[AlpacaTalk] SAFAA meeting
This message is to correct the date for the SAFAA meeting and to
explain more about our mission to those who have not joined our
GAAFAA yahoo group.
The date of the SAFAA meeting is June 30, 2007, at GMF, Blue Ridge
GA. 11 am.
We will have lunch at the Blue Jeans restaurant prior to the meeting.
The mission of the SAFAA is to promote the animal fiber products
industry by putting on animal and fiber products exhibits at local
fairs, and locally organized fiber fests, knitting guild meetings,
and spinning guild meetings.
We want to form a club with a central information exchange for all
animal fiber products producers, plus the fiber arts machinery
products.
We are already in touch with several spinning guilds, the Atlanta
knitting guild and a network of boutiques that will sell Alpaca
fiber products for us.
I have set up an Alpaca exhibit and fiber products exhibit booth
arrangement with the Mid South Fair in TN for this September. We
will have stalls for 20 alpacas and two fiber products display
booths.
We will also have three stalls for 12 alpacas and fiber products
displays at the Sunbelt expo.
We are negotiating with the Fair Manager in Cumming to put on a
display there this fall.
We want to set up displays at the Perry GA fair.
We want to start selling your alpaca products made at your farm or
whoever contractor you use at our SAFAA sponsered stores.
We are negotiating with two sock mills in NC to make socks for us,
and with a large sock wholesaler to sell for us.
We have a prototype hunting sock finished and two sock mills
awaiting the go ahead to start production at any time.
We must set up the SAFAA as a support organization to put on all
these events. Most fair events run for ten days, so we will need
several volunteers (for profit) to help at all the venues.
We cannot produce enough yarn at our farms in the Southeast to meet
our production demands, so we will need ideas on how to get enough
yarn to meet our production demands.
When we get all this information together, the GA State office of
economic development will meet with us to set up financing for
production.
Our SAFAA is not intended to compete with The AOBA, AFCNA, SeAA, GAA
or any of the conventional Alpaca marketing and fiber products
organizations.
We want to promote the entire animal fiber production industry and
the entire animal fiber arts industry including the cottage shops
of cashmere goat products, Llama fiber products and Alpaca fiber
products.
Any person or organization who has an interest in the promotion of
the USA organic fiber textile industry is welcome to join.
Elwin Bagley
Temporary Chairman
SAFAA
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