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SUMMARISED REPORT OF THE
GENERAL COUNCIL MEETINGS
HELD AT THE BS OFFICE ON
SATURDAY 15th
NOVEMBER 2008
The meeting was opened and
the members present were welcomed by Dave Herring, the Budgerigar
Society Vice President in the absence of Geoff Capes, (President),
who had an engagement arranged prior to the change of date for the
meetings and Bob Francis, (President Elect), who had to go to
hospital for emergency treatment on the morning before leaving home
for the meetings.
The minutes of the meeting
held on 3rd
May were ratified and the matters arising were:
The Secretary informed the
meeting that the problem with the cheque that had been fraudulently
cashed had now been resolved and the money returned to the society
account.
In view of the present
economic situation, a new bank account had been opened and some of
the society's reserves had been transferred into it.
The meeting was informed
that the Buy British posters and post cards had been printed and the
council agreed that one of each of these would be included with the
next magazine in the hope that members would ask their local vets to
put them up in their premises. More of these posters are available
should members want them.
Fred Wright stated that he
had now got a list of Veterinary Practices that could be circulated
with the posters etc, but asked that all members of the General
Council let him have details of Vets addresses in their areas.
Club Show Minutes
Letters regarding the date
of the show had been received from: D Game. R Francis. J Isles. R&J
Taylor & Son.
Following on from the Club
Show and the questionnaire that had been available at the last show,
the committee felt that some of the major problems that had led to
the lower entries at the show had been mainly due to costs and
exhibitors wishing to book their birds in on the Saturday morning.
They recommended to the council that the date of the Club Show
remain in September for a further two years and exhibitors be
allowed to bench their birds on Saturday as well as on Friday, then
a further review to take place following the 2010 show.
Following a lengthy
discussion, the Council discussed the date and agreed to support
this recommendation.
There had been a problem
with rosettes not being delivered to the show this year and in
future all Area Society and Specialist Society rosettes must
accompany the society information for inclusion in the schedule and
any cash specials to be paid by the societies from their stands.
A proposal to reduce the
classification was defeated by the council.
To facilitate for birds
being booked in on the Saturday morning some changes need to be made
to the timetable of the show.
Judges Panel & Colour
Standards Committee
The committee had met on
two occasions since the last Council meetings primarily to discuss
the update of the Colour Standards and Guide Lines for Judges and
Exhibitors.
The new up-date was agreed
and after circulation to the members of the General Council for
proof reading, a temporary version without pictures will be included
as part of the January magazine. Once all the pictures for the
Colour Standards booklet have been agreed, it will then be printed
in the same format as the present copy and circulated to all
members.
AS the Annual Judges
Meeting was over-subscribed this year, two meetings will be held in
2009 on Saturday 40th
and Sunday 5th
April. (Sundays' meeting will be a repeat of the Saturday meeting).
General Purpose & Finance
Committee
The committee had met on
one occasion since the May meetings.
Items included are:
The society holds a "Spring
Event' possibly in June or May in 2012, the May date to possibly
include the AGM.
Only judges on the BS
Subsidiary Judges Scheme are allocated to shows.
To allow for societies to
take advantage of the NCA Insurance scheme, they need to have some
commitment to the Budgerigar Society possibly such as being
affiliated. It was decided that application forms for patronage will
be amended to include an indication that societies applying for
patronage agree to be bound by the Budgerigar Society Rules.
The society will now stock
the product "Orego Stim".
A letter from a company
launching a new board game had asked if the society would agree to
be included and provide a number of questions for the game and this
was agreed.
Blue Mini Drinkers. The
Secretary informed the meeting that he was experiencing a problem
with the supply of these drinkers in so much as the original
importer had decided to significantly increase the price. The
Secretary was given the go-ahead to try to obtain the product from
the producers at a more realistic price.
The Secretary informed the
council that this had not proved possible and was now in the process
of having the drinkers manufactured locally.
Time for a change
Fred Wright introduced an
idea that he thought will increase entries at shows in the Champion
section, especially the Club Show. The idea is based on being
awarded points for winning classes and Challenge Certificates and
then being "graded" as a Champion based on the points earned. The
council believed there may be some merit in this idea and referred
it to the next meeting of the Judges Panel & Colour Standards
committee.
WBO
The minutes of the WBO
meeting held in Germany on 3rd October had been circulated and Gren
Norris gave a verbal report. 14 countries were represented at the
meeting.
Items covered in the
meeting included: WBO Ideal, Feather Problems and Accounts.
It was agreed there would
no change in member societys' subscriptions; (BS paid £290 in 2008.
£190 in 2009)
The next meeting will be
held in Portugal on 29thOctober
2009.
The meeting agreed in
principal to accept an invitation from Australia to hold its meeting
in Canberra in 2011.
Area Society Chairman's
Meeting
The minutes of the meeting
had been circulated and since the meeting, Bob Francis has informed
us that the Welsh BS has now received a grant from the Lottery
Funding.
Items covered in the
meeting included:
Lottery Funding, Nomination
of Judges for the Club Show, BS Email address, Judges Training Day,
Cost of rings to fanciers who are only members of an Area Society,
BS Club Show and future meetings.
Chairman's' Referrals
Patronage
The chairman told the
meeting of the concern a number of societies have about the level of
patronage for their shows in 2009. (Some societies have already sent
in their appeals for 2009). It was proposed that all societies
granted patronage in 2008 would enjoy the same level of patronage in
2009 unless they had had an increase in benched entries that would
mean they would qualify for a higher level. Any higher level granted
to these societies would be maintained for two years, (or two shows
should any show need to be cancelled for any reason). The proposal
was approved on the basis that any future appeals would not be
considered.
Ballot for General Council
2009
The chairman informed the
meeting that there would only be one ballot next year for the
General Council and that would be for the MBA Representative, (the
MBA having put forward two names). He went on to add that sadly two
area societies, (South Midlands and Western Counties) had not put
forward any names and only 12 members had put their names forward
for the National Ballot.
Dates of future meetings
General Council
Meeting Saturday 9th
May 2009
Annual General
Meeting Sunday 10th May 2009
General Council
Meeting Saturday 14th
November 2009
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