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Thanks for the Update Mo, and Good Luck at your AGM towards the right result. We at West Yks Committee have also put it onto our Agenda but in a different way. As a committee we made our decision Not to Sign, but in order to still give our Members the chance to alter that decision for the Club, we have put the Item onto the AGM agenda as "KC Undertaking - Committee to advise members of their decsion". We decided to do this because as was said in our meeting, it is WE the Committee who would have to put our signatures to this Undertaking and then constantly DEAL with the KC demands, not the Members. So if after hearing the reasons for our decision the majority of members dont agree with us, THEN THE WHOLE COMMITTEE WOULD BE STANDING DOWN and the Members would have to find another Committee to run the Club.
I can tell you with soooooo many people these days fighting to serve on Club Committee's  we can already guess what the result will be. One thing I would just mention to ALL CLUB COMMITTEE's however, is to remember that this signing or not will possibly be a yearly thing , so ANY CLUB SIGNING IT should have it on their AGM Agenda EVERY YEAR !!! I will leave you all to THINK ABOUT THAT ONE folks!!!!!!!!!!!     

Best Regards
Sue

We have a very good speaker Sue

Oh finger was twitching too quickly,   I was going to add.........................     Mo

Glad to see the progressive thinking clubs coming forward, good luck with your AGMs.

It is disheartening to hear of clubs that are signing up without at least waiting until after the Breed Council meeting at the very least, there is much to discuss here and many implications to consider, particularly for the committee members running the shows. 

Carol you are absolutely right.  Indeed I would consider it fair to say that ANY CLUB Signing without first placing it on their Clubs AGM Agenda and / or prior to attending the BC AGM on 20th FEB are not only backward thinking but are ACTING UNDEMOCRATICALLY. Although our Committee at West Yorks know what we want to do, we have still put it to our members, what they decide at the AGM will be final, now whether that means they have a committee left or not is another matter !!!  Being prepared to SERVE the Club by standing for Committee is one thing but that does not mean I am prepared to SELL MY SOUL for it too.
Regards
Sue

Hi Sue,

The way in which the BDGSDA agenda item will be worded is exactly as you at W Yorks are doing - the Exec have decided not to sign and are seeking the mandate of its members.

We are also writing to the KC for confirmation that obedience CCs are unaffected - that'll be interesting! We discussed your notes on the impact on obedience and it makes 100% sense but where the KC is concerned......Many clubs rely on their obedience CCs to stay afloat so we need to be sure.

Regards, Shirley

Hi Shirl
Thanks for that, I too will be very interested to hear the KC's reply to your letter. They cannot say it will effect the Obedience CC;s because to do so would be an admittance of INTIMIDATION and also UNFAIR COMPETITION !!!! As opposed to the Unfair Monopoly comment expressed by Ronny Irvin in Dog World, of which there is no such thing (law). In that there either is A Monopoly or their isnt a Monopoly , the term Unfair Monopoly is ridiculous!!!  However, Competition is something entirely different, whereas their is Competition and there is not Competition and there can ALSO BE UNFAIR COMPETITION, I rest my case. :-)) Keep us posted. By the way, the KC need to reply to your letter before you sign anything, dont let them get away with delaying their reply to your  Obedience question, cant wait to read it !!!. 
Regards
Sue

 

Will let you know what we get back - we have asked for a reply before our AGM on 25/2. The letter is going recorded delivery.

Watch This Space!

Lets hope you get it back before  20/2.
Sue