ILR BOARD MINUTES
May 15, 2008

The meeting was called to order at 8:01pm EDT – Board Members Karen Baum, Kathi McKinney, Mark Smith, Kristy Brown, Mary Jo Miller and Registrar Jan Wassink were present.

1. Welcome new board member, Mary Jo Miller. The board reviewed current programs and activities to bring her up to speed.
    
2. Approval of the April minutes: motion by Kathi, seconded by Mark; the minutes were approved.
    
3. The next board meeting will be at the face-to-face in Kalispell, MT at the ILR offices from June 8 – June 11, 2008. Materials for the face-to-face were reviewed.
    
4. Registrar: The board reviewed financial reports and discussed investments for cash reserves.
    
5. ShowManager: Show Manager has been used at several ALSA and non-ALSA shows with good feedback. Minor adjustments have been made and it has been noted that users with older versions of web browsers have had more problems.
    
6. RegistryManager: The office has been doing test runs of the office data management program, RegistryManager, along with the current system and it is almost ready to go live. The board will receive a demonstration at the face-to-face.
    
7. Web site programmer: The web designer hired to upgrade the web site has had to suspend her business due to a shoulder injury and will not be able to do the contract work as assigned. We are searching for a new designer.
    
8. On-line Sales Catalogs: Hinterland Llamas (Kay Patterson-Sharpnack) will be putting her sale catalog on the ILR web site sales page at a package price. The board will make a similar offer to the Llama Futurity Association (LFA) and other major sales.
    
9. ILR-IF (Incentive Fund) – the IF forms are posted on the ILR web site – animals listed on the IF will have links to pedigree searches as well as the sale page. The date for sign up to include all 2008 activities at the reduced rate is June 30, 2008. Sign up after that date will mean that the animal activities prior to June 30, 2008 will not be included in this year’s awards.
    
10. ILR-UAP (Universal Awards Program) – the program will be finalized at the face-to-face.
     
11. Lamaribbean 2009 – the board discussed speakers and agenda items and will finalize the program at the Face to Face.
     
12. ILF (International Llama Foundation) – tax rule changes have necessitated the filing of tax forms for the ILF. This will be reviewed at the face-to-face to see that it is done properly.
     
13. A letter to the American Mini-llama Association (AMLA) regarding screening is being developed by Karen and Jan.
     
14. A petition for registration of an animal was discussed. It has been suggested that the animal be screened for registration.
     
15. A letter to an owner regarding falsification of signatures was approved by the board. The registrations for the animals in question were invalidated.

Meeting Adjourned, 10:02pm EDT

Respectfully submitted,

Kristy J. Brown for Sally Taylor