Posted 7/29/10
Dear USGF Members,
Just a gentle reminder that anyone wanting to place a spotlight photo needs to get it submitted to me by tomorrow (7/30/10), so get out those cameras and take a few pics of your cute babies and cats. Please forward them to me (Diana)
.
Also, if you have not confirmed an ad for this issue, please let Judi
, Gail
or someone on the Board know that you want to reserve space.
Diana Bowles
Posted 7/27/10 (one of two messages)
Dear USGF Members,
If your little one is listed below, please send your photos to me (Judy) at
. Photos will be included in our upcoming Summer Quarterly.
Also, please include the above subject line in your subject line (HIGHEST SCORING REGIONAL KITTENS) so that I am alerted that your post is in regard to Regional kitten photos. I wish to thank you all in advance for your participation in our effort to gather information for your Quarterly's Winners Edition (we will be sending this issue to our CFA's judges).
The list is as follows:
REGION #1
Castlegate's Haymaker of Moldavea (1) - 0132
Castlegate's Patent Pending (1) - 1172
REGION #2
Ultamint's Lil Swagger of Dolcevita
Silverestate Tasha (2) - 0131
Silverestate Topazanite (2) - 0132
REGION #3
Kittikamir Divine Inheritance (3) - 0133
Salondechat's Natural Blonde (3) - 1171
Parkerpurrs Lily Grace (3) - 0133
REGION #4
Ultamint's Candy Man of La Cattique (4) - 0132
REGION #5
Sanmar Mary Rose (5) - 0133
L' Dearheart Precious Pearl (5) - 0133
Ladydi's Isabella (5) - 0131
REGION #6
Paws&purrs Sir Prize Jackpot (6) - 1170
REGION #7
Simbakui Jefferson (7) - 0132
Dalee Twitter (7) - 0131
Shensilvers Diamond In The Ruff (7) - 0130
REGION #8
Me Home Luri (8) - 0133
Me Home Sirius of Boo Foo Woo (8) - 0132
Me Home Amazing Grace (8) - 0133
HAWAII
Nakeli Diva (5) - 0131
Nakeli Maestro (5) - 0130
Nakeli Opus One (5) - 0130
INTERNATIONAL DIVISION
Lion Blanc Deja Vu (E) - 0133
Sugarcubes Lion King (A)* - 0132
Ladolcevita Blue Tizio (E) - 0156
SIDE NOTE: Per Gwen Foster of CFA -- South American ("A") is part of International Division
Sincerely,
Judi
"We are one nation under God. If we ever forget we are a nation under God, we will surely go under." Ronald Reagan "A hug is a great gift. One size fits all. It can be given for any occasion and it is easy to exchange."
Posted 7/27/10
Dear USGF Members,
The following Premier Cats' photos are needed for the upcoming Winners' Summer issue of the Quarterly's Regional Winners. If you have already submitted your little one's photo, please alert me to this. Please include in the subject of your email the above captioned subject of this email: REGIONAL PREMIER PHOTOS
REGION #1
No Premiers Shown
REGION #2
Joyvyn Tres Cherie
REGION #3
On file
REGION #4
No Premiers Shown
REGION #5
On File
REGION #6
Ldaydi's Gucci
REGION #7
No Premiers Shown
REGION #8
Lukhavi Confederate Rose of Mieux
HAWAII
Nakeli Finnegan
FidalgoKatz Nicholas Needlefoot
Nakeli Tesora Del Corazon
INTERNATIONAL DIVISION
No Premiers Shown
Thank you in advance for your cooperation in helping me to make this issue one that the judges will remember.
Sincerely,
Judi
"We are one nation under God. If we ever forget we are a nation under God, we will surely go under." Ronald Reagan "A hug is a great gift. One size fits all. It can be given for any occasion and it is easy to exchange."
Posted 7/26/10
Dear USGF Members,
Please send your photos of the below named cats for publication in the Regional Winners section of our upcoming issue.
Our closing date is July 30th, but it will be most helpful if you can get the photos to me asap.
When sending your photos, please include in your subject line the information contained in the subject line of this email: Top Regional ADULT CATS
There will be a follow-up email for the regional winning kittens.
REGION #1
Castlegate's Ariel (1)
Castlegate's Excalibur (1
Rdreams Golden Bamboo of Posiepurrs (1) - 1172
REGION #2
Pictures on file
REGION #3
Silverngold Sylvia (3)
REGION #4
Ultamint Curt'N Call of La Cattique (4)
Dr Paws Frosted Arctic Moonlight (4)
REGION #5
Ladydi Prince Charmer of Sirbastion (5)
Cherrybirdie's Cotton Candy (5)
REGION #6
Joyvyn Moonlight of Ladydi (6)
REGION #7
Shensilvers Diamond In The Ruff (7)
Dalee Max A Million (7)
Kittikamir Augustus Mccrae (7)
REGION #8
Me Home Charmmy of Mieux (8)
Femme Fatale Maro (8)
HAWAII REGION (#9)
Fidalgokats Furrgolicious (5
Nakeli Viognier (5)
Fidalgokats Elena Encante of Nakeli (5)
INTERNATIONAL REGION (A) AND (E)
Brettachtal's Meg Ryan
If you do not see your cat's name on this list and you know your cat is entitled to be included, please let me know this ASAP. Thank you in advance for everyone's help. You have all been very cooperative in the past. I will, again, really appreciate your help at this time, as well.
Sincerely yours,
Judi
"A hug is a great gift. One size fits all. It can be given for any occasion and it is easy to exchange."
Posted 7/23/10
Dear USGF Members,
If you have a photo of the following cats, would you please email or send the photo to me to be used in the Quarterly's Summer Winners' Issue. We have some outstanding cats to present in this issue. Professional photos or one you have taken of your cat are most welcome.
Many thanks for your cooperation. Things are really progressing nicely for this issue. I am quite certain you will be happy having a picture of your cat in this issue, as this is the complementary issue we will be sending to our CFA judges.
My hope is everyone is having a great summer and that you all have lots of beautiful babies for future issues to come.
The following cats' pictures needed for Premiership are:
REGION #1 - No Premiers
REGION #2
Joyvyn Tres Cherie
REGION #3
Silverngold Tiger Lily
REGION #4 - No Premiers
REGION #5
Silverstate Main Attraction
REGION #6
Ldaydi's Gucci
REGION #7 -No Premiers
REGION #8
Me Home Princess Hina of Kohlrabi
Femme Fatale Moon Harmony
Lukhavi Confederate Rose of Mieux
INTERNATIONAL DIVISION -- No Premiers
Thank you in advance,
Sincerely,
Judi Yearsley
Posted 7/9/10
Dear USGF Members,
The USGF Quarterly will be doing another large spread of CFA's Highest Scoring Silver and Golden Persian and Exotic cats. It will follow somewhat closely last year's format.
Slightly revised statement: If you have a cat who is or was registered in your name during the time it was shown and achieved the points listed on the below list, would/could you please send me your best photo of that cat for use in the USGF Quarterly "Winners" Summer Edition?
Please include in the Subject Line: 2010 Winners:
Highest Scoring ADULTS Globally Points Rings
Highest Scoring KITTENS Globally Points Rings
Highest Scoring CATS IN PREMIERSHIP Globally Points Rings
Thank you in advance,
Sincerely,
Judi Yearsley
Posted 6/18/10
Dear Members,
Two newsworthy items in the line-up in the appointing of your USGF staff --
I am happy to announce that we are incorporating a new segment of which is entitled "TidBits and Helpful Hints." Can include both health and/or task related items and a picture of interest. In our last issue [Spring 2010] you will find the beginnings for this on p. 28 following the Dentistry article [contributed by Linda Smith]. In adding this segment, we needed a team coordinator.
Linda Smith our newest Board Member is willing to collect information related to this segment. Linda's email address is:
If we get from the membership enough participation to fill up a whole page, we will print this each issue as such. If we run over the page, we will fill other pages having space on them with this information.
Each contribution will state who submitted the information. The thrust is to have our membership send in their most helpful and used hints on caring for cats. Also, if you have photo you would like to share for this, please send it along. The objective in this new endeavor is to make our Quarterly somewhat of a reference as well as an interesting, fun read.
Our next newsworthy item is the announcement that Ardell has elected to retire from compiling the finals and is passing the baton on to StacEy Asby. StacEy has willingly volunteered to take over this job. Thank you StacEy.
PLEASE SEND ALL FINALS TO StacEy Asby. StacEy's email address is:
Please include in the Subject Line the word "FINALS." If you do not hear back from StacEy within 24 - 48 hours, please send a follow-up email to ensure StacEy's receipt of your information.
Last but not least the Board wishes to thank Ardell for committing and devoting the time she has lovingly and willingly given to this endeavor for the past two+plus years. We are so very grateful for your service, Ardell. Ardell will still be mailing the Quarterlys to everyone, so she is still doing a big job for the Quarterly and the members. Thanks again, Ardell.
Sincerely,
Judi
Posted 6/15/10
Dear Members,
If you have used your USGF AUGUST CALENDAR to schedule any events, be sue to RECHECK for the proper date(s). THE DAYS IN YOUR AUGUST CALENDAR DO NOT reflect the correct days for the month of AUGUST. The first day of August begins on SUNDAY -- the correct date -- The calendar has the first day beginning on Monday.
Further, your USGF calendar ends the month on WEDNESDAY, which is also the wrong day. The correct end-of the-month day for August is TUESDAY. Thus, your August calendar is one day late [OFF BY ONE DAY] for the whole month.
Your September calendar has the correct beginning date, beginning on Tuesday September 1st.
I take full responsibility for this error, as I did not check this when the proofs came back prior to the printing of the calendar.
Be sure to go to your August calendar, and in the Notes section on that page, make notation of this error. My apologies to anyone who has had a problem stemming from this error.
Sincerely,
Judi Yearsley
Posted 6/3/10
All of the Q's were mailed out today. Enjoy!
Ardell
Posted 5/27/10
Dear Members,
The Spring issue has been printed and is being shipped to Ardell today. As soon as Ardell receives it she will be mailing the issue out to each member. We are anticipating the mailing to be the end of next week. So please if you have not sent in your renewal do so immediately so your subscription will not be delayed!
Our big issue with our Best of Breed winners will be the summer issue. This is the one that will be mailed out to the judges. Please think about advertising in this issue.
Gail Persinger
www.kittikamir.com
Posted 4/23/10
Dear USGF Members
The United Silver & Golden Fanciers Board wish to announce that we are offering members a one time-discount/bonus for our Quarterly ads. These ads are as follow:
Spring into Spring with our one-time Ad Specials:
Business Cards Ads
Also, it is remewal time for your 2010 membership -- please mail your membership dues to:
Sally Daniels
5242 Vista Grande Drive
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
USA
Sally has set up this paypal email address just for payments to the USGF
Remember when you send a payment always ADD $3 extra for the paypal charge.
WE look forward to all your photos, articles and other worthy information you folks send for us to use in sharing with members of our USGF Club.
Sincerely yours,
Judi Yearsley
USGF Editor
Posted 3/16/10
Dear USGF Members
The Winter issue is at the printers and will soon be at your homes. As I previously mentioned, our deadline is April 30th. This is the time to renew your business card ads and to place ads showcasing your kittens or your favorite show cat. Please let me know if we should use the same business card or create a new one for you. Don't wait until the last minute. If you have not sent in your membership renewals please do so now.
Judi Yearsley has done a fabulous job as Editor this time and it is our biggest yet - 92 pages! Please check out our website at http://www.unitedsilverandgoldenfanciers.com, Karol Cummins, our online Editor has done a great job with updating our website. She is constantly tweaking it and making it better than ever! It has everything that you need to know about the USGF.
Without the talents of our board Ardell, Sally, Vicki, Diana and our newest board member Linda Smith and other USGF talents such as Tinell Priddy, Peggy McDaniels, Stacey Asby, Shirley Crawford, Laurence Delleville, Tracy Smith, Pam Hill, Cathy Scarbrough and Brenda Whyde-Parrish and the many who submitted pictures this issue would not have been possible.
Thank you all for your support of our Breed Publication.
Gail Persinger, USGF President
Posted 3/11/10
Dear USGF Members,
Hopefully the Winter issue will be at the printers by this weekend and to you soon. Again I am sorry for this lateness but as in life some things can't be avoided.
Here is some news for 2010. For personal reasons, Tinell Priddy had to resign. She did an excellent job in 2009 and we thank her very much. Taking over as our new Editor is Judi Yearsley. You have seen some of her creativity in the summer issue with the Best of the Best and the Show Scenes. We are very thankful for Judi
. One of our goals is to get the quarterly back on schedule with current deadlines. So the first deadline is going to be tough. It is APRIL 30th.
By the time that you get the winter issue you will have only a few weeks for the deadline of the spring issue. With that being said please, please,please send any final information now to Ardell,
. By the way, even if you have another show planned send Ardell what you have and just add the other show later, it is less time for her workwise then getting everyone's at the deadline date.
Also please follow the sample in the USGF that is why we print a sample so you know what to include. On Show Scenes and Spotlights currently please send them to Judi,
. It is difficult to remember every person's cat, so If you send a picture, you must have the cat's name and the people's name including judge otherwise it will not be used. We try to accomodate everyone but at deadline it is hard to play email tag trying to get information that was not included.
I am not trying to be harsh. It is easier for you to get the information to include in your picture than it is for us. Please follow directions and help us.
As for any ads just send them to me,
.
All payments should go to our new Treasurer, Sally Daniels,
5242 Vista Grande Drive
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
USA
Sally has set up this paypal email address just for payments to the USGF
Remember when you send a payment always ADD $3 extra for the paypal charge.
The rates have stayed the same except for business card ads and we have tried to give everyone a break if they put in a card in this spring issue and let it run for the full year. For the whole year 4 issues, a business card ad would be $25. If you don't have a business card, don't worry we can design one for you. Now if you wait the cost is still $25 for 3 issues and then it is $10 an issue after that. So it is an incentive to plan NOW and get a card or picture sent to me for the spring issue.
I also would like to introduce the 2010 board since we had to make a few changes.
President: Gail Persinger
Vice-President: Ardell Sims
Secretary: Vicki Blandford
Treasurer: Sally Daniels
Board Member: Diana Bowles
Board Member: Linda Smith
I am really looking forward to an exciting year.
Gail Persinger, USGF President
Posted 2/22/10
Dear USGF Members,
Please send Karol Cummins,
a variety of professional quality photos of your cats. She would like to replace a lot of the old photos and add new ones to the website and have a good library to choose from when she needs a picture.
Members need to include the following for each picture submitted.
Name of cat
Sire:
Dam:
Color:
Website URL:
Karol is doing a lot of work on the website checking and revising a number of pages and converting some pdf articles to html. She would really like to get the slideshow working with new cats and links to members' websites off the ground as well.
Sincerely,
Gail Persinger, USGF President
Posted 2/13/10
Feb 14, 2010 is the deadline for the winter issue. This is the 4th issue for 2009. I am very sorry for the lateness of this, but we are trying very hard to get back on schedule for 2010.
Please submit any finals, spotlights, Ads or show scenes by that deadline. We will NOT accept anything after the deadline. We have to be B in this because that is one of the things that has caused us to be so late this past year.
As I stated in my President letter, Peggy wanted to resign as Treasurer and Sally Daniels has taken over her position. Please send all checks to Sally for your renewals and ads in the future.
Sally Daniels
5242 Vista Grande Dr
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Sally has set up a paypal address just for payments to the USGF via
. Remember when you send a payment always ADD $3 extra for the paypal charge.
If you need to talk to Sally please contact her on her regular email:
.
The dues have not changed for 2010, they will remain $45 first class Domestic, $50 Canadian members, $70 International members. A renewal envelope will be sent out with the winter issue. However, you can still send your renewal to Sally now.
I am sorry that I had to turn away many of you for Christmas ads since we did not have a Christmas issue but I hope that you will still advertise will us. That being said, Please consider an ad and send it to me not later than Sat Feb 14.
Sincerely,
Gail Persinger, USGF President
Posted 12/8/08
Dear Members,
Since the Fall issue was mailed out later than was expected, the deadline for the Winter issue of the USGF will be extended to 1-15-09.
Because Tinell has so much on her plate being the new Editor, I have agreed to take over the responsibilities of being the Ad Coordinator for her. In the future please send me any information for your ad or send me the completed ad and send your payment for the ad to Peggy, our Treasurer. I will then forward all ads to Tinell to be included in the Quarterly. Our email addresses are located on page 5 of the Fall 2008 USGF [Editor: or click on the 'contact' tab and select 'Executive Board' to email anyone on the Board.]
Sincerely,
Gail Persinger, USGF President
Posted 12/7/08
Please join me in welcoming the new USGF Exectutive Board. Gail Persinger is appointed President.
Gail's message:
Dear Members,
After quite a bit of sole searching, I agreed to accept the position of President for the remaining term. In doing this I want to help the USGF quarterly continue. According to the USGF Constitution, when a position is vacanted the board may appoint someone to fill the position. The new positions are as follows:
President - Gail Persinger
Vice-President Ameena Lessner
Secretary - Betty Wimberly
Treasurer - Peggy McDaniel
Board Member - Ardell Sims (she will also be mailing out the Quarterly)
Board Member - Sally Daniels
Editor - Tinell Priddy
Our goal is to promote our breed, the silver and golden Persian and Exotic Cats.
Sincerely,
Gail Persinger, USGF President
Elise Scafani's Farewell Message
Introducing Ameena Lessner and Betty Wimberly Fall Issue Deadline extended to 8/22/08
Posted 8/15/08
As luck would have it recent issues have made it both possible and advantageous to extend the submission deadline for the Fall issue. The new deadline is Friday August 22nd at midnight. If you have already sent us your submissions that's great, if not, please take this time to snap a few pictures and send them in.
I personally will be without my computer for a few days but you can still send me stuff. I may not respond right away but your emails will be stored in my web mail until I get my computer back next week.
Please use the following submission addresses:
All in The Family
Show Finals
Future Stars
Ardell Sims
Grands
Cathy Scarbrough
Show Scenes
Spotlights
Tinell Priddy
Advertising
Letters to the Editors
Elise Scafani
If you have questions you can email Ardell or Tinell for help as I will not only be without a computer but also away from the phone visiting with family. Anyone wishing to participate in the interview with "Golden Breeders" please take this extra week to do so.
Thanks Bunches,
Elise
Posted 8/15/08
We are rolling along with the calendar and have just two months left available. If you are one of the sponsors that have reserved a month, please observe the info below. If you still would like to sponsor a month please let me know ASAP.
Last day to reserve/pay for your calendar page August 31
Last day to submit your calendar photo September 15
As always, sooner is better so please don't wait until the last minute. :-)
Thanks,
Elise
Posted 8/1/08
The USGF members and board have voted to purchase the Easy Ped program which will become a part of our club website and maintain a database of silver pedigrees. Will Ruther, the owner/developer of Pedigrees 2020 has offered a special sale to any USGF member who wishes to purchase his program and interface to link to the Easy Ped database. Will has also agreed to extend the sale for our club members so that all may benefit. A flyer will be included with the Summer issue of the Quarterly which will be mailed in the near future.
Please click here for more information about EasyPed and Pedigrees 2020 Summer Sale.
Sincerely,
Elise Scafani
Please check out the Pedigrees 2020 website for demos and more information.
Posted 6/25/08
Standby for more information to participate in a raffle to win a gorgeous oil painting of your favorite kitty by artist Lois Anderson. Please enter the raffle and help support the USGF! Example.
Posted 5/8/08
The ads are rolling in which is great and I am getting some camera ready ads which is also great but none of them are exactly the right size. They are either too tall/short or narrow/wide and usually disproportionately so which makes them very difficult to adjust for printing.
The finished size of the magazine is 8.5" x 10.5". Remember the page content should be within 8" x 10" and the color bleed should extend to 9" x 11". What this basically means is that any text/photo beyond 8" x10" will be too close to the edge or could get trimmed off the page. If your ad has a border and the overall ad is not the correct size, including a color bleed, either part of the border will be cut off or the ad will have to be reduced in size to fit on the page and will then have a white border behind it. If you were planning to have your beautiful color ad cover the page "edge to edge" this will not look as nice.
To avoid disappointments please size your ads according to these guidelines. See attachment for more details.
Finished size is 8.5" x 10.5"
Bleeds are 9" x 11"
Gutters are 8" x 10"
A BLEED is the color that extends beyond the finished design. This allows for any movement or trimming that may occur in the printing process without leaving a strip of color at the edge of the page that does not match the rest of the page.
A GUTTER is blank space that is left on the page between your
design/text to assure that your design or text does not get
trimmed off in the printing process or extend beyond the edge
of the finished page.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Elise.
The following are the results of your USGF BOARD's poll taken in our February and March Board meetings to establish rules for members' SHOW SCENES and SPOTLIGHT.
QUESTION: We have voted unanimously to limit a member to one (1) individual photo (which includes the member's cat) and one (1) group photo per show.
In the case where there is a photo of a judge handling the member's cat, should that photo be published in addition to the one individual and one group photo? ANSWER: YES For the Franciscan and Dixieland shows, there will be no limit on how many times a member may appear in a group photo.
POLL QUESTION: Should there be a limit to the overall number of show scene submissions from any one member.
ANSWER: Members may submit show scenes from 3 shows.
There is a three-picture limit for Spotlight -- your choice -- adult or kitten or mix.
We are looking for a volunteer to write an index of the past issues of the
Quarterly, 1999 going forward. One of the reasons for this is to continue to have a complete description of
each issue, for example who's on the cover and what's inside, etc so that those interested in buying back issues will have some info to go on and to update the earlier Index, which can be found under 'articles' on this website. When completed we will have a comprehensive index system to tie many years of the
publication together for easy reference for all members. If you are interested in helping with this project
please contact Elise
or one of the Board.
members.
Thanks,
Elise Scafani
Posted April 8, 2008
For the years that we have all 4 issues available you can order the whole year for $20. This is a nice way to fill in the years before you joined the USGF or to get some of your kitten buyers interested in the club.
Single issues are $7 each or $6 each if you order 3 or more. Special discounts if you go totally crazy and get lots of the surplus issues.
There will be a shipping charge on all orders under $60, over $60 and the club pays shipping unless it is an international order (sorry, but you will get a shipping credit in the amount for domestic shipping.) If you order before a regular mailing and we can ship with your regular issue you will get a discount on shipping also.
We still have some calendars left for 2008, $4 each or 3 for $10, get 'em while it's still April!!
Hurry hurry hurry we will be mailing the Q in a few days!
If you have any questions please contact Elise.
