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Agenda
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
 | Congrats to this year’s winners – two DM’s, one National
Winner, six Regional Winners, twenty eight grands. Six first’s for new
breeders in either bred or owned |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Will attempt to post the presentation on either the
GEMS/or Bcwebsite |
| Breed Council Secretary meeting with CFA Board
| Including a brief history
of each breed in the breed standard. |
| How do you feel about the
CFA Board of Directors passing rules regarding showing and/or registering
cats in the classes of another breed without breed council input |
| Using DNA info as basis for
adjusting breed prefix numbers.
| discussed fact that we are not yet a DNA registry,
although current testing availability continues to expand and improve.
Currently we can test for Cinnamon, Chocolate, Dilute, Agouti, Pointed |
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| 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 |
| Combining the breed
pamphlets into one, showing all of our accepted breeds
| Combining breed Pamphlets - discussed fact that we
would prefer to have some sort of individual breed profile versus one main
pamphlet that covers all the breeds |
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| Meet the Breeds discussion
on this year’s event |
| Meet The Breeds
| Susan volunteered already
to coordinate along with Sharlene and Renee |
| Travel will not be reimbursed this year at all |
| Bob and Carol volunteered |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Member issues |
| EMRO
| Discussed various colors that they present as Egyptian
Maus |
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| Import policy
| Carol wanted to ascertain whether we had clarified the
vetting policy portion of the Import policy. |
| 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 |
| Discussed fact that although current approved policy
is much clearer, some interested applicants have expressed confusion over
our definition of Native Egyptian Mau |
| 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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| Publicity
| There is a link on NHFF site for a video on what is a
cat show… good for breeders/clubs |
| Also, Monkeysee.com features two Egyptian Maus on the
how to series on agility. |
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| Type drift – color breeding causing a schism in type for
various colors
| Concern that we are moving towards two divisions in
type |
| This is not an option… |
| Discussed responsibility of breeders in regards to
breeding to standard not to color |
| There is one standard and
three showable colors all of which are equally important and all of which
should meet the standard… |
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Meeting adjourned
Many thanks to GEMS for sponsoring the 2010 Judge’s
workshop and thanks to both the International Egyptian Mau Society and the
Egyptian Mau Breeders and Fanciers Club for their generous help as well. It was
great to have all three clubs contribute to this very special function for our
breed.
Note – Rather than posting on the websites, it looks like
we will be investigating selling copies of the presentation on either CD or hard
copy with proceeds going back to GEMS who carried a heavy load of the
presentation costs. Those costs were almost $1500.00. Cost of printing hard
Copy is $30 and we ran out of them at the workshop. CD’s will be $10.00
* Breed Council Secretary
| Meet the Breeds discussion
on this year’s event |
| Meet The Breeds |
Travel
will not be reimbursed this year at all
| Bob and Carol volunteered |
| 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 |
|
| Member issues |
| EMRO
| Discussed various colors that they present as Egyptian
Maus |
|
| Import policy
| Carol wanted to ascertain whether we had clarified the
vetting policy portion of the Import policy. |
| 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 |
| Discussed fact that although current approved policy
is much clearer, some interested applicants have expressed confusion over
our definition of Native Egyptian Mau |
| 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 |
|
| Publicity
| There is a link on NHFF site for a video on what is a
cat show… good for breeders/clubs |
| Also, Monkeysee.com features two Egyptian Maus on the
how to series on agility. |
|
| Type drift – color breeding causing a schism in type for
various colors
| Concern that we are moving towards two divisions in
type |
| This is not an option… |
| Discussed responsibility of breeders in regards to
breeding to standard not to color |
| There is one standard and
three showable colors all of which are equally important and all of which
should meet the standard… |
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Meeting adjourned
Many thanks to GEMS for sponsoring the 2010 Judge’s
workshop and thanks to both the International Egyptian Mau Society and the
Egyptian Mau Breeders and Fanciers Club for their generous help as well. It was
great to have all three clubs contribute to this very special function for our
breed.
Note – Rather than posting on the websites, it looks like
we will be investigating selling copies of the presentation on either CD or hard
copy with proceeds going back to GEMS who carried a heavy load of the
presentation costs. Those costs were almost $1500.00. Cost of printing hard
Copy is $30 and we ran out of them at the workshop. CD’s will be $10.00
* Breed Council Secretary
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