Fall 2001 Minutes

                                   GENERAL BOARD MEETING
                      Los Angeles City Lifeguard Association
                                  October 18 & 19, 2001
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Thursday, October 18, 2001

I. Meeting called to order by Mr. McGowan at 9:21 AM.

A. Pledge of Allegiance - Mr. Rohrer

B. Welcome and Introductions - Mr. McGowan

C. Roll Call of Delegates - Mr. Beuerlein

Chapter	Members	Delegates	Votes Present	Proxies	Total Votes
California State	93	4	2	1	3
Camp Pendleton	15	2	1	1	2
Capitola	0	0	0	-	0
Coronado	0	0	0	-	0
Del Mar	48	3	3	-	3
Encinitas	7	2	0	-	0
Hawaii	0	0	0	-	0
Huntington Beach	127	5	4	1	5
Imperial Beach	19	3	1	1	2
LA City	31	3	3	-	3
LA County Lakes	34	3	1	1	2
LACOLA	214	7	4	3	7
Laguna Beach	78	4	2	-	2
Long Beach	40	3	2	-	2
Mission Viejo	8	2	2	-	2
Newport Beach	75	4	4	-	4
Oceanside	20	3	2	-	2
Port Hueneme	2	2	1	-	1
San Clemente	31	3	2	-	2
San Luis Obispo Co	30	3	0	-	0
San Diego	50	3	2	1	3
Santa Barbara	0	0	0	-	0
Santa Cruz	41	3	1	-	1
Seal Beach	44	3	3	-	3
Solana Beach	17	3	0	-	0
Tucson	1	2	0	-	0
US Ocean Safety	33	3	1	-	1
Ventura County	25	3	0	-	0
Members-at-large	0	0	0	-	0
TOTAL	1083	76	41	9	50

II. Approval of Minutes — Santa Cruz Meeting - April 19 & 20, 2001

MOTION: Moved by Mr. Lombardi to approve the minutes as submitted.

SECOND: Mr. Rohrer

DISCUSSION: None

ACTION: MPU

III. Officer’s Reports

A. President Mr. McGowan ATTACHMENT A

SHP Contract ATTACHMENT B

B. Vice President Mr. Rohrer ATTACHMENT C

C. Secretary Mr. Beuerlein ATTACHMENT D

D. Treasurer Mr. Moore ATTACHMENT E

E. Recurrent Rep Mr. Lombardi ATTACHMENT F

F. Advisor Mr. Richardson ATTACHMENT G

IV. Committee Reports

A. Certification Mr. Brewster ATTACHMENT H

B. Competition Mr. Parks ATTACHMENT I

C. Exchanges Mr. Graham ATTACHMENT J

D. Heroic Acts Mr. Richardson ATTACHMENT K

E. Int'l Lifesaving Mr. Brewster ATTACHMENT H

F. Junior Lifeguards Mrs. Boyer ATTACHMENT L

G. Legislation Mr. Brewster ATTACHMENT H

H. Membership Mr. Rohrer ATTACHMENT C

I. Newsletter Mr. Sandy ATTACHMENT M

J. Public Education Mr. McGowan ATTACHMENT N

K. Training Mr. Diederich No Report

V. Executive Board Elections

A. President

1. Mr. McGowan declared his intention to run for President.

MOTION: Moved by Mr. Bauer to close nominations for President.

SECOND: Mr. Brewster

DISCUSSION: None

ACTION: MPU (Mr. McGowan elected President by acclamation)

B. Vice President

1. Mr. Rohrer declared his intention to run for Vice-President.

MOTION: Moved by Mr. Brewster to close nominations for Vice-President.

SECOND: Mr. Turner

DISCUSSION: None

ACTION: MPU (Mr. Rohrer elected Vice-President by acclamation)

C. Secretary

1. Mr. Beuerlein declared his intention to run for Secretary.

MOTION: Moved by Mr. Gray to close nominations for Secretary.

SECOND: Mr. Williams

DISCUSSION: None

ACTION: MPU (Mr. Beuerlein elected Secretary by acclamation)

D. Treasurer

1. Mr. Moore declared his intention to run for Treasurer.

MOTION: Moved by Mr. Lombardi to close nominations for Treasurer.

SECOND: Mr. Gray

DISCUSSION: None

ACTION: MPU (Mr. Moore elected Treasurer by acclamation)

E. Recurrent Representative

1. Mr. Lombardi declared his intention to run for Recurrent Representative.

MOTION: Moved by Mr. Rohrer to close nominations for Recurrent Representative.

SECOND: Mr. McGowan

DISCUSSION: None

ACTION: MPU (Mr. Lombardi elected Recurrent Representative by acclamation.)

F. Advisor

1. Mr. Richardson declared his intention to run for Past President.

MOTION: Moved by Mr. Turner to close nominations for Past President.

SECOND: Mr. Gray

DISCUSSION: None

ACTION: MPU (Mr. Richardson elected Past President by acclamation.)

G. Delegates

1. Mr. Bartlett declared his intention to run for Delegate.

2. Mr. Brewster declared his intention to run for Delegate.

3. Mrs. Boyer nominated Mr. Williams for Delegate.

4. Mr. Lombardi nominated Mr. Graham for Delegate.

MOTION: Moved by Mr. Peden to close nominations for Delegate.

SECOND: Mr. Gray

DISCUSSION: None

ACTION:                      MPU
                                     (Mr. Bartlett elected 1st Delegate by majority vote)
                                     (Mr. Brewster elected 2nd Delegate by majority vote)
                                 (Mr. Graham elected Alternate Delegate by majority vote)

VI. Committee Workshops (as directed)

Meeting adjourned for the day at 4:12 p.m.

Meeting reconvened on Friday, October 19th at 9:13 a.m.

VII. Committee Reports from Workshops

A. Competition Mr. Parks ATTACHMENT O

MOTION: Moved by Mr. Gray to approve the report as submitted.

SECOND: Mr. Brewster

DISCUSSION: None

ACTION: MPU

B. Exchanges Mr. Graham ATTACHMENT P

MOTION: Moved by Mr. Bauer to approve the report as submitted.

SECOND: Mr. Brewster

DISCUSSION: None

ACTION: MPU

C. Heroic Acts Mr. Richardson ATTACHMENT Q

MOTION: Moved by Mr. Grey to approve the committee report as submitted.

SECOND: Mr. Rohrer

DISCUSSION: None

ACTION: MPU

D. Junior Lifeguards Mrs. Boyer ATTACHMENT R

MOTION: Moved by Mr. Moore to approve the committee report as submitted.

SECOND: Mr. Rohrer

DISCUSSION: None

ACTION: MPU

E. Membership Mr. Rohrer Verbal Report

1. Announced CSLSA Life Membership for Mr. Brewster.

2. Announced CSLSA Life Membership for Mr. Moore.

MOTION: Moved by Mr. Richardson to approve the report as submitted.

SECOND: Mr. Graham

DISCUSSION: None

ACTION: MPU

F. Newsletter Mr. Lombardi ATTACHMENT S

MOTION: Moved by Mr. Bartlett to approve the report as amended.

SECOND: Mr. Rohrer

DISCUSSION: Mr. Moore raised newsletter production cost concerns and urged the committee to seek sponsorship to offset production costs.

ACTION: MPU

G. Public Education Mr. Williams ATTACHMENT T

MOTION: Moved by Mr. Moore to approve the committee report as submitted.

SECOND: Mr. Lombardi

DISCUSSION: Mr. Moore stated that the Junior Lifeguard Committee should authorize the use of $1,500 from their committee to be used for

book covers or book marks. Mrs. Boyer replied that members of the Junior Guard Committee had attended the Public Education Committee

meeting and authorized $1,500 for the Public Education projects. Mr. Moore stated that the Public Education booth "really needs to be fixed".

ACTION: MPU

VIII. Old Business

A. Approval of Treasurer's report from Thursday, October 18, 2001.

MOTION: Moved by Mr. Richardson to approve the report as submitted.

SECOND: Mr. Gray

DISCUSSION: Mr. Moore noted that the overall balance was now $14,000, not $15,000 as noted in the written report.

ACTION: MPU

IX. New Business

A. Executive Board Vacancy

MOTION: Moved by Mr. Richardson to ratify the CSLSA Executive Board recommendation to appoint Mr. Graham to

fill the vacant Alternate Delegate position (due to Mr. White's resignation) immediately.

SECOND: Mr. Bartlett

DISCUSSION: None

ACTION: MPU

B. USLA Meeting Frequency

MOTION: Moved by Mr. Bauer to have the CSLSA Executive Board make a motion at the next USLA meeting

to reduce the number of meetings per year down to one.

SECOND: Mr. Moore

DISCUSSION: None

ACTION: MPU

C. Future Meetings

1. USLA Meeting Dates & Locations

                                    a.        Fall 2001
                                              (1)          Location:          Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
                                              (2)          Dates                November 1-3, 2001
                                    b.        Spring 2002
                                              (1)          Location:          Daytona Beach, FL
                                              (2)          Dates                May 4-5, 2002

2. CSLSA Meeting Dates & Locations

                                    a.        Spring 2002
                                              (1)          Location:          Camp Pendleton
                                              (2)          Dates                April 18-19, 2002
                                    b.        Fall 2002
                                              (1)          Location:          Del Mar
                                              (2)          Dates                October 17-18, 2002

X. Privilege of the Chair

A. Mr. McGowan thanked Los Angeles City for hosting our meeting.

B. Mr. McGowan congratulated the two new CSLSA Life Members.

XI. Adjournment

MOTION: Moved to adjourn by Mr. Richardson

SECOND: Mr. Gray

ACTION: MPU; Meeting adjourned at 11:48 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted:

Michael Beuerlein
CSLSA Secretary