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Whatever is beautiful, whatever is meaningful, whatever brings you happiness – may it be yours this holiday season and throughout the coming year!
Merry Christmas to everybody!
Whatever is beautiful, whatever is meaningful, whatever brings you happiness – may it be yours this holiday season and throughout the coming year!
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Ballot
Results
Yes | No | Abst | Yes % |
No % |
Total votes |
result | Voting (from 74 members) |
|
Q 1 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 59% | 41% | 39 | failed | 52.70% |
Q 2 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 69% | 31% | 39 | passed | 52.70% |
Q 3 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 62% | 36% | 39 | passed | 52.70% |
Q 4 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 66% | 32% | 38 | passed | 51.35% |
Q 5 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 59% | 36% | 39 | failed | 52.70% |
Q 6 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 49% | 46% | 39 | failed | 52.70% |
Q 7 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 44% | 49% | 39 | informal | 52.70% |
Q 8 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 33% | 56% | 39 | informal | 52.70% |
Members
74 individual members have subscribed to the BC for the 2015-16 show season.
Of those, 9 are double members (1 cattery 2 votes), and 11 members (15%) are from outside the USA/Canada.
This is a relatively small amount of breeders (considering the size of the breed community participating in CFA events all over the globe) that have decided to join the BC, and where many actually are no longer breeding Abys since many years if not decades. 11 (15%) of the current members are judges (2 Emeritus).
I think it is legitimate to ask whether it is ok, if only 24-27 individuals can overthrow a breed standard even if only in certain points. The current rules require that 60% of voting members must support a proposal for the BOD to ratify. Note, it says voting members, not members. So, in theory, if only 6 out of 10 voting wanted a change, it could be considered by the BOD.
But, let’s look at the proposed changes in detail, one by one. First, item 2, change the wording of ticking description. Look at the comparison of various standards from different established associations. 8 out of 13 standards use similar wording as current CFA standard, 4 have no description at all, and one (GCCF) has a rather confusing description in general. So, what exactly should be “vague” about the current wording if the vast majority of all Aby standards use exactly the same way to describe it? But, let’s look at two ticking examples of a ruddy Abyssinian.
On both cats, the light banding is of the undercoat color, but one is truly “light” while the other is dark and muddy. So, which one should be given preference?
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CFA International Cat Show 2015
The CFA International Cat Show is over and you can find an overview of the results below. As usual, the show has been split up in two shows and they are referred to as “Red Show” and “Purple Show”.
Some Impressions of the Show
courtesy & copyright: Margit Bøgeskov Thomsen, Wimmerhale Abyssinians, Denmark
The Breed Winners for the Abys were as follows:
Red Show
Zehnder’s Elan, blue female Kitten
Breeder: Monica Zehnder/Sue Vande Sande
Owner: Monica Zehnder
Elan was also 2nd Best Of Best of the Shorthair Kittens
and 4th Best Kitten in Show with 289.75 points
GC Chome Chai Haute Couture of NuDawnz, ruddy male in Championship
Breeder: S. Baugh/L. Friemoth/M. Zehnder
Owner: Lorna Friemoth/Seth Baugh
He was also 6th Best Cat in Show with 339.35 points
GP, RW Wil-O-Glen’s Lakota, red Neuter in Premiership
Breeder: Carolyn Osier
Owner: Lou-Dolores Czarnota
Purple Show
Erta Alle Salvadordali of PtiPrince, red male Kitten
Breeder: Beata Wolska
Owner: Jane Sorochenko
He was also 11th Best Kitten in Show with 255.50 points
GC, RW Astech’s Conejo, ruddy female in Championship
Breeder/Owner: Sue Truesdell
Connie (as she is known to her admirers) was also 6th Best Cat in Show with 425 points
Abyko’s Bimmer, red Neuter in Premiership
Breeder: Susan W. Kidder
Owner: Bill Kushner/Alyssa Edwards
Overview of Aby Results
Show Catalog and all Show Results
Best of the Best Video (sorry, no Abys)