NEAFC 32nd Annual Conference.pdf - New England Association of ...

[NEW ENGLAND ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CILilEFS
Resolution No. 1 was submitted to International Association for .action
supporting a similar one presented by the Eastern Division of the International
Associati0_n "of Fire Chiefs ~ at their .81s.t Annual Conference, Houston, Texas,
Oct. 18-22, 1954. (No Action.).
PRi~SlDE~T FoRTIER: You have heard the report of the Resolutions Committee.-
What is your pleasure?
ClfflEF KOLTOI~SKI: I move that we accept the report of the Resolutions
Committee.
This motio~ ~¢a~[-!-duly seconded and wasc~arried.~ , 2
PRESIDENT FORTIER: Are there any other committees to report? If not,
we will go on to the matter of Unfinished Business.
(~i~I~.l ~! GEOI~E HAI~EI~, putnam, Conn.: Thismay not be under new
business or unfinished business, but I want to say, here and now, that many
of us Fire Chiefs come to this- meeting every year, with one thought in mind,
and that is, receiving information that we can. take back to our Fire Departments..
I am referring to the Round Table[Discussions.
I would like to make a motion that the proper Committee for next year
allow one day. i¢or Round Table Diseussi0ns, and give us a chance to ask questions
and have them answered. That would be a day, but it could, be broken
up into ~. ~’~i0ri~; and w~ could have a break,.a seventhin]aing s,trei~ch, io to.~speak.
Crt-i~ KI-~a3ALL: If the good Chief would accept an amendment, I would
like to say that those of us who came up here on Sunday practically wasted the
whole day Monday,~.with the e,x.ception of. the Memorial Exercises, and I am
wondering if something couldn t be done either M0iiday morning or evening.
Even though we have extended our convention to four days, I don’t think we
got as much out of it as’. we formerly got out of three days. I think that should
be given some thought. I don"t think.that an amendment is necessary, because
the Chief has hit the nail on the head, with more round table discussions.
-CHIEi 7 WELLS: We could have the Memorial Session in ’the morning and
the RoundTable Discus~si0n~:.:in the afternoon. And, the Chiefs will get here
if they are interested enough in--.the program. In addition.-to-that, we want to
g~t all o£ our questions, answer~i[. Perhaps I was very tuck-y that I got my
question answered; but, some o£~ _t~,:boys here we.ren’t so lucky.
We know that when Roi Woolley gets up there and says~ that we’ve got to
make it snappy, then we’ve got to hurry up. I am not criticisi.ng Roi, but I do
think.that th~5_e_l!_ows _here should haye the right ~-Ci-.get up and. talk, and also,
.have their questions answered. And probably we can dispense with referring
:all of the questions to six or eight Chiefs, but: ;,get the._question answered by
somebody orl the Panel who will volunteer an answer, tell us what they have,
and then let us talk about it. That is. a .real Conference , and I have been pl~ad-
.ing for it for years..
And I want to vote that the Program ° Committee or the Officers consider
,seriouslFi~the "Morning Memorial Session and an afternoon and evening session,
~if.-_necessary, on a ~real ~ound tab_le~ discussion, giving-~the_members .an oppo~-