Meeting Minutes

ST. CROIX HAIR SHEEP INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION AUGUST 24, 2006 SALEM, OREGON

VICE PRESIDENT JOHN HAMSTREET OPENED THE MEETING AT 6:10PM. ALL PRESENT WERE: JOHN & VICKIE HAMSTREET, GLADYS AUSTIN, BOB & DIANE JOHNSON, RAY NOONAN, EDWARD & LINDA BARNES, DEE SHEEHAN, JERRY FICKEL, JO & STEVE SWAN, STEVE SWAN JR., LORI FIELD, KAREN GERHART, JANAHA LOVEJOY, BLANCH & JACK PHARR. ALL PERSONS INTRODUCED THEMSELVES AND GAVE A BRIEF SUMMARY OF HOW THEY BECAME INTERESTED IN THE ST. CROIX HAIR SHEEP.

LINDA BARNES, SECRETARY READ THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING HELD IN SAN ANGELO, TX 2005. THE MINUTES WERE APPROVED AS READ.

VICKIE HAMSTREET, INTERIM TREASURER, EXPLAINED HER QUICK BOOK PRINT OUT WITH THE COSTS, REGISTRATIONS AND DUES OUTLINED. SHE PRESENTED A GRAPH DETAILING COSTS AND INCOME PER MONTH STARTING JANUARY 2006. VICKIE NOTED WE CURRENTLY HAVE $3070.21 IN OUR TREASURY AS OF AUGUST 2006. IT WAS MOVED AND SECONDED TO ACCEPT THE TREASURER'S REPORT.

JO SWAN REPORTED AND PRESENTED A COST OUT SHEET FOR ADVERTISING AND PUBLICITY FOR THE ST. CROIX HAIR SHEEP IN MAGAZINES AND PUBLICATIONS THROUGH OUT THE COUNTRY. THE INTEREST IN ST. CROIX HAIR SHEEP HAS GREATLY IMPROVED WITH MRS. SWAN’S EFFORTS. LINDA BARNES HANDED OUT A LIST OF INTERESTED ST. CROIX PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED TO HER FOR INFORMATION PACKETS DUE TO THE ADVERTISING AND PUBLICITY IN MAGAZINES THAT JO SWAN HAS SIGNED UP WITH.TO PUBLIZE THE ST. CROIX HAIR SHEEP.

JERRY FICKEL TALKED ABOUT SUBMITTING ADS AND ARTICLES IN THE "BANNER" PUBLICATION TO GENERATE OUR OWN PUBLICITY.

NEWS & VIEWS EDITOR, EDWARD BARNES, REQUESTED THE BOARD TO VOTE ON A QUARTERLY ISSUE INSTEAD OF EVERY-OTHER-MONTH NEWSLETTER. THIS WOULD ENABLE THE ASSOCIATION TO PRINT OUT AND MAIL AN ISSUE AT LESS COST PER YEAR AND STILL GIVE THE MEMBERS ADEQUATE INFORMATION AND NEWS. JO SWAN MADE A MOTION TO GO TO A QUARTERLY "NEWS & VIEWS" NEWSLETTER; IT WAS SECONDED BY LINDA BARNES.

LORI FIELDS MENTIONED, AS AN ASSOCIATION, WE NEED TO UPDATE OUR WEB PAGE. KAREN GERHART VOLUNTEERED TO TAKE OVER THE WEB SITE, BUT SHE NEEDED TO TALK WITH JO CHURCHIL FIRST . THIS MATTER WAS TABLED UNTIL KAREN COULD TALK WITH THE CHURCHILLS.

THE FLOOR WAS OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS FOR 2007 OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

FOR PRESIDENT, CHARLES BEDINGER AND JOHN HAMSTREET

VIPE PRESIDENT, BRIAN FIELDS

SE DIRECTOR (SECOND TERM) JERRY FICKEL

NW DIRECTOR, RAY NOONAN (DECLINED)

SECRETARY, LINDA BARNES (SECOND TERM)

TREASURER, VICKIE HAMSTREET

PUBLICITY CHAIRPERSON JO SWAN AND NEWSLETTER EDITOR EDWARD BARNES ARE VOLUNTEER POSITIONS. BOTH HAVE AGREED TO CONTINUE ANOTHER YEAR.

OUR SPEAKERS FOR THE EVENING WERE SUSIE WILSON AND JERRY FICKEL

THE MINUTES OF THE 2006 ST CROIX HAIR SHEEP INTERNATIONL ASSOCIATION WERE SUBMITTED BY LINDA BARNES, SECRETARY.