GENERAL BOARD MEETING
Huntington Beach Surf Lifesaving Association
April 6 & 7, 2006
MINUTES
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Thursday, April 6, 2006 - Huntington Harbor Yacht Club
I. Meeting
called to order by Mr. McGowan at 9:20 AM.
A. Pledge
of Allegiance - Mrs. Graham
B.
Welcome
and Introductions - Mr. McGowan
C. Roll
Call of Delegates - Mr. Beuerlein
| Chapter |
Members |
Delegates |
Delegates
Present |
Proxies |
Total
Votes |
| California State |
96 |
4 |
4 |
- |
4 |
| Camp Pendleton |
28 |
3 |
3 |
- |
3 |
| Capitola |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| Coronado |
4 |
2 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| Del Mar |
64 |
4 |
1 |
- |
1 |
| Encinitas |
6 |
2 |
1 |
- |
1 |
| Huntington Beach |
140 |
5 |
5 |
- |
5 |
| Imperial Beach |
22 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| LA City |
26 |
3 |
3 |
- |
3 |
| LA County Lakes |
28 |
3 |
2 |
- |
2 |
| LACOLA |
17 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
6 |
| Laguna Beach |
85 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| Long Beach |
62 |
4 |
1 |
- |
1 |
| Mission Viejo |
9 |
2 |
2 |
- |
2 |
| Newport Beach |
96 |
4 |
4 |
- |
4 |
| Oceanside |
9 |
2 |
2 |
- |
2 |
| Pismo Beach |
24 |
3 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| Port Hueneme |
36 |
3 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| San Clemente |
37 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
| San Luis Obispo |
22 |
3 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| San Diego |
1 |
3 |
2 |
- |
2 |
| Santa Barbara |
36 |
3 |
1 |
- |
1 |
| Santa Cruz |
35 |
3 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| Seal Beach |
44 |
3 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| Solana Beach |
16 |
3 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| Tucson |
1 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| US Ocean Safety |
13 |
2 |
2 |
- |
2 |
| Ventura County |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| Mexico |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| Members-at-large |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| TOTAL |
1153 |
80 |
43 |
5 |
48 |
II.
Approval of
Minutes — L.A. County Lakes Lifeguard Association. October 13 & 14, 2005
MOTION: Moved by Mr. Lombardi to approve the minutes as corrected.
SECOND: Mr. Ragsdale
DISCUSSION: Mr. McGowan pointed out that the motion to adjourn was made by Mr. Gray not Mrs. Gray.
ACTION: MPU
III. Officer’s Reports
A. President Mr. McGowan ATTACHMENT A
B. Vice
President Mrs. Graham ATTACHMENT B
C. Secretary Mr. Beuerlein ATTACHMENT C
D. Treasurer Mr. Williams ATTACHMENT D
E. Recurrent
Rep Mr. Graham ATTACHMENT E
F. Advisor
Mr. Moore ATTACHMENT F
G. 1st Delegate
Mr. Rohrer ATTACHMENT G
IV. Committee Reports
A. Certification Mr. Rohrer ATTACHMENT G
B. Competition Mr. Butki
ATTACHMENT
H
1.
Mr. Avila discussed California State Parks and CSLSA hosting the USLA National Games at Huntington State Beach.
C. Exchanges Mr. Graham
ATTACHMENT
I
D. Heroic Acts Mr. Richardson
ATTACHMENT J
E. Junior Lifeguards Mrs. Boyer
ATTACHMENT K
F. Legislation Mr. Peabody
VERBAL REPORT
1.
Mr. Peabody is working with Mr. Klosterman and OES to incorporate lifeguard standards into legislation.
2.
Request that Legislation Committee meet to discuss the above issues.
G. Membership
Mrs. Graham ATTACHMENT B
H. Newsletter Mr. Godino ATTACHMENT L
I.
Public Education Mr. Humphreys ATTACHMENT M
J. Training/Operations Mr. Scott for Mr. Peden ATTACHMENT N
K. Website Mr. Moore ATTACHMENT O
V. Committee Workshops (as directed)
VI. Mr. Moore announced that the CSLSA Board of Directors voted for Mr. McGowan to receive a Life Membership.
Meeting
adjourned for the day at 4:17 P.M.
Meeting reconvened on Friday, April 7, 2006 at 9:12 AM.
VII. Committee Reports from Workshops
A. Recurrent Representative ATTACHMENT P
MOTION: Moved by Mr. Gray to approve the report as submitted.
SECOND: Mr. Rohrer
DISCUSSION: None
ACTION: MPU
B. Certification Mr. Rohrer VERBAL REPORT
1.
Mr. Rohrer accepted the Imperial Beach application for USLA Advanced Certification. He will review it and report back to the CSLSA Board of Directors.
MOTION: Moved by Mrs. Graham to approve the report as submitted.
SECOND: Mr. Gray
DISCUSSION: None
ACTION: MPU
C. Competition
Mr. Butki ATTACHMENT Q
MOTION:
Moved by Mr. Ragsdale to approve the report as submitted.
SECOND: Mr. Richardson
DISCUSSION: None
ACTION: MPU
D. Junior Lifeguards Mrs. Boyer ATTACHMENT R
MOTION:
Moved by Mr. Williams to approve the report as submitted.
SECOND: Mr. Silvestri
DISCUSSION: None
ACTION: MPU
E. Membership Mrs. Graham ATTACHMENT S
MOTION:
Moved by Mr. Moore to approve the report as submitted.
SECOND: Mr. Gray
DISCUSSION: Discussion regarding potential membership dues increase.
ACTION: MPU
F. Newsletter Mr. Godino ATTACHMENT T
MOTION:
Moved by Mr. Gray to approve the report as submitted.
SECOND: Mrs. Graham
DISCUSSION: None
ACTION: MPU
G. Public Education Mr. Humphreys ATTACHMENT U
MOTION:
Moved by Mr. Hidalgo to approve the report as submitted.
SECOND: Mr. Giles
| DISCUSSION: |
Mr. Rohrer displayed some classic posters from his personal archives and discussed the concept of our poster project. Mr. Williams asked if he could borrow Mr. Reuter's slogan for the USLA Public Education Committee. Mr. Humphreys said that would not be a problem. Mr. Williams asked that Mr. Humphreys add to his report that all Big Wednesday funds collected will be earmarked for the poster project. Mr. Humphreys agreed.
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ACTION: MPU
H. Legislation Mr. Peabody ATTACHMENT W
VIII. Old Business
A. Approval of Treasurer's report from Thursday, April 6, 2006
MOTION:
Moved by Mrs. Graham to approve the report as submitted.
SECOND: Mr. Butki
DISCUSSION: Mr. Moore complimented the Treasurer on a job well done.
ACTION: MPU
B. CSLSA Recurrent Representative
MOTION:
Moved by Mr. Moore to confirm Mr. Graham to replace Mr. Pounds as the CSLSA Recurrent Rep.
SECOND: Mr. Graham
DISCUSSION: None
ACTION: MPU
C. USLA Drowning Prevention Award
1.
Mr. Bartlett said that this project has been referred to the USLA Heroic Acts Committee.
D. USLA Bylaw Revisions
| MOTION: |
Moved by Mr. Gray to support the CSLSA delegation carrying the proposed USLA Bylaw revisions to the Spring 2006 USLA meeting and to give the delegation the authority and flexibility to make necessary changes if there are any unforeseen developments.
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SECOND: Mr. Silvestri
DISCUSSION: None
ACTION: MPU
E. CSLSA Bylaw Revisions
1.
Send any proposed revisions to Mr. Richardson.
F. USLA Endorsement/Sponsorship Proposal ATTACHMENT V
1.
Mr. McGowan informed the CSLSA Board of Directors that USLA had finally agreed to give SHP a chance to raise funds for the national organization.
2.
Mr. McGowan highlighted the SHP sponsorship proposal.
G. USLA Certification Officers
1.
The USLA Certification Chairman has asked for San Diego area Certification Officers.
2.
Mr. Giles volunteered to serve as a Certification Officer.
H. Da Fin
1.
Product received positive reviews from CSLSA Board of Directors.
IX. New Business
A. Website Allocations
MOTION: Moved by Mr. Bartlett to allocate $350 to address the website budget issues.
SECOND: Mr. Gray
DISCUSSION: None
ACTION: MPU
MOTION: Moved by Mr. Ragsdale to allocate up to $100 to purchase a gift for the Webmaster.
SECOND: Mr. Rohrer
DISCUSSION: Mr. Moore complimented the Treasurer on a job well done.
ACTION: MPU
B. Hosting of USLA National Games
| MOTION: |
Moved by Mr. Moore to make an advisement at the Spring 2006 USLA Meeting for the USLA to reexamine the burden placed on the host chapter and region for the USLA National Games. |
| SECOND: |
Mr. Butki |
| DISCUSSION: |
Mr. Williams recommended that Mr. Butki make this statement at the USLA Competition Committee Meeting and that the matter be brought to the floor only if it is not properly addressed in committee. |
| ACTION: |
MPU |
C. Adobe Acrobat Writer
| MOTION: |
Moved by Mr. Richardson that if CSLSA does not have access to Adobe Acrobat Writer, the Treasurer be authorized to purchase Adobe Acrobat Writer, not to exceed $500. |
SECOND: Mr. Bartlett
DISCUSSION: None
ACTION: MPU
D. CSLSA Meeting Dates
1.
Mr. Moore said that he would like to see the CSLSA Policies and Procedures reflect that the CSLSA Regional Meetings be held two (2) weeks prior to the National Meetings.
E. Future Meetings
1. USLA Meeting Dates & Locations
a. Fall - 2006
1) Location: South Lake Tahoe, NV (NW Region)
2) Dates: 11/02/06-11/04/06
3) Suggested Agenda Items
b. Spring - 2007
1) Location: Chicago, IL
2) Dates: 4/26/07-4/28/07
3) Suggested Agenda Items
2. CSLSA Meeting Dates & Locations
a. Spring - 2007
1) Location: Morro Bay (CA State)
2) Dates: 10/12/06 & 10/13/06
b. Fall - 2007
1) Location: LACOLA, Long Beach, Newport Beach
2) Dates: 4/12/07 & 4/13/07
X.
Privilege
of the Chair
A. Mr. McGowan thanked everyone for their participation.
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B. |
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Mr. McGowan thanked the Huntington Beach Surf Lifesaving Association for hosting an outstanding meeting at such a great site. Mr. McGowan particularly thanked Gordon Gray and John Ragsdale.
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C. Mr. McGowan thanked the CSLSA Board of Directors for the honor of his CSLSA Life Membership.
XI.
Adjournment
MOTION: Moved to adjourn by Mr. Richardson
SECOND: Mr. Gray
DISCUSSION:
None
ACTION: MPU; Meeting adjourned at
10:56 AM
Respectfully Submitted,
Michael
A. Beuerlein
CSLSA
Secretary