Meeting
called to order
at 8:05 EDT. Mark Smith, Kathi McKinney, Bill Safreed, Mary Jo
Miller, Kristy Brown, Jan Wassink, Larry Steffel, Justin Timm,
Fran Soukup, Beth Myers, Jim Krowka, Pam Jensen and Ed Bender
present.
Approval
of minutes from January 19, 2010
– approved by email and posted.
Welcome to
Ed Bender, the new chairman of the Youth Committee.
Committee
Reports:
1.
Fleece
Committee: presented by Fran Soukup.
a.
There was
some discussion of dividing fleece classes by color as requested
by a few members. The committee decided that show numbers are
insufficient to warrant color grouping. The ILR-SD fleece
guidelines are based on industry standards and the fleece
industry does not sort based on color.
Research does not support one color of fleece being consistently
finer, with better hand, or more lustrous than another color.
b.
There was
discussion of clarifying the approved classes and optional
specialty classes for color groups or other categories. A motion
was made to allow optional specialty color classes that would
not receive points. Motion by Beth, second by Mary Jo. Motion
passed unanimously.
2.
Rules
Committee: presented by Pam Jensen.
a.
The rules
committee will add the verbiage to general rules to state that
animals may be in only one approved division class and points
will be awarded. Exhibitors are encouraged to participate in
specialty optional classes as offered by show management, but no
points will be awarded.
3.
Judges
Committee: presented by Beth Myers.
a.
Beth was
elected as the chair of the judges committee.
b.
The
committee discussed and decided that apprentices cannot be
allowed to judge shows until the apprenticeships and clinics
have been completed.
c.
Fleece
clinics – the committee has requested that Fran provide an
outline of the information to be provided at both beginners and
advanced clinics. The current fleece judge criterion was
approved.
d.
General judge certification and education – a test will
be developed that all grandfathered judges must pass so that
they are familiar with the ILR-SD guidelines. After passing
this test, grandfathered judges will not be required to attend a
clinic, but apprentice with a teaching judge. Teaching judges
will be determined based on a letter requesting teaching
certification along with completing a questionnaire supplied by
the committee. Also, some other qualification may apply such as
judge not on probation, has judged (to be determined) number of
ILR shows along with (to be determined) other shows. This is a
proposal not voted on or approved to date. Only
these judges will be allowed to have an apprentice. All judges
will be encouraged to have a hard copy of the
rules/guidelines with them at shows.
e.
Records and filing system
–
Jan suggested that information can be filed at the ILR office
and set-up on the ILR website with limited access. This could be
set up for each committee. This will aid in the transition
between chairmen and committee members. This would keep all
records available without having to ship or transfer files.
f.
Utilizing
conformation and movement materials – Kristy has donated
materials regarding conformation and movement and they are being
considered as teaching tools in the future.
g.
Criteria
for fast track judges with a lot of show/breeding experience
and apprentice programs for inexperienced individuals seeking
judges training is in development.
4.
Finance
Committee: presented by Larry Steffel.
a.
No meeting
has been held because there were no activities warranting it.
b.
The
committee requests that Jan in the ILR office send a quarterly
report of expenditures to each committee chair.
c.
Wayne
Rankin resigned due to personal reasons. The ILR board will
appoint a new member as there was no one who ran against Barb
Baker in the election. Contact Mark or Larry with any
suggestions.
5.
Halter
Committee: presented by Justin Timm.
a.
No meeting
has been held because there were no activities warranting it.
6.
Performance Committee: presented by Jim Krowka.
a.
No
meeting has been held because there were no activities
warranting it.
b.
The
committee is working on development of the Camelid Companion
Certification and the qualifications for certifier. Jim is
developing a video to demonstrate the tasks. The committee will
be making suggestions as to how to incorporate this into the
shows and proposed a fee for shows to charge for this. The
committee asked for input for developing the list of certifiers
– this could include judges, experienced exhibitors, etc. The
topic was returned to the performance committee to give a list
of suggested certifiers to the judges committee for approval.
An eBulletin can be developed to promote the program and
ask for certifiers.
c.
There was
discussion regarding interpretation of some rules specific to
over interpretation of rules. Kristy suggested all committees
review their guidelines and clarify any verbiage for the 2011
guidelines.
7.
Youth
Committee: presented by Ed Bender.
a.
Ed Bender
was elected as the chair of the Youth Committee.
b.
The
committee suggests changing the youth divisions from the current
experience levels to age divisions: All youth classes would be
changed 7-11 Junior, 12-15 Intermediate and 16-18 Senior and
make this recommendation retroactive to January 1, 2010. The
original guideline for 2009 stipulated that this would be
evaluated after the 2009 year and that is why this rule will be
made retroactive. A motion was made by Fran, second by Beth.
Unanimous approval.
c.
The Youth
Judging manual will be developed to parallel the judging
committee materials for consistency. The committee requests that
this manual could be utilized for any educational activity.
d.
The
committee discussed fund raising and being sure that donators
would receive a receipt for any donations.
Old
Business:
ILR-SD
Silver Anniversary Shows –
five shows
are booked as ILR-SD Silver Anniversary Shows: WOLI in Oregon in
June, Spokane Interstate Fair in Washington in August, Iowa
State Fair in Iowa in August, The Big E in Massachusetts in
September and NAILE in Kentucky in November. The committee has
ordered gifts for exhibitors as well as sponsor gifts. There are
currently nine Silver Sponsors and three Friends of the ILR
sponsors.
New
Business:
1.
The
suggestion was made that any email discussions be summarized and
posted on the website. All committees have been active and have
done a lot of decisions by email – this is more efficient and
more economical, but summaries should be posted.
Next
Meeting: Tuesday April 27, 2010 at 8pm EDT.
Motion to
adjourn
at 9:51pm EST: motion by Pam, second by Beth. Unanimous
approved.
Respectfully submitted,
Kristy
Brown, ILR Secretary