Ratification of previous motions either online or through teleconference - Carried
Motion to move GDPR to open session - Failed
Motion to move Budget discussion to open session - Carried
Central Office Operations
2025 Annual site visits are scheduled for Jacksonville, Orlando and Tampa
Motion to require permission of only one co-owner from the inactive cattery for the pending application to merge catteries for the purpose of claiming a Cattery of Distinction title.? - Carried
Three clubs have outstanding entry surcharges:
- Oriental Fashion International Cat Club - $2,625.75 - three shows unpaid from 2018
- Tianjin Feiming Cat Club - $1,031.25 - one show unpaid from 2018
- China Tao Yuan Fanciers Club - $1,031.25 - one show unpaid from 2018
Clubs are currently suspended from CFA services due to being delinquent with these charges (more than 90 days)
Motion to drop the three clubs due to nonpayment of dues - Tabled until August
Printed publications of all types and in all industries have been diminishing for years and finally cease publication entirely. The CFA Almanac was introduced as a monthly, color, printed magazine in May 1984, moved to bi-monthly in 2004. The final print version was the October/November 2007 edition and the Online Almanac (OLA) started.
Sadly, the time has come to make the difficult decision about ceasing publication of the CFA Yearbook. If the Board agrees with this direction, I'll work with Shelly Borawski and Teresa Keiger to develop a detailed plan for consideration at the August 2020 board meeting. The proposal will include beefing up Cat Talk, a bi-monthly magazine bundled with the OLA, to include more photos and possibly reducing the number of issues from six to three or four with each issue highlighting an event such as award winners, the Annual Meeting, breed popularity stats or the CFA International Cat Show.
The bundled version of Cat Talk and OLA has approximately 600 subscribers. Other than Epoints, most of what is in the OLA is suitable for the CFA website and will be unbundled from Cat Talk. Epoints and Cat Talk would be available as stand-alone subscriptions and the OLA would be phased out.
The electronic, monthly CFA Newsletter is popular with approximately 4,000 subscribers and there are no major changes planned for it.
Motion: Motion to proceed with plans to:
- ?Stop producing the Yearbook after publication of the 2021 Yearbook. - Carried
- ?Unbundle Cat Talk and the Online Almanac, which currently include Epoints, and extend OLA subscriptions through December 2020. - Tabled for August to have additional information
- ?Transition to an expanded Cat Talk, phase out the Online Almanac and offer a separate subscription to Epoints. - Tabled for August to have additional information
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Data Protection
GDPR audit was completed, and a review of the findings was discussed on April 16th between Tim Schreck, James Simbro, and Jeremey Diller of Scenario77 (Company who performed the audit).
Treasurer's Report
The Bottom Line - May through April 2020 CFA realized a profit of $37,196.52!
Finance Committee
Current Total assets - $2,640,478.11 as of today
Historical Data Screening
Completed other than foreign pedigrees - Thank you Karen Lawrence! Recommend to purchase some used fire proof cabinets to house the unscanned pedigrees sent in for registration. Cost would be around $2700.00 to purchase these cabinets. - Carried
Ambassador Program
Marketing
Team has been busy on social media. Cats101 will be the teaching blog on the CFA website. Look for regular articles to be posted.
Meowy Hour every Wednesday night at 6 pm EDT on Facebook live hosted by Arden Moore with special guests starting July 1, 2020.
Up over 10,000 Instagram followers.
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Incorporation/Constitution Committee
Incorporation of the Regions still in process
Constitutional changes are still with the NY Attorney
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Show Cancellation
Motion to rescind to stop shows through October 31, 2020 - Passed
Motion to open CO to start licensing shows immediately without penalty through November 1, 2020. If licensed and cancelled CO will reach out to determine their status. - Carried
Motion adopt the best practices document - Carried
Motion to reinstate our normal scoring procedures immediately excluding National wins - Carried
Begin show sponsorships immediately - Carried
Motion to have Regional director to determine the minimum of required points for their Region - withdrawn
Motion to remove the requirement to attend a minimum of one show in season for the current season - Carried
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CFA Foundation
Museum has been closed since March, and had hopes of opening in July, but may not be possible.
Legislative Committee
Stay turned into your local jurisdiction for law changes.
Winn Feline Foundation
6 webinars planned with CFA as a sponsor.
Awards Committee
When to announce the Star Award recipients - Motion to announce all Star awards once approved - Carried
Budget
Approve the proposed budget with the exception of line item 500801 - Officer Compensation - Carried
Discussion regarding officer compensation (which was to be in executive session and Board voted to move to open session) - Increase the Secretary stipend 50% and award a $6,000 bonus - Carried
Increase the Treasurer stipend 50% and award a $6,000 bonus - Carried
Increase the President stipend 50% and award a $6,000 bonus - Carried
Increase the Vice President $18,000 annual stipend and a $6,000 bonus - Carried
Award a one time $6,000 bonus to Melanie Morgan for work with Judging program - Carried
Accept the retirement of Gary Powell affective immediately - Carried
New Business
