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<blockquote data-quote="OK Jeanne" data-source="post: 204261" data-attributes="member: 3333"><p>For a complete history of Murray Greys, there's no better</p><p>source than the website of the son of the founder of</p><p>the breed, i.e. Murray Sutherland's website in australia.</p><p>Here's a link:</p><p><a href="http://www.michaelong.com.au" target="_blank">http://www.michaelong.com.au</a>/</p><p>Click on "history" for the whole story.</p><p></p><p>The Amer Murray Grey assoc decided, by their board</p><p>and a few large breeders in the NW usa, to start </p><p>charging a fee of $20 per cow per year to maintain</p><p>registered status. This was in the late 1990's. </p><p>They called it "whole herd reporting" and also</p><p> required weights, etc at certain times. It was </p><p>a disaster. Over half the membership</p><p> left and formed (in the year 2000) the</p><p>Murray Grey International Association: website:</p><p><a href="http://www.murraygrey.org" target="_blank">http://www.murraygrey.org</a>. After they lost so many</p><p>members, they back-tracked and allowed a one-time</p><p>registration fee for those that chose not to do "whole</p><p>herd reporting".</p><p></p><p>The international assoc is the largest organization</p><p>in North America, and also has members in Australia, </p><p>New Zealand, Brazil, and most recently, Costa Rica. </p><p>The cost to register animals and maintain a registered </p><p>herd is about 1/3 the cost that AMGA charges. </p><p> The MGIA has an annual</p><p>breeder directory, a couple of newsletters, the website</p><p>listing for all members, and an annual internet auction.</p><p>The membership is $20 us dollars per year---not bad.</p><p>Sales leads that come in from the website,etc are shared</p><p>with all the members in the newsletter or annual report.</p><p>The registrar for MGIA is Canadian Livestock Recording</p><p>Corp. They list all members, complete with animals &</p><p>pedigrees on their website:</p><p><a href="http://www.clrc.ca/cgi-bin/query.cgi?_association=47" target="_blank">http://www.clrc.ca/cgi-bin/query.cgi?_association=47</a></p><p></p><p>The AMGA recently approached MGIA about bringing the</p><p>members back into the AMGA. However, the non-usa members</p><p>of MGIA would not have been able to vote, and it would have</p><p>eventually tripled the cost to the MGIA members---so it</p><p>didn't sound like a very good deal. Some murray grey</p><p>breeders belong to both associations.</p><p></p><p>so that's the long/short of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OK Jeanne, post: 204261, member: 3333"] For a complete history of Murray Greys, there's no better source than the website of the son of the founder of the breed, i.e. Murray Sutherland's website in australia. Here's a link: [url]http://www.michaelong.com.au[/url]/ Click on "history" for the whole story. The Amer Murray Grey assoc decided, by their board and a few large breeders in the NW usa, to start charging a fee of $20 per cow per year to maintain registered status. This was in the late 1990's. They called it "whole herd reporting" and also required weights, etc at certain times. It was a disaster. Over half the membership left and formed (in the year 2000) the Murray Grey International Association: website: [url]http://www.murraygrey.org[/url]. After they lost so many members, they back-tracked and allowed a one-time registration fee for those that chose not to do "whole herd reporting". The international assoc is the largest organization in North America, and also has members in Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, and most recently, Costa Rica. The cost to register animals and maintain a registered herd is about 1/3 the cost that AMGA charges. The MGIA has an annual breeder directory, a couple of newsletters, the website listing for all members, and an annual internet auction. The membership is $20 us dollars per year---not bad. Sales leads that come in from the website,etc are shared with all the members in the newsletter or annual report. The registrar for MGIA is Canadian Livestock Recording Corp. They list all members, complete with animals & pedigrees on their website: [url]http://www.clrc.ca/cgi-bin/query.cgi?_association=47[/url] The AMGA recently approached MGIA about bringing the members back into the AMGA. However, the non-usa members of MGIA would not have been able to vote, and it would have eventually tripled the cost to the MGIA members---so it didn't sound like a very good deal. Some murray grey breeders belong to both associations. so that's the long/short of it. [/QUOTE]
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