President Refshaw called meeting to order

Board members present: Mark Meurer, Zach Meinders, Scott Woolen, Kayla Inbody, and Nicole Jessen

Some members present in person and some on google meet.

Secretary report:
Scott gave minutes of May board meeting, Lila Schmidt made motion to accept minutes.

Treasurers report:
Jeremy gave report, beginning balance: $41,525.55 -1,146.23 for expenses and deposits of $773.
Motion was made to accept and second the report.

Sale committee:
NSIP online ram and ewe sale is done and Spencer NSIP sale is tomorrow the 25th.

Newsletter committee:
Bev would like all info for the newsletter to her by September 21st.

Ad committee:
Nothing to report

Youth committee:
Adelyn was presented with her award for being the 2026 starter flock award winner. Adelyn gave a thank you to the association.

Finance committee:
Audit is due in January.

New business:

• Honor Todd Taylor for being 2026 APSA honoree and give plaque to commemorate. Jeremy read the info submitted by Glen Jones, who nominated Todd. Todd gave a talk and thanked the association for the honor.
• Ballots counted–1 ballot was returned, 1 vote for Bryce and 1 vote for Scott. These are your two new members. Scott was reelected for a second consecutive term and Bryce is elected back after being off for a bit. Jeremy thanked Mark for all his work on the board in the past.

Old business:
New logo, if any member wants to submit an idea or design please do so.

OPEN FLOOR TO ALL:

• There was some conversation on how the NSIP sale in Spencer came to be and how long some members have been involved in NSIP.
• Scott Bowdridge from West Virginia University gave an update on what his team has been doing for testing and research. They do a lot of traveling all over the country to accomplish this. He also mentioned that they are still wanting to get 3,000 polypay blood samples.
• Kayla had a question for the membership–is there any interest in a National sale?
• It was also noted that as of right now the Polypay breed has the second most number of animals entered in NSIP.

Adjourn–Zach made motion to adjourn and Caroline seconded.

Respectfully submitted, Scott Wollin `