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Retired Peace Officer's Association of California

8-22-2007 Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

Atlantis Hotel and Casino Reno, NV

Called to Order 9:06 am by President Alex Bernard

Pledge of Allegiance led by Jim Kneebone

Moment of Silence for fallen Officers and deceased members of

RPOAC directed by President Alex Bernard

Roll Call by Secretary Guy Huddleston

President Alex Bernard Vice President Diane Vasquez

Treasurer John Thompson Secretary Guy Huddleston

Directors Present: Dick Butera Mike Derbyshire Bob Gallardo

Roger Goodyear Gene Hixenbaugh Jim Kneebone

Doug Oliver David Patterson Joe Steiner

Absent: Ray Bolden Jack Pearson Marty Gent

Proxies or Designations: Marty Gent given to Roger Goodyear

Executive Director: Dennis Wright Counsel: Bert Tererri

Guest: Mike Durant PORAC VP

President requested ratification of appointment of Bob Gallardo as Gold

Country Director

Motion: Derbyshire Second: Kneebone Passed: Unanimously

Vice President of PORAC Mike Durant requested to address the

Board and offered to answer questions, taken out of Agenda Order

Topics covered: I&B coverage and dramatic rate increases

PORAC is shopping for Term Life Ins. alternatives

Huddleston requested an I&B report to RPOAC as

None in 2 years

Butera requested I&B approved minutes be sent to

RPOAC

Dennis asked about the cost of the booth per

Durant no one is getting a free one this year

Roger asked about RAM and SAM 2 types of

PORAC associate membership

Joe asked about PORAC Web site inconsistencies

Secretary requested approval of Minutes of March 2007 Meeting in Las

Vegas Motion: Kneebone Second: Butera

Passed: Unanimously

President’s Report:

Topics covered: I&B coverage and rate changes

NAPO as yet no Presidential endorsement ‘08

Richman Initiative

PORAC to pay for mailing to all members

of RPOAC in support of Henry Jones for PERS Bd

Yes or No on Booth at PORAC Conference

Orange County Supervisor John Moorloch’s

movement to stop retro of 3 % @50 retirement

PORAC Board of Directors contacts

Vice President NO report

Treasurer’s report is the new audit

Secretary Report

Proposed by-laws distributed for later discussion

Cottingham and Gallardo spelling of names in minutes corrected and sent to all Directors

Executive Director’s Report:

New Member enrollment has gone down by about 100 since PORAC

has started RAM

Roger inquired how many members have dropped to join RAM

Answer 9

Form proposed for Notice of Annual Chapter Meeting and Elections

Membership Report: See Exec Dir Report

Old Business: Bylaw discussion to follow

New Business:

1) Official RPOAC Endorsement Henry Jones for PERS Board

Motion: Kneebone Second: Goodyear Passed: Unanimously

2) Formation of RPOAC Insurance Committee to look for products

our members Motion: Vasquez Second: Goodyear Passed: Unanim.

3) Butera re: his Travel Voucher disallowed by the Treasurer New

Standing Rule 5.02 was not passed until the March meeting the

voucher was for, reimbursement this time. 5.02 b was rewritten again

Motion : Vasquez Second: Butera Passed: unanimously

4) Booth at PORAC Conference : Motion: Butera Second: Oliver

Steiner Opposed Thompson Abstained Passed: Majority

Good & Welfare: None not already discussed

Lunch 11:58 am

Resume: 12:30 pm

Bylaws

Opening remarks by Committee Chairman Huddleston, Member Kneebone,

ad hoc member President Bernard and counsel Tererri

Counsel advised the Articles of Incorporation will reflect the changes

to the Bylaws when passed to conform to the Corporations Code

Motion to unanimously recommend the “Proposed Bylaw Rewrite” adoption to the Annual Meeting of Members at this years Conference made by: Vasquez Second: Kneebone

Discussion:

Requested Changes were submitted by Vasquez, Butera, Goodyear,

and Huddleston

Board decision by consensus to review “Proposed Bylaws” as submitted by

the Committee and deal with requested changes in order.

As each bylaw was reviewed a straw poll was taken as to its status as each

page was completed a request for opposition only was asked for.

were made and new wording was approved.

After discussion and the introductory remarks many of the requested

changes were withdrawn and others will be dealt with in the rewriting of the Standing Rules that will become necessary after their adoption anyway.

The cooperative and organized method used by the Board allowed a great

deal of material to be covered in a short amount of time.

Director Derbyshire left prior to completion of the review, but said he

liked what had been covered so far and expressed his support of our decisions.

Director Steiner left just prior to the conclusion of the review, without

comment.

The question was called for and passed unanimously by remaining Board

Members

Motion to move to Executive Session by: Butera Second: Kneebone