Minutes for LEMS General Meeting on February 23, 2005

New Residence Main Lounge at 3:30PM

Attendance:

Kevin Mnich

Caroline Vizthum

Kristin Caruso

Aedin Fortune

Charles Concodora

Carolyn Botros

Nimit Saraiya

Ricky Blasi

Ray Shupak

Doug Smith

Bruce Cheong

Nathalie Jean-Louis

Kobi Wilmot

Tara Pellegrino

Regina Cummings

Chris Mckittrick

Abigail Huang

Matt Grabina

Joseph Dolina

Mirjana Jojic

Nicole Gerber

James Preciado

Brian Sposato

Adrien Ong

Matt Meigh

Fanrui Zeng

Mihir Vyas

Divya Patel

Allison Weiser

Minutes:

Kevin Mnich (Chief/President)

· A list of the members interested in the LEMS priority housing spots for next year has been compiled and will be reviewed by the executive board soon to determine which members they will be awarded to

· The Officer-On-Call position is now in-service, so crew members will be able to contact the OOC by calling their pager (the pager number will be listed in the clipboards) if they need any help while on-call

Caroline Vizthum (Deputy Chief)

· Thanked all the members who signed up for the upcoming TCNJ Comedy Show stand‑by

· As the Spring season starts for the sports club on campus, a list of the sports stand-by will be sent by email and placed on the website for members to sign up for

Kristin Caruso (Training/Personnel Captain)

· The Core 13 CEU

o It will take place on March 18^th-20^th in the Brower Student Center

o Breakfast will be provided for the members on that Saturday and Sunday

o The course will run from 6PM to 10PM on Friday and from 9AM to 7PM on Saturday and Sunday

Aedin Fortune (Equipment Officer & Executive Vice President)

· Pennington Road EMS gave LEMS an award at their banquet for our services

Carolyn Botros (Vice President of Special Events and Member Services)

• There are now 8 members in the Dining Committee, which will be working towards organizing this year’s End-of-the-Year Banquet

Ricky Blasi (Treasurer)

• There currently is approximately $2200 in the fundraising account
• The budget for next year is ready and is awaiting confirmation from the Student Finance Board
• Will be sending out an email to determine if members are interested in ordering any additional LEMS sweatshirts; however, a minimum of 15 will be needed for an order to be processed
• Will be asking SFB for funding to house the main instructor for the Core 13 CEU class in a hotel during the duration of the course

Ray Shupak (Growth Chair)

· Looking into the possibility of obtaining priority parking and priority registration at TCNJ for all LEMS members as member benefits

Doug Smith (Fundraising Chair)

· Thanked all the members who volunteered for The Loop fundraiser, which turned out to be a success

Bruce Cheong (Publicity Chair/Webmaster)

· Will be placing a form on the LEMS website today that all members which are nominated for office positions for next year will need to fill it out, listing their qualifications for the position(s) they are running for, which will then be placed on the site for all members to read before the election (that will take place at the next general meeting, in three weeks)

NEW BUSINESS

Aedin Fortune (Equipment Officer & Executive Vice President)

· Motioned to modify the current SOPs in regards to the requirement for the Chief/President position, which states that he/she “must have served in either an elected line or organization\administrative officer (includes chairpersons) position for at least 1 semesters prior to election” to just that he/she “must have been a Lions' EMS "crew chief" for at least 1 semester prior to election”, in order to compensate for the fact that a large majority of the current Line officers will be graduating this year from TCNJ

· The motion was unanimously supported and thus passed

Nominations were held for all the Line and Executive Board officer positions for the TCNJ academic year 2005-2006, lead by Caroline Vizthum (Deputy Chief):

The members nominated for Chief/President were:

· Kevin Mnich

· Ray Shupak

· Doug Smith

The members nominated for Deputy Chief were:

• Bruce Cheong
• Doug Smith
• Ray Shupak

The members nominated for Training and Personnel Captain (Captain 138-1) were:

• Ray Shupak
• Bruce Cheong
• Kevin Mnich

The members nominated for Equipment Captain (Captain 138-2) were:

• Ricky Blasi
• Kevin Mnich

The members nominated for Logistics Captain (Captain 138-3) were:

• Doug Smith
• Bruce Cheong
• Ricky Blasi
• Ray Shupak

The members nominated for Executive Vice President were:

• Joseph Dolina
• Nicole Gerber
• Nimit Saraiya
• Carolyn Botros
• Tara Pellegrino

The members nominated for Vice President for Member Services and Special

Events were:

• Mirjana Jojic
• Joseph Dolina
• Kobi Wilmot
• Chris Mckittrick
• Nicole Gerber

The members nominated for Secretary were:

• Tara Pellegrino
• Carolyn Botros
• Abigail Huang
• Regina Cummings
• Nimit Saraiya

The members nominated for Treasurer were:

• Ricky Blasi
• Regina Cummings
• Kobi Wilmot
• Bruce Cheong
• Matt Grabina

The members nominated for Publicity Chair were:

• Kevin Mnich
• Bruce Cheong
• Nicole Gerber
• Fanrui Zeng
• Matt Meigh
• Nimit Saraiya
• James Preciado

The members nominated for Growth Chair were:

• Charlie Concodora
• Chris Mckittrick
• Matt Grabina
• Tara Pellegrino
• Nicole Gerber

The members nominated for Fundraising Chair were:

• Chris Mckittrick
• Carolyn Botros
• Nathalie Jean-Louis
• James Preciado
• Matt Grabina

Kevin Mnich (Chief/President)

• All members nominated for office positions for the upcoming year will be required to give a 2 minute speech at the next general meeting, before elections are held

Caroline Vizthum (Deputy Chief)

• Motioned for an addition to be made to the SOPs allowing for a “Discussion period” before each position is voted upon during the election, when nominees will be asked to step out of the room in order for the membership to have some time to freely discuss any concerns they may have; with a maximum of 5 minutes permitted for each position
• The motion was unanimously supported and thus passed