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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alastair" data-source="post: 3227" data-attributes="member: 13">Well thanks Tommy Dave who sent me a link to their constitution I think he might link it on this thread.So turns out, in plain English, that when APINZ was set up, commercial beekeepers only had 45% of the vote. That is how I remember it, and was also the cause of many NBA members not signing up, and also led to the formation of the opposition group, which was promoted as "for beekeepers".However APINZ have now changed this and commercial beekeepers now have a majority of the vote at 56%. A slim majority but a majority. As per some of the previous posts the exact makeup of some of the voters means they could have a vested interest so the slim 56% could in an extreme case still swing the majority away from commercial beekeepers.But I've decided it's good enough for me. Would prefer better, but it will do I guess, I will sign up.</blockquote>

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