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ILR BOARD MINUTES
ILR
Board of Directors Conference
January 11, 2005
12:23
pm EST
The ILR Board of Directors teleconference meeting was called to
order by President, Karen Baum, at 12:23 PM, EDT. Present: Karen
Baum, Kathi McKinney, Sally Rucker, Sally Taylor, and Jan Wassink,
Registrar.
Motion: Kathi McKinney. Approve minutes of December14, 2004
teleconference meeting. Sally Rucker, Second. 4 Ayes.
The next teleconference call will be 12:00 Noon, EST, February
15, 2005 .
Registrar's Report:
Jan explained the year-end
financial reports and led the discussion for the budget for 2005.
The tenant in the space of
Rainbow Paints will leave soon and Jan will look into the
possibility of renting of the warehouse space and retail sales
space separately.
There has been no contact from ARI or their attorney
regarding their past due account.
Committee Reports:
Strategic Planning
Committee: The strategic plan will be reviewed before
the next meeting and discussed next month.
Government Relations:
Karen Conyngham has written a letter to Dr. Brian Evans,
( Canada ), thanking him on behalf of the llama community for his
efforts in working with USDA to remove camelids from the list of
animals susceptible to BSE.
ILRe-port: This
month's ILRe-port will focus on the government relations
functions at USAHA and a description of the function of USAHA,
and biographies of Bob Frost and Karen Conyngham.
Networking and
Community: Sally Taylor contacted Larry Crumrine, ALSA
BOD member, regarding a joint call with ALSA as a follow-up to
Art Kennel 's efforts to establish communication with other lama
groups. ILR anticipates a response from ALSA soon.
Commerce: Kathi
McKinney will work on a draft for the design of the
www.iwantallama.com website. She and Sally Taylor will present a
final version before the next meeting.
Nominations Committee: Linda Hays has
accepted the chair position for the 2005 election for the
nominations committee for the ILR Board of Directors.
Annual Meeting: The annual meeting will be
held at the LANA Expo Friday, June 24, 2005 in Plymouth, CA. The
face-to-face meeting will be June 23, 2005 and June 25 and 26,
2005.
Meeting adjourned at 3:15 PM, EST.
Respectfully submitted,
Sally Taylor
Secretary
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