Here is a comment from Sam Bush of the APA. He posted this statement on ~The Exhibition Waterfowl forum of the Poultry Connection~
All of the requirements are outlined in the APA bylaws - check in any yearbook.
In a nutshell the current requirements are -
Proposal to APA for admission along with $50 application fee per variety.
Provide affidavits from 5 breeders who certify that they have bred the variety for 5 years and it breeds at least 50% true
Provide \"show certificates\" that document the variety has been shown at
APA sanctioned shows over past two years (with possible follow-up to APA judges about the quality of the birds shown)
If all things are in order, the APA Standard Committee chooses a site for the qualifying meet and the judge to place the birds. Have to be 50 birds with at least some in each of four classes (in this case old drake, young drake, old duck, young duck) shown by 5 exhibitors.
Judge doing the qualifying meet makes comments to Standard Committee, and committee determines whether to propose admission to the Executive Board.
Given some of our experiences in the past (where ARE all those cuckoo Dorkings?) you might find that we make the qualifying meet judging a bit more rigorous, as in emphasizing to the qualifying meet judge that the caliber of the birds needs to be sufficient to warrant admission. We\'ll probably check the affidavits a bit more thoroughly as well. No more 5 breeders from the same family and that type of thing...