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General Meeting March 10, 2006 Marana Arizona
Board Members Present: Linda Basham-Gilbert Trudy Cory Anita Velasco
Scott Tillman Pat Joy Dan McNemee Sheila Blevins
Meeting Called to order 1015 by Linda Basham-Gilbert
Introductions
Motion to accept meeting minutes as posted on the website, Pat Joy moved 2nd by Anita Velasco. Motion carried.
Treasurers Report: Dan McNemee Report (attached) Financial Report given for State Training Conference. (attached)
Linda Basham read Mary Dysinger-Franklin’s report for NENA Treasurer. (Attached)
Pat Joy Executive Council Report: Report (attached) Some discussion regarding NIMS. Pat gave an overview of NIMS and the application of Department of Homeland Security funds. NIMS in the Fire Service standardize terminology of apparatus. The plain language aspect is a large portion of the NIMS standards.
Scott Tillman: Interagency Communications Division of Emergency Mgt. proceeding with their statewide plan. The operational aspects are being worked on. The immediate rollout based on current expended grant funds starting in Coconino County on 4 sites, AERS will end up with 4 radios at each site. The National Police Channel starting with the Yuma area will become a repeater, they will then retro to other counties. VHF interoperable simplex channel of a group of 5 are narrow band channels require new radios. Immediate projects, Coconino County, Mohave, Christmas Tree, Work across southern border of Arizona. Suites will ship next month, interagency frequencies will deploy rapidly. It’s a big process. They will return to the county folks to see how they want to participate Working closely with Coconino County. It’s a long process that will take many years. We will have a much wider footprint in the future.
Mark Schroeder: Frequency Advisor Report Still working for Maricopa County. Still working with the new product called SAM. The product seems to be working fine, no major problems or issues. There has been a decrease in the number of applications. There is a function on the system to printout a report, a hand count shows 30 applications for Arizona and about 12 concurrences. Anyone in the Mesa area should watch the APCO website for give backs from Mesa. We have offered to check for conflicts or alternates of those frequencies. Technical Operation Cmte. has a restriction in the bylaws. We are requesting some changes in the By Laws. One issue is the quorum required for action. There has been a problem in the past getting the appropriate number to attend. We are looking to reform the committee to work with the Arizona Chapter. The previous function was to review the applications when submitted. We don’t do that so much now due to the speed at which we are able to push them through now with the tools we are given. If someone challenges the request, the new committee can be used. We would like to get the committee going again. I am asking the Board to take a look at the requested changes and present them to the chapter. There are applications being submitted for full system 700 mhz systems. There are some in New Orleans. Arizona is waiting on a letter from New Mexico. We will be sitting and waiting on the FCC 120 day waiting process. We certainly have enough interest in constructing and expanding the 700 mhz.
Steve Powles Emergency Medical Services. Would like someone from the Homeland Security office to come and speak at the next meeting to be held in the Phoenix area. Steve will contact them to make a request for them at attend the next meeting.
Larry Sayers AARC: One position vacant, Mike Lindsey nominated and approved to take the position. Region plan for 800 revisions. FCC approval is imminent. Mesa gave back some frequencies. They will be posted next week on the AZ APCO-NENA website. The Committee wrote a letter of concurrence to Nevada for Las Vegas Metro Police Department request. Next meeting April 20 in Mesa.
Several months ago the president elect of CPRA invited members of our board to come to their training conference. Northern CA, Nevada and Southern CA will meet. Costs presented to send representatives from AZ Chapter to this meeting. They will talk about common issues and networking. Meeting is May 2, 2006 Tuesday evening. Cost proposal (attached) Jack Daniel has offered to pay Registration of two members from Arizona. Discussion from the Chapter regarding the request. Mark Schroeder motion to send Board members interested, 2nd by Steve Poweles. Motion carried. The Board will get together to discuss who will be attending.
Nominations: Pat Joy Pat will head the nominations committee for both APCO and NENA. There were no objections from the Chapter for Pat to perform this function and still run for the Executive Council position. The form is now on the website. At this point we have received nominations for the Executive Council from 3 people. The vote will be at the June meeting in Phoenix. The positions that need to be filled from APCO are Vice President, Treasurer and Executive Council Member. We must have nominations in 30 days prior to the vote. Information will be posted on the website, or you can send information to Pat Joy. NENA vacancies, 2nd Vice President and Treasurer. We will check the By- Laws, the Executive Board will come to a plan of action on how to proceed with the vote. We must consider those who cannot attend the meeting and may not have access to the website to vote.
Call to Commercial Members: Introductions.
2007 Training Conference: Sheila Blevins Plans are already underway for the 2007 conference. We will have the entire complex for the conference unlike this past year when we were bumped. Sheila Blevins will Chair the Conference, Brian Tobin will chair the Vendor show. Dan McNemee will act as treasurer and possibly Registration Chair. LuSandra Harris will Chair the Seminars. We are exploring software that will allow easier Registration with online payment and confirmations. This will be something like the National Conferences use. General Discussion from Chapter: Mark Schroeder shared that Maricopa has the I Call system operating in their area. Anyone who is looking at implementing this type of program can contact them for networking opportunities. Encourage input from members who are working on different projects throughout the state.
DICE Exercise. State and Federal Agencies got together for a scenario based exercise. Next year’s event will be bigger with more participation from national and federal organizations. The next event is planned for June at Ft. Huachuca. This even is also an opportunity to certify equipment if you need to do so.
Motion to adjourn the meeting by Pat Joy 2nd by Steve Poweles. Meeting adjourned at 1137.
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