The meeting was called to order at
Secretary Nelda Minick called the Roll of all the
Association officers and directors. Officers present were: Jerry Casey, Mike
McGrew, Nelda Minick, Loretta Loomis, Paula Sands,
Lowell Roberts, Charles Hudecek, Gary Frame and Odie Tresner. Johnny Stewart and
Frank Bellizzi were absent.
Nelda Minick made the motion that the minutes of
Vice President Mike McGrew made an announcement to the membership about
Certificates of Appreciation to be given to the automotive facilities who
furnished cars for our previous automotive class. Gene Holder will present
these certificates of appreciation to the auto dealerships.
Treasurer Loretta Loomis gave The Association’s financial report. The report
was discussed and the account balance as of
Lowell Roberts notified the membership of the National Locksmith Magazines
that were available to any members. Also Mr. Roberts mentioned the amendment
addition to our constitutional by-laws that was voted on at the executive board
meeting. Rule # 11 states that: "Any Board Member receiving funds must
transfer said funds to the Treasurer within 10 days of receipt of those funds.
The Secretary must be notified of all transactions."
Vice President Mike McGrew thanked all our lock distributors for their help
and support to show us their products at our trade show this weekend. Mike
stated that he would be sending out fliers to some of our distributors and
members to notify everyone of our future OMLA
meetings. Nelda Minick said that we had 87 in
attendance at this weekend’s OMLA meeting.
Secretary Nelda Minick presented 3 applicants for
membership to our Association. The applications were read to the membership.
These applicants were voted on by each OMLA member present. Motion was made to
accept Linda Bartram, Denny Bowers, and Harry Sher
for membership in our Association by Odie Tresner. Motion was 2nd’d by Randy Knox. Each of the 3
applicants were sworn in as new members of the OMLA by
President Jerry Casey. Odie Tresner
was sworn in as one of our 2001 Board of Directors by Jerry Casey. Odie was absent at the Nov. meeting.
Treasurer Loretta Loomis asked that the outstanding bills for this meeting
be approved for payment. Motion was made by Odie Tresner, 2nd’d by Randy Knox.
Editor Paula Sands stated that she was working on the new membership
directory for accuracy in all member information. She also reminded members
that when accessing the restricted section of our website, the username and
password must be entered in all lowercase letters.
Lowell Roberts discussed the possible cost of an extra ad in the Locktalk for our distributors. Also, all members were
reminded that all information submitted for the Locktalk
must be received by Paula no later than the 20th of each month.
Education Director Charles Hudecek discussed the
feasibility of future PRP classes for our members. He state
that ALOA could present a PRP program costing about $100 per member per class.
There would be about 35 classes to complete the PRP course over a period of
about 2 years. The topic of high quality educational instructors
vs how important an education can be was discussed
with the membership by Bill Reeves. Bill said "the concept of education can
be destroyed due to a lack of a good quality class." Harry Sher discussed the minimum number of attendees for the PRP
classes. The members would need to register for the classes in advance. Lelia McNickle reminded us that
we had the finances in our Association which was to be used for educational
purposes. Lelia made the motion that we invest some
of the Association’s funds in theses classes. Motion was 2nd’d by Bill Reeves . It was mentioned that we could change our swap meet
or have an extra weekend for our classes.
It was suggested that we try to have a Sunday class to hold our attendance
better and to help more members to attend our trade shows. A possible class by
Jim Glazier with ALOA was discussed. This class would be in the field of
investigational locksmithing. Charles Hudecek also reminded the members to sign up soon for the
class by D.W. Dowless. The cost of this class will
soon be published in our newsletter. Odie Tresner thanked all our trade show distributors for their
information and answers to all our questions regarding locksmith needs.
Mr. Kenny Lee presented the membership with the winner of the 2001 Kenny Lee
Award. This prestigious award was presented to Lowell Roberts.
Jerry Casey reminded everyone that the Association dues for 2001 are now
due. Members who have not paid by April 1 will be dropped from the membership
roll. Randy Knox discussed the feasibility of an incentive to help get more people
involved in our meetings. The membership was reminded of the Sunday morning
class on Aero try-out keys. Bill Reeves notified us of
the Ozark Locksmith meeting
Hans Johnson donated a new safe. The winner was Jerry Casey. Other donations
included: E.L. Reinhart; two maglite sets; won by
Randy Knox and Loretta Loomis. Kenny Lee; two amplifier kits; won by Don Smith
and Jim Yeager. Lelia McNickle;
silver key earrings; won by Harry Sher.
Meeting was adjourned at