North Carolina
September 15, 2001
Camp Caraway Conference Center - Asheboro, North
Carolina
Randy McKinney called the
meeting to order at 2000 hours. A moment of silence was observed for the
victims lost in the tragic terrorism event on September 11, 2001. Roll was
called with the following members present:
Albemarle SAR Black
Mountain SAR
Burke
County SAR Charlotte
Fire Dept.
Down
East SAR NC
Parks-Eno River State Park
Cooks Volunteer Fire
Department Wake Canine SAR
Special Guest: Mylea Wade of NASAR
Randy began the meeting with
updating everyone that Larry Pugh had to leave due to an emergency illness with
his father. Other Officers present were Alex Auten and Ken Anthony.
The minutes from the
previous meeting was handed out and the floor was open for discussion. Motion
was made by Alex Auten that the minutes be accepted as written. Second by Benny
Davis and approved by membership.
Larry could not be and a
detailed report was not given. Larry had reported to Ken that all was going
well with the LAST Conference and the Council should do well.
Randy stated that the
council has appointed a by-laws committee to review the current by-laws and
make recommendations. Randy stated that the committee had met informally and
some areas had been fine-tuned. Bryan Smith reported that nothing had been
deleted from the bylaws. This copy was in draft form and was noted on the
copies. Bryan named several areas that had the changes made and opened the
floor for discussion. Several members had ideas and were noted by Bryan. Bryan
is to complete the final draft of the bylaws and then it will be submitted on
the web page for your review in the member’s section. Anyone wishing to make
recommendations please submit them to Bryan and all changes will be brought to
the Council at the next meeting. Randy commended Bryan for the committee’s hard
work
Benny Davis was present and
reported that the committee had met and reviewed NASAR K9 Standards, in an
effort of developing a standard for NC SAR Council to recommend. A copy of the
draft standard was given out for everyone to review. These standards would be
generic and would be flexible for each team to adapt and use as they see fit.
Christy Judah has the draft on disk and will e-mail to Ken next week to be
placed on the members section of the web page. Anyone with comments or
suggestions, please submit to Benny Davis after reviewing.
Randy again reminded
everyone that Larry was called away due to an emergency with his father. Randy
reported that a few attendees and instructors had been lost due to the attacks
on US and the deployment of some local personnel. Randy reported that somewhere
around 110 attendees were present at the conference and all seemed to be going
well. Randolph County SAR was commended for the hard work and long hours spent
preparing for the conference. There are a few LAST T-shirts still available if
anyone has not purchased one.
NASAR SAR 2002
Everyone was informed that the International SAR Conference sponsored by NASAR
is coming to North Carolina in May 2002. The dates are May 30 – June 2, 2002.
This is the first time the conference has been to North Carolina since the
early 90’s Randy reported. He stated that a committee had been assembled of the
NC SAR Council, Charlotte FD, NC Emergency Management, and NC Office of EMS to
co-sponsor the event. Alex auten reported that the recent events at the WTC had
prompted a possible change in some of the key speakers for the conference. Alex
advised the committee was to contact some of the key players in the Incident
Command of the Terrorism Event at New York and hoped to have them to speak.
Alex would update everyone as the committee found out information. Alex advised
this was the only change from the original format for the conference. He
advised the USAR track would be in place and loaded heavily with information.
Alex reported that the hotel and location was great with a variety of
activities in the area. We are trying to really draw NC folks into the
conference and everyone was invited to attend. Mylea Wade from NASAR was
present and advised that any NC SAR Council Member could register at any time
for the conference for only $150.00. Mylea ask that you place NCSAR Council on
your registration. Bruce Keever recommended that the council set up a booth and
maybe sell t-shirts. Randy agreed and assigned Bruce to head up this endeavor.
Anyone wishing to provide input can contact Alex or Randy.
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
has renewed the domain name and web page is good for an additional year. Some
changes have been made. Ken opened the floor for any questions concerning the
page and placed a request for any training that needed to be added. There was
no discussion.
Randy McKinney advised
everyone that according to the current bylaws, all new members were to go in
front of a membership committee. A committee of Randy McKinney, Craig
Bannerman, and Ken Anthony met with Mitchell County K9 after the last council
meeting. Ken Anthony was asking to report on that meeting. The meeting was held
at the Burke County EOC and the following items were presented and were on file
with the secretary of the council: Current roster of all members, copy of
minutes showing adoption of NCSAR Council Training Standards, proof of
insurance for the team and members, and a structured format for maintaining
personnel training records. Ken reported that all items were present and it was
evident hat Mitchell K9 was a well-structured team. Ken Anthony recommended
that Mitchell County K9 be accepted as a member in good standing after submitting
all required documents and filing them with the council. Randy McKinney opened
the floor for discussion. Mac Morgan requested to know if the team submitted
proof of being tax exempt. Randy advised Mac that this was not one of the
requirements in the bylaws. There was no other discussion and the floor was
opened for a motion. Motion was made by Randy Webb and second by Orval Banks to
accept Mitchell County K9. Approved by membership present.
Standing Committees
Randy advised he had re-assigned the standing committees with the following
personnel:
Membership West
Craig Bannerman
Jimmy Rushing
Ken Anthony
Membership Central
Bryan Smith
Larry Pugh
Membership East
Benny Davis
Christy Judah
Larry Glass
Education Committee
Orval Banks
Todd Brown
Council T-Shirts
Randy made sure everyone was aware of the council t-shirts and hats that were
for sale at the conference. Randy advised everyone that the council was going
to place them on the website for sale with the following prices; t-shirts
10.00, polo shirts 20.00, and ball caps 15.00. Each order would be charged a
single $5.00 shipping fee no matter what the size of the order. There will be
online ordering forms on the website in the next week
Textbook Reimbursement
Ken Anthony reported that the textbook and certification reimbursements was
still in place. The guidelines are $20.00 for each book and $20.00 for SAR TECH
I and II Certification Exams. The reimbursement would be for ISAR, ADSAR,
FUNSAR, and MLPI.. It was stressed that everyone should update his or her team
roster on the online form in order to receive his or her reimbursement. If a
team member is not on the list, they will not be reimbursed. The instructor of
the course will need to submit a list of names stating completion of the course
along with addresses for reimbursement. Ken is going to update the web page
with the guidelines in the next week.
Craig Bannerman reported
that the WNC SAR Exercise 2002 would be held in Buncombe County. The proposed
dates are March 20-24, 2002. The cost of the exercise will be per day, which
will include camping, meals, and registration. If you are staying in a motel,
the price will be the same. Anyone with input for the exercise needs to contact
Craig. The web page will be updated as soon as the information is complete.
Ray Lewis requested everyone
to remember Joe Minney in their thoughts and prayers. His wife had recently
undergone open-heart surgery.
There was no further
business with a motion to close the meeting was made by Dave Carter. Second by
Benny Davis. All approved. The next meeting will be February 24, 2002 at the NC
State EOC in Raleigh. Mike Guzzo stated he would send Ken direction to the EOC
to be placed on the website.
Meeting was adjourned at
2125 hours.
Minutes submitted by
Ken Anthony
Secretary
North Carolina SAR Council