Warren Posted August 27, 2007 Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 We are having a FNZAS Committee Meeting on the 8th September 2007, 1:30pm at Jane Ratee's home, (PM Warren for the address). All delegates present at conference are welcome. Should a club wish to send a different delegate or did not have delegates present at the AGM they will need to notify the FNZAS secretary in writing prior to the commencement of the meeting. No letter, no delegates. Observers are also welcome but there will be limited space so please don't send your whole club. Clubs, please contact your delegates and committee to see if you wish to attend the meeting. We have a few hot issues to discuss: AGENDA – FNZAS Exec Saturday September 8th, 1:30pm at Jane Rattee's house. Apologies: Attendees: Absent: Minutes from previous Meeting: Matters arising from the previous minutes: Applications for membership: Nil Correspondence In / Out: Letter from Alan Wakelin re concerns over trophy miniatures and Fish Show fees. Email from John Clayton Reports: President, Treasurer, Editor. General Business: 1. Clarification of Officers / Exec voting rights. 2. Heads-up: MAF and Importation of species not on the allowed list 3. Heads-up: NZ retail industry concerns 4. CCAS – available to all clubs. 5. Affiliation request from Perth Cichlid Society. 6. Judges and Standards discussion - Issues have arisen since 2004 regarding – Alan Wakelin letter: - Lack of miniatures issued at the 2004 Show for FNZAS Trophy winners - Disagreement with the suggestion that IF miniatures were issued that they should be issued for ALL classes - Disagreement with the suggestion that miniatures will be issued for FNZAS Trophy winners only when the Trophy is returned 12 months after the show event - Who is to pay for the trophy and its engraving - Certificates for the 2004 show not issued in an appropriate timeframe - Certificates when issued were larger than previous years - Certificates issued were all on yellow card, not the colours previously issued for place or award won - Disagreement with the Host club charging an Entry Fee for exhibits - No Breeders Or Pairs classes listed for the Hamilton National Show - No Twin Tail or Fancy goldfish classes listed for the Hamilton Show - Class O & P (Male & Female Guppies) amalgamated (Note that this is against current FNZAS rules) - Lack of information regarding accommodation available for the Hamilton Show - Judging time allowed for the show. It appears the judging is planned to be done in the very early hours of Saturday Morning /Sunday Night so the show can open at the planned time of 10.00am . The talk I’ve heard is that maybe lights would be left on so the fish don’t know its night and stay active. For fish that have only travelled locally this might not be a problem but fish that have travelled many hours this is not acceptable and a reasonable recovery time must be allowed for. The judging has to be SEEN to be fair as well as be fair. All the fish need equal time to recover from travel and look at their best or it’s not worth bringing them. 7. Plant Species Study (NIWA) – action this and pass to the plant committee to research (letter from John Clayton). Next Meeting – Meeting Close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 Hi Everyone After concerns that had been raised about the upcoming fishshow we have made the following changes Judging is going to be done on the Saturday afternoon allowing fish to settle into tanks and show their full potential Prize giving has been moved to Sunday evening before the auction We have expanded a couple of classes into more sub classes therefore adding more variety to show. An updated Class list will be out within the next couple of days We do hope this settles concerns and look forward to seeing you all here for the national fishshow Thanks Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billaney Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 Sounds great Dave, Thanks for the update , look forward to seeing you there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted September 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 Thanks Dave, I believe a new show-class list is coming out shortly with updates and more info. On a different note, I was disappointed no clubs made the effort to send their delegates to the recent committee meeting (other than the two delegates who were elected as FNZAS officers). I can only assume from this that everyone is completely happy with the current organisation. Hopefully there will be a better response in the future... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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