Minutes of the Meeting of the ALSA Board of
Directors
September 10, 2002
ALSA Board of Directors Meeting
Present, President Dick Sheehan, Vice President Mark Smith, Secretary
Deb Yeagle, Treasurer Jeff Jones, Directors Dwayne Flinn, Niki Anderson-Kuklenski
also present ALSA Executive Secretary Cheryl Ryberg
Motion made to approve last minutes, Mark moved, Jeff seconded motion
passed.
Treasurers Report, Dwayne moved to approve, Niki seconded. Motion carried.
***** Old Business: Questionaire to be relooked at and a final questionnaire
to be organized and sent to the membership to determine what are the
concerns of either a few vocal people, or the majority of the membership.
Board Action Follow Ups: Past BOD actions that require a committee
follow-up will be published on the agenda for each meeting .(Notice
will be given on agenda regarding follow up actions on committee committees.)
Alpaca Committee has set a date for the ALPA Showmanship Clinic,( the
Friday and Saturday before Easter in Port Clinton Ohio ) Mary has been
looking at facilities for the Alpaca Championship Show.
Education Committee: Connie promised to have the disc and other printed
information required for clinics to the office by Monday.
Fiber Clinic scheduled at Crete Hutton will be on January 18 and 19,
2003.
Motion to approve fiber and alpaca showmanship clinic made by Dwayne,
seconded by Jeff, Motion carried.
Grand National Report: Jeff has an answer for Dennis Abreu from the
Grand National Committee. Jeff will answer Dennis letter. The Millionaire
Game will be used, (encouraged) to stimulate participation at the banquet.
Hand Book Committee: A clean copy of the handbook revisions has been
received by all Board members, as changes may need to be made, emails
should be sent out to all Board members to be included in Gayles work.
A conference call will be made on Tuesday September 24th at 8:00 EDT.
Ray Howard has offered to be help with the the Hand Book Committee.
Nominating Committee does not have anything to report.
Performance Committee does not have anything to report.
Protest Committee, protest letters must be sent to both parties involved.
Whether or not the protest is upheld.
Dwayne moved to have ALSA numbers (persons) for Regional shows made
for $18 per hundred, Jeff seconded motion passed.
Show Management recommended to remove any part of the handbook that
would encourage crias to be shown.
Dwayne moved to accept the Judges Committee Recommendation, Dick Seconded,
Motion passed.
Lorraine Guyn recertified
All judges in need of a recert thru a clinic will stay certified until
there is a clinic offered in the pring of 2003.
All alpaca judges will keep certification until a clinic is offered
in 2004
All alpaca and llama fleece clinics shall include an across the board
knowleto cover both animals :alpaca and llana plus suri types in both
species. In compliance with ALSA judges certificaiton requir, recommend
within the third year of certification, the participant attends a fiber
judging clinic to reevaluate materials and review the current information
concerning llama fiber
New Business,
Petition from Shylan Bearden to change regional to be approved by the
board. Motion to approve by Jeff seconded by Niki, Motion carried
Petition from Barbara Flynn for Hayley to change regional. Motion made
by Niki seconded by Deb, Motion Passed.
Recommendations to the Election and Nominating committee to rework
the election process including the hiring of a CPA to handle the ballots.
Dick will answer Bon Burgess letter regarding the election process .
Committees will also look into permitting total count be given out to
nominees if nominees know that this information be known in advance.
A question has been ask if a member can come to a board meeting. As
the by-laws have no provision the board recommends that a member petition
the board, a minimum of 30 days in advance to address the board on one
subject and be able to discuss only that subject with the board. The
board is going to send this to the Planning and Policy Committee with
a recommendation for admendment.
Cheryl will post on the website that links will be swapped and added
onto the ALSA Website from Lama Associations. Commercial Links will
not be permitted.
Jeff moved to adjounrn. Dwayne seconded. Meeting adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Deb Yeagle, ALSA Board
Secretary
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