Meeting Minutes – September 2024

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BBV-CERT General Meeting Minutes

September 3, 2024, 6:00 p.m., Masonic Lodge

 

Present:               Susan Elliott, Jim & Marie Smith, Johnny Wells, Joyce Crist, Maria Laverty, Michael Marty, Ian Thome, Michael Brush, George Muller, Andrea Gomez, Char Scott, Steve Scott, Gayle Venegas, David Venegas.

New recruits: Edward Tapia, Darrald Larter, Brenda McAlister, Susan Smith, Jama Hafer, Roger Boring.

Guest: Mike Walker

 

Call to Order:     President Susan Elliott called the meeting to order at 6:10 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 3. (postponed from August 26th due to illness.)

 

Pledge of Allegiance: Susan led the flag salute.

 

911 Designee:   George Muller volunteered to call 911 in case of an emergency.

 

Meeting Minutes: Prior meeting minutes approved electronically.

 

Treasurer Report:  Ed was on vacation so he emailed his report. Checking: sent a check for $30 to the CA Dept. of Justice for the Non-Profit Raffle Program fee. Deposited checks for $2,300 from Tour de Big Bear and $78.81 from the PayPal Giving Fund. Earned 1¢ in interest. Total in checking as of 8/31/24: $4,726.57.

Savings: Earned 7¢ in interest. Total in savings as of 8/31/24: $1,800.84.

Grand total: $6,527.41.

 

Committee Reports:

  • Fundraising Committee– Marie & Jim Smith
    • Sonora Cantina w/Prize Drawing, Monday, September 9, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Marie needs people to seat customers, bus tables and wash dishes. Marie will send around a signup sheet at the meeting.

 

  • See’s Candy Online Fundraiser, mid-October thru December 6. Marie contacted See’s and they set up a holiday storefront. Johnny will help create a flyer to include the QR code so people can go directly to the website to order. They will have a flyer available at the taco fundraiser and Halloween in the Village.

 

  • Publicity/Training – Johnny Wells
  • Skill sharing was tabled until next meeting.
  • The new recruits who graduated from Basic Training August 29th were introduced.
  • The next Basic Training is scheduled for the Masonic Lodge for Oct, 14-18. Johnny challenged everyone to work on recruiting two people.

 

  • Assets Committee – Steve Elliott was absent due to illness. The September 21St Field Day to inventory the Bear City container is still on.

 

New Business:

  • Halloween in the Village — 4:00–8:00 p.m. Setup: 2:00 (after street is closed to traffic). CERT will distribute candy and literature at a table on Pine Knot.

 

  • Susan shared the new requirement from San Bernardino County OES to volunteer an equivalent of five hours per month. This can be meeting attendance in person or by Zoom, manning a recruiting table, attending training online through video, Zoom or in person, serving at a community event, or active duty, etc. There is a form (attached) to keep track of hours to be given to Norma Grimes for our records.

 

Old Business:

  • Field Day, September 21, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. to inventory CERT container in parking lot across from Bear City Fire Dept.

 

  • CERT ID’s –Still in the works. Recruits need to apply online.

 

Upcoming Training/Other Events:

  • , September 21, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Field Day: Container Inventory, Bear City Fire Station
  • Board Meeting, September 23, 5 p.m., Masonic Lodge
  • General Meeting, September 23, 6 p.m., Masonic Lodge
  • CERT Basic Training, October 14-18, 6 – 10 p.m., Masonic Lodge
  • Halloween-in-the-Village, October 31, 4 – 8 p.m.
  • Radio Testing and Preparation (available through Dede Hermon, K6DDZ.com)

 

Training: 50-minute video–“Earthquakes: World’s Most Terrifying Forces”

 

Meeting Adjournment:   The meeting was adjourned at 8:10 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Susan Elliott