Autumn, 1997 BEST DILUTE BURMESE GC, RW Laki‘s Angelica Breeder: Barbara Kish / Lynne Thomas Owner: Barbara & Richard Kish 1 From the President of NABB . Autumn, 1997 Inside this issue . NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF BURMESE Dear Members, BREEDERS, INC. President‘s Message 1 19971997----9898 Board of Directors This issue contains a fair amount of information about the recent request for reconsideration of the PRESIDENT - Pat Jacobberger Treasurer‘s Report 2 registration and outcross status of the “European 2701 Overlook Drive Burmese.” The request seeks to remove the “no Bloomington, MN 55431 Rebuttal to the —Kish Petition“ 2-16 out-crossing allowed” caveat in the Burmese and E-mail - [email protected] European Burmese standards. The original FAX - 612-888-8311 petition can be found in the Summer, 1997 Edition SECRETARY - Michele Clark Photo Report of the NABB Annual 3 of the newsletter. SECRETARY 1435 N. Allen Avenue Pasadena, CA 91104 E- I encourage all Burmese breeders, no matter what Letter to CFA Regarding the 16 mail - [email protected] variety of Burmese you raise, to read and consider all of the information about this request and the TREASURER - Chuck Reich Surf‘n‘ the Net 17 response from the current CFA European Burmese 922 Columbia Place community. The CFA Board of Directors will need Boulder, CO 80303 E- Show Wins 18 to hear your opinions and recommendations mail - [email protected] before the questions raised by the petition are considered at the February, 1998 Board Meeting.. DIDIDIRECTORDI RECTOR - Erika Graf-Webster Burmese Breed Standards - A 20 11057 Saffold Way Responsible participation in this process is Reston, VA 22090 E- mail - [email protected] The Mentor 22 necessary to make sure that all of the potential gains and/or losses that the Burmese breed faces are considered. Please think about and consider DIRECTOR - Lynn Thompson Burmese Mentoring Program 22 the ramifications of such a change and/or the 235 W. Brandon Boulevard #218 maintenance of the status quo for either could Brandon, FL 33511 NABB Membership List 25 profoundly effect the Burmese as we know it in E-mail - [email protected] North America. Ask yourself, “Does my attitude go NEWSLETTER STAFF Burmese Study Guide 30 beyond the introduction of the “red gene?” “Does it go beyond the cranio-facial head deformity?” EDITOR - Pat Jacobberger SHOW REPORTS - Kathy Rutledge Housesoiling 34 We are the keepers of the Burmese gene pool not ORIGINAL STORIES - Mi chele Clark only on in North American but on a world-wide basis as well. For that reason, you MUST read, The National Alliance of Burmese NABB Bulletin Board 42 discuss, and consider all of the points made in Breeders, Inc. (NABB) Newsletter is each argument. published four times a year (Jan-Apr- Jul-Oct). Membership is available to Then, you MUST write to Pat Swihart, Burmese Burmese Breeders and Exhibitors. IN THE LIMELIGHT Breed Council Secretary; Diana Doernberg, Chair Associate membership is available to Burmese owners. To obtain CFA Breeds and Standards; and/or to the board member(s) of your choice with your questions, information about NABB membership, On the cover is the CFA Best Dilute Burmese for the 19961996---- please contact any officer or director. opinions and 97 Show Season, GC, RW Laki’s Angelica bred by Barbara recommendations. Kish and Lynne Thomas and owned by Barbara and Richard NABB affiliated Kish. A beautiful platinum female, Angelica completed the is breed 19961996----9797 shoshoww season with 1088.1088.5050 points to become the a club sixth best Burmese in CFA. Congratulations!! October, 1997 2 National Alliance of Burmese Breeders, Inc. Rebuttal to the "Kish Petition" NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF BURMESE BREEDERS, INC. August 18, 1997 TREASURER‘S REPORT Mr. Thomas H. Dent CHUCK REICH - TREASURER Executive Director Third Quarter - July 1 through September 30, Cat Fanciers' Association 1997 1805 Atlantic Avenue PO Box 1005 CHECKING ACCOUNT Manasquan, NJ 08736-0805 July Beginning balance 07/01/97 $ (-105.78) Income Dear Mr. Dent: Transfer from savings 1,000.00 Expenditures This is the full rebuttal response to the petition for replacing the CFA P. Jacobberger, annual meeting supplies and 54.07 European Burmese breed with one that allows outcrosses to the CFA printing Burmese breed (hereinafter termed the Petition). That response is hereby Jerry Woolard, annual meeting refreshments 83.00 Kim Landry, Burmese photo repository 200.00 submitted on behalf of a group of European Burmese breeders who, being Alice Hidaka, annual awards booklet and 1996 21.23 mostly long-term CFA breeders, have rigorously complied with the CFA 1996 delegate fee Registration Rules and breed standard. Balance 07/31/97 $ 535.92 August We oppose the entire Petition and any authorization of outcrosses to the Income European Burmese breed. Doing so would, we feel, be so devastating to the Transfer from savings 1,000.00 potential of the European Burmese breed that the breed's ability to advance Expenditures toward full recognition would be sabotaged. Further, the associated P. Jacobberger, printing Summer newsletter 459.81 P. Jacobberger, supplies and postage for 218.59 fostering of introduction of genetic defects into the European Burmese Summer newsletter breed is directly counter to the CFA Constitution's objectives. Balance 08/31/97 $ 857.52 We hereby reiterate our own request that CFA rescind the European September Income Burmese registrations that do not meet the provisions of the CFA European Member dues $ 95.00 Burmese Breed Standard or the CFA Registration Rules. We also contend Publications sales 4.00 that the Petition should be rejected in entirety because it is false, Newsletter advertising 90.00 unsubstantiated, inadequately researched, misleading, and unethical. Expenditures Colorado Secretary of State, corporate filing fee 25.00 Specifics follow. Michele Clark, secretarial supplies, postage and long 152.21 distance telephone The Petition clearly makes a false allegation of CFA impropriety in Balance 09/30/97 $ 869.31 accepting the European Burmese breed in 1993. That acceptance was fully SAVINGS ACCOUNT authorized by both the CFA Rules Governing Acceptance and Advancement of New Breeds and Colors and by the CFA Constitution. We Beginning balance 07/01/97 $ 21,032.41 further believe that the Petition falsely alleges that CFA misrepresented its Withdrawal, transfer to checking acct. 1,000.00 intentions in regard to the European Burmese breed. Deposit, interest for July, 1997 52.82 Withdrawal, transfer to checking acct. 1,000.00 Deposit, interest for August, 1997 51.35 The Petition is unsubstantiated in that it lacks bases for its allegations and Deposit, interest for September, 1997 4 8 . 7 5 requests. While the Petition states what is alleged or desired, the associated Balance 09/30/97 $ 19,185.33 who, when, where, how, and why elements are sorely wanting. For example, the names of CFA officials who allegedly stated that outcrossing TREASURY BALANCE 09/30/97 $ 20,054.64 to CFA Burmese would be permitted are not provided, nor are any specifics provided of any such alleged communications, nor are the specific times and locations of such alleged communications identified, nor is it explained why CFA allegedly expected to deviate from its practice of not authorizing unnecessary outcrosses. The Petition is inadequately researched in that its contents show no comprehension of the overall perspective contributed by the CFA Constitution and the CFA rules governing new breed acceptance. The Petition is misleading in that it deflects attention away from prolonged mis-registering of unqualified cats as European Burmese - with no identification of the petitioners' concerns until the improper registrations were, or were about to be, revealed. It also ignores the absence of a credible reason for a sizable group of supposedly knowledgeable and (Continued on page 5) 3 Autumn, 1997 THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF BURMESE BREEDERS, INC. BUSINESS MEETING AND AWARDS CELEBRATION Naples, Florida June 28, 1997 Dr. Leslie Lyons had the attention of Kathy Rutledge, Lynn Roger Horenstein, Priscilla Eldredge and Melinda Webster Thompson, Erika Graf-Webster and Rochelle Horenstein. listening to the discussion about the NABB Web Site. Eve Russell and Karen West listening to the information on the mentorship proposal. Toni Woolard‘s toast to the Winners - all of Priscilla Eldredge and Melinda Pat Jacobberger presents Webster receive Sneaky Pie Alice Hidaka with Ba Ba Brown‘s Best Burmese award Babear Ann‘s best Burmese from Pat Jacobberger. kitten award. Eve Russell, owner of Best Cat in Alice Hidaka presents Premiership, Honey Bun , Priscilla Eldredge with presents Kathy Rutledge with Brown Willow‘s second best Eldorado‘s third best in kitten award. 4 National Alliance of Burmese Breeders, Inc. action provisions to the obviously broad pattern of submission of improper European Burmese registrations. We also note that, as of this writing, we do not know if CFA has received any communication from listed petitioners (Rebuttal to the —Kish Petition“: continued from page 3) who do not appear to be actual petitioners. And, we recognize that, pending responsible breeders being collectively unaware of a receipt of such communications by CFA (which may not occur unless CFA formally promulgated prohibition against does the asking), many listed petitioners cannot be confirmed as outcrossing for their breed. participants/nonparticipants in the Petition. The Petition is unethical in that it asks CFA to take I hereby certify that our opposition to the Petition and to any outcrossing of improper actions involving the authorization of the European Burmese is unanimous on the part of those CFA cattery- outcrosses to the CFA Burmese breed. Those owning breeders who, to the best of our knowledge, are actively working requested actions involve CFA Burmese being used with the European Burmese breed in accordance with its CFA breed in the breed the Petitioners request CFA to standard and the CFA Registration Rules.