Subject: MInutes from July 1999 RI Convention, July 14th July 14, 1999 09:00am Board Meeting Directors Present: Mr. Stone, Mr. Faulkner, Mr. Jennings, Mr. Fry, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Mauk, Mr. Besing, Mr. Lanshe Directors Absent: Mr. Murrell Visitors Present: Mr. Bob Leef, PR Committee Chair Mr. Stone called the meeting to order. Mr. Stone briefed the new directors on the office situation. Mr. Jennings to visit the offices during July 28th through August 6th to investigate and report back to Mr. Besing for e-mail distribution of said report to the full board. Mr. Holmes and Mr. Mauk will need to provide e-mail addresses to Mr. Besing for this purpose. Discussion on Junior REACT Program continued. Discussion on recommending minimum age limits of 12-14 years. No decisions made, referred to Ron Faulkner, George Holmes, Jesse Mauk and Larry Fry for investigation during the convention. Linda Faulkner of Ontario was asked to serve as chair for this committee. Discussion on the Affiliate member program. Mr. Jennings suggested we consider a corporate affiliate program of Silver (100-500), Gold (501-1000) and Platinum (1000+). Motion by Mr. Jennings to discontinue the Affiliate Program, as it is now structured, at the end of 1999 and to establish a policy of referring leads to teams, councils and regional directors. 2nd by Mr. Besing, motion passed. This action cancels previous discussion regarding “Member At Large” name change. {note: the above motion was reversed later in the week by board action Lee Besing, secretary} Mr. Holmes shared his experience with a trucker on the way to this convention. The trucker suggested REACT should be working with truck stops to post the locations of REACT Teams in each state and with State Rest Stops. Mr. Fry suggested that this idea would be best implemented at the Council level to prevent teams from being listed where they are not in fact monitoring the radio for calls. Mr. Besing mentioned the Hotel/Motel/Food Directory he had seen at Denny’s Restaurant on the way to the convention and suggested we should ask the PR committee to look into getting REACT info published in these directories. Mr. Holmes mentioned the Rand McNally Road Atlas. Discussion concerning the date sensitive nature of all REACT Team directories and the shelf life of these publications which could cause invalid information to be passed out when old versions of the atlas are used as reference. These ideas referred to the PR Committee for possible actions. Mr. Faulkner asked that we have the PR committee proof read our PR materials with an eye toward international usage and get away from the “USA terminology only” attitude. Credentials Committee asked that the board review three situations involving delegate credentials which had some questions associated with them. The board reviewed each case and voted to approve the delegates from Seacoast REACT C412, Tobacco Valley REACT 3625 and St. George REACT 4928. Motion by Mr. Mauk, 2nd by Mr. Jennings. Motion passed. Mr. Stone announced the need for the board to fill the four officer positions of President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. He announced that Mr. Chuck Thompson had agreed to stay on as Vice President and General Counsel if the board would reappoint him. Motion by Mr. Faulkner, 2nd by Mr. Jennings to appoint Mr. Thompson as VP and General Counsel. Motion Passed. Mr. Stone then proposed Ms. Chris White as Treasurer. Much discussion ensued. Mr. Besing mentioned there were two candidates being mentioned for this position, other than Ms. White, specifically Mr. Ed Greany of California and Ms. Marilyn Fields of Maryland. Discussion on Dr. Bricker’s success in shepherding REACT’s investments with an 8%+ return to date. No decision reached at this time for filling position of Treasurer. Discussion on retaining Mr. Besing as secretary. Motion by Mr. Faulkner, 2nd by Mr. Mauk to appoint Mr. Lee Besing of Texas as Secretary for the next year. Mr. Stone objected to having any director holding dual positions as an officer of the corporation. Much discussion resulting in Mr. Stone withdrawing his objection in relation to Mr. Besing’s proposed appointment in the absence of another qualified candidate. Motion passed. Meeting recessed at 11:15pm July 14, 1999 12:15pm Board meeting with States without Councils States present: Hawaii and Oklahoma Announcement that Honolulu REACT C-10 was joining the Pacific NW Council. They had tried forming local council without much cooperation from neighboring island team. Not much chance to form team on the main island due to economic conditions being poor right now. Hawaii mentioned that RI used to mail the REACTer to island in package and they re-mailed locally using the bulk mail. Now RI mails all first class mail to each member direct. Could save money reverting to past practices. Bob Kaster reported from Oklahoma saying down to four teams, may be losing Garvin County REACT who has been having internal problems. Discussed which areas might support a team and problems in finding folks to get them started. Reported that the teams in OK City area were working closely during recent tornadoes. Discussion on membership ideas to help form new teams. Discussion of advantage of recruiting members from amateur operators due to the low cost of ham equipment compared to commercial GMRS radios. July 14, 1999, 02:00pm Board Meeting with Council representatives… Total of 13 states represented during this meeting: Florida, Walt Young New York, Morris Dassa Southern California, Jesse Mauk Minnesota, Leland Johnson Illinois, Al Hansen Pacific Northwest, Dick Gamble Pennsylvania, Fred Lanshe New Jersey, Dick Cooper North Carolina, George Holmes Wisconsin, Larry Fry Indiana, Jack Murrell Canada, Ron Faulkner Northern California, Jim Galbreath Texas, Lee Besing Common problem is attracting new, younger members. Walt Young reported that even ham clubs in Florida are having the same problem. Discussed their experience with recruiting younger members or folks who only wanted to use the repeaters. Florida reported they are bidding for the Y2k convention in Kissimee. Adding back in contests for newsletter, placard and web sites. They will have one of their DCAT vehicles on display during the Y2k convention. __________ See messages for remainder of minutes, July 13, 14, 15 and 16th total. ____________ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ Lee W. Besing, Secretary (Term 7/1997-7/2000) REACT International, Inc. http://www.reactintl.org Voice (210)656-7657 Fax (210)637-6611 San Antonio, TX _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ REACT International, Inc. 5210 Auth Rd. Suite #403 Suitland, MD 20746 Phone number: 301-316-2900 Fax number: 301-316-2903 _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/