New awards: Oxnard College Company Officer AS & COA starting Fall of 2021. Please share with anyone interested.
Good afternoon,
Many of you now know from our last CFTDA meeting and email that was released from the Office of the State Fire Marshal, but if you have not here is the official press release for Chief Henning’s promotion.
https://mailchi.mp/fire/osfm-announcing-the-appointment-of-chief-henning-4695271?e=773a22ab4e
Teaching Opportunity Adjunct Faculty Member Oxnard College with focus on EMT
Oxnard College is in need of adjunct/part time faculty members to teach as part of their EMT program Fall of 2021 and Spring of 2022. If interesting please apply at the following link by April 30th:
If you have any questions in regards to the program or position, feel free to call Matthew Jewett at 805-678-5307
Adjunct Faculty Member Oxnard College with focus on SFT Company Officer Courses
Oxnard College is in need of adjunct/part time faculty members to teach their new Company Officer A.A./A.S. Degree program Fall of 2021 and Spring of 2022. We have extended the deadline to May 31st. If interested please apply at the following link by May 31st:
If you have any questions in regards to the courses or position, feel free to call Matthew Jewett at 805-678-5307
Good morning CFTDA!
Just a friendly reminder that the deadline for membership dues is coming up on April 1st! For those that have paid thank you very much! For those that have not yet paid, please contact Scott Jaeggi to ensure you are up-to-date. We know that if your school is paying for you it may take time.
Additionally, each school should have received your survey link for the Fire Technology side, we are working on the EMS-specific survey and that should be hitting your inboxes in early April. All surveys must be in before July 1st. This information is invaluable to our programs. If your school has not seen an email from either myself or Jeff Baumunk please let us know. Again, thank you very much to those who have already completed them.
Have a great weekend!
Very Respectfully,
Peter Cacossa
Good afternoon everyone!
We just wanted to give everyone a heads up. Jeff Baumunk and I will be sending out the electronic course catalog survey here shortly. It will be on Microsoft Forms and fairly easy to complete in 10-15 minutes. It will go to one designee per school so there will not be any duplication of work if you want to let us know who that designee will be you can let Jeff or I know. As a heads up, there will be a second survey going out for the EMS side as well. Here is the breakout of schools between the two of us:
Jeff
- Allan Hancock College 11. Palomar College
- Bakersfield College 12. Rio Hondo College
- College of the Desert 13. San Diego Miramar College
- Crafton Hills Community College 14. Santa Ana College
- El Camino College 15. Sierra College
- Glendale Community College/Verdugo Fire Academy 16. Solano Community College
- Imperial Valley College 17. South Bay Regional Public Safety
- Moreno Valley College/Ben Clark Training 18. Southwestern College
- Mt. San Antonio College 19. Victor Valley College
- Oxnard College 20. Yuba College
Peter
- American River College 11. Las Poistas College
- Butte Community College 12. Los Medanos Community College
- Chabot Community College 13. Merritt College
- City College of San Francisco 14. Modesto Jr. College
- College of the Sequoias 15. Monterey Peninsula College
- College of the Siskiyous 16. Porterville Community College
- Columbia College 17. San Mateo College
- Cosumnes River College 18. Santa Rosa Junior College
- Fresno City College 19. Shasta Community College
- Lake Tahoe Community College
Please click the link below to view the recording:
CFTDA CHALLENGE COINS PROPOSAL
Following our September Zoom Meeting, a subcommittee comprised of Randy Collins, Pete Cacossa, Jeff Baumunk and Tommy Tunson met to develop a design for a Challenge Coin to be presented to the membership for approval. To that end, a design has been selected and a proof enclosed. While not shown on the proof, the organization’s mission statement (Dedicated to Promoting High Quality Fire Technology Education and Training) will be engraved on the edges of the coin.
Hi everyone! We greatly appreciate your time, energy, and effort in completing the following questions. The intent of this survey is to better understand best practices in selection criteria and processes for Firefighter Academy applications within the California Community College system. Your responses will help us drive industry forward as we implement impactful, positive changes within our own system. Click here for the Survey Link
To All CFTDA Members:
At last November’s meeting, it was requested that our By-Laws be amended to reflect the following changes:
- Removing the provision that would allow mail-in ballots.
- Establishing a different dues rate for Professional members.
- Requiring an individual to have paid their dues in order to have access to the website.
- Moving the time dues are payable from a calendar year to a fiscal year
- Making any other changes deemed appropriate.
To that end, during that meeting a subcommittee comprised of Randy Collins and Gail Warner was appointed to draft these amendments which have subsequently been shared with the Board of Directors. After their review, it was recommended the changes as shown in the attachment move forward for consideration by the membership FYI: all additions are highlighted in yellow and deletions appear in red font). A summary of these changes is as follows:
- Removing the provision allowing for mail-in ballots (Article III D). In the spirit of item 5 above, a provision in this section was added to allow voice or roll-call voting during a meeting conducted in a ZOOM format. To promote consistency, this was also addressed in Article VIII D-1.
- Because the By-Laws already permit the amount of dues to be established by the Board of Directors (Article II H-4) it was not deemed necessary to address different dues rates in this document. However, a provision was added to this section to identify when dues would be considered delinquent and a member no longer “in good standing”.
- A provision was added to Article II H-5 to specify that only a member in good standing would be entitled to the benefits of membership (including website access).
- Although it was contemplated to change when dues are payable to coincide with a fiscal year, upon recommendation of our Treasurer and concurrence with the Board, it was agreed to leave the term of the dues on a calendar year (Article II H-4). To avoid any misinterpretation when dues were considered delinquent, the date of April 1 was added to this section.
Please take a few minutes to review these changes and if you have any concerns or comments, be prepared to discuss at Friday’s meeting. Also, please note that because the By-Laws require any proposed changes to be brought before the membership 15 days before a vote, this threshold has not been met which means, we can only discuss the changes Friday and then vote upon them at our next meeting.
Any questions, feel free to contact me at [email protected].
Thanks Randy