Egyptian Mau Breed Council Meeting
June 25, 2010 6PM
Minutes
In attendance:
Jill Archibald
Carol Babel
Karen Bishop
Constance Carroll
Laurie Coughlan
Mark Humpage
Jim Folts
Sharon Folts
Dee Keenan
Melanie Morgan*
Bob Weller
Congratulations to this year's winners - two DM's, one National Winner, six Regional Winners, twenty eight grands. Six firsts for either Breeders or Owners.
Judge's Workshop Recap
Last Presentation 1998
Over all feedback positive
Did not reiterate standard – addressed identified areas of concern
Head structure
Pattern
Coat
Contrast
Most questions involved questions regarding pattern. Surprisingly, profile was not a major sticking point
Many thanks to the breeders who brought cats -
Three silvers, two bronze and one smoke were available for discussion and viewing after the presentation.
Bronzes elicited much interest and it was a pleasure to have two exceptional examples to exhibit
Will attempt to post the presentation on either the GEMS/or Bcwebsite
Side discussion urging breeders to contribute samples via cheek swabs to Marilyn Raymond NCI for help on her search for Inhibitor gene. She is specifically looking for bronze and cats that are confirmed double inhibited, although is interested in all silvers/smokes
Meet The Breeds
Coordinator: Susan Melia
Travel will not be reimbursed this year at all
Sharlene and Renee already volunteered, Bob and Carol volunteered at meeting
Have a bronze from NYC who may be able to attend
Would like all three colors if possible
Hope to streamline the design for this year
More details will be forthcoming from BC meeting with Board
Rescue
More non-Maus being advertised as Maus for for sale and rescue than ever before
Need regional coordinators to volunteer for first line of contact
 | EMRO
Discussed various colors that they present as Egyptian Maus |
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Carol wanted to ascertain whether we had clarified the vetting policy portion of the Import policy. |
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We discussed fact that Constance Carroll, not only clarified that, but indeed all verbage in 2008. Breed Council voted and approved those clarifications and they were subsequently approved by the Board |
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Discussed fact that although current approved policy is much clearer, some interested applicants have expressed confusion over our definition of Native Egyptian Mau |
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Action Item – Constance Carroll, the creator of the term Native Egyptian Mau, will take a look at the current policy and attempt to clarify further. We discussed foundation Mau as a possible option |
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There is a link on NHFF site for a video on what is a cat show… good for breeders/clubs |
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Also, Monkeysee.com features two Egyptian Maus on the how to series on agility. |
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Concern that we are moving towards two divisions in type |
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This is not an option… |
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Discussed responsibility of breeders in regards to breeding to standard not to color |
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There is one standard and three showable colors all of which are equally important and all of which should meet the standard… |
