Copy for Website, Procedure Manual and Minutes; approved at the 11/28/00
Board Meeting.
NATIONAL SPECIALTY SHOW JUDGES SELECTION CRITERIA AND BALLOTING PROCEDURES
We feel it should be an honor to judge at our Nationals.
An individual may only judge a national specialty once every five (5) years.
For the purpose of these rules, "Conformation-Futurity" and
"Sweepstakes" are
viewed as two different specialty "events". Selected judges
will agree to
limit CSP assignments such that they do not pass judgement on Shar-Pei at the
breed level for 6 months prior to the nationals assignment.
SWEEPSTAKES
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
* Must have been a member in good standing of the CSPCA for ten (10 years)
* Must have bred at least four (4) litters (CSPCA, CKC or AKC)
* Must have produced at least two champions (CSPCA, CKC or AKC)
* Provisional AKC Breeder Judges who meet the above standards and have NOT
judged a National Specialty Sweepstakes
* Must not be a fully licensed AKC judge for the breed
CONFORMATION
The ballot will consist of 25 names of both breeder-judges and AKC
Non-Sporting Group Judges, based on the following criteria. The number
of
eligible breederjudges will be determined first. The balance needed to
reach
25 nominees will come from the list of eligible AKC Non-Sporting Group Judges
(requirements listed below) who place highest in the percentage of Shar-Pei
that they have used in the Group.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
All AKC fully licensed breeder judges OR provisionally licensed breeder
judges who have judged Sweepstakes at a previous National Specialty and who
have:
* Been a member of the CSPCA for ten (10) years and
* Judged Shar-Pei at least twice in the previous year
* Been contacted and confirmed their desire to be
considered on the ballot
All AKC Non-Sporting Group judges who have
* Given one Shar-Pei a Group 1 in the past 2 years and who
have
* Given five different Shar-Pei Group placements in the
past 2 years and
who
* Live 200 air miles from the show site
The judging year as used for eligibility runs from October 1st to September
30th.
Foreign judges must be approved by the CSPCA Board of Directors and by AKC.
They are eligible only if they have either bred CSP or had hands on
experience with the breed. They may be nominated in writing by a member
in
good standing prior to October 1st.
NATIONALS SELECTION AND BALLOTING PROCEDURES
The National Specialty Judges Eligibility Committee will keep track of the
appropriate eligibility issues and will contact the Breeder-Judges as set
forth in the Eligibility Sections.
TIME LINE
Judging year -- October 1st to September 30th
November 20th -- list of eligible potential judges completed
Jan/Feb Barker -- has ballots included
April 30th -- Ballots due to accounting firm or independent agent
May Nationals Banquet -- Judges announced
The ballot will be divided into two sections, those eligible for Sweepstakes
and those eligible for Conformation-Futurity. Voters will be asked to
choose
a first, second and third place selection for each section.
A first place vote is worth 3 points
A second place vote is worth 2 points
A third place vote is worth 1 point
The top point earner will be contacted first and offered their choice of
assignments for Conformation- Futurity (Dogs or Bitches or Breed or
Futurity/Maturity) and for sweeps (Dog/Veteran Bitches or Bitches/Veteran
Dogs). The next highest point earner will be offered second choice of
assignments and so on.