| Business
Meeting:
Bob
Zimmerman called the meeting to order. A quorum was present.
In attendance were: Stacy Bartoletti (Degenkolb Engineers),
Ella Elman (CREW), Eric Holdeman (King County OEM), Bob
Frietag (CREW), Tim Walsh (WA DNR), Joan Scofield (WA OIC),
Kris Ritton (Worksafe Technologies NW), Vaughan Mason (Worksafe
Technologies NW), Lori Dengler (Humbolt State University),
Bill Steele (University of Washington), Gail Dreckman (BPA),
Paul Leighton (Continuity Planning), Mark Seeman (PEP-BC),
Doug McLeod (BC Hydro/EPICC), Bill White (OCIPEP), George
Crawford (WA EMD), Dave Nelson (WA EMD), Mark Darienzo (Oregon
Emergency Management), Michael Lienau (Global Net Productions),
Frank Mazurkiewicz (USACE), Charlie Macaulay (Global Risk
Consultants), George Piva (Astrographic Industries), Ben
Barton (Seattle Mariners Baseball Club), Craig Weaver (USGS),
Ines Pearce (City of Seattle EM), Claudia Ellsworth (PCDEM),
Linda Noson (Linda Noson Associates), Bob Zimmerman (Boeing
Company, Fed Savaglio (Virginia Mason), Woody Savage (USGS
– by phone), Farshad Amiri (by phone), Andre LaDuc
(University of Oregon Hazards Center – by phone), Michael
Park (Intel Corporation – by phone)
1. Approval of Minutes -- Stacy Bartoletti presented minutes
of the July 24, 2003 meeting. Tim Walsh moved and Gail Dreckman
seconded that the minutes be approved as modified. Motion
approved.
2. Financial
Report - Tim Walsh presented the financial report. CREW
had total assets of $29,124.67 ($10,841.47 in cash and $18,283.20
in receivables) as of September 30, 2003. Joan Scofield
moved and Bill Steele seconded that the financial report
be accepted. Motion approved.
3. Project
Team Reports:
a.
Small Business/Homeowners (Ines Pearce)
The tool kit
development is continuing. The intent of the tool kit is
to provide a resource that can be used by a business of
any size to prepare an emergency preparedness plan. The
goal is to have a draft of the tool kit in place by the
end of the year and to distribute the draft for review at
that time. Iness noted that the committee is currently looking
for help identifying best practices in emergency planning
and preparedness. They would like to know what has work
in the past.
Ines reported
that the home retrofit program is getting involvement from
18 cities and counties; however, they need more involvement
from Building Officials. George Crawford offered to help
to get involvement from Building Officials by contacting
WABO.
b. Emergency
Management Organizations (Claudia Ellsworth)
Claudia noted
that she will be forming a committee. Frank Mazurkiewicz
indicated an interest in participating on the committee.
c. Business
Coordination Center (Bob Zimmerman)
Bob noted that the afternoon roundtable discussion will
be devoted to Business Coordination.
d.
Scientific/Engineering Coordination
Bob Freitag discussed
the desire to have CREW fund $5,000 for a document to discuss
the importance of regional damage due to a subduction zone
earthquake. Bob discussed a proposal for such a document
prepared by Lou Clark with the Oregon Department of Geology
and Mineral Industries.
George Crawford
commented that he is in agreement with the need for such
a document but he would like to have more input from CREW
prior to authorizing a specific scope.
Publication costs
would be covered separately by CREW which makes the total
effort more like $8,000 instead of $5,000.
Craig Weaver
and Tim Walsh volunteered to organize a meeting to discuss
the scope and content of such a document. A tentative date
of November 20 at 10:00am was discussed. Notify Tim Walsh
if you are interested in participating.
Bill Steele moved
and Gail Dreckman seconded to set asside $8,000 in the CREW
budget for such a document pending development of a scope
of work. Motion passed.
Bob Freitag discussed
a proposed workshop titled “What Planners Need to Know
About Earthquakes in the Northwest”. Workshop would
discuss risks and tools available. Targeted participants
would be county and city planners, land use planners, and
economic planners. Try to work with APA to develop workshop.
Lori Dengler suggested we get Canada and Northern California
involved in the program to foster participation across the
region. Bob commented that CREW has some money available
for this project but the workshop would need to be held
by March 31, 2004.
Mark Darienzo
moved and Tim Walsh seconded to approve in concept a workshop
as discussed and that a planning committee be established.
Motion passed.
Andre LaDuc volunteered
to lead the planning committee. A potential meeting date
of December 2 at 10:00am in Portland was discussed.
e. CREW
Business Plan (Bob Zimmerman)
No Update.
f. Regional
Coordination Project (Gail Dreckman)
No Update
g. Speakers
Bureau (Gail Dreckman)
No Update
h. National
Earthquake Conference (Bob Zimmerman)
The National
Earthquake Conference will be held on September 26 to 30,
2004 in St. Lois. The program will have a strong business
focus. The conference hopes to draw 400 people nationally.
Woody Savage, Bob Freitag, and Craig Weaver are all on the
planning committee.
i. Web
Site (Ella Elman)
Ella noted three
items to be aware of regarding the CREW web site.
1. No activity
on discussion groups. Board members noted that people may
be having a hard time getting access to the groups. Ella
will make all group leaders email addresses available to
facilitate group access.
2. Membership
process – You can now register through the web site
and pay by credit card or Pay Pal. Board members noted that
it is important to be able to print out the completed application
form and get a receipt for payment or pay by check.
3. Potential
need for a calendar function – Ellas asked for input
on the need for a calendar page. We currently have the events
page but may be able to incorporate a calendar. The Board
recommended keeping the process and maintenance simple by
staying with an events page.
j. Video
Marketing (Bob Freitag and Michael Lienau)
Michael Lienau
reported that he has been working on a documentary of the
earthquake hazard on the Cascadia Subduction Zone for the
past 5.5 years. The product is nearing completion and he
is getting significant interest from public broadcasting
stations to air the program. His company needs funds to
complete the documentary and would like to have CREW as
a partner in the project. He estimates he needs between
$50k and $150k to complete the project. Michael asked if
CREW would be interested in acting as a non profit organization
to handle funds donated for video production in addition
to making a financial contribution to the document.
Several CREW
members expressed a concern over endorsing the documentary
without having seen it. It was recommended that a CREW subcommittee
be formed to review the video and comment on the content
prior to CREW endorsement. Michael noted that the video
needs to be locked in by the end of December and that any
comments need to be provided to him by December 1. He is
very interested in getting CREW comments and including them
in the video.
Bill Steele volunteered
to coordinate a technical review of the video with a goal
to have initial review completed by November 14. George
Crawford will facilitate review by Emergency Planners by
November 14. Bob Freitag will look into legal and financial
implications of CREW managing the finances for the project.
k. Quarterly
Program Activities (Joan Scofield)
The next CREW
Quarterly meeting will be held in Oregon on January 21,
2004. Exact location to be determined. An afternoon roundtable
to discuss Contingency Planning was suggested.
Joan noted that
she will be making an effort to see that information for
upcoming Quarterly meetings such as hand outs and meeting
notes are distributed prior to the meeting to give everyone
a chance to review.
4. New
Business
a. Election of Officers
George Crawford
moved and Mark Darienzo seconded to add Ben Barton and Vaughan
Mason to the Board along with the published list. Motion
passed. Tim Walsh moved and Bill Steele seconded to close
nominations for Board Members. Motion passed.
Joan Scofield
moved and Lori Dengler seconded to keep the current slate
of officers. Motion passed.
The business
meeting was adjourned.
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