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Minutes of the Alpaca Research Foundation Meeting
February 21, 2011

 

Present were: Abe Rosenbloom, Allan Dewald, Patricia Craven, Pat Long, Karen Baum, Lisa Williamson, Michelle Ing and Randy Larson. The meeting was brought to order at 6:03pm, PST.

January Minutes: Abe and Allan moved for approval, Karen 2nd. Unanimously approved.

Treasurer’s report: Please see Treasurer’s report for full details.

Development Committee: Email blasts for the stud raffle are getting ready to be sent out. One person has purchased 20 tickets for the stud raffle already. Kerry Anderson has resigned the development committee after 10 years of service. She served as chair of the committee during the latter part of her service.

MAF/LMRG Update: Allan reports that the Bedenice study has made some changes that were approved by ARF BOD by email this past week. The budget will remain the same. Also, donors may choose where they want to direct funding for a specific project.

Meeting the Challenges of Genetic Improvement: The committee is scheduled to meet February 28, 2011. To be discussed is continuing education credits. MAF is going to sponsor a speaker. Gregg Adams and Ahmed Tibary will be co-editing the reproductive biotechnology portion of the conference materials and Warren Johnson will be editing the genetic portion of the conference materials. ARF BOD has voted and approved sponsorship of 3 speakers for a total of $4500. Patricia moved to approve this motion and Allan seconded. Unanimous approval.

New Business:

Partnership discussion: The board agreed to approve affiliation with certain companies to profit from a percentage of sales with full disclosures as to the nature of the affiliation.

Allan moved to adjourn the meeting, Pat seconded. Meeting was adjourned at 6:45pm, PST.

Next meeting is scheduled for March 21, 2011 at 6:00pm PST.

Submitted by: Michelle Ing, Secretary

Treasurers Report for February 2011
1Jan-31 Jan 2011
Grant
         Beginning Balance 346,322.99
            Income
               Interest earned Jan 75.52
   
jan Sherrill 35.00
cars helping charities   330.00
Fllora Family Foundation   2,000.00
Virginian Alpaca owners 1,000.00
annual appeal   625.00
Ari 4th qr checkoff 785.00
HP stock appreciation HP stock 223.00
total income 5,073.52
    Expenses
Transfer to Admin  interest earned 2010 9,971.96
     
Total expenses 9,971.96
          Ending Balance 341,424.55
ending balance includes 50 Shares HP stock
intitial  donated 12/2010  value 2061.5
Administrative
    Beginning Balance 39,694.58
        Income
             Interest earned Jan 0.22
transfer from Grant account 2010 interest earned 9,971.96
total income 9,972.18
             Expenses
    
Aka design 2010 banner design 18.75
IlR web hosting 3 months 30.00
total expenses 48.75
           Ending balance $49,618.01
Credit card Account
    beginning balance 1368.81
     deposits jan 250
      
fees jan 66.84
   
Ending Balance 1551.97