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IAA Quarterly Meeting

  • April 19, 2023
  • 7:00 PM (EDT)
  • Online - Zoom

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Spring Member Meeting Including Guest Speaker Fred Cripe

Fred is a former insurance company executive and actuary. He spent the last 12 years as a consultant helping insurers navigate the intersection of data, analytics, customer behavior, and technology. His most recent project was assisting a European analytical technology company in bringing an artificial intelligence-based set of tools for multivariate rating plan development to the US.

Fred’s article “Finding Gold At the End of the Alpaca Color Rainbow: Lessons For Breeders From Alpaca Color Genetics” appeared in the most recent issue of Purely Suri magazine.

Fred will speak on  "Understanding EPDS: What they are, what they aren’t, and how to use them to make better breeding decisions." including -

  • The histogram data that feeds the EPD calculations
  • A brief description of how EPD’s are calculated, including “Contemporary  Groups”.
  • How to compare multiple alpacas’ EPD’s when considering them for breeding
  • How to balance EPD information with other data.

Zoom Details:

Topic: Indiana Alpaca Association Quarterly Member Meeting

Time: Apr 19, 2023 07:00 PM Indiana (East)

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