OKIAAI Board Minutes 6-20-17

OKIAAI Board

Date: 6/20/2017

Time: 10:12 AM

Location: Tahlequah Community Event Center

Call to order by 1st Vice President

Roll Call (Bold Italic = Absent)

Scott Winford (Past Pres), Jeff VanDolah (Pres), Ashley Stephens (1st VP), David VanBuskirk (2nd VP), Chris Woodall (3rd Yr.), Dan Salts (3rd yr), Bill Hollander ( 2nd Yr.), Fred Henderson (2nd yr), Tommy Scott (1st Yr), Stan Smith (1st

Yr), Heather Stanley (Executive Secretary), Neal Moore (Secretary/Treasurer)

Special Guest: Dean Green, Norman Fire Dept

Reading and Approval of Minutes: Motion to forgo reading and approve minutes by Tommy

Scott and seconded

by Neal Moore. Status = Approved unanimously

New Membership: None

Treasurer’s Report: Neal Moore reported balance of $12,245.87. Motion to approve report by

David VanBuskirk and seconded

by Tommy Scott. Status = Approved unanimously

Committee Reports

Annual Conference: Ashley advised he has blocked rooms at Holiday Inn Express at daily rate of

$94/night. He has reserved the Tahlequah Community Event Center 1041 N. Grand Ave. free of

charge but we will have to purchase coffee and any refreshments from them. We will set it up with

long tables and seating for 130. Parking on the north side. He will get details on coffee, water and

donuts and look into lunch options. He is still looking into the golf course. Dave Cusadis of

National Fire Academy is to present (schedule allowing) on the topic of electrical fires with

possibility of offering R255 certification. Ashley Stephens will present on homemade explosives

and IEDs with afternoon demo. Blaire Ward of ATF will present Zombie Van Case. The conference

will be in Tahlequah October 25-27, 2017.

Chris will work on a new template for a name tag/membership card combination for this year’s

conference.

Charles Napp has offered to present at 1 hour class if we need his assistance.

Chris Woodall and Stan Smith will work to set up a vendor alley.

Merchandise: Notebooks will be hunter green and grey/white. Neal will contact 5.11 for give-

away options.

David presented the idea of a mesh hat with OKIAAI printed on it to either give away or sell.

Regional Conferences: Arson for Prosecutors class in Tulsa. June 27-29. Presented by ATF. It will

include a 4 hours class on Forensic Fire Death.
Nominating: Board will work to obtain nominations for next month’s meeting.

Awards:. None

Membership: Heather Stanley reported 114 current members

CFI: Nothing to report.

Website: Tommy continues to do updates. Conference Agenda will be updated in July.

Report from the Executive Secretary: None

Report from Secretary/Treasurer: None

New Business:

Next Meeting: July 18, 2017

Location: Stillwater Community Center

Time: 10 am

A Motion to Adjourn was made by David VanBuskirk and Seconded by Bill Hollander.

Status = Approved unanimously

adjourned at: 11:17 AM