I. Meeting
called to order by Mr. McGowan at 9:22 AM.
A. Pledge of Allegiance - Mr. Rohrer
B. Welcome
and Introductions - Mr. McGowan
C. Roll
Call of Delegates - Mr. Beuerlein
Delegates TOTAL
CHAPTER Members Delegates
Present Proxies
VOTES
California State 102 5 1 - 1
Camp Pendleton 22 3 1 1 2
Capitola 0 2 0 - 0
Coronado 0 2 1 - 1
Del Mar 50 3 1 1 2
Encinitas 4 2 0 - 0
Hawaii 0 0 0 - 0
Huntington Beach 143 5 5 - 5
Imperial Beach 21 3 3 - 3
LA City 36 3 3 - 3
LA County Lakes 30 3 1 1 2
LACOLA 137 5 5 - 5
Laguna Beach 3 2 2 - 2
Long Beach 30 3 1 - 1
Mission Viejo 11 2 2 - 2
Newport Beach 108 5 5 - 5
Oceanside 0 0 0 - 0
Port Hueneme 28 3 0 - 0
San Clemente 31 3 2 1 3
San Luis Obispo Co. 76 4 2 - 2
San Diego 39 3 2 1 3
Santa Barbara 9 2 0 - 0
Santa Cruz 42 3 1 - 1
Seal Beach 43 3 2 - 2
Solana Beach 7 2 1 - 1
Tucson 1 0 0 - 0
US Ocean Safety 6 2 2 - 2
Ventura County 14 2 0 - 0
Members-at-large 1 0 0 - 0
TOTAL 994 75 43 5 48
II. Approval of Minutes —
County of Orange Lifeguard Association Meeting (April 24 & 25, 2003)
MOTION: Moved by
Mr. Rohrer to approve the minutes as submitted.
SECOND: Mr.
Diederich
DISCUSSION: None
ACTION: MPU
Ill. Officer’s Reports
A. President Mr.
McGowan ATTACHMENT
A
MOTION: Moved by
Mr. Moore to confirm the CSLSA Executive Board
appointment of Mr. Williams as Alternate Delegate.
SECOND: Mr. Gray
DISCUSSION: None
ACTION: MPU
B. Vice
President Mr.
Rohrer ATTACHMENT B
MOTION: Moved by
Mr. Graham to dedicate this meeting to Dick Fitzgerald,
former Los Angeles County Director of Harbors and Beaches, who
died recently.
SECOND: Mr.
Silvestri
DISCUSSION: None
ACTION: MPU
C. Secretary Mr.
Beuerlein ATTACHMENT C
D. Treasurer Mr.
Moore ATTACHMENT D
E. Recurrent Rep Mr.
Lombardi ATTACHMENT E
F. Advisor Mr.
Beuerlein for Mr. Richardson ATTACHMENT F
G. 1st Delegate Mr.
Gray for Mr. Bartlett ATTACHMENT G
IV. Committee Reports
A. Certification Mr.
Graham for Mr. Brewster ATTACHMENT H
B. Competition Mr.
Parks ATTACHMENT I
C. Exchanges Mr. Graham ATTACHMENT J
D. Heroic Acts Mr. Richardson NO
REPORT
E. Int’l Lifesaving Mr.
Graham for Mr. Brewster ATTACHMENT H
F. Junior Lifeguards Mrs.
Boyer ATTACHMENT K
G. Legislation Mr.
Graham for Mr. Brewster ATTACHMENT H
H. Membership Mr.
Rohrer ATTACHMENT B
I. Newsletter Mr.
Sandy ATTACHMENT L
J. Public Education Mr.
Williams ATTACHMENT M
MOTION: Moved by
Mr. Turner to donate the remaining 500-1,000 Spanish
Bookmarks to the visiting
Mexican Lifeguards.
SECOND: Mr. Rohrer
DISCUSSION: None
ACTION: MPU
K. Training Mr. Pounds ATTACHMENT N
V. Executive
Board Elections
A. President
1. Mr. McGowan declared his intention to
run for President.
MOTION: Moved by
Mr. Gray to close nominations for President.
SECOND: Mr.
Williams
DISCUSSION: None
ACTION: MPU (Mr.
McGowan elected President by acclamation)
B. Vice-President
1. Mr. Rohrer declared his intention to
run for Vice-President.
2. Mr. Sandy nominated Mr. Lombardi.
MOTION: Moved by Mr. Moore to close nominations for Vice-President.
SECOND: Mr.
Diederich
DISCUSSION: Mr. Rohrer
withdrew his name from consideration.
ACTION: MPU (Mr.
Lombardi elected Vice-President by acclamation)
C. Secretary
1. Mr. Beuerlein declared his intention to
run for Secretary.
MOTION: Moved by
Mr. Lombardi to close nominations for Secretary.
SECOND: Mr. Rohrer
DISCUSSION: None
ACTION: MPU (Mr.
Beuerlein elected Secretary by acclamation)
D. Treasurer
1. Mr. Moore declared his intention to run
for Treasurer.
2. Mr. Graham nominated Mr. Williams
MOTION: Moved by
Mr. Kennedy to close nominations for Treasurer.
SECOND: Mr. Gray
DISCUSSION: Mr. Moore
withdrew his name from consideration.
ACTION: MPU (Mr.
Williams elected Treasurer by acclamation)
E. Recurrent
Representative
1. Mr. Beuerlein nominated Mr. Graham for
Recurrent Representative.
MOTION: Moved by
Mr. Kennedy to close nominations for Recurrent Representative.
SECOND: Mr.
Cushman
DISCUSSION: None
ACTION: MPU (Mr.
Graham elected Recurrent Representative by acclamation)
F. Delegates
1.
Mr. Bartlett was nominated.
2.
Mr. Rohrer was nominated.
3.
Mrs. Boyer was nominated.
4.
Mr.
Moore was nominated.
5.
Mr. Weinert was nominated.
6.
Mrs. Graham was nominated.
MOTION: Moved by
Mr. Lombardi to close nominations for Past President.
SECOND: Mr. Turner
DISCUSSION: Mrs. Boyer
withdrew her name from consideration.
Mr. Moore
withdrew his name from consideration.
ACTION: MPU (Mr.
Rohrer elected 1st Delegate by majority vote)
(Mr.
Bartlett elected 2nd Delegate by majority vote)
(Mrs.
Graham elected Alternate Delegate by majority vote)
MOTION: Moved by
Mr. Lombardi to destroy all ballots.
SECOND: Mr.
Cushman
DISCUSSION: None
ACTION: MPU
G. Advisor
1. Mr. McGowan appointed Mr. Moore as
Advisor.
MOTION: Moved by
Mr. Turner to confirm Mr. Moore as Advisor.
SECOND: Mr. Gray
DISCUSSION: None
ACTION: MPU
MOTION: Moved by Mr. Sandy to have the
CSLSA vote as block for any
candidate for USLA President other than Mr.
Brewster.
SECOND: Mr. Gray
DISCUSSION: None
ACTION: MPU
VI. Committee Workshops (as directed)
Meeting
adjourned for the day at 4:53 P.M.
Meeting reconvened on Friday,
October 17th at 9:16 AM.
VII.
Committee Reports from Workshops
A. Competition Mr. Parks ATTACHMENT O
MOTION: Moved by
Mr. Moore to approve the report as submitted.
SECOND: Mr. Graham
DISCUSSION: Mr. Graham
said Lake Mission Viejo might be a spot to store the
new trailer when it is
purchased. Mr. Bauer said he might also have
a location. Mrs. Boyer said the JG
Committee would be willing to
pay for trailer storage if necessary. Mr. Moore
asked for a copy of
the region report from May.
ACTION: MPU
B. Exchanges Mr. Graham ATTACHMENT P
MOTION: Moved by
Mr. Silvestri to approve the report as submitted.
SECOND: Mr.
Lombardi
DISCUSSION: None
ACTION: MPU
C. Junior Lifeguards Mrs. Boyer ATTACHMENT Q
MOTION: Moved by
Mr. Bauer to approve the report as submitted.
SECOND: Mr.
Mitchell
DISCUSSION: Mr. Bauer
asked what the concerns were voiced in committee
regarding the Virtual Junior
Lifeguard Program. Mrs. Boyer said the
committee felt that the program was more
of a public education
program.
ACTION: MPU
D. Heroic
Acts Mr. McGowan VERBAL
REPORT
1.
The committee met briefly and agreed to award medals of
valor to the
four lifeguards who recovered the body of the Pismo Beach shark
attack victim.
2.
The committee will forward Mr. Grundler’s recommendation to
USLA.
E. Public Education Mr. Williams ATTACHMENT R
MOTION: Moved by
Mr. Graham to approve the report as submitted.
SECOND: Mr.
Lombardi
DISCUSSION: None
ACTION: MPU
F. Membership Mr. Gray VERBAL REPORT
1. Members
asked SHP for a plastic coffee mug, bag, towel, visor and
t-shirt to be
included in the next membership kit.
2. Mr. Williams
suggested educational materials as an incentive for
membership.
3. Mr. Moore
brought up an issue from the regional games where a
competitor could not prove
she had paid her dues. The competitor
in question was from New Jersey and is
not a CSLSA member.
4. Mrs. Boyer
said JG memberships should be processed through
local program directors.
VIII. Old
Business
A. Approval of Treasurer’s report from
Thursday, October 16, 2003.
MOTION: Moved by
Mrs. Graham to approve the report as submitted.
SECOND: Mr.
Diederich
DISCUSSION: None
ACTION: MPU
IX. New Business
A. CSLSA 40th Anniversary
Celebration
1. Mr. Bowman volunteered to chair an
event in conjunction with the
2004 Spring CSLSA Meeting in Laguna
Beach.
2. Mr. Bowman asked for $5,000 start-up
money.
MOTION: Moved by
Mr. Silvestri to appoint Mr. Bowman as Chairman of 40th
Anniversary Committee with $2,000 start-up
money.
SECOND: Mr.
Williams
DISCUSSION: None
ACTION: MPU
B. Virtual Lifeguard Program
MOTION: Moved by Mr. Moore to support the
program in concept, subject to
a review of the program’s standards.
SECOND: Mr. Gray
DISCUSSION: Mr. Moore
felt we should endorse the concept as a national program.
ACTION: MPU
C. USLA
Proxies
MOTION: Moved by Mr. Gray to send four
CSLSA Executive Board Members,
in addition to the USLA President, to the Fall
2003 USLA Meeting
with proxies for those CSLSA Executive Board Members not in
attendance.
SECOND: Mr.
Silvestri
DISCUSSION: Mr. Bauer said we ought to send the votes with people
who are
present at the meeting. Mr. Moore said that Mr. Richardson (at the
September 29, 2003, CSLSA Executive Board Meeting) had made
a motion, to have
the CSLSA Executive Board members attending
the USLA Meeting in New Jersey,
carry proxies for those members
not in attendance, because they had been
elected to represent our region.
ACTION: MPU
D. Administrative
Manual
MOTION: Moved by Mr. Bauer to mail CD’s to
those chapters who did not
have representatives to pick-up their copy of the
Administrative Manual.
SECOND: Mr. Graham
DISCUSSION: None
ACTION: MPU
E. State
Parks/USLA Certification
MOTION: Moved by Mr. Silvestri to have
CSLSA Members support the
California State Parks for USLA Certification at the
Fall 2003 USLA Meeting.
SECOND: Mr. Gray
DISCUSSION: Mr. Bauer
gave a history of the State Parks certification issue.
ACTION: MPU
F. USLA
Meeting Dates & Locations
1. FalI - 2004
a) Location: Red Bank, New Jersey
b) Dates: 11/06/03-11/08/03
2. Spring - 2004
a) Location: San Francisco, CA
b) Dates: TBA
F. CSLSA Meeting Dates & Locations
1. Spring - 2004
a) Location: Laguna Beach
b) Dates: 4/22/04
& 4/23/04
2. FaII - 2004
a) Location: LA Co. Lakes (Alternate Sites: Santa
Clarita, Long Beach)
b) Dates: TBA
X.
Privilege of the Chair
A. Mr. McGowan thanked the Imperial Beach
Lifesaving Association for
hosting an outstanding meeting at such a great site.
B. Mr.
McGowan thanked participants for their good suggestions for the
upcoming USLA
meeting in Red Bank, New Jersey.
XI.
Adjournment
MOTION: Moved to
adjourn in honor of Dick Fitzgerald by Mr. Moore.
SECOND: Mr. Fernan
DISCUSSION: None
ACTION: MPU; Meeting
adjourned at 12:14 PM
Respectfully
Submitted
Michael A.
Beuerlein
CSLSA
Secretary