Minutes of the Meeting of the ALSA Board of
Directors
Novermber 9 & 10, 2000
MEETING OF THE ALSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
COLUMBIA, MO
NOVEMBER 9 & 10, 2000
The Board met at a face-to-face meeting prior to the ALSA Grand National
Ray Howard called the meeting to order at 1:54 p.m. c.s.t. on November 9.
Carol Ann moved and Joanne seconded that the minutes of the previous meeting
be approved with corrections. The motion carried.
Treasurer's report as of September 30 with totals not including any income
from Regionals showed total assets 119,199.58. Net for the period 1/1/00
to
9/30/00 was minus $4,934.10.
Carol Ann moved and Joanne seconded that the treasurer's report be approved.
Motion carried.
Ray informed the Board that Wells Cook is the new parliamentarian & will
be
reviewing the bylaws.
Polly moved & Jeff seconded that a draft election petition submitted by
the
elections committee be accepted. The motion carried.
Judges Committee - The following report was submitted:
In accordance with the following criteria, the ALSA Judgešs Committee
submits the names of all Level III Judges eligible to be the Head Judge at a
Regional Show in the year 2001. Shows with llama numbers exceeding 150
animals may employ a second judge to assist in the Performance Classes.
This second judge may be either a Level II or Level III Judge.
Head Judges must have been ALSA certified for a period of five years, and
now hold a current Level III Llama License. The Judge must also have
judged
at least six (6) shows in the previous three (3) years, (with two (2) being
in the past two years). Any Judge may only judge one Regional in any
given
year, but may be hired to judge the National Show in that same year.
Judges
may not qualify to judge a Regional Show with any upheld Protest in their
file, nor judge the same Regional within a period of two (2) years.
Names submitted are: Ron Baird, Carolyn Blalock, Marv Bok (providing he
renews by Dec 2000) Virginia Christensen, Bruce Connally, Lora Crawford,
Penny Davidson, Jennifer Doran (providing she renews by Dec. 2000), Lorraine
Guyn, Mary Beth Hartsough, Carol Hicks, Ray Howard, Hank Kauffman, John
McCullough, Judie Moser, George Peoples, Jodi Robinson, Susan Tellez
(providing she renews by Dec. 2000) and Darlene Vaughan.
Jeff moved and Joanne seconded that the report be approved with the
exception of two individuals whose names will be sent back to the committee
for further review and consideration. The motion carried.
The Judges Committee also submitted the following recommendations:
Due to prior commitments, Bob Shepard, Level I Llama Judge, due to renew by
the end of this year, has asked that his recertification date be extended
until the first available clinic in 2001. Recommendation: Extend
his
recertification date until the first available clinic in 2001. This
recommendation is made upon the condition he not accept any shows until the
successful completion of that clinic.
Carolyn Blalock has submitted enough C.E. Credits to recertify her Level III
Llama Judging license. All reports in her file are satisfactory.
Recommendation: Recertify her at Llama Level III for a period of three
years.
Beth Myers has requested the 200 restriction on her Llama Level II Judging
License be lifted. With the Judgešs Committee proposed Handbook changes
of
Llama Judging Levels as designated: Level I, up to 100 Llamas, Level II,
100-200 Llamas and Level III over 200 Llamas, the Committee makes the
following recommendation. Recommendation: Recertify Beth Myers at
Llama
Level III with a 250 animal restriction.
The following recommendations have been made in regard to the clinic
participants at the Advanced Llama Clinic taught by Susan Tellez in Michigan
in September 2000. These recommendations are based upon Susanšs
evaluations, clinic percentages and judging and apprentice files.
Recommendation: Recertify George Peoples, Llama Level III Judge for a
period of three years.
Recommendation: Recertify Deb Yeagle, Llama Level I Judge for a period
of
three years, with a recommendation she judge more shows with emphasis on
Halter Classes, before resubmitting request for recertification as a Level
II Llama Judge.
Recommendation: Certify Marilyn Nenni, Apprentice, as a Level I Judge
for a
period of three years.
Recommendation: Certify Patti Fischer, apprentice, as a Level I Judge
for a
period of three years.
Recommendation: Certify Gayle Woodsum, Apprentice, as a Level I Judge
for a
period of three years.
Recommendation: Certify Tami Lash, Apprentice, as a Level I Judge for a
period of three years.
Recommendation: With a lower than 80% passing clinic score, it is
recommended that Ed Bender, Apprentice, Deb Simmons, Apprentice, and Sue Ann
Messineo, Apprentice, all continue with three more apprenticeships, all with
Level III Judges they have not apprenticed with prior, and at shows with a
minimum of 175 llamas.
Joanne moved and Carol Ann seconded that the recommendations be approved
with the exception of one individual whose name will be sent back to the
judges committee for further review and consideration. Motion
passed.
Polly moved and Carol Ann seconded that Terry Duespohl be added to the
Nationals Committee.
The Membership Committee asked that the members be polled regarding changing
the membership year from January 1-December 31 to July 1-June 30. The
Board
agreed that this will be added to a member survey to be sent out in the near
future.
Old Business:
The Board was given a report from the ALSA Alpaca Committee.
Following discussion, Carol moved and Carol Ann seconded that the ALSA
alpaca show committee consist of three members appointed by the ALSA Board
of Directors and 2 members (also ALSA members) appointed by the AOBA Board
of directors and that this motion in no way affects the ALSA judges
committee or the ALSA protest committee. Polly and Paige voted
"no"; the
motion passed.
Jeff moved and Polly seconded that E-mails addressed to the Board as a whole
will be formally responded to; e-mails which are addressed to individuals on
the Board and which are general in nature will not necessarily be formally
answered. Letters to the Board will be responded to. The motion
carried.
Information from Annie Stewart has been received; the matter will be
forwarded to the Judges committee for their review and recommendation
regarding certifying her as an ALSA judge.
New business:
Polly moved and Carol Ann seconded that Cheryl start development of a
customized member data base which ALSA will own and which will be paid
for
by ALSA either now or at a later date. An estimate of the cost
will be
provided prior to actually starting work. The motion carried.
Polly was directed to began to develop a book of Policy and Procedures.
The remainder of the meeting was spent reviewing proposed changes to the
Handbook. Polly will incorporate the changes into a draft which will be
reviewed by the Board at the next meeting prior to publishing.
The next meeting was later scheduled for January 9, 2001 at 8:00 p.m. EST.
Respectfully submitted:
Polly Schofield, Secretary
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