Items or proposals for inclusion on the AGM agenda, which should be proposed and seconded by fully paid up Club members, should reach me no

        later than the 20 May 2011.

        Four committee members have completed their term of office and have indicated that they are willing to re-stand for election and they are: Mr R Pike,

        Miss B Spooner, Mr N Ensor and Mrs S Ensor.  There are two vacancies to be filled. 

"Dear Club,

There has been much debtate within the Executive recently on the subject of the registering of kittens from suspended breeders.  This debate

has centred around the impact of the ruling on people who have unwittingly had a mating or purchase from the suspended breeder.  The

Executive has in the past judged in favour of accepting the registrations where it seems apparent a genuine mistake was made

through ignorance.

On reflection however this is the only sanction GCCF have for breeders that infringe the rules.  In the future the rule will be strictly adhered to

and ignorance of the breeder's status will not be accepted as a reason to allow registration.

In order that this is clear to all that use the services of breeders we are writing to all clubs to ask them to ensure that their advice to people

approaching breeders for mating or kitten purchase expressly points out that the register of suspended breeders on the GCCF website is

consulted prior to approaching the breeder to ensure that the cats involved can progress through the registration system without

hindrance.

Signed

John Hansson

Chairman"