2003
Annual Meeting Minutes,
October 31, 2003
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INBA MEETING MINUTES
OCTOBER 31, 2003
Meeting called to order approximately 10:00 AM
Membership Roll Call: Paper passed for names to be written down
Motion to dispense with last minutes by Cam Faircloth, Second made
by Caroline Lawson. Vote taken, motion passed unanimously
Treasurer's Report: (By Lynn Fleming for Allen Cunningham)
. $3761.14 in Louisiana Account, three checks outstanding before
account will be closed and balance sent to Michelle Osborne.
. William T Laborde performed audit and all books and accounts were
found to be in order.
. Nina Schafer asks if both accounts were examined, and consensus
was that they were, as all books were together when given to the
audit.
. Cam Faircloth makes a motion to accept the treasury report, second
made by Carrie Batt. Vote taken, motion passed.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
All American: By Jane Robinett, Chairperson for Committee
. 71 Entries, $142 in revenue from the All American Program
. The program is generating enough to pay for itself, which was felt
to be the goal.
. Jane expressed the interest in seeing a change in the deadline
of Dec 31st to Dec 1st to allow for more time in judging entries.
She would then have entries to other judges by January 1st and back
in plenty of time for March deadline.
Breeder of Excellence: By Jane Robinett for Committee
. It was recommended by the committee to nominate Virginia Baker,
of Copper Hill Nubians, for the Breeder of Excellence award.
. A letter of recommendation was briefly discussed, and many aspects
of the Copper Hill Nubians accomplishments were shared.
. A motion by acclimation was made by Caroline Lawson to accept the
committee recommendations, seconded by Shirley Chapman. A vote was
taken and it was unanimously decided that the Breeder of Excellence
Award would go to Virginia Baker for her long years of Service to
the Nubian Breed.
. The committee to award a plaque, and submit the expense to the
treasury.
Breed Standards: By Jane Robinett for Virginia Baker, Chairperson
. Committee to adopt changes that were passed in membership vote,
Items 1 and 5.
. Item 1, Add Terminology "Roman Nose" to the first sentence of the
second paragraph of the Nubian Breed Standard
. Item 5, Breed Specific: Change from very serious to disqualification-
Dish Face.
. Changes have been sent to ADGA Breed Standards Committee, and as
of the meeting time, no action had been taken to date, and would
be looked at next year for further action.
Elections: By Lynn Fleming for Kim Baker, Chairperson
. Patti Ballard resigned and was replaced by Danni Ackerman
. 70% of membership cast their votes, which was regarded as a high
voter turnout and applauded.
. It was felt that Kim Baker went above and beyond in her efforts
to make this a fair and honest election and Cam Faircloth recommends
a motion for a Thank You to her, which Pam Haney seconds. All vote,
unanimously passed.
. The voting totals are as follows on the election results: PRESIDENT:
Lynn Fleming 159-George Altheide 82 VICE PRESIDENT: Donna Palmer
138- Virginia Baker 102- Mickey Mouse 1 SEC\TREAS: Michelle Osborne
139- Lorraine Yankovich 101- Jean Baugh 1 BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Cindy
Bickel-141, Brent Deitrich-132, Debbie Emholtz-111, Beverly Goldthwaite-110,
Nina Schafer-103, John White-100, Cam Faircloth-100, Roseann Keebles-79,
Jane Robinett-60, Char Luthy-3, Barbara Rissler-2, Pamela Haney-1,
Patti Dean-1, Wilma Behrman-1, Joan Dechant-1, Betty Longman-1, Helen
Snyder-1, Amber Jordan-1
Fundraising\Publicity : By Shirley Chapman, Chairperson for
Committee
. There were 24 total donations made to INBA for the raffle this
year, Shirley read a list and thanked them all.
. INBA did not make a large purchase this year out of the raffle
funds, as has been done in the past.
. Shirley expressed interest in seeing Pay Pal online for the fundraising,
online auctions for raising money, and membership drives.
. The totals from the week for fundraising were: $1148.50.
. Dwight Osborne gave recognition to a job well done for Shirley
Chapman for all her hard work and dedication to INBA the past five
years. Unanimously applauded and agreed
. There were 25 breeders who stepped forward for the UCN, which generated
$50 in income.
. Shirley had a table at this year's National show for publicity
items and thanked BOD for allowing her to be there. It generated
good interest for INBA, and paid for itself through the sale of publicity
items.
Specialties: By Jane Robinett for Sue Smart, Chairperson
. There was a report on Specialties by District: D1- Rhode Island
DGA, D2- The Star Spangled Classic, Progressive Dairy Goat Club Show,
D3- Appalachian Goat Association, Music City Goat Festival, D4- 2003
AGS National Show, Illinois DGA Annual Spring Show, D5- North Central
Arkansas DGA Spring Show, Southwest Missouri DGA Spring Show, D6-
Bijou Goatkeepers Quad Show D7- Idaho Syringa Dairy Goat Show Classic,
Wyoming State Fair Dairy Goat Show D8-L.A. County Fair, Antelope
Valley DG Improvement Assoc.
. It was a general consensus to encourage participation in this INBA
offering and get the full number of specialty shows spoken for every
year.
Web Page: By Lynn Fleming, for Teresa Casselman, Chairperson
. Teresa resigned her position and we will be looking for a new webmaster.
. Carrie Batt motions for a Thank You to be sent, Pete Patnode seconds
motion. Nina Schafer makes a motion for an amendment that ALL committee
chairpersons receive a thank you for their services to INBA, second
by Jean Baugh. Vote was taken and unanimously passed.
OLD BUSINESS
Introductions for members: Asked to stand and introduce yourself
and your herdname
. Carrie Batt Motions to accept un-retouched Digital photos for All
American entries, seconded by Debbie Patnode. Paula Raines amends
motion for photo's to be on glossy photo paper only. Vote taken,
all in favor and unanimously accepted.
. Motion made by Mary McMahan to accept digital photos for the 2003
year, seconded by Danni Ackerman. Vote taken, unanimously passed.
. Motion made by Caroline Lawson to change deadline for All American
Entries to December 1st instead of December 31st, seconded by Bev
Goldthwaite. Motion made to amend for changes to be in effect for
the 2004 year by Cam Faircloth, and seconded by Debbie Patnode. Vote
taken, unanimously passed.
. Constitutional Changes fall under old business and were
addressed by Brent Deitrich, chairperson:
1. There were two amendments that were proposed by the membership
at the 2002 Annual meeting, and were then voted on by the membership.
They were: 1- to combine the Secretary and Treasurers position, and
2- to clean up and clarify the election guidelines. Both proposals
passed with 96% in favor of the amendments. There were 48 yes votes,
2 no votes, and 5 unidentifiable votes.
2. The draft for the new INBA Constitution was presented and handed
out. The draft changes for the Constitution, including the newly
added Bylaws, will go into the 4th quarter newsletter for member
review. The membership will be given approximately 30 days to offer
input for the committee to review and make needed changes. The draft
will be reprinted in the #1 2004 newsletter, with revisions if needed,
and offer ballots for signatures needed to amend. After the needed
signatures come in, the committee will print the ballots for the
official vote, and all changes might possibly be in place by next
summer.
3. Ballots will be lengthy, so please take time to read them thoroughly
for the proposed amendments!
4. Goals for 2004: Continue to improve the wording of the constitution,
take input from members with new ideas, and complete work on new
constitution and committee guidelines.
NEW BUSINESS
. Motion made by Nina Schafer that the INBA BOD approve a special
committee to conduct a forensic audit of all the financial matters\business
of the INBA. This audit to cover the period from the date of the
INBA's last audit to the end of the 2003 operating year. Seconded
by Jean Baugh. Cam Faircloth opposes motion. Vote taken, all in favor,
3, all in opposition, clear majority. Motion for forensic audit opposed
by majority vote.
. Motion for Fundraising and Publicity to be separate, made by Eleanore
Jones, seconded by Cam Faircloth. Vote taken, all in favor, discussion
of publicity and membership responsibilities ensued, no motions made.
. Dween Muse expresses concern over exclusion of International Members
in the All American program. Pam Haney makes a motion to move this
to All American Committee for Further investigation, seconded by
Cam Faircloth. Vote taken, all in favor
. Lynn Fleming address' the newsletter.
1. Helen Snyder resigned as Newsletter Editor, along with Teresa
Casselman as Webmaster.
2. BOD will solicit input and proposals for a new newsletter editor
and webmaster.
3. Sec\Treas to send postcards immediately after convention to the
general membership. Cards will include required information needed
for submitting proposals and deadlines for submissions.
4. Deadlines will be tight, due to the need for a 4th quarter newsletter
for the membership.
. Committee applications were passed around and members encouraged
to submit for a committee appointment.
. Brent Deitrich suggests a Regional Correspondence be done once
again to help out the new Newsletter editor.
. Bev Goldthwaite suggests historical additions to the Newsletter
as well.
. All are encouraged to send in articles, pictures, etc for the newsletter.
. Jean Baugh expresses interest in electronic voting, and it is referred
to the election committee for further investigation. It is noted
that there are many flaws yet with online voting, and although it
may be an option someday, there are too many factors involved with
voter tampering at this point.
. Cam Faircloth Motions to adjourn Meeting, all in favor and meeting
is adjourned at approximately 12:00 PM.
Michelle
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