Central Missouri Humane Society

Board of Directors Open Meeting

September 26, 2005

Minutes: DRAFT

1. Call to order by Connie at 6:11

2. Board members present: Connie Sullivan, Chris Bouchard, Tiffany McBee, Zim Schwartze, John Howe, John Lane, Darren Hellwege and Denny O’Brien

3. Board members absent: none

4. Staff members present: Jason Ramsey, Dr. McCoy, Shannon de Leon, Julie Aber, Julie Schultz, Lauren Kintz, Lesly Thurman, Kim Livengood, Laura Sullivan

5. Guests: Karen Riney, Laura Reiss,, Angie Kang, Sue Schaefer, Danelle Keuck, Shannon Stokes, Michelle Krompecher, Theresa & James Kunz.

6. Approval of agenda: Moved-Darren Second - Zim; approved

7. Approval of August 22, 2005 meeting minutes: Moved-John Lane Second Darren approved

8. Progress reports

a. Equipment and building Chris no report

b. Governance John Lane introduced Angie Kang and Laura Reiss

c. Fundraising- Jason donated van issue - repair shop felt not worth fixing: we will sell at auction. Old van was stolen from shelter: insurance will pay after 30 days, but value will be low. We’re down to one van but it’s functional.

d. Staff Development - Shannon - Zim said the new schedule is in place and filling shifts. Still discussing wages and salary. John Lane asked if we had a proposal regarding euthanasia. Zim recounted that we have the issues list and are waiting on new positions and how it will shake out.

e. Marketing Jason - Hurricane Katrina rescue efforts. We have one dog that the owner relinquished to us, but she will return for adoption. Volunteer went to Mississippi and brought back dog. Local newspapers did an interview with volunteer. Owner has surfaced and we need to find a way to get the dogs back. $838 from donations thus far. He suggested AVMA for matching funds and LSPCA. Bass Pro shop event went well adopted a dog & 6 microchips. Connie asked if there was a conflict with us working with Bass Proshop and consensus was not. Ghoulish Gourds: Jason working on closing street, has sent letters to last years guests. Need approval from downtown and city council and to get pumpkins. Will need volunteer assistance for getting pumpkins etc.

f. Education and Programs - Shannon reported that we need staff for humane education. Art Auction, Stony Creek dogs needed still for fashion show. Sam’s card should be forth coming soon

g. Budget Zim - Spending is below budget, but we are down on revenue by >20%. Down in grants, good will donations difficult to predict, development, investments way down. Cost for spay etc up, but income from those items increasing as well.

9. Questions on staff reports Zim asked if new return to owner policy working: Shannon reported it was going smoothly.

10. First National Bank - Danelle Keuck and Shannon Stokes discussed the fund raising events FNB held for the CMHS. Connie accepted their check for $2800 and the board thanked them for their efforts on our behalf

11. Old business

a. Institute for Public Policy Feasibility Study

i. Shannon Stokes presented results of the study to the board

ii. She suggested that the amount that could be raised based on survey responses of $600,000, thus we would need to identify big donors who could donate $0.5-1million to achieve goal.

iii. Chris asked if it’s better to hire consultant vs doing it ourselves. She will need to investigate further.

iv. Darren asked if there were less expensive ways to do air handling etc.

v. John Lane asked if our fees were compared to other shelters. This report didn’t address that issue. Zim said we have done so recently and that’s why we increased our fees.

b. Denny - new veterinarian has been hired: Dr. Jones.

c. Tiffany - website design tabled. Online donations will be up soon.

d. Tiffany - committee structure 6 standing committees was discussed and the current committee assignments clarified.

i. Nominating - John Howe, Connie, Zim

ii. Membership & Financial Development - Darren, Tiffany Chair, TBA

iii. Liaison - Denny, Tiffany, Lane

iv. Publicity & PR - Darren, Tiffany, Chris

v. Budget - Zim chair, Howe, Lane, Chris

vi. Building & equipment - Chris chair, Zim,

vii. Education & programs - Look at need and consider next time.

viii. We will categorize the committee structure

12. New business

a. Tiffany & Denny–Florida influenza outbreak. Denny discussed

b. Jason showed the video of the commercial on KMIZ

13. Public comment: Angie Kang introduced herself: dog trainer & personal assistant. Hope to turn the CMHS into the place to get a pet. Community education and outreach to change view of public.

14. John Lane thanked staff for their input on the decisions we have to make

15. Laura Reiss introduced herself again and discussed her background

16. Move to adjourn Zim Second Darren Adjourned at 7:36.