The British Koi Keepers Society (BKKS) - For everything Koi since 1970

Last year the BKKS Council investigated the membership status of Mr Alan Coogan, following suggestions that he may have been in contravention of Society Rules as a full member and should have been classified as a trade member.

No evidence was offered to support these allegations and Mr Coogan was able to provide documentary evidence to the council to confirm his membership status was correct.

The council regret any upset caused to Mr & Mrs Coogan for the manner in which the investigation was conducted and any unnecessary concerns it raised.

David Pope
Society Chairman

The Essex Section held their annual AGM on sunday 8th jan 2012 and would like to thank all the ex committee members for all they done over the past year.

So a big thank you to Lynne Cornock, Iris Thomas and Paul Minter for the service they have given at Essex

The new committee is as follows:

Chairman: Tom Weeks

Secretary: John Botha

Treasurer: Tony Spurr

Vice Chairman: George Badenoch

Show Chairman: Roy Wenman

Show Liason: Anne Harris

Minutes Secretary: Steve Battle

Librarian: Dick Anderson

At a recent show meeting it was decided to cancel the BKKS National Show 2012 by 4 of the 5 Show Committee members, a unanimous agreement.

This decision was not taken lightly and will probably incur the wrath of many members but after a very lengthy discussion trying to work through the issues it was apparent that it was the only sensible thing to do.

The main reasons for the cancellation are as follows:

Manpower : the lack of volunteers to set up (minimum of 10 able bodied persons per day from Monday to Thursday prior to the show) , run the show over the weekend (Friday to Sunday evening) and take down the show (minimum of 10 able bodied persons on the Monday following the show) was very disheartening to everyone concerned despite numerous requests for volunteers.

Dealers/Main Sponsorship : Following the recent resignation of the person responsible for these positions it has been impossible to find a replacement to take on these tasks to ensure that we had enough dealers to attend and much needed sponsorship.

Also required are volunteers to cover other specific roles which include: Dinner Dance, Accommodation / Meals Co-Ordinator, PRO, Lecture Theatre, Night Security, and with the end of the year looming we are between a rock and a hard place.

With the lack of dealers/sponsorship for 2012 in place, due to the resignation, it was felt that the Show Committee would struggle to get the necessary finances in place to ensure either a plus or minimal minus figure for the show.

Also to be taken into account was the increase in costs of a number of items that were recently presented by Billing Aquadrome which we were not aware of prior to this meeting.

It was felt that whilst a small loss would be accepted by our members a loss that was greater than the 2010 loss would not. Therefore the Show Committee had to make a decision, based on the information we had and to ensure the solvency of the Society, as to the way forward for the Show. Without these positions and finances in place it was felt that we would not be able to provide a good show and a safe show for the Koi being exhibited.

Dave Pope
Chairman
2012 National Show Committee

As a new initiative the Council have decided to launch an incentive for all members.

Each month a random number will be chosen from all of the members and that member will win a T-shirt and another prize. For the first few months this will be a Koi DVD and other prizes will follow after that.

We hope that members will enjoy the thrill of this lottery every month and it will become a popular part of the BKKS Extra pages within Koi Magazine. Members will be informed directly to claim their prize so that even those of you who don’t subscribe to the magazine will know if you win.

Good luck!

October winner-  Scott Dowdy & Rebecca Blott from Hove in Sussex

November Winner - Frank Lavery from Dublin.

They each win a BKKS T-shirt and Niigata DVD