MINUTES *** Not yet approved ***

Regular Meeting of the BuffaloCAN Board of Directors

Wednesday, March 8, 2006

In attendance: Carol Tutzauer, Rosanne Higgins, Pam Rose, Polla Milligan, Clara Miller, Henry Sontag, Frank Tutzauer, Donna Martin

1. Call to order: 7:25pm

2. Minutes

― January 11, 2006: approved

― February 1, 2006: approved

3. Reports:

― President’s announcement

― Executive Committees
… Microchip
… AniMeals
… Legislative

― Animal Alliance of Western New York

4. Unfinished Business:

― Domain name plus trademark protection: Resolution by Alex Murphy (see text below). Tabled from last meeting. Unanimously rejected.
“Be it resolved that Buffalo CAN is to take steps to protect Domain Name(s) associated with the organization. In doing so, we resolve to register for additional ‘dot’ names such as dot-net, dot-info, as well as any others that can be reasonably assumed to be associated with our web activity. It is resolved that we will take steps to ensure our organization will receive timely notification of domain ownership expiration, if our domain registering service does not already provide this service, we will sign up for a service that does. It is resolved that our domain will be registered for five-year periods. It is further resolved that our domain name will be protected by registering it with the US Patent & Trade Office (USPTO). In addition, it is resolved that responsibility of our domain is spread between our board to include at least two board members as Administrator, and that ownership is clearly delineated as that of the organization and that all newly elected and incumbent/existing officers sign a waiver stating they will not, after departure from the board, use the domain name or organization name for any personal reason or for unjust enrichment, and that they will not purchase or register any domain name that resembles or includes the name ‘Buffalo CAN’ or ‘Buffalo Companion Animal Network,’ or ‘Companion Animal Network,’ and that they recognize that the website and domain name is the direct and equitable property of the organization. Be it resolved that the VP of Communications has the responsibility of reviewing the domain’s ‘whois’ record once a month and will make periodic Internet searches on the domain name to ensure it is not being misused or misappropriated.”

5. New Business:

― AniMeals Committee: Motion to fill chair vacancy with co-chairs Rosanne Higgins and Pam Rose. Passed unanimously

― Bylaws Committee: Motion to appoint Rosanne Higgins as chair. Passed unanimously

― Secretary replacement: Motion to fill the board position of Secretary on a temporary basis until annual meeting of the membership in early October. Nominations and board vote to take place next meeting. Passed unanimously.

6. Adjournment: 8:37pm