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<blockquote data-quote="Alastair" data-source="post: 3107" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>Well since I have been outed, and named, as not a member of any group, and Gino suggested people update, I will do so with an explanation.</p><p></p><p>I used to be a happy member of the NBA as it's goals and principles were pretty much aligned with my own. There was also a sense of duty to contribute financially to my industry. Although as I previously said I did not participate in the politics or even vote on anything just to avoid getting sucked down the contentious and often pointless rabbit holes that sometimes existed. Was happy to contribute financially though.</p><p></p><p>APINZ do some good work, but they conducted a hostile takeover of the NBA, and commercial beekeepers were relegated to a minority vote. I will only support an organisation financially where those with most of the hives have most of the votes.</p><p></p><p>NZ Beekeeping Inc was formed as an opposition group and contained most of the malcontents and stirrers. ( Does have some fine people as well ). They also do some good work, and have a different outlook to APINZ. However it has always disturbed me the way that as an industry we have never had a united front, and I will not support them because although I am not 100% enraptured with APINZ, the facts on the ground are that APINZ are the main representatives, we should not actively oppose them, purely for the sake of unity.</p><p></p><p>South North Island Beekeeping, probably a fine group, just, I am not a South North Island beekeeper.</p><p></p><p>Those are my views at this time, I reserve the right to change them and it is not impossible I may choose to join one or more of those groups at some future time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alastair, post: 3107, member: 13"] Well since I have been outed, and named, as not a member of any group, and Gino suggested people update, I will do so with an explanation. I used to be a happy member of the NBA as it's goals and principles were pretty much aligned with my own. There was also a sense of duty to contribute financially to my industry. Although as I previously said I did not participate in the politics or even vote on anything just to avoid getting sucked down the contentious and often pointless rabbit holes that sometimes existed. Was happy to contribute financially though. APINZ do some good work, but they conducted a hostile takeover of the NBA, and commercial beekeepers were relegated to a minority vote. I will only support an organisation financially where those with most of the hives have most of the votes. NZ Beekeeping Inc was formed as an opposition group and contained most of the malcontents and stirrers. ( Does have some fine people as well ). They also do some good work, and have a different outlook to APINZ. However it has always disturbed me the way that as an industry we have never had a united front, and I will not support them because although I am not 100% enraptured with APINZ, the facts on the ground are that APINZ are the main representatives, we should not actively oppose them, purely for the sake of unity. South North Island Beekeeping, probably a fine group, just, I am not a South North Island beekeeper. Those are my views at this time, I reserve the right to change them and it is not impossible I may choose to join one or more of those groups at some future time. [/QUOTE]
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