Meeting called to order at 12 Noon EDT. Present: Karen Baum, Art Kennel, Sally Rucker, Sally Taylor and Jan Wassink, Registrar. Jack Moore was absent.

1. Approval of Last Meeting Minutes
   Motion: Karen Baum. Approve minutes of July 25, 2001 meeting. Second: Art Kennel. 5 Ayes
2. Schedule of Next BOD Call
   Next call set for 12 Noon EDT September 11, 2001.
3. Registrar's Report
   Jan Wassink presented the Registrar’s Report including the July financial report. The bar-coding process is working well. The ILR office will continue to work educating the owners on this process. The ILR staff will include an explanation sheet regarding the bar coding procedure in each mailing for the rest of the year. This explanation is also on the ILR Web Site. The Meridian building is proceeding according to schedule. The closing date was August 9, 2001. The front of the building is finished and plans for the interior are in process.
4. ILA/ILR Joint Committee Proposal
   There was discussion of the ILA/ILR joint committee. No action was taken.
5. Kansas City Meeting Report
   Sally Rucker reported that the meeting of llama breeders held recently in Kansas City was very positive and productive. Topics discussed included the FMD situation, sustaining the vital link the llama community has established with USAHA, exploration of ways to facilitate communications between llama organizations and relaxing the interstate testing requirements. ILR will post the addresses and contact persons for other lama organizations on the ILR Web Site beginning immediately. It will be necessary for each organization to take responsibility to assure accurate contact information is supplied to Alan Schmautz, ILR System Manager for posting to the Web Site. There was discussion of how to fund government relations. Sally Rucker suggests ILR establish a fund to support government relations. This fund could accept donations designated for support of these activities. Jan will contact ILR attorney, Joe Fonfara, to discuss what would be involved to establish such a fund and report back to the BOD.
6. Forged Signatures on Registration Form
   The member whose ILR application for registration contained a forged signature has received a letter from Joe Fonfara, ILR attorney, regarding the forgery and explaining the disciplinary action taken by ILR. This member has been placed on a three-year probationary period for this violation of ILR regulations.
7. ARI Contract Discussion
   There was discussion regarding the assignment of the ARI contract. Further counsel from Joe Fonfara will be sought before sending the letter to ARI.
8. UCD Raises Fee
   UCD has raised the fee for recovery of freezer samples despite the fact that ILR is under contract for services from the UCD lab. The BOD suggested Jan explore other labs to provide the DNA testing for our members.
9. Meningial Worm Study at Purdue University
   Art Kennel reported the response regarding the donation of llamas for the study on the meningial worm being undertaken by Purdue University was very positive. All of the animals needed for the study were donated as well as was their transport to Purdue.
10. 3^rd European Symposium Report Donation
    Art Kennel reported that the proceedings of the 3^rd European Symposium held in Germany in May of 1999 have been published. He will donate a copy to the archives at the ILR office. Information regarding the proceedings will be available on the ILR Web Site.

Meeting adjourned at 2:10 EDT

The building committee comprised of President, Sally Rucker, Treasurer, Karen Baum and Jan Wassink stayed on the call to set a time for a committee meeting.