Board of Directors Open Meeting
May 22, 2006
Minutes
1. Call to order at by Tiff at 6:07
2. Approval of 4/24/06 meeting minutes. Moved by John Howe, second Darren, approved
3. Approval of agenda; moved by John Howe, second Darren, approved
4. Board members present: Laura Reiss, Chris Bouchard, Tiffany McBee, Darren Hellwege, John Howe, Zim Schwartze, Connie Sullivan, Bobb Swanson and Denny O'Brien
5. Board
members absent:
6. Staff Present: Patty Forister, Dr. McCoy, Teal Alt, Pam Pern, Amy, Joe, Nick, Alicia Davis, Karen Reiny, Julie Aber, Jamie, Lauren Kintz
7. Guests: Amanda Brite
8. Committee reports
a. Nominating - John Howe introduced Amanda Brite.
b. Membership & Financial Development - Laura: committee met and brainstormed and decided the committee would not oversee operations, but look at the more big picture and provide assistance to staff. Committee asks for feedback on events using report sheet.
c. Staff Liaison - Denny no report
d. Publicity & PR - Darren: adopt a shelter cat month currently being promoted
e. Budget - Zim: Tiff asked if the budget committee could go over reports so the board could better understand them. Zim will do so next meeting
f. Building & equipment - Chris referred to Patty’s report. Patty reported the lack of fundraisers over the summer is hurting us with the building expenses. Zim reported we’ve had to dip into reserves. Newsletter went out to get some funds in. Chris asked if there is something we need to vote on in terms of expenditures. Tiff asked if we could spread out some of the expenditures. Patty felt fixing the electrical problems was the highest priority since that’s a safety issue. Chris suggested cleaning condensers would be necessary before summer.
g. Education
& Programs - Denny - Spay neuter program.
Denny recounted the meeting between the
h. Tiff asked if there has been a meeting about animal control. Zim will try to do over next month.
9. Questions on staff reports. John Howe had questions about classification of some of the dispositions and where the intern is coming from.
10. Events: Twighlight festival, adopt a cat.
11. Old business
a. Zim - city contract negotiations. Asking 8.4% increase. Gerry had no problem in raise in all areas except kennel facilities asked for 2.8% because we’re not filling the number of cages that we’ve contracted on the average. Leads to 5.9% total increase. A $2,000 difference in request vs suggested. We need to be able to document things better. Second chance has asked the city for assistance with feral cat capture.
b. Denny - Website update. Denny demonstrated the prototype for the new website designed by Tim Nieuwenhusen. He, Patty and Nick will work with Tim to get the new site up and train staff.
12. New business
a. Tiffany - modifications to by-laws re: committee description moved to closed meeting.
b. Chris reported about feedback on newsletter. His friend didn’t like seeing the pictures of abused animals and threw it away. He feels neutral about it. There was discussion about the pros and cons of graphic images of abuse in the newsletter. Patty will consider the issue and monitor response to the newsletter.
13. Public comment:Amanda Brite of Amanda’s pet connection introduced herself and discussed her interest in board membership.
14. Move to adjourn by John Howe, second Connie adjourned at 7:07