Minutes of the Meeting of the ALSA Board of
Directors
March 08, 2003
Face To Face Meeting March 8, 2003
Directors Present: Dick Sheehan President, Dwayne Flinn Vice President,
Jeff Jones, Treasurer , Sandy Wickham Secretary, Directors Carol Ann
Tallmon, Niki Kuklenski, also present ALSA Attorney Tom Hayden
Motion to approve Feb minutes , Jeff Made, Carol Ann Seconded, motion
passed
Sandy made, Niki seconded treasurers report
Old Business,
Judge Committee Investigation:
Board moved to accept the judge's committee investigation recommendations,
the paperwork is to be put in said judges file. Motion made by Carol
Ann, Sandy Seconded, motion passed unanimously.
The protest committee recommendations were accepted, the portion being
up held is being evaluated by the board to decide penalties, the other
portion was not considered valid. All persons involved will be notified
of the results of the protest after the penalty portion has been decided.
Jeff made the motion, Dwayne seconded Motion passed unanimously.
Communication tracking system has been approved and will be implemented
from this day forward, Niki moved Jeff seconded motion passed unamiously,
there is a flow chart for Board communication on the website.
ALSA working with ILR for the publication of ALSA Awards was discussed.
Dwayne made a motion to approve**2003** budget, Carol Ann seconded,
motion passed unanimously.
Board discussed coming up with standard operating procedures for each
committee. The committee deadline to submit their recommendations is
June- 2003.
By -Laws Recommendation for change. All candidates would need to be
nominated by 5 members. The proposed changes will be put the ballot
for the membership to vote on.
Dwayne moved, Jeff seconded motion, motion approved unanimously
Additional handbook changes have been discussed and will be included
in the 13th Edition of the ALSA Handbook.
Wednesday March 5th the Alpaca and Llama Show Association was served
with a summons of complaint, notice of a lawsuit was served to 607 California
Ave and to 5 directors from the common pleas court of Knox County Ohio,
by Rebecca A Randall, case #030T030065.
Sandy Wickham and Cheryl Ryberg left the room per recommendation of
Tom, while the defense of this lawsuit was discussed.
Committee Reports:
Alpaca:
A motion was made to approve an Alpaca Champion show to be held in Delaware
Ohio.
Dwayne moved, Jeff seconded , motion approved unammously.
Education:
Finding areas in need of clinics was recommed for the education committie
Election:
Proposal for the election ballots have been received and a final decision
will be made at our next meeting.
Ethics:
Ethics have been working on articles for the show ring
Fiber:.
Fiber committie have made recommendations for the fleece judging for
Judge's.The recommendation will be sent to the judges committee
Grand National:
Grand National has 4 judges in place for the performance classes and
this will make the classes run smoother.
Handbook:
The Board will proofread the handbook final copy before it is sent to
the printer.
Judges:
The judges criteria submitted were discussed and was returned for farther
clarification.
It was recommended that Terry Duespohl replace Carol Hicks as chair
of the judges committee.
Jeff moved and Dwayne seconded the motion.Motion approve unamiously.
Performance:
Performance committee has added new members.
Kate Otey, Kurt Phera,
Carol Ann moved Sandy seconded motion passed unaamiously.
Planning & Policy:
By laws changes are being included for the next election.
Protest:
Two outstanding protests have been resolved.
Publication:
Application for show ring editor will be on the web.
Members can contact ALSA office for criteria.
Regional:
All Regionals lost money in 2002.
Recommendations will be discussed at the next board meeting for improving
the situation
Mike & Jean Haumschild have been approved to be Buckeye Regional
superintendents.
Show Management:
Show management had no report.
The suri group is working hard to finish their job.
Youth:
Several recommendations were presented to the board for promoting youth.The
board recommend the committee get more specifc for the next Board meeting.
Sandy moved and Carol Ann seconded and the meeting adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Sandy Wickham, ALSA Board
Secretary
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