UNITED STATES LIFESAVING ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AND EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE Asilomar Conference Center 800 Asilomar Avenue Pacific Grove, CA 93950 April 23 – 25, 2009 Thursday, April 23, 2009 – Board of Directors & Committees Board of Directors Meeting: 9:00 a.m. 1. Call to Order - Mr. B. Chris Brewster 1.1. Pledge of Allegiance - Mr. Kevin Sweat 1.2. Welcome and Introductions – Mr. B. Chris Brewster. Mr. Matt Fusy, Monterey District Supervisor, welcomed the group and highlighted the lifeguards in Monterey. 2. Roll Call of Delegates – Ms. Nikki Bowie. Mr. Brewster advised the Board of Directors that per the change to the Bylaws (Article XIII, Section 3) the membership year changed to April 1 to March 31. Normally the number of delegates is based on the current membership year. Therefore the delegate count for this meeting was based on the prior year’s membership. Mr. Brewster asked if there were any objections to this approach. No objections were voiced. Mr. Chip More produced a new Bylaw to address this situation and it was to be discussed in the Bylaw Committee meeting and brought to the floor under New Business. DELEGATE VOTES BASED ON MEMBERSHIP (3/31/2009) Member/Director Ratio 2- 25 1 Director 26-100 2 Directors 101-200 3 Directors 201-400 4 Directors 401-600 5 Directors 601-800 6 Directors 801-and over 7 Directors MEMBERS VOTES PRESENT PROXY TOTAL JUNIORS GREAT LAKES 28 2 2 2 1 JOE PECORARO JERRY GAVIN GULF COAST 83 2 2 2 89 PETER DAVIS PENNY SHULL MID-ATLANTIC ED KIZIUKIEWICZ ED ZEBROWSKI CHARLES HARTL 1120 7 7 7 535 TIM GALLAGHER DENISE BLAIR DAVE FOXWELL ED ZEBROWSKI III NEW ENGLAND 9 1 0 0 1 NORTHWEST CATHY VONWALD NICK SCHRIVER 116 3 3 3 0 JIM MCCRAY PACIFIC ISLANDS RALPH GOTO KALANI VIERRA 62 2 2 2 0 SOUTH ATLANTIC NIKKI BOWIE TOM GILL PAUL PIVEC 860 7 6 1 7 141 RALPH WAGNER JANIE WATSON RON WATSON ONE PROXY SOUTHEAST JO WAGENHALS JOE MCMANUS JIM MCCRADY 445 5 4 1 5 444 GERRY FALCONER SOUTHWEST JON MITCHELL ROB MCGOWAN ROBERT MOORE 1311 7 7 7 6669 CHARLOTTE GRAHAM BILL RICHARDSON MIKE BEUERLEIN ROB WILLIAMS SUB TOTALS 4034 36 33 2 35 7880 NATIONAL (AT LARGE) 2 0 TOTALS 4036 7880 Additional Attendees: Mid-Atlantic Region: Dave Shotwell, Tom Daly, Andy Healey, Timothy Harmon Northwest Region: David Robinson, Dan McCormick, Pete DeQuincy South Atlantic Region: Scott Petersohn, Tom McGibeney Southeast Region: Dr. Peter Wernicki Southwest Region: Jay Butki, Reenie Boyer, Ron Schafer, Al Pepito, Gus Avila, Craig Lumb, Alex Peabody, Jeff Kennedy, Jack Futoran, Richard Hidalgo Members of the Executive Board: President B. Chris Brewster, Vice President Kevin Sweat, Secretary Nikki Bowie, Treasurer Rob Williams, Executive Delegate Chris Graham, Advisor Tim Gallagher, Liaison Peter Davis 3. President’s Opening Remarks – Mr. Brewster discussed the progress made in the budget, the Certification Program, Public Education, Competition and many other areas due to the hard work by many with common goals and who are volunteers to the organization. Mr. Brewster discussed the USOC membership proposals and stated that we are not ready to move forward at this time with the current proposals. Mr. Brewster’s opening remarks are available in their entirety in the attachment. [President’s Remarks.PDF] 4. Approval of Agenda – Motion by Mr. Dave Foxwell to approve the agenda, 2nd by Mr. Joe McManus. MPU 5. Approval of Minutes – Motion by Ms. Jo Wagenhals to approve the meeting minutes from the Board of Directors Meeting in Cocoa Beach, November 6-8, 2009, 2nd by Mr. Bill Richardson. MPU 6. Memorialization – of Executive Committee actions since the previous Board of Directors Meeting. 6.1. “Shall the Executive Committee authorize the President and Secretary to execute a consultant agreement for services, reviewed and approved by the Legal Advisor, with the Park District Management Agency of Wheaton, Illinois?” Approved – 15 yes, 0 no 6.2. “Shall the Executive Committee approve the Host Agreement by and between the USLA and the Fort Lauderdale Chapter of the SE Region to host the 2009 National Lifeguard Championships?” Approved – 15 yes, 0 no. 7. Officers Activity Reports - It was asked that verbal reports be limited to approximately two minutes, highlighting the key points in written reports previously submitted to the Secretary and published. 7.1. President (Mr. B. Chris Brewster) Mr. Brewster highlighted his written report: The annual report was completed as necessary for the Combined Federal Campaign and is in the Lifeguard Library; a draft business plan has been completed; worked on the intellectual property to arrange the trademarks for “Lifeguards for Life”, the logo and “American Lifeguard”; managed to get over $1000 back from our prior attorney who failed to produce; the educational DVDs are very close to being complete; there is work being done on an application scanning project for the Certification Program; there has been a variety of work in lifesaving development around this country and the world and Mr. Brewster had the opportunity to work with a number of different people; congratulations to Ms. Reenie Boyer for her nomination as a committee chair on a commission of the International Lifesaving Federation; a strategic partnering agreement with Surf Lifesaving Australia is on the table for review; the 2009 USLA Nationals Host agreement was completed; worked with Mr. Mike Bartlett to substantially reduce the cost of production for the ALM; finalized a contract with Ingram that will bring in $5000 a year for the next three years. [2009_01_04_USLABOD_PresidentActivity.PDF] 7.2. Vice President (Mr. Kevin Sweat) Mr. Sweat noted a change in his written report. There was an issue with the Combined Federal Campaign application concerning the switch to a calendar year versus a fiscal year. Documents were submitted that were not in concurrence with the same year for the application. Mr. Sweat received a letter requesting that he file an appeal with the information that was needed, which he has done. [2009_01_05_USLABOD_VicePresidentActivity.PDF] 7.3. Secretary (Ms. Nikki Bowie) Ms. Bowie requested that her report stand as submitted. [2009_01_06_USLABOD_SecretaryActivity.PDF] 7.4. Treasurer (Mr. Rob Williams) Mr. Williams thanked Mr. Davis for acting in his place at the fall meeting. The 2008 calendar year budget is finalized and Mr. Williams worked with our accountant to complete the audit and do the taxes. The 2008 budget year was successful from the USLA stand point and we came out approximately $39,000 in the black. Congratulations to Mr. Mike Bartlett on increasing the advertising revenue for the ALM and the decrease in costs. Also, consult with PDRMA in the Great Lakes Region that yielded $3000 plus expenses. Thanks to Mr. Bill Richardson for his work and also Mr. Joe Pecoraro for his assistance. Interest rates are an area of concern especially with the CDs. [2009_01_07_USLABOD_TreasurerActivity.PDF] 7.5. Executive Delegate (Mr. Chris Graham) Mr. Graham explained what the Executive Delegate does including responsibility for the Contact and Salary pages on www.usla.org. Also, please provide a patch for the banner if you have not already done so. 7.6. Advisor (Mr. Tim Gallagher) Mr. Gallagher asked that his report stand as submitted. [2009_01_09_USLABOD_AdvisorActivity.PDF] 7.7. Liaison Officer (Mr. Peter Davis) Mr. Davis noted that he has taken on the role of Secretary General of the Americas Region for ILS coordinating development aid which keeps the region from not duplicating efforts and maintaining and fostering good relationships with the other regions. If anyone knows of other efforts please coordinate with Mr. Davis. There was also an article on this topic written for ALM. [2009_01_10_USLABOD_LiaisonActivity.PDF] 7.8. Medical Advisor (Dr. Peter Wernicki) Dr. Wernicki discussed the Lifeguard Standards Coalition, which is a little behind schedule on editing. Please review the draft standards at lifeguardstandards.org and make any input before the final draft comes out. There was discussion at the fall meeting concerning a presentation on teaching infants how to swim. A subsequent article that gives further information on whether this is a safe practice was circulated by Mr. Brewster. There is not a definitive answer as to whether this practice actually is the reason that these infants drown less and we don’t know which type of swim lessons are appropriate. There has also been a lot of information lately on the dangers of hyperventilation prior to underwater swimming. The Red Cross and the YMCA have policy statements that support this and Dr. Wernicki would like the USLA to tag onto the Red Cross statement saying that we endorse having an official statement that voluntary hyperventilation prior to underwater swimming is dangerous. [2009_01_11_USLABOD_MedicalAdvisorActivity.PDF] 7.9. Legal Advisor (Mr. Chip More) Mr. Brewster reported that Mr. More was unable to attend due to having undergone two major surgeries in the past year. He has also been busy going through past work that we have asked of him. All of the items he is currently working on are available in his written report. [2009_01_12_USLABOD_LegalAdvisorActivity.PDF] 8. Regional Council Activity Reports 8.1. Great Lakes (Mr. Jerry Gavin for Mr. Joe Pecoraro) Mr. Gavin thanked Mr. Richardson for his help with PDRMA and they continue to work with the group. He is also traveling to Ohio in hopes of getting another chapter for the Great Lakes Region. [2009_01_25_USLABOD_GreatLakesActivity.PDF] 8.2. Gulf Coast (Mr. Peter Davis for Mr. Tony Pryor) Mr. Davis requested that the report stand as submitted with additional information concerning the Spring 2010 Board of Directors Meeting. They are looking at South Padre Island or Galveston. Information will follow as it becomes available. [2009_01_26_USLABOD_GulfCoastActivity.PDF] 8.3. Mid-Atlantic (Mr.