ILR BOARD MINUTES

ILR Board of Directors Conference
October 21, 2003
12:04 PM EDT

The ILR Board of Directors teleconference meeting was called to order at 12:04 AM, EDT, by President, Jack Moore. Present: Karen Baum, Art Kennel, Jack Moore, Sally Rucker, Sally Taylor and Jan Wassink, Registrar.

Motion: Sally Rucker. Approve minutes of September 17, 2003. Second: Karen Baum. 4 Ayes.

The next teleconference meeting will be November 12, 2003, at 12 Noon EST.

1) Registrar’s Report: Jan reviewed the financial reports for the past month and the year-to-date. Rob Schrull is working with Cal and Marshall on the software update and things are progressing nicely. We are still waiting for data from ALSA for the reports on show awards that can be added to the animal files.

2) Committee Reports:

a) Petitions, Policies and Screening: There was lengthy discussion on policies we could put in place to tighten the screening requirements with such changes as screener training, new forms and perhaps a final review by the Board of Directors. This is an important issue and will be thoroughly reviewed before final policy is made.

b) ILReport. The ILReport is in the final proofing and layout stage. Jack stated how important Alan Schmautz is in this process.

c) ILR Display. Jan will be using the refurbished ILR display at the upcoming Gala Meeting.

d) Informational Brochures: Art reported that the “Facts for New Owners” by Bill Franklin is in the final stages of revision.

e) Advocacy. Sally Rucker gave a report on some preliminary information regarding permanent identification that was discussed at the recent meeting of USAHA.

f) Nominating Committee: Glen Pfefferkorn will be the chair of the Nominating Committee. He asked to have the committee named so their names could appear in the ILReport. Several names were proposed and Jan will pass the names along to Glen.

3) Old Business:

a) Art will follow-up on contacts with other associations for joint BOD calls.

b) Jan gave an update on “sub-registries”.

c) Karen reported that there have been confirmed cases of West Nile Virus in Colorado. There are studies underway at Oregon State University to study serology, to determine exposure to WNV as well as response to vaccination, and to determine if some of the unknown alpaca deaths were due to West Nile Virus. More information can be found at www.alpacaresearchfoundation.org

4) New Business: Jan presented several ideas for options to increase the income for ILR. He will prepare spreadsheets for proposals to present to the BOD at the next meeting.

Meeting adjourned at 3:40 PM, EDT.

Respectfully submitted,
Sally Taylor
Secretary