Minutes of the Meeting
Sixteenth Annual Training Conference
Memphis, Tennessee
July 21, 1986 – July 24, 1986
Sunday July 20, 1986
NDEOA Executive Board Meeting Minutes:
Meeting began at 2:17 p.m.
Members present were Neal Curran-President, Sammy Owens – 1st Vice President,
Bill Williams – Treasurer, Ron Dixon – 2nd Vice President, Jim Harris – Secretary,
Hugh Miller and Gale Hewlett – Conference Coordinators. Meeting was
opened by President Curran who asked that a motion be made to waive the reading
of the minutes of the last Board Meeting. Motion was made by Hugh Miller
and seconded by Sammy Owens.
President Curran asked that the motion also by made to place the Treasurer’s
Report on file. Again the motion was made by Hugh Miller and seconded
by Sammy Owens.
Old Business
Discussion was implemented by President Curran that the State Representative
Program now in use by suspended and possible by changes to a Class Representative
for each graduating class. President Curran requested a motion for
this possible change and that the motion also include the Class Representative
being selected for the computer print-out of the existing members of the
Association. This motion was made by Ron Dixon and seconded by Sammy
Owens. President Curran asked Bill Williams to check his computer print-out
for possible Class Representatives over the phone and identify which members
are considered to be active members. President Curran assigned the
1st Vice President and Treasurer to select the Class Representatives and
also a DEA Representative. Some discussion was given by President Curran
into looking at the feasibility of possible an East, West, Central, and Mid
West Representative. This motion was then presented by Sammy Owens
and seconded by Bill Williams.
Meeting adjourned at 2:55 p.m.
Monday, July 21, 1986
NDEOA Business Session Minutes, Hilton Hotel, Memphis, Tennessee.
Meeting called to order at 5:09 p.m. by President Neal Curran.
President Curran appointed Cindy Graff and Charlie Reavis as Sergeant-At-Arms.
President Curran asked Secretary Harris to call Roll with 32 members present.
President Curran asked that a motion by made to waive the reading of last
year’s minutes. Motion being made at that time by Jim Alexander, seconded
by Tony Cochran.
President Curran 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 Curran appointed Barry Lea and Joe Forrar to audit the Treasurer’s
Report and made a report back to the members at the next business session.
Old Business
President Curran thanked Conference Coordinators Hugh Miller and Gale Hewlett
for having done a beautiful job on this year’s Conference.
President Curran asked Ron Dixon if he had any comments for the Publication
Committee, at which time, Ron Dixon indicated there was none.
President Curran asked James Wallace if he had any comments from the By-Laws
Legislative Committee, at which time, Wallace advised no comment.
President Curran advised the membership at that time that all of the NDEOA
members needed to encourage all officers to join the Association and encourage
them to recruit new membership when possible. President Curran asked
the members present for suggestions and ideas in regards to how the Association
might appeal to new members. He suggested that a possible insurance
policy for members as one answer.
President Curran commended DEA for the positive steps that it had taken in
moving the Association forward. He openly thanked John Lawn, Thomas
Kelley, and Bud Mullen for having helped the Association in getting around
obstacles and moving forward. He further thanked DEA for having put
out two good Newsletters during the past year.
New Business
President Curran advised the membership present that any member wishing to
run an office on the Executive Board should have their names submitted to
the Nominating Board by Tuesday, July 22, 1986, at 12:00 Noon. President
Curran appointed the Nominating Committee to consist of the following members:
Chaired by Charles Reavis, and assisted by B.M. Lea and Fred Warner.
He advised elections will take place on Thursday evening, July 24, 1986,
at the Business Meeting.
President Curran advised those interested in making a presentation regarding
next year’s site selection should be ready by the Tuesday evening business
session.
President Curran brought up for discussion the increase in cost Conferences
and opened to the membership some suggestions as to what the Association
should increase their Conference Fee to. Joe Cox asked that the membership
possible consider raising the membership fee to $100.00. After some
discussion, it was decided to table this item until the next business session.
President Curran brought up for discussion the State Representative Program
and suggested that the membership give some input in regards to doing away
with State Representatives and going to a Class Representative instead.
After some discussion, President Curran asked that the members give their
name to Gale Hewlett if they would like to be appointed a Class Representative
for their particular class. It was also suggested that the Drug Enforcement
Administration Agents possibly have a coordinator for West, Mid-West, Central,
and East areas of the country for DEA Agents joining the Association.
Barry Lea brought up for discussion the possibility of a new Directory for
the Association and was it possible for the Association to put one out.
President Curran advised that the Executive Board had planned to work with
DEA to get out a computer list of Association members. President Curran
advised that most of the material in the last Directory was out of date and
needed updated documentation, and that this problem could not be handled
overnight.
Bill Williams requested that the Association commend Bob Bryden for his help
now that the Association records and DEA Training had been moved from Glynco
to Quantico and expressed his feelings that because of Bob Bryden, the Association
was on the right track.
Motion was made to adjourn at 5:39 p.m.
Tuesday, July 22, 1986
NDEOA Business Session Minutes; Hilton Hotel, Memphis, Tennessee
Meeting called to order at 4:05 p.m. by President Curran
Appointed Sergeant-At-Arms as Charlie Reavis and Henry Camacho
Roll Call by Secretary Harris with 29 members present
Motion made by President Curran to forego the reading of the minutes of the
last business session. Motion made by Knowles Jones and seconded by
Stuart Sanz.
President Curran asked for a Treasurer’s Report from Bill Williams, at which
time, Bill Williams reported a project cost of the Conference to be $10,821.58.
He advised that $7,965.00 had been raised so far with a difference of $2,856.58
expenses for NDEOA. Bill Williams advised his report would be on file
for the membership to review after audit.
Old Business
President Curran asked Bob Bryden to discuss the position of DEA Training
for the upcoming year and the possible membership available in each class.
Mr. Bryden stated that he was requesting one school to begin the first week
of October 1986 to have 50 students. He was looking for a second school
to begin in April or May 1987 with another 50 students. He further
advised he will ask Mr. John Lawn of the possibility of having four schools
per year in 1988 beginning about October 1, 1987. Mr. Bryden further
advised the membership present that he was requesting additional three week
commander schools for the future and was also looking at the possibility
of DEA having initiation of three eight wee academy schools. He advised
this would require legislation for the schools to be given to the officers.
Mr. Bryden further advised that it was DEA’s plan to ask new DEA agents to
join the Association. Mr. Bryden we on to comment that as Head of Training,
he was set on the idea of the Executive Board meeting at least twice with
DEA training; once being in Quantico and once being in the host city
of the upcoming Conference.
President Curran advised the membership that he wanted to increase the quality
of the Newsletter dealing mainly with training, legal bulletins, etc., and
the more important messages.
President Curran requested that the Nominating Committee for officers of
the Executive Board furnish a list of those members who had planned on running
in the upcoming elections. Charles Reavis advised President Curran
that he had received one name for office of President, that of Sammy Owens.
Ron Dixon and Eddie McCullough for the office of 1st Vice President, no one
for the office of Second Vice President, Bill Williams for the office of
Treasurer, and Hugh Miller for the office of Secretary. President Curran
advised the election of officers would be held at the next business session
on July 24, 1986.
President Curran advised, that this time, he would like for any member who
had a site presentation for the 1987 Conference to begin their presentation.
Dave Barnes form North Carolina S.B.I. in Asheville, North Carolina gave
his presentation. Henry Camacho made a presentation on Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. A motion was made for the vote for the conference site
to be held off until Thursday, July 24, 1986. This motion was made
by Fred Warner and seconded by Jim Wallace. Presentations to be made
prior to the elections of the Executive Board. A site presentation
was then made by Stuart Sanz for Miami Spring, Florida for next year’s Conference
Site. No further conference site presentations were made at this time.
A motion was made by President Curran regarding the raising of Conference
Fees from the present fee of $50.00 plus $22.00 for wives up to $100.00.
President Curran then requested that we table this discussion on the fee
increase until the next business session. President Curran requested
a motion be made to hear fee increase at today’s session. Motion was
made to hear and discuss the matter of the fee increase at this time by Bob
Paudert and Hugh Miller. President Cruuan opened for discussion the
idea of increasing the fee to $100.00 which would include spouse and minor
children under 18. After discussion regarding this matter, a motion
was made that the Executive Board establish the Conference Fee not to exceed
$100.00 total. Motion was made by Les Jones and seconded by Stuart
Sanz.
President Curran asked for a Representative from members present regarding
the establishment of the Class Representative Program to replace the State
Representative now in use. President Curran asked Sammy Owens to represent
the South Region, Cindy Graff to represent the West Region, Ron Dixon to
represent the East Region, and John Mehr to represent the Central Region.
Discussion was brought up that the State Representatives be done away with
and the Association go to a Class Representative. President Curran
asked that each one present in attendance to be a Class Representative for
1987, and it more than one in the class present, decided who should represent
their class. Jim Wallace was advised to destroy the State Representative
Certificates and made Class Representative Certificates.
Motion was made to adjourn the meeting by Ron Dixon, seconded by Cindy Graff.
Meeting adjourned at 5:35 p.m.
Thursday, July 24, 1986
Meeting called to order at 8:03 a.m. by President Curran
President Curran asked for a motion to forego the reading of the minutes
of the last business session. Motion was made by Henry Camacho and
seconded by Bob Dintino.
President Curran asked for a Treasurer’s Report to be waived and that instead
a report by given by Barry Lea concerning the audit of the Treasurer’s books.
Barry Lea advised the books were in order as of July 22, 1986 indicating
the Association presently has $21,127.42 in the Treasury and their should
by $10,000.00 to $12,000.00 left after this year’s Conference. President
Curran expressed appreciation for Bill Williams’ assistance on the Treasury
books.
President Curran appointed a 1987 Conference Committee to consist of Gale
Hewlett, Hugh Miller, and Seth Williams for assistance to the upcoming Asheville,
North Carolina Conference.
President Curran advised the Publication Committee needed more participation
by membership and anyone wanting to serve on this Committee, see the President
after the meeting.
Old Business
President Curran turned to floor over to Charles Reavis, Chairman of the
Election Committee, for the Executive Board Elections. Charles Reavis
advised that Eddie McCullough would not be able to run for the office of
1st Vice President and has withdrawn his name. Charles Reavis advised
all names submitted to the Committee had been approved and certified.
Charles Reavis advised for the office of Treasurer, that W.T. Williams’ name
had been submitted for this position and that the chair would entertain a
motion for any further nominations. Since there were no further floor
nominations, Mr. Reavis advised the chair would entertain a motion of acclamation
for Bill Williams as Treasurer of the Association. Motion made by Jim
Alexander and seconded by Jim Wallace. Motion carried.
Charles Reavis advised that the only nomination for the office of Secretary
was that of Hugh Miller and the chair would entertain a motion for any floor
nominations. Receiving no floor nominations, Reavis asked that a motion
be made of acclamation for Hugh Miller as Secretary of the Association.
Motion was made by Archie Rose and seconded by Joe Forrar. Motion passed.
Charles Reavis advised that he had received no nominations for the office
of 2nd Vice President of the Association and that the chair would open nominations
from the floor. Nominations were made by Robert Dintino that Henry
Camacho be appointed 2nd Vice President and a nomination was made by
Ron Dixon that Cindy Graff be appointed 2nd Vice President. Motion
was made by Fred Warner and seconded by Jim Alexander that nominations from
the floor would close. After a short speech by Henry Camacho and Cindy
Graff, secret ballots were taken up by Neal Curran and the office of 2nd
Vice President was filled with the election of Cindy Graff.
Charles Reavis advised the next office to be considered was that of 1st Vice
President and the only nomination submitted was that of Ron Dixon.
Mr. Reavis advised that the chair would entertain a motion from the floor
for anyone interested in that office. Receiving no nominations, Mr.
Reavis advised the chair would entertain a motion of acclamation of Ron Dixon
as 1st Vice President. Motion was passed with one member opposing.
Charles Reavis advised that the next office of consideration was that of
President of the Association and the only name submitted was that of Sammy
Owens. He further advised the chair would entertain a motion from nominations
from the floor. Receiving non, he advised the chair would entertain
a motion of acclamation of Sammy Owens for President. Motion was made
by Henry Camacho and seconded by Jim Wallace. Motion passed.
Charles Reavis advised that he would entertain a motion to destroy the ballots.
Motion being made by Fred Warner and seconded by Pat Olvey. Mr.
Reavis announced the elections were over and turned the chair back over to
President Curran.
President Curran announced that be would now accept an update regarding the
choosing of the 1987 conference site. After presentations were again
made by David Barnes, Henry Camacho, and Stuart Sanz, for their prospective
sites, a vote was taken by the membership with David Barnes and Asheville,
North Carolina being selected as the 1987 Conference Site.
President Curran announced that the Class Representative Program would be
placed in charge of Ron Dixon who is the 1st Vice President.
New Business
President Curran advised David Barnes that he needed to send the Association
President, Sammy Owens, letters from Asheville, North Carolina’s Mayor and
North Carolina S.B.I. concerning the upcoming Conference.
President Curran asked Former President Jim Wallace to make up a letter to
be sent to John Lawn, Director of D.E.A., concerning the Association’s appreciation
on the manner in which DEA has helped the Association. Jim Wallace
read to the membership the letter which he had written on behalf of the Association.
Fred Warner asked that a motion be made that whoever presented this letter
to Mr. Lawn, also give to the Administrator and Deputy Administrator a cap
and t-shirt from the Association. Sammy Owens seconded this motion.
Motion was made to close the meeting by Pat Olvey and seconded by Henry Camacho.
Meeting closed at 9:12 a.m.
Thursday, July 24, 1986 – Executive Board Meeting Minutes
President Curran called to order at 4:00 p.m.
Members present were: President Neal Curran, Bob Bryden – DEA. Sammy
Owens, Ron Dixon, Cindy Graff, David Barnes, Gale, Hewlett, Hugh Miller,
Bill Williams, and Jim Harris
President Curran thanked the Executive Board and the Metro Narcotics Unit
for a splendid Conference.
A suggestion was made by Bob Bryden that in regards to the recruiting new
membership, that we give each new member an Association hat.
President Curran advised the next publication of the Association’s Newsletter
would be in December followed by one in April and one in June of 1987.
Discussion was made concerning the setting of the regristration fee for the
upcoming 1987 Conference and a motion was made that the Executive Board set
this fee for $75.00 for the student and $25.00 for the spouse and family.
Motion being made by Ron Dixon and seconded by Bill Williams. Motion
carried.
A suggestion was made that the aforementioned fee be brought out in the Newsletter
in order that the Association members would be able to advise their respective
departments.
Bob Bryden asked the Executive Board when would they like to get together
with the Drug Enforcement Administration Training. It was suggested
by President Curran that the Executive Board get together first in Quantico
and on the second occasion, Asheville, North Carolina. It was suggested
that the next Executive Board meeting be held in November of 1986 followed
by a second Executive Board meeting in Asheville, North Carolina in February
of 1987.
Bob Bryden suggested that he would set up a drive for membership within DEA
and attempt to identify fey people in DEA field offices regarding membership.
President Curran assigned the 2nd Vice President to get a roster of all DEA
Schools. Bob Bryden advised he would require Training Coordinators
from DEA Training to go over a one hour presentation of the Association in
all upcoming DEA Schools. Hugh Miller requested a slide presentation
by made concerning the Association. It was suggested that an invitation
to join the Association will given in all schools, if possible, at training
in Quantico, Virginia.
Dates for the 1987 Conference in Asheville, North Carolina to be set as close
a possible to prior Conferences by the Executive Board.
President Curran turned the Executive Board meeting over to newly elected
President Sammy Owens. President Owens announced new assignments regarding
the Conference Committee be that Dave Barnes, Coordinator, assisted by Ron
Dixon, Hugh Miller, Gale Hewlett, and Seth Williams.
President Owens advised the Publication Committee assignments were to be
that of Chairman Hugh Miller, members Charles Reavis, Skip Pearson, and Jim
Harris.
President Owens advised the Legislative By-Laws Committee was to consist
of the Chairman Neal Curran, with members Jim Wallace and Fred Warner, Coordinator
to be Sammy Owens.
President Owens advised the New Advisor to the Executive Board to be Neal
Curran.
President Owens advised the Class Representative Program was to consist of
Ron Dixon, Chairman, members being Cindy Graff and Bill Williams.
President Owens advised the chair would entertain a motion to adjourn.
Made was made by Hugh Miller and seconded by Bill Williams.
Meeting adjourned at 5:07 p.m.