American Kiko Goat Association Lawsuit

Background information:

After several months of attempting to deal with the AKGA BOD internally concerning several issues of actions perceived to be unconstitutional and failure to provide documents required to be provided by the IRS, to no avail, the following letter was sent to the BOD by the plaintiffs' attorney on January 9, 2009, in a continued attempt to reach an internal resolution to the many issues.

LINK TO LETTER TO THE AKGA BOARD

No response was forthcoming, and on March 2nd, 2009, the below legal petition was filed with the court in Tulsa County, OK:

LINK TO PETITION AS FILED IN TULSA COUNTY COURT

LINK TO COURT FILING AND ACTIONS TO DATE

On April 10, 2009 the AKGA BOD received a letter of proposed settlement from the Plaintiff's attorney (see below). No response was received from the AKGA BOD. At approximately the same time, two AKGA members not party to the law suit, acting in what they felt was the best interest of the Association, also submitted a settlement proposal they had drafted to the BOD and the Plaintiffs, in an attempt to gain resolution for all parties involved. Once again the AKGA BOD did not respond in any manner. No response was received.

For a more indepth look into some of the issues that lead up to this action, 18 of the 2007 and 2008 AKGA Board of Directors meeting recordings are linked below, as well as some additional documentation that has come to light through the legal "Discovery" process.

Recordings of meetings from November 26, 2007 through June 30, 2008

Recordings of meetings from July 17, 2008 through November 20, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

New Zealand and AKGA Certificates
 
 April 10, 2009 Settlement Proposal Submitted to AKGA by Plaintiff's Attorney
Link to Posts By Richard Mayer Re AKGA Proposal To Garrick Batten
Link to Various Emails & Documents Regarding the Batten Goats
Link to Various Emails & Documents Regarding the Batten Goats #2
Link to Full Transcript of March 18, 2008 Conference w/ Garrick Batten
Link to Smith - Batten Emails March 2010
Graham Culliford vs. AKGA, Caprinex, Goatex, Mayer, Thomure, Shelby, Smith, Barnes, Brown, Batten & Nelson
Link to October 2010 Settlement Proposal