Please disregard the previous post for the Burn Foundation meeting. This was posted on the wrong web site! This is what happens when one manages too many sites, I suppose. 
The December GOFSEA meeting will be held as scheduled. Wednesday, 13 December, 2006 at 11:30 a.m. at Ronald McDonald House, Dayton.
We now have a Google email user group to help us stay connected. Use this to communicate outside of normal meetings, when you have questions about fire and life safety education, when you want to share or discuss a hot topic, or when you want to contribute in any way to help other safety educators.
The site link is groups.google.com/group/gofsea
This is a closed group. If you are not already a member of the group (you would have received an email), please email gofsea@googlegroups.com to request membership or use this form.
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Treasurer Mike Blakesly reminds us that we should submit our dues for 2006. Because notices were not sent out, the members present at the March meeting voted to reduce the dues for 2006 to $10.
If you paid prior to this, please accept our thanks for being prompt and helping the organization stay on track.
Your dues support projects, purchase resources, and pay for web site expenses. As a paid member, you have voting privilege and access to resources that others may not have.
Please use the member application found in the right hand site menu. Be sure to mark out $15 and indicate $10 instead.
Washington Township (Montgomery County) Fire Dept. may be hiring a part-time fire and life safety educator. Anyone interested is encouraged to contact Chief Ken Parks or Fire Marshal Mike Long to express interest. The part-time educator will work in conjunction with the career fire and life safety educator. Duties will be primarily related to safety education class delivery in the local schools. Hours will be limited to no more than 32 per week. This is NOT an opportunity toward full-time status.
Contact number is 937.433.3083.
Is the Greater Ohio Safety Educators Association a benefit to you? Do you want to contribute your expertise to help others improve their skills in fire and life safety education? Do you think GOFSEA is meeting the mission statement? Should the organization continue? Is there something else you think we should be doing to be a worthwhile organization for fire and life safety educators? Is there a better way for us to communicate with you? Do you have ideas for meeting format, location, or frequency?
There are 120 members on the mailing list. The board would like to hear from you. Please do one or more of the following to provide your input regarding the above questions:
1) Fill out the current poll
2) Email us
We will compile all answers, comments, suggestions and discuss them at the February meeting. Please respond by January 31, 2006. Remember: NO comment is an answer. If we do not see interest in giving feedback, we will assume there is no interest in the organization. Please voice your thoughts!
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Rich has finished another episode of the Home Safe 411 podcast. In this episode he shares information from the Home Safety Council about fall injuries and deaths. Share this with everybody you know!
You can listen to the show at homesafe411.podomatic.com or subscribe via your favorite “podcatcher.” Don’t forget to send in your voice feedback. Call 206-350-5628 or use the record feature at the website.
As always, Rich includes some great new music for your enjoyment. Featured this time is the song “Fall Away” by Velvet Chain.
The Hillsboro Firefighters have announced the retirement of Assistant Chief David Lowell. They held a retirement dinner for Chief Lowell on Saturday, October 22, 2005.
Lowell is a member of the NOVA Crisis Team, the Ohio Crisis Response Team, and Scout Master for Boy Scout Troop 171. He recently deployed to Mississippi to assist with hurricane recovery efforts.
Congratulations, Dave!
