ILR BOARD MINUTES

ILR Board of Directors Conference
January 20, 2004
12:07 PM EDT

The ILR Board of Directors teleconference meeting was called to order by Vice President, Art Kennel at 12:07 AM , EDT.   Present:   Karen Baum, Art Kennel , Sally Rucker, Sally Taylor and Jan Wassink , Registrar.

Art Kennel thanked Karen Baum and Sally Rucker for attending the memorial service for Jack Moore.

Motion:  Karen Baum. Approve minutes of January 7, 2004 meeting.  Second:  Art Kennel .  4 Ayes.

The next teleconference meeting will be Tuesday, February 17, 2004 at 12 noon , EST.

1)      Registrar’s Report:  Jan answered questions on the monthly and yearly financial reports.

a.  The software project is ne ari ng completion.

2. ARI has moved from the ILR office.  Dar Wassink, former ARI Registrar, is now in Virginia helping with the ARI’s transition to the new company managing their database.

3. The Board of Directors of the International Lama Foundation approved a donation to the Morris Animal Foundation for the alpaca genome project in December.  The check drawn from ILF funds and a cover letter will be sent to Morris Animal Foundation.

4. There was discussion regarding the upcoming election and the BOD reviewed the election schedule.

2)      Committee Reports:

Bylaws, Policies & Petition Committee reviewed policy decisions on questions that had been raised by members.  There was discussion regarding a proposed requirement of having a FTA card on all breeding males.   Random DNA parent verification will be initiated by the ILR office this spring.  The testing will be done at the expense of the ILR.  This discussion will be continued at the face-to-face meeting.  Starting April 1, 2004 FTA cards will be sent with every certificate.

There was discussion of the position of the USDA regarding permanent identification.  It is the feeling that Jan should be involved with the committee.  The BOD asked Karen Baum to serve as the representative from the BOD to facilitate the communication between the USDA and the lama community.

Art reported to the ILR BOD that he had arranged a meeting with LANA.  A teleconference call is scheduled for February 9, 2004 .  There are several issues that will be discussed with the main objective being furthering communication between llama groups.  Art will continue to try to contact Dick Sheehan for ALSA to arrange a similar meeting in the future.

The Board discussed correspondence from members and suggested appropriate responses to be made.  

Motion:  Karen Baum.  Adjourn the meting.  Second:  Sally Rucker.  4 Ayes.

Respectfully submitted,
Sally Taylor
Secretary