On the 28th of Oct. 2009 the L.A.C.A. Board Members held a meeting in Alexandria La. The Meeting followed the following agenda :

I. Opening prayer by Everett Harris

II. Call to Order by LACA Vice President Henry Wimbley at 10:30 am.

III. Roll Call was conducted :   Diana Morales ( President ) was the only Board Member absent. Kaysie Colosito and David Marcantel were present also.

IV. Discuss procedures for election of new members to the board : An in depth discussion took place to determine what went wrong with the last election and how to ensure that it does not happen again. A review and possible change to the By- Laws will hopefully correct this issue.

V. Resolve matter concerning Board Member Virginia Lee : After a lengthy discussion it was decided that she would remain on the board, at this time it was discussed about the President not attending LACA in August and not attending this meeting. While we all understood there were some medical reasons, we also felt that we need our President to attend the meetings, for leadership. A motion was presented to remove her from the president position, it was seconded and a vote was taken, all members voted in favor to replace the President. Also new officers were elected by the board, Henry Wimbley is now the president, Mathew Pepper is now the Vice President, all other Officers are still the same.

VI. Hear updates on website- Hilton Cole: Hilton had an M.O.U.   for Dr. Becky Adcock to work on the website, and update the site as needed, we discussed changing the site itself and there were some questions as the agreement and this item will be discussed at the next meeting.

VII. Discuss LACA Education and Training Seminars and hear updates on programs : A new committee was formed, Virginia, Mathew and Chip will try to put together some training plans and report back at the next meeting. Also insurance was discussed and that issue will be looked into.

VIII. LACA Newsletter- Mathew will work on a newsletter and will also report back at the next meeting.

IX Round Table Discussion : During the round table discussion we decided to have a committee to review the by laws and make suggestions for any changes ( Everett, Wayne and Andy ) ,have more meetings, add structure to LACA, add board members, miss 2 meetings and the board member is off the board. Also a motion was made to have an Advisory Committee, it was seconded and all voted in favor. David was then nominated and seconded to be on this board, it was voted on, all approved and accepted. We also discussed the possibility of a microphone system to record the board meetings and a lap top to keep the LACA info on.

X. Closing Prayer by Everett

XI Adjournment - Meeting adjourned at 2 pm.

These meetings have not been approved.

On the 6th of Aug. 2009 L.A.C.A. held its Annual General Meeting. The meeting was called to order at 3:15 pm. A motion was made to nominate members for the open positions on the board. The following were nominated, all were seconded and placed on the list to be voted on.

Charles Fitz                   David Beckwith        Everett Harris

Kaysie Colositio           Wendy Reimer

Wayne Bielitz                Andy Seltz

A vote was taken and the new members are: Charles Fitz, Wayne Bielitz, Andy Seltz and Everett Harris. A motioned was presented to then close the meeting, it was seconded and a vote was taken to adjurn and it passed. Meeting adjourned at 3:45 pm. Due to several board members not being present there was no formal board meeting at this time.

On 18 Feb.2009 the L.A.C.A. Board Members held their Annual Meeting, the motion was made to call to order the meeting at 11:30 by Wayne, it was seconded by Diana, a vote was taken and all present voted yes. members present were Diana Morales (President) Henry Wimbley ( Vice President), Hilton Cole (Treasurer), Wayne Bielitz (Secretary), Virginia Lee and Liz Walker. A motion was presented by Virginia to accept the minutes from the last meeting without being read, it was seconded and a vote was taken, all present voted to accept the minutes without the reading.  We then reviewed the changes in the By-Laws and they were posted correctly. The motion was presented by Wayne to set the schedule for our upcoming L.A.C.A. It is set as follows :

3 August 2009 - 7 August 2009  La. Animal Control Training Course

Monday (all day)-Tuesday ( morning)- C.A.E.T.

Tuesday (morning)- Wed. (all day)- Chemical Capture

Thursday  - Animal Control Professionalism - 0800-0950 by Laura Lanza - ASPCA

                   - Rabies and Zoonosis- 1000-1150- Dr. Harry Kleinman -Office of the State Veterinarian

                  - Urban Wildlife -1300- 1500 To Be Announced

                 - General Meeting- 1500- 1700- Diana Morales L.A.C.A. President

                 - Social- To be held at the Holiday Inn

Friday-      C.S.I.-  0800- 1700 -      Dr. Lockwood and Melinda Merick ( More information to follow)

Sat.  -     Tips and Tricks for Dealing with the Public- 0800-1700- Dr. Carol Brothers, PHD- SSACP    

Cost are as listed:

Chemical Capture Class- $200.00

L.A.C.A. - $200.00

One Day Class- $100.00

L.A.C.A. and Chemical Capture- $300.00

Members not attending must renew their membership, the cost is $50.00 and includes a voting membership into N.A.C.A. 

All members present voted to accept the above schedule.

A motion was presented by Virginia to possibly arrange for a Snake Class and Horse Class it was seconded by Henry and a vote was taken and we all voted in favor of the classes, more to come later as they are arranged. This vote also included paying Dr. Amy for her prior time to start the setup.

A motioned was presented by Henry, to have L.A.C.A. pay the way for the President to travel to the N.A.C.A. Annual Convention, this would include airfare and hotel. It was then seconded by Hilton, a vote was taken and all present voted in favor.

A motion was presented by Virginia to check into the purchasing of insurance for our training, Diana seconded the motion and a vote was taken, all present voted in favor of this. Virginia and David will research this.

A motion was presented by Wayne to change the name of the Louisiana Animal Control Certification Course to the Louisiana Animal Control Training Course, it was seconded and a vote was taken, all present voted in favor of this.

Hilton Cole presented each Board Member with a copy of the Treasurers Repot, it reads as follows:

Checking balance ; $10,644.43

CD # 318 - $2,476.11

CD # 073 - $2,432.35

CD # 037 - $2,506.31

Thrivent Account - $1,752.12

Total monies as of 2-18-09  is $19,811.32.

Also as a reminder several board member positions will be up for election this year, if you want to be a board member you must be a L.A.C.A. member  in good standing and have completed the course.

A motion was made to adjourn the meeting at 2:14 pm, it was seconded and all present voted in favor to adjourn.

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