Beginning & Advanced
Alpaca Halter Judges Clinic
November 9, 10, 11 2012
POSTED MAY 31, 2012 - Due to a critical health situation at Pearson Pond we are changing the June clinic to Glen and Margo Unzicker’s farm in Indiana
Our thoughts and prayers are with the Pearson's and we also would like to thank the Unzicker's for allowing us to move the judges clinic in such short notice!
The 2012 ALSA Handbook 17th Edition has been posted
here.
The New 2012 Judges & Apprentices List has been posted
here.
The 2012 Election
Petition To Nominate form has been posted
here.
Petitions must be submitted no
later than April 10th. You must be a
current ALSA
member to submit a Petition To Nominate and to
be eligible to be nominated and
placed on a ballot.
New Email Address for ALSA Office
Please enter this new email in
your address book
llamas@alsashow.net
WHAT'S
NEW 2011!
Special
Regional/National Holiday edition of
Showring published online!
A special feature of the 2011
Regional Shows, Qualifying Shows, and the
Grand National along
with Holiday Cards from our renewing 2012 ALSA
members.
New ALSA Office
ALSA
is pleased to announce that Robin Turell has
been contracted for the position of ALSA
Executive Secretary. We welcome Robin and
look forward to working with her in the coming
year. The new mailing address for the ALSA
Office will be:
ALSA
17102 Mueschke
Road
Cypress, Texas
77433
Phone:
281-516-1442
New Email:
llamas@alsashow.net
(please add
this new email to your address book)
As
of December 30, the office in Pittsburgh will
close. We plan to open the ALSA Office in
Texas on Tuesday, January 3, 2012.
As this
year comes to an end, we would like to
sincerely thank Cheryl Ryberg for her years of
service to the ALSA association and wish her
the best of everything in her future
endeavors. We look forward to continue to see
Cheryl and her Four Hawks Llamas at future
ALSA shows.
Holiday Gift Offer with
Membership Renewal
December 1st to December 15, 2011
Interested
Parties For ALSA Office Management Position
- 2012
The
current Office Manager's contract expires on
December 31, 2011.
The Board of Directors is accepting
applications for the position of ALSA
Executive Secretary.
The Executive Secretary
is responsible for supervising the ALSA
Office, reporting to the ALSA Board, and
providing overall leadership and management of
ALSA in accordance with its mission and
philosophy. The job includes having a
working knowledge of all daily functions as
well as: Familiarity with the ALSA Handbook
and Bylaws; Input of data; Hands-On
Financial Management. Deadline for
applications is October 21,
2011. Interested parties should
send resumes and inquiries to the ALSA
President, Ken Forster.
Address: 8911 Hwy. 32, Forman,
North Dakota. Email:
kforster@drtel.net.
ALSA Judges Llama Fleece
Clinic - 2011
November
18, 19, & 20, 2011
For
Beginner & Advanced Judges and Owners
wanting to know more about fleece. See Information here.
2011
ALSA Grand National Show Of Champions - Online
Entry
Oct. 28,
2011 thru Oct. 30, 2011
* Lancaster
Event Center; Lincoln, Nebraska
Online
Show Entry * Class
List * Show
Schedule * Fleece
Show
It's Mardi Gras in Lincoln! See all
the activities here!
New
Judge Rules 2011
Judges:
Please note Judges Rule changes at: http://www.alsashow.net/newjudgeinfo.html
Grand
National Rules
-
Handbook Changes
Minutes
Jan
11, 2011
Effective January 1, 2011, all entries at
The Grand National Show in Halter Classes
are required to have
an ALSA recording number.
Part F, Section 2. Qualifying;
A. Requirements;
1. All exhibitors at the ALSA Grand National
must be ALSA members.
2. All Entries in ALSA Grand National Halter
classes must have an ALSA Recording Number.
Part F, Section 7-E
E. The Grand National shall contract to pay
each Judge $350 per day plus
expenses. Only judges meeting the
criteria
under Part S, Section 2-B-8
and from the list furnished by Judges Committee
per Part F, Section 7-A
may be hired to judge at the Grand National.
Regional
Rules
Minutes Jan
11, 2011
Part E, Section 2-B
No pre-qualification required to participate
in a Regional Championship Shows.
Part D, Section 6-D
Change to read:
D. Each Regional with 150 or more entered
in performance and youth
judging may hire a second judge and shall
contract to pay all Judges
$300 per day plus expenses. Each Regional
at the request of the Lead
Judge should also contract for an additional
judge (with BOD approval)
paid equally for the job. All Regional judges
most meet the criteria under
Part S, Section 2-B-8 and be from the list
furnished by Judges Committee
per Part D, Section 6-A.
Fiber
Classes Rules
Jan 11, 2011
Part D, Section
1-J-8
Eliminate “…of
Alpaca…”
Delete: “a. – f.”
Add:
Divide by type(Suri, Single Coat & Double
Coat)
Divide by age at shearing
NOTE: This mirrors item 10 of this section
for Alpacas and allows for consistency
Part D, Section 3. A. 1. b.
Age Divisions: ALSA Fleece Shows with llama
fleece classes must have at least these five
Age Divisions.
• Juvenile – 5 to 12 months
• Yearling – 12 to 24 months
• Two Year-Old – 24 to 36 months
• Adult – 36 months to 60 months
• Mature Adult – 60 months and older At the
discretion of the Show Superintendent and
if there are fewer than four entries per class,
age divisions may be combined. The minimum
number of classes for ALSA Fleece Shows is
two per Coat Division. Those two classes are:
(1) Juvenile through Yearling – Under 24 months
(2) Two Year-Old through Mature Adult – 24
months and older.
WHAT'S
NEW 2010!
March
12, 2010
Part
D, Section 1, J, 8: Eliminate “Alpaca Fiber
Show”. listed are only Llama Fleece Classes.
8.Llama Fleece shows
Performance
Classes Rules
Jan
12, 2010 Minutes
Effective Jan 01, 2010.
Pannier weight requirement for llamas and
alpacas has been reduced to total pack weight
of 20 pounds for llama and 10 pounds for alpaca.
Panniers, however, must be fully filled out
(filled out being defined as filled to the
extent that there is no lax pannier material,
representative of a pannier packed for an
extended pack trip). All llamas 36 months
or older must continue to be outfitted with
a full pack system, consisting of saddle and
two removable panniers.
Show
Peformance Criteria
Novice
Performance Division
Once an animal has won 4 ALSA Performance
Grand Champions or 3 ALSA Performance
Grand Champions and 2 ALSA Reserve Grand Champions
in Novice or Open Divisions,
the animal will achieve the ALSA award of
ALSA Novice Performance Grand Champion.
That animal must now move into Advanced Performance
classes.
Advanced Performance Division
Open to all ALSA
Performance Grand Champion animals, or those
who chose to skip Novice and go straight to
Advance Performance.
Once an animal
has won **4 ALSA Performance Champions or
3 **ALSA Performance Championships and **2
ALSA Reserve Performance Championships in
Advanced or Open Performance Classes, the
animal will be awarded ALSA Advanced Performance
Champion. However, this animal has the choice
of moving to *Masters Performance
Division or continuing in Advanced Performance
Division until a maximum of 6 ALSA Performance
Grand Championships have been achieved. This
option is to satisfy the requirement for the
Elite Champion Award (6 ALSA Performance Grand
Championships, along with other requirements).
Masters
Performance Division
This is for all
animals that have completed the requirements
for an ALSA Advanced Performance Champion
as described above.
It should be noted that reference
to Novice Performance Champion, Advanced Performance
Champion and Master Performance Champion,
were established awards in 2010 and are currently
being finalized to replace existing Performance
awards in the next edition of the ALSA Handbook.
ALSA Performance Grand Champion
and ALSA Performance Reserve Grand Champion:
Animals that have won an ALSA Grand Championship
or ALSA Reserve Grand championship at an ALSA
sanctioned show with a minimum of 6 entries
in Obstacle Class. Effective 1-1-2009, animals
must compete in all three performance classes
in the division in order to be awarded ALSA
Grand Champion or Reserve Grand Champion.
Part M; Section 7- A-1
1. Minimum width 30” for Youth; Open and Novice
divisions.
Part Q; Section 9-B-6
6. All the Obstacle rules and guidelines listed
in Section M. 7
apply to Youth Obstacle classes.
Nov 16, 2010
1. Masters classes will consist of 10 obstacles.
2. Master's Pack class should be removed from
the optional class section of the handbook.
Show
Rules Re: Hiring Judges
Part D, Section
1-B
7. Size of Shows and Required Number of Judges
a. Newly sanctioned shows (i.e. shows that
have not been offered
before) must hire Judges with 5 years or more
experience.
Part D, Section 1-D,
D. Judges’ Fees, 1. Llama Shows
b. Halter/Performance Judges should be paid
the following
minimum fees per day:
Judge with less than 5 years experience -
$250
Judge with 5 years or more experience - $300
c. Fiber Judges should be paid the following
minimum fees per day:
Judge with less than 5 years experience -
$250
Judge with 5 years or more experience - $300
Show
Management Option for Large Youth
Showmanship & Performance Classes
Part Q; Section 5-b, page 117.
B. Should
the number of entries in a Youth Showmanship
and/or
Youth Performance class
exceed
20 entries, the show may divide
the individual
class so that there are at least 10 in
each new class chronologically by exhibitor
age and run two or more identical classes
per age
divison. Each class will win its own
premiums, ribbons, and ALSA points.
There will be no
runoff of the classes.
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