Re: [AlpacaTalk] Re: AOBA Shennanigans/subsidiary
All I know is that participation in the FRG and Herdsire Editions and
anything above and beyond the Farm Membership in AOBA is a much larger
percentage of my annual gross income, from all sources, than from a lot
of our beloved "benefactors.
"benefactor" status were conferred to those of us who choose to
"donate" at the same percentage of our gross annual income as say, the
Forstners or AOA or Safley donates. What is $5000 to them? Pocket
change, really. I read on a post recently that the Magical Farms
auction brought in over $3 million this year. Other large farm auctions
bring in similar amounts. That $5000 "donation" to gain benefactor
status at AOBA costs them something like .00175% of the income just
from those auctions alone! That's not even close to their gross annual
income! Wanna know what .00175% of my total annual gross income is? I
won't tell, but the Farm Membership costs me a lot more than that!
So if you really want to level the playing field, AOBA should consider
this scheme rather than their current scheme. John Merrell's words on
this issue ring very very true. Many, I daresay most, alpaca breeders
do not have $1500 to "donate" to ABOA.
Heather
On Dec 31, 2007, at 12:20 PM, Peter Lundberg wrote:
>
> Hi Heather,
> It looks like you are correct. Per the email from AOBA, we are being
> overcharged so much for the Ranch Guide that it is now considered a
> "Profit Center"
>
> Peter
> Elderberry Creek Alpacas
> Stayton, OR
>
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> To: alpacatalk@yahoogro
> Dec 2007 11:53:43 -0800Subject: RE: [AlpacaTalk] Re: AOBA
> Shennanigans/
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