Membership
If you are searching for a member/breeder, please contact the regional director for your area.
Membership Categories
Regular: Available to all Canadian Shetland Sheepdog fanciers, 18 years and older, who are in good standing with the CKC, and have a minimum of five years experience in breeding and/or exhibiting within the breed.
Associate/Foreign: Available to all Canadian Shetland Sheepdog fanciers in good standing with the CKC. who do not qualify for Regular membership, and to all Foreign Shetland Sheepdog fanciers. Associate members shall be entitled to all benefits of Regular Membership; except they cannot vote; nor shall they hold office. Junior: Shall be less than 18 years of age. They may attend meetings but shall not vote. They will be eligible for all club awards. The application fee shall be waived; after three or more consecutive years of membership in good standing and upon reaching Regular Membership status (i.e. 18 years old) the application fee is not required.
Club Affiliate: Available to all CKC recognized Shetland Sheepdog Clubs, Collie and Shetland Sheepdog Clubs, Herding Group Clubs and Working/Herding Group Clubs.
Joint: Available to spouses/household members. A regular joint membership has one vote and only one member may hold office.
Lifetime Membership: Elected by the Membership for outstanding contributions to the CSSA.
Honorary Memberships: Elected by the voting members of the Corporation in recognition of outstanding contributions to the Corporation and or its predecessor, the Canadian Shetland Sheepdog Association. The award of an honorary membership shall be made following receipt by the Corporation of a nomination from a minimum of five regular members of the Corporation, and approval of 75% of the regular members, with such approval to be held by secret ballot. An honorary member is entitled to all privileges of membership but shall have no right to vote or hold office, and shall continue their membership without payment of annual fees to the Corporation.
Payment of Dues
- Membership fees are due
January 1st of each year. Non-payment of dues will require
payment of a late penalty of $10.00 if dues are not received
before February 28. Payment must be received by the Membership
Chair. ( Do not send to other members or executive) Please be
advised according to our Constitution that if Membership is not
renewed within 60 days from the beginning of the fiscal year (ie
Jan 1) membership will be considered as lapsed and may be
automatically terminated.
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Applicants approved in
the last three months of the year shall apply their membership
dues to the following year.
- All new members are
subject to an application fee of $20.00 in addition to the
following fee schedule
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Membership Category |
Annual Dues |
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1. Regular and Associate |
$35.00 |
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2. Foreign |
$35.00 (U.S. Funds) |
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3. Club Affiliate |
$40.00 |
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4. Junior |
$35.00 |
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5. Joint |
$55.00 |
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6. Lifetime |
No fees due. |
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7. Honorary |
No fees due. |
- Note:
Two sponsors are
required for all applications, one of which should be
your Regional Director. If you are unable to
fulfill the sponsorship requirement; forward your
application along with a letter outlining the difficulty
to the Membership Secretary.
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Applications may be obtained by contacting Esther Hall, Membership Secretary.
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All initial applications and Renewal forms must also include a signed copy of the Code Of Ethics.
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New Member Application form click HERE (PDF)
Code Of Ethics form click HERE (PDF)
Membership Renewal form click HERE(PDF)
CSSA Yahoo Forum guidelines click HERE (Word Doc) |