Hi everyone,
Hope you are all well. We’ve had a couple things come up, and I need to send you some reminders. The confusion may well be my fault, but I need to make things clear before they happen again. As the associate program was designed as we went along, there have been unintended consequences we have had to deal with.? Please feel free to contact me with any questions you have.?
1. As far as judging one day, and showing the next, the rule that was passed allows trainees and associates to show only the opposite specialty from which they are licensed. Also, if the co-owner or breeder judges on the first day, that cat can’t be shown on the second day. We are going to try to amend that rule in April, as associates need to show additional cats in the first specialty to qualify for the regular program, but for now, only opposite specialty cats may be shown the second day of that weekend.?
2. As far as clerking both specialties, that was only able to be done as trainees. Once you are a licensed judge or Associate judge, you can only clerk the opposite specialty. The exception to this is that you may clerk both specialties in an area where you are not licensed to judge.?
3. A reminder that all associate judges will need to complete the same continuing education credits as regular judges do. For the first round associates, the first report card will be due in 2025, so if you haven’t attended our zoom meetings or a judges workshop, you’ll need to start doing that. I will send more information about that soon.?
I’m very sorry about any confusion, so please let me know if I can clear anything up for you.?
Thanks,
Anne Mathis
