BTW, it was stated on this or one of the other alpaca discussion groups that this form is the same as what was developed last year. I was on the NC last year and I can assure you this form was not developed or used last year.
Elden Harms
Token Creek Alpacas
Sun Prairie WI
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From: Ruthanne McCaslin <blackalpaca@
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To: alpacasite@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:22 pm
Subject: RE: [Alpacasite] Will it really help you?
Eldon, I agree with you. I would also point out that this disclosure would prevent any alpaca veterinarian from running for the board because of the conflict between client confidentiality and this disclosure form. I recall a few days ago someone asked Lona about the size of Dave Belt's herd as if owning a larger herd made one more qualified than the owner of a smaller herd. It's not the size of the herd, but the size of the heart that counts! there are many small breeders who have made enormous contributions to the industry (and many of the large breeders, too). I would be more interested in what leadership experience a person has and what other skills he or she may bring to the board, any areas of expertise that would benefit AOBA, etc. as well as the work ethic. And as far as talking to people about alpacas, isn't the definaiton of an alpaca owner someone who talks about alpacas to anyone who will listen? Smiles, Dr. Ruthanne PS I'm not getting all the posts for some reason, so in case Lona hasn't answered this already in a post I missed - Dave Belt, his wife Suzy and their children were involved in the alpaca business long before Dave became involved with the ALpacas Magazine. They had a small but very lovely breeding herd in Colorado for quite a few years. during that time Dave took the helm of a floundering Alpacas Magazine and turned it into the award winning beautiful publication that it is today. Along the way it became necessary for them to move to Canada to care for several elderly relatives (OK it wasn't NECESSARY, but it was the right thing to do) This meant they had to sell their breeding herd and kept only a few beloved geldings who made the move to Canada with them. Dave has done a lot of volunteer work in the alpaca world, but more often has been behind the scenes doing what needs to done and not blowing his own horn. Ruthanne McCaslin, DVM www.blackalpaca.com Promised Land Farm 11345 Thwing Rd. Chardon, OH 44024 440-285-9255 216-402-5386 Peruvian Perfection in Black and White - and some Amazing Greys!! To: Alpacasite@yahoogroups.com; alpacapolitics@yahoogroups.com; AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com From: tcalpacas@aol.com Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:29:24 -0500 Subject: [Alpacasite] Will it really help you? This has to be short, I have to finish getting ready to talk with some vet students tomorrow about the wonderful alpacas we all love and devote our time to. I just took a min to look at a blank AOBA BOD candidate disclosure form. While it really help any of you to decide who to vote for by knowing which candidates: gave away or sold an alpaca for greater than $100 and to who? gave or sold and alpaca worth $5000? spoke to anyone about alpacas for compensation or not? if anyone has purchased an alpaca for $100 or more and who from? How will any of this information help you decide who to vote for? Perhaps I'm missing something, if so, someone enlighten me. If I were a candidate I would have to disclose all of my shearing clients (for pay or not) and anyone that I helped with herd management on a no cost basis? Why is any of that of anyone's business except mine or my clients? Unfortunately this disclosure form is incredibly bias against at least one candidate, actually it's more than unfortunate. This election will go down as yet another low point for our association. Elden Harms Token Creek Alpacas Sun Prairie [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Opinions and postings on this list are the sole responsibility of the person posting the message. The accuracy and content of each message in no way reflect the opinions of the moderators or Yahoo. TO CHANGE OPTIONS (Daily Digest, no email) visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Alpacasite/join Moderators: Jan Davis - Derwydd Alpacas & Lisa Olsen - Alpaca Atlantic of Tennessee LLC You may email them all at alpacasite-owner@yahoogroups.com Save on Identity theft protection - http://www.lifelock.com/default.aspx?promocode=alpacas Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Alpacasite/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Alpacasite/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: Alpacasite-digest@yahoogroups.com Alpacasite-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Alpacasite-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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