Meeting
called to order:
7:05pm EST. Mark Smith, Kristy Brown, Kathi McKinney, Mary Jo
Miller, Jan Wassink, John McDougall, Fran Soukup, Beth
Myers, Father Ryan, Pam Jensen,
Justin Timm, Karen Baum and Tami Lash present.
Motion to
approve minutes
from March 18, 2009 Governing Board meeting: Motion by Pam,
second by John. Unanimous approval.
Show
Results and Promotions:
Llama Banner has agreed to list show results from ILR shows. We
will have a conversation with Llama Life II and Lama-Link to see
if they are also willing to list results.
Committee
Reports:
1. Rules
Committee – presented by Pam Jensen. No meeting to
report on. The committee has started files for all approved
rules from all committees that can be easily printed into an
on-line ILR-SD Manual when all rules are approved. The
format will be easy to read and easy to access. The
committee is planning a Face-to-Face to formulate the rules
book. A published version will not be available until 2010.
The Governing Board discussed allowing members to have
points recorded from open shows. The motion made was: For
2009 only, open show superintendents that hire an ILR
approved judge may request that ILR points could be awarded
to ILR-SD members/exhibitors for a fee of $2.00 per head per
show recording fee. Superintendants should contact
the ILR office before the date of their show, have the
show judge verified and point recording approved. It will be
the exhibitors’ responsibility to submit their own placing
and show results, and to pay the $2.00 fee on their own.
Motion by Tami, second by Kathi. Unanimous approval.
2.
Finance Committee – presented by Kathi McKinney.
The
committee is formulating a protocol for expenses that
fall outside of the budget and will form a process to
submit additional financial requests.
3. Youth
Committee – presented by Beth Myers. The youth committee
presented the following proposal/revisions (see YC minutes
for details): 1. Parent/guardian/leader signature to
participate in printed and electronic entry forms, 2. ILR
Sanctioning, 3. Age Divisions – a minimum of two
participants for year end points to be awarded in a class,
4. Animal Eligibility, 5. Optional Youth Classes, 6. Youth
Showmanship, 7. Youth Performance-*note, some items are
modified from the previously approved open performance
tasks, 8. Sportsmanship, 9. Year End Awards, 10.
Scholarships – change wording from Scholarships to
scholarships and grants, add in the future, as finances are
available, education scholarships may be awarded. All
motions discussed and amendments approved. Motion by John,
second by Fran.
4. Fleece
Committee – presented by Fran Soukup.
The
fleece committee presented proposals (see FC minutes for
details) including: 1. Fleece show Placing card, 2. Fleece
Product placing card, 3. Fleece show management, 4. Commonly
asked questions, 5. Fleece Judging Clinic, 6. Fleece Judging
outline. All six motions approved as written. Motion to
approve by Pam, second by John. Unanimous approval.
5. Performance
Committee – presented by Tami Lash.
The
committee is discussing the scoring system for tasks, making
recommendations regarding champion tabulations (overall
scores combined rather than ILR-UAP points combined), tie
breakers. Motion to reopen discussion of showmanship options
to be discussed. Motion Tami, no second. Tami will forward
placing cards from the performance committee to the
governing board so each committee may modify them to meet
their needs.
6. Halter
Committee – presented by Justin Timm.
The
minutes did not arrive until just before the board call so a
second Governing Board call was scheduled to give the
committee time to review the requests.
7. Judges
Committee – presented by John McDougall.
The committee reviewed Mike Haumschild as a
performance judge and Linda Hayes as an alpaca fleece judge
and she would require a judging clinic and/or an
apprenticeship for llama fleece judging. Motion to approve
by Jon, second by Mary Jo. Unanimous approval. As a side
note, the deadline for consideration for grandfathering of
judges into the ILR-SD for 2009 only has passed. The
exception to this would be judges who are currently in
Camelid judging apprenticeships; they may apply for
grandfathering consideration after completion of their
apprenticeship. All judges who are already grandfathered for
2009 will need to recertify for 2010. A judges’
training/certification program is in development and
scheduled for governing board approval in mid-July.
Old
Business:
None to review.
New
Business:
Tabled until April 21, 2009 meeting.
Next
Meeting:
April 21, 2009 at 8pm EDT to review halter committee and discuss
new business.
Move to
Adjourn
by Pam, second John. Meeting adjourned at 10.11 EDT.
Respectfully submitted,
Kristy
Brown, GB Secretary