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Meeting:
Bob
Zimmerman called the meeting to order. A quorum was present.
In attendance were:
Bob Zimmerman (The Boeing Company)
Tim Walsh (Washington DNR)
Kris Ritton (Worksafe Technologies NW)
Doug Marsh (The Boeing Company)
Linda Nolson (LNA)
Steve Guzek (The Boeing Company)
Steve Charvet (University of Washington)
Dave Spicer (Corps of Engineers)
Frank Mazurkiewicz (Corps of Engineers)
Dave Nelson (Washington EMD)
Ed Quarles (Washington EMD)
Ines Pearce (Seattle EM)
Creig Weaver (USGS)
Lu Clark (Oregon Geology DOGAMI)
Dana Christensen (Premera Blue Cross)
Mariyn Nikolas (Standard Insurance DCPA)
Sharon Sorensen (RBCBSO)
Charlie Macanlay (Global Risk Consultants)
Bill White (PSEPC)
Joan Scofield (Washington OIC)
Fred Savaglio (WSHA)
James Bela (Oregon Earthquake Awareness)
Bob Freitag (CREW)
Peter Drakos (University of Washington)
1. Approval of Minutes:
In Stacy Bartoletti's absence, Bob Zimmerman presented minutes
of the January 21, 2004 meeting. Joan Scofield moved and
Ines Pearce seconded that the minutes be approved. Motion
approved.
2. Financial
Report:
Tim Walsh's presented the financial report.
CREW
Financial Statement, First Quarter 2004:
Checking Account balance $9,742.82
Saving Account balance $4,963.30
Receivable (FEMA billed) $47,162.07
Payables -$27,810.09
Net Assets $34,058.10
3. Project
Team Reports:
a. Small
Business/Homeowners (Ines Pearce and Steve Ludeman)
Steve reported that not much progress has been made with
the web site and efforts are being made to update the website.
Much has been accomplished with the Disaster Resistant Business
Initiative
b. Emergency
Management Organizations (Mazurkiewicz and Ellsworth)
No Update.
Fred said that he been having trouble connecting with Claudia,
but will have suggestions prepared for the coming meeting.
c. Scenario
Development (Frietag)
The
Cascadia risk document being prepared by Lu Clark and the
EERI sponsored Seattle Fault Scenario project was introduced,
but discussion was held in the afternoon (Bartoletti). Bob
Freitag presented a brief slideshow of pictures taken during
the CREW/EERI round table exercise on 04/05/04 and discussed
some of the outcomes noting that priority concerns by the
business community were for personal safety for staff and
customers and the ability to navigate surface streets. A
final draft will be send to the membership within the month..
d. Crew
Business Plan (Bob Zimmerman)
Bob
Zimmerman reported that CREW has prepared its annual report
for FEMA. He spoke briefly about how projects are funded
and the overall functions of the budget. The CREW budget
is dependant on FEMA and DHS for the $75,000 given annually.
The only activity that has produced revenue for CREW has
been conferences. A discussion ensued about hosting a future
conference. Craig Weaver stated that during several recent
USGS conferences, views were expressed for the need one
deal with specific risks facing the Cascadia region. Bob
Zimmerman agreed that the idea should be pursued. Joan Scofield
suggests that this should be the topic of the next meeting.
e. Regional
Coordination Project (Freitag)
Bob
Freitag spoke of continued involvement with EPICC in support
of their effort to prepare for Vancouver's coming Olympic
games. This event could provide an opportunity for strengthening
our cross boarder partnership and address a need that is
not being realized by us Yanks.
f. Speaker Bureau (Freitag and Steel)
Bob
Freitag and Bill Steel have been involved in giving presentations.
g. National
Earthquake Conference (Zimmerman, Weaver)
The
National Earthquake Conference will be held on September
27 to 29, 2004 in St. Lois. Craig Weaver spoke of the effort
being undertaken to engage the private sector. Global Net
Productions is preparing a video for the conference. CREW's
Business Survival Tool Kit will be included in a set being
given to each attendee.
h. Web Site (Elman and Amiri)
No Update
i. Videos (Freitag)
Bob
Freitag expresses the need for volunteers to help with sales
and marketing of the videos packages. At the current price
the videos are not selling, Bob thinks a new approach needs
to be undertaken. Tim Walsh suggests placing them in academic
media catalogs for distribution to schools. Lou Clark suggests
clips should be sent to the business media community for
promotion. Bob would like to send free copies to neighborhood
planning comities and chambers of commerce.
It was
suggested that Bob ask CREW members for ideas and possible
create a marketing committee.
j. Quarterly Program Activities (Scofield)
The
use or lack of use of Internet forums was discussed and
Zimmerman stated the process was still not streamlined enough.
Bob Zimmerman and Bob Freitag will work with Ella Elman
in streamlining the process
4. New
Business:
CREW
will continue to consider ways to support EPICC with the
coming Olympics. CREW will consider creating a working group
to lend support, increase our preparedness and take advantage
of the opportunity. The possibility of holding workshops
between Seattle and BC will be an topic discussed at out
next meeting..
The
next CREW Quarterly meeting will be held in Oregon at Newport
Marine Center on July 22nd, 2004 as a first priority or
on July 26th if the 22nd does not work. Elections will take
place at the July meeting. Active board members will be
contacted regarding re-nomination.
Current
nominations for the board: Dave Spicer
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