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
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Show Commission
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
Substitutes:
Mrs. Vittoria Duchi
Mr. Cesare Ghisi
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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
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. |