On the 24th of Oct. 2008 the L.A.C.A. Board Members held a board meeting, the primary reason for this meeting was to review and up date the by laws, and to review changes to our investments. All members were present, except Liz Walker. The meeting was called to order at 10:15 am, Diana addressed the board and explained as to why the meeting was being held. There was a motion to accept the minutes from the last meeting without being read, it was then seconded and a vote was taken and was passed. Hilton went over the Treasurer Report, and he made a motion to place some of our money in a "safer" account in the market, it was seconded and approved. A discussion then took place to allow some one to help us plan and organize our training. The board is wanting to have training in different parts of the state, in an attempt to attract more members, a motioned was presented to pay someone to assist us in planning and coordinating training, it was seconded, a vote was taken and it did not pass. A motion was then presented to form a committee  from the board to plan our training, it was seconded and a vote was taken and it was approved. The committee consist of Henry Wimbley, Mathew Pepper and Virginia Lee. We then reviewed and updated the by laws, which will be posted to the web once they are reviewed by Dianna and approved by her.  There was a motioned to adjourn the meeting at 2pm, it was seconded and passed. The meeting took place in Alexandria La. These minutes HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED.

On the 7th of Aug.2008 LACA held its Annual General Meeting. The meeting was called to order at 1930 hours. A motion was presented by David Marcantel that the minutes from the last meeting be accepted without the reading of them, it was seconded and a vote was taken and it was passed. Diana Morales then spoke and she presented some ideas for future presentations for our LACA classes.

Hilton Cole then read the Treasurers Report:  Thrivent Mutual Fund Balance : $1,732.22, Chase Bank Checking Account : $4,863.27 CD 318: $2,434.57, CD 037: $2,455.90, CD 073: $2,395.87.  These postings do not reference income or expenditures from the recent 2008 LACA and Chemical Capture classes.

A motion was presented to nominate current LACA Members to fill 2 positions on the board. Mathew Pepper, Virginia Lee and Harry Chaission were nominated and each one was seconded. They were each given time to speak to the members that were present and then a vote was taken. Mathew Pepper and Virginia Lee were elected as new members of the board. 

A discussion then took place to review and update the By-laws. It was motioned that the Board members meet at a later date and time to update the by-laws as needed. It was seconded and vote was taken and it was passed.

A motion was then presented to adjourn the meeting, it was seconded and a vote was taken and it passed.

These minutes are NOT approved.

 The following minutes are from the L.A.C.A. Board Meeting that was held on the 20th of Feb. 2008. These minutes have not been approved. The meeting took place at the Holiday Inn in Lafayette La.

The following members were present :

David Marcantel - President

Diana Morales - Vice President

Hilton Cole - Treasurer

Wayne Bielitz - Secretary

Sara Glasgow                Henry Wimbley

Liz Walker

The meeting was called to order at 10 am and concluded at 12:30 pm.

The first order of business was that David Marcantel stepped down as president. At this point Diana Morales stepped up as President. Wayne then nominated Henry Wimbley to replace Diana as Vice President, the motion was seconded by David and a vote was taken, it was passed. Wayne then nominated David to be a regular board member, it was seconded and passed. It was motioned that Virginia Lee become a board member, replacing Dr. Dale, it was seconded and was passed.

David motioned that the minutes from the last meeting be accepted with out being read, it was seconded by Liz and passed.

A discussion took place in reference to conducting our next election via e - votes. The conclusion was that David will work on this issue and try to find a procedure that will work for L.A.C.A. During this discussion it was brought up that we would also have to change the By-Laws pertaining to the way the Board members are elected. This item should be brought up at the meeting to be conducted in August 2008, prior to the social.

We also discussed the current web site, and decided that Wayne will work on trying to build a better site, so that other board members will be able to update the site also.

A discussion took place reference teaching Chemical Capture to the deer farmers, a motioned was presented that we no longer teach Chemical Capture to deer farmers, it was seconded and passed. So L.A.C.A. will no longer teach  the subject to the deer farmers.

David brought up a motion to increase the fees for L.A.C.A., after discussing the issue it was motioned that the fees go up to $100.00 for Continuing  Education, $200.00 for just Chemical Capture, $200.00 for just L.A.C.A. and $300.00 for  both Chemical Capture and L.A.C.A.  This would allow current members to also vote in the N.A.C.A.  elections. The motion was seconded and was passed.

We then set the schedule for L.A.C.A. 2008, these classes are subject to change, based on the availability of the instructor and so forth.

Aug. 4th 2008 -  C.A.E.T. All day

Aug. 5th 2008 - 8 am until 12 pm -C.A.E.T.

Aug. 5th 2008 - 1 pm until 5 pm - Chemical Capture

Aug. 6th 2008 - 8 am - 5 pm - Chemical Capture

Aug. 7th 2008-  7:45- 0800 - Registration

                          8 am- 9:50 am - Professionalism for the 21st Century - Laura Lanza -A.S.P.C.A.

                          10: 00 am- 11:50 am - Rabies and Zoonosis - Dr. Harry Kleiman, D.V.M.

                          11:50 am - 1:00 pm Lunch

                           1:00 pm - 1:50 pm - Shelter Sanitation - Kate Pullin, La. S.P.C.A.

                           2:00 pm - 3:20 pm- Animal Control Equipment/ Restraint - Wayne Bielitz

                            3:30 pm - 5:00 pm - Back to Basics - Virginia Lee

                            5:00 pm- 5:30 pm - Exam

Aug. 8th 2008-     8:00 am- 5:00 pm-  La. Law Review - Instructor TBA- 

Aug. 9th 2008 -    8:00 am- 9:50 am - Safe Capture and Equipment used for Urban Wildlife -David Marcantel

                            10:00 am- 10:50am- Personal Safety - Hilton Cole

                             11:00 am - 12:00 pm - Conflict Resolution - Henry Wimbley

                             12:00 pm - 1:00 pm -Lunch

                             1:00 pm - 3:00 pm - Gulf Coast Operations Update- TBA

                             3:00 pm - 4:00 pm- Conflict Resolution- Panel

                              4:00 pm- completion Exam and hand out Certificates- Diana Morales

The Social will be held at the Holiday Inn on Airline and will begin at 7:00 pm. the evening of the 8th of Aug. 2008,unless otherwise posted.

The Treasurers Report :

C.D. 1 - $2,293.28

C.D. 2 - $2,407.28

C.D. 3 - $2,351.85

Mutual funds acct. $1,827.14 as of Dec. 31st 2007

Checking Account as of Jan.14th 2008 is $6,833.88

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