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Message
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Fall
2006 - By
Aaron
Esterline
Hello
everyone! I
hope you’ve
all enjoyed
your summer.
The days are
still quite
warm here in
Michigan,
but the
nights are
getting
colder – a
sign of the
fall weather
that is soon
to come.
As Susan
Prechtl
indicated in
the last
President’s
message,
elections
were held
resulting in
two new PBA
Directors.
The Board
held our
first
meeting in
early June
and elected
officers.
The new
officers
are:
Aaron
Esterline
President
Susan
Prechtl
Vice-President
Terri
Naumann
Secretary
Fran Bishop
Treasurer
I think it’s
appropriate
for me to
take some of
this space
to tell you
a little
about
myself. I
started
raising
goats about
17 years ago
in 4-H. The
first goats
that I
raised were
dairy goats
(Toggenburgs
and Saanens),
but I also
had a few
pygmies and
angoras.
After
Theresa and
I were
married, we
started
breeding and
showing
pygmy goats
exclusively.
Shortly
thereafter,
I ran and
was elected
to the NPGA
Board of
Directors
and have
served as
their
President
for the last
three years.
I was
introduced
to the
Pygora a few
years ago,
and became
very
interested
in the fiber
that they
produce.
Theresa and
I have
continued to
build our
herd and now
have 18
animals (13
does, 1
wethers, and
4 bucks). I’ve
had a couple
chances to
travel out
west and
have met a
few of you.
I plan on
coming to
OFFF next
month and
hope that if
you have the
chance to
come you’ll
take a
minute to
say hello.
By that time
I should
have
pictures of
our new baby
that is due
to be born
any day now.
There are a
couple
things that
have my
immediate
attention.
The first is
the creation
of an
Operating
Manual. This
manual will
contain the
job
description
of each
position in
PBA, as well
as
procedures
for various
activities
such as
Director
Elections
and Disaster
Recovery.
Another is
the Pygora
Judging
Clinic that
the Judges
Training
Committee
will be
holding at
OFFF.
Participants
will
evaluate
Pygoras and
their fleece
hands-on as
well as
practice
comparing
animals and
presenting
reasons to
the
audience.
The PBA
Board will
be holding
our next
meeting
Saturday
night at
OFFF. This
is one of
the few
meetings
that is held
face-to-face.
Most
meetings are
held online
using
e-mail. The
President
maintains a
list of PBA
members who
are copied
on the
discussion
and have an
opportunity
to provide
feedback
during the
meeting. If
you’d like
to be added
to this
list, please
send me an
e-mail (amesterline@ureach.com).
Please feel
free to
contact me
directly if
you have any
questions or
comments
about any
matter
concerning
PBA. I look
forward to
working with
each of you
to promote
and expand
the Pygora
Breeders
Association,
the Pygora
goat, and
the market
for the
wonderful
fiber that
they
produce.
Aaron
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