[Alpacasite] Re: Getting more people into the alpaca business...

--- In Alpacasite@yahoogroups.com, "gatewayfarm" <johnwmerrell@e...>
wrote:
> Yes

As John's associate on the AFCNA board I'd like to add a few words (or
a lot of them) to John's answer if I may!

Yes, we have a few things "cooking" that are more along the lines of
what our members have been asking the co-op to do for so long.
Premature to go into details, etc., but we are surely trying to make
that North American fiber market that we've all been talking about.

One of the reasons I ran for AFCNA board is because I believe that in
order to sustain the top end, high dollar breeders market we must have
a very large base of fiber production farms. In order for there to be
a large number of practical and hard headed farmers willing to run
significant size herds of fiber alpacas in their pastures, there has
to be a profitable commercial market for fiber. No fiber market, no
fiber farmers, and the top falls over. So, I am just trying to do my
part to create the NA market that I believe is needed by serving on
the co-op board.

What would be really nice is if a few more people, people with real
relevant skills and time and lots of heart (or any one of those 3!!),
would take a more hands-on active role in the co-op. We're are
currently forming a nominating committee for our next election. We
need volunteers to serve on the nominating committee but more
importantly we would really love to hear from some members who would
be interested to serve on the board.

Let me know if you'd like to learn more about this, OK?

Thanks
Starr Cash
Venezia Dream Farm
Asheville, NC

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