Notice of PRBCC Extraordinary General Meeting 15 April 2012

Dear Member/s 29 March 2012 

Notice of PRBCC Extraordinary General Meeting 

15 April 2012 

All PRBCC members are invited to come and vote for their new club committee. This EGM has been called in line with PRBCC club 

rules 2008 and in response to advice from our Club President, John Hansson. 

Date: 15/04/2012 

Time: 2.00 pm prompt 

Venue: Burton Green Village Hall, Hodgetts Lane, Burton Green, Kenilworth CV8 1PH 

Purpose of EGM: to elect a new club committee and from this committee to elect officer roles of Chairman, Vice Chairman, Hon. 

Treasurer & Hon. Secretary. 

Anyone wishing to have their vote counted must attend in person on the day; postal votes will not be counted as these are not 

allowed under the Rules and Constitution of the PRBCC. 

All members must be fully paid-up members; renewals must have been paid by the 31 March 2012 to be entitled to vote. Any 

member/s that has not paid their subscription/s will not be allowed to vote. 

The elected committee and officers will meet following the close of the EGM to allocate remaining roles. 

Votes will be taken individually and by paper ballot. 

The following members are standing for election: 

1. Name Corissa Woodhouse 

Proposer Patricia Wyatt 

Seconder Robert Wyatt 

Pen Portrait (100 words or less) 

Since joining the PRBCC I have been supporting the club by donating a lot of my Sparkey Designs Handmade cards, bookmarks, 

magnets and door hangers for the club to raise funds. I have also produced an information leaflet, donated tombola and lucky dip 

prizes, made bunting for the club show table also designing posters and flyers to promote awareness for the Ragdoll rescue. I hope 

that my designing and crafting skills will be of great benefit to the club 

2. Name Denise Adams 

Proposer Jenny Dunstall 

Seconder Lesley Szwed 


Ragdolls first came into my life in 2004 and I fell in love with the Breed. I have been owned by Ragdolls since then and would not 

have it any other way. I began showing during 2007 and also started breeding at that time. I have been a member of the PRBCC 

since 2007 and joined the committee in 2008. I take my committee membership seriously and take pride in my attendance having 

missed only one committee meeting during this time (due to hand rearing a litter of kittens). I have held the roles of Trophy 

Secretary and Hon. Secretary. 

3. Name Lynne Parkes 


Seconder Robert Wyatt 


I have kept cats for the last 20 years and during the last 12 have owned, shown and bred Ragdolls. I have been a member of the 

PRBCC for many years holding the office of Vice Chair for the last 4 years and also been the clubs Welfare officer, helping to rehome 

and raise funds for Ragdolls. Having worked in a vets for 15 years, I hope that I can continue to bring a valuable insight and 

knowledge to the club. I would love to be part of a committee that works together to help the club succeed.

4. Name Jenny Dunstall 

Proposer Denise Adams 

Seconder Lynne Parkes 


I’ve been involved with the PRBCC for six years and have been helping at shows most of that time as I did table work at my first 

ever cat show for the PRBCC in 2006. I have held roles of Secretary, Treasurer, Trophy Secretary, BAC representative and 

Acting Vice Chair and am keen for PRBCC to move sustainably into the future using new technology, through improving 

communications with members and helping the breed develop and establish, reducing club costs where possible without reducing 

services to members. I breed and show Ragdolls and Snowshoes and work at the University of Northampton. 

5. Name Patricia Wyatt 

Proposer Robert Wyatt 



I have been a member of the club almost from it’s beginning, always remaining loyal even when living abroad.I have been 

treasurer twice and have done other jobs within the club including the bacon butties and judges lunches! I have been breeding and 

showing cats for 26 yrs now. I am often out and about at the various shows promoting our breed and our friendly club. If elected 

onto the committee I will continue to help and support the cats, club and owners in anyway I can, whilst being faithful to our aims 

and constitution as I always do. 

6. Name Sue Ainge 

Proposer Gary Parkes 

Seconder Patricia Wyatt 


I have no experience being on a Committee, nor do I have any in breeding Ragdoll cats. I do however have a great passion for the 

breed and its promotion as I believe it has unique qualities not found in many other cats. This is of course my opinion! Although 

some people may feel that my lack of experience would be of no benefit to the Club, I feel that this may actually bring a new 

prospective and possibly, some fresh ideas. What I lack in experience, I can assure you I make up for in enthusiasm! 

7. Name Robert Wyatt 




I am 53 years old and have been showing and breeding Ragdoll cats with my wife since we married 4 years ago. Between Patricia 

and me we have five children. I joined the committee in 2011 and was appointed the editor of the Rags Progress magazine in 

January 2012. I work for a charity supporting adults with Learning Disabilities. While we lived in Spain, I owned and ran a 

popular expat magazine called Campo, expanding its area of distribution and readership, and I believe this experience will be of 

benefit to the club’s management. 

8. Name Mandy Groutage 


Seconder Jenny Dunstall 


I would like to be part of the Club’s committee as I feel I have lots of attributes to offer the club, Some of the qualities I can 

bring are :- Administrative: - I have a wealth of experience in processing and dealing with Administrative processes. 

Managerial – I am a qualified Manager by trade and deal with all aspects of people and organisational issue’s on a daily basis, 

always ensuring I find the best fit for any circumstance. Personal. My Passion for cat breeding has been with me from a young 

age and still continues to grow

9. Name Jill Cave 


Seconder. Jenny Dunstall 


I met my first Ragdoll in 2010 and fell in love with the Breed. I researched the Breed read as much as I could and then went in 

search of my first Ragdoll. I had my first litter of babies in 2011 from this litter I kept a lovely female and am besotted with the 

breed. I now have two Ragdolls and would like to show them. I joined the PRBCC in 2011 and am keen to help the Club in any 

way that I can. 

10. Name Lesley Szwed 




My name is Lesley Szwed and have been showing cats since the late '80's.Iam the Household Pets Administrator, as I was 

instrumental in the setting up of the scheme. I am also the Joint Show Manager of the Coventry & Leicester Cat Club ,and more 

recently the Supreme Household Pets section manager .I have 3 daughters and a grandson ,the eldest daughter being Assistant 

Show Manager of the Coventry & Leicester ,and the other two ,section manager ,and judging Household Pets . 

11. Name Jane Straw 




I first found Ragdolls when searching for an indoor companion for our very shy Persian. As soon as I met one I fell in love and as 

everyone knows, one is not enough! I have been breeding and showing Ragdolls since 2007 and would love to share any 

knowledge I have. I feel that the aims of the PRBCC should be to welcome all and encourage responsible breeding. Having 

experienced an HCM scare I also feel that wherever possible we should encourage vets to become more informed and wary of 

making a false diagnosis. 

12. Name Jayne Canlin 

Proposer Denise Adams. 



I got my first Ragdoll as a kitten nearly 5 years ago; she was on the active register .I got my prefix last year. HCM and PKD 

testing are so important to the breed, but not everyone seems to take it seriously! I would like to be on the committee so that we 

can encourage others to care about HCM and PKD too! 

Denise Adams 

Hon. Secretary 

PRBCC 

Close of Meeting

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