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CFA EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING OCTOBER 6/7, 2018 Index To CFA EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING OCTOBER 6/7, 2018 Index to Minutes Secretary’s note: This index is provided only as a courtesy to the readers and is not an official part of the CFA minutes. The numbers shown for each item in the index are keyed to similar numbers shown in the body of the minutes. (1) MEETING CALLED TO ORDER. .....................................................................................4 (2) ADDITIONS/CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES. ........................................................5 (3) ID-ASIA REPORT. ...........................................................................................................10 (4) JUDGING PROGRAM. ....................................................................................................12 (5) PROTEST COMMITTEE. ................................................................................................41 (6) RECOGNITION RECOMMENDATION. ........................................................................42 (7) DISASTER RELIEF. .........................................................................................................43 (8) REGIONAL ENTITY STATUS. .......................................................................................46 (9) CITATION HEARING. .....................................................................................................50 (10) CLUB APPLICATIONS. ...................................................................................................51 (11) CFA FOUNDATION. ........................................................................................................58 (12) MENTORING COMMITTEE. ..........................................................................................60 (13) NEWBEE COMMITTEE. .................................................................................................62 (14) APPEAL HEARING. .........................................................................................................64 (15) LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE/GROUP. ..........................................................................65 (16) WINN FELINE FOUNDATION. ......................................................................................68 (17) CLERKING COMMITTEE. ..............................................................................................73 (18) CFA CAT AGILITY. .........................................................................................................74 (19) EXPERIMENTAL SHOW FORMAT REPORT. .............................................................75 (20) BREEDS AND STANDARDS. .........................................................................................79 (21) YOUTH FELINE EDUCATION REPORT. .....................................................................85 (22) CALL MEETING TO ORDER. ........................................................................................89 (23) SHOW RULES. .................................................................................................................90 (24) TREASURER’S REPORT. .............................................................................................114 (25) BUDGET COMMITTEE. ................................................................................................120 (26) FINANCE COMMITTEE. ...............................................................................................122 (27) CLUB MARKETING. .....................................................................................................127 (28) 2018 CFA INTERNATIONAL SHOW REPORT. .........................................................135 (29) SHOW ENTRY SURCHARGE. .....................................................................................137 (30) CENTRAL OFFICE REPORT. .......................................................................................141 (31) AWARDS COMMITTEE. ..............................................................................................157 (32) MARKETING COMMITTEE. ........................................................................................161 (33) YEARBOOK. ..................................................................................................................163 (34) UPDATED COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS. ..............................................................164 (35) AMBASSADOR CAT PROGRAM REPORT. ...............................................................166 (36) HISTORICAL DATA SCANNING PROJECT. .............................................................168 (37) ANIMAL WELFARE. .....................................................................................................183 (38) OLD BUSINESS. .............................................................................................................184 (39) NEW BUSINESS. ............................................................................................................186 (40) AUDIT COMMITTEE.....................................................................................................190 (41) ID-CHINA MONITOR REPORT. ...................................................................................191 (42) IT REPORT. ....................................................................................................................201 (43) OMBUDSMAN REPORT. ..............................................................................................203 (44) SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY. ..............................................................................................205 (45) DISCIPLINARY HEARINGS AND SUSPENSIONS. ...................................................208 2 Secretary’s Note: The Officers and Board of Directors of the Cat Fanciers’ Association, Inc. met on Saturday, October 6, 2018, in the CFA Foundation Museum, 260 East Main Street, Alliance, Ohio. President Mark Hannon called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. EDT with the following members present after a roll call: Mr. Mark Hannon (President) Mr. Richard Mastin (Vice President) – via teleconference Ms. Kathy Calhoun (Treasurer) Ms. Rachel Anger (Secretary) Ms. Sharon Roy (NAR Director) Mrs. Pam Moser (NWR Director) Ms. Kathy Black (GSR Director) Mr. John Colilla (GLR Director) Mr. Howard Webster (SWR Director)* Ms. Mary Auth (MWR Director) Mr. Kenny Currle (SOR Director) Mrs. Kayoko Koizumi (Japan Regional Director) Mr. Michael-Hans Schleissner (Europe Regional Director) Mrs. Carol Krzanowski (Director-at-Large) Ms. Melanie Morgan (Director-at-Large) Mr. Peter Vanwonterghem (Director-at-Large) Also Present: John M. Randolph, Esq., CFA Legal Counsel Allene Tartaglia, Interim Executive Director Verna Dobbins, Deputy Director Shino Wiley, Japanese Interpreter Absent: Mr. Richard Mastin (Vice President) – only during certain sections of the meeting Secretary’s Note: For the ease of the reader, some items were discussed at different times but were included with their particular agenda item. 3 (1) MEETING CALLED TO ORDER. Hannon: I’m going to call the meeting to order. Kathy has an announcement first. Calhoun: Yes, just a real quick announcement about expense reports. If you can get your expense report in today, I will be writing checks tonight. Hannon: At the Blue Fig? Calhoun: At the Fig, prior to or maybe post the Fig, who knows? Then, you can get your reimbursements first thing in the morning and we can get that bit of business out of the way. So, if you can get these to me today, that would be great. Hannon: We have three people calling in. We have Rich, who is going to call in from 9 to 12 both today and tomorrow. The wedding is this afternoon. And, we have Dick Kallmeyer and Wain Harding calling in to discuss the China agenda item with us. As far as I know, Rich is the only one that has called in yet. Hannon: I want to start by saying how saddened we all were to hear about the death of Eve Russell. Eve has been a CFA champion for many years, been on the Credentials Committee and, more recently, Chair of the Credentials Committee. She has done the rosettes for the International Show for decades. She has been very active in the local cat fancy, was an integral part of Mid-Michigan Cat Fanciers that were holding a dozen shows a year at one point. So, our thoughts go out to her family and friends. Colilla: The Great Lakes Region sponsored one of the rings at the International Show. Hannon: Yes, for Eve. We sent flowers for the service last weekend for Eve. Eve Russell February 24, 1937 – September 21, 2018 4 (2) ADDITIONS/CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES. RATIFICATION OF ON-LINE MOTIONS Moved/ Motion Vote Seconded 1. Anger Approve the joint show format proposal, as presented, between Motion Carried. Mastin New Vision Cat Club and a TBA TICA club in November 2019 in 07/11/18 Orlando, Florida (Region 7). 2. Anger Allow the Ocicats International to hold an unscored “Top Ten Motion Carried. Mastin Spotted Cats In Show Spotacular Spotacular” fun final officiated 07/13/18 by Neil Quigley at their show on September 1, 2018, in Oakwood, Georgia (Region 7). 3. Anger For the Garden State Cat Club show in on July 21-22, 2018 in Motion Carried. Calhoun Edison, NJ (Region 1): (1) Grant an exception to Show Rule Krzanowski 07/16/18 11.29.b. and allow the Turkish Angora Breed Council to hold a abstained. Auth did breed specialty ring in one of the allbreed rings in the following not vote. manner: all classes (Kittens, Championship and Premiership) will be judged in the usual manner, which will include top five breed awards; then, a Turkish Angora breed specialty final will
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