ILR BOARD MINUTES
September 19, 2008
Annual Meeting held at the annual LFA meeting at Kirkwood
Community College Equine Center, Cedar Rapids, IA
Call to
order at 5:04 CDT – Board Members Karen Baum, Kathi McKinney,
Mark Smith, Kristy Brown, Mary Jo Miller and Registrar Jan
Wassink were present along with 27 ILR members.
1.
The meeting was called to order by Mark Smith,
President of the ILR. Mark gave a history of the various
locations that the ILR Annual Meeting has been held in past
years including the LANA Expo, the ILR office in Kalispell and
at the ALSA Grand Nationals. The board thanked the LFA board for
giving us time to hold the meeting here at their annual event.
2.
Mark introduced the ILR Board and Jan Wassink, the
Registrar.
3.
Jan Wassink
gave a PowerPoint presentation reviewing the trends in
registrations, transfers and new owners over the last ten years.
Over 70% of llama owners have 1-3 animals. In 2004 the ILR
started paid memberships to provide additional income. New
programs have been implemented since then to provide benefits
for llama “users” vs. llama “breeders” and to provide added
value to members. The office processes have also been
streamlined and automated. The ILR offers an online calendar for
members to list any llama event of any kind, account access,
pedigree and photo searches and credit card payment. DNA
services have been expanded to include both FTA (blood sample)
and root ball sampling. Advertising opportunities available to
members include the Llama locator, ranch locator, classified
ads, Llamas for sale, on-line catalogs and new owner packet
inserts. In 2008 the ILR added the ILR-Universal Awards Program
(ILR-UAP), the ILR Incentive Fund (ILR-IF), ShowManager,
Domestic screening, Online advertising opportunities and
contract work with the North American Ccara Association. Jan
reviewed the benefits of membership and the value in free
advertising is worth over twice the cost of membership. The
Lamaribbean conference for 2009 was also reviewed and members
were encouraged to sign up.
4.
Jan reviewed the Profit & Loss Statement for 2007
and copies were made available to members. Handouts were also
available for the Lamaribbean, ILR-UAP and ILR-IF.
5.
Time was available for questions from the floor.
Meeting
adjourned 6:03 pm CDT
Respectfully submitted,
Kristy Brown, ILR Secretary