Meeting held 5/23/09 9-11:30AM
Approximately 130 members in attendance
Meeting called to order at 9:07AM by Tim McFarlan, Treasurer/Acting President. Resignations of President, Vice President and Secretary left the Treasurer to run this meeting.
There are three new committees looking for members, interested members asked to sign up at information table:
1 By –Laws Committee
2 Web site Committee
3 ISO Compliance Committee
First order of business, Mark Keegan WFPA Board member
addressed the membership to take vote on Board nomination and election process
rules. The WFPA Board is currently operating under the 2001 Bylaws. Under these
rules, a member of the WFPA is defined as any person owning property or
residing in the
Ballots will be issued to anyone listed on our membership
list or filling out a form testifying they either own or reside at an address in
the
On the ballot there are nine rules, however, last night we received notice that rules 2 (B) and 3(c) violate AZ Statute Article 10 section 28 and should be stricken from our list.
We open the discussion on each rule, and had the membership vote as follows:
1 A One ballot per member – approved
2 B One vote per nominee per ballot– stricken
3 C Multiple votes per nominee on a single ballot count as one vote for that nominee – stricken
4 D Allowed to vote for 0 - 4 nominees – approved (also clarified any number of votes can be applied to a single nominee or combination of nominees but no more than 4 total votes)
5 E Ballots with votes for more than 4 nominees will be disqualified -approved
6 F Only members 18yrs of age or older – approved
7 G Nominees must be members of the WFPA – approved
8 H Nominees must be 18 years old or older to run – approved
9 I The nominee with the 4th highest vote count will be elected to fill the 1 year vacancy – approved
Tim McFarlan, Delivered President and Treasurer Report, (see separate summary)
the treasurer's report is available on the WFPA web site, a few hard copies are also available in the back of the room.
Highlights of the past year include:
Final truck payment made $95k last July
Developed and signed a dumpster agreement
Remodeled Fire Station office area thanks to Chuck Bowers and Sharon Atwood
Second dues drive sent last Oct to people who did not respond to 1st call for dues netted ~$30,000
improved minutes and documentation process
Not completed:
Updated by-laws
based on the 2001 rules we cannot bring them forward for 1 year (May 2010)
worked with attorney to develop draft and solicited input from membership. Will have to postpone effort into next year.
Thanks to Bob Neberman for his term and thanks to each of the board members ending their terms for their work: Bob Neberman, Joe Lupa, Dan Hauck and Carol Tocker
Becky Sirwatis has stepped down as web master after many years of great work for the WFPA, Jeff Morhous & Nick Wold are picking up the role
Orientation program for new board members is in development
Other Reports Given:
Jill Maisonneuve Fire Chief's report
Nick Wold – District Initiative Update
Betsy Bykerk, Jeff and Victoria Morhous – WFA (Walker Fire Auxillary) Update
Mark Keegan Facilitated the Board Nominations/Presentations/Election Process
Consistent with 2001 Bylaws, Article 8, Section 1 calls from the floor were made for nominees for the board from members.
Each person nominated will be given an opportunity to accept or decline. Once the list is finalized, they will be given 5 minutes each to present their “bio” and entertain questions.
Nominated & accepted include:
Glenn Heithold
Jill Maisonneuve
John O’hanesian
Greg Stava
Chuck Spears
James Lee
Via phone, Terry Piske asked to have his name removed from the ballot.
Leaving Names submitted and accepted earlier for consideration:
Carol Talker
Joe Rech
Ballots were cast
Tellers/Counters were selected for representation from
various regions in the
Final count revealed our new board members as:
Jill Maisonneuve
Greg Stava
John O’Hanesian
Joe Rech, (completing one year term created by vacancy left by Joe Lupa’s resignation)
Meeting Adjourned
New Board met following the Annual meeting and determined officers as follows:
Tim McFarlan – President
Mark Keegan – Vice President
Joe Rech – Secretary
Greg Stava – Treasurer