NCRC Board of Regional Coordinators
Winter Meeting
February 1, 2003
Walker County 911 Center, Georgia
Call to Order
~9:00 est
Roll Call
Caribbean
Efrain Mercado
Central
Anmar Mirza
Eastern
proxy
(Steve Meyers) Steve Mosberg
Northeast
John Evans
Southeast
Tim White
South Central
John Green
Southwest
Bob Rodgers
Rocky Mountain
absent (Marc Ohms)
PNW
John Punches
Western
Mark Bowers
National
John Punches
Training
Dave Ashburn
Diving
Dennis Williams
Medical
proxy
(Sam Chewning) Steve Mosberg
Approval of minutes of Summer meeting
Bowers moves approve, Mirza seconds
Unanimous
Financial Report
Att. B
No missing reports
Budget from NSS - same as last year
Database Report:
Att. C
National Coordinator's Report Att. D
Significant items
Terms ending this summer at
Convention will be: Education Board Member-at-Large (Lavender), PNW Region
Coordinator (Punches), Central Region Coordinator (Mirza), Eastern Region
Coordinator (Meyer).
Lack of Insurance!
Training Report
Att. E
Recommended changes in approved litter tie-in protocols
Green moves, Mirza seconds to accept Education Board recommended
changes
Unanimous
Regional Reports
Att. F
PNW
F1
SC
F2
Diving
Oral
Western
F3
SE
F4
Northeastern
F5
Caribbean
F6
Eastern
F7
Medical
F8
(see new business)
Central
F9
Southwestern
F10
OLD BUSINESS:
2002 National Seminar Report
Att. G
2003 National Seminar Status
Att. H
(June 21-28)
2004 National Seminar Status
Att. I
(June 19-26)
Book Update
Oral
20 out of 30 chapters
Technical Review will be completed, then Editorial Review
Goal is to have a draft in binder format for pilot test at 2003
seminar
Budgeted funds by NSS for late 2003/2004 fy
Moved by Mercado, second
Green - A Spanish translation will be pursued once the text is finalized.
Unanimous
Insurance
Company did not renew our policy, searching for replacement policy
but so far no success. Ted
Kayes to provide copy of our previous policy. Need to keep searching.
John will pursue contact w/NASAR.
NASAR MOU
Att. J
(Informal agreement has been signed.)
Lunch break at 12:15 est
Reconvened at ~1:00 est
NEW BUSINESS:
Presentation for 2005 National Seminar bid from
Huntsville area by Jeff Burns
Third week in June (18-25) or second or third week in July (9-16 or
16-23)
Mirza moves,
Bowers seconds to accept this bid
Unanimous
2003 Convention Meeting and Seminar
Western Region will take responsibility for one-day seminar on
Wednesday
Summer meeting Tuesday
Nominations and Appointments
Education Board Member-at-Large
Education Board recommends Monty Strange
Other candidates: Becky Jones, and Steve Hudson
Meyers moves, Green seconds
to accept the Ed board recommendation of Monty Strange as Education Board
Member-at-Large.
Evans abstains, rest approved.
National Coordinator
Punches is sole candidate named in advance.
(Punches left the room for discussion)
Bowers moves BORC act by
acclimation to recommend Punches to the NSS BOG as NCRC National
Coordinator, Meyers (Mosberg) seconds
Unanimous
NCRC Policies
Need for someone to go thru
past minutes to identify policy actions and develop a policy manual. Punches
will assemble set of minutes and existing policies and seek volunteer to
compile policies and procedures for BORC review.
NCRC Charter
Request by NSS AVP to review
and propose any changes. Board reviewed document and made recommendations.
Punches to provide recommendations to the AVP.
Break at 4 p.m.
Reconvene at 4:15
Reminder by Punches to use updated letterhead.
Updated list of contact information for BORC officers
and staff distributed.
Other Business:
Meyers moves, Evans seconds
that the request by Eastern Region to include Level 3 in their week-long
seminar this year be approved.
Meyers and Chewning approved, Evans abstains, rest opposed (9)
Motion
failed.
NCRC Scholarship Fund
Selection criteria:
Mirza moves, Ashburn seconds,
that Punches draft and propose a criteria for award of the scholarship fund
Mirza proposed to amend,
Mercado seconds, to add a single draft for comment, then propose a final
copy for email vote.
Both motions were unanimously approved
Requests for action in the
Medical Coordinator's report:
Bowers moves, Evans seconds
that Sam Chewning and Steve Mosberg draft a job description for the Medical
Coordinator position, subject to approval by the Board of Regional
Coordinators.
Mirza abstains, Green absent, rest approved.
Chewning requested and the
Board confirmed that all NCRC medical policies conform to national BLS
standards. This is an awareness
level only, not any certification.
Book review process will
assure that both BLS standards and style guide will be followed.
Style guide
for educational materials is the responsibility of the Education Board.
At this time the format for
teaching material is at the lowest level of technology used in most seminar
locations.
Date and location of 2004 Winter Seminar:
Evans moves, Mirza seconds to
hold the 2004 at the Walker Co. 911 Center on February 7, 2004, with the
Education Board on February 6.
Unanimously approved.
Consideration of concerns brought by Cindy Heazlit:
Mirza moved, Meyers seconds
that letters of recommendation be kept confidential to members of the Board
of Regional Coordinators and their proxies only.
Unanimously approved
Mirza moves,
Meyers seconds to go to closed session:
Unanimously approved.
CLOSED SESSION MINUTES
available to BORC and BOG officers upon request.
Mirza moves, Meyers seconds to adjourn at 6:40 p.m.