Board of Directors Open Meeting
April 25, 2005
Minutes
1.Call to order 6:00
2.Board members present: Chris Bouchard, Connie Sullivan, Rhonda Carlson, Darren Hellwege, Dale Roberts, and John Howe
3.Board
members absent:
4.Staff members present: Jason Ramsey, Lindsee Billings, Julie Aber, Shannon de Leon
5.Guests:
Tiffany McBee, Shannon Stokes (works with Dr. Mosley
at the
6.Approval of March meeting minutes moved Rhonda, second Darren, approved.
7.Approval of agenda moved by Darren second Rhonda, approved.
8. Progress reports
a. Equipment and building Chris- building committee
held a brief meeting and are awaiting the report from the consultants per
Jason. Jason discussed options of hiring
a consultant versus additional staff member to help him do the work in the
capital campaign. He said a case
statement will be necessary. May need to
compromise operations to free up resources for capital campaign, e.g. decrease
low income spay neuter program. Jason distributed
information on timeline for capital campaign.
He felt decision needed soon on whether to hire consultant. They would need to be on board by first of
the year. He recommended hiring
consultant at a firm price rather than percentage. Estimated $150-250k for several year period
of fundraising. Shannon Stokes reported
on what the feasibility studies will be telling us in terms of our perception
in the community and what other humane societies were able to accomplish. She also cautioned that new facilities
increase operating expenses. Chris
suggested a comparison with other projects in comparable communities. Darren suggested local consulting companies
that would have local experience. Jason
has investigated companies in
b. Governance – John working on recruiting potential board members since we are three members down.
c. Fundraising – Jason suggested that we
need a 4 wheel drive vehicle for cruelty investigation in the county. The options for a donation
was discussed. Rhonda asked about
how cruelty investigations were conducted.
Lindsee explained how we need to be able to go
to a house without announcing who we are so we can break the ice. The quality of the vehicles we currently have
was discussed. Be kind to animals week picnic on May
6th at 6pm. Jason reported nomination
for friend of animal award - Ted Boehm, animal citizen - Snoopy Edwards, Paul
Pepper Lifetime Achievement Award - Chuck and Bobbie Everett. Darren moved to accept the nominations, seconded by Dale,
unanimously approved. Paul and James
will MC.
Car magnets still being investigated.
d. Staff Development - Dale is working on the manual. Training session was held March 31st.
e. Marketing – Jason, newsletter going out this week. BXR contract has been signed.
f. Education and Programs – No report
9. Questions on staff reports none
10. Old business
11. New business
a. John Howe- trust fund news. A $41,000 trust was liquidated. We are part owner of a trust that pays $10,000 per quarter, but we have no control over it. The safety deposit box was opened but there was nothing of exceptional value. The bank didn’t charge us for drilling the lock; Jason to send thank you to Dan Scotten.
b. Denny - veterinary services. Denny raised the issues of whether we are adequately screening animals for health problems prior to adoption. Lindsee reported that we do offer coupons for free veterinary exams and replacement if problem found. There was discussion about how much we should invest in these services.
12. Public comment: Tiffany McBee introduced herself. She works with Pit Bull Central Rescue and she has experience with fundraising. She is interested in how involved the board is. She reported she has worked with Lindsee in the past.
13. Chris suggested that we need maintain the veterinary point of view on the board.
14.Adjourned 7:20