Deane Adam American Red Cross Nicola Longford Missouri Historical Society

William Alvord Defense MegaCenter – St. Louis Louis C. Mossotti Special Services

Susan Armstrong Barnes-Jewish Hospital Melvyn Musson Musson Consulting

Frank Arnoldy, Jr. City of Crestwood Connie Nordman National General Insurance Co.

Anna Bathon NationsBank Stephen Perkins National Alliance Insurance Co.

Wendy Borowsky Emerg. Animal Rescue Svc. Ronald Presson EPI, Inc.

Michael Cannon NationsBank Timothy Proost A. G. Edwards & Sons

Tad Davies The Bick Group Tom Roeseler NationsBank

Valerie DeMesa-Bruemmer United Animal Nations EARS Kimberly Schoo National Alliance Insurance Co.

Dean Donley Guardsmark, Inc. Paul Thomas City of Kirkwood

David G’Sell Express Scripts, Inc. Randy Till MasterCard International

Carolyn Gonzalez MasterCard International Clint Williams BJC Health System

Herman Kriegshauser Kriegshauser Mortuaries Timothy Woerther NationsBank

The regular general business meeting of the Mid-America Contingency Planning Forum was held at the American Red Cross on Thursday, August 20, 1998, and began at 3:00 p.m.

President Tom Roeseler welcomed everyone, members and guests, and thanked them for attending. He next introduced Mike Farley, CEO of the Bi-State Chapter of the American Red Cross. Mr. Farley welcomed everyone to his facility and commented that recover y occurred 2-1/2 times quicker with plans in place.

A review of the July 16 meeting minutes took place. The minutes were approved as presented.

Program Director Tim Proost gave an update on the program status and highlighted the date changes for the September and December meetings. The September meeting will be on 9/24 due to a conflict with the DRJ conference, and the December meeting will be held on 12/3 to avoid conflicts with the upcoming holidays.

Proposed changes to the Forum’s Bylaws was the next order of business. Tim Woerther discussed major changes that had been made; namely, Page 4 – additional positions; Pages 5/6 – duties changes; and Page 8 – addition of a Nominating Committee. Mel Muss on indicated he had several changes he would like to implement, and he will head a committee to review these additional recommendations. This group will consist of Mel, Paul Thomas, and Anna Bathon. Membership packets will be developed and distributed to all current members after approval of these additional changes. Mr. Musson then made a motion to approve the Bylaws as presented with the understanding of the review of his suggested changes. The motion was seconded and approved by the members present.

New business items was the next order of business. Mr. Musson informed the group that a one-day workshop on "DR Preparation and Recovery" would be held on October 7 and presented by BOMA. An orientation exercise would be conducted in the afternoon, and a mobile command unit would be available. The workshop will be held at the Graphics Communication Center (south of Edward Jones on Progress Parkway). Individuals wishing information on this session should contact Mel Musson at 314/461-0536.

The final order of business was the featured presentation – Disaster Preparation for the Home and Office – presented by Deane Adam of the American Red Cross (ARC). Deane discussed programs and services available through the ARC that could be uti lized in preparing a recovery plan or during an actual emergency event.

• CPR and First Aid classes for company employees/associates. A minimum of ten (10) participants is required to conduct the class onsite and a charge would be incurred for each participant.
• "Train the Trainer" for CPR and First Aid classes is available.
• Education for employees and their families about how to prepare for and react appropriately to disasters.
• Help develop a business preparedness and recovery plan to reduce a disaster’s impact on your business operations.
• Disaster classes (at no charge).
• Resource table with brochures, class schedules, and magnets.
• "Disaster is Everybody’s Business" folder available.
• Business and Industry Book available.
• Business Self-Assessment forms available.
• Canteen set up at individual disasters.

Deane commented on what businesses can do for the Red Cross; namely, provide approximately 5,000 to 10,000 square feet of warehouse space, lighting, AC/heating, 24x7 access, a loading dock. Warehouse space could be made available both during disaster a nd peace times.

The next meeting of the MCPF group will be held on Thursday, September 24, 1998, 3:00 p.m., at NationsBank Plaza in downtown St. Louis. The featured topic will be PC Disaster Recovery from the Desktop to the Server presented by Tim Woerth er of NationsBank Contingency Preparedness.

This meeting was adjourned at 4:30 p.m.

Recorded by: Anna M. Bathon

Secretary

Office: 314/466-3509

Fax: 314/466-3921