The latest news from the fibre cooperative is very positive.
Profit Distribution
AFCNA (the Alpaca Fibre Coopertive of North America) are anxiously awaiting the final tally on the 2006 clip so that they can compute the amount of the distribution checks to be sent to members.
The checks represent the member’s share of profits from the 2007 fiscal year. They will reflect the proportional share of net proceeds of the clip submitted by each member based on a 3 year rolling average.
AFCNA Elections
Candidates include:

Carol Boswell
Larry Vellozzi
Joyce Judy
Mike Green
Ryan Maas
John Merrell

There are three AFCNA Director positions to fill and its good to see that John Merrell and Larry Vellozzi are both from the AOBA Affiliate SoJAA. Its always something of a lottery with national orgainisations and their elections most of the candidates are unkown to the voters. So word of mouth and "voting clubs" play a large part in who gets elected. Maybe even people reading this blog will vote for Johna and Larry I certainly hope so.

2007 Clip Collection
John Merrell the current president says "Reports are coming in from around the Country about AFCNA members working together to pool clip in order to meet the minimum amounts needed for the co-op to assist with shipping expenses. This is good news indeed!"

Remember, in order to be credited to the 2007 clip, shipments must be received by February 29, 2008. More information is available on the member web site.