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| Issue 3 |
May 1st 2005 |
For the purpose of this issue it is set out once again in text format
but hopefully for future issues the job of editing and producing the
Newsletter will be passed on to a willing volunteer
The Aristocats Clubs membership is building up nicely. We have had nearly 150 members join in the last eighteen months, when reached this will result in increasing your clubs votes to 4 in the 'right to vote' formula at the Felis Britannica Annual General Assembly. In order for us to reach the next level (5 votes) we need to have a membership of 250 plus, based on the membership rate to date, this is more than achievable by the end of the year so give yourselves a pat on the back and keep spreading the word and if you have any friends that you think may like to join, let them know about us.
Congratulations must go to Rose who passed her Registrars exam earlier this
year. This means that she has now joined the two other official Club Registrars
in FB, Penny Bydlinski and Neil Gardner. Well done Rose. This also means of
course that the Aristocats Club have also joined the Garden of England Cat Club
and the Viking Cat Club being the only clubs entitled to retain their part of
the registration charges that had previously been claimed by FB.
I hope everybody is enjoying the shows that the Aristocats Club are putting on, each one is having different hiccups behind the scenes, but it is a learning curve and I am certainly learning as we go along. Our first show at Thornbury, Bristol was amazing, the first show ever and we had 170 entries. Our next show at Salisbury was even more amazing 210 entries the highest entry so far in an FB show. The last show in Bognor Regis I have to admit was badly dated, there were so many other shows happening around that date it was bound to bring the entry level down, so much so that at one stage I had to make an appeal for more entries in order that we didn’t have to ask for dispensation from FIFe. The minimum number of entries for an International Show is 150. But thanks to you all that came through, we actually reached 158. The next show will be held once again at Thornbury Sunday July17th 2005
The Judges are:
A thought has occurred to me, we have 150 members, one cat entered from each member would ensure that we wouldn’t have to worry about whether we needed dispensation or not.
A copy entry form and schedule is enclosed. DON’T MISS OUT ON THE SPECIAL MEMBERS RATES.
The Inaugural Annual General Meeting of the Aristocats Club was held at the Five Rivers Leisure Centre, Salisbury on Saturday October 30th 2004 13.00hrs.
Minutes of the meeting will be available for our next AGM which will be held 24th July 2005 at 10 Lyncroft Gardens, Ewell Village, Surrey KT17 1UR and afterwards we shall be joining with the Garden of England for the annual Garden Party held at Lyncroft Gardens.
Positions up for election/re-election are:
Well that’s all for now, until next time.
Kindest Regards
Eddie Kitching
On behalf of
The Aristocats Club Committee
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