Mission Statement:
"To preserve,
promote and protect the Sokoke Cat."
Statement of Purpose:
To implement
guidelines to ensure continued breeding and research aimed at preserving,
and in turn protecting, the Sokoke as well as their forest home and the
unknown Sokokes still there.
To
accomplish this purpose, we vow to work together as breeders and Sokoke
lovers to the betterment and improvement of the breed. To stay in
touch and consult with each other, exchanging breeding animals, and placing
the highest priority on kittens as breeders.
We further vow to share all information to be kept in a data base along
with our pedigree information so that we can begin to research our own
breed and keep on top of any problems that may be there, as well as to
have information to use as a guideline for planning future breeding crosses.
To encourage members to promote Sokokes, the Association will provide free
flyers (20 per year) to members for distribution to the public at cat shows,
fairs, bazaars, and any other public forum we can gain permission to bring
our cats and information to. Flyers are copiable and will be sent
with one unfolded for copying.
We have "adopted" the Friends of the Arabuko Sokoke Forest to recieve 10%
of our membership fees and 10% of the proceeds from the sale of our framable
Certified Pedigrees. Click here for
a sample pedigree.
Sokoke Cat Registry:
To maintain
complete and accurate pedigrees and records of all Sokokes, not just those
in America and to issue "Certified Pedigrees".
We will collect all pedigree information from any source available.
All cats and kittens are registered with NASA at no charge to insure full
information. The pedigrees will be available on line for free access
to any interested party and to encourage corrections and additional information.
The "Certified Pedigrees" are designed to be beautiful and suitable for
framing as gifts, etc. They are 8 1/2" x 11" in size, in full color,
and include a color photo of the cat provided by the owner.
Meetings:
Meetings
will be informal and called by the Chairperson as needed. Purhaps
in the future a more regular meeting schedule will be required and this
will change. Any member can request a meeting by contacting the Chairperson
or Vice Chair.
Meetings
can be on line or held in conjunction with a show or other activity where
many members will attend.
We are looking at a September meeting so that the minutes will be available
for the October issue of the newsletter. So, get your memberships
in to be included in this very important meeting!!
Voting:
Official
voting will be done by mail so that all members have the ability to vote.
Only active (paid) Breeder Members have voting privilages.
Newsletter:
Newsletter
will be issued quarterly on line (a few can be mailed to those unable to
receive the on line version). Anyone can submitt articles, classified
ads, show information, etc to any issue.
The next issue is due out in October. Any contributions need to be
sent to the Newsletter Editor ASAP. Email is prefered. Send
your contributions to: Pat Longley at <patsu4@yahoo.com> with
"Sokoke newsletter" in the subject line. If sending by mail send
to: Pat Longley, 1006 N 6th ST, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814.
If sending photos by mail, please use a floppy or CD as my scanner doesn't
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