Minutes

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

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING

DECEMBER 6, 2017

LAKELAND, FL

CALL TO ORDER – by President Peterman at 9:10 am

ROLL CALL OF OFFICERS PRESENT –  All present except for Bob Dudley, Gordon Wing, Harry Barraclough, Wayne Gulsby.

READING OF MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING – Motion made to waive by Rob Bowling, 2^nd by Jim Nichols.  Passed.

TREASURER REPORT – The audit/review was completed and no issues were found.  Due to the amount in our account, it was decided a team would be sent to Nationals.  Motion made by Roy Parker to accept the treasurer’s report, 2^nd by Ron Bowling.  Passed.

COMMITTEE REPORTS  – Judges Committee:  Roy Parker reminded members to send a COPY of the master score sheet from ANY and ALL mini certification or regional certification.

A motion was made to make it mandatory for judges to pay their dues by Dec. 31^st of each year to be eligible to judge the following year.  Jose Bosque made motion, 2^nd by Ron Bowling.  Passed.

A motion was made by Roy Parker to have all judges, for regionals and mini’s, be elected by the Committee Chair.  The judges will be from Region 1 and selection will be based on geographical availability.  2^nd by Ron Bowling.  Passed.

OFFICER’S REPORT  – Aaron Peterman reported the training class that was offered in November had to be cancelled due to a lack of attendees.

OLD BUSINESS – None

UNFINISHED BUSINESS – Jason Potts requested a retest for 8 dogs who failed detector certification at no cost to the region.  Motion was made and approved unanimously. Passed.

NEW BUSINESS – Lake Wales P.D. requested a PD1 mini-cert for 3 dogs before the end of the year.  Motion was made and approved unanimously.  Passed.

Jim Nichols requested a narcotics mini certification for Highlands County on December 28, 2017 for 8 dogs.  Motion made by Ron Bowling, 2nd by Chad Whitaker.  Passed.

GOOD OF THE ASSOCIATION – Nominations for the Board will be held at the regional in March, 2018.  Election ballots will be sent out later in the year.

ADJOURNMENT

Meeting was adjourned at 10:05 am.