ILR BOARD MINUTES

October 25, 2007
4:00 pm, EST

The meeting was called to order at 4:00 pm CST by Mark Smith, Vice President..
In attendance were Board Members Mark Smith, Kristy Brown and the Registrar, Jan Wassink and approximately 50 ILR members.

Mark introduced the ILR Board Members and their offices and Jan Wassink, the Registrar.

Mark explained why we chose to have the General Meeting at Grand Nationals and listed the other events and locations that past meetings have been held.

Jan gave an excellent PowerPoint presentation on the trends seen within the ILR over the past 10 years, discussing declining numbers of animals registered and average herd sizes.
The presentation then led to discussion of the changes in the Registry and what the members have asked for in surveys. The ILR 2007 cruise was reviewed and the 2009 cruise announced. The new programs in place at the ILR including the show module, ShowManager, and its uses, the Universal Awards Program, the Incentive Fund, Domestic Screening and marketing projects were presented.

Kristy gave the financial report summary for 2006.

The floor was opened for questions by the members and handouts for the cruise, membership, Universal Awards and Incentive Funds were available for the participants.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:00 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Kristy Brown
for Secretary Sally Taylor