OKIAAI BOARD MINUTES 9/11/2025

Date: September 7, 2025
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Tulsa, OK
Call to Order: Made by President, Steve Rhodes

 

Roll Call:

Present	Absent
☒	☐	Pres	Steve Rhodes
☒	☐	1st VP	Gina Coleman
☒	☐	2nd VP	Johnnie Sawyer
☒	☐	3rd yr.	Connor Ozment
☐	☒	3rd yr.	Chad Oubre
☐	☒	2nd yr.	Heather Cropper
☒	☐	2nd yr.	Matthew Meredith
☒	☐	1st yr.	Tim Reeves
☐	☒	1st yr.	Mike Haley
☒	☐	Treasurer	Brian Cosner
☒	☐	Secretary	Jesse Benne
☐	☒	Past Pres.	David VanBuskirk

 

Reading and Approval of Minutes: A Motion was made by Johnny Sawyer to forgo the reading of the previous meeting minutes, seconded by Connor Ozment, motion approved and carried.

Membership & Website: Current members for conference is around 50, some new members, we will vote on the week of conference in person. The agenda will be sent to the website and email. The link to the Hotel was broken on the website. They have resolved the issue.

A Motion was made by Connor Ozment to accept the Membership and Website report, seconded by Johnny Sawyer motion approved and carried.

Treasurer’s Report & 501(c)3: Brian Cosner stated the current balance is $26,339.79. The balance last year was lower in July last year, August was a little higher, so about on track money wise. Brian stated the process for the 501(c)3 is going to take longer than anticipated to fill out the application for filing.

A Motion was made by Jesse Benne to accept the Treasurer’s & 501(c)3 report, seconded by Connor Ozment, motion approved and carried.

CFI: Johnny Sawyer stated that Aaron Mayhew passed his CFI exam.

A Motion was made by Johnny Sawyer to accept the CFI committee report, seconded by Steve Rhodes, motion approved and carried.

Training: Jesse stated that an agreement was made between Edmond and IAAI. This should be a continuing offering through Edmond FD. Jesse brought up that the training committee should be responsible for conference attendance for CEU’s. Discussion was had about how to accomplish this either through QR codes or written.

A Motion was made by Connor Ozment to accept the Training committee report, seconded by Gina Sawyer, motion approved and carried.

Annual Conference:

• Shirts to sell are completed
• Johnny will be getting board shirts made.
• CLEET and OCA CEU’s should be in by tomorrow. OID is on hold because our ppts have not been turned in.
• 5K must be spent per our agreement. Things to be purchased will be hospitality night, along with snacks and coffee.
• Wednesday will be bowling and pizza night, BYOB
• Thursday is hospitality night.
• Board updated on vendor/sponsors.
• Next week Jesse will send out to vote for photos.

A Motion was made by Jesse Benne to accept the Annual Committee report, seconded by Johnny Sawyer, motion approved and carried.

Old Business:

• Attended FMAO conference, great feedback, extending an offer to have them come to OKIAAI conference.
• OCA golf tournament this Thursday OKIAAI has a free booth.

A Motion was made by Gina Coleman to accept the Old Business, seconded by Connor Ozment, motion approved and carried.

New Business:

• No new business.

Next Meeting: The next meeting is scheduled for the annual conference on October 24, 2025, at Osage Casino.

Motion to adjourn was made by Jesse Benne seconded by Brian Cosner, motion approved and carried.