Medical
Coordinator
(none, except provided feedback on medical coordinator
qualifications)
Diving
Coordinator
D2
(Note: Diving Coordinator requested authority
to establish a Diving Medical Coordinator. BORC clarified that Diving
Coordinator has authority to appoint persons to assist him in his duties,
but that a person acting as a representative of NCRC must not serve in
operational capacities during missions.)
Regional
Coordinator Reports
Attachment E
Caribbean
E1
Central
E2
Eastern
Oral
Northeastern
E3
Pacific
Northwest
E4
Rocky
Mountain
no report, no activity
South
Central
E5
Ashburn moves, Mirza seconds to recommend Tim Comer to complete
John Green’s term as SC Regional Coordinator
Green abstains, rest approved.
Southeastern
E6
Southwestern
oral
Western
E7
2004
Seminar update
oral
2005
Seminar update
oral
2006
Seminar proposal
visual
Mirza moves, Bowers seconds to
accept the proposal for the 2006 National Seminar in Puerto Rico.
Unanimously approved
Break for Lunch
Nominations
for BORC/Ed Board positions
Database
Manager
Trish Daugherty is re-elected unanimously
Education
Board Member-at-Large
Nominations received by the Education Board include:
David Comstock
Becky Jones
Becky Jones is elected as Member-at-Large
Announcements none
Discussion
Items Attachment F
Medical
Coordinator Qualifications
F1
Ashburn moves, Comer seconds to accept the Job Description and
Minimum Qualifications for the Medical Coordinator, with the following
amendments:
Strike
the third bullet item
Edit
the fourth bullet item to read “To
serve as” rather than “Provide” in the Job Description
Add
a requirement to Minimum Qualifications that the Medical Coordinator must
be an NSS member,
Unanimously approved
Approved
Protocols
Ashburn
moves, White seconds to add the “Double V tie-in” as an approved
protocol.
Unanimously approved
Regional
Seminar Policy Document
F2
Ashburn
moves, Mirza seconds to accept the Regional Seminar Policy Document, with
the following amendments:
Under “Authorization for Regional Seminars”, add “Requests
for training must be submitted in writing, email is acceptable, and should
be submitted 60 days before the seminar.”
Under “Site Coordination vs Training Coordination”, first
paragraph, second sentence, edit to read “The NCRC
host region…”
Under “Critical Documentation” edit “performance or
service” to read “participation”.
Under “Youth Participation” edit to require the signature of
the liability form to include notarization language if the form is not
signed in the presence of the lead instructor, and to require that the
accompanying adult has legal ability to authorize medical care.
Under “Applicable Fees”, “OCR and Customized Courses”
delete the parenthetical sentence “(Optional:…)”; under
“Level I, II, III, IQ Courses” combine Equipment Replacement and New
Equipment Fees to read “Equipment
Fee: $35 per student (may be retained in region as equipment; accounting
must show as itemized income and expense in this category) Equipment fees
not used by the region must be returned to the National account.”
On
the last page, edit the first bullet to read: “A brief report, signed
by the lead instructor, summarizing…”; edit the fourth bullet to
delete “Receipts for expenses and income shall be attached.”
Insurance
was discussed earlier in the context of the National Coordinator’s
Report
Book
Jeff Parnell is providing CDs to, Mosberg, Hudson, Kirschner, Ashburn and
Daugherty. Mirza will coordinate edits to provide one consolidated, edited
version. Time frame is to complete individual review, chapter by chapter
and provide to Anmar within the next two months.
FEMA
Resource Typing Cousineau and Comer will draft language to respond to
the FEMA request for cave rescue resource typing.
Other
Items at Discretion of Board
Moore relayed the
question seeking assurance that the Modular classes cover all the same
information that is taught in the Week-long class. Coordinators replied
with the techniques that are used to assure that the NCRC Curriculum is
followed in all Modular classes.
Adjourned at 3:55
p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Kathy Welling
Recording Secretary
