The initial IMA website is up at http://www.meadfest.org. At the moment it is mainly a bare site holding up forums.
The forums will only be open to registered users while the organization is being formalized. If you are a meadery owner, honey producer (at the commercial level), a mead distributor or other professional, please sign up for an account (free) at the website. People seriously working on opening a meadery (not just thinking about it) please sign up too. Right now there won't be much discussion on how to get started on a meadery, they'll be concentrating on starting the IMA.
Folks, if you're mainly a home meadmaker, please be patient. Right now, the focus is on getting the IMA up and running. There will be a great deal of involvement needed later, but right now they're trying to define the commercial side of the industry for financial and political reasons. We have to get a handle on the association layout, goals, dues and structure. Once we have that, I'll be posting here again with details and opening up the forums for a wider audience.
There *will* be a place in the IMA for us. But to get it up and running, and more importantly, *keep* it up and running, they have to organize. Until that happens, there won't be much we can do from the home end. Once it does, though, expect to see a lot of info in this section.
Back to your regularly scheduled mead-making....
Vicky - whipped and ready to sleep.....
The forums will only be open to registered users while the organization is being formalized. If you are a meadery owner, honey producer (at the commercial level), a mead distributor or other professional, please sign up for an account (free) at the website. People seriously working on opening a meadery (not just thinking about it) please sign up too. Right now there won't be much discussion on how to get started on a meadery, they'll be concentrating on starting the IMA.
Folks, if you're mainly a home meadmaker, please be patient. Right now, the focus is on getting the IMA up and running. There will be a great deal of involvement needed later, but right now they're trying to define the commercial side of the industry for financial and political reasons. We have to get a handle on the association layout, goals, dues and structure. Once we have that, I'll be posting here again with details and opening up the forums for a wider audience.
There *will* be a place in the IMA for us. But to get it up and running, and more importantly, *keep* it up and running, they have to organize. Until that happens, there won't be much we can do from the home end. Once it does, though, expect to see a lot of info in this section.
Back to your regularly scheduled mead-making....
Vicky - whipped and ready to sleep.....