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Attendees: Bill Bolter (Eastern Div), Dave Malone (CNY Region Legal), Bert Ebeling (Watertown), John Megivern (Greek Peak), John Tuttle (Labrador), Libby Wing (Labrador/Skan), Jack McNeal (Labrador/Skan), Brian Bamberger (McCauley), Jon Wilson (McCauley), Tony Martin (Song),Joe Procopio (Song), Bob Sloan (Song), Geff Dennee (Toggenburg), Jeff Paston (Tog/CNY Region), Paul Steiner (Tog/CNY Region), Walt Shepard (Tog/CNY Region), Gary Bustos (Highland Forest), Joe Homola (Highland Forest), Tom Hughes (Skaneateles), Noel Rios (CNY Region), Paul Gatley (Woods Valley),

• Bill Bolton, Eastern Division Awards Advisor, gave a presentation on the NSP Awards program. He provided handouts and applications and discussed the process of obtaining awards for patrollers. Bill is available to assist any patrol in applying for awards. Contact him at 315-788-5259 or e-mail: wboulter@twcny.rr.com 

• Noel Rios said that in his travels around he feels that CNY Patrols work to a higher standard and we need to recognize jobs well done. Also, each patrol should develop patrol level recognition awards, and recognize spouses with the "Angel Pin".

• For more information check the following: Chapter 10 (Awards) of the NSP Policies and Procedures Manual, pages 115 thru 126.

• To go to the NSP website page for downloading award forms, go to: http://www.nsp.org/1/nsp/home/home.asp click on "Member Services", Log in, click on "My Bookshelf", click on "Downloads", click on "07-08 Available Forms", and click on the form you want.

Patrol Finances & Expenditures – John Tuttle

• John Tuttle (Assistant CNY Region Director) reported on the "Bedrock Rule" (Section 501(C)(3) of the US Tax Code). Basically it states that a "non-profit" organization cannot use their funds for supporting a "for-profit" organization. An example he used was a patrol buying paint and supplies for a patrol occupied building owned by a ski area. According to the tax code this is not allowed. The ski area must pay for improvements or maintenance to their owned structures. As an alternate each patrol could develop a lease agreement or have management donate the building to their local ski patrol. In any case, there should be a document trail either for expense reimbursement or for building lease or donation. John distributed copies of Eastern Division’s "A Common Sense Guideline for Operating Under Section 501(C)(3) of the US Tax Code" dated March 5, 2007.
• John also discussed the "draft" Eastern Division Finance Committee’s "Eastern Division & Region Expense Guidelines" which will be issued in mid-December 2007. This document is a general guide to assist Staff Members in understanding when expenses are to be allocated to the Division or Region.

Outdoor Emergency Care (OEC) /Sr EMM – Burt Ebeling

• Bert Ebeling reported that all CNY Region refreshers are complete and all went well.

• He reminded everyone that all Refreshers must be registered with NSP by the Instructor of Record.

• He also reported that there are three OEC courses underway in the CNY Region.

• He encouraged people to attend the Senior Programs as they are the "training ground" for positions in the Regions & Divisions.

• A question came up about what is the purpose of the Senior Program. Noel said it is not the same as in the past. It is a merit program working with national criteria. Burt said the reason to participate is to "become the best you can be".

CNY Senior S & T and Women’s Program – Jon Wilson

• The 2007-2008 CNY Senior Schedule was distributed and discussed. It is available on the CNY Region’s Web-site at: http://www.cnyskipatrol.org/index.html The training involves four scenarios on difficult terrain.

• The preseason Senior S&T, EMM T/E’s Clinic for the region staff will be held at Labrador Mtn. on December 15, 2007. The new S&T manual will be distributed to those trainers who attend

• If you have any questions contact Jon at: Tel: 315-735-7757(H) and leave a message, or e-mail: cody@headstrong.org

• Noel said we should be encouraging patrollers to participate. They will gain confidence and experience. It is a super program. They will gain a lot and have fun.

Instructor Development – Noel Rios

• The new Instructor Development (ID) course is a self paced CD based course. It has 10 chapters and a final exam. The final phase is mentoring.

• The ID course can also be presented in the classroom, as in the past, if there is enough interest.

• Contact Noel if you have any questions: Tel: 315-692-4165 e-mail nrios@twcny.rr.com

• Jeff said his overall goal is to have at least one award per patrol

• Local patrols should also develop their own means of patroller recognition.

• Don’t forget to recognize the spouse’s of patrollers.

• Jeff said the CNY Region History was compiled in 1982 and 1984. Some updating has been done but he needs more information from all patrols in the Region. At a minimum he needs a list of Patrol Leaders, list of National Appointments, and a list of Awards (National, Division, Regional, etc.). Contact Jeff with this information at: Tel: 315-682-8144 or e-mail:  yxjp@alltel..net

• Jeff will distribute the CNY Region History and it will be posted on the Web-site.

• Celebrating 50^th anniversaries with the NSP are Toggenburg (2008) Dry Hill (2008).

• Labrador celebrated their 50^th anniversary in 2006.

Legal – Dave Malone

• There were no legal problems discussed.
• Don’t be afraid to bring any legal issues to Dave. He can be reached at: Tel: 315-823-1103 or e-mail: dmalone5@twcny.rr.com

• There is no MTR program being offered this year. Hope to offer one next year.

• MTR 1 deals with map and compass and how to dress.

• MTR 2 has classroom sessions followed by a 3-day "out back" experience.

• McCauley is interested in doing MTR.

• Brian Bamberger is collecting names of patrollers who died while registered as patrollers. Please contact him with names and pertinent information at: Tel: 315-455-6997(H) or e-mail: brian.bamberger@brookfieldpower.com

• Contact Paul if you have any questions. Tel: 315-458-1579; E-mail: paul101arm@aol.com 

• Noel Rios encouraged all Patrol Leaders to recruit student patrollers. He also proposed that we use our rebated alumni funds ($160.00) to support the student patroller program seminar.
• After much discussion a motion was made by John Tuttle to put an amount of money equal to this year’s rebated alumni funds into an education fund for use in supporting the student patroller program and to form a committee to establish guidelines for expenditures. The motion was seconded by Tom Hughes and approved by all voting members present.

• Saturday December 15, 2007   Contact: Jon Wilson    Sr. S&T, EMM T/E’s      8:30AM to 5:00PM               Region Staff Clinic, @ Labrador Mtn.

• Saturday December 29, 2007   Contact: Jon Wilson    S&T Trainers                 8:30AM to 5:00PM                Clinic (local)   @ Toggenburg        

The spring CNY Region meeting is scheduled for May 10, 2008, 9:00 am at Toggenburg