Secretary's Notes
   
30/04/2012 New Chair: Following the Committee meeting on Saturday 28th April, Mrs Agnes Aitken was elected to Chair the BGS Committee. Her two Vice Chairs are Mrs Margaret Hardman & Mr Nick Parr. Mr Terry Hanna replaces Mrs Aitken as the Milk Recording Co-ordinator. Please check the Committee page for full Committee and contact details.
   
30/04/2012 New President: Following the AGM on 14th April, Mr Richard Wood was elected President of the BGS for the next two years. Mrs Maureen Ross, as the immediate past President continues to serve on the Committee for two more years.
   
23/04/2012

ANGLO NUBIAN Breed Society website. The new website for the Anglo Nubian Breed Society is up and running.
www.anglonubian.org.uk

   
20/04/2012
Service Certificates: The Grassroots programme now has a service certificate facility. . Once details of the service have been submitted to the breed society, in the same way as registrations and transfers, a printable service certificate is available that can be given to the female goat's owner.
Notice of the service certificate is downloaded and automatically attached on the datafile of both the male and female. This is picked up by Grassroots when kids are registered from the mating. If this facility is used there is no need to send a paper certificate to the office. You can use this instead of the service certificates bookletsIf you have any queries regarding this part of the Grassroots programme, please phone the office 01434 240 866
Service certificates are required, where you are not the owner of a sire, when registering kids. This requirement applies to both online and paper applications and may mean you have to send a paper service certificate by post even if you have used Grassroots for the registrations.
   
17/04/2012 Registrations online can only be completed when kids have reached the age of one month.
Registrations and transfers made online will only be completed when full payment has been received. If you have used Grassroots recently but not used the PayPal facility for their payment, please send a cheque to the office immediately.
   
14.04.2012 Health & Welfare Workshops. Organised by ADAS and following the very successful ones earlier this year.
 

ADAS invites you to the first Welsh Government sponsored meetings for goat keepers designed to provide practical and technical advice to increase the health and welfare of the goat herd in Wales.

The Goats Welfare needs in 2012 (David Harwood BVetMed, MRCVS and Honorary veterinary surgeon to the British Goat  Society,)
Kid Rearing – Importance of Attention to Detail (Sue Smith independent specialist goat producers)
Goat Health (David Harwood BVetMed, MRCVS,)
Enterotoxaemia, Internal and external parasites, Lameness, Discussion panel
In addition, the panel will further discuss any husbandry practices that can impact on goat welfare such as ear tagging and disbudding. Contact Sian Lloyd on 01970 617309 or Lynne Holmes on 01522 751374 or email sian.lloyd@adas.co.uk

Tuesday 1st May 2012
Ruthin Castle Hotel
Ruthin, Denbighshire
LL15 2NU		 Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Lantra Building
Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd,
Builth Wells, Powys
LD2 3WY

Evening workshops (7 pm to 9.30 pm) are free to all commercial, and small scale goat keepers. Places are however limited and must be pre-booked.

   
04/04/2012

ANGLO NUBIAN BREED SOCIETY. The new Secretary is Mary Thomasson, Tel: 01244 336332
Email: m.thomasson@tiscali.co.uk
A new website is being prepared and details will be notified shortly. Please contact Mary if you have any queries.
   
02/04/2012 Michael Ackroyd, our Year Book Editor, contacted me this week to apologise for the severe delay in the Year Book. Apart from the fact that by the closing date for submissions he had hardly received anything, was still getting copy last month; he was called overseas on business for a month and on his return, has gone down with pneumonia.
Michael apologies for the delay and is doing his best to speed things along now. It will definitely not be the latest Year Book ever produced, but it will be his latest... which he deeply regrets.
   
20/03/2012
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL using Grassroots and PayPal is available for BGS members only and is password protected.
Log on through the BGS website "members online" go to "manage your herd" and complete your email address. This will take you to a new page with options on the left hand side. Subscriptions is near the bottom of the list.
The subscriptions option only appears under "manage your herd"
·         if your subscription has not been paid/or logged on the Grassroots database (BACs etc payments only logged after a bank statement is received)
·         until 31st March
Credit card payments for membership applications and renewal is available through the BGS shop section.
   
19/03/2012 SCHMALLENBERG VIRUS is new in the UK
For updates please follow the farming press or visit: www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla/tag/schmallenberg/
   
09/03/2012 YOUR MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL became due on Janaury 1st and reminders will shortly be going out.
If you pay by standing order (Bankers order) and have not updated your order from £30.00 to £33.00 (single membership) or from £33.00 to £36.50 (for partnership memebrships) would you please send a cheque to the BGS office.
For the full list of fees click here.
   
29/02/2012 Notice is hereby given that an EGM to receive nominations for a Custodian Trustee following the death of
Mr V Thornley, will take place on Saturday 14th April 2012
At 11am Durham County Hall, Durham City DH1 5UL

The EGM will be followed by the

Annual General Meeting of the Members of the
British Goat Society on Saturday 14th April 2012 at Durham County Hall, Durham city DH1 5UL
Commencing at 11.15am. Easy access to Durham City from road and rail. Ample parking.
If you have any queries please ring 01434 240 866

Arrival 10.30am with tea and coffee. Full details available from the BGS Office or email : secretary@allgoats.com Members will be notified in the February/March Monthly Journal.