Clarice welcomed everyone and all made introductions. August meeting minutes stand approved as written.

• Balance as 9/9/04 - $14,759.16
• Conference has brought in so far $8360.00

• Working on members survey and will submit via email.

• Currently have 191 people registered. Many are faxing registration forms to Debbie and some are registering on line. Thank you Dorothy Vannoy for the great job on the web page so people can register on line.
• Debbie has updated brochures listing all of our vendors & sponsors. She has registration forms if you need to register----Debbie needs a head count so she can give a pretty good estimate on the box lunches.
• The ads are running in the News & Record. Ad ran in yesterday’s Life section and will be in Sunday’s Business section. Next Wednesday’s Life section will run the ad once more. Thanks to Donna Nelson and Beth Earnst for putting the ad together—looks great!
• Sponsors & Vendors – your generosity continues to amaze me. Many of you are giving money both as sponsors and vendors. We have more sponsors this year than we have had in the previous years.
• I encourage all of you to support our vendors. Give them an opportunity to bid on your business---they are supporting our LEPC.
• Speakers are all in place.
• Need volunteers for moderators. Debbie will provide you with the information & bios on your speaker. It is very important to start and stop on time. Let’s remember to give attendees time to visit the vendors.
• Goody Bag items and Giveaways---please if you have something we would greatly appreciate your contribution. For the Goody Bags we would like to have 400, but if you do not have that much, please send what you have available. For giveaways, please be sure to place your business card on the item or items so Debbie can recognize you and your company for the donation.
• Golf anyone? Sign up sheets are available today.
• We do have a snag with the Coliseum. Rotary Club will be having a two hour lunch meeting in one of the rooms we need. Coliseum is going to give us one of the other meeting rooms that will hold around 10 vendors and the food will also be in that room. This will be a little different, but should not cause any problems. Debbie’s committee is meeting at the Coliseum on Monday (9/13) at 11:00 a.m. to plan the setup.
• We could use a backup laptop & projector. Anyone willing to help us? Please let Debbie know.
• Also, could use a couple of easels to hold signs. Ciba will make our signs—they will make one for each classroom and a thank you to our sponsors.
• Volunteers are needed to help with registration and technical people to help with the speaker’s presentations. Need some volunteers to help the vendors with setup.
• Thank you to the Education & Outreach Committee---Doug Canavello, George McClintock, Eddie Raynard, Alice Rimmer, Beth Earnst, Donna Nelson, Buddy Carter, Carin Kromm, Larry Eller, and Eric Patton.
• Some of the committee members may not be seen at the LEPC Meetings, but they work really hard on this conference each year. They truly care about it being successful and a good reflection on the LEPC.

TERG – Barry Tilley

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• Committee will meet on September 20^th at the Greensboro City Training Center.

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• Emails are coming in for the conference. Dorothy is busy keeping the web page updated for the LEPC Conference.
• Please let Dorothy know if you have any changes that need to be made.
• Again, great job Dorothy on the LEPC Web page!

• October 14^th meeting will be at The News & Record. Topic will be OSHNC Lab Safety & Standards.
• November 11^th meeting will be at NC A&T State University. First Responder Training / Emergency Responder Training will be the topic.
• The December meeting is scheduled for 12/3 at 3:00 pm. Location has not been decided yet. Need volunteer(s) for refreshments. More information to follow.
• Keith will need us to start signing up for the 2005 list of sites to hold meetings. And Kirk needs suggestions for program topics.

• Discussed Tier II – how to prepare and handle in 2005.
• What type of information does Emergency Management need from LEPC?
• Barry Tilley wants to receive the reports from High Point and Marilyn Braun wants to receive the reports from Greensboro. Everything else will go to the LEPC or other location to be decided.
• Discussed the mission statement and how it should be added to the web page with our new PO Box.
• Also discussed the business cards that would contain the mission statement and inviting new business/individuals to the LEPC.

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• Teams are in Western part of the state for training.

• Slow – not a lot going on at this time as far as emergency response.
• On Sept 27^th, 28^th, and 29^th teams will be in West Virginia at the Federal Training Center.

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• Busy with the weather situation (hurricanes).
• Be sure to check your weather radios at your business locations and make sure they are working.
• Be sure to have a preparedness kit ready at your home and business.

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County Commissioners or City Representatives

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• It was mentioned that we make available on our web page a form where spills can be reported and they will be sent automatically to Emergency Management. This would be in addition to calling 911 (when needed). Would this need to be added to our by-laws? Chuck Mortimore is going to speak with Steve Earp regarding this question. Dorothy Vannoy will be starting work on the spill form.
• Discussion on Meth Labs in North Carolina. Amazing how easy it is to make and the environmental hazards involved. We have a speaker at the EH&S Conference that will be speaking about this topic—should be very interesting.
• Ron Campbell mentioned that during a County Commissioners Meeting in July, a concern regarding the 100 Butane rail cars located in Star, NC was discussed. The hazard is the off-loading into tanker trucks to transport the butane from Montgomery County to Greensboro, because Star does not have a haz mat team. The state and federal agencies say it is safe.
• No old or new business.

• The Previous Emergency Operations Plans were reviewed
• Meetings were held with departments to document actual operations
• Emergency Management researched EOP formats
• The new EOP was drafted to include previous plans and actual operational guidelines

ESF – 1: Transportation

• Emergency Management will coordinate with local jurisdictions to assist with training personnel on the new Emergency Operations Plan
• ESF agencies begin creating GOGs for responsibilities
• NIMS training will begin for all "emergency responders" in the county
• Training will be provided on Emergency Operations Center Operations and Management