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Here you will find various announcements and items of a newsworthy nature regarding this site, the FIFe, as well as, items or matters of general interest.
The Agenda of the FIFe GA 2008
After a delay of almost two weeks, caused by the actions described
here below, the Proposals to the GA can now be found in "Events".
The Board is outraged about the copy-right infringements and data-protection
law infringements, which occurred over the past 2 weeks, with respect
to the Agenda of the FIFe GA 2008.
A few individual members of National FIFe members have illegally obtained
copies of the complete PDF Agenda of the coming FIFe GA, which was sent
exclusively to authorised parties (all the FIFe National, Commission Members
and Officers) and published these on (their) web-sites, uploaded these
on third party websites, thus committing a criminal offence.
Others have published links to get access to these illegally obtained
documents on discussion lists, which consists of the illegal act of facilitating
people to get access to illegally obtained documents: these actions have
enabled hundreds of individuals (FIFe and non-FIFe alike) to acquaint
themselves with the comprehensive financial report of FIFe, other reports
and to get access to signatures of FIFe officers.
This PDF Agenda has an author (please check the document properties)
and this author (the FIFe General Secretary) has never consented to
third parties publishing this document: this document was exclusively
sent to "the Members, Patronage Members, Board and Commission Members
and Officers of the FIFe".
The infringements on all these matters are punishable by law, a law,
which is valid in the entire EU.
Unless these individuals remove all these illegally obtained documents,
links and messages how to access these links, FIFe will consider legal
actions.
The Board has requested the FIFe Disciplinary Commission to look into
this matter and has also contacted its lawyers, holding office in Luxembourg.
An extra Agenda item will be added this year, to discuss this matter at
the GA.
These provocations have seriously delayed the publication of this years
FIFe GA Proposals, which was planned on this website on Tuesday 29th April,
after all National FIFe Members, in agreement with the FIFe Statutes,
had confirmed receipt. Finally, these actions jeopardise the publication
of the voting results of this coming GA on the FIFe website: it will be
up to the GA to decide if these results can be published on the website.
For now, the Board has decided to install a "Members Only" section,
where confidential and privileged documents can be viewed exclusively
by the National FIFe Members.
In General, the Board regrets that the actions of a few impatient and
ignorant individuals will now have ramifications for all, but maintains,
that the Members of FIFe are those listed in the FIFe Members List, and
they will be responsible to inform their membership.
GA 2008, Slovakia
Detailed information, such as the GA invitation including the programme of the GA week and hotel booking forms in English French and German, hotel details provided by the Slovak FIFe Member, SZCH) and information on how to travel to the GA venue are now available in the Event´s section. Now added also the Agenda for the Judges Seminar
FIFe World Cat Show 2008
We are happy to inform you that the Portuguese FIFe Member CPF, the host of the 2008 World Show has launched a website containing detailed information.
email address for everything relating to the WS 2008.
Compulsory Training Seminar for Student Judges
The next Student Judges obligatory seminar will be organised in Zagreb - Velika Gorica in Croatia on May 10th 2008. Details
Vera Moser Passes Away
It is our sad duty to inform you that Mrs. Vera Moser from Italy passed away last week.
Mrs. Moser was an Honorary FIFe All Breed judge and since the year 2000, one of the three Honorary Members of FIFe .
She was one of the people who stood at the cradle of FIFe and participated as an exhibitor at the very first FIFe shows organised in Europe in 1949 and 1950. In 1959 and 1960 she passed her FIFe Judges Exams and became an All Breed Judge.
Mrs. Moser was a successful breeder of black and blue Persian cats under the cattery name "Dei Diavoli Neri".
We affectionately remember Mrs. Moser as a an intelligent and hospitable lady, who loved cats and people alike and who was always very proud to belong to FIFe: we shall dearly miss her.
On behalf of the Board of FIFe,
Mrs. Annette Sjödin - President
FIFe Judge Photos
Ali Wittich, FIFe All-Breed Judge from Switzerland has posted his collection of photographs of many of FIFe's Judge on the FFH's Website.
Resignations
Mrs. Lisa Høj (DK) has for personal reasons decided to tend her resignation as a category I FIFe judge. The Board thanks her for her commitment over the years and wishes her all the best for the future.
Mrs. Agatha Ent (NL-Mundikat) tended her resignation as International FIFe judge in category I, as per 01.01.2008. The Board thanked her for her commitment and wished her all the best for the future.
Mrs. Eva Wiéland-Schilla announced her intention to resign as a Member of the Judges and Standard Commission. She would remain in function to assist the Commisison until the FIFe GA 2008. The Board thanked her for the work she had done.
The times they are a' changin'
A couple of major changes to this site have been made.
The default resolution has been increased and support for older browsers has been discontinued.
A review of the statistics for the site reveals that less than .2% of our visitors are using outdated browsers such as Internet Explorer 5.5 and below, Netscape 5.0 and below, and Firefox 1.5 and below.
For those of you still using older browsers, we would suggest you upgrade to a newer version.
We recommend Firefox or Mozilla for both Mac OS X, and Windows (any version) and iCab 2.9.9 for Mac OS 9, not just for those who need to update, but to everyone.
Changing Membership
As a result of discussions at the GA 2006 the Board decided to modify the procedure as described in General Rules article 2.5 allowing individual members of FIFe Members to change to another National FIFe Member outside the country of their permanent residence.
You may now find these revamped forms and procedure, which should be followed in the Library.
The main idea was to change the infrastructure; to regulate that contacts from and to FIFe are matters between the National FIFe Member and the FIFe Secretariat/Board.
The Board trusts this modified procedure is clear and will result in a stricter observance of the Rules.
Control Class 13b
A clarification of Control Class 13b is available for on-line reading in the Library.
New Judges
- Congratulations!
- Mrs. Beverly Elian (RO) successfully passed the required stages in category II on the shows in Lodz (PL) on 10th and 11th May 2008 and is, as from that date appointed an International category II judge.
- Mr. Andreas Woelm (DE), successfully passed his exam in category II at a show in Unna (DE), on 26th April 2008, and the required stage on the 27th April 2008 and is, as from that date, appointed an International Judge for category II.
- Mrs. Britta Busse (DE), successfully passed her exam in category II at a show in Karup (DE), on 29th March 2008, and the required stage on the 30th March 2008 and is, as from that date, appointed an International Judge for category II.
- Mrs. Minna Krogh (DK) successfully passed the required stages in category III on a show in Walsrode (DE) on 5th and 6th April 2008 and is, as from that date appointed an International category III judge.
- Mrs. Sara Ojaniemi (FI) successfully passed the required stage in category IV on a show in Kverneland (NO) on 22nd March 2008 and is, as from that date appointed an International category IV judge.
- Mrs. Beverly Elian (RO) successfully passed her exam in category II at a show in Arnhem (NL) on 23rd March 2008 and is now a probational Judge for category II.
- Mrs. Sarah Johnson (GB) successfully passed her exam in category IV at a show in Arnhem (NL) on 23rd March 2008 and is now a probational Judge for category IV.
- Mr. Gerardo Fraga y Guzman (ES) successfully passed his exam in category I at a show in Siauliai (LT) on 15th March 2008 and is now a probational Judge for category I.
- Mrs. Margarita Grigorieva (RU), successfully passed her exam in category II at a show in Krasnodar (RU), on 15th March 2008, and the required stage on the 16th March 2008 and is, as from that date, appointed an International Judge for category II.
- Mrs. Minna Krogh (DK) successfully passed her exam in category III at a show in Herlev (DK) on 9th March 2008 and is now a probational Judge for category III
- Mrs. Sara Ojaniemi (FI) successfully passed her exam in category IV at a show in Kirkkonummi (FI) on 1st March 2008 and is now a probational Judge for category IV.
- Mrs. Elena Zagorskaya (RU) successfully passed the required stage in category I on Sunday 24th February in Tallinn (EE) and is, as from that date appointed an International category I judge.
- Mrs. Marina Vinkel (EE) successfully passed her exam in category II at a show in Tallinn (EE) on 23rd February 2008 and is now a probational Judge for category II.
- Mrs. Angelika Kneifel (DE), successfully passed her exam in category I at a show in Poznan (PL), on 24th November 2007, and passed the required stage on the 25th November 2007 and is, as from that date, appointed an International Judge for category I, and an International FIFe All Breed Judge
- Mrs. Carmen Hierro (ES) successfully passed her exam in category II at a show in Pietroligure (IT) on 8th December 2007 and is now a probational Judge for category II.
- Mr. Marteinn Tausen (IS) successfully passed his last stage in category IV on 24th November 2007 in Turku (FI) is as from that date appointed an International category IV judge.
- Mr. Vladimir Isakov (BY), successfully passed his exam in category I at a show in Minsk (BY), on 2nd February 2008, and is now a probational Judge for category I.
- Mrs. Elena Zagorskaya (RU) successfully passed her exam in category I at a show in St. Petersburg (RU) on 17th November 2007 and is now a probational Judge for category I.
