The meeting began online on May 1, 2006 Present: Sally Huntington, Jim Heffernan, Cecil Gunby, Wick Goss, Bob French, Bill Parlee, Ron Castner, Paula Hansen, Raspberry, Harry Bryant, Alana Honea, Cathy Luttrell, Doug white, Alfred Mion, John Wilson, Bob Peers.

Discussions:

Bill Parlee announced that a rough draft of protocols and by-laws revisions should be ready for the next quarterly meeting Sally Huntington talked to Danny Gonzales and Randy Taylor about working together on Finch and Softbill Save and the Census. They agreed to make it a collaborative project.

Doug White said a lot of confusion happened in the transfer of duties to the new officers as some of the affiliations were still been mailed to Darla Dandre while she was in the process of moving. Most problems have now been ironed out.

Harry Bryant asked about the NFSS logo and was told by Paula Hansen it was very nearly finished. 2 people resigned: Gertrude Nobel, Region 4 VP (midwest) and Bob French, Treasurer. Bill Parlee was appointed treasurer pro tem.

Of the three vacancies on the BOD, membership, treasurer and region 4 VP, there is a candidate for treasurer and membership but not for region 4 VP, yet. The election is scheduled for July/August.

There were no motions presented for voting.

Department reports

Judges Panel 

Cecil Gunby is waiting input from the newly formed yahoo group zebra standard committee before he will have anything to report.

Membership Secretary Report:

643 Memberships
96 Dual memberships (second member) 
739 members total 

Since January 2006:

224 Renewals
136 New members

respectfully submitted
Cathy Luttrell

Band Secretary Report

Estimated Band Sales as of 5/1/2006

Feb. Pay Pal 37 / Mail-in 29 - Sales: $1,360.85
March Pay Pal 24 / Mail-in 19 - Sales: $1,081.55 
April Pay Pal 33 / Mail-in 14 - Sales: $1,139.70

Awaiting a secondary split plastic band order from UK to cover the duration Of 2006. Sales remain brisk!

Respectfully Submitted
Paula Hansen NFSS Band Secretary

Report of the NFSS 2nd Vice President/Editor

NFSS Website:

All officers, clubs & show pages have been updated and are current with the information I have received. I have received a number of new photos on various finch & softbill species and will be adding them to the website as soon as I have a chance. The change to our new website host has resulted in a "faster" website and we have experienced no downtime since the switch which is a very welcome change!

NFSS Journal:

All has not gone as planned and I am disappointed to report that I am still having trouble with a number of things.

The latest (March/April) issue is being mailed almost a month late due to my own mistakes and trouble with the printer receiving our files. Such problems included things like trouble with the cover image, complaints about the readability of certain ads and page numbering. These problems have been identified and corrected now. I have also upgraded the quality of the paper to the next higher grade which will hopefully improve the quality.

The assistant editor has resigned due to health reasons, and I am still waiting for the return of the 2nd copy of the publishing software to me (which she has promised to do). I plan to contact the other person who was interested in this position as soon as I receive the software to see if they are still interested in helping out.

I am currently working on the May/June issue, and it should be published and mailed on time. However, as I have mentioned before, I am running out of articles which may affect the July/August issue ....

Also, if the people writing monthly columns could please get them to me before the DEADLINES ..... it would really help ......

Respectfully submitted
Harry Bryant 2nd VP/Editor 

Affiliations Liaison & Affiliations

Regional Show Selections

Region 1 - New York Finch & Type Canary Club 
Region 2 - Central Alabama Avicultural Society
Region 3 - no applicants 
Region 4 - no applicants 
Region 5 - no applicants 
Region 6 - 2 applicants- not yet selected 
Region 7 - no applicants 
Region 8 - Cage Bird Society of Hamilton

Respectfully submitted
Doug White

Respectfully submitted
Jim Heffernan, Executive Secretary

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