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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Re: [AlpacaTalk] AOBA SHOWS! NO!

 

I don't know if non-AOBA certified shows are allowed to be advertised in Alpacas Magazine or not, but for the last few years, many AOBA members did not receive AM, because AOBA so wisely chose to take that away from our membership benefits.


Last time I tried to look, the show records are ALSA were almost impossible to search, unless you knew exactly what you were looking for. I hope they have done or will do something about that. 

And I don't even know where to access the International shows' results, except on the pages of each shows' website. and if you don't know the name of the show, it's hard to find, as well.

A possible advantage of having and attending a non-AOBA certified show is that it will perhaps force AOBA to rethink their greediness and actually give the members value for their membership. Competition is wonderful that way.


Heather

Heather Zeleny
White Lotus Alpacas
Oregon

Holistic Farm and Elite Fleece

On Mar 11, 2010, at 5:04 AM, Judith Korff/Ladysong Farm wrote:


I don't know if it still holds true, but I believe there was a time (way back when I started out) when you couldn't advertise non-AOBA show ribbons or championships in Alpacas Magazine, which is why so many farms refuse to attend anything but AOBA-certified shows.
 
Judith Korff
LadySong Farm
Music to Your Wallet
Randolph, New York 14772 
Cell: (716) 499-0383
 


From: Brad Hamilton <brad@zenithalpacas.com>
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, March 11, 2010 7:51:50 AM
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] AOBA SHOWS! NO!

 

The only advantage to going to an AOBA show is the advertising on the 
web site!
The other unfortunate side effect is the farms that will "only attend 
AOBA shows"!

This is sad and will go away over time. Support the whole industry people!

AOBA obviously cannot attend to our show needs on a budget that makes 
sense and be our national show association. This is a simple proven fact.

In Ohio we are blessed with many well ran Alsa shows.

Norwalk Show
Hartford Co. Fair Show
Fulton Co. Fair Show
Llama Fest (will be alsa again starting this year) (I know it's in MI)
Champions Show

the Knox Co. Fair Show is non-sanctioned.

We are working on a new show in Mansfield Ohio that will be ALSA. We 
didn't even consider AOBA for our show.

Brad Hamilton
Zenith Alpacas
419-884-3797
http://www.zenithalpacas.com



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