Present: Fred Bauer, Barbara Carlomagno, Sally German-Rucker, Kathi McKinney, Jack Moore and Jan Wassink (Registrar).

The meeting was called to order at 9:30 a.m. CDT.

1. Minutes
    Motion made by Jack to approve the April 15, 1998 minutes, with corrections. Kathi seconded. 5 yes.
    Motion made by Kathi to approve the May 27, 1998 minutes, with corrections. Barbara seconded. 5 yes.

2. Director Conflict of Interest Policy
    A motion was made by Barbara that the ILR adopt the Policy on Director Conflict of Interest as written by the ILR attorney, Joe Fanfara, dated June 19, 1998 with the possible addition of definitions to include employees and partners of directors, and clarification and possible tightening of the restrictions in 5.C and 5.D. This policy is in effect as of June 26, 1998 at 10:35 a.m. CDT as written and remains in effect until revised by the ILR Board. Jack seconded. 5 yes.

3. Directory
   A discussion ensued concerning the inclusion of lists of organizations, publications, veterinarians by state, etc. in the Directory. The Directory will be inclusive and members must opt not to be included. Jan will write a letter to the membership, explaining the project and explaining the procedures. The ILR will publish a promotional book which will include a list of breeders wishing to be listed in bold type in the Directory and included in the promotional book for a fee of $50.00. The promotional book will be mailed to anyone making llama related enquiries of the Registry. We will procure an 800 number for this purpose of enquiry. The target date is January 1st, 1999.

4. Financial planning
    A motion is made by Kathi that we establish a contingency fund for the purpose of having enough reserves to protect the ILR in case of emergency. This fund will have a maximum principal of $100,000 with interest to accrue to adjust for inflation. Jack seconded. 5 yes.

1:30 CDT. Adjourned for lunch.

Meeting reconvened at 2:28 p.m. CDT.

5. Brian Kirkpatrick, an Associate Professor of Animal Science from the University of Wisconsin, spoke with us about the benefits, limitations, and procedures of bloodtyping and DNA typing. We also inquired about gene mapping for genetic defects and disease. With DNA typing the power of parental exclusion is 99.9%.

We adjourned the meeting at 4:00 p.m. CDT for the annual meeting.

Meeting called to order at 4:15 p.m. CDT.

Present: Fred Bauer, Barbara Carlomagno, Sally German-Rucker, Kathi McKinney, Jack Moore, Jan Wassink (Registrar) and ten members at large.

1. Call for Additional Ballots
    None were presented.

2. Announcements
    The ILR Board of Directors announced the intention to publish a national directory.

3. Financial Report
    The ILR Board of Directors announced the establishment of the $100,000 Contingency Fund, the Major Projects Fund, and distributed a copy of the Cash Flow statement.

4. Registrar's Report
    Jan presented his report and showed overheads to explain some of the trends in the industry which are tracked by the Registry.
    Members asked questions and discussed many issues.

5. Election Results
    The results were announced by the ILR Inspector of Elections, Nancy Frank. Sally Taylor is the newly elected representative to the ILR Board of Directors and Ken Austin is the runner up.

6. Other member concerns
    A. A color chart is being pursued by Sally German-Rucker.
    B. A proposal to ALSA to change the rule on showing screened animals. This will be presented to Jo Riley by Jack Moore.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:00 p.m. CDT.

Present: Barbara Carlomagno, Sally German-Rucker, Kathi McKinney, Jack Moore and Jan Wassink (Registrar).

Meeting called to order at 7:34 a.m. EDT.

1. U.C. Davis Contract
   A motion was made by Jack, in response to U.C. Davis' decision to phase out blood typing as the preferred method of parental verification, that the Registry adopt DNA testing to replace blood type testing. Barbara seconded. 4 yes. Sally Taylor not present.
    Details of the transition will be clarified when Jan renegotiates the contract with U.C. Davis at the end of June, 1998.

2. Web Pages
    Jack will oversee the editing and updating of these pages. The entire board is responsible for checking for content. We will include a llama fact sheet, care and use articles, etc.

3. The Screening Policy on Geldings
    This was reviewed in response to Kay Patterson's petition to loosen the rules for geldings. We are reviewing all of the screening forms and policies and are awaiting input, so no action was taken at this time. We invite public comment.

4. Non-breeder Category
    Jan will write a draft of possible policy for the Board to consider.

5. Closure of the Registry
    Discussed. No action taken. We invite public comment.

The meeting was adjourned for lunch at 1:30 p.m. CDT.

The meeting was reconvened at 2:50 p.m. CDT.

6. Owner Codes
    The Board discussed simplifying the owner code structure. Jan will draft a proposal for consideration.

7. Member Services
    Jan will draft a welcome letter for new members.
    The Board feels that, as the first point of contact for many new owners, we should begin to expand the informational and educational services on the web page and in the new member packets. Possible projects include: veterinarian contacts, regional association lists and newsletter swapping, a Directory, the "I Want a Llama" promotional book, a toll-free 800 number for lama enquiries, evaluatikon of web links for commercial interests and conflict of interest and if no problem arises to link with as many llama sites as possible.
    We welcome suggestions from members.

8. Board Visibility
    The Board encourages it's members to carry forms and be present at as many llama functions as possible to answer questions and field concerns.

9. Standard of Care Proposal from the Committee
    Kathi makes a motion that the ILR offer to include the Standard of Care Committee's questionnaire in an upcoming mailing. Jack seconded. 4 yes. Sally Taylor was not present.

10. Color Chart
    Sally is proceeding with this project.

11. Farm Animal Identification Symposium
  A motion is made by Jack that the ILR Board of Directors send Jan and Kathi to the LCI Farm Animal Identification Symposium, November 8 - 10, 1998. Barbara seconded. 4 yes. Sally Taylor was not present.

12. Bill Franklin Communication
    Jan will respond.

13. ARI Journal
    Ask for more details from Eric Hoffman on the potential involvement of the ILR in this publication.

14. Mission Statement
    In progress.

15. Discussion of administering registries for other animal species.

Meeting adjourned at 6:30 p.m. CDT.