ACSSAR Board Meeting 18 MARCH 2014
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1905 We reviewed a different radio to use for search operations, the BaoFeng UV-82, displayed on amazon.com. The price is low enough to afford replacements if any get ruined out in the field.
Dan begins review of attendance and training records, Cathi says we have 28 members attend the first 2014 meeting. Dan brought up the online roster and we reviewed the points system and how to update the roster/tracker. Dan also set up a mock training then ran us through the process of entering of training. We talked about the different events that can accumulate points. Meetings and training obviously count, while out of state and other trainings that do not take place in Laramie will have a different tracking method.
Travis talked about training materials for Red Cross, most of his supplies are not working. He looked on amazon and found some equipment for $1,310. The vests were ordered and will take a significant chunk out of the funding. We discussed several options for getting some revenue back into the checking account such as charging a set amount for 1st aid/CPR for non members. We also talked about American Heart association and other different 1st aid CPR class providers. With the cost of supplies, Dan suggests we defer the acquiring of supplies until June or July. Dan makes a motion to defer, motion carries.
Justin talks about fundraising, no contact to Papa John’s yet. Dominoes will be willing to put our flyers on the pizza boxes and donate part of the proceeds will be given to us. They are pretty booked for March but are open after that. McAlisters can set up a community night, we can set up advertising such as signs, and we will get 5% of the proceeds from that night or 10% if there was a significant increase in sales. The Board Moved to further pursue these fundraising options.
Annie passed out an operations order to get started on Implementation of ACSSAR mountain bike hasty teams. Acquiring of maps of the area was discussed. Annie will need a list of people interested as well as those who have a mountain bike already. Annie also passed out a proposal for ACSSAR fundraising, and discussed the possibility of gift cards or raffles. It was suggested to hold the raffle during Freedom Has a Birthday, gun raffle
Dog teams would like to have door signs for display while they are training and are willing to buy there own. Justin brought up that it may not be a good idea as the other groups within ACSSAR would feel special preference being given and we have worked hard to eliminate that. Decision is to not do signs at this point.
Dan laid out 3-4 different plans that people can use to pay for their vest. 5 @ $25, 4 @ 31.25, 3 @42
A Moch Search is being setup for May 31st. More details will follow over the coming month. After the training, we will also schedule a Lunch BBQ.
The roster was cleaned up with four non-participation members moved to the deactivated list. Three new members were accepted by the Board. Welcome Christopher Armstrong, Karlton Schmit, and Aron Jessien!
January 1st was voted as the cutoff date to start requiring all required training!
