North Carolina
February 24th, 2002
NC State EOC - Raleigh, North Carolina
Randy McKinney called the
meeting to order at 1315 hours. Ken Anthony conducted roll with the following
teams represented:
Black Mountain SAR Brunswick County SAR
Burke
County SAR Charlotte
Fire Dept.
Cooks Fire Department Down East SAR
NC Parks-Eno River State Park NC
Emergency Management
NC SAR Dog Assoc.– Central Unit Randolph
County SAR
Sandhills Overland Search - SOS Wake
Canine SAR
Officers present were Randy
McKinney – President, Alex Auten – Vice President, Larry Pugh – Treasurer, and
Ken Anthony - Secretary.
The minutes from the
previous meeting was handed out and the floor was open for discussion. Motion
was made by Benny Davis that the minutes be accepted as written. Second by Ray
Lewis and approved by voting membership.
Larry reported that the Fall
Exercises were doing well for the Council. Larry reported that the Council
checking has $ 12, 440.22. No other discussion from the Treasurer.
Randy began by commending
Brian Smith for the hard work on preparing a re-write of the by-laws. Randy
recommended a 60 day review of the finished product and for them to also to be
posted on the website. Brian could not be present but had briefed Ray Lewis on
the progress. Ray stated that there was not much to report. Brian had expressed
that he was almost complete and had updated Randy. Ray recommended Randy to
discuss the changes. Randy gave a brief synopsis of the changes and advised
that they would be available for review soon. Benny Davis commented that he was
glad to see the council grow to where it is today. Craig Bannerman advised
everyone to take these by-laws serious and look them over well. This would be
the guideline that would lead the council to its new height. Motion was made by
Craig Bannerman that we review the by-laws for 60 days after posted and approve
them after that. Same was second by Benny Davis with approval by voting
membership present.
Benny Davis was present and
reported that the standards had ran into several stumbling blocks. Benny
recommended that the council accept NASAR Standards. There are several problems
with NASAR Standards, but NASAR has agreed to work out the differences with the
council. Christy stated that someone from North Carolina should be on the
committee from NASAR and Larry Pugh was to look into it. Randy suggested that a
workshop be held unless someone else had suggestions. Christy commended the
idea and stated that a Beta Certification could be given during this workshop.
Randy agreed that he would speak to NASAR about same.. Randy also stated that
if the council would send a letter to Cheryl Kennedy, this may help to move
things along. Randy closed with stating that he and Benny would send a letter
and shoot for the end of June or in July. Randy also offered to serve as the
sponsor County for this Workshop, and run the education through Western
Piedmont Community College.
Randy reported that the REDS
Team had submitted application and that Brian Smith had met with them and that
all requirements according to the By-Laws had been met. Randy opened the floor
for discussion. The was no discussion and the motion to accept REDS as a voting
member of the North Carolina SAR Council was made by Alex Auten and second by
John Bilsky. Approved by voting members present. Next item was that Joni Joyce
Seminars had applied as a Sustaining Member (Business). Motion was made from
Ray Lewis to accept Joni Joyce Seminars with a second from Alex Auten. There
was no discussion and same was approved by all voting members present. The next
item was Charlotte Area Search and Rescue. No one seemed to be familiar with this
team and Benny Davis made a motion that voting be tabled until next meeting
until someone could contact them. Second by Ken Anthony. Randy appointed Alex
Auten to contact them and report back at the next meeting. Craig reported that
Asheville Fire and Buncombe County Rescue were still preparing the requested
documents and he would report back to the committee at the next meeting. Randy
also stated that Cleveland County was in the process of completing membership
requirements and should be ready next meeting. Randy and other Officers present
welcomed REDS and Joni Joyce Seminars (who were present) to the Council and
stated we look forward to working with them in the future.
NASAR SAR 2002 Conference Committee
Everyone was informed that the International SAR Conference sponsored by NASAR
is coming to Charlotte North Carolina in May 2002. The dates are May 30 – June
2, 2002. Alex Auten reported that he thought registration was going well. The
next meeting will be on April 16 and final preparations were being made. Alex
reminded everyone to update your roster with Ken and when you completed your
registration, to put NC SAR Council on you registration in order to get the
special price of $150.00 for the entire conference. Alex advised that the
agenda had been placed on www.nasar.org for
everyone to review. Alex stated that tremendous amount of work had been
completed so as to make this conference a great one and host NASAR Southern
Style. Larry reminded everyone that pre-conference workshops would be held in
Burke County.
Larry stated that the MOA
for monies from NC Emergency Management in the amount of $ 10,000.00 was in
place and ready to be signed. The money would be to train personnel at the
conference and there is estimated that $ 2,000.00 will be left over. Larry
recommended to match this money from the council and reimbursement for SAR 2002
registrations will be for people attending the entire conference. We will not
reimburse for one or two day attendance. Reimbursement will be determined
by NASAR records of
registration and attendance. Total number of council roster members attending
will be divided into the $4,000 allocation for reimbursement. This would help
promote council teams to attend. Motion to the effect was made by Mike Guzo and
second by Benny Davis. There was no discussion and same was approved by all
voting members present.
Ken requested to know if
everyone was familiar with the members section username and password. If you
needed to be issued the username and password, see him after the meeting. Ken
reminded everyone how to complete your resource questionnaire on-line and also
how to complete your roster updates. The council web page has received over
20,000 hits so far from over 16 different countries. There was no discussion.
Craig reported that the
final planning committee meeting will be held next week and everything should
be a go. He reminded everyone that camping space was limited for campers but
plenty of room for tents. Everyone was ask to please pre-register online to
assist with logistical support. Craig also reminded us that the search area had
been expanded this year.
Fall Exercise
Larry stated that the exercise was on schedule for September 20, 2002. Larry
suggested that due to new relaxed standards from NASAR, that the council change
the name to LAST. This was made in form of motion from John Bilsky and second
by Kim Hyre. Approved by all voting members present. Benny and Larry advised
brochure would be out later this summer.
Larry recommended that the
dues be changed to a pro-rate for different months of the year. He suggested
this so that all dues will be due at the beginning of the year. Larry
recommended this be changed in the new by-laws. Randy advised he would report
same to Brian to be changed. Larry asks everyone to adhere to guidelines for
textbook reimbursement. He reminded everyone when submitting for reimbursement,
he needs the name and address of each person buying books so the check could be
sent to them instead of sending all monies to the team. Larry also reminded
everyone that the reimbursement is good for only one time per year. Everyone
was reminded of the council apparel on the website.
Council Charter
Randy reported that the registered name on the council charter was Larry Jones
along with his address. Larry recommended that the council change this and
decide on a name and address for the charter. Motion was made by Randy McKinney
to change this to Larry Pugh with the new address of PO Box 1321 Asheboro NC
27204. This is the new address for the council. Same was second by KenA nthony
and approved by all voting members present.
USAR
Randy and Mike Guzo reported that money had been allocated for USAR Teams with
Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, and Thomasville being selected as Type I Teams.
Mike reported that a budget is to be submitted requesting this money. Mike
reported that Type II Teams would be selected by competative applications. Mike
reminded everyone that this is for USAR Teams only. This information is to be
posted on www.ncem.org website. The question
was brought up as for the K-9 FEMA Standard. It was agreed upon that there
should be a MOA between the council and the state to provide K-9 resources.
Everyone was reminded to let
Ken know if you have any training so it could be placed on the website. There
was no further business with a motion to close the meeting was made by Ken
Anthony. Second by Benny Davis. All voting members approved. The next meeting
will be May 19 @ 1300 hours at Ash-Rand Rescue to approve the upcoming budget.
Meeting was adjourned at
1520 hours.
Minutes submitted by
Ken Anthony
Secretary
North Carolina SAR Council