December 16, 2008
re: Your input requested by Sunday, December 21,
regarding an ILR Show Division
Dear
ILR Members,
As
you know, the ILR Board has always held the
position that the ILR is not a show association
and that we had no plans to become a show
association. The ILR Board is also well aware of
the fact that in the vast majority of livestock
registries in North America, the registry
division, show division, sales division,
marketing division and publication division are
all part of the same organization. This
organizational scheme allows all parts of the
industry to work together for the good of the
whole industry.
Recently, the ILR Board has been inundated with
requests from members across the country to
begin a Show Division within the ILR that could
be functional in 2009. In addition, we have
already received a valid proposal for a show
association from one group of supporters for our
consideration and have been told by a second
group of supporters that we will receive another
proposal in the near future.
Item
4 in the ILR Mission Statement states that the
ILR will . . . provide other related
member services in response to member needs.
Because of the numerous requests that have come
in, the ILR Board is willing to reconsider its
position and explore the possibilities of a show
division within the ILR in response to
member needs. To get a feel for the current
support of ILR members for this requested new
service, we are asking that you send a short
email indicating your support or opposition to
this idea to
[email protected].
Make
sure your email includes your
ILR owner code
as only one opinion will
be allowed per ILR member. (For those owner
codes in which both husband and wife are ILR
members under one owner code, two opinions will
be allowed.) In addition, please
state whether you are
currently involved in showing
and whether you
anticipate joining the new show division
if it were to be formed.
Be
sure to respond to the above email address by
Sunday evening,
December 21,
so your opinion can be considered when the ILR
Board has its conference call early next week.
You will receive further correspondence from the
ILR Board on this issue next week after the
board has had time to review all of the member
input.
Sincerely,
The
ILR Board of Directors
Mark
Smith, Mary Jo Miller, Kathi McKinney, Kristy
Brown, Karen Baum
