colourpoint, Rex Coated & AOV Club propose:
11 (1) (a). "that delegates elected to the GCCF Executive Committee are only allowed to remain on the Executive for a maximum of three consecutive years and then must stand down for at east one year before becoming eligible for election again." - WITHDRAWN for rewording by Club
- APPLICATIONS FOR BREED PROMOTIONS
Executive Committee recommend the following, with effect from 1 June 2007 - ALL CARRIED
a) Caramel Point Siamese (Breed No 24n) promotion to Championship status
b) Oriental Fawn (Breed No 37r) promotion to Championship status
c) Egyptian Mau (Breed Nos 78 30, 78 30s, 78 36) promotion to Championship status
d) Selkirk Rex (Breed No 79) promotion to Provisional status
e) Cinnamon & Fawn Self & Colourpointed BSH (Breed Nos 15k, 15r, 40 21, 40 29) promotion to Provisional status
f) Snow Marbled Bengals (Breed Nos 76a 20, 76b 20) promotion to Provisional status
g) Tabby Bi- and Tri-Colour Persians (Breed Nos 12a1t - 12a10t) promotion to Provisional status
- STANDARDS OF POINTS
a) Chocolate Point Siamese (24b) - Amended
SOP - CARRIED
b) Caramel Point, Caramel Tabby Point, Caramel Tortie Tabby
Point Siamese - Amended SOP
- CARRIED
c) Bengals (76 30, 76 20, 76a 30, 76a 20, 76b 30, 76b 20)
- Amended SOP - CARRIED
- REGISTRATION POLICIES
The Executive Committee recommends the following with immediate effect
a) Amended Registration Policy for Ocicats - CARRIED
b) Registration Policy for Tabby Bi- and Tri-Colour Persians - CARRIED
- SHOW MATTERS
a) Supreme Show report
b) 2007/2008 Show dates - the list of licences granted is enclosed for information only
c) The Shropshire Cat Club propose the splitting of the Imperial Grand between Oriental and Siamese for all Champinshup shows. - CARRIED with effect from 01.06.07
- JUDGES
a) Judges for approval - ALL APPROVED
Abyssinian BAC
Probationer Judge - Mr G Godfrey
Asian Group BAC
Probationer Judge - Mrs L Fryer, Mrs J Francis Wilson, Mrs P Hutchison, Mrs S Woodley
Balinese BAC
Full Judge - Mrs S Luxford-Watts
Birman BAC
Probationer Judge - Mrs A Dawson, Mrs D Butters
Burmese BAC
Full Judge - Mrs S Hewson
British Shorthair Group Committee (BSH & Manx)
Probationer Judge - Mrs B Prowse
Egyptian Mau BAC
Probationer Judge - Ms P Read
Exotic Shorthair BAC
Full Judge - Mrs C Gainsbury, Mr K Scruton
Probationer Judge - Mrs J Clare, Mrs L Dutton
1yr extn - Mrs C Davies, Mrs A Dawson
Joint Rex BAC - Cornish Rex
Probationer Judge - Mrs P Kerr, Mrs D Stone
Joint Rex BAC - Devon Rex
Full Judge - Mrs J Steels, Mrs D Stone
Probationer Judge - Mrs V A Anderson, Mrs P Kerr, Mrs B Webb
Joint Rex BAC - Selkirk Rex
Probationer Judge - Mrs S Lorton-Hobbs
Korat BAC
Full Judge - Mr J Hansson
Probationer Judge - Ms J Clare, Mrs C Kaye
Maine Coon BAC
Full Judge - Mrs H Marriott-Power, Mrs J Worth
Probationer Judge - Mr M Pearman
Probationer Judge reinstated - Mrs W McQuilkin
and granted a period of one year discounted time
Ocicat BAC
Full Judge - Mr S Crow
Probationer Judge - Mr J Hansson, Mr P Cornish
Persian Smoke & Tipped BAC
Full Judge - Mrs L Clark, Mr J Hansson, Mr K Scruton
Probationer Judge - Mrs S Danks, Mrs J Wilkinson
Persian Tabby BAC
Full Judge - Mrs A Gregory
Probationer Judge - Mr N Carter
Ragdoll BAC
Full Judge - Mrs P Perkins
Probationer Judge - Mrs E Culf, Mr J Hansson
Russian BAC
Full Judge - Mr J Hansson
Singapura BAC
Full Judge - Mrs D Stone
Probationer Judge - Mrs N Johnson
Somali BAC
Probationer Judge - Mrs S Luxford-Watts
1yr extn - Mrs P Knight
b) Judge withdrawals, etc
Self Persian BAC have requested that the name of Mrs M Riley be removed from their list of judges as they have had no response from Mrs Riley to their requests for confirmation that she wishes to continue as a Probationer Judge on their list.
Birman BAC have received the resignation of Mrs V Lee from the Judge Appointment Scheme. The BAC have reluctantly accepted Mrs Lee's resignation.
Mrs W McQuilkin has returned to the Full list of Birman Judges.
- ANY OTHER BUSINESS
