Florida Association of Code Enforcement, Inc. Post Conference Meeting MINUTES Friday, June 26,2015 Naples Grande Beach Resort 475 Seagate Drive Naples, FL 34103 (239) se7-3232 1. Call to Order President Cindy Drake called the Post Conference Meeting Enforcement to order at I 1:53 a.m. Roll Call President, Cindy Drake 1't Vice President, Leslie Banta 2nd Vice President, Bill Van Horn 3'd Vice President, Ken Jackson Sergeant-at-Arms, April Hartseil Treasurer, James Acosta Secretary, Marlene Serrano Immediate Past President, R. Sam Sullivan Others Attending: of the Florida Association of Code Michelle Gardner, IOG Bob Hamilton, Atty. Donna Wisniewski, Historian 3. Approval of Agenda Motion to approve the agenda: R. Sam Sullivan second: Bill Van Horn 4. Approval of Minutes Minutes will be done in August 5. Welcome visiting members- Lori Troxel- St. Johns CountY Angii Kaiser - CitY of Lakeland Rick Wolf - Alachua CountY Jo Forti - Associate Jim Litterello- CaPe Coral Jacqueline Raes - Alachua CountY Iliana Burgos - Collier CountY Danny Condomina - Collier CountY AinsleY SanRoman- Collier CountY John Santafemia- Collier CountY
George Cascio- Collier County 6- Opening Comments - Cindy Drake, President President Cindy Drake stated that we are all for the challenge and it will be a big job for all of us. 7. Membership Issues A. Certification Appeals: None at this time 8. Reports A. Treasurer- James Acosta James Acosta requested the new board members to provide him with their social security number and a copy of their driver's license in order for him to order their credit cards. Credit card limits are as follows: o President: $2,500. l't Vice President: $5,000. 2nd Vice President: $2,500. 3'd Vice President: $1,000. Sergeant-at Arms: $3,000 o Treasurer: $ 1,000 o Secretary: $ 1,000 o Past President: $1,000 James stated he will be receiving the signature cards for the new President to sign and would get the bank accounts up-to-date. James indicated he will need the post conference minutes as soon as possible in order to make the necessary updates with the bank, for the issuance of new cards. He advised the Board he has collected all the outgoing board members' credit cards and will be cancelling them. B. President- Cindy Drake a. General Comments: None at this time C. IOG- Michelle Gardner a. IOG-General Comments: None at this time D. l't Vice President- Leslie Banta a. 2016 F.A.C.E. Conference: Leslie Banta advised the 2016 Conference will be at the Rosen Center in Orlando. 2
E. 2'd Vice President- Bill Van Horn Bill Van Horn emphasized the expertise of the current group of individuals on his committee indicating he will have a past 2nd Vice President on the committee, and that they will be getting busy with his agenda. F. 3'd Vice-President- Ken Jackson Ken Jackson stated he will get with Mark Caskie and learn to run the reports required and learn the member portal. G. Sergeant-at Arms- April Hartseil April Hartseil expressed how excited she was to be joining the Board, and that she has many ideas and will be ready at the next Board meeting. She is hoping to push our bill forward, as well as hoping for a better year in Tallahassee. April stated she is looking forward to working with all the board members, and thanked Sam for pushing her to join the Legislative Committee four years ago. H. Secretary- Marlene Serrano Marlene Serrano stated she was excited to start working with the Board, and indicated she will try to catch up quickly. Marlene requested all new board members to provide her their contact information and she will get the Board Contact List out to everyone. She further indicated the committee participation applications will be scanned and forwarded to each Board member with a chair. I. Immediate Past President- R. Sam Sullivan R. Sam Sullivan stated he will begin work on enlisting candidates for next year's office. J. E-Polk Liaison- Mark Caskie Mark left for the day. President Cindy Drake spoke on his behalf. Mark will be changing the board email addresses and will send out tutorials on how to use the website. He also has a teleconference call set up for Tuesday concerning the malware found on the back end of the website.
This does not affect the administrative site, and he does not feel it will be an issue. Cindy indicated Mark advised he put a work order in to start the process of removing associate members access to the mail merge and mail search tabs. She further clarified Associate Members They will have access to the site itself but will not be able to search private information of our members or retired members. She further stated Mark encourages each program chair to take a look at their tabs on the website for any updates needed and that between him and Liana they will make the necessary changes on the website. K. Historian- Donna Wisniewski Donna stated she hopes to work with Liana more this year to add more historical information to the website. 9. Old Business President Cindy Drake advised that as part of the sponsorship to AACE, we received two registrations to the AACE Conference; however, it does not include hotel accommodations. President Cindy Drake asked the Board for input on how to give the registrations away. Bill Van Hom suggested an announcement placed on the F.A.C.E. Website requesting members to write an essay expressing their interest to attend, and what they feel they would gain from attending. Donna Wisniewski added that AACE will also require two volunteers to attend the booth. These attendees do not need to pay the registration fee, and it includes breakfast and lunch. The dates of the conference are October 26-30,2015. 10. New Business The Next Board meeting will be on August 2l and 22; IOG Orlando, FL (Strategic Plan will begin at 8am) InterFace articles are due August, December, February and May by the 8th of the month. Articles are to be sent to Ken and he will forward to Michelle Gardner. Motion to adjourn l2zl4 pm.
R. Sam Sullivan Motion carried unanimously April Hartseil Attest: Florida Association of Code Enforcement Respectfully submitted by Marlene Serrano, Secretary Approved: &^1.,'/tlftlk a.ar r*., r,*a*