In attendance: Crystal, Mary Ann, Lauren, Denise, Lynn, Colleen, DeeDee, Claudia
Karen sent a message of gratitude to the metro group for their efforts on RLRR’s behalf. She also suggested that a metro team member act as liaison to the Rosie’s board, and that person would receive minutes, budget reports, etc. DeeDee agreed to be the liaison.
Right now, Karen has 46 puppies/dogs and 18 kittens/cats.
There have been two transports in November so far, and there will be three more before the end of the month. This is a record number of transports in one month, which has been fortuitous, since October and November have been heavy intake months with lots of very sick/traumatized animals.
The DJ&T SNAP grant program for spay/neuter of owned dogs has been initiated. Five community animals were altered in October, and three, so far, in November.
The group discussed Karen’s wish to build a feral cat habitat/shelter to honor her sister, Patty Good. Patty was active in caring for feral cats in the Cities. Rosie’s receives quite a few feral cats every year, and finding safe places for them to live is a challenge.
Claudia offered to facilitate communication with the architecture school at the University of Minnesota regarding the possibility of its involvement in designing/building the shelter.
It was noted that the supply of donated dog and cat food has been significantly reduced of late; therefore, we all need to be on the lookout for new sources in order to keep RLRR supplied.
Clinics
There was discussion about how to replace the loss of the 2009 summer HSVMA-RAVS clinic. We discussed the possibility of an Animal Ark neuter commuter clinic, an AHS clinic, and a Rosebud clinic. Dr. Veronica Bartsch of Akin Hills Pet Hospital in Farmington is interested in helping to organize a clinic, too.
Karen wants to wait to see how her repaired foot feels before scheduling her surgery on the other foot, so planning for clinics in the Spring needs to wait a bit.
Fundraising
We discussed the need for fundraising for various expenses, such as hiring someone to work at the shelter after Karen’s next surgery. Colleen offered to work on finding a location at which we could have some type of event.
Transports
Marilou Chanrasmi from Pet Haven will be at RLRR 11/17-18 and will be transporting animals.
Dr. Bartsch and a vet tech will be at Rosie’s again from 11/20 through 11/22. They will do neuter surgeries, health checks, and vaccinations on the animals at the shelter, as well as transport animals.
Denise said that she may be able to transport in December, and Crystal may transport in January.
Needs List – There was a short discussion about needs at the shelter, especially for the rubber winter water buckets for the kennels. The frigid Minnesota winter temperatures are very hard on equipment.
Pet Expo (Feb. 21-22) – As last year, Lynn will organize the RLRR table and volunteers for the Pet Expo. There was a short discussion about whether or not to have give-aways at the table. The home-made dog bones sold well last year, and everyone thought that it would be nice to have something like that again.
Next Meeting – The next meeting will be in mid-January, date to be determined.
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