Contributed by: NateBerry on Tuesday, February 20 2018 @ 12:09 pm PST
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Barbara Connolly conducted the meeting and Nate Berry took the minutesSpecial Mentions
Pete Schuman not here - Barbara will send something
Jim from Brookhaven is in hospital
Kit is also in rehab after surgery
Communications
Barbara read the minutes of the last meeting and they were accepted.
Two letters were sent - one to Jeff thanking him for the class and one to Copaigue
Sent a note about Waterous class but it can only be on a Saturday and didn't get enough response to justify holding it. Bill spoke about how good the class was in Westbury and will try to reschedule.
Finance
LIEVT is doing well financially, Barbara has a lot of checks to deposit.
There is currently:
$3,000 in savings
$3,800 checking (minus some for shirts) and the bill for insurance is still to be be paid
Whats Going on?
Cory is one of the founders of Haas Alert. Company started when he was almost killed on a motorcycle in Chicago by an ambulance and he wanted to come up with some way to alert drivers about emergency apparatus operating in their area. Cars and phones are now very connected devices. Broadcasting real time presense data from emergency apparatus when the emergency lights is engaged so that drivers see this info in their in-dash systems. This requires integration with auto manufacturers which is what they are working on. Cities are requesting this type of smart notification and requires a standard method, so they are working with DHS to make this happen. Will be on GSA contract. $120 retail one time purchase for the trigger which attaches to the emergency light and bluetooth to an internet connected device.
One of our member's departments have 20 units installed and says they are working as advertised at this time.
Presentations
There was no raffle at this meeting. Nate from FRC donated a Spectra 240V LED light which was returned, repaired, working, but not in saleable condition (some scratches). It will be held for the next meeting as a give-away.