MINUTES
General
Membership Meeting
June
15, 2000
3:00 p.m.
Attendees:
Adam,
Deane
American Red Cross
Kousky,
Ken
Wave Technologies, Int'l.
Alvord,
William R.
DISA Area Command–St. Louis
Laney,
Merlin
Ameren/UE
Arnoldy,
Jr., Frank
City of Crestwood
Mandrell,
Jon
Bank of America
Bathon,
Anna M.
Bank of America
Musson,
Melvyn
Edward Jones
Battig,
Kim
Firstar
Paddock,
Milan
First Services, L.P.
Bausch,
Fred
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
Saab, Michelle
Disaster
Recovery Journal
Bonno,
Timothy
SBC
Communications, Inc.
Schepers,
David
Ameren Services
Bosse,
Jim
Smallwood,
Lisa
Bank of America
Brooks,
Carl E.
Union Pacific Technologies
Smiley,
Michael
St. Louis County Police OEM
Chew,
Wayne
Lowery Systems, Inc.
Swartz,
Angela
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Dolgin,
Harlan
Firstar Corporation
Thomas,
Jr., Paul R.
G'Sell,
David
Deutsche Financial Services
Till,
Randy
MasterCard International
Gualberto,
Tina
CitiMortgage
Walter,
Robert
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.
Harper,
Brad
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Weber,
Jill
Edward Jones
Hoffmann,
III, Jim
Recall Total Information Mgt.
Wakeman, David
The regular General Membership
Meeting of the MidAmerica Contingency Planning Forum was held on Thursday, June
15, 2000, at Ameren UE Office, beginning at 3:00 p.m.
Treasurer Angie Swartz
welcomed all the members and guests to the meeting and thanked Ameren for
hosting the meeting. Introductions
of all present were made. She
reminded everyone that there remained outstanding dues, and these should be sent
to her attention with a new application for updating purposes.
MCPF golf shirts are now
available at a price of $22 in either black or white.
The group emblem is stitched on the left chest area in color.
Anyone wishing to order a shirt should send a request to Angie or forms
will be available at future meetings or through email.
The group was informed that
Dean Donley, Vice President of MCPF, had accepted a position out of state and,
therefore, had tendered his resignation from the Board.
Everyone expressed good wishes for him in the future.
The Red Cross grant money
available to conduct training sessions will be used on ebusiness recovery
concerns or development of general recovery plans.
There were 34 survey responses received, and the results were 62% for
ebusiness and 38% for general plans. A
brief discussion on this subject followed.
Mrs. Swartz informed the group
that the next general meeting would be held on Thursday, July 20, 2000, at
American Red Cross. Brook Dubman of
Carol House Furniture will be the speaker and the topic will be a case study in
recovery.
Program
Director Mike Smiley next introduced the group to Ken Kousky, President of Wave
Technologies International as the featured speaker. His topic was on "Information Management in Emergency
Planning" and his presentation concentrated on lessons learned by the Y2K
preparations and activities. Key
points of his discussion included:
¨
Money
spent preparing for Y2K is estimated at $380-800 billion.
¨
An
increase in E-Business has opened numerous companies to tremendous exposures and
some of these points have been identified.
¨
Concerns
of E-Business are security and control versus ease of use.
¨
The
global information market makes access to information/material universal and
easily accessible, for both good and bad users.
¨
Estimates
imply losses from electronic theft will more than replicate the money spent on
Y2K preparation.
¨
Start
with Y2K plans to develop E-Business plans.
¨
Following
Y2K activities, you should be starting with a well-cataloged, well-defined list
of inventory.
¨
Look
at operations outside of the IT area. Ask
Sales group what happens if customers cannot use their electronic access mode.
Handouts
of Mr. Kousky's presentation are available in hardcopy only.
If interested in receiving a copy, please contact Secretary Anna Bathon
and she will send a copy out.
A
tour of the Ameren facilities and the dispatch center was offered to those
present. Most of the attendees did
take the tour and several nice comments were heard following the tour.
There being no further
business, the meeting was adjourned at 4:45 p.m.
Recorded by: Anna M. Bathon, CBCP
Secretary
Office: 314.466.3509
Fax: 314.466.3939
Email: anna.bathon@bankofamerica.com