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As part of our scheduled maintenance, our phone lines were originally planned to be unavailable for only one hour on Tuesday, August 19. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, the outage will now last longer. Our phone lines will remain down for approximately 24 hours and are expected to be restored on Wednesday, August 20, between 2:00 PM and 4:00 PM (Central Time). Email: mail@abga.org | Contact Form: abga.org/contact | Staff Directory: abga.org/staff 

Updated: Dec 18, 2024

July 14-15, 2023 | Embassy Suites by Hilton | Grapevine DFW, Texas
Board Members

R1-Rosalinda Vizina | R2-Ken Baty |R3-Leah Maertens | R4-Kevin Richmond | R5-Michael Reis | R6-Lauren Green | R7-Gage Taylor | R7-Katherine Klug | R8-Sam Knott | R9-Kim Morgan | R10-Kim Veal | R11-Amy Scharmer | R12-Chuck Fitwater | R13-Brad Mackey| R14 Cameron Drew

​Friday

Item

Facilitator

8:00

Roll Call and Intro

K. Baty

8:10

Approve Prior Minutes

K. Baty

8:15

Treasurer’s Report

S. Knott

8:45

2023-2024 Officer Elections and AGF BOD Seat

23-24 Pres

9:00

Special Guest, Dr. Virginia Bassford – Organizational Help

10:00

JABGA meet with ABGA Board

H. Jenkins

11:00

Investment Policy Statement

S. Knott

11:30

Strategic Planning

Entire BOD

12:00

Lunch Provided – Hotel Atrium

1:00

Member Agenda Submissions Divided by Topic

  • Copy located in binder

  • Another Member submission to Gage

  • Unethical Treatment Goats at Nationals





  • G. Taylor

  • L. Green

3:00

Bylaws/Rules/Regulations

  • What day is Transfer Recognized?

  • Code of Ethics

  • Hand off old business, % Bucks, Disable Jr's, Freeze Branding




  • K. Baty

  • K. Morgan

  • K. Morgan

4:00

Breed Standards

  • Percentages and La Mancha Ears


L. Green

4:30

DNA

  • Neogen


K. Baty

5:00

Adjourn

Saturday

Item

Facilitator

8:00

Roll Call

23-24 Pres

8:10

National Show Recap

  • Revisit Judge Term Limits

  • Non-certified judges for Market Show

  • JABGA BOD requests 3-5 options added to ballot

  • Bred & Owned up to two judges (team vs individual input)

  • JABGA up to three judges (team vs individual input)

  • Showman App

  • Barn Superintendent

  • Heeler Rule

  • Move Meat Goat Evaluation to National Show Committee & Subs


K. Klug

10:10

Revisit Strategic Planning

23-24 Pres

11:00

Executive Director Open Discussion

B. Mackey

12:00

Lunch Provided - Hotel Atrium

1:00

Member Education, Benefits & Marketing

  • Digital Magazine, request Letter from President & Bios from BOD

  • Membership Fees for Adult/Juniors/Families

  • Family Membership for Bred & Owned Breeder




  • G. Taylor

  • L. Maertens

  • L. Maertens


2:00

Youth & Regional Shows Recap

  • Sponsorships needed (Sullivans, Weaver)

  • Approve Additional Shows


K. Richmond


3:00

Office Update

  • Audit

  • iCompete

  • Registrations

  • Request for Photos from BOD for website

B. McCary

3:30

New Committees and 2023-2024 Goals

23-24 Pres

4:30

Adjourn



2023 Board of Directors Summer Face-to-Face Agenda

Check out the 2023 Board of Directors Summer Face-to-Face agenda

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