General Membership Meeting Minutes
San Francisco ASIS ChapterThe Annual Security Officer Appreciation Luncheon was held on October 17, 2002 at the Crown Plaza in Foster City, CA. The Luncheon Meeting of the San Francisco Bay Chapter of ASIS International was called to order by Chapter Chair Connie Vaughn at 11:45 am. Chair Vaughn greeted the members and guests and called the meeting to order. Chair Vaughn led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance. Mr. Matt Williams, Pinkerton Security Officer at Guidant, gave the Invocation. Chair Vaughn then introduced the head table which included the Executive Board, Event Chair Art Lesser, Today’s Speaker Sherrie Moffet-Bell and Noreene DeKoning, Dennis Haw, CPP, Nominations Committee Chair. Chair Vaughn called on Dennis Haw, CPP, Nominations Committee Chair. Dennis gave a committee report where as the Nominating recommends the following individuals for Chapter Officers for the year 2003.
Dennis announced that the Chapter would hold an election at the next meeting on November 21, 2002. At that time, nominations would be accepted from the floor. Nominated individuals must provide their consent too be nominated. Chair Vaughn asked for a motion to suspend the normal business meeting. A motion was made, seconded and passed. The Treasurer, Patrick Sharkey, CPP asked permission of the Chair to give a Financial Report since much time has passed since the last one. Chair Vaughn approved. Patrick stated that the balance as of August 31, 2002 was $29,802.73, with income for the month being $1,814.21 and expenses of $7,415.89. The ending balance was $24,201.05 as of September 30, 2002. A copy of the report is posted on the Chapter Web site (www.sfasis.org). Treasurer Sharkey reminded everyone that Dues Invoices for 2002 were pending and could be paid. Patrick then introduced the committee members that served on the Security Officer Selection Committee and the selection criteria utilized. Copies were made available at the entrance to the room. Patrick relayed the idea that it was the intent of the Chapter and its elected leaders that we could use this in the future years as a standard requirements and program. He asked if anyone had comments to improve upon it to let him know. Committee members included: Brenda Knox, CPP; Brian Persing, CPP; and Matt Pope. Chair Vaughn then introduced our speaker for the meeting, Sherrie Moffet-Bell, Deputy Chief of the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services (BSIS), State of California. The topic that Deputy Chief spoke on was “The Upcoming Changes in Private Security Industry Legislation in California and Processes” Deputy Chief Moffet-Bell introduced another person from the bureau, Noreene DeKoning that also was in attendance to answer any questions or be of assistance. Sherrie spoke about the 100,000 applications they receive a year for processing and the results of Senate Bill 1241 to abolish “Temporary Cards” was placing on the Bureau. She stated that they have 42 full time personnel and 27 part-timers to clear up the backlog. One area where guard companies could speed up the processing time was in the use of “Live Scan Card”. Use of this system allowed a turn around time of 3 to 7 days. Discussion centered on Senate Bill 1241 and Bill 2880 (scheduled to be effective January 2004). Bill 2880 increases the amount of training from 3 hours to 40 hours. Deputy Chief Moffet-Bell also gave a warning that BSIS has teamed up with
Employment Development Department (EDD) and has a Joint Operations
Task Force now working on enforcement of its regulations and
requirements. On a recent activity 13 out of 15 checks made citations were
issued. In 7 cases there were firearms involved. At the conclusion of the presentation, Chair Vaughn presented Deputy Chief Sherrie Moffet-Bell with a “Certificate of Appreciation” from the Chapter. Chair Vaughn called upon Vice-Chair Brad Minnis, CPP to provide the results of the Security Officer of the Year, Security Supervisor of the Year and Distinguished Service Award of the Year. Brad read off the name of each individual nominated for the different categories, had them stand and be recognized by the group. He then announced the following:
Each was awarded a certificate signifying their accomplishment and award designation. All primary winners received a check for $500.00 and the runner-ups received a check for $250.00. Chair Vaughn announced the December Holiday Luncheon Meeting would be held on Dec 12th at the San Francisco Airport Museum. This meeting would include the installation of the new 2003 Chapter Officers. Next Chapter event is the November 21 meeting. The Speaker will be Jeanne Perkins, Association of Bay Area Governments speaking on the Revised Road Closures in the Bay Area for the next Earthquake. The meeting will be held at Hitachi America Ltd., 2000 Sierra Point Pkwy, Brisbane, CA 94005. Chair Vaughn closed the meeting at 1:15 pm A total of 211 Honorees, members and guests were in attendance. Respectfully Submitted, |
