October 2008 Meeting Minutes

Universal Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association
15 October 2008

Call to order

·         The regular meeting of the Universal City Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association was held on Wednesday 15 October 2008 at the UC Public Works Building.  There were 27 members and 1 UCPD Liaison Officer present.

·         President Gary Stein called the meeting to order at 6:35 pm and Art Goss led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Guest Speaker

• Sandy Sullivan, Vice President of Fraud Management for Frost Bank was the guest speaker.  She spoke about her responsibilities as well as several fraud cases that she has handled.  Ms. Sullivan provided informational materials for the Association. 

Business Meeting

• The minutes from the 17 September 2008 meeting were approved as corrected.

Officer’s Reports

• Treasurer’s Report- Tom Ingle announced the status of the checking and savings accounts at RBFCU.  There was a $540 deposit and $648 payout since the last meeting.  The remaining balance in checking is $3,390.00. 

• There was about 75 volunteer hours put in by the members in September, but there are a lot of volunteer hours that have not been submitted.
• The IRS Tax Exempt ID number has approved.

• President’s Report- Gary Stein announced that there are officially 58 members in the Association, and 1 inactive member.

Committee Reports

• Neighborhood Watch: Dan Hancock
• Brochures for NW were passed out during National Night Out.  There is a need for volunteers to recruit Block Captains.
• Veteran’s Day Parade: John Steinbauer announced that the Association was approved to participate.  On October 24, the City will provide more detailed information about the parade line-up.  Wolf volunteered to pick up a car from Jordan Ford and drive it in the parade.  Kris England was authorized $50 to purchase candy for the parade.  The UCPD needs volunteers to direct traffic during parade.
• Blue Santa: Garry Thompson updated the members on the overhaul of the Blue Santa project.  Garry visited several schools which have various ways of handling information on underprivileged children.  H.E.B. was willing to give gift cards, but the manager needs to check on the amount of donations he can give do to overwhelming needs this year.  Mr. Gatti’s fundraiser is on hold.  Garry developed an application for families to file for their children, it is written and English and will be translated into Spanish.  Garry also built a money-drop box and it will be placed at UC City Hall for cash donations.  Any members willing to solicit funds are needed.
• Garry will make an assessment about the final stages of the program this year.  Proceeding with the event this year will be determined at the November 19, 2008 meeting.
• T-Shirts:  Tom Ingle will be placing another order for T-shirts this Friday, October 17, 2008.  Anyone who would like to have a shirt please contact Tom.
• Publicity: An article on the REAP Award and Dispatchers will hopefully be published in next months UC Newsline.
• Fundraising: Mike Porter has stepped down as the Fundraising Chairperson.  The Fundraising Committee has agreed to work together to continue projects.
• Winter Festival: Kris England announced there will be a meeting in January for the Winter Festival in 2009.
• Entertainment Books: There are about 20 books to sell.  Anyone interested in selling the books please see Wolf or Elfie.  The UCCPAAA website also allows people to purchase the books online.
• National Night Out: The first copy of the DVD for NNO was delivered during the meeting.  Kris England will be sending the DVD in for the national contest.

·         Police Report- Police Liaison Lieutenant Fernando Parra wanted to formally “Thank” the Association for helping with NNO.

·         Ammo Purchase: Ed announced that the CPA class used about half of the ammo provided to them at the shooting range.  The Association spent $273.00 on the ammo.  There should be enough for the next class.

Unfinished Business

·         Elections: Wolf announced the nominees for Board of Directors.  There was only one candidate running for each office- (President- Ed Sheeran, Vice-President- Leon Franklin, Secretary- Kris England, and Treasurer- Tom Ingle).

·         The Award for Crime Fighter of the Year will be submitted by December 15, 2008.  The Association agreed to present a certificate to the recipient of the award.

 Closing.

• The next meeting will be Wednesday November 19, 2008

• The meeting was adjourned at 8:58pm

Signed: ____________________ Carl Beard, Secretary