USPCA REGION 1

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING

DECEMBER 18, 2014 LAKELAND, FLORIDA

 

Call to Order by President Aaron Peterman

Roll Call of Officers Present

President Aaron Peterman

Secretary Becky Schreiber

Treasurer Chad Whitaker

VP SW Jim Nichols

VP North Todd Hays

VP Central Tye Thompson

Trustees Roy Parker, Ron Bowling, Wayne Gulsby

 

Reading of Minutes from Last Meeting. Motion to waive and accept by Ron Bowling, 2nd by Roy Parker. Motion carried.

 

Treasurer’s Report

Discussion was held reference to our current bank, SunTrust has begun charging fees for the account. After the Regional, Chad will look around for another bank.

PayPal has been added to our Website to be used for payments at the minicertifications. The fee is $.37 per transaction.

Discussion was held concerning the storage unit being used to store all our old records. It was decided to discontinue this. Motion made by Ron Bowling, 2nd by Wayne Gulsby. This will be discontinued as soon as the contents are gone through and destroyed.

 

Committee Reports Nothing to Report

 

Officers Report

President

Haines City Police Department is continuing to prepare for the Region 1 Certification Trial in March 2015. In hopes of making a large turnout for the Trial, all K-9 units at Polk County Sheriff’s Office and the Cities are being asked to participate and support HCPD.

Secretary

It was asked to add more information to our website, www.uspca1.com, to include information received from the National Office. All agreed it would be a good idea to have as much updated information available to the members.

New Business

It was discussed by the President to ensure the correct costs were being applied to the mini certifications being held. The following is to be charged: Certification for 1 event $75.00 Each additional certification is $25.00. As an example, if a team certifies PD1 the cost is $75.00. If the team also participates in Detection, it’s an additional $25.00 Motion made by Ron Bowling, 2nd by Roy Parker. Motion carries. A form is being made and posted on our website for these certifications by Chad Whitaker.

 

With no further business, the meeting was Adjourned