ILR BOARD MINUTES

ILR Board of Directors Conference
December 11, 2002
10:04 PM EDT

The ILR Board of Directors teleconference meeting was called to order by President, Sally Rucker. Present: Karen Baum, Art Kennel, Jack Moore, Sally Rucker, Sally Taylor and Jan Wassink, Registrar.

Motion: Karen Baum. Approve the minutes of the November 20, 2002 meeting. Second. Sally Rucker. 5 Ayes.

  • Registrar’s Report. Jan Wassink led the discussion of the November cash flow and year-to-date financial reports. The annual Christmas bonuses and suggested wage increases were presented. Motion. Jack Moore. Accept wages as recommended by Jan for the office staff. Second. Sally Taylor. 5 Ayes. Motion. Sally Rucker. Accept bonuses as outlined by Jan. Second. Karen Baum. 5 Ayes.
  • Committee Reports:
    • Government Relations Funds. In November $187.50 was donated to the GR Operating Fund, and $477.50 was donated to the GR Endowment Fund.
    • Petitions Committee. There were two petitions received by the ILR Petitions Committee one regarding the parentage of CVAL Magnifire and the second regarding the DNA of Cometego.
    • Strategic Planning. Art Kennel will report on the Strategic Planning Committee meeting during our next call.
    • Jack explained the ILReport assignments and deadlines.
  • Old Business:
    • Maxxam Lab Update. Jan has had requests from camelid owners requesting FTA cards to use on camelids they do not necessarily intend to register with ILR. Motion. Sally Rucker. ILR will accept FTA cards for DNA analysis for people who want to DNA test camelids but do not plan to register the animals with ILR. The cost per test will be $37.00 which should cover the test and the office staff time to process the test results. Second. Sally Taylor. 5 Ayes. Discussion of the instructions and drawings done for the use of FTA cards. The drawings for the instructions were done by Becky Raber. Motion. Karen Baum. Send Becky Raber a clock and thank you for the nice job she did on the drawings for the FTA instruction kit. Second. Jack Moore. 5 Ayes
    • Nominations Committee. The committee is working on schedule.
    • BOD self-evaluation. Forms will be due at the end of January 2003. Jan will send each member of the BOD a blank form to use.
  • New Business:
    • There was discussion of the petitions regarding the CVAL Magnifire issue. The BOD reviewed the Policy Book regarding sanctions for members who abuse the privileges of registering llamas with ILR. Sally Rucker will phone ILR attorney,Joe Fonfara to arrange a call so the BOD can discuss of this issue with him.
    • Discussion of the crossbreed division. No action taken.

The ILR BOD thanks the members and regional organizations for their donations to the Government Relations Operating Fund in the amount of $187.50 during the months of October and November. Donations made to the Government Relations Endowment fund in the amount of $477.50 were received in October and November. Members contributing to these funds were: JoAnn McGrath, Judy Hofreiter, Shelly Drainer, Sally Rucker, Llama LifeII, Pamela Hickey, Margaret Dacus, Fred Hartman ,and Betty Espenshied.

Meeting adjourned at 12:45 EST.

Respectfully submitted,
Sally Taylor
Secretary