Aims and Objectives

Aims

To lock together the membership old and new into an efficient and caring framework that allows all to flourish in their ambitions to breed, protect, sell and promote the alpaca as permanent feature and a sustainable industry on the agricultural landscape of the UK and subsequently Europe.

Objectives

1. To ensure that the limited resources of the membership are used effectively to solidify and continue to improve the facets of the BAS operations.
    
2. To create an efficient, fair and accessible society interface with the membership for communication, information and activity.
    
3. To create through the BAS registry an efficient, viable and permanent resource which will be the leading alpaca registry in Europe.
    
4. To establish the BAS minimum standard for screening imported alpacas as a base line guarantee of quality to protect members and to ensure constant improvement in the UK National herd.
    
5. To create an efficient welfare network of vets and breeders which will act in emergency, day to day, and as an educational resource for the membership and the protection of the alpaca in the UK.
    
6. To create a permanent, efficient and accessible presence for the alpaca in the agricultural showcases of the UK.
    
7. To create a pool of UK qualified and experienced alpaca judges and to establish the BAS show rules as the sole criteria for the judging of alpacas in the UK.
    
8. To create an accessible, informative resource in basic alpaca knowledge, husbandry and welfare accessible to all members and the general public.
    
9. To promote and encourage alpaca owners in their regions to organise themselves as self help groups to share resource, information and experience and to maximise the benefits available from the Society.
    
10. To use every opportunity to promote membership of the Society as the premier breed society in Europe.
     
11. To encourage all members to participate in any way they can in all the activities of the Society.