APLA BOD Meeting Minutes
February 22nd, 2011
1) Call to Order by President Dale Merritt at 7:01 pm (CST)
2) In attendance were Mike Bachkosky, Troy Callanan, Larry Kimble, Ed McNally, Dale Merritt, Doug Powell, Vic Rompa, Bruce Smiley, and Dale Swiderski.
3) Secretary’s Report
a) Need to order more Membership decals. Have a quote from one vendor, going to get what we paid last time from Larry to compare prices.
4) Treasurer’s Report
a) Balance of $24,459.69
b) Request by Bruce Smiley, to receive details of Treasury for the fiscal year of 2010. Larry stated that he can get that out.
5) Committee Reports
a) Auditing Advisory Board
i) Troy Callanan reported that a line audit of the Treasurywas done at Pheasant Fest with himself and Doug Powell. He stated that the spring Colorado hunt test was chosen and that all receipts matched the spreadsheet except for one missing receipt where a person supplied birds. A bank statement showed the check to be the same amount as in the spreadsheet, Troy and Doug agreed that the missing receipt was not an issue, and that everything looked in line. MOTION: To accept the Auditing Advisory Board report PASSED: Unanimous
b) Hall of Fame
i) Bruce Smiley reported that inducted dogs are up on the website. It was noted that the formatting on the web page needs to addressed to make it more legible. The changes will be addressed and made better.
c) Hunt Test
i) The committee reported the Events tab on the website is updated with the spring tests.
ii) Request by Bruce Smiley, that as soon as the tests are approved by the Board that the Events tab be updated from the previous hunt test season. He believes not all the information has to be there at that time, but at least people would know when and where they are, without having to look for a topic in the Forum pages, that may or may not be at the top of a web page.
d) Committee Structure Guidelines Board
i) An email was sent out to all Board members laying out the committee guidelines.
ii) Bruce Smiley went through the proposed guidelines with Board discussion.
iii) Two changes were made to the guidelines, underlined items are the changes:
(1) (I)Purpose, Notes, (2) Guidelines shall not conflict with APLA Bylaws; APLA Bylaws will take precedent over Guidelines.
(2) (IV) Rules Commission, #3, c., i. Recent and active experience as an MPR judge
iv) MOTION: To accept the written guidelines with changes as stated above. PASSED: Unanimous
6) New Business
a) Committee members will be recommended by President Merritt at the next meeting. Board members should email Dale by Friday with any member recommendations or desires for committee assignments.
7) Next Board Meeting, Tuesday, March 1st, 2011 @ 7:00pm (CST)
8) Motion to Adjourn @ 8:20
Respectfully submitted,
Doug Powell
APLA Secretary