Welcome to the NEW ILRe-port

In February of 2004, the ILR changed the focus of the ILReport. The document was changed from a distribution 3 times a year to monthly. The ILR Board of Directors, Registrar and staff felt that a more 'immediate' means of communication was necessary. The decision was made to offer the publication in both free electronic form and mailed paper copies for a small fee. Due to the change in technology the report was renamed. Jack Moore, shortly before his death, had suggested the name ILRe-port. In memory of Jack, the ILR adopted the new title.

In many ways the ILRe-port has been very successful. But those of you who live outside broadband Internet access have been frustrated. Due to a great response by advertisers, the document in PDF format has been between 4 and 5 megabytes for a number of months. That is good for the magazine but very difficult to download on slow dial up connections. Many of you expressed your frustrations with long download times, and sometimes even being bumped off your connection.

Through all of this we told you we were listening and working toward a solution. This month the solution is here. Welcome to the NEW ILRe-port. The entire e-zine is entirely web based (HTML). Download times should be greatly improved. We invite your comments on the new format. Please use the link on the e-zine to send your comments directly to the ILRe-port mail box.

Many of your fellow llama owners and businesses have supported this publication with their advertising dollars in both display and classified ads. We invite you to thank them for their interest by checking out their products. In the right column simply click on the ad to open their web site. Classified ads will have links to web sites and email highlighted for your convenience.