GENERAL BOARD MEETING
Seal Beach Lifeguard Association
April 14 & 15, 2005
MINUTES
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Thursday. April 14. 2005
I. Meeting
called to order by Mr. McGowan at 9:18 AM.
A. Pledge
of Allegiance - Mr. Lombardi
B.
Welcome
and Introductions - Mr. McGowan
C. Roll
Call of Delegates - Mr. Beuerlein
| Chapter |
Members |
Delegates |
Delegates
Present |
Proxies |
Total
Votes |
| California State |
98 |
4 |
4 |
- |
4 |
| Camp Pendleton |
27 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
| Capitola |
9 |
2 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| Coronado |
5 |
2 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| Del Mar |
45 |
3 |
3 |
- |
3 |
| Encinitas |
9 |
2 |
1 |
- |
1 |
| Hawaii |
4 |
2 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| Huntington Beach |
149 |
5 |
5 |
- |
5 |
| Imperial Beach |
18 |
3 |
2 |
- |
2 |
| LA City |
36 |
3 |
3 |
- |
3 |
| LA County Lakes |
29 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| LACOLA |
166 |
6 |
5 |
- |
5 |
| Laguna Beach |
81 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| Long Beach |
97 |
4 |
2 |
- |
2 |
| Mission Viejo |
9 |
2 |
2 |
- |
2 |
| Newport Beach |
119 |
5 |
5 |
- |
5 |
| Oceanside |
6 |
2 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| Port Hueneme |
1 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| San Clemente |
12 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| San Luis Obispo |
4 |
2 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| San Diego |
56 |
4 |
2 |
- |
2 |
| Santa Barbara |
37 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Santa Cruz |
31 |
3 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| Seal Beach |
42 |
3 |
3 |
- |
3 |
| Solana Beach |
13 |
2 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| Tucson |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| US Ocean Safety |
72 |
4 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| Ventura County |
3 |
2 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| Mexico |
1 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| Members-at-large |
4 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| TOTAL |
1183 |
80 |
44 |
6 |
50 |
II.
Approval of
Minutes — Santa Barbara Lifesaving Association Meeting (October
21 & 22, 2005)
MOTION: Moved by Mr. Lombardi to approve the minutes as submitted.
SECOND: Mr. Williams
DISCUSSION: None
ACTION: MPU
III. Officer’s Reports
A. President Mr. McGowan ATTACHMENT A
B. Vice
President Mr. Lombardi ATTACHMENT B
C. Secretary Mr. Beuerlein ATTACHMENT C
D. Treasurer Mr. Williams ATTACHMENT D
E. Recurrent
Rep Mr. Graham ATTACHMENT E
F. Advisor
Mr. Moore ATTACHMENT F
D. 1st Delegate Mr. Rohrer ATTACHMENT G
IV. Committee Reports
A. Competition Mr. Butki
ATTACHMENT
H
B. Exchanges Mr. Graham
ATTACHMENT
I
C. Heroic Acts
No Verbal Report ATTACHMENT J
D. Junior Lifeguards Mrs. Boyer
ATTACHMENT K
E. Legislation Mr. Peabody
VERBAL REPORT
1.
California Department of Boating and Waterways asked Marine Safety
experts to determine if additional legislation is needed to regulate Personal
Watercraft activity.
2.
California Department of Boating and Waterways recently sent out a
survey on law enforcement contacts.
F. Membership
Mr.
Lombardi ATTACHMENT B
G. Newsletter Mr. Sandy ATTACHMENT L
H. Public Education Mr. Williams ATTACHMENT M
I. Training & Operations Mr. Peden ATTACHMENT N
J. Website Mr. Moore ATTACHMENT O
V. Mr. McGowan presented The CSLSA Excellence in Lifesaving Award to Mr. Moore
"in recognition of 38 years of public service, dedication and devotion to the Los Angeles
County Lifeguards: 1967-2005. Congratulations on your retirement! The California Surf
Lifesaving Association, April 14, 2005."
VI. Mr. Silvestri presented the new California State Lifeguard Recruitment CD.
VII. Mr. Gould spoke on the importance of agencies submitting consistent and accurate
statistics to uphold the integrity of USLA Statistics. He cited rescues as an example. Mr.
Gould said that each rescue should be documented on a separate report. Rescues should
not be estimated. Mr. Gould also stated that any and all drownings should be reflected in
the annual USLA statistics.
VIII. At the Fall 2004 CSLSA General Meeting, Pismo Beach (currently part of the San Luis
Obispo County CSLSA chapter) submitted an application and fees to form its own separate
CSLSA chapter pending a vote of approval from the CSLSA Board of Directors. If the
application is accepted and approved, San Luis Obispo County would maintain its current
chapter.
MOTION: Moved by Mr. Lombardi to accept Pismo Beach's application and to
approve Pismo Beach as a new chapter.
SECOND: Mr. Klosterman
DISCUSSION: None
ACTION: MPU
IX. USLA President Chris Brewster gave a brief presentation on the USLA/NOAA Rip
Current Brochure.
V. Committee Workshops (as directed)
Meeting
adjourned for the day at 4:51 P.M.
Meeting reconvened on Friday,
April 15, 2005 at 9:15 AM.
XI. Committee Reports from Workshops
A. Certification Mr. Rohrer ATTACHMENT P,
P-1
, P-2
1.
Committee met and is recommending four changes to the USLA
Recommended Minimum Guidelines for Open Water Swimming Event Safety:
a.
Section 3.2.1: Eliminate all ratios of lifeguards to competitors.
b.
Section 3.3: Eliminate 100-meter example for strategic placement
of lifeguards.
c.
Section 4.5: Changed to "one advanced life support ambulance should
be made available on site or within a 5-minute response time."
d.
Section 5.4: Grammatical error - change "an central observation
location" to "a central observation location."
MOTION: Moved by Mr. Moore to approve the report as submitted.
SECOND: Mr. Gray
DISCUSSION: Mr. Peden questioned if the USLA document would become a bylaw. Mr.
Rohrer stated that the document would be a "suggested operational guide."
ACTION: MPU
B. Competition Mr. Butki ATTACHMENT Q
MOTION: Moved by Mr. Gray to approve the report as submitted.
SECOND: Mrs. Graham
DISCUSSION: none
ACTION: MPU
C. Junior Lifeguards Mrs. Boyer ATTACHMENT R
MOTION:
Moved by Mr. Lombardi to approve the report as submitted.
SECOND: Mr. Silvestri
DISCUSSION: Mr. Silvestri suggested that each Junior Guard Program report their actual
enrollment numbers from the summer at the Fall CSLSA meeting. Mr.
McGowan asked if there were budget items. Mrs. Boyer stated that she was
requesting that the art contest budget be increased from $1,500 to $2,000.
She also requested that the Junior Lifeguards of the Year awards be
increased from $2,000 total to $100 per recipient. Mr. McGowan noted
that this would come out of the JG Fund.
ACTION: MPU
D. Membership Mr. Lombardi ATTACHMENT S
MOTION:
Moved by Mr. Gray to approve the report as submitted.
SECOND: Mr. Williams
DISCUSSION: Mr. Williams recommended that the Board of Directors give Mr. Lombardi
direction on the new USLA database and credit card use. Mr. Rohrer
recommended that we keep the current membership system in place. Mr.
Gray agreed. Mr. Lombardi said that only about 5% of CSLSA members
register for USLA on-line. Mr. McGowan said we could look into a regional
credit card. More discussion followed. Mr. Moore recommended approval of
the committee report and suggested that a motion could be made to address
the database/credit card issue since it was not discussed in committee. Mr.
McGowan stated that we have direction from the CSLSA Board of Directors
to pursue the database issue, but CSLSA will express concern about credit
cards and on-line registration as being the only USLA registration options.
ACTION: MPU
E. Public Education Mr. Pounds ATTACHMENT T
MOTION:
Moved by Mr. Peden to approve the report as submitted.
SECOND: Mrs. Graham
DISCUSSION: None
ACTION: MPU
XII. Old Business
A. Approval of Treasurer's report from Thursday, April 14, 2005.
MOTION:
Moved by Mr. Bauer to approve the report as submitted.
SECOND: Mr. Moore
DISCUSSION: None
ACTION: MPU
B. USLA Personal Watercraft Rescue Guidelines
MOTION:
Moved by Mr. Gray to endorse USLA Personal Watercraft Rescue Guidelines
SECOND: Mr. Moore
DISCUSSION: Mr. McGowan noted that the guidelines are available on the USLA website.
ACTION: MPU
C. USLA Drowning Prevention Award
MOTION:
Moved by Mr. Lombardi to endorse Mr. Bartlett's revised proposal for a
USLA Drowning Prevention Award for guarded areas only.
SECOND: Mr. Rohrer
DISCUSSION: Mr. Gray stated that it would be unfair to withhold an award from lifeguards
due to drownings that occur when they are not on duty. Mr. Moore
suggested that award categories could differentiate between agencies that have
year round vs. seasonal operations and 24-hour vs. daylight operations.
ACTION: MPU
D. 05 Las Playas de Tijuana Volunteer Service ATTACHMENT U
XIII. New Business
A. CSLSA Website Funding
1. Mr. Moore noted that we are contractually obligated to pay Mrs. Francis
$2,000 per year.
2. CSLSA has not as of yet been billed for services.
B. Agency Unit Display for Fall 2005 CSLSA Meeting
1. Mr. McGowan said a reminder would be placed in the meeting announcements.
C. USLA Fundraiser
1. Mr. McGowan stated that USLA has not had a fundraiser in over 3 years.
2. Mr. McGowan said that the most recent prospect to become the new USLA fundraiser
had withdrawn from consideration during a vote to confirm her for the position.
3. Mr. McGowan noted that SHP remains available to assist the USLA in this capacity.
D. Future Meetings
1. USLA Meeting Dates & Locations
a. Spring - 2005
1) Location: Miami, Florida (Southeast Region)
2) Dates: 5/05/05-5/07/05
3) Suggested Agenda Items
b. Fall - 2005
1) Host: Southwest Region
2) Dates: 11/03/05-11/05/05
3) Possible Locations: Long Beach, Dana Point, Huntington Beach, Asilimar
4) Mr. Graham suggested that the CSLSA Executive Board make this
decision. There was no objection.
2. CSLSA Meeting Dates & Locations
a. Fall - 2005
1) Location: LA County Lakes/Santa Clarita
2) Dates: 10/13/05-10/14/05
b. Spring - 2006
1) Location: Long Beach, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach
2) Dates: 4/20/06-4/21/06
E. Mr. Bartlett distributed information from Mr. Weisser on the California Public Safety
Leadership and Ethics Program. ATTACHMENT V
XIII.
Privilege
of the Chair
A. Mr. McGowan thanked everyone for their participation.
B. Mr. McGowan particularly praised the delegation for reaching a consensus on the
Guidelines for Open Water Swimming Event Safety. He cited this as an example
of the way that CSLSA Board Members work cooperatively toward solutions to
issues in modern lifesaving.
C. Mr. McGowan thanked the Seal Beach Lifeguard Association for hosting an
outstanding meeting at such a great site.
X.
Adjournment
MOTION: Moved
to adjourn by Mrs. Graham
SECOND: Mr.
Lombardi
DISCUSSION:
None
ACTION: MPU; Meeting adjourned at
10:58 AM
Respectfully Submitted,
Michael
A. Beuerlein
CSLSA
Secretary