The following personnel were present:  Carswell, James, Croft, Bryan, Delk, Derris, Duncan, Christopher, Faircloth, Bobby, Faircloth, Candy, Faircloth, Joe, Forrester, David, Freyer, Donald, Hannon, Kenneth, Hartley, Joey, Hornsby, Phillip, Kelly, Jeff, Kitchens, Brett, Littleton, Greg, Lunsford, Ray, Mulero, Lawrence A, O'Berry, Leslie J., Phelps, Robert,  Phillips, Clay Lee, Register, Ronnie, Rowe, Ronald H., Smith, Glen, Wainwright, Chris, Walters, John,

Vendor: Municipal Equipment Company, LLC (Bo Edenfield)

Visitors:  Fisher Safety (Gene Oathout), FireLine, Inc.(Ryan McDonel), GFSTC (Natt Perry) GFA (Sharon Sparks) Ga. Fire Rescue Supply (Jeff Whidby) Task Force Tips (Chris Carson)

Meeting called to order by Chief Croft.

Invocation given by Chief Lunsford.

Pledge of Allegiance- Chief Phillips

Approval of January Minutes. Motion by R. Lunsford, second by C. Wainwright.  Motion carried.

Membership report- 25 paid members and 1 honorary member

Training report- there were 132 persons at the Moultrie training weekend with 23 at the SFCI class.  ATM at Thomasville. Hazmat refresher at Moultrie. FD Management has been moved to the Oct. Nov. time frame.

Web-site- No report.

Standards and Training Rules- At this time GA Forestry is not testing Mod 1. Contact GFSTC for testing. Rules committee minutes on the website. Discussing reporting every two years, letting all applicable hours count in all areas , and volunteers doing core comps as continued annual training.

GAFC- Discussed upcoming conference at St. Simons, HB1196 and the Fire Officer Development Money.

GSFA-Discussed 4th annual dinner and FF Appreciation Day. Annual Joint  Conference is Aug. 4-7. GA Fire Equipment Show postponed for 1 year to Apr. 28-29, 2011.

SEAFC- No report

GFA- Sharon Sparks expressed thanks for support to GFA.

GMAG- Ronnie Register needs personnel for IMTs, money is still there for position training. Also reported the GMAG-IAFC Mutual Aid Exercise went well.

By-laws Changes- Chief Croft opened the floor for changes to Article III Sections 1. And 2. Chief Croft Read current wording and proposed changes to each section under consideration.

President , 2nd Vice president and Secretary to be elected in all odd years.

1st Vice President and Treasurer to be elected in all even years.

Section 2 Motion by Jeff Kelley with second by Joey Hartley. Motion carried.

Typo acceptance. Motion by C. Wainwright with second by P. Hornsby. Motion carried

Section 5- Motion by J. Kelley with second by K. Faircloth. Motion carried.

New Business- Discussed HB1196.