Minutes

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

HELD IN LAKELAND, FL (IN PERSON)

CALL TO ORDER: By President Peterman at 9:37 am

MOMENT OF SILENCE called for by President Peterman

ROLL CALL: Roll called by Secretary: All present except Past President Jose Bosque

TREASURER REPORT: $32,475.28

SECRETARY REPORT: 282 current members. Held 25 mini certifications in 2023. Palm Beach S.O. is still
seeking to certify approximately 20 Therapy Canines in the near future (new members). Not looking
good for Steven Dailey from Region 10/1.
Motion to accept Secretary report, passed.

REPORT OF OFFICERS:
Roy Parker: stepped down as Judges Committee Chair. Turned over to Bob Dudley.
Asked for a detailed report be sent to all Trustees prior to future meetings. Treasurer Whitaker agreed

Bob Dudley: Okalossa asked for a PD1 certification, approved.

Jim Nichols: Pinellas wants a mini certification, approved.

Cory Bowling: Regional Trials doing well. Thanked Jeff Barrett for all his support.

Trustee Susan Rogers: Will update our By Laws and Events manual.

OLD BUSINESS:

NEW BUSINESS: Cory Bowling: We can shorten the duration of our Regional Trials.
By Laws change: In the future we will not require a demo when you host a Regional Trial.

GOOD OF THE ASSOCIATION: Contact Fair Hope, Al. P.D. regarding the 2026 Regional, they turned it
down. Update on the Rich Geraci situation. VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!!!!
Long discussion on Judges membership. It was not changed.
Ron Bowling urged Judges and Score keppers to check the rule changes.
President Peterman discussed the rule changes and the National Board meeting in Baton Rouge to include the nomination of Trustees. Urged everyone to vote.

Motion to adjourn at 10:33 am.

                                                     REGION ONE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING

                                                                      December 1, 2024

                                                                 Meeting held via Zoom

Called to order by the President at 1:04 pm

Moment of silence

The Secretary swore in new officers: Amanda Cummings, V.P. Southeast and Ryan McLaughlin, Alt. Trustee.

Roll call: All present except Past President Jose Bosque and Trustee Wayne Gulsby.

Treasurer Report: Current balance is $31,408.56. It was discussed going to Quick Books for book keeping but was decided to stay where we are. Chad advised our current system will be an easy turn over to a new Treasurer. Motion to accept the Treasurer report made and passed.

Secretary Report: Motion made to accept the previous meeting minutes was made and passed. Currently at 344 members. So far this year we have conducted 17 mini certifications and certified 138 K-9 teams. We still have 4 mini certifications scheduled for 2024. The Therapy Dog concept is continuing to thrive. Motion was made to accept the Secretary report was made and passed. Many thanks to Past President Jeff Barrett for his involvement with our “mass email” system.

Report of Officers: Trustee Roy Parker requested the Treasurer report be emailed to all Trustees Board agreed. Roy also inquired as to when the hotel information would be made public. Between the Board and Roy, it was agreed the host for the 2024 Regional will make reservations for Judges and Score Keepers. Roy Parker also asked for the Score Keeper at the Regional furnish score sheets to scoring judges.

V.P. Cummings is recruiting Palm Beach County for P.D.1 Members.

V.P. Dudley asked for approval for a P.D.1 certification in the Panhandle after the first of the year. Motion made and passed.

V.P. Central advised things are going well for the upcoming Regional in Lakeland, Fl.

President Peterman advised he would contact Fairhope P.D. to see if they were still interested in hosting the Regional in 2026.

President Peterman urges Region One members to support Herb Bennett for National President and said the Region needs to use all of our resources to support Herb Bennett.

President Peterman reviewed the National Board meeting. There was much discussion on the coming rule changes and the Board agrees the rule changes will not be good for P.D. 1 membership.

Secretary asked for prayers and thoughts to go out for Russ Hess who is in the hospital.

Roy Parker asked the Score Keepers attend Judges meeting.

Motion to adjourn

 MARCH 17, 2024, ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FL.

Call to order by President Aaron Peterman at 4:05 pm, CST.

Moment of silence

ROLL CALL OF BOARD MEMBERS:

All present except Past President Jose Bosque, V.P. Southeast Andy Wieman, and Alternate Trustee Ryan Back.

TREASURER REPORT:

Currently $24,989.70, this includes travel for this meeting. Motion to accept Treasurer Report made by Ron Bowling seconded by Roy Parker.

SECRETARY REPORT:

Motion to wave reading of the minutes from the last meeting made by Jim Nichols and seconded by Chad Whitaker. Currently 281 members. The Region held 26 mini certifications in 2023. Therapy Dog Certifications are on the rise in the Region.

NEW BUSINESS:

Lakeland P.D. is moving forward with our 2025 Regional. Probably will be held in February. President Peterman will do a presentation to School Resource Association in the near future.

ELECTIONS:

President:   Aaron Peterman                                                            Trustee: Susan Rogers

Past President:  Jose Bosque                                                            Trustee: Roy Parker

Secretary:  Ron Bowling                                                                    Trustee: Wayne Gulsby

Treasurer: Chad Whitaker                                                                 Trustee: Rebecca Schreiber

VP Panhandle: Bob Dudley                                                               Alt. Trustee:  Ryan McLaughlin                                                             

VP North:  Todd Hays

VP Central: Cory Bowling

VP Southwest: James Nichols

VP Southeast: Amanda Cummings

The newly elected Board will take effect at our December meeting.

Motion to adjourn made by Cory Bowling and seconded by Jim Nichols.

MARCH 17, 2024, ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FL.

Call to order By President Aaron Peterman at 12:58 pm, CST. 

Moment of silence 

Roll call:  

All present except Past President Jose Bosque, VP Southeast Andy Wieman, and Alternate Trustee Ryan Back. 

Treasurer Report:   

Currently $24,989.70, this includes travel for this meeting. Motion to accept Treasurer report made by Ron Bowling seconded by James Nichols. 

Secretary Report:  

Motion made to wave reading of the last meeting made by Chad Whitaker seconded by Cory Bowling. Currently 281 members. Region held 26 mini certifications in 2023. Palm Beach County S.O. is seeking to certify 20 Therapy Canines in the near future, we have already certified three. Discussion on the Region computer sometimes having problems with the scoring programs. Chad Whitaker thinks it’s more the software issue than our computer. We have the latest version available. Mentioned a “Civilian Protection Certification”. The email was read and fell on deaf ears. No discussion on getting involved with this program. 

Report of Officers: 

Roy Parker, Judges Committee: Wants to go back to 15 Judges at our Regional. Motion made by Ron Bowling and seconded by Todd Hays, passed.  Roy was concerned about the number of narcotics judges as opposed to P.D.1. Chad Whitaker mentioned making a new page on the website listing all the mini certifications. 

Chad Whitaker: Made a motion to increase the “start-up” account for our Regionals from $1,000.00 to $2,500.00. Seconded by Jim Nichols. 

VP Central Cory Bowling advised there is going to be an increase in membership for Central Florida. 

Ron Bowling asked for approval for Palm Beach S.O. to certify three Therapy dogs on March 20. Approved. 

New Business:  

Lakeland P.D. is moving forward with our 2025 Regional. 

President Peterman brought up School Resource Association is wanting to put gun dogs in every school. President Peterman is going to do a presentation to them in the near future. 

Cory Bowling made a motion to pay our President same as the Secretary seconded from Ron Bowling. 

Motion to adjourn made by Jim Nichols seconded by Bob Dudley.

SPECIAL EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING 

May 22, 2024 

Region President Aaron Peterman called a special meeting of the Executive Board on 5-22-24, at 3:42 pm via mass text messages. The purpose of this meeting was to vote on the removal of James Morris Jr. from the USPCA Region 1 Field Trial account. In preparation for the upcoming 2025 USPCA Region 1 Field Trials hosted by the Lakeland Police Department, members voted to add Cory Bowling, Morgan Mumbauer-Bardwell, and Sean Finney to the account as signatures. 

All members of the Board with the exception of Alternate Trustee Ryan Back voted in the affirmative. The motion passed.