Throughout its growing pains and despite all the changes taking place in our industry, the Alpaca Registry has remained strong, unchanged, productive, and supportive of its members. As a board director, I have been carefully considering our industry's future as it relates to the Alpaca Registry. I strongly believe that our future success lies in the continuance of the Alpaca Registry's independence both in purpose and function. As the alpaca industry grows, the needs of all alpaca breeders must be continually assessed. There is never a simple and easy model for how one solves industry problems.
Solutions take much careful reflection and assessment.
Attention needs to be focused on where needs are not being met, and then the support systems must be slowly and carefully placed where they will do the most good. The need to be able to find unique solutions to specific challenges is the reason that the industry, in its evolution, created individual organizations. Each specialized entity is better able to meet the specific needs of the alpaca industry. As this industry continues to evolve, so do the specific functions of each of these organizations. From this evolutionary process has come the independence of our national breed association as well as the registry.