[1. Call to order and roll call of members]
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I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO, AM I ON? IS THIS WORKING CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER? WE DO HAVE AN APPROPRIATE NUMBER FOR QUORUM, SO WE WILL PROCEED.
DR. ROBINSON MAY COME IN IN A COUPLE MINUTES.
[2. Approval of minutes for June 18, 2025, committee meeting]
I'D FIRST LIKE TO LOOK AT THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING.UM, WHEN YOU'VE HAD A MINUTE TO READ THROUGH, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE TO.
UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
THERE IS NO ONE HERE TO, UH, COMMENT.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
[4. Statistics from June 2025, through August 2025, from Lynette Bodmer]
STATISTICS BY LYNETTEUH, SO THE SLIDE THAT YOU SEE UP HERE IS THE LAST THREE MONTHS, JUNE THROUGH AUGUST.
UM, THERE WAS A BIG JUMP IN THESE THREE MONTHS FROM THE PREVIOUS THREE MONTHS.
UM, WE HAD A, A BIG INCREASE IN DOG INTAKES WITH 347, UM, AND CATS, UH, 3 59.
THE MAJORITY OF BOTH OF THOSE WERE STRAIGHT INTAKES.
UM, BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE QUITE A FEW CAME IN AS FOSTER RETURNS, UM, AS THIS WAS THE, A LOT OF KITTENS COMING BACK FROM, UM, FOSTER CARE AS ITS NEONATE SEASON.
AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT OUR OUTGOING, UM, AGAIN, BIG JUMP, UH, 355 DOGS LEFT AND 360 8 KITTIES LEFT.
UM, DOGS WAS A BIT OF A MIXED BAG.
UM, MOST WERE ADOPTED, BUT IT WAS A MUCH CLOSER NUMBER.
UM, WE HAD A, A GREAT NUMBER RETURNED TO HOME AND OUR FOSTER NUMBERS ALSO CLIMBING.
UM, AND THEN OVER WITH THE CATS, UM, IT WAS AN EXACT 50% THAT WERE ADOPTED.
UM, THE REMAINING 50% WAS, UM, SPLIT WITH FOSTER AND THEN A COMBINATION OF THE VARIOUS RETURN HOME OPTIONS OR, UM, EUTHANASIA OR TWO, NO, NO NINE THAT DIED.
UM, WE DID HAVE 314 TOTAL PETS ADOPTED DURING, UH, THAT THREE MONTH PERIOD.
WE HAD ALMOST 200 SENT TO FOSTER CARE.
95 DOGS TOOK DOG DAY GETAWAY OUTINGS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE HAD 152 PETS, RETURN TO HOME, UM, 58, UM, COMMUNITY MICROCHIPS AND TAGS, AND THEN BRAND NEW FOR THIS MONTH, FOR AUGUST ONLY.
UM, WE RECEIVED THE ANIMAL PROTECTION OFFICER CALLS.
SO THAT 3 26 RE REPRESENTS JUST ONE MONTH.
UM, AND I'LL BE INCLUDING THOSE GOING FORWARD.
WE, YOU, WE'VE ONLY JUST GOT THE INFORMATION FOR I ONLY GOT AUGUST.
SO MOVING FORWARD I'LL INCLUDE OTHER MONTHS, BUT YES.
UH, AND THEN CURRENT CAPACITY UPDATE.
UM, WE WERE 21% OVER ON DOGS, UM, WHICH DID GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT FROM THE LAST TIME, BUT IT IS STILL A CONCERNINGLY HIGH NUMBER.
UM, WE DO HAVE DOGS IN CRATES OR IN KENNELS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN, UM, WITH 68.
AND THEN CATS ARE HOLDING PRETTY STEADY, UH, 34, UM, EVEN WITH LETTERS OF KITTENS AND 'CAUSE THEY ARE GETTING ADOPTED VERY, VERY QUICKLY, AS YOU SAW, WITH 50% OF OUR CATS LEAVING THROUGH ADOPTIONS.
[5. General shelter updates from Amelia Nusbaum]
GENERAL SHELTER UPDATES.WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT AFTER WAITING FOR WHAT FEELS LIKE AN ENTIRE FIVE YEARS.
FINALLY HIRED AND, UM, SHE STARTED THIS PAST MONDAY.
CRYSTAL LEE, SHE'LL BE OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR.
UH, WE ALSO HIRED TWO NEW PART-TIME POSITION ACTS AND, UH, WE HAVE FILLED OUR ANIMAL PROTECTION OFFICER TEAM, UH, WITH OUR LAST HIRE, ASHLEY, I BELIEVE THEY ALL.
YEAH, OBVIOUSLY THEY ALL STARTED WITHIN, UM, OUR LAST MEETING.
SO WE HAVE A FULL TEAM AND WE ARE EXCITED TO END THE YEAR, UH, WITH A FULL TEAM, STAFF AND VOLUNTEER TRAINING.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO, OR FINISHING UP OUR COMPASSION FATIGUE, UH, TRAINING WITH THE CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL.
WE ALSO ARE FINISHING UP OUR HANDLING AND BEHAVIOR WITH ANOTHER PAID CONSULTANT AND WE CONTINUE TO ALSO, UM, DO SOME INTERNAL, UM, ONGOING LEARNING.
AND WE'VE COVERED ENRICHMENT, LOW STRESS INTAKE, AND CAT LOW STRESS HANDLING.
UM, ULTIMATELY ALL OF THIS PRACTICE IS GONNA HELP THE ANIMALS BE MUCH, UM, LESS STRESSED IN THE SHELTER AND WE'LL ALSO BE A LOT SAFER, UH, WHEN WE'RE HANDLING 'EM.
EVENT RECAP, WE WERE BUSY, UM, EMPTY.
WE HAD THE EMPTY THE SHELTERS ADOPTION EVENT.
WE ALSO STARTED BACK UP SPACE NIGHT AND WE HAD THAT, WE HOSTED A SPACE NIGHT IN JULY AND AUGUST.
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ALSO TOOK PART IN CLEAR THE SHELTER ADOPTION PROMOTION, UM, WHERE WE HAD 82 PETS THAT WERE ADOPTED, WHICH WAS AWESOME.WE WERE, UM, SELECTED TO PARTNER WITH AUTHOR ALI LYDER, WHO'S PUBLISHED OVER 70 BOOKS AND A PERCENTAGE OF ALL HER SALES SOLD DURING THE EVENT, UH, WILL BE DONATED, DONATED TO US.
SO THAT WAS EXCITING OPPORTUNITY.
WE HOSTED AN EVENT AT THE HELEN HALL LIBRARY.
THIS WAS ACTUALLY OUR SECOND ONE, AND WE STARTED, UH, A NEW ONE TAIL TALK, WHICH, AND WE WILL GO INTO THESE IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL WITH THE FOLLOWING SLIDES.
UPCOMING EVENTS WE'VE GOT, UM, DAY OF THE DOG, OCTOBER 25TH, BISSELL PET FOUNDATION EMPTY THE SHELTERS, IT'LL BE COMING UP IN THE FALL AND BLACK VERDE TAIL TALK.
OUR INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY COORDINATOR TEAM JOINED FORCES, UM, TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY TIES.
THEY HOSTED AN EVENT FOCUSED ON VOLUNTEERING, FOSTER FOSTERING, AND THE MANY WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN SUPPORT THE SHELTER'S MISSION.
THROUGHOUT THE EVENING, THEY GUIDED ATTENDEES IN FINDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT MATCH THEIR INTERESTS AND THE SHELTER'S NEEDS, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANIMAL LOVERS TO CONNECT.
I DON'T KNOW IF I MENTIONED IT IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, BUT WE HOPE TO DO IT AGAIN.
SO HOW MANY PEOPLE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE? ABOUT 40.
AND, AND OUT OF THOSE PEOPLE, HAVE WE GOTTEN, HAVE THEY FOLLOWED UP? HAVE THEY STARTED FILLED OUT THEIR VOLUNTEER STUFF? HAVE THEY FOSTERED? JULIE SAYS YES.
YEAH, BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT LEO, BUT YES, WE PROBABLY, I THINK I GOT ABOUT FIVE OUTTA THAT.
IT ALSO INCLUDED, UM, INVITEES INCLUDED, UM, NEWER FOSTERS AND VOLUNTEERS AS WELL.
SO SOME HAD ALREADY JOINED BUT MAYBE HADN'T GOTTEN FULLY INVOLVED AND INVESTED, AND SO IT WAS TO ALSO ROUND OUT THEIR EXPERIENCE.
AND GET THEM MORE INVOLVED AND PLUG THEM IN ALL.
AND YOU'RE GONNA DO ANOTHER ONE NOVEMBER QUARTERLY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT BEING A QUARTERLY EVENT.
UH, BISSELL PET FOUNDATIONS EMPTY THE SHELTER.
WE HAD 96 ADOPTIONS IN JUST TWO WEEKS.
UM, AND WE LOVE COLLECTING ALL THESE PICTURES.
IT'S PART OF THE EVENT REQUIREMENTS, BUT ALSO IT'S JUST FUN.
UM, IT'S THE SECOND YEAR THAT WE'VE PARTICIPATED.
IT INTRODUCES CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND THE MANY WAYS THEY CAN GET INVOLVED.
THE PROGRAM COVERS TOPICS SUCH AS MICROCHIPPING FOSTERING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ENRICHMENT FOR PETS, UH, WITH SIMPLE DEMONSTRATIONS OF ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES THAT CAN BE DONE AT HOME.
SO ENRICHMENT IS NOT ONLY IMPORTANT FOR THE SHELTER, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL THE PETS AT HOME TOO.
SINCE CHILDREN ARE NOT YET OLD ENOUGH TO VOLUNTEER FUN ACTIVITIES LIKE THE DOG DAY GETAWAY AND THE PJ PARTY PROGRAMS ARE SHARED, THE EVENT CONCLUDES WITH A VISIT FROM SOME OF THE SHELTER'S, ADOPTABLE ANIMALS, AND A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION.
SAVE THE DATE FOR OCTOBER 25TH.
UM, IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS EVENT, THIS IS AN ANNUAL CELEBRATION THAT BRINGS TOGETHER OUR VOLUNTEERS, FOSTERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ADOPTERS TO HONOR THE LEGACY OF PETS WHO HAVE TOUCHED OUR LIVES AND HEARTS FOSTER UPDATES.
SO, KITTEN SEASON IS SLOWING DOWN JUST A TAD.
UM, OUR MADDIE'S FUND GRANT, WE'D LIKE TO GIVE ANOTHER SHOUT OUT TO THE MADDIE'S FUND GRANT.
IT DEFINITELY SET US UP FOR SUCCESS WITH FOSTER SUPPLIES FOR ALL OF THE NEONATAL PUPPIES, PUPPIES AND KITTENS.
AND A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR FOSTERS WHO HAVE STEPPED UP THIS SEASON AND CONTINUE TO HELP KEEP PETS HEALTHY AND OUT OF THE SHELTER.
WE HAD A GREAT NUMBER OF DOGS ADOPTED FROM FOSTER CARE, UM, AND THAT IS AN AMAZING NUMBER BECAUSE EVERY ANIMAL CAN GET ADOPTED OUT OF FOSTER CARE, KEEPS 'EM FROM COMING INTO THE SHELTER, WHICH IS AWESOME.
FOSTER NUMBERS, WHICH WERE ALREADY COVERED IN STATS, SO I'LL RECAP THAT REAL QUICK.
DOGS AND PUPPIES PLACED IN FOSTER CARE, 110 CATS AND KITTENS PLACED IN FOSTER CARE, 93 TOTAL PETS.
2 0 3 AND 93 DOGS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND HAVE SOME FUN.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT FOSTERS THIS, UH, MEETING.
NEXT MEETING WE'LL HIGHLIGHT SOME VOLUNTEERS.
UM, GAIL, UH, WAS MEETING SNOW FOR THE FIRST TIME BEFORE TAKING HER HOME.
THIS WILL BE THE THIRD DOG GAIL HAS FOSTERED AND I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY SNOW IS VERY HAPPY TO MEET HER.
UM, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO SAY THIS.
THESE WERE JUST SOME PICTURES OF HER DOG OR HER PAJAMA PARTY.
UM, AND A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW MUCH FUN A DOG COULD HAVE ON THEIR PAJAMA PARTY.
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE BETH, UM, A HUGE THANK YOU TO HER FOR QUICKLY NOTING SYMPTOMS OF PAN LUKE.
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PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY WERE IN FOSTER CARE.ANOTHER BIG THANK YOU TO THE A CT TEAM FOR SUCCESSFULLY TREATING THEM.
AFTER RETURNING TO FOSTER CARE TO SPEND A BIT MORE TIME WITH BETH, THEY HAVE NOW BEEN ADOPTED.
UM, AND ANOTHER, UM, I GUESS SHOUT OUT TO THE A CT TEAM, BUT ALSO TO THE, UM, LEADERSHIP THAT DEVELOPED THE PAN LUKE, UH, PROTOCOL.
WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN TREATING A TON OF PAN LUKE KITTENS, AND THAT IS A VERY DEADLY, UM, VIRUS.
AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE SUCH GREAT SUCCESS WITH THAT.
UM, ALICIA, SHE GETS A SPECIAL SLIDE TO HERSELF.
UM, SHE, SHE, SO WHEN GIRLY POP GAVE BIRTH AT THE SHELTER THE WEEK SHE ARRIVED, ALICIA STEPPED UP IMMEDIATELY TO GIVE MAMA A SAFE FOSTER HOME TO RAISE HER SIX PUPPIES.
WHEN THE PUPPIES STARTED HAVING BREATHING ISSUES, SHE CAUGHT IT RIGHT AWAY.
THEY QUICKLY RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION AND LOOK AT THEM NOW.
MAMA IS NOW BACK AT THE SHELTER WAITING FOR HER FOREVER HOME AND THE PUPS WILL BE READY SOON.
ALSO, SHE HAS A MAMA AND KITTENS.
YEAH, THAT'S A LOT MORE FOSTER HIGHLIGHTS.
SO, COURTNEY, UM, SHE IS A NEW FIRST TIME FOSTER.
WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE HER, UM, AS PART OF THE SHELTER RIGHT NOW.
SHE TOOK YETI, UM, YETI ARRIVED AT THE SHELTER, UM, AFTER, UH, WITH AN INJURY AND AFTER BEING EXAMINED BY THE VET, WE DISCOVERED HIS RIGHT LEG WAS BOTH DISLOCATED AND BROKEN.
HE WAS UNDERWEIGHT AND IN A LOT OF PAIN, BUT DUE TO THE EXPERT CARE OF DR.
KATIE, UM, AT BAY CREEK AND THE LOVING SUPPORT OF HIS AMAZING FOSTER YETI IS NOW ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY AND DOING REALLY WELL.
AS YOU CAN SEE, HE'S GETTING CUDDLES ON THE BED.
UM, AND HE'S GETTING QUICKLY ADJUSTED TO HAVING THREE LEGS.
YEAH, WE GOT MORE GREAT PICTURES OF THEM TODAY.
WHAT ABOUT, YEAH, I, THOSE ARE, THESE ARE SOME OF THE PICTURES WE GOT TODAY.
UM, I THINK ALSO IT ALSO HELPED IN, UH, NOT EXISTING WITH THE CONE ON HIS HEAD.
I, I THINK THAT WAS PART OF IT.
UM, CRYSTAL SMITH, WHO HAS BETTY BOO? UM, BETTY BOO, AS YOU CAN SEE, HAS MADE HERSELF AT HOME.
AND ANOTHER FIRST TIME FOSTER DEBRA.
UM, SHE SAID SHE WAS VERY NICE.
SHE WAS LIKE, YOU'VE INCLUDED THIS HORRIBLE PICTURE OF ME BECAUSE OF THE CUTENESS, UM, AND HOW NINA MADE HERSELF AT HOME ON HER BED.
VOLUNTEERS HANDBOOK REVISION NOW COMPLETE AND DISTRIBUTED.
WE ARE NOW STARTING ON THE ONBOARDING PROCESS.
WE'RE ALSO, UM, REALLY GLAD TO BE WORKING WITH SOME OF THE VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE IN ONBOARDING AND EMPLOYEE TRAINING.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH THEM TO MAKE THE ONBOARDING PROCESS EVEN BETTER FOR ALL OF OUR NEW, UM, VOLUNTEERS.
WE HAVE MULTIPLE VOLUNTEERS ASSISTING WITH DATA ENTRY FOR ANIMAL BEHAVIOR NOTES AND HELPING US KEEP MORE DETAILED, ACCURATE AND TIMELY RECORDS.
JULY 8, 25 AND AUGUST HAD 1109.
UM, THIS ONE WAS AN INTERESTING STORY.
SO AFTER MISSING OVER A YEAR FROM ALVIN, TEXAS, THIS CAT APPEARED AT CITIZEN'S HOME IN LEAGUE CITY.
CITIZEN ASKED AN OFFICER IN THE AREA IF THEY COULD QUICKLY SCAN THE CAT.
HE'D BEEN FEEDING IT FOR A WHILE.
UM, AND HE WAS EATING HIS OUTDOOR, INDOOR OUTDOOR CATS FOOD.
HE WAS INTERESTED IN ADOPTING HIM, BUT THE KITTY HAD A MICROCHIP.
THE A PO GOT THE OWNER'S INFORMATION, UH, AND THE OWNER WAS OVER THE WOUND TO GET HER CAT BACK.
THEY SUSPECTED THE KITTY HAD SOMEHOW RODE IN HER CAR TO WORK, UM, AND SHE WISHED HE COULD TALK TO TELL HER STORY.
SO HER CAT, UM, MADE HIMSELF AT HOME OUTSIDE AND, UH, ALMOST FOUND HIMSELF ANOTHER HOME, UH, ADOPTION UPDATE.
MUFFIN, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU.
UM, NOW MUFFIN IS DOING HOW MUFFIN IS DOING AND HOW FLUFFY SHE HAS GOTTEN.
SHE LOVES HER HU LITTLE HUMANS AND CANINE SISTERS.
WE LOVE HER SO MUCH AND I'M SO HAPPY WE WERE ABLE TO ADOPT HER.
UM, ANOTHER, UM, UM, SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY CAT CAREGIVERS.
UH, JOHN HAS NOT ONLY THESE TWO KITTIES, BUT HE ALSO CARES FOR AND HIS DEDICATED A LOT OF TIME TO SOME OTHER COMMUNITY CATS IN HIS AREA.
SO WE ARE PROUD TO PARTNER WITH HIM.
UM, ROMEO, FORMERLY GINGERSNAP IS LIVING HIS BEST LIFE WITH HIS ADOPTERS.
UM, ANOTHER ADOPTION UPDATE WE RECEIVED RECENTLY, UM, WAS ZAZU.
UM, SHE JUST WANTED TO REACH OUT AND SAY THANK YOU AGAIN ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
I ADOPTED ZU FROM YOUR SHELTER AND HE'S SPENT MY WHOLE WORLD THIS PAST YEAR AND GOTTEN ME THROUGHOUT SO MUCH.
I ESPECIALLY WANTED TO THANK TODD VOLUNTEER.
HOPEFULLY HE MAY SEE THESE IMAGES OF ZAZU IN HIS FOREVER HOME.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
TOBY, WHO WAS ADOPTED IN APRIL, IS NOW ENJOYING A VACATION IN ARIZONA
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AND ANOTHER COMMUNITY CAT.ANOTHER VALUED COMMUNITY CAT CAREGIVER IS GREETING HER KITTY UPON RETURN.
SHE WAS SO HAPPY TO HAVE HIM HOME.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE KITTY WAS HAPPY TO BE HOME.
IS THAT, UM, WHAT'S HIS NAME? GO GOOFY.
UM, NO, I THINK THIS ONE WAS, THEY BROUGHT HIM IN.
NO, THIS WAS NAME THAT THEY DID.
WE COULD GO BACK TO FIND OUT WHAT HIS NAME WAS.
[6. Select next meeting date]
OKAY.LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM AND SELECT OUR NEXT MEETING.
DATE I MOTION FOR NOVEMBER 19TH.
DR. ROBINSON, SHE'S CHECKING HER CALENDAR.
YEAH, I SAID THAT BEFORE WHEN SHE TOLD ME SHE WASN'T GONNA BE HERE.
ALRIGHT, UH, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH NOVEMBER 19TH FOR OUR NEXT MEETING.
WE, THIS COMPLETES THE AGENDA.