Laramie, Wyoming

June Board Meeting

7/3/2015

The meeting began with a discussion of old business. This included goals for the year, scheduling upcoming events like a CPR/first aid class and a new member orientation, and upkeep of the SAR trailers. The ATV trailer needed plates, tags, and possibly a title. Dan believed he found the 2014 registration. The title was still missing but possibly may not be needed for a registration renewal. Kurt is looking into it. The command trailer needed its solar panel leak to be fixed and may be in need of radio updates. Neil will follow up. The small, enclosed trailer will be re-purposed for Swift Water operations. The floor needed to be painted and the junk needed to be cleared out. A work day on the trailers was thought of. "Freedom Has a Birthday" was discussed but ACSSAR will not participate this year. The Dog Show was discussed. It went well and ACSSAR received its check. Improvements for next year were discussed. The search operation in Lusk was discussed. It went well, although nothing was found. The radios worked well during the search. More team training on the radios was brainstormed. 

New business was then gone over. Paige rented a safety deposit box for the year at the rate of $18. It will auto-renew next June. Who should have copies of the deposit box key was discussed. It was proposed that Dane be given a copy. Paige would touch base with him on this. The number of signatures needed to gain access to the box was discussed as well. It was proposed that the P.O. box be passed onto Dane, too. Swift water operations were talked about. Planning needed to continue and equipment needs needed to be discussed. Neil discussed the swift water training  from the previous Saturday. EMA funding was discussed. EMA is setting up inter-county MOUs. ACSSAR would provide a list of its members with their skills and what equipment we have. Wyolink radios would potentially be obtained. Dan will get more information about this. The JHPTS class from the previous weekend was discussed. Kurt moved to reimburse Dan of $298 and Bob of $170 as 50% of cost. Brenna seconded and all were in favor. Brenna's costs will be voted on at the next meeting with three other board members present to avoid a conflict of interest. 

Upcoming training and events were discussed. High angle and tracking were covered. The cost of Rescue III class needed to be received from Russ. Land Nav needed to be rescheduled. Managing the Lost Person Incident (MLPI) class with SEWSAR was discussed. Establishing group standards was gone over, as was team paging in the paging system. Volunteers were needed for the Enduro race on Saturday, Aug 1. EMTs and first responders were sought after. Neil talked about the Zodiac boat. He would get more information, particularly on the boat's condition. The use of the command trailer for hostage negotiation by the Sheriff's Office was discussed. Dan passed this on to Todd who hadn't heard anything back.. Todd will continue to follow up, though this was not a high priority. Chris went over the idea of a mock search in August. Swift water training starting from the Governor's ranch was talked about. Neil would head this up. The Red Cross LTP instructor class on July 11/12 was discussed. Tracking training in June was talked about. Medical, Litter, and radio scenario training was planned for July. The date is yet to be solidified. August training will be discussed at the next board meeting. 

Policy changes and additional requirements were gone over. Officer position descriptions, new member orientation/interviews, snowmobile usage policy, and high angle policy were examined.