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,
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