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Meeting Minutes 01/12/08
Meeting Minutes 01/12/08
Jan 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
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