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July M I N U T E S
NEXT MEETING
The August 5th, 2009 , 720th SNCA meeting at 10:00 a.m. will be hosted by the Nederland Fire and Rescue and held at The Schooner Restaurant in Nederland.
The 719th Sabine Neches Chiefs Association meeting was hereby called to order at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday July 1st, 2009 at the Pompano Club in Port Neches and was hosted by The Sabine Neches Chiefs Association.
Andrew Garcia gave the invocation.
John Owens led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Self-introductions were made and Stephen Curran, President SNCA, welcomed the membership and thanked BASF for sponsoring the meeting. Andrew Garcia with BASF also welcomed the group and expressed a deep appreciation of the association and its members.
The following SNCA Officers were excused: Aleta Cappen, Jeff Kelley and Butch Holmes.
CORRESPONDANCE
None
TREASURERS REPORT
Information compiled by Terry Basham, Sec. /Treasurer with the assistance of John Avery, PAFD
Balance as of 7-01-09.
Checking: $22,843.99
CD $4,967.86
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Total Balance $27,811.85
We have received the last payment for this year’s Golf Tournament. Our official profit for the tournament was $5,522.74. A BIG thanks for everyone who helped make this event such a success.
A motion was made by Greg Fountain and seconded by Cindy Powers to approve the report from the Treasurer. Motion passed.
A motion was made by Larry Richard and seconded by Dale Jackson to donate the golf tournament profits to LIT (Lamar Institute of Technology) for the scholarship fund. Motion passed.
NEW BUSINESS: None
PROGRAM
There was not a program due to this being our Strategic Planning Meeting. Off Duty Services was given a minute to give an overview of their services. A brochure was available.
STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS
The President stated that the Strategic Plan was complete and asked for comments from each committee and then opened the floor for discussion.
Dennis Gifford made a motion to form a committee to update our SNCA Emblem & Website Address to better inform the public of our organization and also issue a press release to the media concerning our recent 60th Anniversary. The motion was seconded by Cindy Powers. Motion carried. Dennis Gifford will be the chairperson.
Nomination Committee:
System is working well, please keep up the great work! The association members always step up anytime there is a need.
Membership Committee:
Need everyone’s assistance to recruit new members. Need to try and get school districts involved and become members.
Constitution and By-Laws:
No report/update
Audit:
Two-thirds of the members pay on time. It does take a lot of time to follow-up when members are delinquent/don’t pay. We need to follow-thru on dropping non-paying members per our Constitution and By-Laws.
Training and Education:
Please note the upcoming training.
August 27-28th: Fire Show at the Dallas Convention Center
Any IFC member gets a free pass to attend the show and booths without attending classes.
The Policy Academy has mandatory classes at LIT.
Nov 22-25th, 2009 Texas EMS Conference
Fr. Worth, Texas
http://www.texasemsconference.com/texas_ems_2009.htm
For calendar updates or additions, or for more information regarding training an education, please e-mail Elgin Browning at ebrowning@gt.rr.com
Communications Committee:
http://setinfo.org is a very good web site for pertinent information during disasters (see below).
Inventory:
No report
Bosses Night:
Bosses Night will be held at the Groves Community and Activity Center which has a fresh new face! It is scheduled for Monday, December 7th, 2009.
Program Committee:
The 2010 programs will have a new focus. The goal is to get a wider variety of programs that not only include Fire and Emergency Response but will expand to Law Enforcement, Emergency Medical, Health and other topics.
Drill and Exercises:
Have a national security exercise coming up the week of July 27th.
Homeland Security:
No report
Overhead Team:
The 2009 AHIMT Training and Education Conference is coming up November 4-6 in
Registration information and hotel reservations can be found on the following website http://ahimt.net.
Strategic Planning:
Plan is approved and has been sent out to all members. Copies are available at the entrance.
PLEASE NOTE THE UP-COMING HOSTS:
MONTH YEAR ENTITY
September 2009 Motiva
October 2009 Port
November 2009
December 2009
ADJOURN
A motion was made by Vernon Pierce and seconded by Pat Grimes to adjourn the 719th meeting at 11:40 am. Motion passed. Meeting adjourned.
Respectfully Submitted,
Secretary/Treasurer
