Actually Robin, with some fine tuning.....I like your suggestion a lot. Myra
>From: Robin McLeod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] US Club Wars - a newbie suggestion >Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 16:33:24 -0700 > >Please forgive me if someone else has already said >this or something like it. I am playing catch up in >reading all of the posts on this subject, and I'm only >up to posts made early on Tuesday. To *this* >suggestion, however, I felt a need to respond: > >--- Harry & Pat Barrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1) Pet owners are primarily concerned about health > > issues; 2) CKCSC-USA breeders want access to ACKCSC > > cavaliers and vice versa; 3) Breeders do not want > > mandatory testing; 4) Accessibility and health > > testing should be separate issues; 5) there has > > been discussion as to which agenda item the BOD > > should consider first in order to facilitate the > > acceptance of ACKCSC cavaliers (health testing > > standards or reciprocal accessibility); 6) it has > > been stated that the majority of the voting > > membership of CKCSC-USA are pet owners (see #1); 7) > > the venues of each club have unique benefits that > > the other does not have, therefore both should be > > considered desireable... Your health registry is an > > enormously important instrument that can start your > > journey of CKCSC-USA and ACKCSC unity. Through it, > > you eliminate the NEED for mandatory testing. > > Participation in it by both sides will show your > >"pet owners" your desire to do what is best for the > >breed. > >The idea that came to me as I read this might just be >feasible. I offer it up as a newcomer who really >would like to see a mending of fences. My suggestion >is that for ALL who want their cavaliers registered >with the old Club: AKC and CKCSC breeders alike, all >future litters (where one parent is CKCSC and one >parent is AKC-only) are eligible for registration with >CKCSC-USA if health test results of both sire and dam >(hips, eyes, patellas, hearts) are submitted to the >CKCSC Health Registry. So, you don't HAVE to do it >unless you are using a sire or dam that is AKC-only at >the time of the mating. Breeders would continue to be >able to make decisions of sire/dam matings regardless >of the actual *outcome* of specific test results -- >it's making the outcome PUBLIC that permits the CKCSC >registration. Pet owners would have access to PUBLIC >information on health clearances of these puppies' >parents prior to purchasing a puppy. Old Club >breeders would have access to breedings with AKC-only >cavaliers as long as they had been tested and the >results of those tests were submitted to the Health >Registry, and they would not risk being sanctioned by >the old Club for such a mating. AKC-only breeders >would not have to join or participate in the Old Club. > > >It's an idea. Any feedback on the pro's and con's? > >Robin McLeod (a breeder wannabe) >Minnesota > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs >http://www.hotjobs.com > >========================================================= >"Magic Commands": >to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL >to start it up gain click here: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. >Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > >All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. Myra Savant Gardengate Cavaliers _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
