Despite unseemly gloating by the AFAP the VIPA application was rejected for a technicality regarding the association's first meeting. The meeting will be re-run, the boxes correctly ticked and it will proceed once more. For the AFAP to imply that VIPA is no more can be described as disingenuous at best.
As an AFAP member I am irritated by my subs being wasted on fighting an expensive and unnecessary court challenge. VIPA should be allowed to rise or fall on its own merits. The AFAP should compete for members by the service they provide, based on the experience they've gained, not by protesting the presence of a competitor.