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 February 19, 2015 2:00 – 4:00 PM Attendees:
Member Company Member Company Aguilar, Whitney Scottrade Nenninger, Arinda Washington Univ. School of Medicine Apel, Sherry World Wide Technology, Inc. Purington, Tammy Washington University Battig, Kim Centene Corporation Reddick, David Bio-Defense Network Buehler, Marsha Rabo Agri Finance Schormann, Michael Laclede Group Carroll, Lisa Edward Jones Seals, Jon Disaster Recovery Journal Coletto, Chet Mallinchrodt Sexton, R. Scott Technology Partners, Inc. Cunningham, Juanita Centene Corporation Sladek, Cindy Arch Coal Deachan, Molly Edward Jones Smith, Clifford Edwards, Marybeth Scottrade Steffen, John* Charter Communications Greenway, Roy Arch Coal Stephenson, Marc Charter Communications Jurado, Richard Allianz Global Corp & Security Troglio, Lisa Booz Allen Knebel, Laura Scottrade VanderWier, Jerry Ameren Lemmons, Sharyn Express Scripts Westrich, Eric Express Scripts McDonough, Shawnee Woita, Glen Centene Corporation Guests Moretti, Katie US Coast Guard
* Joined via web conference. A total of 12 individuals were present on the web call.
The February General Membership Meeting of the MidAmerica Contingency Planning Forum was held on Thursday, February 19th, at Express Scripts (Evans Avenue), starting at 2:00 p.m.
MCPF President Shawnee McDonough welcomed all in attendance, including the Great Plains Contingency Planners Group from Nebraska joining via web conference.
A. Previous Meeting Minutes The January meeting minutes will be available on the MCPF web site under Meeting Minutes and Presentations: www.mcpf.us
B. Program Updates The following upcoming meeting dates and topics are planned:
March 19th – TBD – Location: World Wide Technology, Inc. April 16 th - TBD
Offers to assist with future meeting sites and speakers should be directed to Jerry VanderWier at [email protected] or 314-554-2776.
C. Treasurer’s Report The Treasurer’s Report was provided by Marc Stephenson. The group has a balance of approximately $8,300 in the checking account. No key activities occurred during the reporting period.
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D. Membership Report The Membership Report was provided by Marybeth Edwards. There are currently 57 paid members, and the annual membership fee is due by the end of March. If anyone has problems paying on the website, please contact Marybeth. Again, 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:
DRI 2015 Conference – March 1-4 in San Antonio, Texas
DRJ Spring World 2015 – March 22-25 in Orlando, Florida
Continuity Insights Management Conference – April 20-22 in Scottsdale, Arizona
F. New Business / Announcements / Miscellaneous
2015 Membership Dues Membership Referral Incentive - $10 Gift Card Disaster Resource Guide – free to members – provide business card to Shawnee DRJ Raffle for Spring World 2015 o Winner: Roy Greenaway – Arch Coal SecureWorld 2015 - St. Louis – MCPF Member as speaker and opportunity to promote MCPF. Contact Shawnee if interested. Check the website for ongoing and upcoming announcements: www.mcpf.us
G. Social Unrest: Lessons Learned from Ferguson - Presented by Mike Marks of Ameren UE, Glen Woita of Centene Corporation, and Gene Weber of Express Scripts.
The presentations from Centene Corporation and Express Scripts are available on the MCPF website (www.mcpf.us) under ‘Meeting Minutes and Presentations’.
Comments from Mike Marks at Ameren UE are summarized below: Prior to the Grand Jury Decision
Planning is critical o Identify potential threats to: . Co-workers (traveling to and from work, traveling between work locations, daily work assignments, potential of getting caught in a quickly developing situation) – importance of personal awareness of surroundings and personal safety . Buildings / facilities
Benefits derived from establishing / Building Relationships with Other Energy Providers/Law Enforcement/Local Corporate neighbors
Establish priorities – let them guide your efforts through the event
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o Importance of remaining flexible in thinking and actions (explore adjustments to working hours and work schedules)
Development and use of a tested operational safety protocol was key to safeguarding the safety of Ameren co-workers
Importance of an emergency communications capability with co-workers
Immediately following the Grand Jury Announcement
Value of the “Watch Center” concept was proven
Put a plan together; work that plan – stay consistent
The speed at which conditions changed across the Metropolitan area was unprecedented; reflects the need to develop agility in thought process, reaction and response. Policy development, on the other hand, is properly done in advance.
Social media is a force to be reckoned with. It can be a force for good and utilized to help tell “your” story. On the other hand, it can quickly make your company and your co-workers “primary targets” of frustration, unrest, and anger.
Importance of flexible and robust people policies
The value of constant, on-going persistent communication (internal and external) cannot be overlooked
Looking Forward
Do we need to develop a strategy to address emergency work in law enforcement “hot zones”
The question we need to ask ourselves as individual, as companies, as a region…We had time to plan for this event; will we be prepared for the next no-notice event?
Congratulations to our Attendance Prize Winners: David Reddick – Bio-Defense Network Glen Woita – Centene Corporation
The next meeting will be the on Thursday, March 19, 2015 at World Wide Technology. See the MCPF Website for additional information.
Recorded by: Lisa Carroll, MCPF Secretary, Office: 314-515-4983
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