WACLEA Board Meeting November 4, 2002 Ridpath Hotel, Spokane, WA
The meeting was called to order by President Bill Curtin at 1303. Members present: Walt Huston, Secretary (PLU), Annette Spicuzza, Treasurer (UW), Ed Owens, Immediate Past President (WSU-V), Tom McGill, Conference Host (EWU) and Pat Sturgill, WA Rep (St MC)
Minutes of last board meeting: Approved as amended from Bill's email. Unanimous
Treasurer's Report: Bill presented the report from the past year. The report was accepted as read. Unanimous. Bill then presented the proposed budget for the coming year. Discussion followed. Walt moved that the proposed budget be approved as presented. Second by Pat. Following additional discussion the budget was approved. Unanimous.
Committee Reports:
Conference: Tom reported that all was in order for this conference and that he expected it to be very successful. 33 are registered
Training: Mike Sletten was not present but Bill reported that the WACLEA Basic Academy was a go for December 9 thru 20. Forms should be available on the web site soon.
Legislative: Steve Rittereiser forwarded a report via email. Sex offender notification (student and/or employee) is a hot topic now that federal legislation has taken effect. The state will now have to write enabling legislation to implement the law in Washington. Oregon faces the same, as do Idaho, Montana and Alaska.
Weapons on campus is still an issue with colleges/universities, 2 and 4 year institutionsMAP: The latest MAP was conducted at Bellevue Community College. The campus was happy to receive the report and is working to improve where needed
Publications: A proposal to hire a person to handle publications and other WACLEA affairs, in the form of a Support Agreement, was presented by Bill (emailed to board members in advance). Walt moved to make the hire/accept the Support Agreement with the caveat that awards be added as a part of the jobs covered by the agreement. Second by Ed. Discussion followed. Bill called the question with the board approving the motion unanimously.
By Laws: Bill passed out copies of the By Laws and asked the board to establish a committee to revise the By Laws to make them more responsive to the way we do business, and more flexible for the future. The board accepted volunteers for the committee: Bill and Ed. Others are welcome to assist and encouraged to do so. Please read your copy of the By Laws and submit comments to Bill or Ed
Nominations: Bill has had to make a series of appointments to fill board vacancies, including appointing Tom McGill as VP and Annette Spicuzza as Treasurer. These people have agreed to take the positions for the remainder of the unexpired terms and to stand for election to these positions for the coming year. Other nominations include Pat Sturgill for Washington Representative, Allen Laird for Idaho Representative, and Harold Burke-Sievers for Oregon Representative. There are no candidates for the other representative positions. Bill will contact persons in BC and MT regarding these openings. Walt Huston will finish his two-year commitment as Secretary.
Awards: Officer of the Year will be resurrected. Nominations to be made by Directors/Police Chiefs, using a whole person criteria. Nominations should be for either hard core policing or great works on the softer side of the job (crime prevention programs or similar). The information for this will be sent along with the scholarship information.
State/Province Reports:
Washington: Pat reports that Bellevue CC's new Security Manager is very appreciative of the MAP that WACLEA conducted. He (BCC) suggested that WACLEA have regional meetings making it easier for members to get together at lower expense. Would also allow for discussion of area specific topics. Results from such regional meetings to be reported at the conferences. Let's sign this guy up for WACLEA. Centralia CC is complaining about a lack of cooperation from the Centralia PD regarding Clery statistics
No further reports were received/presented.
Old Business
Sexual Assault CD-ROM: a multidisciplinary approach to sexual assault on campus is in the works and will coincide with the Spring 2003 conference. Steve is deeply involved with this effort.
Presidents Report/Message: Bill discussed his emailed report and supported his ideas. Walt moved to accept the report as presented. Second by Tom. Following discussion the report was accepted unanimously.
New Business:
Spring Conference: Steve has volunteered to host the Spring 2003 WACLEA Conference at Central Washington University with a primary training topic of "Interdisciplinary Response to Sexual Assault." Walt moved to accept. Second by Ed. Following discussion the motion was approved unanimously.
WACLEA as a Repository: Ed proposed that WACLEA become a repository for policies that have been developed by various institutions and offer these as "Model Policies" to members for modification and institution specific information. Ed will prepare a written proposal for submission to the board at the next board meeting.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 1503
Respectfully submitted,Walt Huston, Secretary
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