121 2019 CFA ANNUAL MEETING Friday, June 28, 2019 (33) CALL MEETING to ORDER
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2019 CFA ANNUAL MEETING Friday, June 28, 2019 (33) CALL MEETING TO ORDER. ..................................................................................... 122 (34) REGION 1 WELCOME. ................................................................................................ 123 (35) PRESIDENT’S WELCOME AND MESSAGE. ............................................................ 124 (36) DECLARE THE DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM (ROLL CALL IF DESIRED). ..................................................................................................................... 126 (37) APPROVAL OF 2018 MINUTES. ................................................................................ 133 (38) APPOINT PARLIAMENTARIAN FOR THE 2019 ANNUAL MEETING. ................ 134 (39) SPECIAL RULES OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE. ....................................... 135 (40) 2020 ANNUAL MEETING UPDATE. .......................................................................... 136 (41) 2024 ANNUAL MEETING SITE SELECTION. .......................................................... 137 (42) NOURSE, A SHANGHAI CHOWSING PET PRODUCTS “PET NUTRITION BRAND”. ........................................................................................................................ 140 (43) DEVELOPMENT. .......................................................................................................... 141 (44) ROYAL CANIN. ............................................................................................................ 147 (45) IT REPORT. ................................................................................................................... 152 (46) WINN FELINE FOUNDATION. ................................................................................... 153 (47) LEGISLATION. ............................................................................................................. 161 (48) CLERKING PROGRAM................................................................................................ 167 (49) MARKETING................................................................................................................. 171 (50) CFA AMBASSADOR CATS PROGRAM. ................................................................... 180 (51) CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE AND ELECTION RESULTS. ................................... 189 (52) TREASURER’S REPORT: ............................................................................................ 196 (53) JUDGING PROGRAM. ................................................................................................. 201 (54) YOUTH FELINE EDUCATION PROGRAM. .............................................................. 210 (55) 2019 AMENDMENTS AND RESOLUTIONS. ............................................................ 216 121 (33) CALL MEETING TO ORDER. President Mark Hannon called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. 122 (34) REGION 1 WELCOME. Hannon: The first item on the agenda is Sharon Roy, who is working her way up here to give us a big welcome. Roy: Hello everybody. Good morning. I would like to welcome everybody to Region 1 and the Turning Stone Casino. I hope you’re all having a great time here this weekend. [applause] We do realize this wasn’t the most accessible location for those of you who flew in, but we’re pretty sure that one you got here, it was well worth the trip. We have so much to offer in the Turning Stone, between the restaurants, the spas, and of course all the gambling. So, for those of you who do indulge, I hope you win a lot. For those of you who prefer your gambling in the show ring, we hope you are enjoying this rest that the wonderful facility has to offer and reconnecting with all your old friends. Tonight, we have a special treat in store. We have completely taken over one of the resort’s nightclubs. It’s called the Turquoise Tiger – very appropriate. We’re taking you back in our time machine to the disco days of Studio 54 in a themed hospitality suite. So, if you packed your platform heels, your bell bottoms, your shiny polyester shirts, enjoy! If you didn’t get a ticket in your delegate bag, as long as we know you and you can identify yourself, we’ll let you in. Thank you all for coming, being part of our Annual meeting and the celebration of all the cats that we love. Have a great meeting. Hannon: Thank you, Sharon. 123 (35) PRESIDENT’S WELCOME AND MESSAGE. President Mark Hannon provided the following welcome message: Hannon: On behalf of all of CFA, we want to welcome you to the 2019 CFA Annual Meeting. It’s a phenomenal location. What an exciting venue for our annual gathering. I have been here for several days and have had a great time and I hope you do, too. The region has gone out of its way to do what they can. Four years ago, Central Office took over running the annual meetings. Prior to that, as many of you know, each of the seven North American Regions in turn hosted this grand event and they did the logistical work. A couple years ago, we hired Allene Tartaglia to come back to CFA and she was our Special Events Coordinator. She coordinated the Annual and International Show, and she did that as a full-time job from her home in Florida. Last year our executive director left and Allene, a former CFA Executive Director when we were housed in New Jersey, stepped up and said she would be happy to take over. She moved from sunny Florida to the hellacious winters of northern Ohio, which has to be a sacrifice and we are very appreciative. I’m told that Alliance is just south of the lake effect, so she doesn’t get the full impact that the folks in Cleveland get. Allene and all the staff at the Central Office have worked really hard. We recently hired Amber Goodright, who will take over as Special Events Coordinator for future Annuals and the CFA International Shows. She’s here this weekend in a training capacity. She’s over there on the far wall waiving her hand sitting next to Allene. Take a chance this weekend and stop by and welcome her. I’m sure she has felt a steep learning curve this week. Many thanks to Allene, Shelly Borawski, James Simbro, Amber, and the many other staff members who worked so hard to bring about this successful event. I want to particularly thank Sharon Roy and the many, many hard-working North Atlantic Region workers who pitched in to add so many extra touches that have made this a special event for us this weekend. For those of you who either attended the North Atlantic Regional two weeks ago or on FaceBook and saw the zillions of pictures, Omar Gonzalez was the main architect of that and it is my understanding Omar is behind tonight’s hospitality event. [applause] Based on the pictures that I’ve seen from the North Atlantic Regional two weeks ago, I’m sure that this will be setting a new standard for us. I have been told to expect to be wowed at tonight’s hospitality event hosted by the Region. I want to take a quick look at last year. Our fiscal year is the same as our show season, so our fiscal year ended April 30th. We had healthy registrations this past year. 62% of our registrations came from China and nearly 20% came from North America, so you can see China is a very big part of our business. Even with, as many of you know, they have had some issues putting on shows over there. Even with those issues, they still had a 10% increase in registrations over the previous year. Of the 9 CFA regions, the Southern Region had the greatest number of registrations and the greatest number of shows, so congratulations to the Southern Region. We saw an increase in shows in Regions 1-8. Sadly, there was a decrease of shows in Europe and in the ID. We’re working hard to turn things around in China so that they can return to their full show schedule, and we’re working with the European clubs in hopes of improving the situation there so that they can grow. 124 This past year, we hired a Director of Development, Jo Ann Miksa-Blackwell. Jo Ann started in November. She has been very busy seeking corporate sponsors for CFA and she’s working with local groups to have a CFA presence at a number of pet expos. In the coming year, we will be attending pet expos in New Jersey, Pittsburgh and Columbus, Ohio. She’s working with the Twin Cities Cat Club to enhance CFA’s presence at the Minnesota State Fair, which is the second largest state fair in the country, outdone only by Texas. They normally get 2 million visitors. That’s a lot of exposure for CFA. This past year, Desiree Bobby, our Director of Marketing, started working for CFA late the previous year. She has been in full force this past year. We saw an incredible increase in the number of views on her social media. Thanks in part to Desiree’s efforts we had the best gate ever for the CFA International Cat Show. Both our Development and Marketing folks are here and will be making presentations later today, so I don’t want to say any more and take away from what they are going to say. The budget for this past year reflected an expected loss of more than $200,000 due to heavy investments in both our IT and our new Marketing and Development initiatives. I don’t want to steal the good news that Kathy has, but suffice to say instead of that loss we turned a healthy profit this year. [applause] That was due to a combination of spending less than expected, and bringing in more income than we had budgeted. We have a heavy agenda today, which includes a lot of amendments and resolutions this afternoon, so I don’t want to take any more of your time. We had a very successful year, we have