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THE FORUM ESTABLISHED TO FACILITATE THE EXCHANGE AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION REGARDING ALL ASPECTS OF CONTINGENCY PLANNING IN BOTH THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS, INCLUDING BUSINESS INTERRUPTION AVOIDANCE, BUSINESS RESUMPTION PLANNING, CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS, AND DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING.

MINUTES General Membership Meeting July 17, 2014 2:00 – 4:00 PM Attendees:

Member Company Member Company Adam, Deane American Red Cross Dolgin, Harlan Bio-Defense Network, LLC Aguilar, Whitney Scottrade Geiselman, Angela Citibank Althoff, Sandra MasterCard Howard, Kent Monsanto Backer, Cindy MasterCard Knebel, Lara Scottrade Bathon, Anna Lichty, Anthony Edward Jones Bonno, Tim RGA Reddick, David SLU Cannon, Mike Centene Corporation Singer, Laura Graybar Electric Coletto, Chet Mallinckrodt Thomas, Paul Jr. TBS Company Conway, George Magellan Health Services Vernau, Victoria IBM Cunningham, Juanita Centene Corporation Vest, John Charter Communications Davis, Steve Bick Group Westrich, Eric Express Scripts

Guests Beasley, Karen Citibank Kaintz, Mark PandemicPrep.org Rooney, Jim Monsanto

The July General Membership Meeting of the MidAmerica Contingency Planning Forum was held on Thursday, July 17, at the St. Louis County Emergency Operations Center, starting at 2:00 p.m.

MCPF President Shawnee McDonough welcomed all in attendance.

A. Previous Meeting Minutes The June meeting minutes are available on the MCPF web site: www.mcpf.us

B. Program Updates The following upcoming meeting dates and topics are planned:

 August 21 st – Utilizing 3rd party co-location data centers and Cloud providers as part of a Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Plan @ Express Scripts

 September 18 th - Work Smarter Not Harder: Utilizing Technology to Enhance Business Continuity Planning & Event Management @ Scottrade

 October 16 th – MCPF Fall Symposium

Offers to assist with future meeting sites and speakers should be directed to John Steffen at [email protected] or 314-543-2656.

C. Treasurer’s Report No Treasurer’s Report was provided.

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D. Membership Report Members are encouraged to renew their membership via the MCPF website: www.mcpf.us. Enrollment is open for new members as well.

E. Upcoming Activities Upcoming activities that may be of interest to MCPF members include:

 DRJ Fall World – September 7-10 – San Diego, CA

 DRI BCLE2000 Course –September 22-26 at World Wide Technology in St Louis

 DRJ Webinars - http://www.drj.com/special/webinars/

 Missouri SEMA Training Schedule – http://training.dps.mo.gov/sematraining.nsf/TrainingSchedule?OpenForm

F. New Business / Announcements / Miscellaneous

 Open 2015 MCPF Board Positions – Secretary, Program Director, Treasurer – Contact Ann Bathon if you are interested.  Fall Symposium – Moderators and Panel Discussion Members needed – Contact Steve Seton  DRJ Fall World Raffle – contact Shawnee McDonough  Check the website for ongoing and upcoming announcements: www.mcpf.us

G. Featured Topic: Tour of the St. Louis County EOC and discussion of Public/Private cooperation There is no slide deck for this meeting.

The next meeting will be on Thursday, August 21 at Express Scripts, One Express Way, St. Louis, MO 63121.

Recorded by: Kim Battig, MCPF Secretary 314-566-7009