Managing Your EPD Privacy Settings

OK...here is the most-requested video topic I've had so far.  By default, the ARI web site does not allow anyone else to see any of the EPDs for any of your alpacas.  That is, by default, all of your EPDs for all of your alpacas are private.  ARI allows you to make the EPDs for all of some of your alpacas public, so that others can see the strong (and weak) points for your alpacas.

This video shows you how to do that.  It also shows you how to make the EPDs for any of your alpacas available to a selected audience.

I have been encouraging everyone to make the EPDs for all alpacas public, because it helps people compare and contrast the unique qualities of each alpaca, learn what has worked in the past and what has not, and it is also a great marketing tool to inform potential buyers of an objective measure of the strengths and weaknesses of your alpacas.

However, there may be special circumstances under which you might want to make all or some of your EPDs private.  The point of this video is, the ARI system gives you the flexibility to do whatever is right for you.

I hope you enjoy this video!  Be sure to make it "full screen" so you can read the detail.

How to Produce the Form for Yocom- McColl that Goes with Your Fiber Sample

Here is a video I produced in response to a question about how to produce the forms that you send to Yocom-McCall with your fleece samples.

The process of making this form goes through a system on ARI that I explain in the video.  As I mention in the video, I don't know of a way to get a blank form that you print out and fill in with a pen.  If anyone knows where to get such a form, please let me know.

Meanwhile, here is how you get the form...all filled out with all the ARI-supplied data on your alpacas, such as birth date, gender, etc., provided to you as a PDF, ready for you to print out, sign, date, and put in the baggie with your fleece sample.

I almost forgot...My apologies for the little beeping sound in the background during the video.  It was just the oven telling me that my chicken wings were done.  I figured it was too high-pitched and too far away to be picked up by the microphone.  But I was wrong!

I hope this helps!