WHY BECOME A MEMBER?
If you would like to see a very old breed survive, virtually unchanged, and you just happen to love the old-style Siamese cat and its stylish looks this is the place for you.
This club is all about preserving the old-style Siamese look, preserving them as how they were when first introduced to this country in the late 1800’s or at least as near as possible. This club has been dedicated to this purpose since 2000. Certainly we wish to preserve the Siamese cat as many members remember them from their youth, in the 1950’s or 1960’s before the breed was used by some breeders to achieve the “modern” look. This is why every single membership is important to the club.
We are a GCCF affiliated area club, officially a specialist breed club under the heading, area club. We have international memberships and are very proud of it. We say the “world is our area”. We have sufficient members in order to qualify for one delegate from our club to speak on behalf of our club at the GCCF Council meetings. Without your membership we could lose our delegate and it is important that we have a voice at these meetings. Therefore every member or prospective new member is important to us.
As mentioned above, The Old-style Siamese Club is a GCCF (premier registering body in the UK) affiliated club and we offer an assortment of levels of membership in the hope that we cater for all level of interest from those who just love the old-style Siamese, to those contemplating breeding for the first time, or those who are well established breeders and long time members of the club. We provide twice yearly newsletters, a forum for discussion and assistance. Within the club we have a wealth of experience that any member may call upon should you become owned by an old-style Siamese.
Newsletters are comprised mainly of contributions from our members – funny/serious stories – photographs – anything that may be of interest to other members.
We welcome all cat lovers, we are old-style advocates but those who are not are also welcome. You may prefer the modern-look – “each to their own” is our motto, after all they are all wonderful Siamese. Information exchange across the spectrum can only be to the benefit of all cats.
The GCCF “Standard of Points” for the Siamese cat is our Standard of Points. It all comes down, at the end of the day, to interpretation of the standard.
MEMBERSHIP AND RENEWALS
We offer individual membership, Joint/Family membership covering multiple people living at the same address and breeder membership.
| Membership Type | Fee |
| UK single membership | £8 renewal, £10 for new members |
| UK Joint/Family | £9.50 renewal, £11.50 for new members |
| Europe single membership | £14 renewal, £17 for new members |
| Outside Europe single membership | £18 renewal, £20 for new members |
Annual membership runs from January to January, so don’t forget to renew 1 January each year.
Breeder memberships are only open to breeders who have been a member of the club for at least a year. Breeder membership entitles the breeder to a listing on the club breeder/kitten/stud list and use of the Club discount code for genetic testing with LangfordVets. Breeders must be registering with the GCCF and be in good standing with the GCCF and any clubs of which they are a member.
| Breeder membership (UK) | £9 |
| Breeder membership (Europe) | £15 |
| Breeder membership (outside Europe) | £19 |
All applications from new members and breeders are subject to the approval of the Committee.
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION/RENEWAL FORM
Payment may be made:
- by cheque: Please make cheques payable to OLD STYLE SIAMESE CLUB and send to OSSC Membership Secretary: Frances Benedito, 50 University Road, Colliers Wood, London, SW19 2BX
- by BACS using your postcode and fist five letters of your surname as reference to: <bank account details to be supplied>
- by PayPal payment, with a PayPal account or credit card.