Tracking Club of Victoria
Statement of Purposes
a) To promote and encourage the sport of tracking in the state of Victoria for registered dogs.
b) To promote and raise the standards of tracking by providing:-
General Tracking Information.
Assistance to Clubs and Newcomers to find Tracking Groups.
Organised Practical Training Sessions to include handlers, dogs, instructors, tracklayers and officials.
c) To promote the usefulness of tracking dogs in the preservation of human life and to
demonstrate their fitness to a place in the community.
d) To be affiliated with the Victorian Canine Association Inc.
e) To promote and support competitions in all practical ways and to hold such exhibitions as
are permitted by the constitution of this association, or the A.N.K.C. in accordance
therewith.
f) To foster, promote, and protect the interests of exhibitors of dogs at exhibitions.
g) To collect verify and make available information relating to tracking.
h) To educate and encourage members, handlers, tracklayers, and officials to abide by the
requirements and standards approved by the V.C.A. Inc. for the conduct of exhibitors.
i) To promote good fellowship and sportsmanship amongst members, other clubs and those
interested in training and working dogs.
j) To promote responsible dog ownership.
k) To hold functions and lectures relating to dogs and to the purpose of the club generally.
l) To provide or donate awards for competition at exhibitions.
m) To foster relations with other clubs and bodies having similar aims.
n) To promote and assist worthy causes, as agreed at a general meeting of members of the
club.
o) To invest the funds of the club not immediately required in such manner as the members or
the committee in lieu thereof shall determine.
p) To locate and negotiate new tracking grounds.
Trial Regulations
taken from the TCV committee meeting 18.09.2003
"The TCV advises that it has become necessary to initiate the following procedures for future tracking trial being held by the club.
1. Requests received from competitors regarding preference e.g. for a particular day or that
they wish to be catalogued on the same day as another competitor will be scrutinized upon
receipt of entry.
2. A maximum involvement of two (2) dogs per handler per day will be catalogued at TCV
Trials unless a less than anticipated entry is received. This will make the running of the trial
smoother for judges, Trial Secretary and competitors.
3. TCV members are reminded that we are very fortunate to be allowed to use wonderful
properties to pursue our hobby of tracking, but members must remember at all times that
these properties are peoples homes and we must always respect the land and its owners.
4. The TCV can only continue to hold trials where it is unnecessary to conduct a ballot for,
if the events have a suitable number of guaranteed helpers available that are confirmed
prior to the close of entries. Otherwise a ballot will be conducted when required."
Service Award Criteria
1 Nominees must be financial members of the TCV Inc. but not a member of the TCV Inc.
Committee.
2 Nominees must have made an outstanding contribution to the TCV Inc. activities in the
preceding 12 months.
3 Nominations must be made in writing to the Committee of the TCV Inc.; the nomination
must include a full resume of the nominee's contribution to the TCV Inc. to enable
verification by the Committee.
4 The nominators must be financial members of the TCV Inc.
5 Nominations must be lodged with the Secretary of the TCV Inc. by the 31st August each
year.
Service Award Criteria
1 The Committee of the TCV Inc. upon receipt of a nomination for a Service Award shall verify
or reject the nomination, on the stated criteria only prior to or at the September Committee
Meeting each year.
2 If the nomination is rejected the Committee shall notify the nominator in writing stating the
reasons for the rejection.
3 Service award badge/s, stating the recipient’s name and the year of the award will be
presented at the AGM of the Club each year.
Life Membership Criteria
1. Be a financial member of the TCV Inc. for a period of not less than ten (10) continual years.
2. During this ten (10) year period the member must have given significant contribution to the
TCV Inc. and its membership for a period of not less than seven (7) years
3. Nominations must be made in writing to the Committee of the TCV Inc.; the nomination
must include a full resume to enable verification by the Committee.
4. Nominations can only be made by a current financial member of the TCV Inc.
5. Nominations must be lodged with the Secretary of the TCV Inc. by the 31st May each year.
Guidelines for Life Membership
1 The Committee of the TCV Inc. upon receipt of a Life Membership nomination will verify
or reject the nomination, on the stated criteria only, prior to 30th June each year.
2 If the nomination is rejected the Committee will notify the nominator in writing stating the
reasons for the rejection.
3 If the Committee verifies the nomination, the names of the nominees will be printed in the
July edition of the TCV Newsletter. Members who object to the verification may make
written submissions to the Committee prior to the 31st August. The submission must
contain details as to why the verification of the nomination should be rejected under the
criteria.
4 If no objections are received the nominees name will be placed on the Agenda of the TCV
Inc. AGM in that year for ratification by the membership.
5 Upon ratification the nominee will be awarded life membership of the TCV Inc. and
presented with a life membership badge at the AGM of the Club in that year.
6 Life Members shall continue to enjoy all privileges of ordinary membership of the TCV Inc.
but shall not be liable to pay annual membership subscriptions.
7 Once awarded, Life Membership of the TCV Inc. cannot be rescinded.
