January 2013 Meeting Mins

[Teena]

The Alberta Reptile and Amphibian Society
T.A.R.A.S.
January 2013 Meeting Minutes

Attendees: Teena Tangen, Rob Bruley, Mandie Halderman, Cody Faulds, Stephannie Faulds, Clayton Horne, Chad Pallesen, Glyn Hersom, Andrea Witko, Kyle Kirzinger

Meeting Started at 7:11 pm
December 2012 Meeting minutes reviewed and voted as accurate with 1 minor change.

Treasurer’s Report: $18579.38
Spring Show 2013:
- CRE Website needs to change the info- Lyra is to have this done by the end of the week. We need to talk to Lyra and have Mandie added to be able to change and update the website.
- Table Bookings, Table layout
o Glyn and Clayton are working on the table bookings together.
o Glyn is to meet up with Rob at the Genesis Center to measure the floor, this way they will be able to come up with the new floor plan and table layout.
- Minimum sizes of reptiles
o It was voted that Bearded Dragons must be a minimum size of 6 inches snout to end of tail and that Chameleons minimum sizes would be tabled for now
o It was also voted and passed that we buy deli cups for our vet checks so that each vendor that needed to have animals weighed would get their own deli cups instead of sharing with other vendors.
- Raffle
o This will be handled by Mandie and Rob will help if needed.
o We will be checking for the best method and pricing for the printing of the raffle tickets.
- Volunteer Coordinator
o Chad will be taking on the duties of volunteer coordinator
o Kyle will pass on the charts to Chad
- Posters/$1.00 off coupons
o Lyra will have these ready by the end of the week
o Rob will do the printing he just needs the files
o Vote was made and passed to have a $40.00 backup fund for poster design
- School Mailout
o Kyle was getting school addresses in the North end. He will be looking up more than he had.
o Rob and Andrea to do printing of the labels and letters
- Press release
o Kyle will be working on this with Brad and Jason
- ATM Rental
o Andrea has this taken care of, we just need to ensure that it can be chained or is in a secure location.
- Social Media
o This is to be taken care of by Jess, Clayton, Mandie and Cody
- Membership blasts
o This is to be taken care of by Clayton
- Printing (Vendor Contracts, table labels and vendor packages)
o Andrea has stepped up to take this on
- Free Table vendor raffle
o Mitch and Anshul both have free tables at this show
o A motion was made and a vote was passed to have an early bird draw for any vendors booking for the fall show at our spring show.
- Membership Signup
o We will need 2 floats the week before the show. 1 for the table at the Genesis Center and 1 for Pet Expo.
- Insurance
o Rob is to call and have Genesis added to our insurance plan for the weekend of our show.
- Genesis Center volunteers the week before the show
o Rob and Glyn

Reptilemania
- Volunteers
o Teena, Cody, Jess, Izy, Clayton, Mandie, Rob
o Mandie to bring membership float and Teena to bring membership info
o Rob will bring signage with him

Pet Expo
- Running 26^th (unloading), 27^th and 28^th of April
- Volunteers- Teena, Cody, Mandie, Mandy, Jason, Chad
- Vote was passed to spend $20.00 on water for the volunteers
Bylaw meeting
- Scheduled for February 4^th 2013 at Shawnessy Petland
- Bring your thoughts and changes with you to the meeting
Other items
- Have to check on hand sanitizer before Reptilemania
- Glyn and Rob to attend the Bug presentation for the pre-school
- Steph to re-paint the Sandwich board signs as well as make signage for above the raffle table.
Meeting End/Show and Tell: Meeting ended at 8:56pm
Glyn and Andrea brought:
Jungle Carpet Pythons
King Rat Snakes

[FrogO_Oeyes]

Six INCHES?? That's virtually an adult bearded dragon!

[TryBallPythons]

Already discussed, it should read 6 inches snout to tail (not vent).

[Faltang1090]

And I totally just read it wrong.... Twice. Yes it should be snout to tail.

[GONESNAKEE]

Already discussed, it should read 6 inches snout to tail (not vent).

Edited in the minutes above to avoid any further confusion, Mark

[Hollywood]

Is there a place on the forums that it lists what restrictions are on animals like the ones listed in the minutes (as well as others)? Or where would this information be found? As someone who may very well vend in the future, this information seems like it should be posted somewhere.

[Farva]

The size requirements are as follows.
Leopard Gecko - 5 Grams or 3.5"
Crested gecko - 4 Grams or 3"
Corn/King/Milk - 7 Grams Feeding well
Ball Python - 60 Grams Feeding well
Bearded Dragon Snout to Tail length 6"

[GONESNAKEE]

Is there a place on the forums that it lists what restrictions are on animals like the ones listed in the minutes (as well as others)? Or where would this information be found? As someone who may very well vend in the future, this information seems like it should be posted somewhere.

Anything you will require to know about vending will be in your vendor package when you book or should be anyways (new rules etc. will have to be added of course), Mark

[Hollywood]

Thanks Glyn and Mark, thats what I wanted to know. It is probably a good idea for it to be posted here as well as the vendor package in my opinion, as some potential vendors might want to know the guidelines before they book. Thanks again for the speedy replies!