The Alberta Reptile and Amphibian Society Meeting Minutes for September 11th 2020

Location: Got Reptiles (6624 Centre Street SE, Calgary, AB)

Meeting time start: 7:12pm

Treasurer Report: 

Reading of previous minutes- read and voted on : voted all passed 

In attendance:

Cody Faulds

Lucas Neter

Dawn Soul

Steve Dorion

Garth Paynter

Vanessa Millichamp

Brandon Millichamp

Cassandra 

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Meeting agenda talk:

Wrangler Elisas rescue 

Elisa now has a lawyer  with help from other reptile groups as well, there now going over all the papers that she was given and meets with them on wednesday to go over everything. 

• Has talked with pejack, they aren’t able to help her fully but looking for others to help with the situation
• She is also talking with the town of colonsay where she lives that is pushing bylaws as well.
•  Social services are now out of the picture with the whole situation, everything is good on their end.
• Elisa provided a list of what they are demanding she has for equipment; list was given to dawn to look into pricing to get what she needs to meet their demands 

Taras is looking to donate supplies to wrangler adventure rescue

Voting upto 2500 for equipment to meet standards 

Voted yes 9 yes unanimous 

Look at developing a plan to reach out to members and people on social media about the law changes in alberta

Brandon and garth will start working on it.

Email key points

What taras is doing to help

By-law information 

How it effects people

How fast it gets implemented

What people can do

Get people involved to help

Reach out to legal experienced people

Brandon working on a letter to send out to get people in seats to help fight with laws and bylaws 

Meeting ended at 8pm