Minutes

Region One Executive Board meeting 

Lakeland, Florida 12-3-19 

Meeting was called to order by President Peterman at 9:07 am. 

Moment of silence 

Roll call of Officers: All present except V.P. Southeast Andrew Weiman and Trustee Wayne Gulsby. Trustee Susan Rogers was present via speaker phone. 

Treasurer report: Treasurer Chad Whitaker furnished all Trustees with a copy of the spread sheet outlining transactions since the last meeting. Whitaker advised our current balance was $16,571.27. Motion was made by Roy Parker and seconded by Jim Nichols to accept the report. Passed. 

Secretary report: Secretary Ron Bowling advised the current number of members was 230. Bowling asked the Board’s assistance with procuring good phone numbers and email addresses for our members. 

Report of Officers: There was some discussion on selecting Judges for our Regionals by Trustee Roy Parker. Parker was advised to use his best judgment. Roy Parker also brought up extending the years of not judging from three to four years before becoming inactive. Parker made the motion and was seconded by Ron Bowling. Passed. 

V.P. Southwest Jim Nichols gave us an update on our Regional to be held in Pinellas County in February.  All is well. Nichols also brought up changing the criteria for President from being active in canine to a retiree. It was suggested that Nichols draw up a proposal to be forwarded to the National By-Laws Committee. 

Old business: Roy Parker advised the Board that one of our two handguns used for blanks needs repair. Parker is going to look for a vender to fix it. It has been suggested the Region reduce the number of days for a Regional. President Peterman tabled the discussion. 

New business: The board is looking in to having our Board meeting on conference call or similar methods. Jim Nichols and President Peterman are looking into that. Past President Jose Bosque made a motion for our Board members receive polo shirts with name and title on them. Seconded by V.P. Central Cory Bowling. Passed.

Good of the association: President Peterman insured the Board members present were made aware of the latest proposed changes at the national level sent out by the National Secretary. Jose Bosque made a motion for our Secretary and Treasurer/ web master receive a raise. Seconded by Cory Bowling. Passed. Ron Bowling made a motion to create an award for a lifesaving event or similar case. Seconded by Jim Nichols. Passed. 

Motion to adjourn made by Chad Whitaker and seconded by Jose Bosque. Meeting was adjourned at 10:31 am. 

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING

DECEMBER 10, 2018

LAKELAND, FL

CALL TO ORDER – At 9:00 am.  The President swore in new officers.

Election results read by the Region Secretary. Motion made by Jim Nichols to destroy the ballots,                                                   Seconded by Todd Hayes.  Passed.

ROLL CALL OF OFFICERS PRESENT –  All present except Susan Rogers and Wayne Gulsby.

READING OF MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING – Motion to approve as posted. Motion made by Jim Nichols, seconded by Jose Bosque.  Passed.

SECRETARY REPORT –  Secretary announced the current total members for 2018 at 241, which is up from 2017.  Secretary explained how to apply for Lifetime membership and asked Board members to bring it up to members in their respective districts.

TREASURER REPORT – The treasurer presented his report.  The Region has $18,000.00 plus in the account.  A printout was presented with the figures. Motion to accept the Treasurer report was made by Jim Nichols and seconded by Cory Bowling.  Passed/

COMMITTEE REPORTS  –

OFFICER’S REPORT  – Jim Nichols reported Highlands County is doing a narcotics certification on 12-13-18.

Bob Dudley reported the dates for the 2019 National PD 1 trial as 11-3-2019,to 11-8-2019.

Roy Parker mentioned that our Bylaws state that Ron Bowling and Roy Parker be invited to the Regional Trial.  Due to the fact that Ron Bowling Sr. is now Region Secretary, Roy made a motion to bring Jim Nichols in to replace Ron Bowling.  Motion made by Ron Bowling and Seconded by Jose Bosque. Passed.

Roy Parker is still looking for a better way to invite Judges to our Regional besides alphabetical choices.  The Board had no suggestions.

OLD BUSINESS – None

UNFINISHED BUSINESS – None

NEW BUSINESS – None

GOOD OF THE ASSOCIATION –  The President went into detail with the regard to the situation regarding L.A.Z..  There was no discussion from the Board.

Secretary Ron Bowling made a motion for the Region to send President Peterman to the National Board meeting in New York at the Detector National Trial. Seconded by Jose Bosque.  Passed.

ADJOURNMENT:  Motion to Adjourn made by Jose Bosque and seconded by Jim Nichols at 10:15 am

USPCA REGION ONE

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

MARCH 4, 2018

GULF BREEZE, FLORIDA

Call To order by President Aaron Peterman

Roll call of Officers:  All present except Tye Thompson and Gordon Wing

Reading of Minutes of last meeting:  Motion made to waive the reading by Chad Whitaker seconded by Cory Bowling.  Passed.

Treasurers Report:  Chad Whitaker reviewed the account balance and informed members of the review of our records/books.  No issues or problems were reported.

Committee Reports:  None

Old Business:

When conducting Mini Certifications, please ensure all competitors are current Members.

New Business:  President Peterman

Miami P.D. is hosting a PD1 and Detector certification August 1, 2018 and will involve twenty(20) or more members.

Lake Wales P.D. is hosting a PD1 certification on April 10, 2018, at the “Ron Bowling Sr. training center”.

Announced the Region will be sending a four man team to the National PD1 trial and a two man team to the National Detector Trial.

Reminded Members to contact Chad Whitaker with information pertaining to our Facebook page.

Nominations were taken for the upcoming election later this year are as follows:

President:  Aaron Peterman:  Without opposition.

Secretary:  Ron Bowling Sr.:  Without opposition

Treasurer:  Chad Whitaker:  Without opposition

V.P SE:  Tabled as no member from that District is a Member.

V.P. SW:  Jim Nichols:  Without opposition.

V.P. Panhandle:  Bob Dudley:  Without opposition

V.P. North:  Todd Hays:  Without opposition.

V.P. Central:  Cory Bowling:  Without opposition.

Trustees Nominated:

Roy Parker

Becky Schreiber

Harry Barraclough

Ryan Back

Susan Rogers

Wayne Gulsby

Members were advised to vote for four(4) Trustees and the three(3) with the most votes will be Trustees and the fourth(4^th) will be the Alternate.

Ballots will be mailed out in September and due back in October.

Motion to Adjourn by Ron Bowling and seconded by Todd Hays.

USPCA REGION 1

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING

March 4, 2018

Gulf Breeze, Florida

Call to Order by President Aaron Peterman

Roll Call of Officers Present

President Aaron Peterman

Secretary Ron Bowling Sr.

Treasurer Chad Whitaker

VP SW Jim Nichols

VP North Todd Hays

VP Northwest Bob Dudley

Trustees Roy Parker, Wayne Gulsby, Becky , Harry Barraclough

Reading of Minutes from Last Meeting.  Motion to waive and accept by Chad Whitaker, 2^nd by Todd Hays.

Treasurers Report

Chad Whitaker present a report showing the balance in our account is $24,861.97.  The report was passed among the Trustees.  Motion to accept the report by Jim Nichols and seconded by Bob Dudley.

New business:  Harry Barraclough brought up the new score sheets on the Nation Web site. He advised the article score sheet does not add up to 70 points.  It was moved forward that the score sheet is a guide for scoring and move forward.

Committee Reports

Nothing to Report

Officers Report

President

President Peterman brought up some district certifications:

Lake Wales P.D. wants to host a mini trial consisting of approximately ten dogs for P.D.1. The motion was presented by Chad Whitaker and seconded by Jim Nichols.

Also President Peterman brought to the board that Miami P.D. has requested a Patrol/Detector certification involving at least 19 members on August 1, 2018.  Motion to approve made by Cory Bowling and Seconded by Chad Whitaker.

Secretary

It was brought up that the Secretary record our meetings. It was decided we may record our meetings, however once transcribed the tape will be deleted.

New Business

No other new business was brought to the board.

Motion to adjourn made by Jim Nichols and seconded by Roy Parker