South Willamette Chapter

December 8, 2009

Cascade Grill, Albany

Meeting Called to Order:

Chris Ellison – 11:00

Members:

Chris Ellison, Tom Saddler, Cindy Moran, Theresa Cook, L.D. Ellison, Maggi Estes, Carlos Gonzales, Deborah Maskal, Craig Pruitt, Kay Saddler, Michael Shields, Cindy Sim, Wilbur Starr, Vurlee Nab-Alexander

Previous Minutes:

Vurlee moved to pass with corrections. Cindy Sim - 2nd

Financial Report:

A Correction of -$20 from last month was recorded.
-         -$325.78 Trinket
-         +$525 Membership
-         +$15 Education Workshop
-         -$66.97 Computer
-         $16,099.40 Balance

Committee Reports

State Board:

Next board meeting 12/17/2009 – No report

NAPT – Tom sent letters to several company’s in the Tillamook area for donations.

Poster Contest:

Denice was going to ODE to check on mailings, there is no update on that yet.

Safety Exercise:

May 1st – Cut off for registration is April 23rd

Grants Pass is an ideal site, if they will cover judges and the busses.

Chris will call them to make sure they can. There are some disadvantages – Hotel stays, travel time. Put to a vote, passed unanimously for Grants Pass.

Sunshine:

Nothing to report

Education:

GAPS hosted Routing 101 workshop. It went great, 14 people, 4 to 5 from each location.

Good discussion on routing. Chris Engle took notes; these will be sent out to members as soon as they are available.

Next workshop is Tuesday February 2nd 5:30-7:30. Dispatchers Forum/Public relations

OPTA members are free – non-members $5. Includes dinner

This is a Great opportunity to share ideas and what works for other departments.

Planning to have these every other month and hope the local districts will join us.

Winter Workshop:

“Bus Driver Boot Camp”

February 20, 2010. Location will be Sweet Home High School

Sweet Home fire department will be giving a workshop on fire extinguishers.

Working on a Pretrip problem solving segment with 4 stations.

No lunches will be served to help with cost. There are restaurants closes by, walking or driving. They can also bring their own.

Need to send a small map with registration for the area.

The cost will be $20 for registration, down from $25 last year.

The cut off date for registration is Feb. 5th, a late fee will incur for late arrivals. Chris will send a memo out to the districts to save the date and cost.

We will split them into 3 groups. Kathryn Phillips – Student Management

Fire Safety – Sweet Home Fire Dept. Pre-Trip inspections

Membership:

Added 15 members – 108 +1 from last year.

Tom Saddler motioned that following past practices TJ Crockett become an honorary member. Deborah 2nd – motion carried.

Old Business:

New Business:

Craig Pruitt – ODE mailing “Christmas Cards” to all testers.

o       New forms that are effective January 1, 2010

o       DMV competency forms changing

o       Testers will have to log in 48 hours in advance, then log in after the test to record the results.

o       All testers that go through the recertification will get set up with the new system. By Oct. 1, 2010 everyone will be on board

Michael Shields – Measure 66 & 67 will impact us as a business. Unions are fighting for it. Individuals will not be impacted. Shoulder belt issue brought up, the new seat back height will go to 28” then they will add the shoulder belts.

This was discussed.