| General Rules | Show Rules | |||
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1. | The club shall be called 'The Yorkshire Canary Club'. | OBJECTS Top |
2. | The objects of the club shall be the encouragement of the breeding, exhibiting and Extending of the classification of the Yorkshire Canary in every direction. | OFFICERS, MANAGEMENT AND MEETINGS Top |
3. | The officers of the club (five to form a quorum) shall consist of President, Chairman,Vice-Chairman, three Vice-Presidents (one to be elected each year of which the longest serving shall become the President), Secretary & Treasurer (combined office) and a committee of members elected at the AGM. The retiring President not to be eligible for re-election to Vice-President for at least three years after retirement from office. | 4. | The business of the club shall be conducted in writing, the Secretary keeping all aquainted with the club's business as decided by the officers who shall have full power to transact everything. | 5. | The dispersing of the club's funds shall be in the hands of the officers. | 6. | The Annual General Meeting shall be held on a Saturday, the date, time and venue to be notified previously to each member who, if unable to attend, shall be allowed to make any statement or vote by writing. | 7. | Every member shall be provided with a copy of the club's rules. | 8. | Any proposal to alter a rule of the club must be made in writing to the Secretary at least fourteen days prior to the annual Nominations Meeting in January. | 9. | All such proposals which, in accordance with Rule 18, are approved on a vote of at least two thirds of the members present at the Nominations meeting, shall be notified to all members in a letter sent our with the ballot paper for election of officers to the club. | 10. | Any business brought forward can be transacted at an Annual General Meeting. | 11. | There shall be three general meetings each year: The Nominations Meeting, The Annual General Meeting, and The Show Meeting. |
12. | The Nominations Meeting shall be held prior to the AGM. to nominate all officers other than the President. All members shall be allowed to send in by post the names of nominees for the respective positions. All nominations which receive a seconder to be put on ballot papers, distributed to members and where there is more than one contender for a position, voted upon. | 13. | The Patronage Secretary shall confirm which clubs and shows shall receive YCC patronage in the coming show season. | 14. | The Show Meeting shall decide the organisation and management of the YCC Open Show held on the final full weekend in October. | 15. | The Secretary or President when requisitioned by 5 members to call a Special Meeting shall first have a meeting of committee to discuss the business sent by 5 such members who shall give full particulars of the resolution. Before such a Special Meeting of the whole club shall be called ten days' notice must be given. | 16. | The President, Chairman, 3 Vice-Presidents and Secretary shall constitute a sub-committee to meet and confer with representatives of other specialist clubs on matters of vital importance relating to the fancy if called upon. | 17. | Scrutineers are allowed to vote at all meetings. | 18. | On any proposition if less than two thirds of the members present voted the proposition shall be void. | MEMBERSHIP AND SUBSCRIPTIONS Top |
19. | Application for membership must be made in writing to the Secretary. | 20. | All applicants for membership of the club shall be considered either by the committee or at the AGM and any applicant may be refused membership without assigning any reason for it. | 21. | All members of a firm must be members of the club or they cannot compete for the club's specials. | 22. | Life membership is an honour awarded in recognition of outstanding service to the club. Life membership shall be restricted to a maximum of eight members at any one time. When a vacancy arises, a new Life Member shall be nominated. | 23. | An annual subscription shall be payable in one of the following categories: i) ordinary member or overseas member; ii) partnership; iii) old age pensioner iv) juvenile up to and including 16 years of age. |
24. | Any member whose subscription is not paid up shall not participate in any benefits of the club. Should any member neglect to pay the subscription, he/she will be notified by the Secretary. No club Handbook will be sent to any member who has not paid the previous year's subscription. Should any member fall two years in arrears and fail to pay upon notification from the Secretary, he shall be suspended from membership and reported to the other specialist clubs as per Rule 40. | 25. | Any person may cease to be a member of the club at any time on giving notice to the Secretary in writing to that effect and on payment of all liabilities due to the club. | PATRONAGE Top |
26. | Full patronage shall mean where the club's specials are in competition. | 27. | The closing date for application for patronage shall be 30th April. | 28. | Judges at patronage shows must be breeders and exhibitors of Yorkshire Canaries. | 29. | Full patronage shall not be given to shows that make less than sixteen Yorkshire classes in each section Champion and Novice. | 30. | The club's minimum classification for full patronage shall be sixteen classes in each section, Champion and Novice, these being eight old bird classes and eight unflighted classes. | 31. | Award of merit patronage requires eight classes in each section, Champion and Novice, these being four old bird classes and four unflighted classes. | 32. | Rule rescinded | 33. | Patronage shall be given on merit, distance between shows not to sway any decision. | 34. | The club's competitions shall be competed for at full patronage shows and when a partnership dissolves all previous wins for trophies do not count after the current year. | 35. | It is a condition of patronage that the Yorkshire Canary show cage is displayed sideways on at all mixed variety cage bird shows. To accommodate this, the cage label shall be affixed to the bottom right hand corner of the show cage, on the long side, with the drinker facing the right as you view the show cage sideways on. | 36. | A judge can only judge at four full patronage shows in any single show season; these four may include not more than two specialist shows. Eligible judges for the YCC shall be selected on the following criteria: i) Must be Champion exhibitors of five years or more. ii) Must have judged a minimum of two previous Yorkshire Canary specialist shows. iii) A maximum of two of the three YCC club show judges in any one year shall be judging that show for the first time. iv) Judges shall be selected by ballot following the January YCC Nominations Meeting. v) Judges may not judge two YCC shows in succession. |
CHAMPION AND NOVICE STATUS Top |
37. | A Champion in any other variety of cage birds, excepting canaries, can start as a Novice in the Yorkshire Canary Section. | 38. | Any person residing or keeping his/her birds in the same house as a Champion Exhibitor of the same species shall be debarred from competing as an Open Novice. | 39. | A working agreement shall be formed between the YCC and all UK specialist Yorkshire Canary clubs to enforce a universal Open Novice rule and to protect the interests of all Yorkshire Canary Breeders throughout the British Isles. | 40. | We shall uphold the disqualification of other specialist clubs and agree to report to each other the disqualifications and suspensions. | 41. | At any meeting held between the representatives of the aforementioned societies in furtherance of any relative matter which has the interests of the respective societies as its object, the expenses of the said meeting shall be shared equally and paid by the said societies. | 42. | An Open Novice is one who has not previously won a first prize in Open Champion classes. He/she shall cease to be an Open Novice when he/she shall have had one win for each of seven years (show seasons) in classes of ten or more exhibits. The exhibitor can get as many Firsts as possible but only one shall count for Novice Status each year. An award of Best Novice Bird at a full patronage show to count as a win towards the seven required for Champion Status. | CLUB COMPETITIONS Top |
43. | A member is eligible to win a YCC competition if he/she has gained the highest number of points in that competition at the club's full patronage shows; the three highest scoring birds to count for any competition. The six highest shows to count. Any number of shows up to six to be eligible. | 44. | Any member may show any number of birds, but only three nominated birds to count in each competition. (See details of YCC competitions published in the Handbook and show schedules each year). | 45. | Points to count: The seven highest awards in each class to count for points. First to count seven points. If less than seven exhibits, the first award shall count the same number of points as there are exhibits in the class. Each award after the first to count one point less than the award next above it. In case of a tie for money prizes they shall be added together and equally divided. | 46. | All disputes and objections in any of the competitions promoted by the YCC shall be decided upon by the committee, and such complaints must be made to the Secretary in writing within seven days of the cause of the complaint and must plainly state the ground of the complaint. The same to be accompanied by a deposit of £5. If the committee considers the complaint frivolous, they shall have the power to forfeit the deposit. | 47. | Should a member or members be disqualified by a judge at a show held under the patronage of the club, he/she or they shall be debarred from adding any points which may be gained by their other exhibits at the show (unless the reason for the disqualification is disproved on enquiry by the committee on appeal as per Rule 46). | SHOW RULES Top |
1. | Exhibitors are allowed to price their exhibits which are for sale and the price must be stated on the entry form and in the show catalogue. | 2. | Exhibits not for sale shall be marked 'NFS' on the entry form and in the show catalogue. | 3. | 10% will be deducted by the club from all sales. | 4. | There shall be no limit price in Open Classes or Sales Classes. | 5. | All sales must be effected through the Claims Steward or Secretary. | 6. | Prices stated on entry forms and catalogues are for the bird only. Cages are not included. This applies to all classes. | 7. | The rule governing claims is as follows: When a bird has more than one claimant, the first person who claims offers the catalogue price, the second claimant shall offer a minimum of £1 advance, and so on. The price in each instance shall be placed on the claims ticket - this applies to all classes. All previous tickets to be removed. No second or further claim to be made after 3.00pm on the last day of the show. Should there be two or more claimants in the claims office on the point of 3.00pm, they shall all have a claim. The surplus above catalogue price for claimed birds shall be equally divided between the YCC and the exhibitors. The first claimant for any other specimen after 3.00pm till the close of the show to be the purchaser. All birds to be paid for when claimed. |
8. | Birds shown in the sales classes are not eligible for any specials or diplomas other than those which have been donated for these classes. | 9. | Birds in the sales classes may be lifted when purchased. | 10. | No other birds are to be removed from the show hall before the close of the show on the last day. | 11. | No local birds are to be lifted until long distance birds have been lifted. | 12. | All exhibits must be at the place of exhibition, if possible, on the night before the show but not later than none o'clock a.m. on the show day or they will be too late for the competition. | 13. | All birds sent by a carrier must be addressed to the 'YCC Bird Show'. The carriage in all cases must be paid previously by the exhibitor. | 14. | No rail birds will be accepted. | 15. | No person, reporter or otherwise, will be admitted under any pretext whatever to the exhibition previous to its opening, except those who are actually engaged in its arrangement; nor will any exhibit (other than sales birds as described in the relevant section above) be allowed to be removed from the place without the consent of the committee in writing, until close of the show. | 16. | The committee shall not be responsible for any loss or damage that may happen to the exhibits on their way to and from or during the exhibition. | 17. | No alteration of entry form or transference of bird can be permitted once the entry has been made in the entry book. | 18. | Classes to be judged alternately, Champion, Novice, and so on through the classes. | 19. | No bird shall be shown under a judge from whom it was purchased within one month of the show to which the judge has been appointed. | 20. | Any bird which is wrong classed at a show for any reason is automatically disqualified from competing for any specials or trophies at that particular show. | 21. | Stick-on labels are to be fixed to the left of the drinker on show cages. | 22. | YCC black plastic drinkers will be provided to all exhibitors as birds are entered at the show hall and these must be used at the YCC Open Show. | 23. | White canary seed or mixed seed optional in show cages. | 24. | Entry forms to be marked 'YCC'. |