North Carolina
May 31st, 2002
University Hilton – Charlotte, NC (SAR 2002
Conference)
Randy McKinney called the
meeting to order at 1715 hours. Ken Anthony conducted roll with the following
teams represented:
Albemarle SAR Black Mountain Fire Dept.
Burke County SAR Charlotte Fire Dept.
Cooks Fire Dept. Down East SAR
NCEM NC
Parks
NC Task Force Randolph County SAR
Robeson County SAR REDS
Rowan Rescue Wake Canine SAR
Wake County EM
Officers present were Randy
McKinney – President, Alex Auten – Vice President, Larry Pugh – Treasurer, and
Ken Anthony - Secretary.
Randy began by thanking
everyone for attending the meeting. He informed everyone that an attempt had
been made to have a meeting on May 19, 2002, but a quorum were not present, and
the meeting had to be re-scheduled for May 31, 2002. He advised it had been
posted on the website and an updated agenda had been placed also for everyone
to review.
The meeting was opened and
everyone was ask if the minutes from the last meeting had been read and if
there were any corrections or additions to them. There was no discussion with a
motion we accept the minutes as written by Jeff Dulin with a second by Benny
Davis. Minutes were approved by voting membership present.
Larry reported that the
council still had a couple of teams with outstanding dues. Larry reported that
the balance of funds as of this date was $ 13,159.30.
Randy began by commending
Brian Smith for the hard work on preparing a re-write of the by-laws. Randy
opened the floor for discussion and requested to know if anyone present has not
had a chance to review them. Brian began by highlighting some of the new
changes. The only discussion was Benny Davis wished for it to be known that he
was against taking the cap off of term limits for Officers positions. Randy
responded by stating there may be a time when a qualified individual is in a
position and is doing an excellent job. The position will still be voted on by
the council before anything is approved. There was no more discussion and a
motion was placed on the floor by Alex Auten to accept the by-laws as they were
written. Second was by Jeff Dulin. Benny Davis opposed with all other members approving.
Same was approved.
Randy opened the floor for
discussion and ask Benny Davis if he had anything new to report. Benny reported
that there had been some movement as to the K9 Standard in North Carolina, but
he felt there was not necessary to re-invent what NASAR had already done. Randy
discussed that there will be a K9 Workshop held in Burke County on June 22,
2002, and that an instructor had been brought in from Tennessee to help train
and educate the dogs and the handlers, so as to prepare them for the SAR TECH
K9 Certification. Randy reported that NCEM had agreed to pick up the tab for
the rooms. Mac Morgan agreed that this was a good idea and he supported it.
Benny Davis brought a motion to the floor to accept NASAR K9 Standard as the
recommended standard for K9. There was no more discussion and it was brought to
a vote. Randy McKinney and Larry Pugh sustained with all other members in favor
of the recommendation. Same was approved. Ken will post on the website.
Randy reported that
Cleveland County FIRST Team and Haywood County Emergency Services had completed
application. Craig Bannerman reported that the teams had met the requirements
set by the council and all documents were on file. Randy opened the floor for
discussion. Motion was made by Craig Bannerman with a second by Ken Anthony
that Haywood and Cleveland be accepted as voting members for the council. Same
was approved by all voting members present.
NASAR SAR 2002 Conference Committee
Jeff Dulin wanted to say thank you to everyone. It is folks like NCSAR, that
had made this conference what is. Everything is going well and we are going to
have over 600 registered
Todd Brown from NCEM was
present and stated that the educational committee was in the process of
prioritizing the list for K9. He advised not much to report other than what had
been discussed about the K9 workshop to be held in Burke County. Randy appointed additional members to the
committee. Dave Cook and Bill Widener were added and Todd Brown was to serve as
Chairperson of the Educational Committee.
Ken requested to know if
everyone was familiar with the member’s section username and password. If you
needed to be issued the username and password, let him know. There was no
discussion.
Benny Davis was present and
reported that he did have a place to have the exercise, but it would be
difficult for instructors to use PowerPoint due to open shelters and too much light.
Benny reported that there will be camping but no cabins would be available. He
advised that private industry is in the process of logging the area and
everything should be complete by fall. Benny reported we might have a problem
with obtaining Community College support. We would need this support in order
to secure pay for the instructors to present. Benny requested to know if we
still wanted to present this in a LAST format and did everyone still want to
hold it in his county. He stated he might be able to obtain support from
another community college one county over. The floor was open for discussion.
Larry Pugh stated that it had always been standard to have a teaching type
exercise in the east and then a practical exercise in the west. Larry reiterated
that this fall exercise was real important to the council, as this exercise
will stand as a great fundraiser for us. Mac Morgan questioned if the exercise
really had to be in the east. Randy replied that it was tradition for it to be
east. Benny stated that the dates would be September 20-22, 2002. Randy advised
he would appoint a committee to assist Benny with coordination of the exercise.
He asks for volunteers and the committee volunteered was Larry Glass, Mike
Guzo, Randy McKinney, and Mac Morgan. Benny would update Randy as soon as he
found something out.
USAR Task Force
Mike Guzo reported that all the information was on the website for NCEM at www.ncem.org . He advised that the MOA’s are
being drafted now and should be available soon.
Mike Guzo stated that he had
been at a meeting at this conference with all the other State SAR Coordinators
present and the issued had been brought to their attention of the PLB’s. He
stated this was an issue that needed to be addressed in our state for it is
becoming a real issue. Mike stated that NC Emergency Management was going to
discuss the issue with Civil Air Patrol and he would keep the council updated
as information begins to develop.
Membership Dues
Larry discussed an issue that had been addressed in the new by-laws. He stated
that it was becoming a logistical nightmare trying to determine who was due
what month, now that the council has grown. The new guidelines for membership
due will be that all dues become due on the 31st of December each
year. If a team joins during the first half of the year, dues will be the
regular $50.00. If a team joins during the second half of the year, dues will
be $30.00. This should help Larry keep the dues more accurate and be more
beneficial to the teams.
Budget for FY 2002-03
Larry Pugh read the proposed budget to the members and advised everyone that
the textbook reimbursement had been dropped and the Officers had added $2000.00
to be used to conduct specialized training throughout the state. Randy stated
that there would be criteria for requesting and submitting a budget for
requested training. Floor was opened for discussion. Motion came from Benny
Davis that the budget be accepted as written and a second by Wike Graham. The
budget was approved by all voting members present.
Dr. McGuinn from the NCCART
reported that he was glad to be present. He stated he had been to the WTC and
has been able to work closely with the SAR community since 911. He states that
the Animal Hospital is on display and welcomes everyone to stop by and see the
display.
Larry Pugh wanted to say as
a Board member of NASAR, that the Board of Directors wishes to thank everyone
for all the hard work put forth in the making of the conference this year. Mike
Guzo asks Larry if some of the money that was donated to NASAR for K9 training
could be used to develop state and local teams for animals. Larry stated that
he was unsure as of now, but this could be addressed to the BOARD.
New Positions
Randy McKinney reported that under the new by-laws, there would be two more
additional officer positions elected. He stated this would assist the officers
in conducting minor business meetings without the need for a large quorum.
Randy opened the floor for nominations. Dave Carter, Greg Shuping, and Brian
Smith were nominated by the members present. These members were ask to leave
the room and a roll call was conducted by the secretary with instructions to
vote for two of the three members nominated. The two top winning votes were
Dave Carter and Brian Smith. Votes were as follows: Carter 21. Smith 12,
Shuping 9. Motion was made by Alex Auten to accept these members as the two
additional positions as officers to the NC SAR Council. Second by Bill Widener.
Approved by all members present.
Meeting was adjourned at
1700 hours and everyone was instructed that the next meeting would be on
September 20, 2002 in Bertie County at the Fall LAST Conference. In the event
the LAST is moved, the meeting will still take place on the 20th the
new location. The time will be 1930 hours.
Motion was made to adjourn
by Ken Anthony and second by Alex Auten. Approved by voting members present.
Minutes submitted by
Ken Anthony
Secretary
North Carolina SAR Council