2007 News Archive
January
Greetings CPAAAS Members:
-Please mark your new 2007 home calendars to show the following
CPAAAS General Meeting dates: March 22, April 26, June 28, August 23 and October 25. The November/December dates will be announced later this year.
Also, Fuddruckers continues to be the first Tuesday on the month and the open board meeting the 2nd Monday of the month.
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-Three CPAAAS board position are up for election this April.
Ron Richey (treasurer)
Maureen Gilhooy (recording secretary)
They will not be running again as they are restricted to two two year terms by the by-laws.
Jim Novotny (president) is eligible for a second two year term.
He has not yet decided if he will run again.
Below you will find the job descriptions for each of the three positions.
We hope you will consider stepping up to the plate and assuming a leadership role in CPAAAS.
If you have any questions, email me at GKClair@sbcglobal.net.
If I don’t have the answers you need, I will find them.
President: To preside over all board and association meetings. To establish all necessary committees and appoint chairpersons for said committees, subject to the approval of the board. To serve as coordinator with the police department liason(s) for speakers or other special programs that may be of interest to the association. The president shall vote only to break a tie vote at any board or association meeting. The president will also perform any other duties of this office.
Recording Secretary: Shall record minutes of board or association meeting. Shall perform any other necessary duties of this office.
Treasurer: Shall be in charge of all funds held and transacted within the Association and shall maintain records of all monetary transactions. Shall present a financial report at all association meetings. Shall Shall arrange an annual audit and present audit results to the Board and all association members. Shall perform any other duties of this office.
John Mydlach has asked me to share with the membership that he still has 5 CPAAAS hats for sale. They are adjustable baseball style hats and are being sold for 17 dollars a piece. He will have them at all upcoming meetings for viewing.
We discussed at the open board meeting just when we are allowed to wear are CPAAAS shirts, sweatshirts and/or hat. The police department has requested that we only wear our CPAAAS attire when we are doing CPAAAS work and/or work for the police department.
I am working on lining up speakers for upcoming general meetings.
Among he topics hat are being explored are:
- -self defense class
- -public safety committee overview
- -airport security measures
- -Alzheimer information
- -judge presentation
- -federal marshal
- -ATF agent
FLASH! George Dunham, CPAAAS member, village trustee, and chair ofthe Public Safety Committee has tentatively agreed to serve as ourspeaker at the March 22nd General meeting. George has many manyevening commitments and thus it is a real treat to have him give upsome of his time to us.
-Our next social gathering will be at Fuddruckers on Golf Road onTuesday, February 5th at 6:15 p.m. Hope to see you there.
The next Open Board Meeting will be on Monday, February 12th at 7 p.m.I will try to provide you with an idea as to what will comprise the agenda the day before the meeting and email it to you.
The 2007 ILEETA Conference Expo will be held this year at the Westin
Chicago North Shire in Wheeling, Illinois. The expo will be April 17-21 and Lt. Carroll is hoping for a substantive CPAAAS presence. I haven’t been a part of this in the past and thus do not know all that this entails. This will be discussed as an agenda item at our January 25th general meeting. If you have helped with this assignment in the past or are willing to assist this year, please mark your work and home calendars with these dates. More specific details will follow.
Thanks.
I met with Lt. Carroll on Friday, January 19th to discuss the availability of speakers for future CPAAAS General Meetings. Lt. Carroll provided a wealth of information and ideas. Among the possible topics discussed and accepted were:
Personal Defense(4/26),
Harper College Criminal Justice Program (June 28),
Police Accreditation Program,
Federal Air Marshal,
Tthe Police Academy,
States Attorney,
Northwest 911 dispatch ( after it is up and running-May),
NIPAS Swat Team,
Parole officer.