Kinder Goat Breeders Association

KGBA

News and Announcements

Send Us Your Numbers!!

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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

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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!

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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!!!

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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:

http://kgbashows.weebly.com/

Calling All Members!!!

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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!

Calling All Midwest Kinders!!!

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REGISTER NOW! Registration Deadline is July 1, 2015. Let’s not lose the Kinder Show at the Missouri State Fair. Your participation is needed!!!
Here is the entry form. http://www.mostatefair.com/…/uplo…/2015/05/dairy%20goats.pdf
You can fax it to the MO STATE FAIR when you complete your form.

Schedule
Thursday, August 20
8:00 a.m. Earliest arrival Kinder Goats
4:00 p.m. All 4-H/FFA Kinder Goats must be in place
Friday, August 21
8:00 a.m. Kinder Goats
2:00 p.m. 4-H/FFA Kinder Goat Show – Arena 1
8:00 p.m. Open Dairy & Kinder Goats must be in place
Saturday, August 22
8:30 a.m. 2:00 p.m. Open Kinder Goat, Junior Doe Show – Arena 1
4:00 p.m. Open Kinder Goat, Senior Doe Show – Arena 1(following the Open Dairy Goat, Senior Doe show)
6:00 p.m. Kinder Goats released.