ABGA Members:
Thank you for your continued membership with the American Boer Goat Association (ABGA). The association is grateful for your support, which enables ABGA to protect, promote, and record the Boer breed, in addition to hosting and participating in programs to expand the Boer goat industry. ABGA strives for a solid and secure future for the Boer breed through a reliable pedigree registry for American Percentage Boer goats and Fullblood Boer goats.
ABGA will be processing membership renewals for the year 2023 through our new membership software, iCompete. This software will combine the functions of the Blue Screen and Online Live in an easy-to-use platform for our members. ABGA will gradually shift to iCompete through Phase 1 (renewals/memberships), Phase 2 (registrations), and Phase 3 (shows/events). Currently, only Phase 1 of iCompete is available to members.
Please renew your ABGA membership through iCompete BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2023, to continue your membership services (email updates and communications from ABGA and access to ABGA’s registry and membership platform, iCompete), vote in ABGA organizational elections, and remain an ABGA member in good standing for 2023.
Adult memberships must renew FIRST through iCompete in order to renew JABGA memberships.
iCOMPETE PHASE 1 (RENEWALS/MEMBERSHIPS):
You may begin renewing your ABGA membership for 2023 through iCompete on DECEMBER 1, 2022.
ABGA members with an email address on file will receive an email invite to renew for 2023 through iCompete. (If you do not receive an email invite to renew through iCompete, please contact the ABGA office at (325) 486-2242 or mail@abga.org.)
Instructions to renew for 2023 through iCompete are available on ABGA's website: https://www.abga.org/post/create-icompete-login-and-link-to-abga-membership/
PLEASE NOTE:
Outstanding balances for ABGA work must be paid before members can renew in iCompete. (You can pay outstanding balances when creating your iCompete login and linking it to your ABGA membership.)
ABGA members must renew for 2023 in order to access the rest of their iCompete dashboard.
JABGA memberships cannot be renewed through iCompete until the associated adult membership is renewed.
At this time, ABGA members CANNOT manage, register, or transfer animals through iCompete.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT RENEWING YOUR ABGA MEMBERSHIP THROUGH iCOMPETE, PLEASE CONTACT THE ABGA OFFICE AT (325) 486-2242 OR mail@abga.org.
The ABGA office does not accept membership renewals by phone.
We are excited to introduce iCompete to streamline your ABGA membership experience and improve online usability for our members. Thank you for your ongoing support of ABGA in 2022. We look forward to providing registry and membership services to you in 2023.
Sincerely,
Kenneth H Baty, American Boer Goat Association President
ABGA membership dues are tax-deductible business expenses for most producers, while charitable contributions or gifts made to ABGA directly are not tax-deductible for federal income tax purposes. You can donate to ABGA here: https://www.abga.org/donate/.
If you are interested in supporting ABGA in the education and development of its members, members of the Junior American Boer Goat Association (JABGA) and its programs, and in the scientific research of the Boer goat breed, please consider making a fully tax-deductible donation to the American Boer Goat Foundation here: https://www.abgf.org/donate/.
