Feline Society of Malaysia Suspended??
On October 20th, 2008, the President of Feline Society of Malaysia had publicly announced that (at the CFA Asia / Latin-America Yahoo list) that the notable club in Malaysia, which had close to 20 years of history in existence, Feline Society of Malaysia or FSM in short, had been TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED !!!!
As a member of Feline Society of Malaysia, I expressed my shock, disappointment as well as some questions raised due to the shocking announcement.
1. Why the members of FSM were not informed first and the President had decided to went to public and announce this dreadful news knowing the fact that not all members have accessed to the CFA Asia / Latin-America Yahoo list. In my opinion, this is blatantly rude and no respect at all to FSM members.
2. Her committee had taken over as office bearers since 27th May 2007 and she had blamed the previous committee that they did not file in club accounts and reports since 2003 to our local Registrar of Society (ROS). Didn’t the current committee had checked with ROS when they take over? Why wait till now (after close to 1 and a half year) started to point fingers at the previous committee?
3. This committee was given the trust and mandate by the members to uphold the constitutions of the club and to carry out the activities of the society to the best of their ability but sad to say that they did nothing to ensure the existence of this 18 years old club, but instead they were too busy picking on individuals, mending other people’s fences while ignoring their own, what other clubs and a Sendirian Berhad (Private Limited) company are doing (one can read at the infamous Malaysia Cat Forum and the Official Statement which was released by them somewhere April this year respectively) and not forgetting actively show their cats chasing titles and points ever since they were office bearers.
Question now is did they do any sort of society work as depicted in the FSM Constitution - Section 2 : Aims and Objects that depicts;
2. AIMS AND OBJECTS
a) To safeguard the well being of all cats in general, the promotion of the correct standard required for all registered breeds and to discourage indiscriminate breeding.
b) To assist members through the dissemination of information concerning all breeds on the register of the Society.
c) To establish and maintain a register of cats in accordance with rules laid down by the General Committee from time to time and to issue Certificates of Registration
d) To promote shows and exhibitions with the power to offer trophies and/or monetory competitions at such shows.
e) To invest, control and dispose of the funds of the Society as considered by the General Committee to be in the best interest of the society.
f) To affiliate with any clubs having similar interest to that of the Society, be they local or international, as determined and decided by the General Committee, from time to time.
g) To gain admission and recognition as a member of any international and/or worldwide cat registration organizations as determined and decided by the General Committee from time to time.
h) To make by-laws for the management of cat shows
i) To promote the interest of breeders of cats, exhibitors of cats and any other persons having interest in cats
i) To establish and promote the ‘Malaysiana’ breed as a pedigree to be recognized by any international and/or worldwide cat registration organization.
4. Didn’t the current Treasurer (which is also the previous term’s Vice President) did not know anything about this when he was the Vice President for 2 years???? Isn’t that a direct accusation of the current President to her Treasurer for not doing his job as well ????
Shame on you!!! You all have BETRAYED OUR TRUST !!!
If reports and minutes were not submit to our ROS, then the present committee had proceeded in doing things unlawfully and unconstitutionly, such as raising the Membership Fee, changing the Official Address of the society without informing ROS etc. In order words, if they themselves had not filed in as office bearers for FSM, then all shows held by them since 27th May 2007 will be considered UNLAWFUL ??? I must say that a shameful act of betrayal to more than 1000 members.
To be honest, I blame no one but the present committee for the downfall of FSM and the 9 years affiliation and good rapport that we have had with The Cat Fanciers’ Association (CFA) and close to 20 years of existance in Malaysia. If it is during the Vikings, their heads will be on the chopping block for the downfall of a community and betrayal.
