17~19日に開催されましたTICA Spring Board Meetingでの主な決議の内容をお伝えします。
基本的にジャッジに関わるものであり、一般メンバーや出陳者に直接的に関係してくるものはありません。
◎ルール追加案:Add Bylaws 123.9 (Dual Judging Licenses)・・・否決
Add Bylaw 123.9:
123.9 No judge holding a current judging license in any international feline association shall be eligible to hold a TICA judging license in any level.
123.9.1 In the best interests of the Association, the Board of Directors may allow exceptions in this rule. The Board must make Standing Rules to set parameters for those exceptions.
123.9.2 Judges holding any other judging license before this rule is effective are exempt from it.
×改正案:Amend Standing Rules 106.4 (Standing Committees)・・・可決
※下記は主な部分のみ
106.4 Standing Committees. The President, with the advice of the Board of Directors, shall appoint persons knowledgeable in the fields specified to serve on the following standing committees. Any other committees, which from time to time may be necessary and proper for the effective and efficient operation of the Association, may be created by the President and appointments to them are made by the President, with the advice of the Board. Rules committee shall have a chairperson, members as needed and a board member who works with the committee as a liaison director. Board members may not be included in the Rules committee other than the liaison. Each Standing Committee shall have a chairperson, members as needed and a Board member who works with the committee as a liaison and who serves on the Committee in a non-voting, ex-officio capacity.
106.4.1 Advisory Standing Committees. The following committees serve in an advisory capacity, bringing unique knowledge and skills that aid the Board to make more effective decisions on behalf of the Association.
106.4.2 Board Administrative Standing Committees. The following committees are created by the Board of Directors in order to perform certain delegated duties on behalf of the Board. Unless otherwise specified, a member of a Board Administrative Standing Committee may not concurrently serve as a member of the Board of Directors.
×ルール追加案:Add Standing Rule 106.4.6.5.3 (JC Eligibility)・・・否決
106.4.6.5.3 No candidate holding any positions on any committee with an alternative organisation may be elected to the Judging Committee. If the candidate wishes to be in a position to stand for election to the Judging Committee, they must relinquish their committee position(s) with the alternative organisation.
◎ルール追加案:Add Standing Rules 106.4.2.1.11 (Removal from the Judging Committee)・・・可決
106.4.2.1.11 Removal from the Judging Committee. The Board may remove a member from the Judging Committee for the following reasons.
106.4.2.1.11.1 A member no longer holds a valid TICA judging license.
106.4.2.1.11.2 A member is under disciplinary action by the Board.
106.4.2.1.11.3 Two thirds of the members of the Judging Committee (the total number of members includes the subject member) petition the Board to remove a member for any reason, including (but not limited to) lack of participation, poor behavior, or breach of confidentiality.
◎ルール追加案:Add Standing Rule 307.6.4.1 (Domestic x Non-domestic Outcrosses) –Savannah BC・・・可決
307.6.4.1 The progeny of a domestic X non-domestic source species cross cannot be registered in the Foundation Registry as any breed other than the breed associated with that specific non-domestic source species. For example, Serval Leptailurus serval can only parent a Foundation Savannah, Asian Leopard Cat Prionailurus bengalensis can only be parent of a Foundation Bengal, and Jungle Cat Felis chaus can only parent a Foundation Chausie.
◎ルール改正案:Amend Judging Program 410 (LIGJ Program)・・・可決
※LIGJ=Licensed International Guest Judge
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◎改定案:Update Judging Program (Preface, Articles 1-2-3)・・・可決(※細かい点で修正あり)
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