Regular Meeting January 20, 1997
Kosair Children’s Hospital, Louisville KentuckyPosted: 03.25.97
Last updated: 01.29.08Executive Officers in Attendance
John Isfort President
George Glessner, SecretaryExecutive Officers Absent
Laura Otte, Vice President
Chris Nalley, Vice President
Cathy Wigley, TreasurerCall to Order
John Isfort called the meeting to order at 1736 hr. John thanked Kosair’s Just For Kids Transport Team and Jon Hamlyn for hosting this meeting.
Approval of the Minutes of the Last meeting
The meeting minutes had been faxed to all of the programs prior to the meeting.
Jon Hamlyn made a motion seconded by Mike Hartweck to accept the meeting minutes without change. There was no further discussion and the motion passed unanimously.
Officer’s Report
President: John Isfort
John asked that all programs inventory the shirts that they have and determine how many more they need. John will then make a new order of shirts.
AAMS has moved their office to Virginia near Washington, D.C.
KAPA president Robert Gainer recently lost his son. George sent flowers in the name of KyAAMS.
No action needed
Vice President: Laura Otte & Chris Nalley
There was no report and no action needed
Secretary: George Glessner
George reported that John Hultgren’s Kentucky Connection is providing an Email address that will forward to any address we select. This will allow the KyAAMS Email address to remain the same regardless of the person holding the office of secretary.
George read a report from The Kentucky Connection site on calendar items that affect KyAAMS
George identified the Kentucky Connection as the best source for information on Kentucky EMS
George presented the meeting schedule and location rotation that reflects the new meeting frequency and times voted on in a previous meeting.
Meetings are to be held on the third Monday of the Month
Committee Meetings will be 1800-1930hr Eastern Time
Regular Meeting will be 1930 Eastern Time
The January meeting remains the General Election MeetingLifeFlight, Evansville March 24, 1997 Due to JEMS and Holiday Conflict
UK Aeromedical, Lexington May 19, 1997
Skycare, Louisville July 21, 1997
EMS Conference, Louisville September, 1997
CareFlight, Lexington November 17, 1997
StatFlight, Louisville January 19, 1998 GENERAL ELECTION
Just For Kids, Louisville March 16, 1998George Glessner made a motion seconded by Jon Hamlyn to accept the secretaries report and action. There was no discussion and the motion carried unanimously.
Treasurer: Cathy Wigley
No report and no action needed
Committee Reports
Government Affairs Committee: Jan Davis
Rick Nickoson turned all of the committee’s materials over to Jan Davis.
Education Committee: Jill Johnson
Careflight, Statflight and UK have supplied the committee with speakers lists. The rest need to mail or fax them to Careflight at 606-278-2848.
There will be a committee meeting before the next regular meeting to work on the a workshop for the August Meeting
Walt Middleton made a motion seconded by Maggie Morris to accept the committee’s report and action items. There was no further discussion and the motion carried unanimously.
Safety Committee: Richard Frazer
No Report and no action needed
Research Committee: Julia Fultz
The AMTC deadline for abstract is April 18th, Julia has applications if anyone needs them
The termination of resuscitation report was presented. After each program has a chance to review the materials, there will be a vote to endorse the proposal at the next meeting. Until then any ideas or changes should be sent to Julia or Maggie Morris at UK.
Karen Higdon made a motion seconded by John Blumenstock to accept the motion and action items. There was no further discussion and the vote carried unanimously
Communications Committee: Kim Phelps
A NAACS Course has been tentatively set for May at CareFlight
Region Seven meeting was held and attended by several of KyAAMS members.
Jan Taylor is now on the education committee of Region 7
The next meeting of region 7 is in Roanoke VA. 3/3/97 and Rotor Break will be May in Charleston
Jon Hamlyn made a motion seconded by Karen Higdon to accept the report and the action items. There was no further discussion and the motion carried unanimously.
Internet Committee: Phillip Rowe
No report and no action needed
Membership Committee: Brian Lindell
No Report and no action needed
Nominating Committee: Karen Higdon
The committee presented their nominations for the offices of President, 1st Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. They reported that there were only one person for each office that expressed interest or agreed to take a nomination for the office. These nomination were presented for consideration.
President John Isfort
Jon Hamlyn made a motion seconded by Mike Hartweck to close the nominations for President. The motion carried unanimously
1st Vice President Dennis Kiper
Jon Hamlyn made a motion seconded by Mike Hartweck to close the nominations for 1st Vice President. The motion carried unanimously
Secretary George Glessner
Walt Middleton made a motion seconded by Kim Phelps to close the nominations for Secretary. The motion carried unanimously
Treasurer Karen Seger
Mike Hartweck made a motion seconded by Jon Hamlyn to close the nominations for Treasure. The motion carried unanimously
John Isfort thanked the committee for all of their work and disbanded the ad hoc committee.
General Election of Officers
Casting Ballot
The secretary cast a single ballot for vote. On the ballot was the names nominated for the offices.
The vote was unanimous in the affirmative for the ballotAnnouncements
Air Medical Picnic
Maggie Morris will check with all of the programs and report at the next meeting where and when to hold the next Air Medical Picnic.
Adjournment
Mike Hartweck made a motion seconded by Jon Hamlyn to adjourn the meeting. The vote was unanimous and the meeting adjourned