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Agenda
Egyptian Mau
Breed Council
CFA Annual
Meeting Atlantic City NJ
Saturday 6/18/05
12PM-1PM Sheraton room - Steel One
 | Old Business |
- Kitten Project
- CFA Website correction color breakout
| Items for discussion |
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Summary Breed Council Secretary meeting with the CFA Board and Breeds and
Standards Chair
Minutes distributed at meeting - see below
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Website update
3.
Yearbook by breed
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Review and discussion of import policies
5.
Egyptian Mau rescue both in Egypt and in the U.S.
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Current issues on the breed standard as expressed by CFA judges
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Guidelines for Breed Standard Changes
| Other business |
| Adjourn |
| Breed Club Reports
 | GEMS Club update/Awards – Bob Weller |
| EMBFC Club update/Awards – Dee Keenan |
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Egyptian Mau
Breed Council Meeting
June 18th
Atlantic City New Jersey
12PM-1:10PM
Present:
Jill Archibald
Carol Babel
Karen Bishop
Laurie Coughlan
Casey Joniello
Dee Keenan
Don Keenan
Melanie Morgan (Secretary)
David Morgan
Whitny Nickel
Karen Slemmer
Bob Walton
Linda Walton
Bob Weller
| Guest Speaker: Gary Veach – Mentor program
| Discussed need for mentors in the CFA Follow me
program and asked for help |
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| Tribute to Jan Wydro and Welcome |
| Year-end summary and congratulations to 2004/2005
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Although reported registrations were down 20% from the
previous year, 108 different Egyptian Maus representing 41 catteries earned
regional/national points and the breed held its ranking of 22nd among
all CFA recognized breeds. We increased our total DM cats by a full 25% in one
year with four DMS three of which as already mentioned came from one cattery and
we added as well our first bronze grand champion to our list of DM cats. 25 new
grands including 14 GC, 11 GPs and one double grand from 12 catteries joined the
ranks of Egyptian Mau grands… Our National Breed Winner, a lovely silver girl,
owned by Dee and Don and Dot and affectionately dubbed “Precious” ended up 30th
Nationally and became as well the 7th highest scoring Egyptian Mau
all-time… Congratulations Dee and Don! Our National 2nd Best of
Breed, a smoke half sister to last year’s BW, became the 2nd highest
scoring smoke ever and 10th highest scoring Egyptian Mau all-time.
So two of our National Breed Winners were in the top-ten all time… Quite a
year! Our third best of Breed, a flashy silver boy represented a fabulous
accomplishment for his breeders Bob and Carol; not only was he a RW in the year
they ran his grandmother to a RW in Premiership, but he was the first cat of
their breeding to become a GC! Congratulations to Bob and Carol… In addition
to the 3 Breed Winners RW we added 4 other RW titles for a total of 7 over the
season. This included 2 for 1 cattery, 2 in Japan and 1 for our best Kitten.
Congratulations to all and may this year be just as successful…
| Susan Little Kitten Project
| Ends in July |
| Need birth report, 4 week report and 6 month report –
please make sure that your litters are up to date |
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| CFA Website Breed Profile color description corrected
March 2005 in accordance with agreement from Scottsdale meeting |
| Present summary Breed Council Secretary meeting with CFA
Board (See attached) |
| Present summary Breed Council Secretary meeting with
Breeds and Standards Chair (see attached) |
| Website update – positive feedback from CFA Central
Office and Board members as well as breeders.
| Goal an ongoing historical archive, by definition a
work in progress |
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| Yearbook by Breed
| Opportunity to showcase our breed – historical archive
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| Detailed process for breed sections and potential for
marketing opportunities |
| Discussed need to supply grand photos for historical
purposes and need to support yearbook |
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| Review and discussion of import policies
| Need for guidelines
 | Detail Minimum standards to include a cat with no
disqualifying traits |
| Discussion of standards:
| Spotted, no white, meet minimum breed standards
with basic pattern qualities, should be healthy |
| Temperament an initial issue, but should improve
over generations and will vary depending on specific cat |
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| Egyptian Mau rescue
| EMRO
| Discussion of CFA Breed Council and individuals
potential interaction with the group |
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| U.S. Rescue
| Dot Brocksom West Coast Coordinator |
| Would like Coordinator across the Country by region |
| Need MidWest, Mid Atlantic, Southern and New England
volunteers |
| Growing need for rescue with increase of unguided
breeders |
| Carol Babel mentioned a rescue situation in New York
| That cat was not an Egyptian Mau |
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| Current issues on the Breed Standard as expressed by CFA
judges
| Discussed mechanism for interaction between Breed
Council and Judges – sub committee in place to develop procedures |
| Ear size – concerns about decreasing size –
geographically specific |
| Profile – standard describes an Aby profile and very
few Maus exhibit that – profiles are universally straighter |
| Eye Color – Geographical concerns about lack of green
in adult cats
| Discussed age allowance and the 10 point allotment
on standard
| Does this handicap our breed as versus other
breeds by taking away 10 points off the top |
| Do judges really make allowance – should they? |
| Some cats turn from Blue to Green with no in
between, others are slow developers, but have a green ring |
| Lack of green ring indicates a problem |
| Need to clarify how the eye color is considered by
the judges |
| Need to clarify our position with the judges |
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| Current issues on Breed Standard as expressed by present
members
| Overall size of the breed |
| Concerns that size of breed was getting smaller |
| Some judges complain that they are seeing to small a
cat |
| Some judges complain that they are seeing too large a
cat |
| There is a Male/female skew |
| The Breed is a medium breed, and should be neither
large, nor small but there is variable interpretation of this description |
| Comparable to other medium breeds such as Aby,
Russian, Tonk |
| Discussion of size of Original cats from Princess –
approximately 7 and a half to 8 pounds for stud cat in picture mentioned |
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| Temperament
| Ongoing concern both from breeders and judges |
| An issue that all of us need to recognize as important |
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| Guidelines for Breed Standard Changes/Ballot issues –
will be up on Website
| Deadline for submission of proposals August 1 |
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| Adjourn |
| GEMS report |
| EMBFC Awards presented |
| GEMS Awards Presented |
Breed Council Meeting with CFA Board
Thursday 1P-3P Crown IV-V
| Communication between Board and Breed Councils
| Established a committee to design system for
presenting a two-way flow of information regarding standard issues between
breeders and judges, Norm Auspitz, Carla Bizell, Debi Stevenson |
| Concerns regarding representation of the opinions of
one or two breeders or judges versus the consensus of the entire group… |
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| Breed Council Web Site
| Overview of current guidelines |
| Only change added ability to include DM’s with up to
two generation pedigree info |
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| Breed Sponsored rescues and CFA Purebred Rescue status
report
| Overwhelmed. Foster homes overflowing |
| Crisis situation |
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| Board actions on corrections to MC Color Class Omissions
| Lengthy discussion regarding process and
constitutionality |
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| Color Registration and Standardization
| Not feasible to standardize colors for all breeds |
| Prevent registration color errors |
| Getting AOV colors straight |
| Need to provide guidance not only to central office,
but to new breeders so that we minimize inconsistent registrations. |
| ACTION item – provide prefix worksheet to Central
Office and post on Breed Council Web site as a resource for new breeders as
well as Breed Council Members |
| ACTION item – Tom Dent to send list of current prefix
breakout to BCS |
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| Listing Eye Color in Judges books
| Primarily involves Turkish Angora and those breeds
with whites |
| Tracking purposes for breeding – other alternatives
available such as prefix numbers |
| Judges/Secretaries split |
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| Breed Council Articles and Photo Selection
| Overview current process
| Breed Council Secretary responsible for supplying
information and pictures with help from Central Office archives |
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| Concerns about good representations of all colors (Tonkinese)
and changes from published article to web site archive |
| ACTION Item B&S – Will look into the changes and get
back to BCS |
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| Regional Assignment of DM awards with Multiple owners
| Overview of current policy
| Sent to first owner of record |
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| Recommendations for change
| Claim form |
| Leave as is |
| Tabled for further discussion |
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CFA Breed Council Meeting with Breeds and Standards
Chair
June 16th 5P-6PM Crown IV-V
| BCS Responsibility overview |
| Timeline
| Deadline for submission of proposed changes up to
Breed Council Secretary
| Egyptian Mau August 1 so that we have time to review
prior to September 1 Deadline for Central Office |
| Ballots to be mailed Mid-November |
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| Membership timeline
| January through December, August Deadline is only
there as drop dead deadline in order to vote on current year proposals. |
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| Breed Council Guidelines Standard Changes overview |
| Should include
| Proposed section describing change |
| Proposed standard wording |
| Rationale |
| Use Strikeout and bold |
| Be consistent |
| Do not refer to other breeds |
| Use positives, not negatives describe the ideal |
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| BCS responsible for
| Review written and signed questions from Breed Council
Members |
| Revise questions and rationales as needed |
| Provide guidance to submitters and remove
ambiguities/consolidate proposals |
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| Missing a number of Breed Write ups (Egyptian Mau one of
first six submitted) |
| Alternatives to Early Neuter Spay to protect Breeders
| Pre-charge for procedure with rebate upon completion |
| Hold onto kittens until old enough for procedure |
| Hold back blue slips |
| Provide monetary incentive to register kittens - $25
rebate |
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| Establishing Import guidelines
| Each breed individual policies |
| Microchipping standardization policies need to be
reviewed |
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Please feel free to contact the Breed Council Secretary if you have
questions regarding membership.
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