Future Meetings Board:       June 7 Map B.O.R.D.:  June 10 General Meeting: June 21

4/19 Gen. Mtg. Minutes 5/3 Board Mtg. Minutes Chapter Supporters Blue Card  Continuing Ed. Form Calendar of Events

If you are like me, you don't adequately protect yourself from sun exposure on a daily basis. I don't make it a priority to use sunscreen and wear a hat throughout the year. I hope that I don't have to pay the price of the above any day soon. My doctor will probably scold me at a physical scheduled for next month. You, on the other hand, have an opportunity to listen to and ask questions of a volunteer of the American Cancer Society at the General Meeting next week. Show up. It may save a life. Namely, yours.

I want to thank Fred Walker of Pool safe Cover Systems for an informative presentation on the benefits of pool barriers. The child drowning statistics were a wake up call.. Pass the information on to your customers. A profile or "spotlight" of Fred is also featured in this issue of the skimmer.

The meeting will start no later than 7:00 pm

JON

Greeters: David Jaszczak

There were 34 members and 4 guests in attendance.

Introduction of Guests

Rick Bishop - Region 7 Director,
Fred Walker - Pool Safe Cover
Systems and Honorary
Members Al Daugherty and
John Gharib.

Guest Speakers

Fred Walker spoke tonight on pool cover Systems. Fred shared some of the latest innovations on covers, such as no shear pins, no left & right brake adjustments and new heavier fabrics. Thank you Fred for your time and keeping us informed. Members see Fred for your mailer inserts.

Secretary's Report

March meeting minutes were accepted with the following amendment: Contractor license requirement. Should have read, members who are required to have contractors licenses by state or local regulations must be in
 possession of all required licenses, including contractors license to meet IPSSA regulations.

Treasurer's Report

Accepted - See Skimmer.

President's Report
Design your web page and pass it on to Paul! Paul is also working on separating our information on the web site from that which we want the public to find.

Rick Bishop (Region 7 Director) IPSSA wants to take a passive approach to unlicensed contractor enforcement. IPSSA must alleviate its liability for unlicensed individuals.

May is National Drowning Prevention Month. We want to get your ideas for safety issues.

The San Diego chapter is 47% compliant for members passing the water chemistry test.
Vice President's Report

Employee applications must go to Mike Gregg first!

May guest speaker will be Kathleen Hargrove of The American Cancer Society.
 

COMMITTEE REPORTS 

Sick Leave

Howard Guerrant is doing well. Everything is ok with his pools, should be about 2 - more months.
 
Blood Drive

The next blood drive will be held on April 22, 2000 Denny's Restaurant 8:00a.m. off 70th & 1-8. Come and have a free breakfast and perform a great service.

Continuing Education

Get those reimbursement forms into Jim so you can be paid Check the Service Industry News for available courses.

Interested in a Seminar on Jandy Controllers? We need 25 people, so let us know!

Get those contractors licenses and get reimbursed at the same time.

Product testing - no report 

Grievance

Mark Overman reviewed the letter from A.O. Smith.

Public Relations

Dan Moelke - Scholarship

Unfinished Business

Tom Gharib handed out the new 2000 Emergency Response Guide Books.

Good Of The Order

Thanks to everyone who participated in the M.S. walk.

Hydro-Air bottom drain grate Recall. They will pay you a service call to change these out.

"ADJOURN: 8:51 p.m.
 
 

Called to order at 7:07 PM

Attending: Gregg, Rumble, Stewart and Bradbury. Nichol and Silcox could not attend due to business obligations. Jim Bradbury volunteered to take the minutes of the meeting.
 

Secretary Report

There was no official report as John was not present. His verbal phone report was that Fred Walker of POOLSAFE COVER SYSTEMS would be profiled in the next Skimmer.

Treasurer's Report

Mark presented his monthly report of income and expenses. As always we are in good shape financially. (See Skimmer for the detailed report). Note there was a $200 donation to the Guy Muto Fund.

There was a discussion about the need for an annual audit of the books, which would simply verify that listed expenses matched canceled checks.

 IPSSA management and the BORD commended our Chapter for our good records and the way we handle our Chapter finances and obligations. There will be a notice placed in the Skimmer to remind Chapter Supporters about their annual dues.

Vise President's Report

Mike advised that Kathleen N Hargrove of the American Cancer Society will be our speaker this month at our General Meeting. Included as a part of her presentation will be a video.

It was noted that there are no prospective new members at this time. An idea was offered about contacting our suppliers about encouraging non-affiliated service technicians to consider joining IPSSA. The San Diego IPSSA membership notice has not been installed at the new Superior Products store.

Mike reported that he had talked to Bob Fowler about speaking sometime in the future on how to run a successful pool service business, conduct promotions, hire and train employees, take vacations, determine prices for service and repairs.

President's Report

Jon discussed his efforts in dealing with a member who owed a fine for not submitting a Blue Card on time. The fine was finally paid. Members are reminded that the Chapter has rules which must be observed or fines will be levied. It was agreed after some discussion that this aspect is the most frustrating and unpleasant part of serving the Chapter.

Pete Reinhart of the Carlsbad Chapter recently died from cancer. Our Chapter will send his wife a check for $500.

The minutes of the last BORD meeting were reviewed.
 

Committee Reports

Sick Leave: Howard Guerrant is out on sick leave and his pools are being serviced. He is doing well and is on track to full recovery.

Chapter Advisor:

No report.

Education:

It is a slow time now for educational opportunities. There are still a few individuals who applied for assistance who have not submitted their receipts for attending a class or seminar. If they want to be reimbursed they must submit this information to Jim or they will not be compensated. It is a good time to plan and prepare to get your contractor license. Remember you must apply for assistance before you take the class. There was a discussion about a recent situation where this was not done and the member could not be given any reimbursement. No application was made before the class was taken.

There was a discussion about the 50% reimbursement schedule. The current rule in Standing Rules Article VII, Section 5 Approval states: Schedule of Financial Assistance will be 50% of the cost of the class. seminar or course amount.

A motion was made seconded and approved by the Board to change this statement to: Schedule of Financial Assistance will be up to 50% of the cost of the class, seminar or course amount.

Jim was asked to call one or more Contractor License Schools about coming to the Chapter to tell what they do and what you get from them. We may seek a volume discount for using their school.

Public Relations

It was noted that Dan Molte the young student who saved a child's life by administering CPR will be honored at a Senior Awards event at El Cajon Valley High School on June 15th. Our Chapter has rewarded him with a scholarship.

Manufacturer's Rebate

We are still waiting to hear from Sta Rite on the amount we have earned through our combined purchases. Mark will follow up with the rep.

Grievance

The responsibilities for this committee concerns problem investigation and resolution of products and services of suppliers and manufacturers. It does not concern disagreements or disputes between members about services or work done for one another. If the problem can not be resolved between the parties the problem should be reported to the chapter board for arbitration.
 

Product Testing

There was no report to the Board but there may be one for the General Meeting.
 

Unfinished Business

Paul Grimes is making progress with the Web Site. He has apparently run into some problems with his hard drive. He will have an update at the General Meeting.

New Business

There was no new business
 

Meeting adjourned: 10:30 p.m.

In 1987 I had been working as a travel consultant for Universal Travel, Inc in Rancho Bernardo. My wife said that her brother was looking for someone who could do part time sales in the safety cover business. After work one afternoon I met with him for a few minutes to get a cram course in the pool industry and went out that night to run a lead. I came back the next day with a contract and deposit in hand whereupon he asked me, "Would you consider working full time?"

My involvement in the pool cover business has led me to other opportunities such as volunteer work with Children's Hospital in the Safe Kids Coalition. Specifically with the Drowning Task Force we have done public speaking with local PTA's, hospital auxiliaries, and school flinctions. Once I even donned the Gus costume (of Gus 'n Goldie) to parade around the Parent/Child Expo reminding the youth to swim safely.

A memorable story from work was one day I had an appointment to meet a couple with a child just moving into a home with a pool. While standing next to the pool discussing the benefits of the Poolsafe cover, their 3 year old daughter standing near us lell right into the pool! I instinctively reached down and grabbed her arm pulling her back up to the deck.. She was scared but okay and the couple decided right then and there to purchase a cover!

Now, back at the office I related this story and was accused by one of our staff members that I purposely scooted the girl into the pool with my foot!

Keep It a Safe Summer!

Fred Walker
Poolsafe Cover Systems