November 2018 Minutes

KACSO EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING

November 15, 2018 at 10:00am

Hilton Garden Inn

3320 S. 9th St.

Salina, KS 67401

CALL TO ORDER:

• Chris Esquibel, 29th (President), Tom Weishaar, 1st (Vice-President), Kelly Johnson 4th (Treasurer), Spence Koehn, 4th (Training), Kelsey Cox, 27th (Public Relations), Brad Schuh, 3rd (Legislative), Ryan Duckers, 29th (Secretary), Brian Swenson 28th (Parliamentarian)

OFFICER’S REPORTS:

• Reading/Review of the Minutes:

• President, Chris Esquibel (29th), called the meeting to order.

• Reading and review of October Executive Board minutes.

• Kelsey Cox (27th) moved to approve the October 2018 minutes as submitted. Kelly Johnson (4th) seconded the motion. All in favor and motion approved.

• Treasurer’s Report:

• October 2018 report submitted with an ending balance of $24,442.91.

• Spence Koehn (4th) moved to approve the report as submitted. Brad Schuh (3rd) seconded the motion. All in favor and motion approved.

• Fall Conference summary was sent out with expenses being $3,585.58 over revenues.

• Tom Weishaar (1st) moved to accept the conference summary as submitted. Kelsey Cox (27th) seconded the motion. All in favor and motion approved.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

• Training

• Next Training Committee meeting will be in Topeka on 12/6/18.

• There will be CEU’s for mediation at the Spring Conference, but no CEU’s for LSI-R EBP.

• Regional officer safety training was discussed and will be explored more.

• Conference surveys were sent out and returned with an overall good response and good results.

• Conducted site visit of Salina Hilton Garden Inn for possible Spring 2020 conference. Overall great facility but is not able to accommodate a conference of our size.

• Agreed to reach back out to the Four Points in Manhattan, KS to explore contract with them for Spring 2020.

• Site Selection

• Upcoming Conferences:

• Spring 2019 Four Points – Manhattan, KS on April 9-11 - Contract

• Fall 2019 Kansas Star Casino – Mulvane, KS on October 16-18 – Contract

• Spring 2020 – April 22 – 24 – In discussion with Four Points Manhattan, KS

• Fall 2020 – October 21 -23 – Prairie Band Casino Mayetta, KS - Contract

• Legislative

• Next Legislative meeting will be on 12/11/18 at OJA.

• Brad sent an e-mail to lobbyist to set up a meeting later this month to meet and discuss upcoming legislative session.

• Will also have a conference call with OJA tomorrow to discuss upcoming legislative session as well.

• Public Relations

• Nothing new to report.

• Membership and Nomination

• Notice was sent out to members and districts regarding the increase of membership fees in the upcoming year.

OJA REPORT:

• Nothing new to report

OLD BUSINESS:

• KACSO Raffle:

• Still have about 250 tickets that have not been sold or requested for sale and are available for members to request.

• KACSO Gear:

• More items have been added for sale and the website will be re-opened for members to purchase. All prices are at cost and KACSO is not making any money from sales.

NEW BUSINESS:

• Non-member Conference Fee Increase:

• Discussion of non-member conference fees which are currently at $155.00 for one day and $190.00 for full conference.

• Kelly Johnson (4th) moved to increase non-member conference fees by $35.00. Kelsey Cox (27th) seconded the motion. All in favor and motion approved.

• 2019 Executive Board Meeting Dates:

• January 17th – Topeka, KS

• February 21st – Topeka, KS

• March 7th – Manhattan, KS

• April 9th – Manhattan, KS

• May 16th – Topeka, KS

• June 20th – Topeka, KS

• July 18th – Emporia, KS

• August 15th – Emporia, KS

• September 5th - Mulvane, KS

• October 15th – Mulvane, KS

• November 21st – Emporia, KS

• December 19th – Topeka, KS

• State-wide Open CSO Positions:

• Issue was brought up about not posting open positions throughout the state on KACSO website and facebook page.

• Openings are already posted on the OJA website, but it was agreed that we would post a link on both to OJA to current openings.

• KACSO 40th Anniversary:

• Discussion on upcoming 40th anniversary and shared ideas on bringing back former members for the conference.

• Will continue to look into this and explore ideas.

CORRESPONDENCE:

• None

BILLS:

• $183.60 – Tom Weishaar (mileage)

• $68.67 – Kelsey Cox (mileage)

• $250.00 – CNA Surety (Bond)

• Spence Koehn (4th) moved to pay bills as submitted. Brian Swenson (28th) seconded the motion. All in favor and motion approved.

STANDING RULES:

• Nothing new to report.

NEXT MEETING:

• The next meeting with be on December 13th, 2018 at 10:00 am at the Topeka Public Library.

ADJOURN:

Kelly Johnson (4th) moved to adjourn and Spence Koehn (4th) seconded the motion. All in favor and meeting adjourned.