Alaska Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (AKVOAD)
July 27, 2010, 1PM
Trinity Church
3000 E 16th Street
Anchorage , AK
Introductions and Welcome: Barney Baty and Kelley McGuirk
Present:
Debbie Reed, AK Dept. of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHS&EM)
Barney Baty, Adventist Community Services (ACS)
Leah Hathaway, Presbytery of Yukon
Arlan De Yong, Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC)
Ramona VanCleve,FEMA
Kelley McGuirk, Red Cross of Alaska
John David Thacker Mennonite Disaster Services (MDS)AIIDRC
Mary Beth Brakel, Catholic Social Services
John Ramsey, State VAL
Participating by Telephone:
George Abrams, United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)
Dan Ketchum, Presbyterian
James Benzschael, Red Cross
Sandy Faison, NADR, COAD,
Moral Larson
Richard Whetsell, UMCOM
Alene Knox
Approval of draft agenda
Acceptance of Suzanne Yack ’s resignation
Kelley McGuirk voted in as Interim Chairman
Approval of Minutes: Barney Baty
Yes
Treasurer's Report
approximately 3200 in the bank.
NARVOAD Update
Sandy Faison, Training on Aug 3rd and 4th (Compassion Fatigue & Resiliency Workshop)
No meeting till September 1st
AIIDRC/LTRC Updates
John David Meeting after AKVOAD
Aprox $6125 in account
Committee Reports:
Membership & dues
Kelley McGuirk
Debbie Reed will take over Membership for both AKVOAD and NARVOAD, she will email out a information sheet, asking for participants duties entail.
Training
Arlan DeYong
3rd Tuesday of month webinar with Mike Siefert for donation management
December 9th National Donations Management training
Donations
Richard Whetsell
Locked and loaded, with two different pass words, would like to have training in the sandbox every other month to get use to the system
National VOAD Notes
State VAL Update
Debbie Reed
Will assist with training and membership.
The NDM training on dec 9th will be web based
More training is available upon request from either Debbie Reed or Dick Balnicky.
Arlan still needs someone else trained at SECC desk; this person needs to be trained and ready.
FEMA Update:
Dick Balnicky not present
Around the Table/ for the good of the order
National organizations have developed relationships with certain organizations and the state has developed the same.
Arlan will be looking at purging Google group list; Richards concurs.
Mary Beth, 211 system is at AK EOC
John Ramsey is the working response coordinator
Next meeting: August 24, 2010, 1pm Location TBD
Here or Alaska Red Cross
235 E 8th Ave
Anchorage AK 99501-3615
Phone 800-315-6338/pin7053
Adjournment 2:15pm
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