MINUTES OF KEMTIA GENERAL SESSION
April 12, 1996 Ashland Kentucky
 

President Steve Burton called the meeting to order at 1315 hours.

Nancy Gainer, Secretary, and the conference host, made several announcements in regard to conference agenda and special events.

Instructors were introduced.

President Burton asked for a motion to approve the minutes of the April 1995 annual meeting/general session. Motion for same was made by John Pennington with multiple seconds. Motion carried.

Theresa Martin, Treasurer, presented the Treasurers Report (copy included w/minutes). President Burton advised that the Treasure's report would be approved by the Audit Committee during the weekend session. He reported that the Executive Secretary / Parliamentarian attended a training session and learned that this was the proper procedure to follow. The report will be voted on by the full body when it is presented at the Sunday session.

Executive Secretary, Pat Trevathan, presented his report (copy included with minutes). Motion to accept, seconded by Bennie Cooper. Motion carried.

Political Affairs Committee - Sharon Davis, Chair, deferred to Jerry McGraw for a report. McGraw reported that several attempts had been made to arrange a meeting with Lt. Governor Steve Henry. So far, no meeting has been set.

Professional Affairs Committee - Nancy Gainer, Chair, reported that the committee report had been redrafted during the Executive Board meeting. She asked for a motion to present the report at the Sunday session. Motion by Gary McComas, then withdrawn after information received that copies were currently being produced for distribution to everyone.

President Burton then made the following committee appointments:

Nominating Committee:

Audit Committee:

Conference Committee reports:

1997 - Jerry McGraw reported that the conference will be held in Louisville at the Holiday Inn South. Dates will be April 11, 12, & 13th which is the second weekend in April. Training has not been determined as yet. There will be a dance on Saturday night. The price per room will be in the low 50s.

1998 - Grover Fischbeck advised that the 1998 conference is slated for Owensboro. It will be held at the Ramada Resort. Room rates at $55.00. Contract signed with Ramada. No other plans as yet. Dates are the second weekend in April, NOT Easter weekend.

President Burton requested that anyone having a resolution to present at the Sunday session please discuss same with the Executive Secretary prior to Sunday.

Under old business: Resolution #1 and #2 were in process of being copied to present to the body.

New business: The group was advised the announcement had been made of the retirement of Al Riggle during the Executive Board meeting earlier. Pat Trevathan commented that Al had been one of the original founders of the organization. Motion made to make Al Riggle a lifetime member. Motion passed.

At this point, the association held a moment of silence in honor of Instructor Ralph Daughtery who passed away in the past year in remembrance for all that he meant to the organization.

Executive Secretary Pat Trevathan presented resolution #1 (copy included with minutes). Resolution #1 dealt with the order of chair for meetings in the event that the President and Vice President were both absent. Resolution passed.

Pat then presented Resolution #2 (copy with minutes) which would allow the Board to go into subcommittee status and still conduct a meeting if a quorum of the Board was not present. This "sub-committee" would then report back to the full Board at it's next meeting with recommendations for its approval. Motion made by G. McComas to accept. Seconded by Phil Taylor. Discussion included that regional reps can always call someone else to sit in the meeting in their place. But, a Board member cannot have someone fill in ... they are elected and should serve and attend. Motion carried, Resolution #2 passed.

President Burton asked that all instructors who have applied for membership stand and be recognized. He then asked for a motion to approve these instructors as new members of KEMTIA. Motion made by John Pennington, seconded by Gary McComas. Motion carried.

The President then asked for a motion for KEMTIA to participate in the formation of a Kentucky chapter of NAEMT. Motion made by John Woodall with multiple seconds. Motion passed.

Nancy Gainer, Chair of the Professional Affairs Committee presented a report in regard to the proposed EMT scholarship. Theresa Martin read the report aloud (copy with minutes). It was discussed that funding could be determined on a year by year basis, i.e., if funds are available, the association might be able to sponsor more than one person. Pat Trevathan commented that Kentucky Tech's fee is $270.00 per person. Motion made and seconded to accept the Committee report as the criteria for the scholarship. Motion passed.

Motion to recess made by Gene Reeser and seconded. Meeting recessed at 1500 hours to reconvene Sunday, April 14, at 0900 hours.

Respectfully submitted by:
Nancy C. Gainer, Outgoing Secretary
Aline Flanagan, Incoming Secretary