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ILR BOARD MINUTES
ILR
Board of Directors Conference
January 20, 2004
12:07
PM EDT
The ILR Board of Directors
teleconference meeting was called to order by Vice President, Art
Kennel at 12:07 AM ,
EDT. Present: Karen Baum, Art Kennel
, Sally Rucker, Sally Taylor and Jan
Wassink , Registrar.
Art Kennel thanked
Karen Baum and Sally Rucker for attending the memorial service for
Jack Moore.
Motion: Karen Baum. Approve
minutes of January 7, 2004 meeting. Second: Art Kennel
. 4 Ayes.
The next teleconference meeting
will be Tuesday, February 17, 2004 at
12 noon , EST.
1)
Registrar’s Report: Jan answered questions on
the monthly and yearly financial reports.
a. The software project is
ne ari ng
completion.
ARI has moved from the ILR
office. Dar Wassink, former ARI Registrar, is now in
Virginia helping with the
ARI’s transition to the new company managing their
database.
The Board of Directors of the
International Lama Foundation approved a donation to the Morris
Animal Foundation for the alpaca genome project in December.
The check drawn from ILF funds and a cover letter will be sent to
Morris Animal Foundation.
There was discussion
regarding the upcoming election and the BOD reviewed the election
schedule.
2)
Committee Reports:
Bylaws, Policies & Petition
Committee reviewed policy decisions on questions that had been
raised by members. There was discussion regarding a proposed
requirement of having a FTA card on all breeding males.
Random DNA parent verification will be initiated by the ILR office
this spring. The testing will be done at the expense of the
ILR. This discussion will be continued at the face-to-face
meeting. Starting April 1, 2004 FTA
cards will be sent with every certificate.
There was discussion of the
position of the USDA regarding permanent identification. It
is the feeling that Jan should be involved with the committee.
The BOD asked Karen Baum to serve as the representative from the
BOD to facilitate the communication between the USDA and the lama
community.
Art reported to the ILR BOD
that he had arranged a meeting with
LANA. A teleconference call is scheduled for February 9,
2004 . There are several
issues that will be discussed with the main objective being
furthering communication between llama groups. Art will
continue to try to contact Dick Sheehan for ALSA to arrange a
similar meeting in the future.
The Board discussed correspondence
from members and suggested appropriate responses to be made.
Motion: Karen Baum.
Adjourn the meting. Second: Sally Rucker. 4
Ayes.
Respectfully submitted,
Sally Taylor
Secretary
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