Minutes

Called to order:  4:05 pm

Moment of silence

Roll Call: All present except V.P. Southeast Amanda Cummings and Past President Jose Bose

Treasurer Report:  No longer doing spread sheets everything is going to Quick Books. $20,154.96. Trial account looks pretty good. Chad explained the steps we have taken to become tax exempt. Cory Bowling made motion to accept the Treasurer’s Report and Bob Dudley seconded.

Secretary Report: Currently 221 members. In 2025 we certified 180 teams. We have 38 certified Judges in the Region. Received the insurance policy from Sportsman covering our Executive Board from civil lawsuits. Chad Whitaker made the motion to accept the Secretary’s report and seconded by Roy Parker.

Report of Officers:

A motion was made to approve the articles of incorporation, Bylaws change, and Resolution by Ryan McLaughlin and seconded by Cory Bowling as posted in our mass email: Passed

Old Business:

Chad explained what is to come with the tax exemption and how it may cove all three states, Florida, Georga, and Alabama that we have members. It’s a learning process.

New Business

Good of the association:

Adjourned at 4:27 pm

Called to order:  9:00 am

Moment of Silence

Roll Call: All present except V.P. Southeast Amanda Cummings and Past President Jose Bose

Treasurer Report:  No longer doing spread sheets everything is going to Quick Books. $20,154.96. Trial account looks pretty good. Chad explained the steps we have taken to become tax exempt. Jim Nichols made motion to except the Treasurer’s and Bob Dudley seconded.

Secretary Report: Currently 221 members. In 2025 we certified 180 teams. We have 38 certified Judges in the Region. Received the insurance policy from Sportsman covering our Executive Board from civil lawsuits. Chad Whitaker made the motion to except the Secretary’s report and seconded by Cory Bowling.

Report of Officers:

Bob Dudley had a suggestion on how to combine Judges from P.D.1 with Detection and get it done quicker. He went on to say the reason for the downtick in P.D.1 is the rules changes for the recall.

Susan Rogers suggested we create a program to send to the hos of each Regional Trial to gather registration information.

Jim Nichols updated the Board on the 2027 Regional in Charlotte County and mentioned U.S.F. may be interested in hosting the Trials in 2028.

Old Business:

Chad explained what is to come with the tax exemption and how it may cove all three states, Florida, Georga, and Alabama that we have members. It’s a learning process.

New Business:

Cory Bowling brought up a possible rule change for Firearms certification.

Good of the association:

Voted to approve the “Jim Nichols” Top Narcotics Dog award and the “Paul Koing” Top Explosive Dog award at our Regional Trials.

Adjourned at 9:53

March 8, 2025

Held Via Zoom

Meeting called to order by President Peterman at 11:03 am

Moment of silence

Absent from the meeting: Jose Bosque, Amanda Cummings, Todd Hays, and Wayne Gulsby. A quarum was present.

President Peterman advised we had three (3) letters requesting to host our 2026 Regional Trials, Orange
Beach P.D., Gulf Shores P.D., and Miami P.D.

The Board voted for Orange Beach to host the 2026 Regional Trial.

A date was set to conduct a mini certification in Miami on 4-23-25. Chief Judge is Jeff Barrett. Scoring
Judges will be Jim Nichols and Chad Whitaker.

Motion to adjourn at 11:13.

FEBREUARY 9, 2025

LAKELAND, FL

CALL TO ORDER: By President Peterman at 5:05 pm

MOMENT OF SILENCE called by President Peterman

ROLL CALL: All present with the exception of Past President Jose Bosque and V.P. Southeast Amanda
Cummings.

TREASURER REPORT: $28,947.99. Motion to approve report, passed.

SECRETARY REPORT: 282 Current members. Held 22 mini certifications in 2024, 193 teams. Therapy
Dogs still on the incline, new members. Chief Judges and score keepers note changes to some of the
score programs.
Motion made to approve: passed.

REPORT OF OFFICERS:
Trustee Roy Parker asked that the Treasurer provide a print out of our finances prior to meetings.
Treasurer Whitaker agreed and will comply.

V.P. Central Cory Bowling: Regionals are looking good.

Trustee Susan Rogers took on the task of updating our Events manual and ByLaws.

OLD BUSINESS:

NEW BUSINESS: Several requests for mini certifications were brought up and approved.

GOOD OF THE ASSOCIATION: There was a long discussion about rule changes and the upcoming election.

Motion made and approved to change our events manual to make public demos at Region Trials
optional instead of a requirement.

Motion made to adjourn and approved at 5:40pm.