Page 1 of 11 USLA Fall BOD Meeting Cocoa Beach, Florida, November 6-8, 2008 UNITED STATES LIFESAVING ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AND EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE Holiday Inn Oceanfront Resort Cocoa Beach, Florida November 6-8, 2008 Thursday, November 6, 2008 – Board of Directors & Committees Board of Directors Meeting: 9:00 a.m. I. CALL TO ORDER – Mr. Brewster A. Pledge of Allegiance – Mr. Sweat B. Welcome and Introductions – Mr. Brewster asked for a brief moment of silence in recognition for all those in the past six months that died in the water and those that died trying to rescue them. Mr. Brewster also recognized the passing of Mr. Bob Moore’s father as well as Mr. Bill Richardson’s father. Mr. Joe McManus, the Southeast Region President, introduced several individuals who were instrumental in highlighting the drowning epidemic in Brevard County where there were no lifeguards. Mr. Jerry Storrs is a former L.A. County lifeguard now living in Cocoa Beach and Ms. Donna Balancia is a reporter who wrote several articles highlighting the need for a year round lifeguard service. Due to their efforts and those of the Southeast Region Page 2 of 11 USLA Fall BOD Meeting Cocoa Beach, Florida, November 6-8, 2008 and Mr. Chris Brewster, the Brevard County Commission funded a year round lifeguard service for the first time in their history. Mr. Brewster commented on the efforts in Puerto Rico as well as in Brevard County to obtain full time lifeguard service. Mr. Brewster presented Mr. Peter Davis with an award for the Galveston Beach Patrol for all their efforts in the wake of Hurricane Ike. Mr. Tom Daly was given an award by Mr. Brewster from the outgoing ILS International Lifesaving President Excellence Award for “decades of contributions internationally”. Mr. Daly was one of only three recipients of this award in 2008. Mr. Brewster shared a Power Point presentation concerning funding for the USLA and for a professional staff. [USLA_Income Sources_20081105] II. ROLL CALL OF DELEGATES – Ms. Bowie DELEGATE VOTES BASED ON MEMBERSHIP (11/6/2008) 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 27 2 2 0 2 0 JOE PECORARO JERRY GAVIN GULF COAST 83 2 2 0 2 89 PETER DAVIS TONY PRYOR MID-ATLANTIC BUZZ MOGCK ED ZEBROWSKI CHARLES HARTL 1063 7 7 0 7 525 TIM GALLAGHER DENISE BLAIR DAVE FOXWELL ED ZEBROWSKI III NEW ENGLAND 6 1 0 0 0 0 NORTHWEST DAVID ROBINSON ONE PROXY 113 3 1 1 2 0 PACIFIC ISLANDS 61 2 2 0 2 0 RALPH GOTO KALANI VIERRA SOUTH ATLANTIC MICKEY HUTTO TOM GILL DUKE BROWN 837 7 7 0 7 141 RALPH WAGNER PAUL PIVEC RON WATSON CHAD MOTZ SOUTHEAST GARY WISE JOE MCMANUS JO WAGENHALS 419 5 5 0 5 354 GERRY FALCONER JIM MCCRADY SOUTHWEST JON MITCHELL ROB MCGOWAN ROBERT MOORE 1013 7 7 0 7 6670 CHARLOTTE GRAHAM BILL RICHARDSON MIKE BEUERLEIN REENIE BOYER SUB TOTALS 3622 36 33 1 34 7779 NATIONAL (AT LARGE) 2 0 TOTALS 3624 7779 Additional Attendees: Great Lakes – Andy Braudy Gulf Coast – Vic Maceo, Penny Shull Mid-Atlantic – Bill Oat, Tom Daly, Matt Gallagher, Tim Harmon, Dave Shotwell, David Griffith, Andy Healey Pacific Islands – Randy Ortiz, Bouvey Bradbury South Atlantic – Cole Thomas, Eric Stewart, Simon Sanders, Janie Watson, Chris Nowviski, Jose Pena, Scott Petersohn, Tom McGibeney, Don Hutson, Monty Reed, Ricky DeVennish, Page 3 of 11 USLA Fall BOD Meeting Cocoa Beach, Florida, November 6-8, 2008 Southeast – Jim McCarthy, Bob Mailer, Bill McNeely, Glen Kuehner, Felix Romero, Wyatt Werneth, Jerry Storrs, Bob West, Donna Bollinger, Vanessa Ziade, Ruperto Chaparro Southwest – Jay Butki, Eric Bauer, Craig Lumb, Gus Avila, Members of the Executive Board – President B. Chris Brewster, Vice President Kevin Sweat, Secretary Nikki Bowie, Liaison Peter Davis, Executive Delegate Chris Graham, Advisor Tim Gallagher, Medical Advisor Peter Wernicki III. Approval of Agenda – Motion for approval by Mr. Richardson, with the exclusion of items XIII, A, B and C under Old Business, due to concerns regarding whether these proposed Bylaw changes were properly noticed. The President suggested that the agenda be accepted as presented, with an understanding that the question on whether the items were properly noticed would be taken up on Saturday. MPU. IV. Approval of Minutes- from the Board of Directors meeting in Kauai, Hawaii, April 24-26, 2008. Motion by Mr. Richardson, second by Mr. Watson. MPU V. 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. A. President (Mr. B. Chris Brewster) – Mr. Brewster requested that his report stand as submitted. [2008_02_04_USLABOD_PresidentActivity.PDF] B. Vice President (Mr. Kevin Sweat) – Mr. Sweat had no verbal or written report. C. Secretary (Ms. Nikki Bowie) – Thanks to Southeast region for hosting the meeting as well as the PWC course that was hosted the four days prior. Thanks also to Bill Richardson for his work on a national communications directory. Please forward him any corrections or information. [2008_02_06_USLABOD_SecretaryActivity.PDF] D. Treasurer (Mr. Peter Davis for Mr. Rob Williams) – Mr. Davis requested that the report stand as submitted. [2008_02_07_USLABOD_TreasurerActivity.PDF] E. Executive Delegate (Mr. Chris Graham) – Mr. Graham stated that the intent of the USLA Lifeguard Salary Page is to help lifeguard organizations and management make salary recommendations that are equal to or greater than agencies in their region. There have been some concerns with job titles that may have different responsibilities within different agencies. The salary page can be a useful tool, but only if the information is up to date. There is currently an agency contact page in the works. [2008_02_08_USLABOD_ExecutiveDelegateActivity.PDF] F. Advisor (Mr. Tim Gallagher) - Mr. Gallagher requested that his report stand as submitted. [2008_02_09_USLABOD_AdvisorActivity.PDF] G. Liaison Officer (Mr. Peter Davis) – The Brazilian Lifesaving Society hosted a symposium November 12–16. There will be an ILS Board of Directors meeting January 29th – February 4th in Germany. Mr. Davis thanked everyone who called and offered help after Hurricane Ike. [2008_02_10_USLABOD_LiaisonActivity.PDF] H. Medical Advisor (Dr. Peter Wernicki) – Dr. Wernicki requested that his report stand as submitted. [2008_02_11_USLABOD_MedicalAdvisorActivity.PDF] I. Legal Advisor (Mr. Chip More)- Mr. More was unable to attend due to his recent surgery, but sent his regards. VI. Regional Council Activity Reports A. Great Lakes (Mr. Joe Pecoraro) – Mr. Pecoraro requested that his report stand as submitted. He also requested that the meeting be dedicated to Dr. Jim McCloy who was formerly the International Liaison for USLA and ran one of the first meetings to try to set national standards for lifeguards. This request was to be handled in New Business. [2008_02_25_USLABOD_GreatLakesActivity.PDF] B. Gulf Coast (Mr. Tony Pryor) – Mr. Pryor requested that his report stand as submitted. [2008_02_26_USLABOD_GulfCoastActivity.PDF] Page 4 of 11 USLA Fall BOD Meeting Cocoa Beach, Florida, November 6-8, 2008 C. Mid-Atlantic (Mr. Ed Zebrowski) – Mr. Zebrowski requested that his report stand as submitted. [2008_02_22_USLABOD_MidAtlanticActivity.PDF] D. Northwest (Mr. David Robinson for Ms. Cathy VonWald) – Mr. Robinson requested that the report stand as submitted. [2008_02_27_USLABOD_NorthwestActivity.PDF] E. Pacific Islands (Mr. Ralph Goto) – Mr. Goto highlighted several items from his report including a training mission to Brazil; significant progress has been made on the island of Kauai since the Spring meeting; there is now a new chapter in Guam in the Pacific Islands Region; Congratulations to Mr. Jay Butki for attending the Oceanfest event and winning the Waterman Relay. Mr. Goto also congratulated Mr. Kalani Vierra and his daughter for winning the 2008 tandem surf championships. [2008_02_29_USLABOD_PacificIslandsActivity.PDF] F. South Atlantic (Mr. Tom Gill) – Mr. Gill requested that his report stand as submitted with an additional thank you to L.A. County and the other organizers for the work they did on the 2008 National Lifeguard Championships. [2008_02_23_USLABOD_SouthAtlanticActivity.PDF] G. Southeast (Mr. Joe McManus) – Mr. McManus requested that his report stand as submitted with an additional to Glen Kuehner and Felix Romero from Destin for teaching the PWC course which they did on their own time. [2008_02_24_USLABOD_SoutheastActivity.PDF] H. Southwest (Mr. Rob McGowan) – Mr. McGowan reported that two agencies had “Ocean Force” film - Huntington and San Diego. In light of the budget crisis, California State Parks tried to develop a state park access pass that would have added $10 to every registered car in the state of California that would have provided free day access to Californians to all state parks, but it never got past the legislature due to the “no new taxes”. This fee would have funded state parks for perpetuity. L.A. County became the first “green” government agency with the addition of several Ford Eclipse Hybrid SUVs. Huntington also has a new vehicle contract with Toyota. Nationals went well and thanks to Jay Butki and Charlotte Graham for all their hard work. Also thanks to Scott Hubbell for his work in procuring sponsorship for the event. Alex Peabody has been working on the Spring Board of Directors meeting to be held at the Asilomar training facility in Pacific Grove, CA. The region supports the USOC affiliation in principle, but believes that we are trying to rush into it too fast and would like to make sure all the options have been explored before we jump into a fairly significant changing of the Bylaws. The suggestion is to hand over the topic to the Competition Committee to research it further and see if there are not alternative means to meet the athlete membership requirement.