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Update January 1, 2010

Update January 4, 2010

Update January 25, 2010

Update April 20, 2010

January 1, 2010

Welcome to the SE Region Director's Blog!

We are off and running with the New Year. We are totally updating our region's website, so please be patient while all the changes are completed. The website belongs to the members of the Southeast Region and I want all members to be a part of it. Browse through the pages. If you have any suggestions please send them to me. Our first SE Member poll has been a great success. Thank you all for taking the poll!

I am asking all of you to join in and be a part of making "our region" the best in TICA! Several members have already contributed great ideas and I can't wait to get many more. Judith Johnson has graciously accepted the position of SE Region Junior Exhibitor Liaison. Judith has already given so much to our JEs. This is a perfect fit for all. So if you have a JE, talk with Judith and sign them up. These kids are the future of our region as well as TICA. Laurie Patton has agreed to be the SE Region Clerking Liaison. Laurie will hold clerking schools and help all that want to become licensed clerks. Every show needs competent clerks and it is a great way to save expenses so members can go to more shows. Susan Graham has accepted to be SE Regional Awards Scorer. Susan will keep track of all of our cats points so they can be compared to the TICA EO scores at the end of the year.

Thank you ladies, this is a great start!

We have so much talent right here in our own region. I want to make sure anyone that wants to participate in making our region the best in TICA can do so. So if you have something you want to volunteer for contact me now!

Our Bonds Build a Better Region!

All four of the Ballot Proposals have passed your vote.

Proposal 1: Amend By-Law 15.4.2
Allows experienced breeders who are no longer breeding to be elected to the breed committee.
Yes 431 No 249

Proposal 2: Add By-Law 14.3.1, 14.3.2 & 14.3.3
Specifies the exact qualifications required to vote on breed sections under the three different breed section scenarios currently possible.
Yes 485 No 196

Proposal 3: Add Registration Rules 33.5.3 & 33.10-33.10.6
A process that allows breeds that have been in championship for 5 years or more in at least 2 other WCC registries to be accepted in TICA as Advanced New Breed, skipping the Preliminary New Breed step. The requirements for advancement to championship to be the same for all breeds.
Yes 390 No 299

Proposal 4: Add Show Rule 210.3.1
No exhibitor shall spray, pour or otherwise introduce any liquid or aerosol substance into a judging cage except the official cage cleaning solution in use in that ring, or at the judges specific direction.
Yes 559 No 123

Ed Manning
SE Regional Director

January 4, 2010

Here is a run down for those that could not be at the regional meeting yesterday. As 2010 arrived, so did a new change and direction for the SE Region. We had our first meeting of the new year and I thank First In Flight for letting us bring in the new year at their show!

I asked the following members to help in region this year and they accepted.

Bonnie Charvat - SE Region Junior Exhibitor Scorer
Claudia Evans, Mary Williams - Newsletter Co-Editors
Joyce Henderson - SE Region Treasurer, Disaster Relief Treasurer
Judith Johnson - Junior Exhibitor Liaison
Laurie Patton - Clerking Liaison
DeLynne Satimore - SE Region Web Mistress
Toni Scarboro- SE Show Reporter
Frances Yow - Legislative Chair

Susan Hamrick, Rob Seliskar, Kim Tomlin - SE Regional Award Committee
Susan Graham - SE Regional Awards Scorer
Susan Hamrick - SE Regional Power Point Coordinator

There are several more jobs that have not been filled yet. If there is something you might like to do for the region, please let me know. If you have not been to the new website, please take a look now and see if we are missing something you might like to see. DeLynne has worked feverishly trying to get most of the site up and running. A "share a ride" was brought up at the meeting and will be looked into. I touched on entries not being paid for will end up being turned in as a temporary suspension. This is an issue that our region does not need. Chris Unangst told us she will be leaving the SE region moving to the GL region and we wish her the best.

Browse the website and let me know what you would like to see!

Ed Manning
SE Regional Director

January 25, 2010

I returned home from the Winter Board Meeting over the weekend and am still recovering as I was exhausted from the jet lag/time changes. Nevertheless, I enjoyed representing you, the members of the SE Region, in Japan. Being this was my first session as an RD, I was impressed with how things went. It was enlightening.

The complete minutes of the meeting will be out in the next couple of weeks, so you can see what we accomplished. However I would like to tell you all that TICA will be raising its Membership dues, effective May 1, 2010. This is the first time in many years that the dues have gone up. As a result, I would encourage you to consider taking advantage of the current five-year membership price before the rate increase. Please don’t panic, the fees are not going up significantly - only a little. Actual prices will be reflected in the meeting minutes and later on the TICA website.

I would also like to again congratulate Laurie Patton on being accepted into the judging program. She is taking the first step towards joining the ranks of our other fine SE judges! Needless to say, I was elated to be advanced to Provisional AB Judge.

Ed Manning
SE Regional Director

April 20, 2010

Hi Everyone,

Just a few reminders for all of us here in the Southeast Region.

May 1st membership dues are due for TICA membership and there is a price increase. If you renew before May 1st, you can still take advantage of the old price.

The end of the show season is drawing near, with that said, we all need to start thinking about our Southeast Regional coming up in Franklin, Tennessee. on July 31st and August 1st. Susan Hamrick will be doing our power point presentation this year so all pictures need to be sent directly to her at gigolost@aol.com. Susan will also take any candid shots as well.

Start thinking about that cat you would like to sponsor. We are finalizing the cost details of the sponsorships for the awards and will have that information up on the Southeast Region website shortly. Don't forget about the People's Choice Awards in the region. Please start thinking about who you would like to nominate for those. Once the ballot is set up on the Southeast website, I will post to the list to let everyone know it is up and you can then request your username and password to access the site.

There has also been a lot of talk about tradition in the Southeast. Hopefully, over the next two months we will have some articles in the newsletter about those exact things. I would like to carry on old traditions and also make new ones. Please send articles or even subjects to Laurie Patton at PiratesLairMC@aol.com with things you would like to see.

Everyone have a great weekend coming up and safe travels.....

Ed Manning
SE Regional Director