Board Notes

DOGS QUEENSLAND LIFE MEMBERSHIP

Life Membership may be granted to any member of Dogs Queensland who has rendered outstanding or special services to Dogs Queensland. That person shall retain membership of Dogs Queensland for their life unless otherwise determined by virtue of any exercise of disciplinary proceedings under the CCC(Q) Ltd Rules.

Any Affiliated Kennel Club or Financial Member may nominate any member for Life Membership. That person will have a minimum of fifteen (15) years continuous full membership of Dogs Queensland and must have been a member of a Club or Clubs during that time. Such nominations are to include a citation, which provides the justification for the nomination. Citations for those Life Memberships awarded will be published in the Dog World magazine, and, where possible, presentations will be made at an appropriate function or event. The CCC(Q) Ltd Board of Directors will consider all nominations on their merit and with strict confidentiality. The Board sees the grant of Life Membership as honouring a member who has been truly outstanding in his or her support of Canine Affairs, particularly beyond that of a single Club. All nominations for 2021 Dogs Queensland Life Memberships should be received in the Dogs Queensland Office no later than Wednesday 12th May.

APPROVAL OF NATIONAL/RESTRICTED TRIALS APPLICATION: DALMATIAN CLUB OF ACT

The ANKC is pleased to advise the approval of the 2022 National Show/Restricted Obedience and Restricted Agility Trial application received from the Dalmatian Club of ACT via Dogs ACT to be held on 12 and 13 March, 2022 at Dogs ACT EPIC Exhibition Park, Federal Highway, Mitchell, ACT.

SEND BACK FEE

Members will have seen the weekly Transaction Time Index that is provided in Paw Prints.

As an overview for 2020, we received 3302 Litters in the Office, of these Litters 57% were submitted incomplete or incorrectly requiring written contact with the breeder from the Office. Examples include but are not limited to the following; • Missing Credit Card Information • Limited Register Form Errors • Membership and Ownership issues • Missing Forms, ie Colour Verification,

Certificate of Fitness, AI Forms • Signatures of Breeders or Stud Dog Owners • Missing or Incorrect Microchip Numbers • Missing or incomplete DNA Parentage

Certification

Of the 57% of sendbacks, approximately half of these were due to incomplete or missing DNA information. The Board acted earlier in the year to extend the cheaper registration deadline form 3 months to 4 months and this will be kept in place to allow breeders more time to complete the DNA Parentage Verification prior to submission.

The Board has taken note of these send back rates and noted the extra workload placed on the Office and has agreed that from 1st March, that any litter received in the Office that requires further written contact with the breeder will incur a $10 handling fee.

MAIL REDIRECTION FROM FORTITUDE VALLEY TO MT OMMANEY

Members are advised to send all correspondence to Dogs Queensland, PO Box 1136, Mt Ommaney Qld 4074 to avoid non-delivery or a ‘return to sender’. Mail redirection from our Fortitude Valley post box will cease on 1 May 2021.

NEWLY ERECTED SHADE STRUCTURES AT DOGS QUEENSLAND DURACK

The installation of the new shade structures on Rings 1-10 have now been completed, providing members with shade and shelter from the weather.