ILR BOARD MINUTES

Conference Call of February 18, 1998
12:00 Noon EST

Present: Barbara Carlomagno, Sally German-Rucker, Kathi McKinney, Jack Moore, and Jan Wassink (Registrar), Kathy Bicknell (taking minutes).

The meeting was called to order at 12:00 p.m. EST.

Date of next Conference Call set for April 15, 1998 at 12:00 noon EST.

1. Motion made by Jack, seconded by Kathi, to approve minutes of November 11, 1997 with corrections. Motion by Jack, and seconded by Barbara, to approve December 10, 1997 minutes with corrections.

December 17, 1997, January 21, 1998, and February 18, 1998 minutes will be approved at the face-to-face meeting.

2. Registrar's Report was discussed.

3. Communications
    A. Discussed establishing a policy concerning conflict of interest for screeners.
    B. Discussed request by Art Kennel to sponsor The International Camelid Symposium. No action taken pending more information and discussion.
    C. Discussed possible information to include in the ILA Conference Notebook .
    D. Discussed the letter from the Canadian Lama Registry. Decided to meet with CLRC representatives at Alpaca/Llama Symposium if representatives are in attendance.
    E. Letter from Bill Barnett
        1. After lengthy discussion Sally made the following motion:
            a. ILR must receive confirmation from Brad Smith on the microchip numbers that were implanted at the time of his contact with the animals in Bolivia.
            b. All documents, fees and photos must be in Registry Office prior to assigning screeners.
            c. All lamas must have on-site verification of microchip numbers and an on-site screening.
        2. The motion was seconded by Kathi.
        3. Motion passed 5/0.

4. Board of Directors
    A. Charge for Committee on ART was tabled until face-to-face meeting in Kansas City.
    B. ILReport information will be faxed to Barbara.
    C. Llama Symposium presentation was discussed. Decided to update the graphics presented last year at Llama Assembly.
    D. Face-to-face topics were outlined.

5. Committees
    A. Terms for committee appointments were discussed.
    B. Committee for ART was tabled.
    C. Guidelines for new screening committee appointments were discussed.

6. Tabled topics from 12-10-97 and 12-17-97 Board Calls
    A. Advertising will be discussed at the face-to-face meeting. Sally has formed a committee and they will begin work after the face-to-face meeting.
    B. It was confirmed that the Registrar will attend the National Pedigree Livestock Council in St. Joseph, MO. in May.
    C. ILR Mission Statement will be discussed at the face-to-face meeting.

7. Jack made a motion that the Registry require photos of right and left sides in addition to a written signature when Lost Documents are requested. Kathi seconded the motion. Vote: 5 - 0

8. The Registrar informed the Board that the ILR could purchase a new Web address, (www.ilr.org) if the Board thought it would be easier to locate than our present address. The Board directed the Registrar to obtain more information about the service and the cost.

Call ended at 3:40 p.m. EST.


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