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Showing Off
We are very excited to announce a number of upcoming Kinder shows. Shows are a great place to connect with other Kinder owners, buy or sell goats and get professional opinions that assist you in breeding for future herd improvement. Please consider competing, volunteering or simply attending… we need your support for these shows to succeed!
April 1st- June 1st – The KGBA is pleased to announce that we will be holding another online show this spring. All you need is a few high quality pictures of your registered Kinder goats. Go to the Virtual Show Guidelines page for and entry form and helpful tips on how to enter your goat.
****The KGBA online show is offered as a benefit to our members. Only current members of KGBA can show their registered Kinders.
June 11-12th, 2016 – Youngstown, Ohio – The Mahoning County Capriculturists 4H Club will be hosting a sanctioned Kinder Show on June 11th and 12th, 2016. This will be a two day stand-alone Kinder Show at the Canfield Fairgrounds near Youngstown, Ohio. More details will follow…
August 19-24th – Sedalia, Missouri – The Missouri State Fair will be hosting a sanctioned Kinder show on one or more of these days. More details to come. For more information, please contact Leah Rennick.
****In order to show your Kinders at a sanctioned KGBA show, they must be registered (registration applications will not be accepted!) through the KGBA, with registrations present at time of judging.
Send Us Your Numbers!!
The KGBA wants information on your meat and milk production, and we’re willing to beg, borrow and offer free memberships to get it! Once we receive and verify your documentation, we will send you a certificate good for one free annual membership to the KGBA. The certificate can be used by you or transferred to the individual of your choice.
What do we want?
We want any info you can give us, but in order to qualify for a free annual membership for 2017, we need the following information from at least three of you registered (or kids out of registered parents) Kinder goats:
1. Official milk test records from a one day test or a standard whole herd milk test. For more information, contact your local DHI field representative listed online at http://www.quality-certification.com/certifiedfield.aspor contact Sue Beck at sue@jabeck.com.
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2. Detailed records on butchering weights sent in on the form found at https://kindergoatbreeders.com/files/KGBA_Meat_Reporting_Form.pdf
For more information on butchering and recording weights, please contact Jean Jajan at jeanjajan1@gmail.com.
In order to qualify for the free membership incentive, all forms need to be submitted no later than December 28, 2016. This information is incredibly valuable and beneficial to the Kinder Goat Breeders Association… thank you for your participation!
2015 Election Results
We are happy to announce that we had excellent voter participation in the KGBA election again this year, with more than fifty percent of our active members voting. Thank you all for your participation… your votes matter, and your voices make this association what it is!
Voting results for KGBA board positions are as follows:
President – Sue Beck, Wisconsin
Vice President – Ashley Kennedy, Colorado
Secretary – Jean Jajan, Oregon
Treasurer – Lisa LaRose, Illinois
Members at Large –
Term through 2018 – Kathrin Bateman, Massachusetts
Term through 2017 – Brenda Lee Shelt, Montana
Term through 2016- Kam Padlina, California
Congratulations to all returning board members on their re-election, and a warm welcome to our new board member, Kam Padlina! We are looking forward to a very productive 2016!
Ballots Are Out!
All current KGBA members should be receiving election ballots in the mail this week. If your membership is current and you do not receive a ballot, please contact sue@jabeck.com.
We have an amazing group of people running for office again this year! All of our volunteers (for the board, the newsletter and our many other ongoing projects) are extremely dedicated to improving the Association for our members and their goats, but we are always looking for more volunteers. If you think you might be interested in joining a committee or running for the board in the future, please contact us!
We look forward to hearing from everyone in the Association, so this year we have included a “comment” section at the bottom of the ballot – we want to know what we can do to make things better for you! Just remember – ballots must be postmarked by September 30th in order to be counted in the election.
Election results will be posted as soon as they are available. Thank you all for your participation!
Sue Beck
KGBA President
Results Are In!!!
The Kinder Goat Breeders Association is excited to announce the results of our very first online show! We had many exceptional Kinder goats entered in the show, and are extremely grateful to our judge, Kim Shunney, for sharing her wealth of knowledge and experience by taking the time to write editorials on each of her choices.
Online shows are not sanctioned by the KGBA for a number of reasons – first and foremost being that it is extremely difficult to judge a goat without seeing them move or being able to put your hands on them. A wonderful goat can place poorly in a class due to the angle of a photo or poor lighting. Major faults in another goat may not be as apparent in pictures. For this reason, online show results should always be taken for what they are – a good learning opportunity based on the very specific images that have been submitted, not the last word on any goat’s quality or value.
We thank those who submitted entries for making our first online show such a great success… it is an outstanding group of goats!
To view the submissions and results to the online show, please click the link below:
Calling All Members!!!
Have you ever considered running for a position on the KGBA board? If so, now is the time!
The KGBA nominating committee is currently accepting volunteers and recommendations for the annual September election. Any person holding an individual membership effective as of March 1stis eligible to be a candidate or recommend another for a position.
Thinking about running? Please consider your decision carefully – becoming a board member is a wonderful way to help our Association grow and improve and we want all the help we can get, but it takes time and commitment to make things happen! Directors serve without compensation. The elected term is 1-3 years, with directors spending an average of 5-10 hours a month managing the affairs of the association.
Board members attend monthly board meetings via conference call, take part in various committees and work to promote the Kinder goat in accordance to our bylaws. Specific descriptions of each position can be found at www.kindergoatbreeders.com/bylaws.html
If you would like to volunteer or nominate someone else for a position, please contact us via email at frankenmonk@gmail.com prior to August 20th. Please consider submitting a half-page bio (to be included with ballots) when you express your interest in becoming a candidate.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Disclaimer: The opinions, views, and thoughts expressed by newsletter and blog contributors do not necessarily reflect those of the Kinder® Goat Breeders Association. Goat husbandry advice found in the newsletter and blog is not meant to substitute a valid veterinary relationship. Please request permission to share or reprint newsletter and blog posts.