ILR BOARD MINUTES

January 17, 2006
12:03 pm EDT

The ILR Board of Directors teleconference meeting was called to order by President, Kathi McKinney, at 12:03 PM, EST. Present: Karen Baum, Kathi McKinney, Mark Smith, Sally Taylor and Jan Wassink, Registrar.

Motion: Mark Smith. Approve minutes the December 13, 2005 teleconference meeting. Second Kathi McKinney. 5 Ayes

The next teleconference meeting will be held February 21, 2006 at 12 Noon, EST.

Jan explained some of the unexpected staff changes due to health and family emergencies. He brainstormed with the board about possibilities of hiring full and or part time staff for replacements if and when necessary.

Karen brought up problems with communication with the ARF (Alpaca Research Foundation) liaison regarding the maintenance of the ARF website. The issue seems to be a shortage of staff time needed to respond to ARF for updating their website as quickly as they would like. Karen will talk to the ARF Board to make alternate suggestions for their web maintenance.

The ARI arbitration is tentatively scheduled for the first part of April.

The ILR was audited by the Montana Department of Revenue. ILR passed with flying colors. The auditor told Jan it was the first time he had found absolutely NO errors in reporting.

Karen has been working with Dar on articles for the ILRe-port.

Allen and Jan are working through the website step-by-step and making regular improvements

Memberships are up from last year with members renewing when they realize they cannot use the website without renewing their membership with ILR.

The SLA (Suri Llama Association) extended an invitation to the ILR Board of Directors to hold their annual meeting at Estes Park during their conference in June. ILR has already committed to having the annual meeting in Kalispell this year.

There was discussion about the possibility of a conference/cruise in 2007. Reviews from llama owners have been mixed. The office will send out an e-mail invitation to members and known llama owners to gauge their interest in a conference/cruise.

Jan asked for board discussion on the possibility of having a sales page on the website. Further decisions on the format will be made later but the board agreed in principal to the concept.

Motion: Sally Rucker. Reimburse Karen Coyngham for her expenses for attending USAHA to the level of monies available in the Government Relations Fund pending the submission of her receipts for those expenses. Second: Kathi McKinney. 5 Ayes.

Sally Rucker explained to the board that she is very over-committed at this time and asked if someone else could assume her job as treasurer. Mark Smith agreed to take this position.

Meeting adjourned at 2:50, EST.

Respectfully submitted,
Sally Taylor
Secretary