January 12, 2005

 

RESERVE YOUR SHOW DATE

Reserved Show Date Fee
The ACFA membership approved a proposal to institute a nonrefundable deposit of $50 to reserve a show date (Show Rule Article III, Sec 5), which will be applied as a credit toward the Show License fee as long as the reserved date does not change.

Procedures:

  1. The $50 reserved show date deposit will commence with the 2000-2001 show year starting May 1, 2000.
  2. Any club wishing to reserve their show date will remit to Central Office a $50 deposit with their Show License application, or may remit the full Show License fee ($25 per ring up to a maximum of $200). The deposit or fee will serve to reserve their show date, it will be entered in the Official Show Calendar, on the Website and in the Bulletin.
  3. Any Show License applications received after May 1, 2000 without the $50 deposit or the full fee, will NOT be entered on the Show Calendar nor the ACFA Website Calendar.
  4. Clubs with a history of an established show date will be given the first opportunity to officially reserve a show date, with 10 days to respond in the event of a conflict. This pertains to shows potentially being held in the same city or close proximity. In the event of situations arising in the same region, the Regional Director will be consulted.
  5. The balance of the show license fee is to be remitted to Central Office 30 days prior to the show date. If the reserved show date has changed, the $50 deposit will not be credited towards the show license and the full fee must be paid.
  6. The Show Calendar will reflect a 13 month rolling calendar. No show date reservations will be accepted more than 13 months in advance except for the show held during the Annual.
Rational:
This measure removes some of the uncertainty of traditional show dates used by ACFA cat clubs. Occasionally, clubs (for economic reason) are unable to make the decision to host a cat show on their traditional date for a given year. This has resulted in some lucrative calendar dates sliding by without an ACFA show scheduled. In hind-site, these dates could have been made available to other clubs in the region.

The new Reservation Rule is NOT an additional cost to ACFA clubs, since the $50 reservation fee is deductible from the show license fee. It is merely an Advanced partial payment of the License fee to demonstrate the Clubs sincerity in having ACFA reserve their show date.

This new ruling give the traditional cat club 10 days to secure their traditional show date IF another club seeks that particular calendar date or weekend. .

 

 

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