July 2004 Meeting Minutes
PACD Executive Council Annual Meeting
Wyndham Pittsburgh Airport, Coraopolis, PA
Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Call to Order (Miller)
PACD President Jarrett Miller called the meeting to order. Don Bowser
(Fayette) conducted the invocation.
Roll Call (Hildenbrandt)
PACD Secretary George Hildenbrandt called the roll. There were 35 voting
delegates present, which constituted a quorum.
Introduction of Parliamentarian (Miller)
PACD President Jarrett Miller introduced Sherisa Brammer, Parliamentarian
for the meeting.
Minutes of Previous Meeting (Hildenbrandt)
PACD Secretary George Hildenbrandt submitted the minutes from the previous
council meeting for additions or corrections. No additions or corrections
were presented.
It was moved by Elliot Lengel (Mercer) and seconded by Paula Nowicki
(Pike) to accept the minutes as presented. Motion passed.
Phyllis Hoople (Crawford) presented the following Point of Order: If
a voting delegate chooses to sit in the back of the room, can they vote?
PACD President Jarrett Miller replied that no delegate who moved to
the back of the room would be denied a vote, and noted that both voting
and non-voting members have the opportunity to be heard, regardless
of where they are seated.
Reports of Officers
President's Report (Miller)
PACD President Jarrett Miller presented the following report.
Jarrett thanked the PACD Southwest Region counties for hosting
the Conference and noted that he looks forward to the 2005 Joint Annual
Conference in the Northwest PACD Region.
Jarrett represented PACD at a meeting with Agriculture Secretary
Ann Veneman and Governor Ed Rendell in Hookstown, in western Pennsylvania,
where they introduced the new Ohio CREP program.
In April, he attended the Ohio River Basin Initiative in Cincinnati
on behalf of PACD.
Also in April, Jarrett spoke at the Watershed Symposium.
In May, Jarrett attended the State Envirothon at the University
of Pittsburgh in Johnstown, PA.
In June, he attended an Executive Board Meeting in Dubois,
as well as the Dirt and Gravel Road Conference in Coudersport, Pennsylvania.
Also in June, Jarrett attended the Ohio River Basin Initiative
in Columbus, Ohio. Hopefully the outcome of this initiative will be
a program that does for the western counties of PA what the Chesapeake
Bay program does for the eastern counties.
He reported that the Silent Auction and Raffle resulted in
$1,169 for the PACD Building Fund. He thanked everyone who participated
so generously.
Jarrett noted that he has appointed a committee to review PACD
bylaws and structural procedures. A list of the members of this committee
went out in the July, 2004 edition of the PACD newsletter News
and Notes.
Jarrett also announced that the PACD strategic planning committee
will meet on August 12, 2004 to review accomplishments to date and
to plan continued activities based on the budget approved at today's
meeting.
Jarrett then read the following excerpt from the PACD bylaws
in order to clarify questions regarding voting status at the PACD
annual meeting in July:
Article VI - Dues
Section 2 - Voting Status
In order to vote, district directors must be in good standing by
meeting their district dues payment by June 30, unless extenuating
circumstances, as approved by the PACD Executive Board, prevent
the district from meeting this obligation.
Tony Wagner (Bedford) made the following Point of Information: How
many voting members are present?
Jarrett replied that thirty-five districts were present at the roll
call that were eligible to vote.
Treasurer's Report (Duvall)
PACD Treasurer Porter Duvall presented the budget report for July 1,
2003-June 30, 2004.
Porter urged everyone to think of ideas to increase the amount in the
PACD Endowment Fund, so we can put it to good use, and stressed that
we can only use the interest generated by the fund, not the capital.
Porter also noted that, since PACD has already secured a building,
the Finance Committee would like to change the name of the PACD Building
Fund to the PACD Capital Fund. This will be dealt with under the heading
of New Business.
Porter informed PACD President Jarrett Miller that the budget for July
1, 2004-June 30, 2005 would have to wait until the Council voted on
the proposed dues increase.
Porter announced that a number of individuals have agreed to be part
of a committee that will investigate a formula for district dues. Porter
will be chairing the committee. Other committee members include: Kathleen
Banski from PACD; Bruno Najaka from Sullivan; Phyllis Hoople from Crawford;
Keith Eisenhart from York; Cathy Skwara from Bucks; and David Winton
from Clinton.
NACD Director's Report (Sueck)
NACD Director Pat Sueck presented the NACD Director's report.
Pat reported that she attended Ag in the Classroom earlier
in July.
She will also be attending the NACD Northeast Region meeting
August 1-4 in Burlington, Vermont. This is a very important meeting.
The NACD position paper for the NACD Rep and the strategic
plan for the NE region, which was done in 1996, were sent out to PA
district offices in June. District Managers should have distributed
these to Directors in their counties.
Pat noted that the NACD Northeast Region has a great voting
block, with over one-quarter of the legislators in Washington, DC.
She stressed how important it is to have a unified voice.
Pat announced, in future, if you haven't received the information
for the regional meeting by the beginning of the summer, please notify
NACD or contact Pat and let her know. Due to a computer glitch, a
number of people did not receive the information for this year's meeting.
Executive Director's Report (Marquart)
PACD Executive Director Susan Marquart presented a written report of
the activities of PACD staff since the last meeting.
During her report, Susan made a brief note about PACD listserves. She
reminded attendees that PACD set up listserves for Watershed Specialists
and District Managers by request. Both the Watershed Specialists and
District Managers specifically requested a closed listserve, so these
listserves are exclusive by request, although the District Managers
did request that Susan be included on the list so that she can forward
information to them. Because these other listserves were created exclusive
by request, PACD also set up the District Directors listserve to be
exclusive. Susan explained that it is the members of the listserve who
determine whether it is exclusive or not. If the members of a listserve
request that the list be opened up to others, the list will be opened
up.
It was moved by Phyllis Hoople (Crawford) and seconded by Anthony Wagner
(Bedford) to change the District Managers Listserve to non-exclusive
status. Parliamentarian Sherisa Brammer ruled that the motion was out
of order at that time and should be presented under New Business.
Prior to taking questions, Susan took a moment to explain the origin
of the 2004-2005 PACD Proposed Special Projects Budget. She explained
that when PACD undertook the strategic planning process last Fall, the
goal was to find out what members wanted PACD to accomplish. The seven
PACD Fall Region Meetings generated lists of items that members wanted
the organization to focus on. The Strategic Planning Committee went
through these lists and came up with goals to address the many items
on these lists. These goals became the basis for the PACD Strategic
Plan, which was approved by the PACD Executive Council in October, 2003.
When the Strategic Planning Committee met, they saw that there were
not enough resources to achieve the goals outlined in the strategic
plan, and realized the need for a dues increase. One of the goals from
the committee is to eventually hire an additional staff person to work
specifically from unrestricted funds, to help with lobbying, governmental
affairs, and regulatory issues. However, it would take time to raise
unrestricted funds to the amount needed to hire this additional person,
so the committee made this a long term goal. In the meantime, they decided
that PACD should begin working on the items the districts requested,
by using a smaller dues increase to bring people in on a limited basis
for special projects. This is the $25,900 shown in the special projects
budget. The proposed dues increase would not be enough to complete all
of the goals of the PACD Strategic Plan. It would only be enough to
address the special projects that are listed in the 2004-2005 PACD Proposed
Special Projects Budget. Without the dues increase, PACD will not have
the resources to complete these special projects.
2004-05 PACD Dues
PACD Treasurer Porter Duvall explained that a proposal from the PACD
Finance Committee was passed by the District Operations Committee to
increase Annual District Dues by 5%.
It was moved by Porter Duvall (Jefferson) and seconded by David
Collura (Allegheny) to accept the 5% dues increase.
As a member of the strategic planning committee, Ron Rohall (Westmoreland)
spoke in favor of a 25% dues increase.
It was moved by Ron Rohall (Westmoreland) and seconded by Drew Gilchrest
(Montgomery) that we amend the original motion to make the dues increase
25%.
As a member of the Finance Committee, Anthony Wagner (Bedford) spoke
in favor of the original 5% dues increase.
Elliot Lengel (Mercer) made the following Point of Order: It is not
appropriate to make an amendment to the motion before it is completed.
Parliamentarian Sherisa Brammer responded that this is incorrect. Once
a motion is on the floor (made and seconded) it is appropriate to amend
that motion.
Bob Ritchey (Cambria) asked: Are we allowed to amend the Finance Committee's
decision without bringing it back through District Operations? Parliamentarian
Sherisa Brammer affirmed that once the report is presented, it stands
as a motion, open to amendment. Therefore the amendment is appropriate
and valid.
PACD President Jarrett Miller called for a five minute recess.
After the recess, PACD President Jarrett Miller called the meeting
back to order and opened the floor for discussion on the amendment to
the motion.
A call for the question from the floor was ruled out of order by Parliamentarian
Sherisa Brammer.
Drew Gilchrist (Montgomery) spoke on behalf of Montgomery County Conservation
District in favor of the 25% dues increase.
The vote was taken for the amendment to the motion. The amendment
failed.
Jarrett opened the original motion for discussion. Drew Gilchrist (Montgomery)
called for the question.
The original motion was passed.
2004-05 PACD Budget
PACD Treasurer Porter Duvall presented the budget for July 1, 2004-June
30, 2005.
It was seconded by David Collura (Allegheny) to accept the budget
as presented. Motion passed.
Bylaw Amendments
PACD President Jarrett Miller presented and read aloud the proposed
bylaw amendment. The amendment reads:
Article II - Organization
Section 2 - Executive Council
There shall be an Executive Council composed of one voting member
from each legally organized conservation district. Each legally organized
conservation district is entitled to one vote in the Executive Council.
Each officer of the Association and the outgoing President are entitled
to vote on behalf of their own county's conservation district, but
are limited to one vote only for each district.
It was moved by David Collura (Allegheny) and seconded by Don Bowser
(Fayette) to accept the amendment.
It was moved by Ron Rohall (Westmoreland) and seconded by William Smith
(Tioga) that the motion be amended. Each county would still have a single
representative. However the President would be a nonvoting member and
would only vote to break a tie. Parliamentarian Sherisa Brammer pointed
out that by Parliamentary law, any time a tie occurs the President is
automatically the breaker of that tie. Ron Rohall withdrew his amendment
based on this information.
The motion was passed.
Election of Officers
As Chair of the PACD Nominating Committee, Ron Rohall (Westmoreland),
thanked fellow committee members Irvil Kear (Schuylkill) and Bob Wagner
(Lancaster). He then presented the current slate of officers for re-election:
President: Jarrett Miller
First Vice President: Victor Cappucci
Second Vice President: Larry Kehl
Secretary: George Hildenbrandt
Treasurer: Porter Duvall
NACD Director: Patricia Sueck
Ron then called for any nominations from the floor.
It was moved by Bill Schall (Armstrong) and seconded by Jack Tressler
(Somerset) that Phyllis Hoople (Crawford) be nominated for the position
of Secretary.
Phyllis Hoople accepted the nomination.
It was moved by Phyllis Hoople (Crawford) and seconded by Tony Wagner
(Bedford) that Porter Duvall be nominated for the position of Treasurer.
Ron Rohall (Westmoreland) pointed out that this nomination was already
made by the nominating committee.
It was moved by Phyllis Hoople (Crawford) and seconded by Tony Wagner
(Bedford) that Victor Cappucci be nominated for the position of President.
It was moved by Phyllis Hoople (Crawford) and seconded by William
Schall (Armstrong) that George Hildenbrandt be nominated for the position
of First Vice President.
It was moved by Phyllis Hoople (Crawford) and seconded by Robert Ritchey
(Cambria) that Larry Kehl be nominated for the position of Second Vice
President. Parliamentarian Sherisa Brammer pointed out that this nomination
was already made by the nominating committee.
Ron Rohall called for any additional nominations. No additional nominations
were presented.
PACD President Jarrett Miller appointed Mike Lovegreen (Bradford) and
Rich Kadwill (Montgomery) as tellers.
David Collura (Allegheny) made the following Point of Order: Did the
second round of nominees accept their nominations?
Ron Rohall confirmed that Phyllis Hoople accepted her nomination for
the position of Secretary. PACD First Vice President Victor Cappucci
expressed his confidence in current PACD President Jarrett Miller and
declined nomination for the position of President with thanks. PACD
Secretary George Hildenbrandt declined nomination for the position of
First Vice President. Phyllis Hoople then declined her nomination.
Harold Kulp (Chester) moved that nominations be closed.
Ron Rohall called for a second on the now uncontested slate of nominations
presented by the PACD Nominating Committee. Irvil Kear (Schuylkill)
seconded the nominations. PACD Secretary George Hildenbrandt passed
the ballot.
Question from the floor: Is there no way to vote 'no' on the uncontested
slate of nominations? Parliamentarian Sherisa Brammer confirmed that,
as the nominations were uncontested, they do not require a vote.
New Business
District Operations Committee (Cappucci)
Victor Cappucci, Chair of the District Operations Committee, presented
the report from the District Operations Committee.
A. Report of the 2005 PACD/SCC Joint Annual Conference
The 2005 PACD/SCC Joint Annual Conference, hosted by the PACD Northwest
Region, will be held July 24-27, 2005 at the Avalon Hotel in Erie, PA.
The September planning meeting will be held in conjunction with the
PACD Northwest Region Meeting on September 24, 2004.
B. Engineering Task Force
Victor Cappucci presented the PACD Engineering Task Force Interim
Report for acceptance. Seconded by Andy Fitz (Franklin).
It was moved by David Collura (Allegheny) and seconded by George
Hildenbrandt (Centre) to amend the original motion to accept the report
with the exception of item III B, relating to privatization. Motion
passed.
The amended motion was passed.
C. SCC Nominations
Victor Cappucci presented three candidates for nomination to the
PA State Conservation Commission: Kenneth Rutt, who is currently serving
as a farmer member; Wilbur Wolf to serve as a public member; and James
Van Blarcom to serve as a farmer member. Seconded by Porter Duvall (Jefferson).
Motion passed.
D. Forest Recreation and Wildlife
Victor Cappucci presented the following for acceptance:
1. PACD support the PA Fish and Boat Commission's increase in license
fees as set forth in HB 2155 with the following additions:
A) That the minimum age for a Junior License be set at 12; and
B) That the Legislature acts to combine Fish & Boat funds together
under the Fish & Boat Commission.
2. To recognize that the Sustainable Forestry Initiative of PA has
recently changed their name to PA Sustainable Forestry State Implementation
Committee.
3. The PA Game Commission's Deer Management Assistance Program be
changed so that any landowner in Pennsylvania with a deer management
plan be eligible for one antlerless deer coupon for every 5 acres of
land.
Ron Rohall (Westmoreland) seconded.
It was moved by David Collura (Allegheny) and seconded by Phyllis
Hoople (Crawford) to amend the original motion by separating it into
two motions, the first being number 1 by itself and the second being
numbers 2 and 3 together. Motion failed.
The original motion was passed.
E. Finance Committee
The motion from the Finance Committee to increase district dues by
5% was already addressed under the heading of 2004-05 PACD Dues.
F. Education and Youth
Victor Cappucci presented the following for acceptance:
1. PACD actively promote the inclusion of conservation districts
in Bill 1040 as the delivery and clearinghouse for environmental education.
2. PACD requests that SB 1040 be amended to include a conservation
district representative on the Pennsylvania Center for Environmental
Education Board.
Ron Rohall (Westmoreland) seconded. Motion passed.
PACD Funding Request for Conservation District Programs to the PA
Department of Environmental Protection (Marquart)
PACD Funding Request for Conservation District Programs to the PA
Department of Agriculture (Marquart)
PACD Executive Director Susan Marquart presented the PACD Funding Request
for Conservation District Programs to the PA Department of Environmental
Protection and the PACD Funding Request for Conservation District Programs
to the PA Department of Agriculture. She reported that these funding
requests are essentially the same as those submitted in the past. Both
are correct as they stand, with the exception that they still reflect
the 2003-04 allocations, and need to be updated with the 2004-05 allocations
made by the PA State Conservation Commission at their meeting yesterday
(July 27, 2004). Both funding requests were distributed to each district
via e-mail.
It was moved by Patricia Powley (Dauphin) and seconded by Robert
Ritchey (Cambria) to accept the funding requests with the understanding
that they will be updated with the new 2004-05 allocations. Motion passed.
PACD Capital Fund
It was moved by Porter Duvall (Jefferson) and seconded by Michael
Kennis (Clearfield) to change the name of the PACD Building Fund to
the PACD Capital Fund.
Porter explained that money in the fund will be applied only to the
building and the building debt. The plan for the fund is to reserve
$35,000 for building-related emergencies and repairs. Any fund monies
above the $35,000 will be applied to the building debt. PACD Executive
Director Susan Marquart noted that the idea is to always have $35,000
in reserve. Should the $35,000 reserve be depleted, new funds will be
put toward replenishing the reserve. Once the reserve is back up to
$35,000, any additional monies will again be applied to the building
debt.
The motion was passed.
District Directors Listserve
It was moved by Tony Wagner (Bedford) and seconded by Jack Tressler
(Somerset) that each county board send PACD a list of Directors and
Associate Directors, including e-mail addresses, to participate in the
District Director Listserve.
It was moved by Ron Rohall (Westmoreland) and seconded by Victor
Cappucci (Wyoming) to amend the motion by adding that the listserve
be purged annually, so that after a certain date each year the e-mail
addresses from any counties who have not submitted an updated list will
be purged from the listserve. Motion passed.
The amended motion was passed.
Partner Reports
PACD Auxiliary (Luetta Gross)
PACD Auxiliary President Luetta Gross presented the report for the PACD
Auxiliary.
Luetta reported that they met on Monday (July 26, 2004) during
the Conference and there were 13 in attendance. She noted that Auxiliary
membership is increasing.
Luetta also reported that the Sign Language Workshop was a
great success. Proceeds from the workshop will go to the Auxiliary
Scholarship Fund. She said that she has received a number of requests
for similar workshops in the future, and she will consider this possibility
for upcoming meetings. In the meantime, additional packets from the
workshop can be are available during the meeting for a $4 donation,
or contact Luetta after the meeting and a packet can be mailed to
you for a $5 donation, which includes $1 for shipping and handling.
Luetta reminded attendees that PACD Auxiliary member Marge
Koon won the beautiful national NACD quilt at the NACD National Meeting
in Hawaii in February. She also noted that Pennsylvania should be
proud to be one of only four organized Auxiliaries out of the twelve
states and the District of Columbia that make up the Northeast NACD
Region.
Luetta announced that the PACD Auxiliary would like to begin
a quilt project for Pennsylvania similar to that coordinated by NACD
on the national level. All of the work will be done by the Auxiliary,
but they will be sending out a letter to each of the counties to let
them know how they can contribute toward the cost of the quilt. She
encouraged all of the counties to help launch the project by donating
to have the individual county names embroidered on the quilt.
Luetta thanked everyone who came and contributed to the Memorial
Breakfast and service, which was a little different this year, while
still maintaining the tradition of the memorial.
Finally, Luetta thanked the PACD staff and each of the host
districts for supporting the Auxiliary and helping to coordinate their
activities during the Conference.
State Conservation Commission (Karl Brown)
SCC Executive Secretary Karl Brown presented the report for the State
Conservation Commission.
Karl noted that changes for both Nutrient Management and CAFO
regulations will be coming out in early August. He urged District
Managers and technicians to take a look at them. There will be public
meetings scheduled in Carlisle and Dubois in September. Karl encouraged
everyone to attend these meetings and provide input. He said there
will be hearings in October, so please review the regulations and
take time to comment so we can be sure that the regulations will work
for technicians and district staff.
Doug Goodlander has offered to come to any district meeting
to talk about the rules and regulation changes. Karl encouraged districts
who have the opportunity to invite Doug out.
Karl reported that both district and state budgets are very
tight. The SCC began the process of trying to get an additional $3
million for Nutrient Management, and by the end of the process they
were happy to come out with the same amount of money they had the
year before. This year district funding under Nutrient Management
will come up from $1.6 million to over $2 million, so even though
Nutrient Management funding overall remained stable, the amount for
districts has gone up.
Karl reminded districts to keep an eye on the manure hauler/broker
certification, which is a PA Department of Agriculture rule and regulation.
As the opportunity arises, please comment. They are open to comments
and suggestions.
Information on House Bill 1222 will be coming out soon. Secretaries
Wolff and McGinty will be briefing the House and Senate committees
on August 10, 2004. This information will impact conservation districts.
Karl thanked the districts who helped to host the excellent
Dirt and Gravel Roads conference this summer in Potter county. He
noted that money for fiscal year 2004-05 should be out soon and that
district allocations should be here soon. He also mentioned that a
draft Administrative Manual revision was circulated to all districts,
and asked districts to please review and comment on this. Karl reminded
attendees that there may still be opportunity to increase funding
for Dirt and Gravel Roads, especially in November. If this opportunity
does come up, it will be considered very quickly, so be prepared.
Karl suggested that people begin writing letters and making contacts
now.
Karl remarked that allocating the new funds apportioned to
DEP and the Department of Agriculture is a difficult process. The
districts and PACD have provided a great deal of input and Karl said
that they will be working to provide districts with maximum flexibility
under these allocations. Karl thanked PACD and the districts for working
for the funding increase. He noted that PACD did the legwork and really
made this increase happen. Karl also urged everyone to thank their
legislators for the funding increase.
Karl also mentioned that there was an item on the agenda at
the July 27, 2004 SCC meeting to work with PACD and municipal authorities
on biosolids. He said we will have the opportunity to pull together
funding for biosolids in the next six to nine months or so. He encouraged
districts who have the ability and opportunity to help with that effort.
There was a good discussion on emerging issues in agricultural
odors at the SCC meeting yesterday, Karl said. We need to be working
with DEP and industry to learn more about air quality and get up to
speed on those issues.
The House and Senate have provided a letter of commitment to
revisit Growing Greener sometime this Fall. Those funds and programs
are vitally important to what districts do and Karl encouraged everyone
to be proactive in supporting the program.
Karl thanked PACD staff, district staff, and everyone who helped
to pull the Conference together.
USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (Stacy Mitchell)
Stacy Mitchell presented the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service
report.
The budget is slowly proceeding in Washington. In the House
version of the Ag Appropriations Budget, conservation operations increased
6 million dollars. The Senate version is not out yet.
NRCS is going through some reorganization for the first time
in 10 years. They will be shifting from six regions into three regions,
basically dividing the United States into thirds. Pennsylvania is
in the eastern region, which will go all the way from Florida to Vermont.
The three regional centers will be in: Greensboro, North Carolina;
Fort Worth, Texas; and Portland Oregon. Fort Worth is the only one
of these that is currently a regional center. State Conservationist
Robin Heard is currently serving as the acting Regional Director in
Davis, California, closing out that office, and is due back in early
September.
Stacy announced that the Conservation Security Program is underway.
Sign-ups began July 6 and will end July 30. Pennsylvania was fortunate
to have one of the 18 original watersheds selected for the program,
the Raystown watershed, which is in six counties, including Bedford,
Blair, Huntingdon, Fulton, Cambria, and Somerset. There have been
community meetings to provide details of the program and give people
the opportunity to sign up. There have been about 60 sign-ups so far.
They are expecting 3000-5000 sign-ups nationally. Those applications
will be evaluated at the national level. Contracts are expected to
be awarded around September 12, 2004 and payments will hopefully be
out by September 22, 2004. There is no idea at the moment how much
money Pennsylvania will be getting. Stacy mentioned that she has materials
available for anyone who is interested in information on the program.
The money in the House budget for this program is up from $41 million
last year to $194 million next year, so hopefully they will be able
to fund even more watersheds next year. Originally they planned to
select watersheds on a 7-8 year rotation, so that all watersheds would
be covered every 7 or 8 years. With the additional money, they may
be able to speed up that rotation
Sign-up for the Ohio River Basin CREP program is going very
well, with 661 applications since March. The Southeast Pennsylvania
RC&D is taking the lead in developing a CREP program for the 8
counties that are not currently involved in any of the other CREP
watersheds.
Stacy explained that Gus Jordan, the acting State Conservationist
for Pennsylvania, was unable to make it to the Joint Annual Conference,
as he is out of town.
Stacy announced that Ryan Kuff is the new RC&D Coordinator
for the Pocono-Northeast RC&D.
Stacy also announced another change for NRCS. The Information
Technology staff will be moving to a separate agency within USDA,
so they will still be under the department, but all of the employees
who handle computer technology for NRCS, Rural Development and the
Farm Service Agency will be moving to a separate, independent agency.
They will still provide the same service, however districts may be
affected by security changes. Districts will know as soon as more
information is available.
September 3, 2004 the final EQIP contracts will be determined
and sent down. Farm Service Agency Administrator Jim Little and NRCS
Chief Bruce Knight announced that administration of the EQIP program
will be shifted to NRCS as of October 1, 2004.
Adjourn
PACD President Jarrett Miller thanked Parliamentarian Sherisa Brammer
for helping to lend order to the proceedings. He thanked everyone for
their participation during the Conference and noted that committee meetings
had good attendance.
Jarrett announced the members of the bylaws committee and asked that
anyone who has comments or suggestions relating to review of the bylaws
please send suggestions to the committee representative in their region.
Chairman - Larry Kehl (Berks)
Northeast - Bob Robinson (Wyoming)
Southeast - Malcolm Crooks (Bucks)
Southcentral - Bruce Holbrook (York)
Central - Bob Ritchey (Cambria)
Southwest - Bob DeVenny (Allegheny)
Northwest - Robert Beatty (Jefferson)
Northcentral - John Torok (Potter)
District Staff Rep. - Larry Martick
PACD Staff Rep. - Susan Fox Marquart
The meeting closed with a benediction from Don Bowser (Fayette).
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