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CHAPTER MEETING MINUTES

2021

Check Here for minutes from April 1 chapter meeting

2020

Due to the pandemic, minutes from chapter meetings March - December are not available.

Check HERE for minutes from February 6 chapter meeting

Check HERE for minutes from January 9 chapter meeting

2019

Check HERE for minutes from December 5 chapter meeting

Check HERE for minutes from November 7 chapter meeting

Check HERE for minutes from Oct 2 chapter meeting

Check HERE for minutes from Sept 5 chapter meeting

Check HERE for minutes from August 1 chapter meeting

Check HERE for minutes from June 6 chapter meeting

Check HERE for minutes from the May 2 chapter meeting

Check HERE for minutes from the April 4 chapter meeting

Check HERE for minutes from the March 7 chapter meeting

Check HERE for minutes from the February 7 chapter meeting

Check HERE for minutes from the January 10 chapter meeting

NOTE: For chapter meeting minutes 2018 or older, please contact an AZ ACP Board member.

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CHAPTER MEETING PRESENTATIONS

2021

February 2021 - James Knox, Resiliency Begins with the Culture of your People HERE

For the recording: Use Passcode: &8w%wakd

2020

January 2020 - Due to copyright concerns, Carol Paasch's presentation is not available.

February 2020 - Scott Ream, State of ACP National HERE

August 2020 - Andrew Witts, Courtney Ring, “How to prepare for new threats. Are we ready?” HERE

2019

December 2019 - Due to copyright concerns, John Iannarelli's presention is not available.

November 2019 - How can BC Planners work closer with IT in the world of Cyber-attacks?, Steven O'Neal, Agility Recovery. Contact Web Director for Steven's presentation or Grainne Mitchell for the recording.

September 2019 - Managing Cybersecurity Risk to Business Continuity, Mike Burg, Alagen. Contact Web Director for Mike's presentation.

August 2019 - John Luce, Paychex

I scream, you scream, we all scream for DR!! HERE

June 2019 - Christopher Riccardi, Orange County Childrens Hospital, "15 tp 50". Contact the Web Director for Christopher's presentation.

May 2019 - Jarrod Daniel, OnSolve

Leveraging Mass Notification Systems HERE. Contact Grainne Mitchell for the recording.

April 2019 - Andrew Witts, BC in the Cloud - Contact the Web Director for Andy's PowerPoint

February 2019 - Lynn James, Fusion Risk Management

Leveraging Business Process Intelligence for Business Continuity HERE

For 2018 Presentations, contact the chapter Web Director.

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New ACP eBook Now Available

The Association of Continuity Professionals First Book of Best Practices, a collection of research-based and peer-reviewed articles, examples and case studies written by ACP members, is now available here on the ACP website. This eBook details best practices in Business Continuity Management, Emergency Management, People, Resilience and Security & Risk.
ACP Member price: $25.

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Continuity Insights is an essential information-sharing resource for business continuity professionals. Business resilience is an organizational imperative, not just to safeguard the enterprise, but its resulting cause and effect on employees, customers, shareholders, partners, reputation, public/private partners, regulatory bodies, and many other entities. Our mission is to foster information-sharing among these various constituents as the lynchpin for their success. Therefore, creating a forum to share timely, compelling, meaningful, and usable information is vital.

Providing you access to the experience and expertise of the thousands of subject matter experts who have contributed to Continuity Insights over the years is our objective. Content delivered as original editorials, conference presentations, research, webinars, videos, panel discussions, interviews, and such, is the basis for this exchange. We invite you to remain engaged with us throughout the year as we continue to address the wide-ranging business continuity discussion.

For a free subscription to the Continuity Insights newsletter, go to: www.ContinuityInsights.com/subscribe

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Educational Resources

The Arizona Department of Administration has passed on this list of local security & privacy events that are available at little to no cost. There is something for everybody: cyber security, privacy, physical security, records management, contingency planning, data management, fraud examination and forensics, auditing and application security.

Just In Time Disaster Training - Library Available at: HERE

PURPOSE:

The purpose of the Just In Time Disaster Training Library is to provide a single, easy to search source in which individuals, agencies and organizations can access informative disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery training videos.

If your agency or organization has produced disaster mitigation, preparedness, response or recovery training videos or you know of training videos that should be added to the library please access the library's This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to submit information regarding the training video.

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**Columbia Regional Learning Center has launched a new Learning Management System!

The CRLC provides free, online certificate training courses, webinars, and lectures designed for individuals working in health systems including, but not limited to: health care, public health, home health, Medical Reserve Corps (MRC), community health, regional learning centers, and emergency management.

See their catalog for a list of all courses which includes:

* PREP 1110 - Personal Emergency Preparedness: Planning for the Public Health Worker

* PREP 2102/ENVI 2701 - Chem Rad Bio: Fundamentals for the Public Health Workforce

* MGMT 1201- Elements of Leadership: Decision-Making & Problem-Solving Under Emergency Conditions

* EPI 3404 - Spatial Approaches to Disaster Epidemiology: Dr. Snow Meets the Rev. Bayes

* VUL 2605/ PSY 2902 - State of the Science: The Health and Mental Health Consequences of Catastrophic Events

Shared courtesy of Irwin Redlener and Eric Holdeman

ME? GET CERTIFIED?! OF COURSE.

Congratulations to Steve Westwood and Kirmida Amin for getting their Certified Business Continuity Planner certification from the DRII. Quite an accomplishment!

Have YOU considered getting certified? Both the DRII and the BCI offers certification in Business Continuity Management.

For more information about DRII's certification, go HERE

For the BCI certification, go HERE

Join the ranks and your peers by getting certified!

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Frequently Asked BC/DR Questions

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Regardless of what your role is or your level of experience, there is always something new to learn. Reprinted from DRJ, this link takes you to a resource for readers to ask and see answers to their most concerning questions.

Download the Full BC Glossary

This glossary is an initiative of the Editorial Advisory Board of DRJ. This committee of the industry experts solicits the input of business continuity professionals on an ongoing basis and incorporates the feedback into its consideration of industry terms and definitions.

Check out the latest version of Continuity Counts and ACP National for the educational opportunities.

Interested in Gaining a Certification?

Are you interested in becoming certified? Several organizations offer courses in Business Continuity (BC), Disaster Recovery (DR), Emergency Management and Risk Management, to name a few. Specialized courses are available for healthcare, public sector planning, and audit. Click here to search DRII courses! To learn more on certifications, please visit a sample of the accredited certification sites below.

DR\BC - DRI International or Business Continuity Management
Emergency Management - International Association of Emergency Management
Risk Management - American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter

Have a Certification?

Many of our members have attained certifications in our industry which highlights their discipline and expertise to achieve those certifications. Be proud of your accomplishments and submit your name and certification to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Your name and certification will be listed in the monthly newsletter.

Display your certification on LinkedIn!

Did you know you can display your DRI certification status in your LinkedIn profile? Enter the information corresponding to your certification, including one of the following URLs to link to your certification description.

ABCP - https://www.drii.org/certification/abcp.php

CFC - https://www.drii.org/certification/cfcp.php

CBCP - https://www.drii.org/certification/cbcp.php

MBCP - https://www.drii.org/certification/mbcp.php

Continuing Education Credits

If you have a certification through Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII), you will need Continuing Education Activity Points (CEAP). Visit the appropriate DRII website for current CEAP guidelines.

** There are other certifications offered not through DRII. If you would like Carol Paasch to research certification for you, mail to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. She will help as much as possible.

2020 CEU Hours

If you need to get the number of CEU hours to use in your certification, contact the Membership Director at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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