From the 2009 Nominating Committee,

The election is over, votes counted and our new officers for 2010/2011 are:

• Vice President: Pam Fink
• Treasure: Pat Behrens
• Registrar: Sue Morgan
  

New Bylaws:

There as been some confusion over the years about membership. In order to make it as clear as possible we have revised the bylaws. What the proposed bylaws state is: "The membership of the Association shall consist of any farm involved as breeders and/or owners of miniature llamas or individuals who have an interest in the health, welfare or promotion of miniature llamas."

A "farm" membership may include as many family members as you want, just be sure to include all names on your renewal form but the entire farm only pays one $25 membership dues and is entitled to one vote.

A "individual" membership is someone not part of an existing AMLA "farm", does not yet have a farm or own any miniature llamas but aspires to in the future. Each individual would pay their own $25 membership dues and would be entitled to one vote.

Other changes involved correcting grammatical errors.

Please take a moment and review the revisions (all in red) and forward your comments to the Bylaws committee or any member of the board. The revised Bylaws will be presented to the board for voting on January 23, 2010.

Thank you,
Pam Fink
Bylaws Committee Chair

PS. If you can not open any of the Bylaws links scroll to the bottom and click on "view email in browser" and then open one of the links. If you are still having trouble email or call me at 706-258-2432 and I will send to you directly.

Don't Forget It's Dues Time!!

Our $25 annual membership dues run the calendar year so to make sure your not dropped from the register be sure to make your check payable to AMLA and mail your renewal dues to ILR before Dec 31st! ILR will remove your name from the AMLA membership list if dues not paid by Jan. 1, 2010

Web Site Banner Contest by Pam Fink

Time for some fun: I created a PhotoShop picture as a temporary AMLA web site banner until January 2010 when it will be replaced with the winning picture from our contest. As a reminder this is how it will work:

All members in good standing may submit as many horizontal pictures as they would like until December 31, 2009. Early January I will submit all pictures that can be cropped to the correct banner size and allows room for the words "Miniature Llamas - Unique Beyond Measure" somewhere inside the picture to the board for voting. Only I will know who submitted which picture and I will not be eligible to vote. The winning picture will become the official banner for AMLA's web site including a farm byline credit for the picture plus a full year free advertisement on the breeds page of the web site.

So, get your cameras out, dust them off and start clicking away. For those of you who are real camera buffs the exact banner size is 890 pixels by 295 pixels by 72 resolution. For those of you who aren't don't worry, just keep sending me horizontal pictures and I will size & crop.

The 2009 Board of Directors wish all our AMLA family a very Merry Christmas and the prospers, productive Happy New Year.

Annual Web site Ads

If you would like to advertise your farm in the 2010 newsletter now is the time to submit your business card ad. Please email your business card and mail your $50 annual fee (made payable to AMLA) to Pam Fink, 65 Windy Valley Lane, Blue Ridge, Ga 30513

Board Members
Julie Sines, President
Pat Behrens, Vice President
Darlene Awarski, Secretary
Pam Fink, Treasurer
Mindy Jorpeland, registrar

Membership
AMLA membership dues must be sent to ILR. ILR is responsible for maintaining our membership list. Dues are $25 per farm and the membership runs the calendar year.

Registration
Individual llama registrations must be sent to ILR. You will receive a combined ILR-AMLA registration paper for each mini llama you register or upgraded.

Fees for AMLA registration are:
Initial Registration: $10
Upgrade from Immature to Mature Status: $6 Checks should be made payable to AMLA and sent to PO Box 8, Kalispell, Mt 59903. amla@lamaregistry.com

Annual Web site Ads
All breeder ads should be emailed to Pam Fink and the appropriate fee should be mailed to: ALMA, 65 Windy Valley Lane, Blue Ridge, Ga 30513

The cost is: $50 a year.

Annual Newsletter Ad Rates:
Business Card $40
Double Business Card $80



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