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The Bondsman
222 Northeast 27th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Office: 405.524.5920
Fax: 405.601.6484
Toll Free: 1.866.374.6257
Website: www.okbondsman.com
THE BONDSMAN
OBA ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
ELECTS 2008-09 OFFICERS
A WORD FROM OUR
PRESIDENT
Dudley Goolsby, Jr., re-elected OBA’s President at the June 2nd Annual
Membership Meeting, with newly elected Treasurer Dennis Wharton from
Tulsa. Wharton replaces Anita Baker as the OBA Treasurer on September 1st.
NEW OKLAHOMA LAW AND
REGULATIONS BECOME
EFFECTIVE IN JULY
A new law affecting the
bail bond industry adopted
by the Oklahoma Legislature, in addition to new
bond regulations promulgated by the Oklahoma
Insurance Department,
become effective in July.
An explanation of both the
new law and new regulations can be found on the
Oklahoma Bondsman Association web site at www.
okbondsman.com.
All OBA members should
access the web site and
familiarize themselves with
the latest changes in the
law and regulations.
Questions should be referred to the Bail Bond
Division of the Oklahoma
Insurance Commissioner’s
office.
OBA TO CONSIDER NEW VOTING
METHOD
PRE-LICENSE
SCHOOLS
Following suggestions from members attending the
annual membership meeting and the two educational
conferences in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, the OBA
Board will consider possible changes in the association’s method of membership voting. One possibility is to change the association’s Constitution and
Bylaws to provide for a mail-in ballot.
“In person” voting, with no proxies or absentee
ballots, is required by the current Constitution. A
change to a mail-in ballot will require some amendments to the Constitution, and that would require a
general membership meeting to adopt the changes.
All of this, and some other considerations, will be
taken by the Board at upcoming meetings.
September 4 & 5, 2008
Pre License School
December 4 & 5, 2008
Pre License School
For additional
information, contact
the Oklahoma Bondsman
Association at
(405) 524-5920 or
(866) 374-6257.
WELCOME NEW BONDSMEN FOR 2008
Tammy Berglan
Jennifer Burchfield
Jack Coldiron
Danielle Duplissey
Misty Freas
Rosemary Hernandez
Christy Horton
Terri McClinton
Dustin Moore
Oklahoma County
Major County
Payne County
Leflore County
Beckham County
Washita County
Rogers County
Custer County
Atoka County
Lawrana Patterson
Michael Pugh
David Schafer
Jeanette Smith
Rochelle Smith
Chauncey Summers
Tamara Wagoner
James Walenciak
Chad Young
Lincoln County
Tulsa County
McClain County
Pushmataha County
Garfield County
Tulsa County
Pittsburg County
Tulsa County
Seminole County
OBA’s annual membership meeting was
held Monday, June 2, at the association’s
headquarters building in Oklahoma
City. In addition to hearing the annual
state of the association report from
the President, the membership elected
officers and directors for the 2008-09
fiscal year.
Only one current Board member or
officer failed to be re-elected. Anita
Baker, the association’s Treasurer was
replaced by Dennis Wharton of Tulsa. The
remainder of the Officers and Directors
remain the same: Dudley Goolsby, Jr.,
President; Jerry Dowell, Vice President;
Gina LeBoeuf, Secretary; Russel Roberts,
Director at Large; Dicky Kidd, SE Region
Director; Joe Bob Nelson, SW Region
Director, and Zig Ziegler, NW Region
Director.
In a note for this issue of the OBA NEWS
the new treasurer, Dennis Wharton, said,
“I first want to express my respect for
the service Anita Baker has provided to
the OBA during her term as our Treasurer.
We owe her a debt of gratitude for the
time and effort she has expended on
behalf of the OBA.”
Tr e a s u r e r W h a r t o n i s a 1 9 5 5
graduate of Tulsa’s Holy Family High
School, completed a B.S. in Business
Administration (Economics major) in
1962 at the University of Tulsa, and
graduated form the Western State
University School of Law with a J.D.
degree in 1973.
I was reading a column about
Tim Russert and was struck by a
statement regarding his style as
moderator of the Sunday morning
premier talk show, MEET THE
PRESS.
Russert felt; “If you can’t
answer the tough questions you
can’t make the tough decisions”,
at the same time he was always
careful to withdraw at a certain
point, the better to not cross the
line between tough and hostile in
the publics eye.
I was reminded of the tone
used by some of our members in
our questions to Sheriff Whetsel
when he was a guest speaker
at our Continuing Education
school.
Dudley Goolsby, Jr.,
OBA President.
2008 OBA SCHEDULED
BOARD MEETINGS
The next two meetings of the
OBA Board of Directors are scheduled for 10:00 am, Thursday, August 21 and September 18, at the
Association headquarters building
in Oklahoma City. All interested
members are invited to attend.
TULSA BONDSMEN ELECT
2008-09 OFFICERS
The Tulsa bondsman association, ABAT, elected its 2008-09
officers during its April meeting.
Officers for the coming year are:
President, Rusty Roberts; Vice
President, Doyle Davis; Secretary,
Karen Ringgold; and Treasurer,
Holly Rosser.
2008
SIXTY-THREE TAKE
DOOR PRIZES AT OBA
CONFERENCES
OBA members walked away with 63
door prizes during the association’s two
educational conferences in June. The two
OBA one-year memberships went to Jane
Wilcoxson, Woodward, in Oklahoma City,
and Bob Taylor, Locust Grove, at the Catoosa
program.
Other prize winners were as follows:
Global CD Player - Sheila Van Brunt: Royal
Crosscut Shredder - Esmeralda Garcia &
Brenda Mondragon: Canon Calculator - Rusty
Roberts & Cheryl Hendrix: Maglite Flashlight
- Paul McGowan & Susan Kay: Cuisinart Coffee
Maker - Gina Wolf & Liz Wallen: Magna Cart
Personal Hand Truck - Karen Fields & Rhonda
Qualls: Good Year Roadside Assistance Kit Kenneth Daniel &Tuesday Stepp: Skyscan
Atomic Clock -Randall Lewis & Steve Purvis:
Global MP3 Digital Player - C. J. Knight
& Kristina Berglan: Java Daves/ Made In
Oklahoma Products - Sam Goad & Jennifer
Emerson: and the Cherokee Casino Golf
Weekend went to Vicki Hall.
Prizes of $50 cash from American Century
Life Insurance Company were won by Tammi
Wilkinson, Hollie Britton, Keith Eggenberg,
Shawn McClanahan, Terry Horton, Pat Dobson,
Sandy Cousins, and Scott Waugh.
A bunch of members took home $50
Gas Cards donated by the Allegheheny
Casualty and International Fidelity Insurance
companies: Marilyn Pledger, Rochelle Smith,
Tim Carter, George Brumley, Ron Shirell, Tony
Fuller, Kenny Boyer, Catheena Anderson, Marty
Daggs, Debbi Tucker, Joe Bob Nelson, Vicki
Harbert, Judy Berglan, Angela Ridenhour,
Michael Brewer, Danny Askins, Janice Goad,
Denise Scott-Esparza, Bryan Shed, Robert
Inman, Paulette Moss, Denise Bowline-Kimrey,
Lecrecia Evans, and Steve Fowler
SOR Training Center provided free
attendance certificates to four of its training
courses: Tactical Weapons Course - Bill Betts
& Bronson French; Fugitive Investigations
- Tracy Cox & Marilyn Girdner; Use of
Force Options - Michael McGregor & Billy
Dismuke; and Skip Tracing - Jonathan King,
Linda Estrada, Paul Northcutt, and Sharlet
Balcom.
There was a table full of free-take home
items donated by Allegheny Casualty
Company, International Fidelity Insurance
Company, Roche Casualty and Surety
Company, Seneca Insurance Company,
Creative Software Solutions, and Express
Employment Professionals.
Nearly one out of every ten members took
home a door prize this year.
THE 2008 EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCES