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CFA
Havana Brown |
BREED
COUNCIL INFORMATION
The
CFA Breed Councils were established in 1970 to serve as an advisory
body on breed standards to the CFA Executive Board. Each of the breeds
recognized by CFA for championship competition has its own Breed Council
and Breed Council Secretary.
The CFA Breed Councils are comprised of individuals experienced in their
chosen breed/division section, and who meet other eligibility
requirements established by the CFA Executive Board. Each breed
council channels opinions and suggestions from the individual breeder
to the Board through the specific breed secretary and the breed
standard is updated after receiving approval from the members of
the breed council and the Board. From time to time, each breed council
also updates its breed
profile, a more informal introduction to the breed. Every 2 years
an election is held by CFA and a Breed Council Secretary is elected
to be the spokesperson for the Breed Council.
The role of the Breed Council includes
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To protect and maintain the integrity of the Havana Brown Breed Standard,
based upon the ideals of the founders, while ensuring the welfare of
the breed
•To present recommendations on allowable outcrosses.
•To present recommendations on rules for registration.
•To mentor new breeders and to educate and inform them about
those aspects of the breed which are unique and which should be preserved.
•To collect and disseminate information on aspects of feline
health which are pertinent to maintaining a high quality of life
for the Havana Brown.
BREED COUNCIL SECRETARY:
The
current Breed Council Secretary is Norma J. Placchi who has been working
with the breed since the early 1970's. She and her late husband, Howard,
registered BUNDASH CATTERY with CFA in February 1971 and were breeding
and showing American Shorthairs when Norma saw her first Havana Brown
at a CFA show in Santa Barbara, CA. It was love at first sight. A breeding
pair was rapidly acquired and the first Bundash Havana Brown litter was
produced in 1974. Norma entered the CFA Judging Program in 1979 and has
been an All-Breed judge since 1988. She was first elected Breed Council
Secretary in 1986 and has served in that capacity to date with the exception
of a personal hiatus from 1997 to 2002.
Bundash
Cattery can claim several "firsts" for the breed. The Placchi's
were the owners of
the very first Havana Brown to achieve the title of Distinguished Merit
-- CH Charm's Dazzle'M of Bundash, bred by Pat Swihart. This was achieved
in one litter of five which all attained their Grands. Another first occurred
in 1990 when GC RW Bundash's Jane Eyre, D.M. became the first "almost
made it" cat, placing 26th in the National Standings. Bundash Cattery
produced the first and only Havana Brown kitten to achieve the title of
National Winner, GC NW Bundash Levi Garrett, placing as 11th Best Kitten
in 1997.
CH Charm's
Dazzle'M of Bundash, DM
Dazzle was the first Havana Brown
to receive the title Distinguished Merit.
Norma can be reached via email nplacchi@spinn.net.