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Meeting Minutes, December 8th, 1998, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee Dec 1998

Meeting Minutes, December 8th, 1998, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee

National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes

Agenda: Minutes: minutes of the meeting held l7 Nov 98.; Treasurer's Report: NSA is within budget for the year.; Membership Report: corrections of duplication of names and removal of the names of associate members that are no longer active.; Removed the names of many pilots who were not also smokejumpers.; Old Business: the "Hall of Fame" proposal was brought up.; Hall of Fame proposal be dropped.; Work on a brochure.; Adopt A Trail project.; Complaints covered in the letter.; New Business: Wildland Firefighter Monument.; Report on base activities for the news letter.;


Meeting Minutes, November 17th, 1998, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee Nov 1998

Meeting Minutes, November 17th, 1998, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee

National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes

Agenda: Minutes: minutes from 13 Oct 98.; Old Business: Mann Gulch 50th anniversary commemoration. Financing for the commemoration.; Treasurer's Report: contributions to the video fund.; A break down of merchandise sales.; People not getting their canceled checks back.; The very large increase in data base comes from data received from Redding.; Old Business: proceedings of a meeting of the Video committee.; Possibly getting more income through estate planning.; A memorial from the association. adopt a trail program returns.; New Business: expiration dates for various board of director positions.; The minutes of executive committee meetings distributed after each meeting.; Hall of …


Meeting Minutes, October 13th, 1998, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee Oct 1998

Meeting Minutes, October 13th, 1998, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee

National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes

Agenda: Minutes: minutes of the 08 Sep 98 meeting.; Treasurer's Report: an accountant review the NSA accounts and that she was satisfied with their accuracy.; The NSA is over budget.; Another case of a Life Member not received his plaque.; Membership: increase in the data base came from a search of the old jump records at the Aerial Fire Depot in Missoula.; Old Business: control NSA has on the final video production in question.; Web Site is now getting 50 to 100 hits per day.; New Business: commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Mann Gulch fire.; Discussed the possibility …


Meeting Minutes, September 8th, 1998, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee Sep 1998

Meeting Minutes, September 8th, 1998, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee

National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes

Agenda: Minutes: minutes of 18 Aug 98.; Treasurers Report: profits from sales of "Smokejumper" patch.; Establishing a checking account for merchandising.; Ownership of copyright on video.; Membership: review of numbers.; Old Business: volunteer trail maintenance program.; Target two crews for the summer of 1999.; Membership committee reported.; Ideas for increasing membership.; Converting 5 to 10 year memberships to a life membership.; Mission statement for the organization.; New Business: date for the 1999 annual meeting tentatively set.; An NSA contribution to the wild Land Fire Fighter Memorial.


Meeting Minutes, August 18th, 1998, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee Aug 1998

Meeting Minutes, August 18th, 1998, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee

National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes

Agenda: Minutes: copies of 14 Jul 98 executive committee meeting.; Treasurers Report: Video fund in depth.; Measures taken to balance the record of money taken in with deposited to the Video Fund account.; Membership: large increase over last month's figure due to addition of 1998 rookies and over 100 of the Triple Nickel jumpers from 1945.; Old Business: proposals on membership.; Collecting money through affiliate memberships.; Delay in discussion of the minutes of the Annual Meeting.; NSA returned to the original provider.; Video Committee update.; Use of some government equipment without authorization.; New Business: expanding merchandise sales.; Discussion on obtaining …


Meeting Minutes, July 14th, 1998, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee Jul 1998

Meeting Minutes, July 14th, 1998, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee

National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes

Agenda: Minutes from 9 Jun 98.; Treasurer's Report: Missing checks from video fund.; Membership: addition of the Triple Nickel jumpers.; Old Business: delay editing of minutes from annual meeting to August.; A breakdown of the products sold at the McCall reunion.; Sale items on the web page.; NFSM request for NSA members list.; Problem of the Director election.; New Business: renaming of the Winthrop airport to honor Francis Lufkin.; The Hall of Fame proposal.; Beechcraft aircraft donated to MMF.; NSA changing Web Page providers.; Use of video from video project on website.; Upgrading to Windows 95 or 98.; News letter …


Meeting Minutes, June 9th, 1998, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee Jun 1998

Meeting Minutes, June 9th, 1998, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee

National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes

Agenda: Minutes.; Copies of the minutes of the 12 May meeting handed out.; Treasurers Report.; $3000.00 for Ruana knives for life members.; Extra knives had been ordered for future members.; Credit card machine on hol.; Old Business.; Renaming of the Winthrop Airport to honor Francis Lufkin.; Hall of Fame proposal.; Evergreen Aviation Trimotor for making Smokejumper Video.; Digital copy of the NSA logo.; McCall local reunion and the Redding national reunion.; New Business. profits from sales.; News Letter.; News letter was on schedule.; Other Business.; 31 life memberships.; Annual local picnic.; Progress of the director election.;


Meeting Minutes, May 12th, 1998, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee May 1998

Meeting Minutes, May 12th, 1998, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee

National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes

Agenda: Treasurer's Report.; Copies of the report handed out.; Reduction of accounts.; Switch banking accounts.; Open a visa/mastercard account for payments.; Letter discussion dispersal of reunion funds sent to bases.; Combining permanent and lifetime memberships.; Membership.; Total membership and delinquent accounts.; List of region 4 jumpers.; Old Business.; No Trimotor jump at Lufkin memorial. Available for video.Renaming of Winthrop airport to honor Francis Lufkin.; Adopt-A-Highway clean up cancelled.; Executive committee to reconsider the Hall of Fame proposal.; Back orders and stock.; Payment to send Merchandiser to McCall reunion. Request for smokejumper emblem.; New-BuSiness.; Set next exec committee meeting date.; NSA …


Meeting Minutes, April 10th, 1998, National Smokejumper Association Board Of Directors Apr 1998

Meeting Minutes, April 10th, 1998, National Smokejumper Association Board Of Directors

National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes

Agenda: Meeting to order.; Minutes from last session.; Legality of votes based on by-law concerns.; Exec Committee Meeting minutes review.; Agenda.; Treasury report, profit and loss, funds for reunion.; Base representation on board.; Call for annual financial reporting to membership.; Museum reports.; Cost estimates.; Use of membership roster.; Sharing space with NFSM.; Video Production Report.; Echo productions has been retained and production should be complete in Aug/Sept of 98.; Efforts to obtain Trimotor & equipment to film jumps. Short promo viewed.; Francis Lufkin memorial.; Org finance cost of NSA historical to be present.; Efforts to include a jump form a …


Meeting Minutes, April 7th, 1998, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee Apr 1998

Meeting Minutes, April 7th, 1998, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee

National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes

Agenda: meeting called to order; primary purpose of this executive committee meeting was to develop a final agenda for the Annual Directors Meeting; to be held in three days. ; Forest Service has turned down the use of the Ford Trimotor; Minutes:; Finalization of Agenda for Annual Meeting:; modified agenda; Treasurers Report: ; profit and loss statement; Other Business:; Redding reunion; Adopt-A-Highway; National Smokejumper Association representative at the McCall reunion; need to improve NSA Logo for web use; meeting adjourned;


Meeting Minutes, February 10th, 1998, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee Feb 1998

Meeting Minutes, February 10th, 1998, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee

National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes

Agenda: meeting called to order; I. Minutes:; II. Membership:; III. Treasurers Report:; proposed budget for the following month; Treasurers Report; Need for a member to takeover the ordering, mailing, and keeping track of inventory; advertising from outside the organization; IV. Old Business:; progress of the Redding reunion in the year 2000; efforts to remove the remains of the Ford Trimotor at Big Prairie; video project; the election of directors; V. New Business:; Adopt-A Highway clean up; VI. News Letter Report:; missing/uncashed checks; VII. Other Business:; next meeting of the executive committee; plan an agenda for the Directors Meeting; specific guidelines …


Meeting Minutes, January 13th, 1998, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee Jan 1998

Meeting Minutes, January 13th, 1998, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee

National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes

Agenda: I. Minutes:; II. Membership:; III. Treasurers Report: due to Lowell Hanson's resignation, Jon McBride had accepted the position of Treasurer.; year- end audit. ; need for a petty cash fund f descrepency between the funds that have reportedly been received and that which has been deposited at the bank; IV. Video Fund:; V. Old Business:; 2000 reunion ; removal of the remains of the Ford Trimotor at Big Prairie; more lists of jumpers sorted by base and year trained; VI. Video Report:; VII. New Business:; four positions on the Board of Directors expiring; VIII. News Letter Report:; next meeting …