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Slobodan Kulic
Judge OMJ-COM - Exotics
Serbia
team for exotic birds and since 2014 I have been Technical Congresses took place without mutual
a participant in all OMJ expert meetings. At the cooperation, exchange of knowledge and expe-
COM Congress held as part of the World Ornitho- rience and socializing. So it is with the latter in
logical Championship in Matosinhos in Portugal Istanbul, December 2021.
in 2016, I was elected Vice President of the World
Ornithological Confederation and was in that po- Since I like to write and publish articles about
sition until 2019. It is a wonderful and meanin- birds and I have been editing professional ma-
gful experience. I have met many breeders and gazines in this field for many years, I have an
colleagues around the world and I am in constant extremely good cooperation with the editor-in-
contact with them today, which means a lot to me chief of your magazine Revista Plumas, Norbert
for what I do. Nadal, who is also the editor of this magazine. As
a result of good cooperation, several texts by au-
My work can be characterized as an integral part thors from Argentina were published in my ma-
of teamwork for exotic birds, exotic pigeons, turt- gazine AVI KULA, but also my articles in Revista
le doves and exotic quail within expert teams the Plumas, and most importantly, this cooperation
Association for the Protection and Breeding of was extended to other authors whose texts were
Birds from Serbia, SOF the Judicial Organization published in AVI KULA.
of SOF, COM, OMJ. In all these collective jobs, I
tried to do my best to give suggestions and pull Magazines are a fundamental pillar of socializing,
forward, and that teamwork results in excellent exchanging knowledge and experiences. Educa-
results. And I enjoyed it! tion cannot be imagined without direct coopera-
tion. And this call of yours for my presentation is
I would like to briefly present my Serbian Orni- also part of that trend of direct communication
thological Federation, abbreviated SOF. She has and cooperation. I think this is the first step in
been a member of the COM since 1955, almost cooperation with this magazine of yours, but I
since its formation. Although not very large, it is am sure that this is just the beginning and we
very active in COM and OMJ, directly or throu- have yet to cooperate.
gh its representatives. Thirty years ago, she was
the organizer of the World Ornithological Cham- As a crown of all these activities, my website www.
pionship in Split within the Yugoslav Ornithologi- exoticbirds-kulic.com was created, which should
cal Federation. SOF does not have direct contact provide almost all the information of interest to
and cooperation with the Argentine Federation breeders, competitors, bird watchers, conserva-
due to the great spatial distance, but it certainly tionists and all bird lovers. In addition, this web-
has cooperation through the joint World Orni- site regularly publishes the digital magazine AVI
thological Confederation and through prominent KULA in English and Serbian and so far 5 issues
experts and leaders from Argentina and Serbia. have been published and distributed free of char-
ge to members of the international group “Exotic
However, individual contacts are much more pre- birds - Kulic”. According to previous indicators,
sent and pronounced and I can proudly say that it has paved the way for readers, is well received
I have many friends, colleagues and associates in and has many readers around the world.
Argentina. Our cooperation is extremely good,
especially in the exchange of professional arti- Finally, it is my pleasure to thank President Ale-
cles, texts and exchange of experiences regarding jandro Galego, FOA, CAJ and all breeders from
the harmonization of assessment techniques and Argentina and to point out that I was honored
interpretation of standards for exhibition birds to participate in this project of yours. I wish you
and joint appearances at seminars and professio- great success in your further work and the reali-
nal meetings. No expert meeting within the OMJ zation of all plans!
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