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the big shows in every country within the
us. Everything is now history, Shanghai is hosting the WDS in 2019, it is
not in the Philippines but at least it is in Asia.
As President of the Asia Pacifi c Section of the FCI since 2013, my team
was able to do so many things that were not even possible before. We
are now able to get more Asia Pacifi c judges to judge at the bigger shows
worldwide, we have opened up Asia and we have made Asia one of the
most sought-after continents to show and judge, we have promoted
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section and they are much sought after
today. We were also able to solve the
problem with Australia’s FCI membership
and just last week, they had their fi rst FCI
International Show organized by DOGS
SA in over 25 years. We were also able to
create the APAC and SEA Champion titles
that are very coveted by the exhibitors.
Our latest achievement was getting a
majority vote to approve the Grooming
Commission as an FCI non-mandatory
commission in Leipzig last November. We
now have 14 voting members within our
section and it is growing by the year. Last
but not the least, we now have Ronnie
Natividad sitting as Secretary of the FCI
Show Commission. The PCCI and our
section are defi nitely covering a lot of
ground.
Many PCCI members have asked what
is the FCI and what benefi ts do they
get from this organization. Well, fi rstt
and foremost, the FCI is an umbrella
organization very similar to the United
Nations. The FCI creates the rules,
regulations and guidelines that must be
followed by all member kennel clubs
around the world. The benefi t of being
a member is international recognition –
pedigrees, judges, titles, etc. – the most
important being the recognition of all
our pedigreed dogs by all 90-member
countries. A 9-member General
Committee, of which I am a member,
manages the FCI that is based in Thuin,
Belgium.