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Message
from the
President
February
2000 -- By
Jill
Gallagher
PBA
is moving
along nicely
with our
on-line
E-mail Board
Meetings. We
just
completed
our second
one and I
would again
like to
thank the
board for
working with
me on this.
Before I
forget, any
reports or
agenda items
for the next
meeting are
due on my
desk by
March 6th.
And the
Board
Meeting will
begin on
March 14th.
At our last
meeting
Jackie Liner
ask to
resign as
the Fleece
Committee
Chair and
was so
granted that
request.
Speaking for
all of us,
thank you
Jackie for
all you did
with this
position.
The major
thing she
did was to
get a pygora
fleece
showing and
judging
guideline
going and
that like
all the
other jobs
we all do,
took some
time to
gather the
information
and
implement
it. So
Jackie,
thank you
for your
time and
work. And
then Jackie
noticed that
she had an
extra few
minutes in
her life
with nothing
to do; ha!
So, she ask
the board if
she could be
the new PBA
Show
Secretary,
and we said
with our
votes, why
sure. So
please take
note, when
needing show
applications
and etc. for
shows, you
will now be
dealing with
Ms Jackie
Liner.
Thanks
again,
Jackie.
We are still
looking for
a few people
for some PBA
jobs. They
are listed
in this
newsletter
and added to
it is now
the Fleece
Committee
Chair. I
want to
thank all
those
members that
took the
time to vote
on the
issues that
are
concerning
PBA. You
will also
find those
results in
this
newsletter.
I am sorry
the
discussion
group is not
moving, I
had to
rethink the
process as
it took to
much of my
time before.
So I have a
new plan
that was
suggested to
me before,
and I now
think that
yes, they
are right.
So this is
the plan.
The
discussion
group will
move to the
Pygora List
on the
internet. If
you are not
on this,
contact Inga
Gonzales at Igonzo@goldstate.net
and ask her
to put you
on the list.
It costs
nothing and
if you find
you don’t
like it, it
is easy to
be removed.
By doing it
this way,
when you
push “send”
it goes out
to all
people on
the list,
and I don’t
have to
forward
anything.
Yes, some
people that
are on the
list are not
PBA members,
but we won’t
be voting on
anything in
this format,
just
discussing.
But it is
good to get
input from
many
different
sources. And
remember,
the
highlights
of the
discussion
will be put
in the PBA
newsletters
so everyone
else gets a
chance to
comment. And
this, in
turn helps
the
membership
and the
board know
what the
people are
thinking and
can help us
all when and
if we need
to vote on
the issue.
So for this
discussion,
to help get
us back on
track, the
topic is “
When should
the deadline
be to
registrar
your kids
by?” As it
is, you
pre-registrar
your animal
and then
from 8 to 10
months you
must have
them
registered
if you wish
to show
them. And
some of us
are finding
that that is
a very short
time frame
since a
major show
is in
January of
every year.
What do you
all think? I
will get
this on the
Pygora list
and those
that are not
on the
internet,
write me
your
thoughts.
This topic
will be
going to the
board in
March!
I have to
tell you
that I was
so excited
at one of
the things
that
happened at
the Winter
Fiber Frenzy
in
Hillsboro,
Oregon in
January.
Yes, I got
to go! I was
the back up
Judge as the
original
Judge was
unable to
make it. And
I had a
great time.
The thing
that was so
neat was
this. I am
going to
explain this
a bit more
in detail
for those of
you that
have not had
a chance to
see or
attend a
Pygora show.
I get ask
quite a bit,
“what do
you do with
your
wethers? Or
what good
are they?”
And of
course my
answers is
always “A
wether is a
wonderful
fleece
animal along
with the
fact that
they can be
a great pet.
They are a
fleece
producer and
not a
reproducer.”
Well, at the
Pygora shows
there is a
class
called, “Best
Fleece”.
All animals
that were in
the show;
whether they
are male,
female or
wether can
be in this
class. The
class is
divided up
by fleece
types. There
are three
groups: one
of A type,
one of B
type and one
group of C
type . The
judge then
judges the
class on the
animals
fleece only
and comes up
with one
winner in
each group.
This is a
really neat
class to
see, because
you can
really see
the
qualities
that make up
the
different
types of
fleece.
Well, I
placed the
class,
looking only
at their
fleeces on
their
bodies. And
after the
class, it
was brought
to my
attention
that the
three
winners were
Wethers,
yes! They
did it! They
proved it!
They helped
prove that
All Pygoras
can be
useful
animals;
whether they
are used for
milk, meat,
fleece or to
reproduce.
Way to go
guys!
This was a
great show
and I hope
all of you
can some day
get to it. I
would like
to thank all
that helped
with this
show and all
that make
the other
shows though
out the
years
possible.
And thank
you Lisa
Roskopf and
George and
Jackie Liner
and Andy for
the
wonderful
time I had
at your
ranches and
for keeping
this
California
girl warm
and fed.
I look
forward to
hearing from
you all
soon. Enjoy
those new
kids!
Jill
Gallagher
PBA
President
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