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General Meeting Mesa PD December 14, 2007
Board Members Present: Scott Tillman Erika Wilson Pat Joy Tonia Rogers Karen Allen Mark Schroeder Sandra Gillstad Sheila Blevins
Scott called the meeting to order at 10:08
Introductions of Attendees
Approval of Minutes: Motion to approve by Pat Joy, 2nd by Tonia Rogers, the motion carried.
APCO Treasurers Report as read by Sheila Blevins and attached for submittal.
NENA Treasurers Report as read by Erika Wilson and attached for submittal. Additional report.
Executive Council Report: Pat Joy and attached for submittal. Updates: In November the organization launched the public safety spectrum trust. The Executive director met with Senator Kerry’s office, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, to work with returning veterans to train for Public Safety Communications Positions. 2008 memberships are up for renewal you can update and renew online. The membership department is running about 1 month behind. Memberships expire December 31, 2007. There were over 6000 attendees at the National Conference. The supersaver fare will be available until March 1st. APCO-NENA retreat focus items identified and discussed. See complete report attached for submittal.
Technical and Frequency Reports- Mark Schroeder advised has been involved with 30 inter-coordinator APCO applications. APCO has put together a plan to help provide some oversight with license management and renewals and that everything is in compliance. The APCO AFC office will be closed for a couple of weeks Dec. into January. Most of the processing operations will be shut down. Frequency coordinator activities have been cut to attend just the National. Most training will be done through the internet this year. The APCO AFC Group and the Legal Representative is looking for input for any hardships due to the delay of Sprint/Nextel. Nextel has not released the spectrum and the AFC is looking to document these hardships. They are collecting these letters to take to the FCC. The re-banding is not going as well as had been predicted.
Interagency – Scott Tillman The States interoperability plan has been completed and sent to the Department of Homeland Security. The committee is now looking at the 700 coordination efforts.
EMS – Steve Powles There are a few positions on the web about pre-arrival instructions. A little history, the law had been on the books for some time. It is not mandatory for the agencies to do pre-arrival but if your agency is involved with those you should be involved with the committee to ensure your agency does not have to change their standards. The reality is that standards had never been written. We took the AST standards and modified them a little bit. There hasn’t been a lot of pressure on the bureau to move this up in priority. They are trying to set the standards to prepare for the liability coverage.
Professional Development – No Report
Commercial Member – Nikki Danner has been appointed as the Chapter Representative.
9-1-1 Barbara Yaeger report as read by Erika Wilson. A reminder of the NENA pre-conference course was given. There is information available on the website. The TDC/ODC is scheduled for January. The NENA Conference is June 7th. Early registration ends in Jan. or February. The APCO and NENA Boards met and discussed many joint activities to include the National Conference. Legislative Updates: The FCC released a Wireless 911 Accuracy Order for compliance by Sept. 2012. The House passed a 911 modernizations Act. Report is attached for submittal.
New Business: Scott Tillman A General discussion of the merger of the APCO and NENA Boards in Arizona. It would require the modifications of our Constitutions and By-Laws as well as a vote of the Chapter to accomplish. Washington is working towards merging and Oregon as well as other states have already merged. This merger will streamline the Boards and selection process. The finances would be combined. Elected members would have to have dual membership in APCO and NENA. Mark Schroeder motion to bring together the Boards for APCO, Pay Joy motioned to bring the Boards together for NENA. Mark Openshaw 2nd the motion for APCO, Mark Schroeder 2nd the motion for NENA. Pat Joy brought forth the discussion of the NENA Scholarships for ENP certifications and re-certifications. Both groups are committed to the training of our membership. A vote from the APCO members to continue the merging of the Boards carried the motion. A vote from the NENA members to continue the merging of the Boards carried the motion. There will be a meeting at the State Training Conference to begin the process of amending the Constitution and By-Laws.
For current ENPs there will be an item writing session at the State Training Conference. This meeting counts to points necessary for recertification.
The Executive Board is working towards better communication with the Members. If you have ideas on how to better improve this process, suggestions are welcomed. The Board is working towards making the time we spend together more productive. We have incorporated the training time during our meetings as well as trying to coordinate a luncheon and networking time.
The next meeting is March 21st in the Tucson Area.
TCC made introductions and a brief overview of some current projects.
The APCO Executive Board appointed Mark Schroeder to fill the vacant Vice President position until the next election cycle.
Motion to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 1100.
An overview training presentation by Tami DeRueter on the TERT initiative followed the General Meeting.
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