Bureau County Mounted Search and Rescue

General Meeting Minutes
Aug 12th, 2006

Called to order at 1:00pm by Larry Dalton

Attendance: 17

• Larry opened meeting by reading last month's minutes. Motion to accept: Larry Allen. Second: Shari Langin
• About half the shirts were delivered. We found that most were a size too small. After exchanging amongst ourselves, 8 people were able to take home shirts. The shirts cost $47 each. Please pay Larry.
• Larry brought his digital camera and got ID pictures of those in attendance. Dorene will lay out the cards and print them. Larry will then have them laminated. If you need an ID card, please let Larry or Dorene know.
• We reviewed a list of needed equipment. Nancy Williams will make a poster to display at the fair.
• Larry has contacted Wal-mart and the Princeton Rotary for a donation. The Rotary has requested a presentation the first week of September. Roger Ault will give the presentation. Larry Dalton and Dorene will also attend.
• Local businesses can be contacted for donations. When considering requesting donations from a business, please check with Larry Dalton before approaching the business to ensure that the business has not already been contacted. Motion: Adam Strader Second: Dorene Stalter
• When we are ready to request grants, Roger Ault suggested contacting Tri County.
• Cambridge SAR training is scheduled for Sept 23 and 24th. If you attended the last Cambridge SAR training, you should consider going again. There is so much to learn and the hands on training is invaluable. If you have NOT attended the training yet, it is highly recommended that you attend in order to become certified. Dorene will ensure that there are forms available at the booth at the fair. There is also a link to the forms on our website under "Events".
• Dale Smith was not available to give the compass reading class. He will give it at the next available opportunity.
• The patches. Dorene was notified by the company that the manufacturer of the patches made a printing error. We used the same manufacturer as the county sheriff's department. The patches are very similar. At the bottom of the patch should be the words "Search and Rescue". The manufacturer used the words from the bottom of the sheriff's patches (Honesty - Integrity - Trust). The company could not guarantee that the corrected patches would be here before next week so Dorene requested that they send her the rejects (for free). We can use these until the right patches arrive. They can be tacked on to the uniform and should hold up as long as we are not in a search environment.

Officer/Committee Reports

Training Committee Report
Dorene explained the purpose of the FEMA classes. Her handout is available on the website.

Commander's Report
Uniforms are in. The sizing on the shirts are running small. Those who could find a shirt to fit, now have the shirts. More shirts should be in soon. Due to the cost, we will not be ordering pants. Please find a pair of dark brown pants to wear with the shirt.

Secretary/ Treasurer Report
There have been no deposits and no checks written. Checking account balance is $630  Motion to accept: Larry Allen  Second: Shari Langin
See Larry or Dorene for ID cards. In order to be able to NOT display "date of birth" on the ID cards, we need to issue an ID number for each member and include this number on the card. Dorene will update the database and issue each member an ID number. This number will then be placed on the cards instead of the DOB.

Fair Committee Report

• There is a booth schedule on the website and Nancy has mailed copies to everyone. Please make sure that you are there for your shift.
• We have five items to raffle. Drawing will be Sunday at 5pm
• Who will participate in the "Ride to the Fair"? Contact Larry Allen.
• The "Ride to the Fair" will start at Larry Allen's picnic area. If you plan to ride, please get there early enough to be saddled up and ready to ride at 11:30.

Homestead Parade Report

• Linda did not attend this meeting but requested that anyone who is capable of carrying a flag contact her.
• Please contact Linda Strader for info or to sign up to ride in the parade.
• There will be several practices planned prior to the parade. Contact Linda for dates and times.

New Business

• There will be no meeting in Sept. Cambridge will be counted as the regular meeting. We will notify everyone in regards to Oct meeting.

Meeting was adjourned at 2:20pm. Nancy Williams motioned / Shari Langin 2nd.

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