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Meeting Minutes 01/12/08

January 12, 2008

OREGON FIRE APPARATUS EQUIPMENT MECHANICS ASSOCIATION 
BOARD MEETING  
JANUARY 12, 2008 
NORTH LINCOLN FIRE & RESCUE DISTRICT #1  
OCEAN LAKE STATION 
 
LUNCH AT 12:00 of Pizzas 
 
CALL TO ORDER: at 12:18 P.M. by Art Blaisdell 
 
ATTENDANCE:  
Art Blaisdell, President 
George Eisert, Vice President 
Dan Grove, 2nd Vice President 
Dave Clark, 3 Year Director 
Kerry Bohanan, Life Member 
Neil Senger, Life Member 
Rick Fletcher, Executive Director 
Guests: Steve Senger, Susie Blaisdell, Stacey Grove &  
Chris Fletcher 
 
MINUTES: Last meeting minutes were read and approved. 
 
FINANCIAL REPORT:  
Financial report was handed out to members.  
 
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT: 
Rick reported that Quirt was absent due to weather, Don  
was in an EMT-I bridge class, and Dave Hopman due 
to  
health. 
Rick reported there are currently 105 members. 
Rick reported that the school flyers were mailed out on  
Jan 2nd and class info and registration were put on 
the  
web site on the 5th. Rick was able to use a bulk 
rate permit from his town's chamber of commerce for 
mailing  
the flyers, so it only cost $.25 each. 
The scholarship application was put on the web site on  
the 1st of Jan. and we have received 2 applications 
 
already. 
Rick signed a new contract with Chemeketa, because the  
one that was already signed was the wrong form 
according  
to Chemeketa.  
Rick will put together an equipment needs list for each  
class, and purchase some NFPA 1911 manuals for some 
of  
the classes. He will draft up the letter to sesame 
Donuts for the week, & contact Wilson Heirgood about  
hospitality room sponsorship.  
Rick will be contacting caterer Tina about lunches for  
the Hydraulics class on Wednesday, when they go to 
Linn  
Benton college, we may need to deliver them. 
Dan asked if we work with Washington on the scheduling  
of classes as to not duplicate classes they are 
doing, I  
will try to work more with Washington for next 
year. 
COMMITTEES REPORT: 
Education:  
Classes are posted on the web. 
 
EVT Validation: 
Rick and Don Gleason are going to the  
EVT Validation Conference on the 23 thru the 26th 
of  
Jan. and will try to attend the FMCC meeting while 
there. 
 
Vendors: 
George will be mailing out the vendor applications 
next  
week. He has a few new Vendors already. George is 
also  
letting vendors know that we won't have a schedule 
 
conflict with EVT Testing at the same time as the  
vendor show. He wants a weather guaranty for that 
day  
to be able place apparatus out side and make it 
less  
crowded inside. 
 
Scholarship: Bo reports that we have gotten 2  
applications to date, one from Elsie-Vinemaple  
Fire Dept. and one from Crook County Fire & 
Rescue.  
Hope to get more applications 
 
OLD BUSINESS:  
George asked if H&W was going to do sponsor a  
scholarship again this year, and Rick said that 
Steve  
Jahns hadn't replied back from emails he sent. 
George  
will try to contact Steve and let Rick know. 
Rick will contact Hughes Fire about it also. Rick will  
add it to the scholarship if it happens. 
Bo reported that the cup picture has been send to  
Gravagraphics already and cups are ordered, He is 
having  
difficulty getting the shirt pictures to Condor and 
that Condor is busy and this will be his last year to do 
our  
shirts, due to retirement. 
 
NEW BUSINESS: 
We will need to replace Dave Hopman's board position at  
the annual meeting due to his retirement, if anyone 
is  
interested. 
George had the 2008 membership decals made by Mark  
Carroll. 
Dan Grove asked about the possibility of us doing ARFF  
classes in the future, will need to start looking 
for  
instructors for the ARFF series.  
GOOD OF THE ORDER:  
Rick asked that members forward items of interest like  
recalls, or tsb's, to him so that he can put them 
on the  
website for others. 
 
MEETING ADJOURNED: at 3:00 P.M. 
 
NEXT MEETING:  
March 9th, 2008, 17:00 
Phoenix Inn North 
Hospitality Room 101 
Salem, Or. 97305 Site Meter

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