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OFFICIAL MINUTES FOR: RBCERTAA BOARD MEETING August 2,
2005 - 6:30 p.m.* Billy’s Deli |
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Board Members
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Board Members
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Guests: |
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Garth McWhorter |
Bob Heil |
Valerie Heath |
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Margot Hoffman |
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Noble Smith |
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Alisa Zells |
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Jeff Adam |
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Michael Vaccaro Lisa Burke Bob Heil Gary Horn |
Fire Department
Liaison: None |
Monty Ruth Jeff Adam Lurraine Caruna Jared Van Sloten |
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Mike Grady |
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Marcelle McCollough |
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Jennifer Adam |
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Martha Mitchell |
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Peter DePortillo(6:40 PM) |
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Tanya Amaral |
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Ricardo Amaral |
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Meeting called to order by President Garth McWhorter at 6:36 p.m. (10 board members present.)
List of Board members present compiled by Secretary, Margot Hoffman.
A motion to set aside the approval of the July 2005 minutes was made by Mike Grady and seconded by Michael Vaccaro so that corrections could be completed and approved by all of the board members.
Introductions of our guests: Named as listed above.
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NEW BUSINESS:
Fire Department Corner:
Captain Rick Martinez did not attend the board meeting.
Regarding the CERT class 29 graduation, positive responses
were received from George, his crew and the
On a sad note, long-time RBCERTAA board member, Mike Grady resigned from his position as board member.
With Mike Grady’s resignation, Jeff Adam and Dennis Cajili will fill in the two spots vacated by Julie
Treher and Mike Grady.
Discussions regarding Mike Grady’s duties are pending.
The tasks include the following:
- E Mail Tree
- Trailer ( Lisa Burke volunteered)
- Bills for Yahoo web site $14.95
- Domain account
- AOL account
Per Mike Grady – RBCERTAA received two generators on loan from Honda.
No election will be needed, however, at the board meeting in September, Jeff Adam and Dennis
Cajili will be sworn in early in the meeting and the Executive board will be nominated and elected at the end of the meeting.
Community Open House 10/2/05 – Per Michael Vaccaro, the CERT display boards need to be updated.
Monty Ruth will do a slide show. Lisa Burke will chair the Community Open House Committee. Her committee members will include: Jeff Adam, Michael Vaccaro and Gary Horn.
Discussion regarding animal oxygen masks for dogs and cats is pending.
Old Business:
Treasurer’s Report:
Michael Vaccaro received $125.00 from Jennifer Adam for apparel sold.
Lisa Burke submitted a receipt for $130.00 for moulage supplies.
Lisa Burke submitted a receipt for $37.16 for sunscreen and Gatorade for graduation.
Mike Grady made a motion to accept the treasurer’s report. Alisa Zells seconded the motion. Michael Vaccaro abstained from the motion.
WEB
Site (Valerie Heath)
Per Valerie:
All classes have been updated up
to #28 and all minutes have been posted through June 2005. Training-
New class dates have been updated.
Pictures of Garth McWhorter and
Peter DePortillo will be posted. Pictures needed of new board members:
Jeff Adam and Dennis Cajili to
post on web site.
Sponsorship Web page will be
removed. Picutes under the Events Page
will be posted for: Fire
Department Open House, Memorial
Day Parade, -Fire Suppression Drill & -Graduation Drill
Class #29.
The
Calendar:Alisa Zells will update September and November information. Phone List and addresses of Board Members:Margot Hoffman advised that the phone numbers and addresses of the new board members will be updated as soon as elections are held for the executive board.
Funding & Equipment:
Per Gary Horn – More time will be spent on his
committee after his school ends shortly.
The trailer inventory needs to be completed
next month(September).
Phone Tree:
Mike Grady made a motion to tactfully give the
phone tree back to RB Fire Department. The motion
Was seconded by Lisa Burke.
A meeting with the RB Fire Department is
pending.
Le Boutique CERT
No 5’stickers are in stock per Jennifer Adam.
A motion by Gary Horn to revisit the pricing
of shirts. Alisa seconded the motion.
Discussion occurred regarding the whereabouts
of the missing $40.00 from the apparel bags which were returned by former
apparel Chairperson, Julie Treher. Investigation will be on-going regarding the
missing monies.
Graduation Day Drill Committee:
Lisa Burke is ready for the next class to begin.
Video/Photo Committee:
Progress is on-going.
Announcements:
Next board meeting is on 9/6/05.
Relay for Life made $311,000.00 and no heat-related injuries were reported.
Having no further business. the Board Meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:55 pm, per motion
by Mike Grady and seconded by Alisa Zells.
Respectfully submitted,
Margot Hoffman,
RBCERTAA Secretary
Minutes approved on September 6, 2005.