Today is the annual general meeting of the State of Jefferson Alpaca Association.
That means the result of the members ballot which I am delighted to say sees me starting a second term as president. I guess I must be doing something right!

In the general meeting we talked about what would happen in an emergency. So for example if your farm is flooded and you have to evacuate all your animals to a neighbouring farm. Or a wild fire where you and your neighbours have to be evacuated.

At the meeting we started to build a roster of farms that could keep animals and how many plus a list of members with trailers and how many animals they can carry. In a short space of time we had put together a simple plan that would be of real benefit.

There is still plenty of work to be done but it is growing into a real benefit of SoJAA membership that you can tap into this network. All credit to member Diana Schultz who prepared and gave the talk. Something each affiliate should be thinking about.

Adrian Stewart