ILR BOARD MINUTES

ILR Board of Directors Conference
September 14, 2004
12:09pm EDT

The ILR Board of Directors teleconference meeting was called to order by President , Karen Baum, at 12:09 PM , EDT. Present: Karen Baum, Art Kennel, Sally Rucker, Sally Taylor, Kathi McKinney and Jan Wassink, Registrar.

Motion: Art Kennel. Approve minutes of July 21, 2004 teleconference meeting. Second: Kathi McKinney. 5 Ayes.

The next teleconference meeting will be Thursday, September 23, 2004 , at 12:00 , Noon , EDT.

Registrar's Report: The financials from July and August will be reviewed at the meeting next week.

Repairs were done on one unit in the building and a new renter has leased the vacant space. The new tenant even did some of the painting to upgrade the space.

There was discussion of the membership terms and whether it would be feasible to pro-rate the fees. The feeling of the BOD was that the membership provides a lot of benefits and the $45/year is a way for llama breeders to help support the llama industry.

Sally Rucker presented a report on her attendance at the meeting of Llama Community 2004. She briefly discussed the animal welfare and animal identification efforts and suggested we allow more time for a complete report at the next meeting.

Kathi McKinney will make certain Dr.Chris Cebra will get ILR promotional materials to take with him to Germany where he is a presenter at the 4 th Annual Symposium on Camelids in Gr o nningen , Germany the first week in October 2004.

Karen reported on discussions she has had with members of the ARI BOD regarding the fees for service that are long overdue. After lengthy discussion the BOD decided to invite the ARI BOD to join the ILR BOD to talk about the bill and misconceptions that might be setting up roadblocks to resolution of this problem.

The remaining items on the agenda will be addressed in our meeting next week.

Meeting adjourned at 2:10 PM , EDT.

Respectfully submitted,
Sally Taylor
Secretary