General
Membership Meeting of OMLA
Meeting
called to order at
Invocation by Brad Osborne and Pledge of Allegiance by
everyone.
Roll call
of officers and directors - everyone in attendance except Frank Bellizzi, Lowell Roberts (His wife Jackie is in the
emergency room at this time.), Jerry Casey and Dave Wofford.
Unfinished
business consisted of:
President
- The Board of
Directors has given approval to the president to become a member of OSAE which
is an association of association executives and OMLA will pay the annual
dues. this
association is where executives meet to hone their skills in administering an
association properly and to network with other associations for the good of our
membership.
Vice
President - the show
in February was a success.
Secretary
- The minutes of the last meeting were discussed with a motion to approve them , seconded and approved by the membership.
Treasurer
- Financial report read, motion made and seconded to approve them and by a
unanimous vote they were approved.
Past
President - not here
Sergeant-at-arms
- none
Editor
(Newsletter) - not here but Mike relayed that the newsletter is still evolving,
as is the webpage. If you can contribute
it would be very much appreciated.
Education
Director - none
Director
West (
Director
Central (
Director
East (
Legislative
Action Committee Chairman - not here
Licensing
Education and Training Committee Chairman - All the trade shows that we have
been involved in so far have been an overwhelming success and have provided
some very unique opportunities for the association and the members.
New
Business
President
- Buddy D. Lock has now had his name protected on the internet under the categories
of .com and .info for the next 10 years.
This will help him in the future to educate and inform the public about
locksmiths in general and especially OMLA locksmiths.
The
papers for registration of our logo in the State of
The new
display that was approved last meeting is here and has been used at several
trade shows already. It is very
impressive to have this available to make our booths a more effective tool for
our Association. We have several more
shows set up to promote OMLA and our membership.
The swap
meet will be upon us before we know it and the discussion turned to booths and
their price. It has been decided so far
to keep them at $10.00 per table until Jim Loomis (who will head this committee
for the August meeting's swap meet) gets more info on the size and so forth of
these tables. So get your order in for
these tables as soon as possible to Jim!
It was
discussed that we need to have the tapes and
Nominations
for Board of directors members need to be submitted
and Mary Osborne has been put in charge of the committee to accept these
nominations, because we will be electing them in November at the meeting.
Vice
President - Vendors for next years trade show have already been contacted and
one has already locked in their spot. others have
verbally committed to be there.
Secretary,
Membership, Registration - The member roster is still not complete due to
correspondence not being answered. (if you know of someone who is not showing
up or is not listed but was - please contact Mary with their current address
and also help contact them and try to bring them back)
Treasurer. Finance - The bills were presented discussed and a motion
was made to pay them with a second and overwhelming approval given.
Past
President - not here
Sergeant-at-arms, Video and Security - if anyone knows of
new videos on locksmithing that we can get for our
rental library please contact Matt Kelm.
Editor,
Newsletter - had to leave early.
Education
Director - Various programs have been proposed and discussed to help our
members, but we need to have more participation in them when they are
offered. It was proposed that the price
be increased if you are not pre-registered ahead of time for a class. These classes are very reasonable in price
when compared to other organizations that provide education for their members.
Director
West (
Director
Central (
Director
East (
Legislative
Action Committee Chairmen - not here (Our prayers are with him and his wife)
Licensing,
Education & Training Committee Chairman - Gains are being made in promoting
professional recognition of members of this organization.
Buddy D
program is in full swing and is going very well.
We have
been approached about a program to be presented to law enforcement on
recognition of tools that are or can be used for illegal entry. If this is put together and goes well it may
be such a thing as it can be certified for CLEET certification classes.
Good of
the Order - OPLA will meet in
Moved to
adjourn by Jim Loomis seconded by John Ruperd and
unanimously approved by the membership
The next
General membership meeting will be in
Respectfully
submitted
Mary
Osborne