2011 Board Meetings

July 13, 2011
Author: Cheryl Miller-Harper

NEAOBA BOD Meeting

July 13, 2011

7:30 P.M.

Members on teleconference:

Bill Ley

Barbie Tilton

Lennie Foss

Cheryl Miller-Harper

Pam Welty

Matt Townsend

1.  Approval of minutes from the Annual Meeting, May 2011 and June 16, 2011 BOD meeting

A motion was made and seconded to accept the minutes from the Annual Meeting and the June BOD meeting as emailed.

2.  Treasurer's Report

NEAF made just a bit more than last year.  A discussion was held to determine if we should be part of NEAF again next year with the consensus that it would be a good idea.  A motion was made and seconded to be part of NEAF in 2012.

The check for the sponsorship for The Big E has been sent, but Green Mountain has not.  There have been two deposits for the DCU already paid, but nothing for the panels yet.  A motion was made and seconded to accept the Treasurer's report as presented to the Board.

3.  Status of Action Items

Certification for NEAC

The certification for NEAC has come in.

Vet Seminar Progress

Matt is working with Jack Dibb to complete the details for the vet seminar.  The topics mentioned were ophthalmology, problem breeders, neonatal issues, orthopedics, anesthetizing alpacas and alternative medicine (acupuncture/Eastern medicine practices).  The topic is more important than the presenter. We should be able to find two or three vets from New England who are leaders in their field and see if they would be interested in doing the seminar.  Cheryl will check with her vet about acupuncture, as he has been certified in large and small animal acupuncture.  Matt will try to get back to us in 2 weeks with a possible agenda.  We discussed whether the seminar should be held for one or two days.  It is possible to do a one day seminar with a switch of topics from morning and afternoon.  The object is to keep the price attractive and topic(s) interesting for both vets and breeders.  Matt will check on the credit part of the seminar and let us know what he finds out at the next meeting.

Status of State Rep picnics

The picnic dates are all set with the exception of MA.  Barbie and Cheryl will check with Jim Forster to get a definite date and time.  The reps will give Barbie and Pam a list of attendees after they get RSVPs.  Bill will be attending VT, NY, and NH.  Barbie hopes to attend both NH and ME.  Matt and Lennie will attend the ME picnic,

Cheryl the MA and Pam will go to NH and possibly CT.

4.  Marketing

There was nothing new for marketing.

5.  Events

All current information about upcoming events was covered in the earlier part of the meeting.

6.  Education 

This was covered with the discussion about the vet seminar.

7.  Membership Report

There was nothing new to discuss about membership this month.

8.  Other Business 

We discussed using the candidate statements from May's election to look at new ideas to make us a stronger group.  Barbie will see if anyone who has suggested something might want to volunteer to chair a committee and work with us as well.  We are open to any ideas that anyone has for us, but if they have a problem with what we are doing, hopefully they will also have a solution on how to fix it or a way to do it better.  Barbie will give an encapsulated version of these ideas by email for the next meeting.

Our next meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 7:30 P.M.

Meeting adjourned at 8:40 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,

Cheryl Miller-Harper, secretary

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