Central Missouri Humane Society

Board of Directors Open Meeting

June 26, 2006

 

Minutes

 

1.         Call to order at by Tiff at 6:05

2.         Approval of 5/22/06 meeting minutes; moved Bobb, second Zim approved. 

3.         Approval of agenda; Chris, Zim approved

4.         Board members present: Amanda Brite, Chris Bouchard, Tiffany McBee,Zim Schwartze, John Lane, Bobb Swanson, Amanda Brite and Denny O'Brien

5.         Board members absent:  Darren Hellwege, John Howe, Laura Reiss,

6.         Staff Present: Patty Forister, Dr. McCoy, Kim Livengood, Karen Reiny, Teal Alt,Amy Monteer,  Pam Pern, Nick & Julie Aber

7.         Committee reports

a.         Nominating - New members: Tiff will co-chair with John Howe: Amanda volunteered to serve on committee. 

b.         Membership & Financial Development - Tiff: met last Monday for cat in the hat.  Patty thought it was a unique PR event with good media exposure even if we didn’t get a lot adoptions.  Introduced Amy Monteer new Shelter Relations Coordinator.  Tentative calendar of events laid out.  Pictures for calendar will be solicited for next year calendar with fee for submission.  Photo contest being run by American Humane Association that we should submit to.  Snoopy boxes: being modified to include our cards.  Printer cartridges can be used for fundraising. <<ASK Ron or Zac>>.  Zim suggested we bring a letter to schools for cell phone donations.

c.         Staff Liaison - Denny & Dr. Jones will do a presentation on rabies for staff

d.         Publicity & PR - Amy has been making contacts in the community.  Working on proposals which will be presented at next meeting. 

e.         Budget - In closed session

f.          Building & equipment - Chris: Patty discussed repairs.  There was discussion whether we can qualify for tax credits as opposed to deductions.  Peggy Kirkpatrick is the contact person who may be able to tell us if we qualify.  Plugged drains have been a problem and there was discussion about way to prevent problems in the future and alternative vendors. 

g.         Education & Programs - Denny met with local veterinary association.  Will get meeting together to try to get program rolling this summer. 

8.         Questions on staff reports; Chris & Denny reported their impression of the cat in the hat event.  Tiff asked Teal to increase the data on spreadsheet.  Teal discussed intern at shelter for the summer. 

9.         Old business

a.         Denny - website development.

10.       New business

a.         Location for next months meeting: chris will take minutes; Meeting at Johnny’s Beanery

b.         Employee rabies vaccination policy.  In conjunction with vet school in September.  Denny will forward notice of vaccination/titers when

c.         Veterinary CE policy: board approved. 

d.         Public comment: None.

e.         Zim bobb approved 6:55