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United Taxidermist Association
Board Meeting via Teleconference  
April 20, 2011
Minutes  

Chairman Craig Lewis called the meeting to order at 5:32 pm, MST.

Present:                                              Absent                                    Guest

Craig Lewis, Chairman                   John Sanzo                            Billy Robertson
Dale Manning, Vice Chair               Tony Finazzo                         Mac McLane
Pat Reed, Treasurer                         Gail Tout (excused)              Audrie McLane
Brenda Duvall                                    Rick Krane                             Tommy Kemmerlin
Frank Kotula                                                                                         Manny Chavez
                                                                                                                 Ralph Swang

Approval of the Agenda
A motion was made by Dale and seconded by Frank to approve the agenda as presented.
Motion passed

Chairman's comments
We encourage everyone to recruit people to participate in the upcoming UTA Expo.  Please be aware we need every board member present at the Expo.

Treasurer's Report
Report accepted as submitted. 

Membership Report
Report accepted as submitted.
Montana decided to vote in the UTA membership plan at their meeting.

Marketing Report
Report accepted as submitted.
Dale has reported that he has done very little with marketing this last month.  He did get a new set of fliers sent out to our suppliers.  With things getting finalized
with the Expo it will be time to get the word out on it.  A new flier, getting it on taxi.net and any other suggestions would be great.

Fundraising Report
Report accepted as submitted.
There was one fund raising auction in the last month.  It was a fishing trip on the Columbia River with very poor participation.  It raised $200.  Dale needs more trips,
classes, or other items to keep auctions going.  Tony Finazzo's class will be next.

Catch a Dream Foundation Report
No report  submitted.

Artisan Committee Report
Report accepted as submitted.

UTA Taxidermy Expo
Manny reported that all seminars are in place.  He will be e-mailing the info to us.  Ralph Swang discussed the supplier area.  We are borrowing the backboards from
Montana and Idaho.  At this time we have 12 suppliers for 23 spaces sold.  We have a total of 50 supplier spaces available.  A sponsorship program has been put
into place for support of the UTA Expo.

Be Bear Aware Report
Report accepted as submitted.
Dale is working on getting a seminar put together Idaho's convention in June.  Idaho Fish & Game has a grizzly that needs to be done so Dale is coordinating with
Terry Bennett and Wade Esplin to get this accomplished.

Website
No report is submitted.

Old Business

2011 Annual Meeting update
Craig Lewis, Gail Tout, and Brenda Duvall represented the UTA at the West Virginia/UTA Show.  The hands on bobcat eye setting seminar was a success.
Students went home with a head, a set of eyes, reference photos, and a step-by-step hand out on eye setting.

New Business

Other Business

For the Good of the Order
Dale - motion to adjourn at 6:19pm.  Next meeting May 18, 2011 at 5:30 pm MST.

Respectfully submitted by:
Brenda Duvall

Summary of Motions

A motion was made by Dale and seconded by Frank to approve the agenda as presented.
Motion passed