ARF Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

Board of Directors

Abe Rosenbloom (President)
Patricia Craven (Vice President)
Michelle Ing (Secretary) (absent)
Pat Long (Treasurer)
Karen Baum
Randy Larson (absent)

The meeting was called to order at 9:06 p.m. EDT.

President’s Report

No news.

Secretary’s Report

A motion to approve the April minutes was made by Pat and seconded by Abe.

Treasurer’s Report

Pat presented the report. A motion to approve was made by Karen and seconded by Patricia.

New Business

Pat discussed the need to update paperwork for ARF’s accounts at the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). A consensus was reached that Pat Long would be the primary signer on both the Administrative Account and the Research Account at RBC. Abe Rosenbloom would be the secondary signer on those same ARF accounts.

Three full proposals were reviewed, of which two were approved. After some discussion, it was decided to forward the approved proposals to another alpaca organization to see if they would be interested in contributing to their funding.

Meeting Wrap

The next meeting will be Tuesday, December 2, 2025, at 9:00 p.m. EST.

Pat moved and Abe seconded to adjourn. The meeting was adjourned, with all in favor, at 10:04 p.m. EDT.

Treasurer's Report for September 2025 1 April – 31 August 2025
Grant
Beginning Balance		$296,825.66
Income
Interest Earned	April	16.23
	May	1,303.68
	June	1,266.43
	July	25.64
	August	2,376.68
Total Income		$4,988.66
Expenses
Ohio State	P. tenuis	4,330.50
UC Davis	Avila	6,544.80
Texas A&M	improve genome	9,361.16
Austria study	dental	3,537.50
Total Expenses		$23,773.96
Ending Balance		$278,040.36
Administrative
Beginning Balance		$42,834.00
Income
Interest Earned	April	5.16
	May	4.52
	June	211.61
	July	5.02
	August	4.56
Total Income		$230.87
Expenses
State of Oregon	corp fee	84.00
Total Expenses		$84.00
Ending Balance		$42,980.87