AGM 2008

The Annual General Meeting of the International Sporthorse Studbook Australia Inc. will be held at The Italian Sports Club, 601 Heaths Rd, Werribee, VIC 3030, PH: 9741 1225 on the 2nd October, 2008 at 7 p.m. in the Bistro. The AGM will commence at 7.30 p.m. and will be followed by a committee meeting. Meals will be available in the form of a smorgasbord in the Bistro of the Italian Club. Please contact the secretary Lauren on ph: 0418151767 or

E Mail macson@foxall.com.au  to confirm your attendance.

NEWS FLASH !!!!!  11/06/2008

Federal Agriculture Minister Tony Burke announced today that the Government has decided
against imposing a levy on the horse industry to recover its share of the $342 million spent
on eradicating the virus and financial assistance.
This follows intensive lobbying of the horse industry in general against the imposition of a
retrospective levy and strong representations by the EFA in various forums.
Minister Burke has had an extremely open ear to the EFA as he proved in supporting our
additonal Olympic funding recently ($1.5 million). This is another example of his and his
department's willingness to listen, something for which we congratulate them.
The EFA has always maintained that while there may be a case for a levy mechanism to
contribute to the cost of containing future outbreaks, it was clear that the August 2007
outbreak was due to a serious breakdown of quarantine systems controlled by the Australian
Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) and that, therefore, horse owners should not have
to shoulder the costs of containment and eradication of the virus on that occasion. The horse
sector already had to wear the huge consequential costs of the outbreak, although the
Federal Government had provided some assistance measures to help many of those affected
by the outbreak. Our thanks to the Federal Government!

New Registrar for ISSA

Introducing Mrs Lyn Spiers-Kendall

Contact:issa.registrar@bigpond.com

ISSA committee and members thank Mr Dick Buys our past registrar for all his time and effort over the years in establishing and maintaining our Studbook to an excellent standard.

Membership renewals July2008- June 2009

The new scale of fee's that took effect from

                                      1-01-2008

Scale of fees

Joining fee N/A $ 0.00

Annual M/S.fee Individual $70.00
Family $90.00

Associate: $100.00

Horse registration $40.00 includes certificate issue

NB: For 10 or more registrations to the one member in any financial
year the registration fee reduces to $25.00 per horse.

Assessment fee $35.00 geldings/mares   $50.00 Colts/ Stallions

NB: Assessments carried out at special events, with consequent higher
costs, may incur an additional fee.

Assessments also arranged privately and interstate by arrangement and may also incur an additional fee.

Registration transfer $15.00

Certificate replacement $15.00

Service certificate books $35.00  ( plus $ 5-00 postage )

ISSA Inc. is now a member of the

World Breeding Federation for Sporthorses ( WBFSH) 2007

This means that ISSA registered horse competing internationally can compete under the

ISSA banner and will score points for the Australian sporthorse on the World scene.

ISSA Inc now accept pony's in our

"Sport Horse Register" 2007

WELCOME
As part of ISSA's commitment to improving the service to our members we have now taken the step of having our own dedicated website.

What is ISSA

• ISSA is a performance based studbook, not a breed society
   
• ISSA maintains a studbook and register open to all Australian sport horses suitable for the Olympic equestrian disciplines.
   
• ISSA has a register and studbook for stallions, with published pedigrees and information on progeny performance for the purpose of progeny testing the Australian sport horse.
   
• ISSA actively works to gather information to maintain the data base for sport horse pedigrees and performance information.
   
• ISSA represents the interest of members through active participation and sponsorship of events and competitions.
   
• ISSA aims to develop and promote the profile of the Australian sport horse and its outstanding qualities nationally and internationally.
   
• ISSA is asking for your support to give the Australian sport horse the identity and recognition world wide that it so deserves.