MINUTES
Board
of Directors Meeting
May 6, 2003 9:00 a.m.
Conference Call
v Attendees: Anna Bathon, Carl Brooks, Harlan Dolgin, David
G’Sell, Mike Smiley, Angie Swartz-Peterson
Guests: Ed Pearce, Tim Woerther
The
meeting of the Board of the MidAmerica Contingency Planning Forum was held on
May 6, 2003, over a conference bridgeline.
President Angie Swartz-Peterson called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.
Program update – locations for all
meetings except for September and November have been identified and
confirmed. Some possible meeting sites
include St. Luke’s Hospital, County EOC.
Speakers are confirmed except for Rich Janis with William Tao
Engineering for the July meeting.
Membership status – 31 new members and
44 renewals for 2003 have been received to date. Ed Pearce is actively soliciting new members through a banking
network group he is developing and will forward those names to Mike
Smiley. Outstanding membership was
discussed. Ann will forward a current
membership list to Mike and he will follow up as to whether the outstanding
individuals will renew or should be dropped from the database.
Website status … Mike commented some
links appeared not to be working properly.
The Calendar feature was not opening for most on the call. Carl will investigate this. Updates to the site will be completed once a
month, following distribution of the monthly announcement. The deadline will be first business day of
each month with updates completed by end-of-day the second business day. Harlan will deliver the announcement for May
later today and will ensure future announcements are prepared and ready for
distribution by the last day of each month.
Angie announced she will need to resign
her position due to a job relocation to London. She will be moving by mid-July.
Current members will cover the President position until the elections in
November.
The group discussed concerns with
involving the media in meetings and the purpose for these contacts. It was agreed the media contacts would be
utilized for exposure of the group and as an attempt to increase
membership. Ed Pearce commented there
would be a conflict of interest if the media became members of the Forum. Therefore, the group agreed to modify the
membership application for media contacts and request they complete this for
accurate recordkeeping purposes and annual update information.
The next meeting of the Board will be
scheduled for early June; Angie will send out a notice. There being no further business, the meeting
adjourned at 9:55 a.m.
Recorded by: Anna M. Bathon, CBCP
Secretary
Office: 314.466.3509
Fax: 314.466.3939
Email: anna.bathon@bankofamerica.com