1. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Kim Laird called the meeting to order at 12:24 p.m. EDT.
The meeting was declared a quorum. Andrew Conway moved that the meeting be relocated to North Main Hall A. Motion passed by unanimous consent.

2. ROLL
Board Members Present: Kim Laird, chair; Sandy Brown, Don Lewis, Jerry Martin, Jim Maxwell, Bob Neuman, Will Penman

Chuck Hawley (Recording Secretary), Jimmie Nickell (Parliamentarian), Holly Greeley (Treasurer), Andrew Conway (Board Nominee & DVDs) Martin Frost (Communications Director)

3. APPROVAL OF ELECTION OFFICIALS
Prior to the Annual Meeting the BOD held a Business Meeting and approved Jimmie Nichols as the Parliamentarian. They approved Paul Phariss as the Sergeant of Arms. They approved Steve Rahn as the Chief Teller.
Kim Laird moved to make Janelle Hawley the temporary Recording Secretary for the Annual Meeting. The vote passed unanimously.

4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Kim Laird motioned to approve the agenda for the meeting. Motion passed unanimously.

5. REPORTS
Finances (Holly Greeley)
Holly reported that the 2003-2006 books have been compiled and reported. She is now working on 2007 finances and putting together a forecast for 2008.

Membership (Mike Sullivan)
Current membership number= 2260. JUGGLE magazine gets sent out to 1750 households. 31 new members registered since the start of the festival.

Store & DVDs (Sandy Brown & Andrew Conway)
Sandy Brown presented the new IJA promotional packet that will be used in the future to gain sponsorships and support for IJA events. Andrew Conway reported that he is transitioning past IJA videos (back to 1984) onto DVD and selling them. Also, he is selling videos from European artists.

e-Newsletter (Don Lewis)
The monthly newsletter has been very successful going out to the membership. Continue to submit material to Don Lewis.

Insurance Report (Kim Laird)
HRH Insurance representative Dale Wittick was at the festival on July 17, 2007 talking to members about performance insurance. The insurance policy is for mobile entertainers and covers props, costumes, home office supplies, etc. HRH is also researching a policy to cover local juggling club festivals. Members can find out further details by looking on the IJA website.

6. NEW BUSINESS
6a. Dave Davis moves that IJA Board be instructed to find and pass a membership budget that is within 10% of expected membership dues. Andrew Conway moves to vote on motion. The motion did not have a two-thirds vote to pass. Will Penman motioned to vote on the proposal and debate is unanimously closed. Membership votes on the proposal that the IJA Board be instructed to find and pass a membership budget that is within 10% of expected membership dues. There were 24 votes in favor; 27 votes opposed and 3 abstained. Motion did not pass.

6b. Dave Davis moved that the IJA Board should endeavor to keep festival prices as low as possible to encourage festival attendance and keep costs at the level established in 2005 (plus the cost of living increases).
Jeff Olmstead motioned to delete reference to a specific year. Dina Scharnhorst moved to vote on the amendment. No opposition. Debate is closed. Kim Laird moved to vote. There were 33 votes in favor of the amendment; 8 votes opposed and 8 votes abstained.
The new motion read the IJA Board should endeavor to keep festival prices as low as possible to encourage festival attendance. Martin Frost moved to close discussion on the motion. Kim Laird moved to vote on motion. There were 24 votes in favor and 25 voted in opposition. Motion did not pass.

7. ADJOURNMENT
Martin Frost moved to adjourn the meeting. A vote was taken; 26 votes in favor of adjourning; 6 were opposed and 10 abstained. Motion passed. The Annual IJA Meeting was adjourned at 1:51 p.m. EDT.

Respectfully Submitted by Janelle Hawley