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National Pygmy Goat Association
Board of Directors Meeting
June 11-12, 2009
Cottonwood, AZ

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AGENDA

  1. Call to Order
     

  2. Officer Reports

    A. President

    B. Vice President
        1. 2009 Membership Roster

    C. Secretary

    D. Treasurer
     

  3. Central Office Report
     

  4. Ad Hoc Committee Reports

    A. Video Committee (dormant)

    B. Wether Committee (Hepner)
     

  5. Standing Committee Reports

    A. Breed Standard (Wortham)

    B. Health, Education & Research (Orlando)
        1. NAIS (Hoyt)

    C. Judges Training (Overman)

    D. Public Relations (Struthers)

    E. Publications (Leman)
        1. Appoint Chair
        2. Webmaster (Esterline)

    F. Youth (Zarski)
     

  6. Coordinator Reports

    A. Affiliated Clubs (Adams)

    B. Election (Lowell)
        1. Appoint Coordinator

    C. Show (Esterline)

    D. Report of Awards (Smith)
     

  7. Department Reports

    A. MEMO Editor (McStotts)

    B. Merchandise (Huber)
     

  8. Compliance Committee Report (Johnson)
     

  9. Old Business

    A. Webmaster: Reporting Requirement, Job Description constitutes Performance Agreement, Inclusion in Evaluation Program (Hoyt/Esterline)

    B. Resolution of Employee vs. Independent Contractor status of Editor and Merchandise Department Head (Hoyt)
     

  10. New Business
    A. Amend Publications Committee Chair’s job description to correct error (Hoyt)

    B. Amend Committee Chair’s general job description to rectify an inconsistency with the Rules and Regulations (Hoyt)
                 (attachment)

    C. Adopt Compliance Committee Chair job description (Hoyt)
                 (attachment)

    D. Amend Show Rules M.1 to correct errors (Hoyt)

    E. Amend para M of R&R to limit JTC travel reimbursement to lowest 5 plus the chair (M. Adkins)

    F. Procedures for determining presence of Conflicts of Interest by Directors including their removal from office (O’Kelly)

    G. Reduce number of does from 20 to 12 required for Youth Shows only (O’Kelly)

    H. Prohibit exhibitors from displaying Champion ribbons as to be visible from show ring (O’Kelly)

    I. Removal procedures for directors absent from Board meetings (O’Kelly/Leman)

    J. Eliminate Grand Champion(s) of the day from participation in Master Champion Challenges (O’Kelly/Leman)

    K. Close the Herdbook (O’Kelly)

    L. ConEd operated by 2 judges instead of 1 non-judge (O’Kelly)

    M Remove all references to Provisional Judge Licensing and Examination from Rules & Regs and Show Rules, thus terminating the Provisional Judge program (Fonda)

    N. Repeal 6/08 Board decision to add new color on Registration Application and Color Chart. Reinstate recommendation of original Breed Standard Report of 6/08. (Fonda)

    O. Change Breed Standard, Agouti Color Pattern, to provide for Black/Grey Agouti and Brown Agouti (Fonda)

    P. Allow 1 GCH win with 6 Reserve Grand wins (Hubbard)

    Q. Move Colorado from Region 6 to Region 7 (Kaufmann)

    R. Add additional charge for not registering/transferring goats within 90 days (Kaufmann)

    S. Add to Publications Committee Chair’s job description to make Board approved changes to official NPGA publications to keep them up to date (Leman)

    T. Move language in Show Rules B.2.a to Rules and Regs 10.D.4 (Leman)

    U. Move Judge’s dress code in Rules & Regs 10.D.4.d to Show Rules under B.2 (Leman)

    V. Add to Show Rules B.3.b that exhibitor shall not show a goat with the herdname of the judge’s immediate family members or household members (Leman)

    W. How to determine that a yearling freshened doe is indeed freshened (Leman)

    X. Advisory Question: Reduction of size of the Board of Directors
     

  11. Report on the 2009 Convention (Seiler/Elkins)
     

  12. Report on the January 2010 Board Meeting - 1/23-24/10, Baton Rouge, LA (Fonda)
     

  13. Bids for the 2010 Convention (Region 4)
     

  14. Adjournment

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