YFDLA MINUTES
February 11th, 2002

Members Present: Tammy Smith, Cheri Allen, C.J. Padilla, Gale Fisher, Lucy Padilla,
Lenora Torres, Judy Stroh, Julie Ott

Called to Order at 7:15

Guest Speaker: Mark Stroh gave a brief summary of the Fire Academy Program offered by A.W.C. along
with the costs for the program. Mark also outlined the guidelines used by WAEMS for
distributions of funds towards education.

Scholarship Fund: After some discussion it was decided to amend the proposal as follows:

YFDLA will draft an application for a scholarship fund to be available for the fall 2002
E.M.T. registration. The purpose of the scholarship is to assist a student with the tuition,
books and lab fee, not to exceed $300.00. The draft will be reviewed at our March meeting
for final approval.

Applicants must be a high school senior currently involved with the YFD Co-Op Program,
maintaining a C-average and be involved in community activities or programs. The
proposed amount is to be made payable to the Educational Facility the student will be
attending.

Treasurer's Report: no report was available, but remains unchanged from last month.

Vice President's Report: nothing to report at this time.

Secretary's Report: Copies of a scholarship application from COYEA was given to YFDLA to use as a
model for our program. The application and review papers are on file in our book.
The draft is to be composed and presented at our next meeting Thursday, March 7th.
C.J. will be responsible to obtain the information on the YFD Co-op Program as well
as the costs of books, tuition and lab fees at A.W.C.

Historian's Report: Judy reports the pictures taken at the West Academy Gym are ready for distribution.
YFDLA needs to supply her with the necessary envelopes so these Christmas pictures
can be sent to the individual families as soon as possible. Cheri Allen will purchase the
supplies for Judy.

President's Report: Gale read a Thank You Card we received from the West Academy Gym. The card will
added to our scrapbook as soon as that project begins. For the time being the card is in
the secretary's book and available for viewing by members.

Emergency Fund: Another discussion was held in hopes of establishing a future fund to be available to the
immediate family of a YFD employee in the event of an emergency. Funds must be set
a side and readily available through some sort of process. Guidelines must be established
identifying eligibility, amount, and possible restitution of all or part of the fund for
future usage. Funds currently in our account will not support such a venture, so YFDLA
will generate a questionnaire to be sent with our next newsletter looking for suggestions
from our members. This topic has been tabled pending the results of the questionnaire.

Savings Bonds for Newborns: A unanimous decision was made to purchase a $25.00 Savings Bond to be
presented to the families of all employee newborns. The savings bond will
be purchased in the name of the infant, placed in trust to the name of the
City employed spouse, and will require the infant social security number.
All three of these stipulations must be met without exception. It was agreed
upon that arrangements would be made to contact Pam to check the status of
the baby gift baskets for the Greens, Caraways, and Fitzgeralds. If baskets
have not been given, we will purchase the gift certificate instead.

2002 SEFO Convention: Gale gave a brief overview of the information thus far. The convention scheduled
for Oct. 17th-20th , is to be held at the Shilo Inn. Minimal assistance from YFDLA
is being requested for the early registration and late registration of the guests. A
luncheon is being planned for the spouses of attendees and YFDLA members
who are able to attend. Gale has lined up a Guest Speaker….Kathy Watson, to
address the topic of organizational skills. Suggestions for possible donated items
to be raffled and writing pads to be made and given was discussed. It was agreed
the auxiliary would schedule a craft meeting in the future to assemble the pads.

Firemen's Muster: The muster date has not been set yet. YFD is working on getting this event sanctioned
and moved from the downtown area. C.J. will make contact with Bill Kereluk to obtain
additional information about this event.

St. Patrick's Day: Discussion was held to decide if this fundraiser should be repeated again this year.
Some concerns were expressed about the timelines, donation of items needed, cost for
the booth itself and potential profit margins. It was decided not to repeat this event this
year because of those concerns. Other fundraisers were briefly discussed and will be a
large part of the questionnaire being sent out at the end of this month.

Bunko: Susie Dowling will host Bunko this month. Members are still needed for the full time
slots. Reminders again will be sent out by E-mail several times before this event.

Couple's Night Out: This event was submitted to the newsletter by Amanda Stoermer, but due to illness
and unexpected schedule changes, this event have been cancelled. Anyone inquiring
should be told as soon as possible so they can make other arrangements for their
evening.

NEW BUSINESS

Notification: In the event of a birth, the death of a family member, or some type of an emergency, YFDLA
needs to establish some form of set communications. If cards are sent, gift certificates are
presented, or other needs are identified a system needs to be established to ensure follow
through at all times. Contact will be made to Pam Green to inventory current supplies and
work with her to assist with this venture.

In addition, suggestions were made to contact Gavin's wife, Tosh, to address any needs or
support we could lend. Gavin was recently deployed overseas.

Future Fliers: A brochure was brought to the meeting from a group meeting at YIA during the last week of
Feb. and the first week of March. This group has extended an invitation to participate to the
children of firefighters and Paul's burn victim. Given the relatively short time frame of two
weeks and the large gap of information, we agreed not to participate in this session. The
brochure was given to Lucy, who has agreed to research the information for possible
involvement at a later date.

Meeting was adjourned at 9:20
Our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 7th