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Deb, as a representative of the ABA, and as someone who has known and worked with the man who was the Chairman of the Standards Committee for many, many years until his death, August Vinhage, I have to say your statement must be false, and frankly, I find it rather offensive.
Gus would never do such a thing. He was a stickler for details. I worked with him on the acceptance of the Blue Cream Light Brown Dutch variety, and I know there's no way that would have happened. He was a man of high ethics, whose interest was doing the right things for poultry and the Standard.
Now, I know there's a lot of politics in the exhibition poultry world (believe me, I've been on the receiving end of enough of it to know!) But that would NOT extend to admitting a variety to the Standard, it just wouldn't.
Please consider editing or deleting that statement, so that folks who don't know any better don't believe that it's true, as it's most assuredly not.
Thanks,
Laura, I did not name names of organizations or individuals.....I wasn't involved at that time, and I did not say that the ABA was involved in anything that wasn't proper, but I know for a fact that not all varieties went through the current qualifying process. That is what I KNOW to be true. If someone can prove me wrong, I'll be happy to apologize and own my error, but if you look into the facts as they apply to silkie varieties, I don't believe you can. The fact is that there were varieties that were added, whether they were added by the APA or ABA or whomever, they were added without benefit of qualifying as it is done today. It is not my intention to offend, and I certainly did not know that I was hitting a 'hot button'.
Respectfully,
Deb Steinberg
Deb,
The bottom line is, if you want the Standard for the Grays changed, go through the motions to change it. Slinging mud at the past is a waste of time. You got a problem? Fix it.
Laura