St. Louis County Library, Mid-County Branch

Attendees:

Bathon, Anna....................... Bank of America Hill, Pete....................... Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Bender, Jay......................... J. G. Bender & Associates Johnson, Eric................. SunGard Availability Services

Bowker, Kim........................ Mastercard International Kriegshauser, Herman ..... Salvation Army

Bozada, Rick....................... Enterprise Rent-A-Car Laney, Merlin................. A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.

Coleman, Martin................... Federal Reserve Bank Lawhead, Charles........... Bank of America

Davis, Steven....................... The Bick Group Looney, Dan.................. Bank of America

Dolgin, Harlan...................... Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Missouri Luvin, Alan..................... FBI

Donley, Dean....................... Guardsmark, Inc. Mueller, Mike................. Federal Reserve Bank

Ellis, Linda........................... Bank of America Paddock, Milan.............. First Services, L.P.

Ellsworth, Thomas................ Enterprise Rent-A-Car Pearce, Edward.............. First Services, L.P.

Eyres, John......................... Rentsys Pesek, Steve................. Federal Reserve Bank

G’Sell, David........................ Deutsche Financial Services Spears, Keith................. Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Gliane, Al............................ Chubb Group Stewart, Bob.................. Bank of America

Goodum, Elouise.................. Bank of America Tognarelli, Gail............... Mastercard International

Harper, Brad........................ Enterprise Rent-A-Car Traven, Peter.................. Bank of America

Hedges, Bryan..................... Rentsys Woodcock, Gary............ Inflow, Inc.

The regular General Membership Meeting of the MidAmerica Contingency Planning Forum was held on Thursday, March 21, 2002, at the Mid-County Branch of St. Louis County Library, beginning at 3:00 p.m.

Vice President Dean Donley welcomed everyone to the meeting and introductions around the floor were made by all.

The minutes of the February Meeting were not available for review. Secretary Bathon indicated the minutes would be available for review to the overall membership the following week.

Program Director Harlan Dolgin reviewed the 2002 Program and polled the group as to their feelings about a panel discussion regarding 9/11/01 recovery. Everyone expressed interest and Harlan will go ahead and schedule the members of the panel for the April meeting.

Status of our membership renewal process for 2002 was discussed. Mr. Donley commented that applications were available at the sign-in table for anyone that did not receive their renewal notice or any guests interested in joining our group.

New business was the next topic. Upcoming events in the business continuity world were discussed. These included:

CPM 2002 – April 15-17
SEMA MEPA Conference – April 1-3
DRI Course for certification – Angie Swartz is gathering names for participants to potentially scheduling a class

Vice President Donley then moved to the featured presentation – Terrorism in Missouri – Can it Happen Here?. Our featured speaker was Special Agent R. Alan Luvin of the FBI, St. Louis Division. Mr. Luvin has been with the FBI since 1982 in various offices across the nation. From 1996 until March 2002, he was the St. Louis Coordinator for the National Infrastructure Protection Program, Key Asset Initiative Program and InfraGard Program.

¨ The definition of terrorism is – Unlawful use of force or violence against person or property to influence or intimidate a government, civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.

¨ Domestic violence is groups or individuals operating entirely inside the U.S. attempting to influence the U.S. Government or its population.

¨ Threat of terrorism is real and it can happen in Missouri.

¨ Current threats emanate from three sources:

¨ Left-wing terrorists

¨ Special interest groups

¨ Right-wing terrorists

¨ Actual local targets were discussed, i.e. Gateway Arch, Boeing facility, etc.

¨ Funding to terrorists comes from various sources, such as financial institutions or special interest groups.

¨ A few well-known “terrorist” groups include PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), ELF (Earth Liberation Front), Sierra Club, Army of God, Environmental Rangers, ALF (Animal Liberation Front), Greenpeace, EMETIC (Earth First).

¨ These groups are serious, organized, dedicated, maintain no “membership lists”, but into the ideology of the group, provide information through the Internet, and sometimes directs its “members” to travel to foreign countries for training.

¨ Some organized terrorist groups manage legitimate charitable organizations and collect funds. However, some members may funnel funds for illegal purposes unbeknownst to the group or to the top managers.

¨ Terrorist indicators are Ideology and Extremism. Overall, it all boils down to one word – HATE.

¨ A sampling of Right-Wing terrorists include – White Supremacists, Posse Comitatus, Common Law Courts, Sovereign Citizens, Secessionists, certain militias.

¨ A sampling of Special Interest Groups include – PETA, anti-abortion groups, animal rights groups, environmentalists.

¨ The FBI encourages all citizens to report any suspicious activity, regardless of how minor you may think it is. Even the smallest bit of information is important.

¨ The FBI has a service providing threat warnings to security-related professionals referred to as “awareness of national security issues and response”. If you’re interested in receiving these warnings, you can send an email to ANSIR@LEO.GOV or call your local FBI office and request your name be added to the distribution list.

Mr. Luvin fielded questions from the group. Following the question/answer session, Vice President Donley thanked Alan for his informative presentation and gave him an MCPF shirt as a thank-you gift.

The next General Meeting will be held on Thursday, April 18, 2002, beginning at 3:00 p.m. The topic will be What can we learn from the World Trade Center Tragedy? – 9/11 Panel Discussion. Program Director Dolgin is working on the panel.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 4:40 p.m.

Recorded by: Anna M. Bathon, CBCP

MCPF Secretary Office: 314-466-3509

Fax: 314-466-3939 Email: anna.bathon@bankofamerica.com