Next BFFA Meeting:
7 pm - May 18, 2006 at Polo Fire Department
206 S. Franklin Ave. Polo, IL 61064, US
April
16, 2006 Minutes – Shabbona Fire Department
President Hank Robinson called meeting to order at 19:07 followed by pledge. BFFA welcome given by Asst. Chief Steve Klopfenstein
Dinner break & Presentation by MABAS 6 Dekalb Heavy Rescue Team. Meeting resumed @ 1958 hrs. Past Presidents acknowledged
Secretary’s Report: motion made to dispense the reading of the minutes by Dean Ege.
Treasures Report: by Mike Stoffa. Motion to accept treasures report and to pay bills.
Committee Reports:
Training:
• Milledgeville would like to hold an Art of Reading Smoke Class. We will post more information as we get it.
• Amboy Extrication had 432 students from 55 departments. They would like to thank all for making it a success and request that members submit suggestions for 2008 Amboy School Class Topics by August 15th, 2006 for review, i.e. LP Fires
• LEPC Emergency Preparedness Conference – May 10 – 12 at Clock Tower
• Basic Wildlife Certification - May 19 at Walnut Fire Department
• IFSI Vehicle & Machinery OPS Class – May 22 – 26 at Cherry Valley Station #2
• Incident Safety Officer – June 17th & 24th at Northwest Fire Department
• FF Rescue & Survival – July 15 at Princeton Fire
• Basic Company Officer – July 27 at Princeton Fire
• Farm Medic - May 6 & 7 Burlington Wisconsin or Sept. 16 & 17 Rockford IL.
• BFFA now has a 30 foot confined space trailer for training. We will try to have it at the Polo meeting for everyone to see.
• BFFA Calendar has additional training and information listed. Visit www.bffa.net for more information.
Safety: no report
Newsletter: Many of you have already noticed that the monthly minutes are now in a different format. The mailing this month will be our final format with the minutes on the inside two pages, a calendar on the back page, and the final page folded in half, with the top half for the address block, and the bottom half available to venders for advertisement at a price still to be determined. We hope that venders or sponsors will pay to advertise or have their logo in this space and help bring our cost of the mailing down.
Membership: no report
Fundraising: Dean Ege stated that the 50/50 went well. Winning tickets:
1st place was Hennepin Fire Department.
2nd place was Amy Long sold by Morrison Fire Department.
3rd place was Byron Fire Department.
Resources: Brad will complete the list and it will be posted on the website next month.
Conference: January 6 & 7, 2007 at Sauk Valley Community College. Reception at the Comfort Inn in Dixon.
Water Fight: Please get water fight dates to Jim Gordon as soon as possible so we can add to BFFA Site
• Chadwick – June 11
• Dixon – July 1, possibly at the Dixon Petunia Festival **
• Shabbona – July 1 **
• Mt. Morris – July 2 **
** We will be talking with departments with overlapping schedules to double-check the dates.
Funeral Committee: BFFA has a complete set of equipment for memorials and a team to do them. Contact Kevin Lalley at Dixon Rural for more details.
Website: We would like to encourage everyone to post events on the BFFA Calendar. All BFFA members should post the dates of their water fights so other departments can be aware of the date. Members can also send information the want on the BFFA Schedule for anything ranging from training, water fights, breakfast, and so on to webmaster@bffa.net.
Old Business:
May 11 - Annual Bus trip to Springfield for the
Firefighting Medal of Honor Awards and Fallen Firefighter Memorial Service
Bus Departure Schedule: Cost is $20 a person
Jewel in Dixon at 0545
Amboy Fire Station at 0615
Busters in Mendota at 0645
For more information Contact Dean Ege or visit the BFFA website
501c3 Status: We received Articles of Incorporation from Secretary of State. We will get them to our accountant and we will file for our 501c3 status.
Dean Ege let everyone know that the N.Y. Bike Trip firefighters that visited Mendota last year as part of their trip have now written a book. The reason for the book is to give back to the greater community, to raise awareness at the local level of the sacrifices made by our police, military, first responders and firefighters. The intent of the book is for communities across the nation to raise funds from this book to support those in need in their community. http://www.journeythroughtheheartland.com
At the August 2005 BFFA meeting in Sycamore, BFFA passed two bylaw amendments suggested by Bill Reynolds. The following month the first amendment passed the second vote but the second amendment was tabled. After rewriting the bylaw to amend the correct section, Secretary Jim Gordon presented it to membership and passed the first vote.
Motion to amend Article III Section 6 as follows:
Retired Members is any member who has been President of BFFA, or becomes disabled in the line of duty. They shall hold membership for life and have all the privileges of membership. Persons retiring from a member department shall be eligible for a “non-voting” Retired Member status with the recommendation to the Executive Board by the member department. Retired members shall not be required to pay dues.
Motion and second, bylaw amendment passed first vote, second vote will be held at Polo meeting on May 18.
New Business: None
Motion to Adjourn: 20:31
Presentation: MABAS 6 Dekalb Team – Rescue, Truck Equipment, & Demo.
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