REPORT OF CGS REGISTRY ACTIVITY AT CLRC TO APRIL 30, 2022:

Registrations up 27.1% over 2021 year to date.

Transfers up 29.2% over 2021 YTD.

Memberships up 3.9% over 2021 YTD. 2021 was the best year since 2002 for memberships!

New memberships are down 12.2% from last year.

Herd prefix registrations are down 6.9%.

Tattoo letter registrations are down 12.2%.

Units of business processed in the first third of the year are up 18.5%

Over the last three years there has been a real uptick in new memberships and registration of herd prefixes and tattoo letters. In actual numbers the number of new herd prefixes is only down five, tattoo ĺetters are only down two and new members are down nine from the same period in 2021.

Otherwise a very robust start to the year!

LATEST SHOW SANCTION NEWS

We have received two more show sanction applications!
The Vancouver Island Goat Association have made application for an Open Doe Show at the Vancouver Island Ex at Nanaimo, BC on August 28th. This show will follow the West National Goat Show, held at the same location, on August 27th.

In Ontario, Caledonia Fair at Caledonia has applied for an Open Doe Show on October 1st, 2022. 

REPORT OF MARCH 2022 MEETING OF CGS BOARD

This meeting took the form of Zoom call on March 15, 2022.

The following topics were addressed:

-Determination of a resource for parliamentary procedure for CGS meetings.

-Confirmation of the Executive Committee for CGS for 2022 President Sandy Howell; First Vice-President Susan Frazer; Second Vice-President: Chris Grab.

-Given the resignation of Quebec director Catherine Lord the Board addressed filling the vacancy. A motion was approved to contact all current CGS members in Quebec to solicit expressions of interest in filling the Board position. ( Quebec members were contacted very soon after the meeting.)

-Nomination of a panel of Ed Cavanagh, Coordinator; Eugenia Carnegie and Lorraine Keeping for the JLC West in May was approved.

-The Board approved sending of invoices for renewal of licenses for 2022/2023 for all Judges on the official list with a deadline for payment by April 15, 2022.

-The Board determined that there is need for a full review of the Policy and Procedure manual for Judges Licensing Conferences. Chris Grab and Jonathan Dugdale were asked to lead the review.

-Further work on determining a roster of classifiers and trainees for classification and work to ensure uniformity in performance of classifiers took place.

-The Board approved a motion to expand our reserve/investment fund by a further $5,000.

-The Board engaged in a discussion about expanding education for buyers and sellers of purebred, registered breeding stock so that all requirements of the CGS by-laws and the Animal Pedigree Act are met.

REPORT OF FEBRUARY 2022 CGS BOARD MEETING

This meeting was held in mid-February prior to the CGS AGM.

Highlights of the meeting:

-President Sandy Howell expressed thanks to Callum McLeod, Karen Cavanagh and Ed Cavanagh for their service on the Board during their terms in office.

Howell also welcomed three new members to the Board-Chris Grab from Alberta, Tanya McCarthy and Jonathan Dugdale both from Ontario.

-All Board members provided an introduction including a recounting of their experiences working with goats and with other organizations and boards.

-The 2021 financial statements, reviewed by our chosen accounting firm, were approved. In 2020 the margin of revenue over expenses had been $2127 while in 2021 the same margin was $31,050. During the year a reserve/investment fund of $30,000 had been established.         

-Topics addressed during the meeting were the on-going review of by-laws and work that had been done with Agriculture and Agrifood Canada, the re-launch of classification in 2022, ongoing review of options for registry services either through an updating of the system used by our current service provider or investigation of other options, publishing of a high quality Yearbook of accomplishments at the end of 2022, ideas on establishing a CGS Youth Recognition program, approval of a budget for 2022, approval of an application to host a Judges Licensing Conference in Alberta in mid-May 2022, work on a proposal for a Judges Licensing Conference in Ontario during 2022.

The Board approved naming Barry Van Camp of Blackstock, Ontario as the CGS nominee to the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair.

Open Doe Show at Centreville Fair – Centreville, Ontario

An application for a Sanctioned Open Doe Show at Centreville Fair held in Centreville, Ontario has been received and processed. The show will take place on September 3, 2022. It is exciting to see a steady stream of show applications arrive! More news on other shows coming soon!

2022 SANCTIONED SHOWS TO DATE

On April 6th show packages are being sent to the following shows who have submitted approved sanction applications and payment:

  1. Ontario Dairy Buck Show, June 11, Lindsay, Ontario. Open Buck Show.
  2. Highland Classic Show, July 16, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Open Doe Show.
  3. Listowel Fair, July 17, Listowel, Ontario. Open doe Show
  4. Two separate shows  at Millarville, Alberta on August 20 and 21. Both are sanctioned as Open Doe Shows.

In addition the West National Show will be held on Vancouver Island at Nanaimo, British Columbia in late August. The East National Show will take place in early November at the 100th Anniversary Show of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair!!

More to follow as additional shows are sanctioned!

Updated Registry Processing statistics for the first quarter of 2022

We have received  the year to date (YTD)  registry processing numbers from CLRC and we’re excited to share them with all of you!

Here we go!

Memberships are up 5.9% over the same period in 2021 at just under 470!

Registrations are up 17.6% over 2021 YTD! 

Transfers are up 20.3% !!

New Herd prefix/name and Tattoo combination registrations are up 17% and 22% respectively over the same first quarter period in 2021!

New members are up 8%.

Overall units of work processed are up 21.9% !

This is a good start to the year!