ADA becomes member of IDC

Dear Dobermann Friends,

First of all, Thank You for your support and hard work for the dobermann breed. I have just returned from Europe, where I was officially invited to represent the American Dobermann Association, ADA, at the IDC congress in Bratislava. The congress started Friday Sep. 5th at 9 a.m. The honor guest at the congress was Mr. Hans Muller, president of the FCI, who accepted the invitation from Mr. Hans Wiblishauser, president of the IDC, and stayed with us, the dobermann community for all the four days of the event. (Picture on the right depicts the IDC commission).

The IDC congress agenda began with:

1. Official opening of the IDC Congress 2003 and welcome address by the IDC President - Mr. Hans Wiblishauser.

2. Countries represented and eligible to vote (Membership list)

3. Apologies

4. The minutes of the IDC Congress 2002 -Desio, Italy

5. SECRETARIAL OFFICE:
5.1. Email Addresses;
5.2. Distribution of the Minutes;
5.3. Membership Application Form;
5.4. IDC Constitution

6. FINANCIAL/TREASURER'S REPORT:
6.1. Annual financial report by the Treasurer, Mr. R. Beunekens;
6.2 Arrears

7. IDC MEMBERSHIP:
7.1. New applications;
7.2. Terminations of membership

8. CURRENT PROBLEMS FACING THE DOBERMANN BREED:
8.1. Mr. Hans Wiblishauser
8.2. Dobermann diseases in Portugal since 2001

9. REPORT BY THE IDC BREED WARDEN
9.1. Mr. Walter Hensel

10. REPORT BY THE IDC WORKING TRIALS WARDEN
10.1. Mr. Rainer Fredrich

11. PROPOSALS:
11.1. Finland - All IDC Member Clubs should release all HD & PHTVL/PHPV results on their website, updated annually;
11.2. Belgium - IDC Member Clubs organizing Club Championship Shows,should not do so
on the same weekends

12. ZTP PROPOSALS:
12.1. Germany - ZTP in IDC Countries (Regulations);
12.2. Portugal - ZTP in foreign countries- dogs must pass the ZTP either in their own
country of registration or in Germany;
12.3. South Africa - Unauthorized ZTP events by IDC Member Clubs;
- Publication of ZTP results from all IDC Member Countries;

13. VENUES FOR FUTURE IDC EVENTS:
13.1. IDC Congress & Show 2004 - Italy
13.2. IDC World Championship 2004 - Slovakia
13.3. IDC Congress and Show 2005 - Spain
13.4. IDC World Championship 2005 - Germany
13.5. IDC Congress and Show 2006 - Belgium
13.6. IDC World Championship 2006 - Belgium
13.7. IDC Congress and Show 2007 - Check Republic
13.8. IDC World Championship 2007 - Italy

14. GENERAL:

15. CLOSING ADDRESS BY THE IDC PRESIDENT:
15.1. Mr. Hans Wiblishauser

More details of the congress can be found for the ADA member in our official ADA newsletter "Dobermann Friend"

IDC Membership - New applications.

We submitted our official application to be members of the IDC.
Mr. Wiblishauser, president of the IDC, invited me to introduce to all present at the Congress our new American Dobermann Association.
I explained to the Congress that we are the only Dobermann Association in US that uses the FCI Standard for all our events. For the correct application of the standard, we introduced a Technical Program for Quality where the essential tools to develop this program are the Breeding Regulations and the Trial Regulations. We gave a copy of our program to all the official delegations present at the Congress.
After this presentation I asked if there were any questions.
At this point Mr. Hans Muller, president of the FCI, intervened and gave his full support for the American Dobermann Association, ADA, repeating the importance of using the FCI Standard and the European show style in US for our dobermann breed. His positive talk was very supportive of ADA and its program. After this speech, Mr. Hans Wiblishauser called for the vote and there was no country who voted against ADA. Thus, our Application was successful and the President, Mr. Hans Wiblishauser, extended a welcome and congratulations to ADA on behalf of the IDC.

Dearest Dobermann Friends, I would like to share with you this very important news: The American Dobermann Association, ADA, is now an official member of the IDC at only eight months from the day of its foundation!
Thank You again for your support!

May God bless and guide us!

Sincerely,

Roberto Zorzi
ADA Office