Secretary's Announcements

Results

Submitted by William Whiteley on Mon, 18/05/2020 - 00:00

The Committee are pleased to announce the results of the proposal voting for 2020 as attached.

REMINDER - AGM Voting Closes Midday/Noon/1200 Thursday 14th May

Submitted by Justin Shearing on Wed, 13/05/2020 - 14:33

Reminder for anyone yet to vote who wishes to do so - the window is closing fast.

The voting period for the 2020 BFA AGM has been open since Monday 4th May and will close on midday Thursday 14th May.

It will not be possible to register a vote after 1200 on Thursday.

A summary of the AGM discussion is available on the BFA Blog.

 

BFA VIPER update - July Tournaments

Submitted by Rachel Short on Mon, 11/05/2020 - 10:42
BFA VIPER Update 11 May 2020 As you will have heard, Boris Johnson has started to set out the roadmap to recovery and an outline of how lockdown restrictions might start to ease gradually over the summer. The BFA will continue to closely monitor the situation but will only support the re-start of sanctioned Flyball competitions when it is clearly safe to do so and can be done in accordance with any guidelines issued by the government. The safety of our members and our dogs, and the protection of the NHS is paramount.

AGM Summary 2020

Submitted by Rachel Short on Thu, 30/04/2020 - 09:49
The AGM Summary is now available to view. This includes discussions around each proposal, though some proposals did not have any discussion and this is clearly noted. Please note that NINE proposals were reworded during the AGM, these are highlighted in yellow. CES are currently preparing all documentation in readiness for the voting period to open on Monday 4th May 2020. The voting period will close at 12pm (noon) on Thursday 14th May 2020. Please note: Only BFA members who renewed their 2020 membership on or before 3rd February 2020 are eligible to vote.

BFA Committee 2020/21

Submitted by Rachel Short on Sun, 26/04/2020 - 15:35

Following the BFA Annual General Meeting on 25th April 2020 the BFA Committee are pleased to announce your new committee structure for 2019/20

AGM reminder - only one day left to register

Submitted by Katie Burns on Wed, 22/04/2020 - 16:45

The first online BFA AGM will be held this Saturday at 10am.

Registration is still available via the following link. Please ensure you input your BFA number correctly as this will be checked and only active BFA members will be able to enter the webinar. Registration will close on the 23rd April at 10pm in order to ensure we can approve all requests in time.

 

BFA Covid-19 VIPER update - June tournaments

Submitted by Rachel Short on Tue, 21/04/2020 - 18:20

The BFA Committee have held a VIPER meeting via Zoom and, due to the recent government announcement that the lockdown restrictions are due to remain in place for at least a further three weeks, made the decision to cancel all BFA Sanctioned Tournaments up to and including 30th June 2020. All relevant Tournament Organisers have been informed. The affected tournaments are:

BFA AGM Agenda 2020

Submitted by Rachel Short on Fri, 10/04/2020 - 19:02

The BFA Committee have produced the agenda for this year's AGM to be held via Zoom Webinar on Saturday 25th April 2020. Please note that there will be no voting cast on the day for any of the proposals, except for potential amendments. To clarify, this year only adult members who had renewed their membership on or before 3rd February 2020 are eligible to vote when the online vote opens after the AGM and a further announcement will be made regarding this.

2020 AGM - Online webinar via Zoom

Submitted by Katie Burns on Thu, 09/04/2020 - 20:55
AGM Announcement 25th April 10am till 4pm

The Committee is pleased to announce that this years AGM will be fully online in the form of a Zoom webinar.

This will give all members the opportunity to hear updates from the officials and to participate in discussion for all proposed changes to the rules.

Committee Nomination Results

Submitted by Rachel Short on Sun, 05/04/2020 - 13:29
Following the closure of the BFA Committee Nomination vote the BFA Committee are pleased to announce your new committee for 2020/21. The current committee will remain in post until the meeting of the new committee on 26th April. David Murdoch Justin Shearing Rachel Short Katie Burns Craig Burrows Alicia Marsland Jeannette Shelley Will Whiteley Ellen Barraclough. Standing down: Jenni Wallace We look forward to inviting you to the BFA AGM, via video media, on Saturday 25th April (further details to follow).