[AlpacaTalk] Re: AOBA

Here's another question quite a few of us have.... If AOBA is not owned
by the members, who does own it? And then it follows, who owns the new
subsidiary?

Heather

On Dec 30, 2007, at 2:31 PM, Floyd Romanik wrote:

> Heather,
>
> Here's my understanding of Alpacasite ownership. Tim and Cindy Lavan
> started Alpacasite back in the mid 90's. They sold the site to Libby
> and
> Jerry Forstner. Libby and Jerry then got John Pinkowski to act as
> moderator
> of Alapcasite while they still owned it. When John quite because of
> threats
> of lawsuits between Eric Hoffman and Ken Madl over what was being
> posted;
> Libby and Jerry got Rick Horn to agree to be Moderator. According to
> Libby
> and Jerry as of April 2004 they were still the owners of both
> Alpacasite and
> Alpacapolitics. I don't know if they still own it today but they did
> in
> 2004. I was told the above by Libby and Jerry themselves.
>
> I and others have tried to find out exactly who does own the sites
> these
> days to no avail. Yahoo groups won't say a word. Their lips are
> sealed…
>
> I think your perspectives as a moderator are exactly what's needed in
> the
> industry… Keep up the great work!
>
> All the best,
>
> Ana
>
> Floyd and Ana Romanik
> Indian Summer Alpacas
> Chepachet, Rhode Island
>
> Phone: (401) 568-7759

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