PRIMA Board Meeting Minutes of SEPTEMBER 16, 2016
Members Present: Jack Pieper, Michelle Knockwood,Art Giulietti, Kurt Treiber and Ginny Borgia
Members Absent: Cyndi Tower and Nancy Conaway-Raczka
Meeting was started at 1:21PM and ended at 2:10 PM at the Hilton Garden Inn, in Wallingford,CT.
Board Meeting Minutes Approval:
Approved Board Minute Meetings of March 30, 2016, June 15, 2016 and August 2, 2016
Topics Discussed:
Meeting for November 17, 2016
Location: Hilton Garden Inn in Wallingford, CT, Breakfast Meeting
Proposed Topics:
1. Healthy Connecticut 2020 - State Wide Connecticut Housing Issues, Michelle to call Judith Dicine of the State Attorney’s Office to see if she can attend the meeting and make the presentation. Will be great for Building, P&Z, Police, EMS, Fire and Social Services personnel to be invited to attend.
Meeting for February 8th or 22nd 2017
Time & Date of the Meeting: Not Determined yet
Location: Not determined yet
Proposed Topics:
1. Panel Discussion – Drones ?
2. Police Relations, Michelle to call Attorney Eric Daigle, Art to call John DeCarlo and Ginny to call Sal Nesci to find out if they will attend and make presentations.
Meeting for April 26, 2017
Location: Dakota’s Restaurant in Rocky Hill, CT., Lunch Meeting
Proposed Topics:
1. Legal Updates by Attorney Gerarde and Griffin
Meeting for September 2017– RM Day
Time & Date of the Meeting: Not Determined yet
Location: Not determined yet or the time to be heldJack to call Lady Katherine Cruise Company to find the cost of the Cruise down the Connecticut River from Middletown, the time, length of the cruise, lunch provided and what the cost per person will be.
Proposed Topics:
1. Freedom of Information – Tom Hennick of the State of Connecticut to make the presentation, he needs to be contacted to see if he can make the presentation, CRIMA Attorney R.I. Doy to make a presentation also, Art to contact him.
Meeting for November 2017
Time & Date of the Meeting: Not Determined yet
Proposed Topics: Have not been determined yet.
Member Connect Computer Module:
Board approved the expense of $350.00 set up fee to get the Member Connect Computer Module installed for use within the CTPRIMA website program with an annual fee of $100.00. This will help CTPRIMA members to be able to connect with each other to obtain needed information, ask questions, etc.
By-Laws:
Ginny, Kurt and Michelle to review and finalize. They will then have to be presented to the membership for approval at the Nov. meeting.
Other Topics Discussed:
Would like to have free CTPRIMA membership fees for college students. If any joined, they would just have to pay for the meal. Art to talk to the professors at Quinnipiac College who teach Risk Management courses to have their students come to CTPRIMA meetings and provide the free membership while being a student and to come to meeting at no cost.
Sponsor letters
To be sent out in January 2017.
PRIMA National Membership
CTPRIMA President needs to be a national member of PRIMA. The cost is $385.00 per year. It was approved by the Board that CTPRIMA will cover the cost of this membership for the President each year.