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CALL TO ORDER:
· President Leon Franklin called the meeting to order at 1830 hours.
· There were (30) Members in attendance, (4) Board Members, Police Liasion, Sgt. Steve Mihalski , Officer Anthony Nolden, and son & daughter of Susy Williams.
· Individual Alumni Members introduced themselves for the benefit of the new board members that are not familiar with all the members.
· Pledge of Allegiance was lead by Gary Stein.
· Approval of the January 2010 Meeting Minutes (Eva Hickman). Prior to meeting copy of minutes was emailed to the members and copies made for The Art & Polly Goss who do not have a computer or email address. Motion to approve was given by Gary Stein and seconded by Tom Ingle. Approval by vote was unanimous.
· Approval of the January Treasurers Report (Susy Williams). Prior to the meeting copy of the Treasurers Report was emailed to the members. Motion to approve was given by Tom Ingle and seconded by Elfi Koehle. Approval by vote was unanimous.
UNFINSHED BUSINESS:
· Windbreaker Update by Susy Williams: She is still taking orders for the windbreakers. Cost for S-XL is $21.00 & XXL is $23.00. To have logo done is an additional $10.00 and to add your name is an additional $5.00. Those who order now will have them available for pick up at the March Meeting.
· Snowfest Update by Vice President, Kris England & Gary Stein:
Kris: The event was a huge success with attendance between 15-30 thousand individuals. Attendance was higher than expected. The Snow Slide was a big hit.
Gary: The fingerprinting booth was constantly busy. The parents didn’t seem to mind having to wait in line to have it done. In fact it was the highest amount done at one time, a total of 125 kids were fingerprinted. He expressed a need for an additional finger print kit and that he had already purchased some of the components to make another (1-2) kits, since it was cheaper than buying a kit already made up. Gary thanked those that volunteered at the fingerprinting booth: Elfi Koehle, Nell & Gary Stein, Al & Judy Henton.
· Crime Prevention Brainstorming Update by Dan Hancock: Since the last meeting he had met with (5) other members and that they talked about different ways to approach Crime Prevention. Like sharing information with the points of contact (formally known as Block Captains of the Neighborhood Watch), that he had come up with another pamphlet which addresses Crime prevention tips for all ages, not just the Senior Citizens. That he would start sending the Crime Alerts to the Alumni members as well as to those in the Neighborhood Watch Members, suggested that maybe a meet your City Staff meeting would be a good idea-Converse has been doing that type of thing. All in all that National Night Out should remain focused on meeting your neighbors, and having other events thru out the year would be a good idea. Will give another update at next month’s meeting.
· City Telephone Answering Machine Phone Line for the UCCPAAA update by President, Leon Franklin: The problems with our phone line has been resolved, and has been updated on both the City’s and the Alumni’s Web pages. Our number is: 658-5353, ext # 526.
· Anthony Nolden Update by: President Leon Franklin:
Officer Anthony Nolden was introduced by Leon, that Officer Nolden was released by the Doctors to return to work. Officer Nolden expressed how thankful he was for all the support that the Association gave him and was looking forward to working again.
· Wolfe Koehle Emergency Operations Response Trailer Update by: President, Leon Franklin, The trailer is to be shipped this week. More updates on it at our next meeting.
· Recognition for Blue Santa Volunteer, Matt Steves Update by: President, Leon Franklin. A Letter concerning Matt Steves volunteer work as the Blue Santa was given to Police Chief Gary Speer. A copy of the Letter was presented to Officer Steves along with a $40.00 gift certificate to The Texas Road House.
· What do you want to see or have during our meetings? Update by: President Leon Franklin. Addressing the requests from the last meeting:
1. Continuing Education of the CPA Material. More details will be available at the March Meeting.
2. Tour of the new areas of the PD. A tour has been set up for Tues, 23 Feb 2010 at 1615 hours (4:15p.m.) for those who wish to attend. They will also set up another tour during the evening time next month.
3. Request for Officers to attend our meetings when their schedules allow it so they can give a brief self introduction, their work experience, etc and just to interact with the Alumni members.
4. Request to invite the City & PD personnel to attend our meetings is still pending and will take more time in ironing out the details.
5. Jail Tour for Alumni members. Details are still being worked out. Sgt. Mihalski is trying to see if they can set up our own tour as a PD Alumni instead of having to be done thru the PD itself. The jail that might be toured is one in Bexar County.
6. Request for more input from Committee Members and getting more members involved. This is a work in progess item.
7. Request for more dinner meetings to support business members. This is pending and is based on what activities are planned.
· NEW BUSINESS:
· CPA Registrar Karen Blessing update by President Leon Franklin:
· CPA Class Update: Karen was not able to attend tonight’s meeting due to allergies, but that the next CPA class was to start on 30 March 2010 and is to run for (12) weeks. The class will be held at UCPD not at the Public Works Building. So far there are (17) residents and (1) Non-resident (from Schertz) signed up for the class. A goodie sign-up sheet was passed around for those that wished to provide drinks/eats for the CPA class members. Those would sign up should clearly print their name, email address and not down on the form if they want to receive a reminder from her. Sgt. Mihalski indicated they were in the process of reworking the weekly schedule with a possibility of having a tour of the PD on the first day of class.
· Captain Elwood Allen Taylor Memorial Donation update by President Leon Franklin:
For those not familiar with Captain Taylor, he passed away in January this year. He used to be part of the UCPD. A check for $150.00 was received to the Association. A letter of thanks has already been sent out.
· Request to purchase additional fingerprinting kit(s) by President Leon Franklin. Since Gary Stein has already purchased items to make additional kit(s) a motion to reimburse Gary Stein was made by Art Goss and seconded by Judy Henton. All members present voted unanimously to reimburse Gary for the items he purchased.
· Crime Fighter of the Year 2009 update by President Leon Franklin. After extensive research to insure that it was possible for an Alumni member to receive the Award, Dan Hancock was nominated and thus awarded The Crime Fighter of the Year Award for his years of service from 1996 to the present. Even after the presentation of the Award, Dan Hancock did not feel that he should have received the award. Many of the members expressed that he and his wife, Laurie deserved to be recognized for all that they have done.
· FireArms Training Simulator (FATS) update by President Leon Franklin: Gerald Hoffman has been able to set up the use of the Converse PD’s (FATS) for the ones that want to try it out can. By a show of hands most of those present indicated that they would like to do this. The tentative location would possibly be the Golf Course so we would have enough room. It is scheduled to be done during our 19 May 2010 Monthly Meeting. More details will be given closer to the May meeting.
Break for the Dinner Buffet at 1900 hours. During the break members were asked to think about what other things we want to see or do during our upcoming meetings. Meeting was resumed at 1930 hours. During the break to eat, Susy Williams accepted annual dues.
· Bob Miller Update by Elfi Koehle: Bob Miller is one of our alumni members who is presently having some medical problems which requires him to have surgery (by pass surgery), he will have this done on 23 Feb. He is hoped to do well and recover. It is asked to keep him and his family in our prayers during this time of healing.
· Police Department Update by Sgt. Steve Mihalski: The CPA class schedule is undergoing revision and will last (12) weeks. They will be trying a different approach by having a tour of the PD & Dispatch on the first night of class. Over the weekend there was a police chase Officer Rodriguez responded to in which the suspect tried to evade arrest by turning off his lights of his vehicle and trying to flee the area. Converse PD also got involved. In the end the suspect was apprehended and booked into jail. Also found in the suspect’s vehicle was about a pound of marijuana. A couple of the Officers responding received minor injuries. Officer Clint Halibadier received a minor eye injury caused by some sort of limb or brush. Also thanks to all the volunteer hours the alumni members put in they should be able to file a Financial Fraud Case. A member asked about Warrant round ups if they are normally Statewide or local only. Sgt. Mihalski indicated that they were usually a Statewide thing. Also was asked about the missing Turkey report from last month and was advised that it had been found. He was asked about the Ticket writers and advised that they were doing well, but still had to work out the Warrant details when they are used.
· 2010 Membership Dues- those that wish to pay tonight see Susy Williams.
· Under other New Business-
1. Rummage Sale: Felicia Skrocki indicated that she would be sponsoring another Rummage Sale and will give more updates on it. Proposed date would be 17 April 2010. So save up the items you wish to donate to the cause.
2. Correction to Blue Santa Information posted in the Gateway Newsletter:
Ken Kraemer wanted to point out some information that was wrong in the latest Gateway Newsletter, the Newsletter stated that H.E.B. had donated Gift cards, but in fact it was the Blue Santa Program that purchased the Gift Cards.
· Next Monthly Meeting Date: 17 March 2010
MEETING ADJOURNED: Motion to Adjourn made by Ken Kraemer and seconded by Art Goss. Vote was unanimous for the adjournment at 1940 hours.
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Eva L. Hickman, Secretary