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December 27, 2023Shane Bellard Headshot

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family!
 
Regrettably, I must inform you that as of the last day of 2023, I will be resigning as president of LANREMT. In evaluating my priorities and those of my family, I find that I can no longer perform the required duties of president and commit myself fully to my current position as Chief Executive Officer of the Louisiana Rural Ambulance Alliance (LRAA).
 
I have thoroughly enjoyed my time on the LANREMT Board of Directors and will continue to support its growth and commitment to the EMS practitioners of our state; however, I will need to do so in a non-voting, non-administrative position, considerate of the distinction between the two organizations of LANREMT and LRAA.
 
As I understand the current by-laws, the presidential duties will be assumed by the vice president, Evon Smith until a new election can be held at the next board meeting after the first of the year. I will apprise Ms. Smith of all my responsibilities and deadlines that are applicable. As you know, Ms. Smith is fully committed to LANREMT and will perform her duties with devotion and dedication until decisions can be made for the direction of our association.
 
It is bittersweet that I cannot be in the leadership position as we grow and refresh. I promise you that I intend to be as supportive as time permits for upcoming activities, such as the state legislative session, and, of course, our annual EMT education conference. As a practicing EMS practitioner, I am committed to the conference as a major source of networking and continuing education for all levels of prehospital care.
 
You will continue to see me around in various roles, as your friendship and shared values mean the world to me. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at my personal phone or email address. In the meantime, enjoy your holidays, rest and refresh, and come back in 2024 ready to address the many challenges that we face as an organization and a profession.
 
Be safe and healthy.
 
Very Respectfully,
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Shane J Bellard, AAS, NRP

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LANREMT Paragon

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Baton Rouge, LA 70879-6456
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Shane Bellard, LANREMT President
 
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Louisiana Association of Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technicians

LANREMT's mission is the enhancement of the EMS profession through advocacy, education and awareness. Founded in 1976, LANREMT works with many EMS associations in Louisiana to strengthen the EMS System and to ensure quality patient care. LANREMT is the state affiliate of the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians, NREMT, and is a member of the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, NAEMT.

LANREMT is the only statewide voice for more than 20,000 EMS personnel in Louisiana. Only about 20% of the 20,000 plus emergency medical personnel in Louisiana work full-time as EMS providers. The remaining 80% are members of volunteer rescue squads in their community or workplace. It is through the support of corporations and other caring individuals that LANREMT is able to continue working to improve EMS in Louisiana.

LANREMT members sit on every major E.M.S. board and task force, working to improve EMS in Louisiana. Some of the many committees are: The Education Sub-Committee, The Clinical Care Sub-Committee, The Communications Sub-Committee, The Disaster Sub-Committee, The EMS Terrorism Preparedness Sub-Committee, LERN and The EMS Task Force.

LANREMT sponsors a statewide educational conference. Each year we bring in speakers from around the country. Select "Annual Conference" for more information. LANREMT members receive a discount on their conference registration fee. Many of our chapters sponsor local workshops and refresher courses.

LANREMT maintains a Facebook page and it is there you will find the most timely and up-to-date information on our activities.

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LANREMT BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES

Location: Paragon Casino, Marksville, La
Date: June 9, 2013
Time: 2:36 p. m.
Meeting called to order by: Evon Smith
Pledge lead by: Rob Daughdril
Prayer led by: Debra Huffman
Roll call of Officers and Directors: Kim Nea
l Quorum: X Yes No # Attending: 12 # Absent: 6 # Proxy: 1

Reading of the Minutes:
Rob made a motion to suspend the minutes until after the conference. Second by all present. Called to question; all agreed.
Treasurer's Report:
Rob made a motion to suspend the treasurer's report until after the conference. Second by all present. Called to question; all agreed.
Evon corrected the misunderstanding about Debbie being on the Board. Debbie is a Member at Large.

Unfinished Business:
Legislative
Susan F. refreshed everyone on the SB198 Bill. She advised a certain entity convinced St. Germaine to not present the Bill to the Senate. She would like to have a committee that represents all entities in the state. She also mentioned, "Acadian did not support the Bill either". Butch Browning believes, "We have too many boots on the ground and not enough administrators. Evon stated, "Depending on how we move forward will determine whether or not she will have a job in the future with the Bureau" after July 15th when a new director will be hired". Around $225,000 will be put back into the Bureau along with EMS Seed money the budget will be around $800,000. Ms. Betty is retired and Stephen Phillip/Evon S. are the only 2 persons left at the Bureau of which both will be at the conference until Thursday. They both will apply for the Director's position. It was left at the Paramedic level. AED's are the responsibility of DHH. The Bill was not passed and now DHH are responsible for them anyway (financially). Susan will contact persons like Butch B. , St. Germaine and others about the Bill for the next Session. Kirk L. suggested, "We stand on our own two feet" and send all 37 Senators email information on how we stand. Rob suggested having Acadian Ambulance behind us or in support with us. Kirk suggest to get someone new, young and willing to educate themselves about the Bill. There are a lot of persons that will fight for fire. We just need them to understand it's a profession that are certified and meets the Level of our profession. We should partner with Ambulance Alliance.

Conference-
We need to work on conference policy for the next conference. Everything so far is good to go.

Website-lanremt. org and laemt. com
Rob stated, "The problem is that it is code written. You have to know the code in order to insert anything on the website". He would like to get in touch with his Webmaster to go in and add/change the website. We need to delete the website and start fresh. One suggestion was a website company- www. Go technology. com.
Anyone with suggestions email Rob D. what we want to see on our website for the future such as: conference information, CEU's, Membership, mutual aid and etc. Fred D. motioned to let Rob D. Go ahead and contact Go technology. Second by Bernadine P. Call a question- All responded "I"; all agree. Discussion-Susan suggest we have a list by Wednesday, June 12th to give to Rob D. to give to a company. The motion was Amended by Fred D. Rob will show us the difference between the 2 websites. Susan screamed, "IF THIS IS NOT COMPLETED BY THE TIME THE BILL COMES AROUND AGAIN SHE IS DONE".

New Business-
Re-establish all Chapters/Societies. We have about $4,000 in Industry. There are chapters but, in active President.

Susan made a motion to adjourn at 3:50 p. m. until Wednesday, June 12th after the conference.
All agreed.

Location: Paragon Casino, Marksville, Louisiana
Date: June 12, 2013
Time: 12:35 p.m.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * Continued from Sunday's Meeting.* * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Susan Reported on the Conference. There were 30 vendors present, 175 members registered and the food cost of $18,765.84.

Roll Call by Kim Neal. Evon S., Bernadine P., Kim N., Shanna E., Fred D., Debbie H., Maylyn G., Nancy B., Steve E., Susan F., Kirk L. proxy assigned to Steve E., and Elizabeth B. proxy assigned to Fred D. New members were welcomed. There were 11 voting members, 2 proxies and 1 liaison. They do not take office until July 1st. They are:


Craig Melancon-Industrial President
Donna Ledet – 1 year
Mona Blanchard – Member at Large
David Marcus – Member at Large
Brandon "Jay" Caskey – Member at Large
Keith Carter – La Tactical Society
Jerry Domachk –La Semsic President
*Chapters Reports needed to be given to the secretary.


Rob will make a new gavel from his wood working skills for the Board.

Presidential Appointee – election
Evon would like to have an orientation after the election of new members. Tim stated, "In the past it was brought up but nothing was done." *Our future Board Meetings WILL be on task. The President asked the Parliamentarian -Fred D. to be up to this challenged. All ballots for the Presidential Appointee election was collected.

Treasure Report – asked to report after the conference when all the bills are accounted for. Shanna did report $7,633 + $20,655 (conference revenue), vendors $500 AASI, $500 LAA, $3,000 EMS C. other vendor money is still with LASS thus far. Steve E. reported there are still money that is out and he will contact Donna and Brooke if needed. Shanna needs to know. We spent around $7,000 or so. Since we didn't have a conference last year our account is ahead.
Unfinished Business

Legislative - Rob D. and Susan F. stated to look for emails on the legislative in the future.

Website – Rob D. hopes to have some information on the website. He has looked at neighboring states sites and feel we can do better. He will have at least 3 bids on Web-Master. Susan made a motion to purchase LANEMT.org domain for $6.99 per year and GoDaddy Web host $4.49 per month. Steve E. second the motion. Called to question. All agreed. Rob D. suggest just purchase the domain name and wait to see what the Web-Master company suggest/or the company we will go with. The motion was Amended-Tim M. friendly amended the motion to: purchase Only the Domain name = LANREMT.org and
Presidential Appointees are Susan Fisher, Maylyn Geissler, Steve Erwin, Debbie Hoffman, Rob Daugdil, Barbara Burnitz, Stephanie Felder and Stephen Phillip.

New Business
Evon distributed a ballot of her suggested appointees for a vote of ratification by the Board. Must attend at least 80% of all called & scheduled meetings. To ratify chapters and we have 2/3 of those up and running. The Board needs to support them.
-We need a Business Manager (LPHA has lost numbers in the past from 100 and currently they have 3,000 members). We need someone to do the leg work for our organization. A name was given and some examples of her work has supported what she can do. Janet Merit will be asked to attend the next meeting to share her experience. Steve E. suggest a draft of a job description.
Policy Manual - not the By-Laws. We need something for logistics. Expectations, what do I do, conference info, etc. Evon will move forward to have an official manual. Shanna E., Donna L. and Maylyn is on a committee to write or come up with a job description.
Education-It is our charge to provide education to our members. Evon will get with Kirk L. to write a policy for education for our members. Evon stated, "Possibly La Semsic can be involved; mission statement allow. Donna Ledet – concern about Instructor workshops and BEMS portal. Evon suggests maybe La Semsic could offer a workshop. David M. – La Semsic would interested in doing a workshop.
Membership- Maylyn attended a large organization conference on Membership. They offer life insurance policies, 511, being able to track member's attendance, idea-change to renewal at conference, issues to resolve chapter recertification and they also get a folder with a lot of benefits from companies that support the organization.
We had 40 persons join LANEMT at this conference. Maylyn and Rob will work together on a Membership Software to help keep up with membership.

Ballots & Voting - Evon wants to design a member ballot that is numbered. More discussion at the next meeting.

By-Laws- Susan suggest to have membership whenever it is paid. She stated, "It is in the By-Laws to change the due date". We might need to change By-Laws NOW.

Next year's conference-Survey's basically 41 persons like having the conference begin on a Sunday. Houma, Lafayette and Shreveport were suggested sites for future conferences. Rotating schedule supposedly in place for the conferences. *We decided as a Board to decide where to go next year. Craig M. offered to do PEP TALK. Evon wants Bridget for promotional, items; inventory done' on cups, need to order more patches, sell the mugs. Bernadine has the patches and will take responsibility for selling; will contact Debbie.

Bell of 2011 – where did it go? Does Ken Brown have it to finish box in his shop? Rob D. will follow up on the bell.

Meeting Schedule:

August 10, 2013 at 3801 Harding Blvd., Baton Rouge, La (Refreshments will be served)
November 9, 2013 – TBA
January 11, 2014 – TBA
April 12, 2014 – TBA

Suggestions for next year's conference.
We can have a Legislative day in Baton Rouge 2014 maybe for EMS Day.
June 18, 2014 is Legislative Day at the Capital.
Maylyn suggested beginning the conference on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday and ending on Saturday in Baton Rouge or Lafayette; whichever is better for the organization?
Evon thanked everyone. She would like to set a budget for items that need to be purchased for the conference. The Vice-President is in charge of purchasing items needed for the conference. Bernadine P. did inventory of the patches. We need to inventory and find the stuff from the trailer. Uniforms-Steve E. stated, "All uniforms were given out. He will try to return the pants and get them exchanged for different sizes.

Fred D. made the motion to adjourn the meeting and Bernadine and Debbie second.
Meeting was adjourned at 2:34.