MINUTES OF THE ALSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING JULY 15, 2003

 

 

 

Present

 

     Dick Sheehan, President

     Dwayne Flinn, Vice President

     Jeff Jones, Treasurer

     Carolyn Myers, Secretary

     Niki Kuklenski, Director

     Carolann Evans, Director

     Sandy Wickum, Director

     Cheryl Ryberg, Executive Secretary

 

 

Call to Order

 

     Motion made by Jeff Jones, seconded by Niki Kuklenski, to approve the June

     Minutes.  Following a vote, the motion passed.

 

Treasurer’s Report

 

     Waived to discuss financial matters with various committees.

 

Executive Secretary’s Report

 

     Cheryl explained how the office works in conjunction with the Board of

     Directors and how communications work with the members through the

     office, then to the board and various committees.

 

Old Business

 

A.     Letters regarding any future suri classes from Tami Lash, Carlyle & Diane Lewis and Deb Garvin were answered and then forwarded to the suri committee.

 

     B.  Information regarding the policy for ALSA’s umbrella insurance for shows

           will be highlighted in the next issue of Show Ring.

 

C.     Carol Hicks Contract

 

After receiving a letter from the ALSA attorney, all files were returned to

the ALSA office and the contract has been fulfilled.

 

Motion made by Dwayne Flinn, seconded by Niki, that Carol Hicks be

paid a commission for the the LFA ad run by the Burgesses.  Jeff Jones

requested that the matter be tabled until the next board meeting after

receiving the attorney’s bill for his services regarding this matter.  Niki withdrew her second, the motion was not passed, and the matter was tabled.

 

     Judges’ Committee Procedures

 

          Discussion tabled until next meeting; waiting for more committee input.

 

New Business

 

     A.  Election of Board Officers

 

           Dwayne Flinn nominated Dick Sheehan for president, seconded by Niki

           Kuklenski; following a vote, the motion passed.

 

           Sandy Wickum nominated Dwayne Flinn for vice president, seconded

           by Niki Kuklenski; following a vote, the motion passed.

 

           Dick Sheehan nominated Carolyn Myers for secretary, seconded by

           Niki Kuklenski; following a vote, the motion passed.

 

           Sandy Wickum nominated Jeff Jones for treasurer, seconded by Niki

           Kuklenski; following a vote, the motion passed.

 

B.     Committee Liaisons

 

Membership – Carolann Evans

Alpaca – Carolann Evans

Handbook – Dwayne Flinn

Protest – Dwayne Flinn

Regionals – Dwayne Flinn

Publications – Dwayne Flinn

Nationals – Jeff Jones

Performance – Niki Kuklenski

Youth – Niki Kuklenski

Nominating – Carolyn Myers

Elections – Carolyn Myers

Education – Dick Sheehan

Judges – Dick Sheehan

Planning &  Policy – Dick Sheehan

Ethics – Sandy Wickum

Fiber – Sandy Wickum

Show Management – Sandy Wickum

 

 

 

C.     Regionals 2002 Financial Report

 

Dwayne Flinn, Jeff Jones & Cheryl Ryberg will get together to devise a

plan to have regional expenses put into a format for predicting and planning for future financial expenses and to record financial information as it comes in.

 

D.    Legal

 

A report will be presented at the next board meeting by ALSA’s attorney or e-mailed to all board members regarding the status of the ongoing litigation. 

 

Committee Reports

 

A.     Alpaca – No report – Jeff will brief Carolann.

 

B.     Education

 

Request to increase fees for a beginning show clinic to $150, full clinic $200;

Dick Sheehan wants more information before making a decision.

 

C.     Ethics  – No report

 

D.    Grand Nationals – Contract for 2003 was faxed to all board members.

 

E.     Judges

 

The judges committee submitted the following items to the board:

 

1.  The committee recommends that the 75 animal limitation be removed

     from Bill Schultz’s Level I judging certication.  This recommendation

     is based upon an additional successful apprenticeship.

 

2.  The committee recommends that Alaine Byers be certified as a

     Level III judge.  This recommendation is based upon a considerable

     number of shows judged and favorable comments in her file.

 

3.  The committee cannot at this time endorse an advanced clinic that

     has been requested for October.  The committee desires to review and

     standardize the curriculum for judging clinics.   It is the committee’s

     intent to have  this task completed so the clinic can proceed in October,

     but as of now cannot recommend the clinic.

 

Motion was made by Dwayne Flinn, seconded by Jeff Jones, to accept

the judges committee’s recommendations.    Following a vote, the motion

passed.

 

F.      Membership  – No report – Sandy will brief Carolann

 

G.    Nominating  – No report

 

H.    Performance – The committee is working on a performance video.

 

I.       Planning & Policy – Working with attorney to unify standing rules and bylaws.

 

J.      Publications

 

Dwayne Flinn previewed the new Showring; adult showmanship will

not be offered this year at regionals; discussion ensued regarding

development of standard policies, procedures, responsibilities and

limitations for the Showring editor and organizing this with Gayle

Woodsum.

 

K.    Show Management

 

Patti Fisher will develop a questionnaire to be sent to the membership regarding what is happening at shows.

 

L.     Youth

 

Niki Kuklenski is reorganizing the scholarship information to be posted

on the ALSA web site.  It was suggested by Niki that Deb Garvin

temporarily take over the Youth Committee.  She will be contacted by Niki.

 

     M.  Suri Group

 

The committee will hold a conference call and make recommendations to

the board at the August board meeting.

 

 

Motion was made by Jeff Jones, seconded by Carolyn Myers, to adjourn.  Following a vote the motion carried.

 

THE NEXT BOARD MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 12TH AT 8 P.M. EASTERN STANDARD TIME.