Call to Order:
The meeting was called to order by President Elect Shelby Chissus at 13:25 . Present Shelby Chissus, Nelson Atwood, Ron Kerns, Wendy Davis, Alexandra Kasuske, Lew Clark, Jon Skiffington, and Marion Swendsen. Excused were Chuck Fulton, Steve Rittereiser, Michael Dick, John Turner, Sharon Tolton, Jim Sawyer, Sandy Richards, Maynard Hoffer and Daryl Pearson.

Shelby thanked everyone for coming and advised everyone that Chuck and Daryl were in Walla Walla for a funeral.

Treasurer’s Report:
Alex reported that WSCPA took in $380 from the last volunteer training. This was the first time that we charged for a Volunteer Training Class. Alex stated that we had $33,000 in the bank including the CD accounts. Alex reported that membership is currently down about $700 from this time last year with WSCPA standing about $7481. A motion was made and seconded that they accept the Treasurer’s Report as given. The motion passed.

Executive Director’s Report:
Daryl’s report was distributed to those members present. (See attachment #1)

Nextel Phones:
WSCPA now has 100 phones to be distributed according to a list developed at the Walla Walla Conference. Board members were advised to contact the office if they needed any of the phones and that Daryl had received applications for four new Phone Patrols. The phones will be sent out from the office as soon as they are sorted and IMEI numbers recorded for Nextel.

Seattle Conference:
Doug Reynolds attended the Seattle Conference committee meeting and felt let down with what was in place by the committee. What kind of support will NCPC provide? He didn’t see any dialogue on nature of training for the conference. He felt there was no structure to the meeting. A steering committee was developed to find out the exact developments with the Seattle Conference. There were no volunteers for this committee. There was a feeling that we had a lot of competition for a Fall Conference.

The Board addressed the question of putting on a Fall Crime Prevention Conference. Alexandra made the motion to forego the Fall Conference. Discussion – the group felt that there was no apparent effort from Mark Howard and no site or other venue. The board discussed partnering with other groups and to build a conference that would draw from these groups. The board thought that money was more plentiful in the spring.
Question: Alexandra’s Motion, “To forego the WSCPA Fall Conference,” was seconded by Jay with the suggestion that we include 1 or 2 day Regional Trainings and 1 Yearly Conference. Motion passed.

The board wanted several questions answered as quickly as possible. 1) Do we partner with NCPC? 2) Do we include Oregon , Idaho , British Columbia and other agencies? 3) Do we plan a Regional or State Conference?

The Board motioned to make the Spring Conference a State Conference, seconded, and passed.

The Board stated that we will ask for letters of understanding stating what roles WSCPA and it’s partners will play in future conferences especially those that might be a regional conference. The Board also wanted to ask Daryl about the money that was promised from NCPC to cover the cost of our facilitators going to the Meth - Amphetamine Conference in Bellevue . Alexandra was asked by the board to send a bill to Colleen Minson at NCPC.

Region Director’s Report:

Region 1:
Jon has set a fall regional meeting and will have it placed on the WSCPA web site. See Written report.

Region 2:
See Doug's written report. (See attachment) Doug brought up a number of items including the IESNA Lighting Conference October 6-9 in Scottsdale , Arizona and that WSCPA should ask the AG’s office about payment or gratuity to members speaking at our trainings.

Region 3:
No Region 3 Report. Shelby is planning a Region 3 Meeting.

Region 4:
Marion would like to work a regional training in connection with CPAO maybe on Scams and Frauds. Vancouver PD just completed their Citizen’s Academy and are planning for their upcoming fair. She stated that Region 4 is seeing a loss of bodies doing crime prevention. Longview is having their Crime Free Multi-Housing Class.

Region 5:
Lew reported that the Sheriff’s Honor Guard was on for tomorrow and pre-registration was going to be in the lobby by Kay McKellar. The notebooks were left by Daryl and handouts will be provided by the speakers. Meal tickets were inside a brown envelope to be added to the notebooks.

Lew is retiring in the spring and stated that Kay McKellar has come forward and wanted to participate as the Region 5 Director. Lew will check into this and see if she is interested.

Lew stated the Awards Luncheon was moved to the last day to try and keep people on site. The menu is pepper steak and this generated a discussion on what people are paid for during the luncheon. The board was going to check with Daryl to make sure what was told the attendees. It was thought that a nominal fee of $10 per person for non award winners would be appropriate. The board also addressed one award winner that might not attend because of the WSCPA conference attendance. No actions were taken on this but the board will deal with this in the future.

Region 6:
The Grant County Sheriff has retired and appointed Mike Shea. Grant County has put on an 8 week Citizen’s Academy on Wednesday nights from 6:30 – 9:30 PM . This is Grant County ’s first Citizen’s Academy and was developed by Nelson Atwood.

Yakima County has asked the office for a one day – 8 Hour Volunteer Class on September 22^nd. Details are still being worked out. Nelson told the board that he is doing a lot of Meth Amphetamine presentations in Grant County . Cal Baker of Moses Lake PD has stepped forward to run for the Region 6 position.

Region 7:
No Region 7 Report.

Region 8:
No Region 8 Report:

Elections:
Ron stated that we need a person to run for Treasurer. Someone asked about Kay McKellar and the possibility of her husband Bob McKellar to run as Region 5 Director. The other positions open are Region 2 and Region 8. Ron asked everyone to keep their eyes open for possible board members.

Awards:
Wendy reported a small number of Award Nominations were received. She stated that the Award’s Panel tried to stay away form board members and their programs as award winners. Wendy said that the Volunteer of the Year Award received the most nominations. The Snohomish County Volunteer oversaw 62 crime prevention volunteers.

(See Wendy’s Awards report)

Court Services:
Shelby reported that a letter to all state courts was being prepared inviting them to participate in the program. Shelby is planning a possible training in November for the Pierce – King – Thurston Counties. A new mail box has been added to the WSCPA phone at 509-522-5382.

40 – Hour Basic Crime Prevention Manual:
Ask Sandy Richards or Daryl about where this is at.

WASPC Report:
No report at this time.

Brion Schumann Scholarship:
Shelby reported that there were 54 applications that have been reviewed with three finalists. Shelby would like all the board members to review these with the winner to be selected at a later meeting.

Newsletter:
Discussion ensued on the importance of Membership Services. We need to make sure that membership cards, materials and some sort of shortened but enlightened newsletter would be available to the membership on a timely manner. The board will discuss concerns with Daryl. Wendy and Doug will volunteer to help with a shortened version of the newsletter to be placed on the Web Site. This could happen every 2 months or quarterly. The board emphasized the need to send as much of this material through the internet to save printing and postage.

The Board adjourned at 16:10 PM .

Special Board Meeting 04-23-2002

The meeting was called to order at 16:21 Hours on Tuesday, April 23, by President Chuck Fulton.

Those attending were Alexandra Kasuske, Jon Skiffington, Nelson Atwood, Wendy Davis, Doug Reynolds, Ron Kerns, Marion Swendsen, Chuck Fulton, Shelby Chissus, Lew Clark and Daryl Pearson.

Brion Schumann Scholarship:
The board was asked to review the top three scholarship applications from Erica Coleman, Nikki Aga, and Christina Reasner. The board reviewed the applications and Alexandra made a motion “To Award the Brion Schumann Memorial Scholarship to Erica Coleman. Doug Reynolds seconded and the motion carried. Erica Coleman will be notified by letter and a check sent as soon as possible.

NCPC

The board discussed several issues on NCPC. They didn’t want to step into a partnership with NCPC without knowing more information. The Board wanted closure on the Meth Amphetamine Conference where NCPC promised to reimburse WSCPA for the costs of sending facilitators to the conference. The board asked Alexandra to draw up a bill to give to Arthur Cutler (NCPC) when he comes in on Wednesday. President Fulton appointed a committee of Shelby Chissus, Chuck Fulton, and Daryl Pearson to meet with Mark Howard and Arthur Cutler on Wednesday to discuss the Seattle Conference and partnering with NCPC.

Elections:
Current slate of officers running for WSCPA office are

President Elect Doug Reynolds

Vice – President Alexandra Kasuske

Treasurer Kay McKellar

Region 2 Tom Harmon

Region 4 Marion Swendsen

Region 6 Bob McKellar

Region 8 Allison Moore will check to see if she can run

Daryl was asked to announce that WSCPA was looking for people to run for office at the Regional Breakouts on Thursday and wait until the first of May to send out the ballot.

Sandy Richards Letter of Resignation:
President Fulton received a letter of resignation from Sandy Richards stating she wouldn’t be able to travel to our board meetings and felt that this wasn’t fair to the other members that did travel to the meetings. Spokane has limited Sandy ’s travel to inside Spokane . Sandy told the board in the letter that she is willing to do anything she can including the re-write of the 40 Hour Basic Crime Prevention Manual and the Spokane 40 Hour Crime Prevention Academy. The board asked Daryl to check on this and find out exactly what Sandy might be able to do and to report back to the board by email.

40 Hour Basic Crime Prevention Manual:

Sandy has sent Daryl the current version of the 40 Hour Basic Crime Prevention Manual and he is preparing to make copies for the upcoming Spokane Training. The board discussed the need for good quality dividers and it was decided to go with color paper dividers instead. In the discussion Doug reminded the board that we told Sandy to check on quality dividers because the board wanted this manual to be of good quality. The board discussed this and decided to stay with just color paper dividers. Daryl reminded the board members to turn in the chapters of the manual that they were working on.

The meeting adjourned at 5:19 Hours.

Special Meeting 04-24-2002

Meeting started at 10:44 AM Red Lion

Those present were Mark Howard (Seattle PD), Chuck Fulton (WSCPA President), Shelby Chissus (President Elect), Arthur Cutler (NCPC) and Daryl Pearson (WSCPA, Executive Director)

President Fulton told the group that the WSCPA Board had decided to forego the Fall WSCPA Conference and to go with a Spring Conference and a possible partnership with NCPC for a Regional Conference. The discussion centered on the amount of people to expect for a statewide conference, which was estimated at 100 people, and a Regional Conference with 200 people expected.

President Fulton asked Arthur Cutler about the money from NCPC from the Meth-Amphetamine Conference. Arthur asked WSCPA for a billing that he could turn into the office and felt that he had the power to assure WSCPA that this would be paid and that NCPC would like to partner with WSCPA to put on a Regional Crime Prevention Conference in Seattle . Arthur told us that NCPC uses Fox Valley College to book the speakers and that they have a committee that helps set up the different conferences. Arthur was asked what topics might be added to the Seattle Training? Arthur thought that NCPC would be interested in a Crime Prevention Leadership Conference with several training tracts. One for Chiefs and Sheriffs, a more basic set of classes, ethnicity and others. Arthur was asked to give WSCPA the list of classes from San Diego and Florida .

Arthur thought that NCPC could help with speakers and facilities. Arthur was advised that WSCPA depends on their conferences for a share of their yearly budget.

President Fulton asked Mark Howard if the Seattle Police Department was willing to help put on the conference. Mark stated that a conference committee met and several things were identified to be done as soon as possible.

President Fulton asked Arthur if NCPC would partner in a Regional Conference in Washington State if WSCPA didn’t participate in it. Arthur stated that NCPC is very interested in partnering with WSCPA but might do a conference without them if the opportunity was there.

The meeting ended at 11:35 AM .

April 24, 2002 Board Meeting

The Meeting was called to order at 16:52 Hours by President Chuck Fulton.

Those attending were Chuck Fulton, Marion Swendsen, Wendy Davis, Alexandra Kasuske, Lew Clark, Ron Kerns, Doug Reynolds, Shelby Chissus, Nelson Atwood, Jon Skiffington, and Daryl Pearson.

President Fulton gave a report on the meeting that was held with Mark Howard and Arthur Cutler on the Seattle Conference. Chuck advised the board that NCPC was willing to pay WSCPA back for the money spent at the Meth-Summit and that they wanted to partner with WSCPA on the Seattle Conference and was willing to make this a Regional Conference. Chuck advised the board that NCPC uses Fox Valley College to schedule speakers and that there would be several tracts of training if WSCPA wanted to partner with NCPC.

A discussion ensued with board members showing concern that we had less than a year to put on a conference without knowing what NCPC might be able to do for us. Alexandra was concerned that we didn’t have enough answers. Lew thought that a written agreement or Letter of Understanding might be needed with NCPC. Marion Swendsen was asking whether or not other crime prevention associations would send their people to our conference. A question was asked about the money made on the conference and who would keep it. The bottom line was distrust with NCPC in that they promised to pay us the money for providing facilitators for the Meth - Summit .

A number of training ideas were discussed including Leadership, Ethnicity Issues, Basic Crime Prevention, Advanced Crime Prevention, Homeland Security Updates and others. Doug Reynolds told the board that we needed to go to several tracts and to stay away from the single tract that seems to limit the interests of attendees.

Lew made a Motion “That WSCPA Should Explore the Feasibility of Partnering with NCPC and the Seattle Police Crime Prevention Unit for the WSCPA Spring 2003 Conference in Seattle .” Doug Reynolds seconded the motion. A discussion ensued with a number of questions on how do we make sure that everything is in place. President Fulton then appointed a committee to oversee the preparations for the conference. The members of this committee were Wendy Davis, Shelby Chissus, Marion Swendsen, and Alexandra Kasuske. This committee is to meet in May to call NCPC and to make sure that certain events are in place for the Conference to go on. The question was called on Lew’s motion. Daryl read the motion. President Fulton asked for a voice vote and there were 7 ayes – 0 no and 1 abstention. The motion carried.

The Board adjourned at 5:52 PM .
Presented by Daryl Pearson, Executive Director - CPA
May 7, 2002