Oklahoma Master Locksmith Association General Membership Minutes for November 20th, 2010

 

The General Membership meeting was called to order at 6 PM at the Hampton Inn & Suites located just

east of 105th & Memorial in Tulsa, OK., by President Charles Hudecek

The invocation was led by the past president

The Pledge was given and roll call was made by the acting Secretary Mike McGrew.

Members present were: President Charles Hudecek, VP & Lic., Ed, & Trng. Chair Dusty Brummitt,

Treasurer Loretta Loomis, Past Pres. & Editor Mike McGrew, Education Chair John Ruperd,

Central Dir. Gary Frame, East Dir. Jim Loomis, Legislative Action Chair Lowell Roberts.

Absent were: Secretary Mary Osborne, Sergeant-at-arms Matt Kelm, West Dir. Frank Bellizzi,

One member guest was present:  Maurice Grant.

Under Old Business:

President Charles Hudecek:

Copies of the Draft revised OMLA Constitution was passed out to each member for their review and

possible approval at the general business meeting in February 2011.

Charles mentioned our Secretary was unable to attend, that the issue had been discussed in executive session

by the Board, and he would be contacting her the next week concerning the issue.  The presentation of the

promised Ad Hoc report was moved to the end of the meeting agenda to allow time for public input and

discussion by the membership.

VP Dusty Brummitt:

Dusty gave an update on the 2011 Distributor’s Show with 9 Vendors currently paid up and more will be soon.

Secretary Mary Osborne:

She was not present.  A motion to approve the minutes as prepared by the Editor and posted on the website,

was made, seconded and approved.

Treasurer Loretta Loomis:

She presented the financial report and it was approved.

Sergeant-at-arms Matt Kelm:

He was unable to attend due to another commitment.

Newsletter Editor & Past President Mike McGrew:

A few comments were made about the newsletter and the website.  Am awaiting confirmation of the revised

Constitution for frequency of publication of the newsletter.

Education Director John Ruperd:

John commented on the morning class and disappointment of the afternoon class not making.

Director West Frank Bellizzi:

Frank was unable to attend.

Director Central Gary Frame:

Gary had no old business.

Director East Jim Loomis:

Jim had no old Business.

Legislative Action Committee Chairman Lowell Roberts:

Lowell said he’d wait until the new business section to comment.

Licensing Education & Training Committee Chairman Dusty Brummitt:

Dusty provided an update on the activities of the Alarm and Locksmith Industry Advisory Committee and asked

if the membership had been reviewing the monthly reports.  There was some response.

Under New Business:

President Charles Hudecek:

Charles gave an update on the CIC (Construction Industries Coalition) including a planned “meet & Greet” tentatively

scheduled for Tuesday February 8th, 2011 at the Reed Center in OKC.  This would provide a means of Oklahoma

Locksmiths meeting and visiting with their local Legislators.  $300 dollars was approved for acquiring and sending

Invitation cards to the Legislators.

The available new legislative appointments were reviewed.  Charles suggested sending a letter to each newly licensed

Company welcoming them to the Industry.  It was decided we would send a card designed for the purpose.  The

Trade Show itinerary was laid out as follows:

Friday Evening:  Board meeting early at 4PM.  A meet & greet with the Vendors at 6PM at the Hampton Inn & Suites

in Tulsa, OK., in the class room next to the lobby.

Saturday at the Spirit Bank Events Center (next door):  Meet with Distributors at 8AM, Show begins at 9AM.  Noon

meal from 11:30 AM to 2PM.  Swim party then pizza for the children at the Hotel from 3 to 4:30 PM.  Show Closes at

4PM and General Business meeting begins at 4:30PM (at Show location).  After the General Business meeting, light

refreshments will be served at the Hampton Inn & Suites.

VP Dusty Brummitt:

Dusty announced the 2012 Distributor’s Show location in OKC at the Reed Center with rooms at the Sheridan at the

Center.  Room rates were adjusted to be comparable with current rates paid at the Hampton.  The basic schedule with

meet & greet will be used here also.  We won’t be able to provide the meal there as it will be provided by the facility.

Secretary Mary Osborne:

She was not present.  Charles will contact her and determine what actions need to be taken.

Treasurer Loretta Loomis:

She asked that the bills for this weekend be paid.  Motion was made, seconded, and approved.

Sergeant-at-arms Matt Kelm:

He was unable to attend due to another commitment.  The President will contact Matt to resolve the delays in shipping

videos to renters.

Newsletter Editor & Past President Mike McGrew:

A discussion was held about the format and content of the newsletter and the website.  Several suggestions were made

and will be looked into for possible incorporation.

Education Director John Ruperd:

John mentioned some contacts he’d made and asked for input as to class subjects to be provided.

Director West Frank Bellizzi:

Frank was unable to attend.

Director Central Gary Frame:

Gary had no new business.

Director East Jim Loomis:

Jim had no new Business.

Legislative Action Committee Chairman Lowell Roberts:

Lowell commented on the last Legislative session, some of the actions taken including our successes and failures, and some

of the areas of concern for the upcoming Legislative session.  He also mentioned the new slate of officers for Oklahoma

from the Governor on down and how that could possibly affect us this next year through reorganization of departments to

reduce State expenditures.  Consolidations will be very possible, some could affect our Industry.  He held his comments

about the Ad Hoc consensus till later.

Licensing Education & Training Committee Chairman Dusty Brummitt:

Dusty indicated the primary issue was the outcome of the Ad Hoc Committee that would be addressed next.  He indicated

no other new business at this time.

Charles called for a recess to allow folks to break and get some food left from the lunch meal which was set up outside the

meeting room at 6:15PM and the meeting was called back to order at 6:27PM

Election of Directors:

Nominating Committee Chairman Lowell Roberts brought forth the slate of Regional Directors and they were as follows:

Director West Frank Bellizzi, Director Central Gary Frame and nominee Maurice Grant, Director East Jim Loomis.  There were

no nominations from the floor for the West and East Directorships and they were elected unanimously.  A paper ballet vote was

held for the Central Directorship with the following results:  Incumbent Gary Frame received 8 of 13 votes and Maurice Grant

received 5 of 13 votes.  Gary and Jim were sworn in by President Charles Hudecek.  Frank will be sworn in at the earliest

convenience.  The next Director election will be held in November 2012. 

 

With the rest of the business conducted, as promised at the August 2010 general business meeting, an update from the Advisory

Committee Ad Hoc Education Committee was presented to the membership for their approval or rejection and discussed at length.

Charles began the discussion about the consensus reached by the Ad Hoc Committee concerning Pre-exam education for those

seeking a license to work in Oklahoma, and for the reporting of those found to be in violation (and adjudicated) of the Act or Rules

by enforcement to the Advisory Committee.  The sequence of documents was distributed to the Members and each document

was reviewed.  Considerable discussion was held about documents #10 and #11 as they pertained to enforcement reporting and

Advisory Committee administrative actions possible plus records keeping on pre-exam education information and data.  A period

of public input was established to allow comments and Maurice and Grady Grant addressed their concerns about the specific

documents #10 and #11.  They felt the documents were not required and encouraged the membership to vote not to carry them

forward to the Advisory Committee.  A discussion was held after they were allowed to make their comments.  Charles said each

of the 11 documents would be voted on separately and documents #10 and #11 would be voted on by paper ballet due to their

perceived importance and the rest would be by voice vote individually.  A motion was made, seconded and approved for each

document as to whether it was to be moved forward to the Advisory Committee.  The voting results are as follows:

 

Document # / description

Yea

Nay

Ballet type

#1 / Definitions

13

0

hand

#2 / Adopted references

13

0

hand

#3 / Plan and design license requirements

11

2

hand

#4 / not present (won’t be submitted by Committee)

n/a

n/a

n/a

#5 / Monitoring license requirements

13

0

hand

#6 / Plan and Design license requirements

13

0

hand

#7 / Residential alarm tagging

12

1

hand

#8 / Individual renewal application

11

2

hand

#9 / Fire Sprinkler

13

0

hand

#10 / Citation Review

8

5

paper

#11 / Pre-licensing course approval

7

6

paper

#12 / Prerequisite education requirement

11

2

hand

Note:  There were 13 people present at the meeting and all voted.

 

 

 

 

Good of the Order consisted of drawings for door prizes.  The following were the winners:

 

Ticket #

Prize Winner

Prize Received

757

Grady Grant

USMC picnic kit

763

Debbie Hudecek

necklace

760

Ron Bada

Necklace (for Wife)

762

Lowell Roberts

“Poker to Go” game

756

Dusty Brummitt

Tire gauge

766

Sandra Kolinski

Knob Lock set (classic)

765

Kara Stevens

Carmel cookie/cake mix

755

Jim Loomis

Bracelet (for wife)

761

Jackie Roberts

Chess set

758

D. Walters

Lunch bag

767

Debbie Hudecek

earrings

764

John Ruperd

Tire gauge

754

Loretta Loomis

USMC picnic kit

The USMC out of Lawton Artillery group has agreed to help sponsor some of our door prizes

 

Good of the order and member comments:

Maurice indicated he would continue to pursue stopping the efforts of the Ad Hoc Committee.

John Ruperd thanked Dusty Brummitt for teaching the morning class and praised him for the job well done.  There were

no further comments.

 

The next meeting will be held at the Spirit Bank Events Center in Tulsa, OK. on February 5th, 2011 at approximately 4:30 PM

in the room used for the Distributor’s Show.

 

 

Minutes provided by Mike McGrew, CRL

Past President & Editor

 

 

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