April 14, 2005

In the absence of Chuck Paquette, Dave Deuell called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. at Bus Parts Warehouse with 29 members present. The Pledge of Allegiance was said.
All had a very warm welcome for Peter Mannella who joined us for the meeting.

Secretary’s Report
A motion was made by Pat Bailey, seconded by Diane Watkins, to accept the minutes from the March 10, meeting. Motion carried.

Treasurer’s Report
A motion was made by Diane Watkins , seconded by Pat Bailey, to accept the treasurer’s report, with a balance carried forward of $2666.36. Motion carried.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Correspondence Committee: No report at this time.

Legislative Committee: No report at this time.

SBDI/MI Committee: No report at this time.

Pupil Safety Committee: No Report at this time.

Operation Safe Stop: No report at this time.

Poster Committee:
Remember, this year posters will need to be in by May 15th. We will judge the posters this year at our May meeting instead of June. The speech contest will be held in May as well. Diamond Breland, last year’s speech contest contestant, is going to compete again this year and will be presenting her speech at our May meeting at Barbagallo’s.

Rodeo Committee:
The roadeo this year is May 21st at Oswego County Fairgrounds in Sandy Creek.
We still need participants and volunteers and judges. You can contact Deb Stevens at
(315) 783-3504 or (cell 315 - 783-3504). Deb’s e-mail: dstevens@sccs.cnyric.org
Applications for participants must be in no later than May 13th.

Scholarship Committee: No report at this time.

Special Needs Committee: No report at this time.

Housing Committee: No report at this time.
The Chapter has set aside a certain # of rooms @ the Turf - so when filling out housing forms please list a first and second choice. Housing request deadline is June 1st. At that point Karen will be sending them into Peter.
Professional Development Committee: No report at this time.

Head Mechanics Committee: No report at this time.

Nominating Committee: No report.
Elections are this June. Please think about getting involved and becoming an officer.

Awards Committee:
Remember the nominations for Supervisor, Vendor, Heroism and Presidents award are due by June 1st to Karen Doucette at ktranspo@twcny.rr.com. The awards will be presented at the June meeting.

“S” Endorsement Committee:
Letters have been sent out with certification notices. All written tests (including the mandatory questions) have to be completed and certification papers (including a copy of license) sent in by June 1st. Any testing after that will have to be done by DMV.
Check the NYAPT website for complete information regarding the “S” endorsement.

“Entertainment” Committee: No report at this time.

Round Table:
Due to our quest speaker today, Peter Mannella, we will not have round table.

Peter thanked Pat Bailey and added that the lower Hudson Valley is very sorry to have “lost” Pat Bailey. She is such an asset wherever she is! CNYAPT is very fortunate to have her here now and NYAPT is fortunate to have her as president!

Peter thanks everyone for inviting him to our meeting today. He is on the road a lot trying to visit all 14 Chapters for one of their meetings. If anyone is ever in Albany - stop in and see the new NYAPT headquarters. They moved in on August 2, 2004. The goal for the past year has been to become an efficient corporation with a full “fledged”
Business Board of Directors. They have accomplished both. They now know where we stand financially. They have been slowly rebuilding the finances and we are now slightly in the black. Things are not perfect yet, but are improving all the time. The By-Laws are being revised and have gone from 7 pages to 14 pages. We will be voting on the new by-laws in July.

Professional development is a “key” part of the program now. A series of brand new training programs are being offered. They are also looking to build a mentoring program with the involvement of SED, DOT, DMV.

Most have noticed by now the July conference has been shortened by a day. There will now be workshops on Sunday. The conference will end on Wednesday 12:30 - 1:00. The NAPT courses will be offered Wednesday p.m. and Thursday for those who want to stay.
There will be no tent for the trade show this year. It will held in the ballroom at the Marriot. 40% of the booths are already sold and so, far 4 of the sponsoring vendors will be putting on workshops of their own during the vendor show.
A complete conference schedule is posted on the NYAPT web site.