Re: [Alpacasite] Senior Judges & Llamas

On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Kenneth E. Madl <kenneth.madl@prodigy.net>
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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