Oriental Breed Advisory Committee

The Oriental Joint Breed Advisory Committee
The Oriental Seminar

Breed Advisory Committees

There is a Breed Advisory Committee for each breed group recognised by the GCCF, its functions being:

To operate, within the Philosophy and Principles of the GCCF Judge Appointment Scheme, Rules of Procedure for the Selection of Judges for the breeds catered for by the member Clubs.
To nominate persons who have satisfied the BAC as to their suitability, to the GCCF for appointment as Probationer or Full Judge.
To maintain contact with Judges on their Breed Judge List and to keep them aware of any objectives in the development of the breed(s) and any amendments to the Standards of Points.
To monitor the ability and progress of Stewards and Probationer Judges in their BAC Scheme and to provide advice, training and tuition as required.
To organise seminars to communicate and debate current affairs with all Judges on their Breed Judge List and to facilitate practical demonstrations and training for stewards and Judges.
In relation to breeds for which the BAC caters, to discuss and make proposals to the GCCF Board on matters relating to Standards of Points, Registration Policies, advancement of status and applications for new breeds. Such proposals are the sole prerogative of the BAC.
To discuss and make proposals to the GCCF on any other matters relating either to breeds for which the BAC caters or to Judges on the BAC Breed Judge List.

A breed group may consist of a single breed (e.g. Korat, Cornish Rex) a group of colours or patterns (e.g. Self Persians, Tabby Persians) or all colours and patterns of a breed (e.g. British, Asian, Burmese, Siamese). Prior to the BAC system being set up, Judges were appointed to lists which might consist of a single colour of a breed (e.g. Blue Persian, Chinchilla, Havana) or a large group (e.g. British, Burmese, Siamese) and had to apply separately for each list. The BAC system amalgamated many of the single colour lists into groups, so that Judges would be appointed to all breeds within that group.

The Oriental Joint Breed Advisory Committee

Before the BAC system, each Oriental Shorthair breed had a separate judge list, so a Judge of Havanas was not necessarily a Judge of Whites or Blacks. The BAC system amalgamated these into two breed groups - Oriental Self and Oriental Non-Self. Oriental Longhairs remained a separate breed group.

Judges were appointed separately to each of these groups so a Full Judge of Oriental Selfs could judge all Oriental Self breeds but was not necessarily a Judge of Oriental Non-Selfs or Oriental Longhairs.

The BACs for these separate lists met together as the Oriental Joint BAC.

The Oriental Bicolour list was added when Oriental Bicolours gained Preliminary recognition. When they achieved Provisional recognition, the Oriental Bicolour BAC was formed. It was initially part of the Oriental Joint BAC, but left OJBAC and met on its own when Bicolours achieved Championship status.

From February 2015, the individual Oriental lists have been combined in a single list, for which OJBAC is the BAC.

Oriental Seminar

The Oriental Joint BAC holds a seminar at least every other year, sometimes in conjunction with other BACs, for the benefit of candidates, Judges, Club representatives and breeders. It is a forum for education, assessing the candidates and discussing the judging of Orientals, with cats present to illustrate the topics discussed.

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