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reports & Minutes A resume of breed council meetings will be provided here together with various reports applicable to the Border Collie.

Letter from the Chairman:
During 2011 your breed council has had 3 meetings at Moira and 1 meeting at Newark Notts, All of these meeting were well represented with reps travelling from as far afield as Kent and Edinburgh. This shows the true dedication of your representatives - they are dedicated and very willing to put in the hours and the miles to achieve the goals we have set ourselves to improve our breed's health and welfare. Your officers have spent many hours in dialogue/discussions with the KC on a wide range of subjects. Sometimes agreements made around the table seem to disappear as soon as we are out of sight. Our first meeting of this year at Clarges Street the agenda was headed "The Show Border Collie Herding Test" - the original judges, myself and the KC officials spent hours revamping the rules and structure of this test. We came to an agreement which then needed to be rubber stamp by the general committee - IT happened some 6 months later . Mid summer we had a meeting at Heathrow with the late Alan Wilton to discuss DNA testing. He made a big impression on me - his easy manner, ability to explian things simply and his passion for his work. Sadly since then Alan has passed away. He will be sorely missed by the world of dogs, and his legacy will live on. RIP Alan it was a pleasure to meet you. Our last meeting of 2011 was one of the shortest on record. With a room full of enthusiasts with a strong opinion I had expected hours of heated debate. The main topic on the agenda was whether or not gonioscopy testing should go onto schedule A for our Breed. This would mean that all accredited breeders would have to have their breeding stock gonioscopy tested and the results would be made public - printed in the kennel gazette. After much discussion a vote was taken and the proposal failed. After more discussion on the topic it was agreed that the Breed Council should contact the BVA and the KC to ask if it would be possible to record all results from gonioscopy tests without the test going on schedule A - we now await the outcome of this. I was very pleased we were able to come to a sensible compromise. Don't forget we represent the clubs you belong to - if you have an opinion, interest or concern then pass these to your clubs Breed Council representative.
Best wishes for 2012.
Bob Tunnicliff Border Collie Breed Council Chairman

The next meeting is scheduled for: TBC

BORDER COLLIE BREED COUNCIL MEETING 30TH JULY 2011
This meeting was held at Moira Miners Welfare and 7 clubs attended. The clubs in attendance were; EABCC, BCCGB, MBCC, WEBCC, Scottish BCC, NWBCC and NEBCC. Apologies were received from Wessex, Wales and the SBCC

The next breed council open day will be held in 2012 (date to follow)
The proposed herding test judges still had not been passed by the KC, the chairman will contact the KC to find out what is the cause of delay. Once the judges have been confirmed these details will be added to this web site.
The registration of working sheepdogs was discussed at length. We have written previously to the KC giving the council's views and to date we have not received a reply. We will contact them again hoping that they will take our views on board as the majority think this would be acceptable as long as siblings were NOT allowed to be registered.
The alleged incident at Crufts was discussed again and we will contact the lady involved.
Just dogs at East of England was attended by the BCCGB and the MBCC.
After a long debate about the test results of the gonoscopy testing and the question on whether or not they should go onto schedule A, a vote was taken. The result was 5 against 1 for and 1 club abstained, therefore the motion was not carried.
After reading this resume, and if you have any thoughts or views ,please contact any club that you are a member of by e mail or letter. They will be pleased to receive your input and they can then request to have any subject put on the agenda for the next meeting. The next meeting is to be confirmed.
Bob Tunnicliff Border Collie Breed Council Chairman