An overview of Llama RescueNet
Llama RescueNet is a 501(c)(3)
nonprofit, tax-exempt corporation
Llama RescueNet is composed
entirely of volunteers
- All money received will be used
for operating expenses, such as veterinary care, sterilizations,
and feed for llamas; expense reimbursements for one-on-one educational
efforts, crisis assistance, intakes, and rescues; and "mundane"
necessities like insurance, loan payments, and office supplies.
- NO money goes for taxes.
- NO money goes for salaries.
Llama RescueNet has a three-member
Board of Directors
- The BoD is responsible for keeping
Llama RescueNet true to it's mission and tax-exempt status.
- The BoD oversees and ensures
national information dispersal, advertising, and fundraising.
- Some BoD members may also act
in a hands-on capacity as Coordinators or other volunteers, but
the BoD itself is not a hands-on entity.
Coordinators are Llama RescueNet's
hands-on representatives
- Coordinators conduct or oversee
actual RescueNet activities -- one-on-one education, crisis assistance,
intakes, and rescues -- in their local area
- Coordinators are the liaison
between Llama RescueNet and local volunteers, local media, and
local humane organizations
- Coordinators agree to act within
the basic Llama RescueNet guidelines, which give them the freedom
to act with a great deal of independence and flexibility to suit
individual situations without jeopardizing Llama RescueNet's
nonprofit status.
- Coordinators are provided with
a handbook containing information sheets and master forms that
make their jobs much simpler, and also contracts that clearly
put legal burden on Llama RescueNet as an organization.
- Coordinators are given the option
to operate individually, or to form a group and share tasks.
There are other extremely
vital volunteer roles.
Some will work with one or more Coordinators; others will network
with the national office or the BoD. Volunteers can fill more
than one role according to their talents and available time.
Coordinators and BoD members may also act in one or more of these
roles.
- Office Manager
- Foster care provider
- Transporter
- Remedial trainer (teaches basic
tasks such as haltering, leading, touch acceptance, and loading)
- Rehabilitator (teaches appropriate
behavior to llamas who have problematic or dangerous habits)
- Fundraiser (local and national)
- Information and law researcher
(national, state, and local)
- Professional service donor (veterinarian,
groomer/shearer)
- Crisis responder (may feed llamas
for ill owners or help during natural disasters)
- Mentor (provides one-on-one
educational assistance to llama owners)
And, of course, Llama
RescueNet could not exist without
llamas, adopters, and
DONORS!
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