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Board of Directors Face-to-Face Conference June 13, 2004 Meeting called to order at 9:15 AM MDT by Vice President Art Kennel . Present: Karen Baum , Kathi Mc K inney, Sally Rucker , Sally Taylor and Jan Wassink, Registrar. Motion: Sally Rucker . Approve minutes of May 19, 2004 teleconference meeting. Second: Karen Baum . The next teleconference meeting will be Wednesday, July 21, 2004 , 12 noon EDT. Registrar’s Report: Jan presented the financial reports including year-to-date. The ARI bill for registry services through December 31, 2003 has not been paid. ARI currently owes ILR $81,660.21 including interest for services provided through December 31, 2003 . Strategic Plan: Discussion of the Strategic Plan was lead by Art Kennel. The BOD reviewed the ILR Mission Statement and it was reaffirmed. The results of the ILR Spring 2004 Opinion Survey and the comments received from those responding were discussed. The meeting continued with the review of the strategic plan to insure it was still pertinent. Under the long term goals Art pointed out that the money donated this past spring by the International Lama Foundation will help reach the goal of mapping the alpaca genome and its application in the future to llamas. Another long term goal, international communication, was discussed and Kathi McKinney volunteered to see if it was feasible for her to go to Germany at her own expense to attend the 4th Annual Symposium on Camelids in Gronningen, Germany the first week in October. She will be in Europe at that time and if it is possible to re-arrange her schedule will attend the symposium. Election of Officers: Motion: Sally Rucker. Karen Baum, President, Art Kennel, Vice President, Kathi McKinney, Treasurer and Sally Taylor, Secretary. Second: Sally Taylor. 5 Ayes. Committee Assignments: Board members were assigned to standing committees. Further assignments will be made at a later date. Moratorium on Registration of Llamas: Motion: Kathi McKinney. Extend the moratorium on registration of any llama which does not have two registered parents until January 1, 2008. Second: Sally Rucker. 5 Ayes. Meeting adjourned at 6:20 PM, MDT. June 14, 2004 Meeting called to order at 8:45 AM MDT by President Karen Baum . Present: Karen Baum , Art Kennel , Kathi McKinney, Sally Rucker , Sally Taylor and Jan Wassink, Registrar. ILRe-port: Alan Schmautz addressed the questions by the board regarding the ILRe-port (e-zine). Alan explained the advantages of being able to generate a nice looking document for the dissemination of news of the ILR to our members. There are some problems with members who do not have high-speed internet access in their area attempting to download the Adobe files. There was discussion of the option for interested parties to receive the ILRe-port by mail if they pay $15.00 per year for the printing and mailing costs of the report. Alan and Jan will work on a proposal for next month. Ideas were discussed for articles and editorials for future issues of the ILRe-port, as well as ways to pass along the information regarding local organizations to new llama owners. Website: There was discussion about creating a promotional web page to provide information about llamas to the general public as a way to raise awareness and interest for llamas. The proposed new web pages would be linked to the ILR website (www.lamaregistry.com). Listings will be offered on the Lama Locator to non-members for a cost of $75.00 for the first listing and $25.00 for each additional category. Membership Drive: The 2005 membership drive will begin in November with notices to be sent to llama owners who have done business with the Registry in the past two years. Advertising: ILR will test advertising in a couple of farm related magazines to see if we can generate more interest for registered llamas. AMLA: Motion: Kathi McKinney. Accept the AMLA (American Miniature Llama Association)/ILR letter of agreement for contract services as written dated June 10, 2004 . Second: Art Kennel . 5 Ayes. 2004 LANA Expo: Kathi McKinney will be attending the LANA Expo in Quincy, California June1 25-27, 2004. She will take materials to promote ILR and ask how ILR can help. The BOD spent several hours re-writing one of the new informational brochures. Each member of the board had the opportunity to go through a registration with one of the staff members from start to finish. It was an enlightening process. Meeting adjourned at 6:45 PM , MDT. June 15, 2004 Meeting called to order at 8:00 AM MDT by President Karen Baum. Present: Karen Baum, Art Kennel, Kathi McKinney, Sally Rucker, Sally Taylor and Jan Wassink, Registrar. Motion: Karen Baum. Approve minutes of June 13, 2004 . Second. Kathi McKinney. 5 Ayes. There was discussion of the focus groups and the agenda for the Annual Meeting. The remainder of the day was spent doing a re-write of one of the informational brochures. Meeting adjourned at 6:00 PM , MDT
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