Club Secretary Resigned

How do you breed so many David ready to race ?.

Thought you only had small stud and not going to race.

Regards.

MISTY wrote:

How do you breed so many David ready to race ?.

Thought you only had small stud and not going to race.

Regards.

i doubt very much if i`m going to race misty, i have toyed with the idea over the last couple of months, but realistically i wont have time to race pigeons and do other things i will be wanting to do........cant do everything, so if i cant race with 100% commitment theres no point

i will be doing what i always do though misty, breeding ybs to sell......i prefer to breed rather than race anyway, plus i can give the time i have to rearing decent ybs for others to race .....

Knackered wrote:

Competition for us Ray it appears. New boy on the block etc David & his 140 odd rings Read he has an empty house next door there  now    & that will be their new home, maybe   .  

now theres an idea knackered, a few perches and nest boxes in there would be great, 2 bedrooms, living room, kitchen etc..........would get quite a few breeding pairs crammed in ....

140 rings , no way ...100 is enough for us ..I might even go down to 70 or 80

Did not mean for you to race David but those you sell.

Must be a good difference in the ages if all rear their own young.

Aways bought 30 rings myself and normally had up to ten left.

Regards.

if i was just racing misty, id breed between 20 and 30 for my self .........any more than that i would struggle to manage .

You are more than likely right David.
Never tried to either. I believe, very much so, that too many breed to lose. And that is exactly happens to must. Losses and propping up the result tables each week... Yes a swallow makes their summer.

Maybe that is another beauty of the open loft. Where mostly it is more a mater of 'Observation'! the birds tell you each look their condition and signs shown to be shown.
Three things I was told to look for when going in the loft. for birds to race that week - end. The birds reaction. Alert and wanting to speak. Bright eyed and dancing. Make up around the eye.

Always note the droppings. If same at night as in the morning.... something is not right. plus many more of course during the day etc.

yes daz i think too many birds makes it harder to manage them all round, health wise and control over trapping etc ......i remember one year i had around 20 young birds, they were trapping nicely, flying well and looking good.......i added around 10 more and everything went to pot ......maybe it was me, or maybe just a few too many to manage properly ?

Always knew the parculiarities of my pigeons after the yearling stage, won with some yearlings but mainly older ones by taking advantage of each ones perculiarities and the fewer you keep the more you learn about each one.

Most fanciers pigeons are gonners after a couple of seasons and they realy on yearlings flown in great numbers, large losses incurred and luck.

Young birds only need to be healthy have the ability and love their life to win.

No fancier has a loft full of winners , everyone has good bad and indifferent it is a pity that you have to sort out the latter two.

The fewer you keep the less problems.

Regards.

phoned the rpra yesterday about ordering 2021 rings, as we have had no word from our club re agm or rings etc .........turns out they didnt even know the sec had resigned

what a shambles eh

Cannot follow that David, the RPRA could not know the secretary had resigned unless someone informed them.

The club should have held a meeting when the secretary resigned and elected an iterim to do the secreteries work until the AGM.

Regards.

David wrote:

phoned the rpra yesterday about ordering 2021 rings, as we have had no word from our club re agm or rings etc .........turns out they didnt even know the sec had resigned

what a shambles eh

I just proposed you for the job David, just waiting of a seconder.

Personal P.A. and company car plus expense account, right up your street mate !

barnie wrote:

David wrote:

phoned the rpra yesterday about ordering 2021 rings, as we have had no word from our club re agm or rings etc .........turns out they didnt even know the sec had resigned

what a shambles eh

I just proposed you for the job David, just waiting of a seconder.

Personal P.A. and company car plus expense account, right up your street mate !

now your talking colin ........

in reality i wouldnt have a clue,

Think you would  make a very good  secretary David, if I did it anyone can.

Main requirements, a very thick skin to absorb all the back stabbing you would receive, an answer to impossible quesions,  a knowledge of the rules  relating to fighting amongst drunken slobs ( only on occasions but once too often) an understanding of why some fanciers  always think their velocity needs checking,
( far worse when you had to work them out longhand).etc; etc; etc;

But hey why have an easy life like those who just have the ability to moan and little else.

Regards.

I think David would excel as a sec. Would take his mind of me and Misty. WHether to fly or no and the good lady lol

By the way any RPRA member can buy rings. I did for years. Just need your RP. Number.

Why did I go direct? Because, I order 30, more than usual 20, in case I ever needed a few spares. Late Bred can have any ring register etc.
Club Sec had sold10 of mine one year. Then when I asked for my rings, he called the room to order and said' I have 20 rings left if any one wants them. If not Roly will have them'! I kid you not. I had youngsters in the nest about ready to be rung, or I would have told him where to stick them. I certainly told him what I felt when taking the rings. he said a couple of feeble excuses, like beings you hadn't took them till now - was late March granted, but then it always was. That he hadn't looked at his book and checked, etc. Yep a great sec. Indeed a very good Sec. but was certainly one for the cliché.
Glad i didn't slap ... now lol.

i can just about fasten my own shoe laces, never mind be club sec ......

yes i asked about buying direct, but it works out quit a difference in price, so as im planning on around the 100 mark again, maybe more, it would be quite a lot over the clubs charges buying direct from the rpra.

i need to phone the club official they told me to ring, who should be running things for now, until a new sec is found .......

I actually like the job most of the time but its definitely my last year next year

peel bros wrote:

I actually like the job most of the time but its definitely my last year next year

trouble is what ive realised, no one wants to step into the shoes and do it......

Bet it was the President David who should realy have dealt with it straight away.

Anyway hope you solve your problem no good throwing money down the drain.

Regards.

Your right David and its even harder the less members . Its a struggle for me but if I am OK thats ok but I don't think so

Always thought every member should take a turn at any position in the club they are capable of.

To fill places in a small club is difficult, however, I can tell you being a secretary with 60 or so members is no picknick, you always have the barrack room lawyers at your throat and those who only know four letter words and how to empty a glass of beer in two seconds.

A small happy club is far better you usualy get rid of the troublesome.

Regards.

there must be/ will be a mate around the corner, who would be very willing to take it on. We had a very good fellow - not a fancier or club member, who was first class and enjoyed it.

Stand to be corrected Daz but cannot see how you could have a secretery who is not a RPRA nor a member of the club, think Rule 152a if my memory serves me right says how the officers are elected ec;

Regards.

ive a feeling i knowwho will take the job on, its down to 2 people ........i`ll probably be right, but i reckon they need to get a move on with the agm and get a new sec and the rings sorted out.