GREEN VALLEY LAKE
CITIZENS FOR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
Minutes of the Meeting of
December 7, 2006, Fire Station

1.  A meeting of the Green Valley Lake Citizens for Disaster Preparedness, held on Dec. 7, 2006, at the Fire Station was called to order at 7:00 PM by Chairman Walter Farmer.

2.  MEMBERS  PRESENT:  Walt and Bonnie Farmer, Mike Adams, Pat and Sandi Huckaby, Dani and Ben Montoya, Terry Droll, Scott Pace, Lloyd Dreher, Don Fiscus, John Johnson, and Ronald Johnson.
    
3.  MINUTES:  The minutes of the Nov. 2nd meeting were read and approved. 

4.  TREASURER’S REPORT:  Treasurer Stephanie Adams was absent.  Nothing new to report.

5.  NEW BOARD MEMBER:  It was reported that Terry Droll was voted in as a new CDP board member at the board meeting prior to this meeting. 
Action Item:  Terry will figure out how to hook up the stove at the church to the propane tank.

6.  COMMITTEE REPORTS: 

1. Zone Committee:  Committee met on Dec. 6 and decided that 11 zones would be small enough to manage rather than the original 7 zones from previous years.  Mike Adams explained that the first duty of each zone leader would be to drive by the houses in his or her zone to get an overview of the damage, then walk around each house checking for gas or water leaks, collapse of structures, injured people and radio report back to headquarters.  It was suggested that we could hold CPR classes here in town to anyone interested for a nominal fee, but free to all the zone leaders.

The following people volunteered to be zone leaders:  Sandi Huckaby—Piedras Grandes Zone, Travis Mathews—Fern Zone, Terry Droll—Merchants Zone, Scott Pace—Falling Leaf Zone, Dani and Ben Montoya—Wild Rose Zone.   
Action Item:  Each zone leader walk their zone and report back any problems.  Identify more possible zone leaders.

1. Inventory Committee:

No report because Debi Loftus was absent due to a family emergency. 
      Action Item:  Debi will identify what items to throw out and what items to buy.

C.) Publicity Committee:  Dani Montoya introduced more ideas for a CDP slogan.  The members present voted to accept “Neighbors Helping Neighbors.”  Char Johnson no longer wants to be in charge of the website, so Dani transferred the entire thing onto her computer.
Action Items:  reinstall the bulletin board in front of the Post Office to post CDP info on.  Call the Mountain News and get them to change our meeting date to the first Thursday of the month.  Design a logo with the new slogan on it.

1. Fund Raising:  Bonnita Farmer said there are three ways to get money:  1. Corporate    

      sponsors, 2. Private foundations, 3. Government agencies.  Bonnie prefers private  
foundations because they are easier to approach and are less complicated than government agencies.  She is willing to approach these foundations with a list of our requests.  All we need to do is write down what specific items we need and the manufacturer or the location of the store(s) that carries those items.  
Action Item:  We give our list of items with all the other necessary information to Bonnie.

1. Emergency Operations Plan:  Walter Farmer is currently working on the manual and will soon have it available. 

      Action Item:  have a rough draft of the manual available at the next meeting.

7.  MOUNTAIN RIM FIRE SAFE COUNCIL REPORT: 
        Their main goal is education and they are a rich source of pamphlets and printing.  They also help in grant opportunities and workshops.  They have a grant deadline of Feb. 16, 2007, we should try for.

8. OTHER BUSINESS: 
      Participation from the American Red Cross ---
      MOU (Memorandum of Understanding):  we should get about ten people trained by Red Cross
      to establish and maintain 24 hours a day the emergency center.  It will require about 20 hours
     of training. 
     DAT (Disaster Action Team):  evaluates the damage to a family’s home and give them a debit
     card to buy what they need. 

Action Item:  Contact the two main rental agencies, Cozy Cabins and Mountaintop Cabins, and invite them to come to the next CDP meeting.

The next meeting was set for Jan. 4, 2007, 7:00 PM at the GVL Fire Station.

Meeting was adjourned at 8:57 PM.

Minutes submitted by Sandi Huckaby, Recording Secretary