The Board appoints from suitable applicants, a Chairperson for each Breed Council. The role of the Chairperson is:

• To collate submissions from Breed Council members, circulating them to other members before calling for a vote from members on whether the submission should go forward to the Board.
• To work with the Breed Council Convenor, to clarify submissions before they are submitted to the Board and to assist in the preparation of requests and/or feedback from the Board , for information or clarification on issues relating to the breed.
• To work with Breed Council members and be available to represent the Breed Council in person before the Board of Directors when called to make submissions in this manner.
• To call, when deemed necessary, meetings of Breed Council members to discuss issues or matters of interest relating to or affecting the specific Breed or Breeds and to chair those meetings.

Where the Board requests that a Breed Council vote on an issue, the  Breed Council Convenor will send to all members of the Breed Council concerned, the relevant ballot.

The Breed Chairperson will then follow up to ensure that as many ballots as possible are received back by due date.

Where the Board elects to put an issue to ballot within a Breed Council, a 60% positive or negative response from returned ballots is the minimum requirement for the Board of Directors to take further action with regard to the matter tabled. The Board is not obligated to take the matter further, outside of these parameters, but may elect to publish the results of ballots taken.

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