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General Assembly 2008

August 02 to 03, 2008 in Essen, Germany

  • Statutes
  • Patronage members, sub-clubs
  • Show Rules
  • Judges' Rules
  • Standard-Information-Service
  • Code of Ethics for breeders, owners
  • Novices

 

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Elections of gremiums

Board

President: Mrs. Anneliese Hackmann
Secretary general: Mrs. Ortrun Wagner
Treasurer: There is no other candidature in proposals. Mrs. M. Meister will fulfill the duties of the treasurer untill a new treasurer is co-opted.

Extended Board

1st vice-president: Mr. Paulo Ruschi
2nd vice-president: Mrs. Anna Rudakova

Judges' Commission

Mrs. Ludmila Esina
Mrs. Cornelia Hungerecker
Mr. Antonello Bardella
Mrs. Orjet Drössler
Mrs. Bambi J. Edwards
From the Board: Mrs. Marion Meister
Chair: Mrs. C. Hungerecker

Substitutes:
Mrs. Vittoria Duchi
Mr. Cesare Ghisi

 

Show Commission

Mrs. Eveline Preiss
Mr. Johan Lamprecht
From the Board: Mrs. Anneliese Hackmann
Chair: Mrs. E. Preiss

Disciplinary Commission

Mr. Imran Okulov
Mrs. Molly Oliver-Sasson
Mrs. Silvia Roriz
Chair: Mrs. M. Oliver-Sasson

Auditors

Mrs. Marita Schunkert
Mrs. Annette Frickel

 

Acceptance of full members

France Voices Cats of France
Hungary Famkat
Latvia Cat’s Meow
Lithuania LGAC
Poland SKR
Russia Kalinka
  Moskva
South Africa CASA
Switzerland AFSI
 

Breed standards

  • Recognition of the Arabian Mau as provisional breed
  • Recognition of the colours cinnamon and fawn in Birmans
  • Recognition of the British Longhair
  • Recognition of the Ragamuffin
  • Recognition of the colours cinnamon and fawn in British SH

 

Decisions

Statutes

  • Invitation to the GA can also be done by email, the proposals may also be sent electronically or may be provided for Download.
  • No member of the Board in the Disciplinary Commission.

Patronage members, clubs, sub-clubs

  • If a club is inactive for 2 years (no cattery registrations, no exhibitions), that may cause an abeyance of membership.
  • Clubs under patronage may not have subclubs, this is valid for new patronage members.
  • Readmission of expelled subclubs may not be earlier than 2 years after expulsion.
  • Subclubs have no right to register cattery names. All the subclub’s catteries should be registered on its main club’s name.
  • Main club and its subclubs should have identical pedigrees. A uniform layout should be identical. There should be a common database.

Show Rules

  • Not licensed shows will be punished with a fine. In case of repetition an expulsion is impended. Titles/certificates do not have any validity.
  • At international shows at least 2 judges must judge.
  • At least 1 judge must be from another country / region than the country / region, in which the exhibition is organized.
  • Class 22a - provisionally recognized breeds: all the provisionally breeds with recognized, provisionally recognized or with not-recognised colours
  • Classe 22b – provisionally recognized colours in recognized breeds

Judges' Rules

  • A Judge must have worked actively for at least 1 year, before he may accept a judge’s pupil.
  • Compensation of the judge's work with 75 € per day, with the option of a special agreement with the judge.
  • The education for the Persian (LH) Group requires for the better understanding of the Exotic Shorthair at least 1 judge’s pupil certificate, in which the breed „Exotic Shorthair“ is listed.
  • In the rules, paragraph 10 „Practical examination“ has to be written that there must be at least 1 to 5 Exotic Shorthair present for the Longhair examination to ensure that the examinee has some knowledge of this breed.
  • For the examination there should be: 20 LH, 20 SIA/OSH, 35 SLH, 35 SH. At least 80 cats should be present at the show.
  • Only judges licensed by the WCF may take the examination of the WCF.

Implementation of a Standard Information Service

That should inform itself of all other organizations; improvements periodically, at least monthly, and should circulate this information among all WCF clubs and judges.

Implementation of a Code of Ethics for breeders and owners

General conditions for husbandry and breeding cats.

Novices

Novice class is closed for the following breeds: Persian, British SH and LH, Abyssinian, Somali, Exotic SH, Norwegian Forest, Maine Coon, Turkish Angora, Sacred Birman, Scottish Fold, Russian Blue, Siamese/OSH, Bombay.

Please note: All decisions are effective with January 1, 2009.

 

 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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