Minutes of the Meeting
Sixteenth Annual Training Conference
Ashville, North Carolina
July 19, 1987 – July 23, 1987

Tuesday, July 21, 1987:

NDEOA Business Session Minutes, Quality Inn on the Plaza, Asheville, North Carolina.

Meeting called to order at 5:03 p.m. by President Sam Owens.

President Owens appointed John Wilkins and Nick Lombardo as Sergeant-At-Arms.

President Owens asked Secretary Miller to call Roll with 23 members present.

President Owens asked that a motion be made to waive the reading of last year’s minutes.  Motion being made at that time by Jim Alexander, seconded by Jim Harris.

President Owens asked Bill Williams for the Treasurer’s Report, at which time, Bill Williams stated that he could not give an exact amount of money in the Association Treasury advising that the Association would come out in the black as far as this year’s conference was concerned.

President Owens appointed Jon Hall and Lynn Rudolph to audit the Treasurer’s Report and make a report back to the members at the next business session.

Old Business

At this business meeting, there was no old business brought up for discussion.

New Business

President Owens appointed Barry Lea as Chairman of the Election Committee with member being Bill Golden and Tony Cochran.  Members wee advised if they were interested in running for an office on the Executive Board, to submit their name to a member of the Election Committee by noon Wednesday, with elections being held on Thursday, July 23, 1987.

President Owens also stated that 1988 Conference Site presentations would be presented Wednesday, July 22, 1987.

President Owens also stated that during the Wednesday meeting, that the Constitution By-Laws change would be discussed.

President Owens then turned the floor over to DEA Advisor Bob Bryden who stated that it was questionable if there would be any 8-week schools for a period of the next three years due to the limited training facilities at the FBI Academy at Quantico, Virginia.  Mr. Bryden voiced his support for the amendment change due to the fact that our enrollment was dwindling.  Mr. Bryden then turned the floor over to President Owens.

President Owens then congratulated David Barnes for a job well done on the Conference in Asheville.  

President Owens the asked the number of students at this year’s conference and was advised that we had 40 Alumni members, 6 Associate members, and 118 non-members present at this conference.

President Owens asked that a motion be made to adjourn this meeting, at which Jim Alexander made the motion to adjourn this meeting and was seconded by Jon Hall.

Meeting adjourned at 5:15 p.m.

Wednesday, July 22, 1987

Meeting was called to order at 5:05 p.m. by President Owens.

President Owens appointed John Tyndall and Jim Alexander as Sergeant-At-Arms.

President Owens asked Secretary Miller to call Roll with 28 members present.

President Owens the asked if there was any presentation to be made for the conference site for the 1988 conference.  President Owens called for a motion to temporarily suspend the meeting for a conference presentation to be made by an Association member.  At this time, a motion was made by Jon Hall to temporarily suspend the business meeting and was seconded by Ron Dixon.  None opposed.  Bobbie Eggar, an Association member, then gave a conference presentation for Los Angeles, California.  After the presentation was made, Bobbie Eggar then left the business meeting and President Owens reconvened the meeting.  Lynn Rudolph made a motion for the 1988 conference site to be in Los Angeles, California.  Ron Dixon seconded the motion.  A vote was taken by the members present which was unanimous.  Jim Harris then asked members to support future conference sites.

Jim Harris brought up that 85% of the members of the Association are east of the Mississippi.  He advised that the members needed to try to contact officers east of the Mississippi to bet them to join the Association and encourage them to come to the conferences.  He also suggested that we need more support from the members to have conferences in their city as we need to have more than one choice for a conference site.

President Owens asked for Treasurer Bill Williams to have the Treasurer’s Report at the nest business meeting.  He then called for Jon Hall’s and Lynn Rudolph’s audit of the Treasurer’s books.  Jon Hall stated that an excellent job was done by Bill Williams for the Association and we were in the best financial shape in the history of the Association.
Old Business

President Owens asked Barry Lea, Chairman of the Election Committee, for the names submitted for the Executive Board, at which time, he stated that the current Executive Board has re-submitted their names for this year’s elections.  No other names were submitted to run for office.

President Owens advised the Executive Board had met with Bob Bryden in length as to what kind of training NDEOA wanted from DEA.  This was also discussed with Director John Lawn, Director of DEA.  Also discussed with Mr. Bryden were the changes in the By-Laws and our current situation of dwindling membership.  Mr. Bryden stated that the training situation has not changed much since our meeting with him in March, 1987, in Ashville, North Carolina.

At this time, President Owens turned the floor over to Bob Bryden.  Mr. Bryden advised that the training schedule has gotten worse for the nest three to five years for State and Local Officers at Quantico, Virginia, due to the mandatory training of new agents for DEA and FBI.  He also understands that the Association needs more membership and suggests that it be opened to officer attending the two week DEA School.  He understands that there were deep feelings about keeping the Association as unique as possible for only the eight week attendees, but we need to consider the gains that we will receive by opening the membership up to two week DEA School graduates.  He also is aware that the ideals of the Association should be maintained and is critically important to the vitality of the Enforcement Administration will support the NDEOA regardless of the vote regarding the By-Laws.

Lynn Rudolph asked Mr. Bryden the availability to verify the officer’s attendance at the two week DEA School.  Mr. Bryden replied that it was DEAs responsibility for verification and suggests that officers submitting application could send in a certificate of attendance to the two week school.

Barry Lea asked the availability of a color brochure outlining NDEOA to be presented to each two week graduate.  At this time, Mr. Bryden stated that DEA could not legally produce it.  

Jim Harris asked Mr. Bryden why DEA members attending the conference did not attend the business meetings.  Mr. Bryden replied that he did not want to stack the vote for DEA.

Mr. Bryden then turned the floor back over to President Owens who read the proposed By-Laws change.

President Owens asked for a motion on the two week DEA By-Laws change, at which time, Jim Alexander made a motion, seconded by Jon Hall.  David Barnes asked for a call to vote, seconded by Barry Lea.  Amendment passed by a unanimous vote.  President Owens asked Secretary Miller to be responsible for the change of the By-Laws.
President Owens asked for a motion to adjourn.  Motion made by Jon Hall, seconded by Jim Alexander, none opposed.

Meeting adjourned at 6:25 p.m.

Thursday, July 23, 1987

NDEOA Executive Board Meeting Minutes:

Meeting began at 3:50 p.m.

Members present were Sam Owens-President, Ron Dixon-1st Vice President, Cindy Graff – 2nd Vice President, Bill Williams – Treasurer, Hugh Miller – Secretary.

President Owens set the dates for the 1988 conference as tentatively beginning July, 1988.  President Owens then made committee appointments as follows:

Conference Committee:  Chairman – Hugh Miller, Conference Coordinator – Bobbie Eggar, Members – David Barnes, Ron Dixon, Cuyler Reavis, Jim Harris, Steve Morreale.

By-Laws Committee:  Chairman – Sammy Owens, Members – Charlie Reavis, Jim Harris, Steve Morreale.

Advisor to the Executive Board:  Neil Curran.

DEA Advisor:  Bob Bryden

President Owens then asked Hugh Miller to compose a letter to Steve Zimmerman to ask him to consider being Legal Advisor for the Association and to trademark our logo.

President Owens also stated that Bill Williams redesigned the registration form and membership application.

President Owens also stated that he would have to Certificate of Appreciation printed and delivered to Bill Williams and Hugh Miller.

President Owens also wanted Bill Williams and Hugh Miller to inventory all NDEOA supplies and reorder what is necessary.  

President Owens asked Hugh Miller to change the By-Laws and print the new By-Laws and have them available.

By unanimous agreement within the Executive Board, it was agreed that each member receive a packet containing a NDEOA Patch, Membership Card and Certificate, a copy of the By-Laws, and a letter mentioning the next conference site and dates.  Also enclosed should be an extra application and a letter outlining the members of the Executive Board.  President Owens also proposed that with each packet sent to a new member, there should be a graphic arts type sheet outlining NDEOA hats, shirts and belt buckles.

President Owens then formed a committee for the eight and ten week Academy Alumni Insignia, Chairman being Jim Wallace, Members – Neil, Curran, Tony Cochran, and Bill Williams.

Meeting closed at 4:20 p.m.