OMC Meeting 12/2008

Angeles Chapter Office & Teleconference, Monday, 1 December 2008, 7:30 P.M.
Minutes - Final

Present

• Kent Schwitkis, OMC Chair*
• John Hinz (alternate)
• Bill Jackson
• Marc Hertz*
• Tina Bowman, LTC Chair*
• Jane Simpson, WTC Chair*
• Silvia Darie*
• Melody Anderson, Dick Schroer ICO Rep*
• Ann Pedreschi*
• David Meltzer*
• Phil Wheeler, Safety Committee Chair*
• Mary Morales
• Gerard Lewis
• George Denny

(* indicates voting members)

1. Call to order (7:30)
2. Approval of Agenda.
3. Approval of Minutes
   

   The October 4, 2008 OMC Meeting minutes were approved with corrections.

4. Notices
   
   1. 11/22/08 Tejon Ranch outing. There will be an access committee with Kent Schwitkis and Karen Leverich.
5. Committee Reports
   
   1. Treasurer & Int'l Trip Liaison & Outings Assembly - Donna Specht - No report.
   2. WTC - Jane Simpson. WTC had a lively meeting in November to discuss the Policies & Procedures. John Hinz has taken a position that OMC has no power over WTC.
   3. LTC - Tina Bowman. Written report submitted.
   4. Safety Committee - Phil Wheeler - Outings chair training was conducted 11/12/08. 10 people attended.
   5. LOSC - Marc Hertz / Sherry Ross - no report.
   6. Conservation - John Hinz - asked NSS rep to attend next meeting - will be here 2/2/09.
   7. Ombudsman - Bill Jackson - no report.
   8. Bus Transportation - Joel Goldberg - no report.
   9. First Aid Coordinator - Steve Goldstein - written report submitted.
   10. Land Manager Coordinator - Patrick Vaughn - no report.
   11. ICO - Melody Anderson - need more leaders - written report submitted.
   12. Carbon Footprint TF - no report.
   13. Diversity TF - written report submitted.
6. Old Business
   
   1. OMC Website - Kent Schwitkis - the website is up.
   2. Affiliation with SCMA and Red Cross - no report.
7. New Business / Action Items
   
   1. NSS representative to speak to OMC - see John Hinz report above.
   2. Outings Assembly - 16 entities represented.
   3. Mentoring - Gerard Lewis - not enough new leaders being generated - Gerard Lewis appointed as Mentoring Coordinator.
   4. Ridesharing delegated Ridesharing definition responsibility to OMC. Terry Bass appointed Ridesharing Czar.
   5. Suggested changes to Code of Conduct - email vote will be taken (subsequently approved in email vote).
   6. Entity Safety Policy process - discussed.
8. Meeting Adjournment.

Next regular OMC meeting is February 2, 2009.

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