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Paul:
  The champion Ameraucana from the large fowl verses the bantam should only be awarded at the ABC national or the five district meets.

Don:
Seth,  The Champion AM LF/Bantam are only applicable to the ABC as well, and even then as Paul mentioned just for the National/District meets.  They will not apply to any further points for the show or to the APA/ABA.  Most poultry Breed clubs that I am aware of do not use this designation so the LF and Bantams stand alone in their Award Points.

Ernie Haire:
This is not exactly the way I understand our current Point System.

Just Saying,
Ernie

Susan Mouw:
There is no stated rule that CH and Res CH Ameraucana are for National and District Meets only and there have been a few times where CH Ameraucana was chosen by the judge at a club or, as previously designated, special or state meet and points have been awarded accordingly.

However, since LF and bantams are usually judged by two different judges, you are asking two judges to go out of their way to choose CH and Res CH Ameraucana winners, so it is not generally done unless it is a significant meet.

As mentioned above, CH and Res CH Ameraucana applies only to ABC points and has no impact, or is even recorded and recognized by APA or ABA.

Ernie Haire:
If Champion and Reserve Champion Ameraucana is only going to be awarded at District and National Meets, we need to clarify that before we get started into 2018. This would be a great time to make it "written" rather than "intended". Because we have only been members of the ABC for a few years, I read the website to learn our current Point System. I have always understood our ABC points to be awarded based on what is written on the website. I know that policies and things change as time goes on and websites sometime get overlooked. Lord knows that my personal website is very outdated. Our new members have to rely on what is written to understand the  way our club is ran.

If you look at our Point System, it currently states that one point will be given to the Champion Ameraucana for every Ameraucana exhibited in both Large Fowl and Bantam. The Reserve Champion Ameraucana will receive one point for every Ameraucana exhibited in both Large Fowl and Bantam less one. It doesn't say anything about only being awarded at District and National Shows. There would be no reason to select a Champion or Reserve Champion Ameraucana if either the Large Fowl or Bantam class had no entries.

We were at a show last weekend where both the Large Fowl and Bantams were judged by the same judge. He selected the Large Fowl as Champion Ameraucana and a Bantam as Reserve Champion Ameraucana. It was nice to think that our Bantams could compete with the Large Fowl based on quality and the Standard of Perfection. If the Large Fowl and Bantams were judged by two different judges, let them discuss it. Judges are able to come to decisions about Champion Row all the time. I think that open discussion between two or more judges could help educate some of the judges who aren't well versed on the Ameraucana Breed Standards.

Just Saying,
Ernie

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