Heartland Emergency Apparatus Technicians
Association
BOARD MINUTES AND NEWS
News and updates
I hope this finds everyone well, just a quick update. The HEAT Association just completed the spring 2010 EVT training with great success. The classes held during this conference where some of the best yet, I hope all that had the good fortune to attend felt the same way. As always, I truly look for your input and feedback please feel free to drop me a note or phone call anytime to discuss your experience and what you would like to see in the way of future classes. As always we are here to help and we work hard to make sure you are successful in your EVT career.
During the Conference the HEAT Board held a general business meeting below please find the minutes for that meeting.
- Meeting called to order April 27th at 4:10pm.
- Attendees for this meeting were: Steve Stewart: Treasurer, Bill Hills: Vice President, Boyd Powers: Past President, Josh Wood: Director, Mark Stinson: President, John Alden: HEAT Web designer.
- Meeting started off with a general discussion of the success for the spring training and all where asked if there seemed to be any problems that needed attention. Everyone agreed that it was a success and no major problems took place. A big round of thanks went to Josh Wood for all his hard work on the coordination and making all the arrangements, Great Job JOSH!
- Discussion took place regarding funds and payment for the trainers Steve Stewart will be working to reconcile the books and report back on the available funds that can be applied to the next training.
- General discussion concerning the October training which will be held at the Overland Park Fire Training Center date will be determined and reported back as soon as possible to give everyone time to plan for the next event.
- Mark Stinson thanked John Alden for his continued work on the Website and noted the professionalism of the look and layout and expressed his thanks to John for his hard work. The website remains our number one form of news and business. John explained that the website is still a work in progress and gave a brief report on ideas for the future.
- General discussion took place about better explaining the objectives of the EVT Certifications. John Alden explained that we could put the objectives to each EVT certification on our web page. John also mentioned maybe having a brief explanation regarding the EVT certifications and process needed to obtain those separate from the bi-annual HEAT training.
- General discussion took place about having half to one day mini trainings for the HEAT members that could possibly be free. This is a work in progress but all agreed this is a good possibility.
- Discussion took place about future meeting and all agreed that we should hold a General meeting in June, location will be determined later but the general consensus was to possibly meet in Emporia Kansas. Which is a half way point for most members on the Board final time and location will be posted on the website.
- With no further discussion the Meeting was adjourned at approximately 5:15pm.
Thanks to all that helped and made the Spring Training a major Success.
