Meeting held at the Denver Merchandise Mart, Denver Colorado.

* Call to order
Vice-President Rick Hebdon called the meeting to order and requested that members and guests sign in. A synopsis of the board meeting held on the 15th was read to the members present.

* Member Complaints and Resolution
There have been a number of complaints regarding sales of fraudulent items, after some discussion by the board, it was decided that the board will contact any member a complaint has been filed against, and encourage them to resolve the complaint with their clients. Three separate unresolved complaints (by separate complainants) will result in a vote by the membership to expel the member. A letter will be sent to the member involved and the client. The membership voted to approve these actions.

* Poor Communication
A number of people have complained that they sent in an application for membership, and that their checks were not cashed, nor did they receive any communication for the association. The board resolved that every new member will receive a letter and an email welcoming them to the association. Every attempt will be made to contact members whose email bounce, and those dropped from active membership will also be contacted by mail.

* Sample Contract
A sample collecting contract was received, and reviewed by the board. The contract will hopefully prevent any conflicts that may arise with land owners. Mike Triebold will have his attorney do a final review, and any change will be made. The document will then be made available on our web site. The membership voted to accept the contract with any amendments proposed by the attorney.

* Senate Bill S.263
The status of the bill was reported on by George Winters. It passed the senate, and was delivered to congress where it was assigned to several sub committees for their review and future action. Links are posted on the AAPS website to the status of the bill, as well as where members can find information on their local representatives. The board recommends that members immediately contact their representatives regarding the bill. Updates will be posted in all future newsletters.

* Publications Committee
Reports from the committee regarding the collecting guide and journal will be postponed until November.

* Past Due Membership Dues
As of this meeting, we have 65 business members and 49 general members that are in arrears for their 2005 dues. A final letter will be mailed with an invoice for their dues, non payment will result in dropped memberships.

* Awards and Scholarships
One application for the Charles H. Sternberg award has been received, the letter of application was read to the membership, and there was a unanimous vote to award the medal to the applicant at Tucson. The name of the recipient will be kept confidential until the Tucson meeting.

* Treasurer's Report
At the last board meeting held on June 11th, the board voted to cash in one CD to make funds available for the Kemmerer Mural Project in the amount of $2,000.00. When the CD matured on the 23rd of July 2005. These funds ($3,039.37) were deposited and cleared in the checking account on the 26th of July and the check was mailed. Additionally, the board approved expanding our web site server capabilities to include database services. On August 8th 2005, AAPS contacted with Godaddy.com to host our domain on their servers an annual fee of $147.86 was paid.

The following expenditures were made since our last board Meeting;

Check Number 1076, $2,000.00 - 26 July 2005, with board approval to the Kemmerer Rotary Club to subsidize the mural project.

Check Number 1077, $268.00 - August 12, 2005, with Board approval to XPO Press for Denver Advertisements.

Debit Card $147.86 - August 8 2005, with Board Approval to Godaddy.com for domain hosting with database capabilities and domain names aaps.net, and aaps-email.net annual fees.

Debit Card 209.40 - August 17 airline ticket SLC to Denver for George Winters.

Current Balance Checking Account Number 0634897151, $4,574.36


Our current money market CD's remain unchanged, and our next report from Bank One will be available before our February Meeting. We will have expenses to pay for the Denver Show, which include Hotel, hourly wages and per-diem for George Winters Invoice attached. These need to be approved in advance so that they can be paid at the end of the show. The board approved payment. Bank records are available for review by members during the show.

* New Business
1. Neal Larson introduced his proposal for AAPS to become a sponsor for the planned symposium "The Western Interior Late Cretaceous" a tribute to the life of W.A. Bill Cobban. The symposium will be held at the Colorado School of Mines, Golden Colorado, during September or October of 2006. The membership agreed with the boards proposal, and voted to approve the donation of $1,000.00.

2. Tanya Hester introduced her plan for a new dinosaur museum to be built and as a non-profit museum in Alpine Wyoming. Tanya will head the project, and is offering t-shirts to raise funds. Neal proposed that we include information on this and other projects that Association members are involved in, that give back to the community. Other projects to be mentioned in future newsletters and on the web site include the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resourse Center's fund raising for victims of hurricane Katrina.

3. Brad Hicks of Xpo Press was introduced to the membership, and members were encouraged to take out advertising in the 2006 AAPS show guide. Links will be posted on the web site.

4. There was a discussion regarding membership cards, and it was decided that the association should look into developing a pin for members to wear. George winters will look into this, and notify the membership in the next newsletter with pricing. We will try and have the pins available during the Tucson Show.

* Adjournment
Having no other business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned.

Minutes recorded and submitted by George Winters.