[Alpacasite] Re: Senior Judges & Llamas/Give it a rest already!!!!!!!!!

Given that this subject has been beaten to death repeatedly, I
request that it be remove to the alpacapolitics site.

Love your husbandry quotes Ken. Why not keep the politics where it
belongs.

Best regards,

Neil
A Paca Fun Farm
Mt. Airy, Maryland
Sugarloaf Mountain, Maryland
www.apacafunfarm.com

--- In Alpacasite@yahoogroups.com, "Kenneth E. Madl"
<kenneth.madl@p...> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Kenneth E. Madl <kenneth.madl@p...>
> wrote:
>
> > Mary [Reed] and Anthony [Stachowski] were given the opportunity
> > at an ILR hearing on Wednesday to explain what they knew about
> > the deliberate falsification of registry records. Five minutes
> > before the hearing was to begin, they agreed to a settlement
> > rather than face possible expulsion from the ILR. The
> > settlement agreement contains the following:
> >
> > * A three year suspension from registering llamas (some
> > portion of this is deferred),
> >
> > * The payment of all the ILR attorney fees,
> >
> > * They have to supply DNA tests for all llamas they have
> > owned since 1998, whether they have been sold or not,
> >
> > * If they are reinstated by the ILR, they have to supply DNA
> > for any llama that they register in the future,
> >
> > * They have agreed that the ILR can supply the evidence to
> > other breed associations, and
> >
> > * The ILR will supply the information on the suspension to
> > any publication that requests it.
> >
> > They do not admit or deny any guilt.
> >
> > It will be interesting to see if AOBA or ARI will take any
> > action.
>
>
> That was in Feb. of 2003. Shortly after that, ALSA did their own
> investigation, and the following was published:
>
> "A protest was filed with the ALSA Protest Committee alleging that
> Mary Reed and Anthony Stachowski violated the following sections
of
> the ALSA 12th Edition Handbook; Part 18. Ethics, Section 2., A.
> Owners & Breeders should avoid making false or misleading
statements
> regarding lamas for sale or used for stud service. Section 4. A.
> Judges must at all times exhibit the highest standard of integrity
> and professionalism. The Protest Committee investigated the matter
> and gave the accused an opportunity to present a defense. The
> Protest Committee's recommendation to the ALSA Board was to uphold
> the protest filed against Mary Reed and Anthony Stachowski and
that
> an appropriate penalty be assessed."
>
> This was the appropriate penalty:
>
> * That Mary Reed and Anthony Stachowski be suspended for three
years
> from showing or having others show, exhibit or train for them.
>
> * They are prohibited from holding or exercising office in ALSA or
> any Sanctioned Show, and excluded from all show grounds during
> Sanctioned Shows, as an exhibitor, participant or spectator.
>
> * That Mary Reed and Anthony Stachowski have their Judge's license
> revoked for three years. Providing that there have been no other
> violations in the three years, they may apply in writing to the
> Judges Committee to become certified.
>
> * That Mary Reed and Anthony Stachowski be fined $4,650.00, an
> amount that will cover all ALSA expenses incurred investigating
this
> Protest.
>
> The ARI had to go to court to have Mary Reed removed as a
director.
> In their findings, they said "The notes taken at the meeting
further
> reflect that Reed gave false information to the other Board
members
> in an effort to mislead them and to cause the Board to refuse to
> grant the ILR Request. Reed's arguments affected the outcome of
the
> Board's consideration of the ILR Request." The investigation
> "concluded that Reed had violated Section 5.2 of ARI's Bylaws and
> had violated her duties as a director of a Colorado nonprofit
> corporation pursuant to Colorado law."
>
> I asked "It will be interesting to see if AOBA or ARI will take
any
> action." AOBA has never done a thing. No investigation, no
> penalties, no nothing. Amazingly enough, Mr. Stachowski even had
> the nerve to run for the AOBA Board, and was elected!!!
>
> Even though the AOBA Board did nothing, both Ms. Reed and Mr.
> Stachowski voluntarily stopping judging AOBA shows. The ethics
> section of the AOBA rules is clear in saying that the judges serve
> at the pleasure of the AOBA Board and that judging is a privilege
> not a right. It also says that a condition of being a judge is
that
> you must be presumed to be honest. ALSA makes clear that "Judges
> must at all times exhibit the highest standard of integrity and
> professionalism."
>
> Why do I mention all this yet again? Because both Ms. Reed and
Mr.
> Stachowski are attending an AOBA judge recertification clinic this
> weekend.
>
> Ken Madl
> Aviana Farms
>

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