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Chapter Meeting Date

Please note: Starting in January 2012, ACP-OC will be holding it's chapter meetings every other month instead of monthly. Meetings will be held on the second Wednesday in January, March, May, July, September and November. Additionally, we will continue the tradition of having a holiday luncheon in December. Meetings will be held at the Cal State Fullerton Garden Grove Campus, 12901 Euclid St., Garden Grove, CA 92840 from 12noon-3PM.  Lunch will precede each meeting and will cost $10 for members (unless the meeting is sponsored, in which case it is free for members) and $25 for non-members.

Topic & Speakers

ACP-OC is proud to present to you interesting topics and speakers each meeting! If you would like to suggest a topic, please contact ACP-OCs Director of Programs Becky Christy at (424) 218-8774 

Register by Date

To register, click on the "Register by" date assigned for each meeting. For other important registration details, click here.

Flyer/Map

A printable flyer as well as a map is provided for each meeting.   For driving directions to the Cal State Fullerton Garden Grove location, click here.

Events Calendar

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March 14, 2012

BCP Metrics - Using Metrics to Measure Your Program's Compliance and Recovery Capability. Presented by Michael Herrera, CEO/President, MHA Consulting Inc     
    

Do you know how mature your BCP program is today? Where it needs to be tomorrow? Today’s complex BCP programs must be evaluated regularly to not only assess compliance with industry standards, but most importantly, the ability to recover the most critical business processes and systems of your organization. This interactive session will address the use of Tier and Tier 2 BCP Metrics to not only assess compliance with industry best practices, but, most importantly, assess the true ability of your program to successfully recover.


ACP National News. Presented by Mike Gifford, Senior Manager of Disaster Recovery & Risk, Capital Group Companies.

Mike is the current chairman and CEO of the ACP organization and will provide an overview of ACP’s strategic vision and direction for the next 5 years, including a review of the 2012 goals & objectives, and an update on the transition to Association Development Group (ADG), ACP’s new association management company. He will talk about some of ACP’s current challenges and would welcome feedback and suggestions. Mike will share the highlights from the 2012 National Leadership Conference and looks forward to meeting with the members and guests of the Orange County Chapter.

 

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  2011 Meetings      
January 11, 2012

2011 Lessons Learned Panel Discussion
2011 was an incident packed year. From earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster in Japan; to the severe tornadoes seen this year throughout the United States; or the impact of Hurricane Irene to the North East, this year has given us all a chance to stretch our programs and the assumptions of what it is we need to plan for.


Join us to hear our panel of speakers discus how their companies faced some of these and other challenges head on and what lessons they learned during their responses to this memorable year.

Panel Members:
Gerald (Jerry) Shamburg, Manager, West Coast Operations - Global Crisis Management, The Walt Disney Company
Monica Ruzich, Manager, Preparedness & Community Education - The American Red Cross
Becky Christy, BCP Manager – KARL STORZ

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December 14, 2011

Annual Holiday Luncheon
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Foxfire Restaurant - Sonoma Room, 5717 E. Santa Ana Canyon Rd., Anaheim Hills, CA 92807

$30.00* per Member, $35.00* per Guest Cash or check accepted at the door. -- NO credit cards *Donation discounts: Members or guests receive a $5 lunch discount with a donation valued at $10 or more to Caterina’s Club

Program
• 2011 Chapter Achievements
• Recognition of ACP OC’s 2011 Most Valuable Player
• Installation of 2012 ACP Board
• ReadyOC Presentation
• Holiday Networking, fun, games, and gifts

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November 9, 2011

"How to Conduct Powerful Exercises Every Time and Live Mock Exercise " Presented by Phil Lambert, President - The Center for Continuity Leadership.

Using mock training scenarios is one of the best ways to evaluate, train, and prepare an organization to face almost any business interruption. A mock scenario is an organized and structured activity presented as a crisis simulation of a real-life event to observe and evaluate the actions or reactions of respond and recovery team members. The goal of mock training exercise is to ensure that team members and global staff can are successful in how they respond, control and manage a real event.

 

Meeting Sponsored by:

                                       

21st Century Software develops integrated recovery management solutions that provide operational integrity when disruptive events occur within the z/OS environment. We give organizations the ability to analyze how their applications utilize vital data, identify any interdependencies, and determine the business value of their files and data. This empowers our customers to maximize the availability and recoverability of that information, by aligning their recovery strategies to meet the changing requirements of specific applications.

                                       
     
October 12 , 2011

"Elevating Disaster Recovery to Strategic Business Initiatives" Presented by Rebecca Levesque, COO, EVP - 21st Century Software

DR is about more than data recovery. It’s about recovering your business. This presentation uses a whiteboard approach to illustrate the risks, glitches and gaps that exist in a typical DR plan because we lose sight of its ultimate purpose.

Presentation: click here

Link to a recorded DRJ Webinar:: Business Units vs. IT – Who is Best Prepared for a Disaster?: click here

"Doing more with less? Project Management to the rescue" Presented by DeBorah J. Lozada, CBCP, CBRA Director, Business Continuity Management Fox Entertainment Group

 This is an interactive presentation where we will discuss how using Project Management during a time when organizations are asking employees to do more with less, can save your Business Continuity Program.  

Presentation: click here

Meeting Sponsored by:

                                       

                                       

The Center for Continuity Leadership is the industry leader in the design and implementation of viable, incredibly efficient and value-based business continuity programs for companies of all sizes

                                       
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September 14 , 2011

"Extraordinary Responses to Unprecedented Events" Toyota Motor Sales, USA's response to customers during recall crisis of 2010.

Presented by: Nancy Fein, Vice President, Supply Chain Strategy

Presentation: click here

"Tools for BC/DR in the Cloud Era" Leveraging cloud services to augment your existing infrastructure.

Presented by: Aaron Wykoff & Ramsey Tawil, Emerging Technologies - Cloud Architects, Century Link

 

Meeting Sponsored by: Amber Industrial Services

Amber Industrial Services offers efficient on-site fuel and oil reclamation to save customers money and ensure reliability.Our backup power fuel reclamation process ensures that your fuel is ready when you need it.Our “Fuel Maintenance Program” starts with independent lab analysis to determine the current state of your fuel.After lab analysis you are provided a copy of the results along with our recommendations to keep your fuel fresh and ready for use.Once our reclamation process is complete your fuel will meet ASTM and OEM specifications.

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August 10, 2011

"How the Private Sector has enhanced the Public Health Response"

Presented by: Keith Olenslager, HCA Program Manager, Alison Kellman-Lewis, Cities Readiness Initiative Coordinator, Joe Byrne, Program Consultant Orange County Health Care Agency

This presentation will discuss the partnerships the Health Care Agency has developed through private partnerships, the role private partners play in public health preparedness efforts and how private sector partners can get involved in planning efforts.


There will be a tour of the Emergency Operation Center following the presentations.

Presentation: click here

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July, 2011 **** There was no ACP-OC Chapter meeting held in July 2011 ****   n/a  
June 15, 2011

"Managing a Business Continuity Program - A Special Presentation and Group Discussion" presented by Randall Till, MBCP, Founder & Lead Consultant - Till Continuity Group.

The workshop will consist of a 2-hour presentation intermixed with group discussions. Attendees will learn and be able to ask questions about various Business Continuity Management topics, including:
    - Governance
    - Metrics, Measurement and Reporting Processes
    - Exercises and Testing
    - Crisis Management/Emergency Management Planning

    - Business Impact Analysis (BIA) Processes

Randall Till, MBCP, is Principal and Founder of Till Continuity Group. For more than 20 years, he has been creating and implementing business continuity programs for business organizations and serves on the Executive Council for Disaster Recovery Journal. Randall is an experienced practitioner, a leading industry expert, and a recognized speaker in the business continuity industry.

Presentation: click here

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May 11, 2011

"Neighborhood Preparation Plan" presented by Larry Bufton, Advisory Panel for Irvine CERT.

This presentation describes a process that can lead a group to prepare, as individuals and as a block, to be self sufficient in the event of a disaster. More than only issuing a checklist, the NPP provides specific, lead- by-the-hand instructions, to self prepare and doing it in bite size steps.

Presentation: click here

"Cyber Security Challenges & Solutions - An Executive Briefing" presented by Stan Stahl, Ph.D, President, Citadel Information Group.

One of Los Angeles’ top cyber security experts, describes the cyber security challenge
and what needs to be done to solve it. This one-hour non-technical Executive Briefing is
designed to provide organizational leaders with the critical knowledge and information
they need to better meet their cyber security challenges.

Presentation: click here

Meeting Sponsored by:

             

Brocade leads the industry in providing comprehensive network solutions that help the world’s leading organizations transition smoothly to a virtualized world where applications and information reside anywhere.
As a result, Brocade facilitates strategic business objectives such as consolidation, network convergence, virtualization, and cloud computing. Today, Brocade solutions are used in over 90 percent of Global 1000 data centers as well as in enterprise LANs and the largest service provider networks.

Presentation: click here

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April 13, 2011

"Taking the Unpredictability Out of Power" presented by Jim Neumann, Vice President, Power Analytics Corporation

Experts estimate that 40% of all business downtime is the result of electrical power problems; in 80% of those cases, the power fault was the result of a completely avoidable on-premise problem.  These cost America more than $150 billion per year in economic losses… exceeding flood, fires, earthquakes, lightning strikes, and weather-related damages combined.  New analytical technologies are enabling mission-critical facility operators to understand the real-time health and safety of their power infrastructure… including identifying potential problems before they strike.  In this presentation, we’ll discuss these technologies, and how demanding facility operators are using them to preempt problems long before business continuity is threatened.

Presentation: click here

Second topic:   Break out group discussion - Responding to Power Interruptions.

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March 9 , 2011

"Employee Emergency Training - Growing Your Teams " presented by Gerald (Jerry) Shamburg, Manager, West Coast Operations - Global Crisis Management, The Walt Disney Company


This presentation will describe the ongoing Crisis Management program for employees in the Los Angeles Area and the successful approaches to expanding participation and maintaining emergency teams.

"Recovering People 2011" presented by Walt Thomasson, Managing Director, Rentsys Recovery Services

The most critical part of any company is it’s employees and over the past 10 years there have been many new, fast growing and new changing strategies on recovering people. Walt will discuss these changes to the people side of the recovery equation.

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February 9 , 2011

"The Failure of Risk Management - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly" presented by Zacharias J. Beckman, President & CEO, Hyrax International LLC


Over the past decade, less than one-third of projects have been deemed successful, according to KPMG and Standish estimates. The remaining 70% or more of projects failed to meet time, cost,and quality goals. And, in 2009, 24% of projects failed completely, either being cancelled outright or delivered but never used. Why? One root cause is poor practices in commercial risk management

Second topic to be determined

Meeting Sponsored by: Agility Recovery Solutions

 

Agility Recovery Solutions is a former division of GE with 21 years disaster recovery and business continuity experience. "We are dedicated to creating and delivering innovative business continuity solutions that challenge the traditional industry barriers of scale, cost and complexity. As such, we provide comprehensive, packaged recovery solutions, consulting services and testing options to businesses across the United States and Canada".          

The Agility Story: click here

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January 12, 2011

"Ten Professional Practices"
Barry Gorelick, Union Bank's SVP, will provide his unique perspective around the 10 BCP professional practices, which, if applied to your Business Continuity Planning process, will help ensure that the plan you develop is both effective and targeted to the specific needs of your organization.

Presentation: click here.

"Solar Flares & WikiLeaks OH MY! - Unconventional Threats in 2011 "
Bill Wostenberg, Manager BC Planning, Auto Club of Southern California will lead a group discussion on planning for unconventional threats in 2011.  Examples include:  Fifty year solar flare cycle reaching its peak with the potential to disrupt satellite communications, replication of data across data centers, and electrical power grids.  The impact of social media; what if your organization is part of the Wikileaks doomsday plan in which confidential communications are published on the internet?

Meeting Sponsored by IBM and ABtech Systems.

 

Founded in 1911, IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in area ranging from mainframe computers to nantechnology.

ABtech Systems is a business partner of IBM and provider of business continuity hardware and services.

Presentation: click here.                                   

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  2010 Meetings      
December 8, 2010

Annual Holiday Luncheon
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Foxfire Restaurant - Sonoma Room, 5717 E. Santa Ana Canyon Rd., Anaheim Hills, CA 92807

Cost: Members $30; Guests, $35 (please pay by cash or check, at the door)
Members or guests receive a $5 lunch discount when they bring any item to donate (toys or sundries valued at $10 or more) to a non-profit agency (to be determined later).


Program: “Annual Holiday Luncheon”
· 2010 Chapter Achievements
· Announcement of ACP OC’s 2010 Most Valuable Player - MVP Award
· Announcement of ACP OC’s 2010 Member Recognition Point Program Winner
· Installation of 2011 ACP Board
· Holiday networking, fun, games and gifts

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November 10, 2010

"A Resilient Nation" presented by Steve Jordan, Principal, Traiden Global Solutions

 

"Ready OC - Emergency Preparedness Campaign" presented by Rick Miltenberger, Senior VP, Westbound Communications.

This presentation will discuss how local residents can better prepare for a variety of emergency situations and get involved in local readiness efforts including the Promise to Prepare initiative.

Meeting Sponsored by: send word now

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October 13, 2010

"Who's watching your computer" presented by Michael Lattimore MCP DTM

IT Specialist/Engineer, Southern California Edison

Evil hackers are watching your computer and attempting daily to “own” your personal information. Cyber-attacks for purposes of identity theft are on the rise. Learn how viruses, backdoors, rootkits and other malware are used to take over your computer and steal your information. Learn how to create a layered defense strategy to protect your home computers and those who use them.

Paranoia is not a bad thing, if they really ARE out to get you!

"Preparedness Toolbox" Facilitated by Susan Jacobo, ACP-OC Vice President

Don’t reinvent the wheel, borrow someone else’s solution, method, or process!  Bring your unresolved problems and non-proprietary tools to share. Teams will be set up to respond to problems using an envelope strategy.  Tools will be shared by presentation/display

 

Meeting Sponsored by: Preparis

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September 8, 2010

"Workplace Violence as it Relates to Business Continuity Planning" presented by Tony Adame, Sr VP, Marsh Risk Consulting

Tony will provide a brief introduction on the current state of Workplace Violence (WPV) in America . Included will be some statistics regarding WPV, an overview of the five general types of WPV, best practices related to a WPV program, and integration of the WPV program with your Emergency Response, Crisis Management, and BCP Programs.


An interactive presentation where participants are broken up into teams and the presenter facilitates a series of WPV scenarios for which each team needs to react to, and respond accordingly. The scenarios are drawn from real life incidents that marsh has assisted its clients in responding to.

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August 11, 2010

“Auditors Are Knocking on Your Door, Is Your BC Program Ready?” presented by DeBorah J. Lozada.

In this economic climate how can you stay ahead of Title IX, as well as external auditors?  How can you prepare prior to audit? Or can you use the same audit to meet some or all audit requirements? 

DeBorah Lozada, President of A Business Continuity Design, Inc, will introduce an audit process for Business Continuity Management that helps you prepare for Title IX and for external auditors. 

This is an interactive session. BCM audit process, audit forms and final audit report with scorecard will be distributed, reviewed and discussed during the presentation.

"Living on Shaky Ground: 2010 earthquakes and ShakeOut Drill Updates" presented by Margaret Vinci, Manager, Office of Earthquake Programs, Caltech

Presentation will include information on recent earthquakes in Haiti, Chile and Baja.  Updates   on ShakeOut 2009 and 2010 and resources for running a ShakeOut Drill in your business

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July, 2010 There was no Chapter meeting for July      
June 9, 2010 “How to Get Your Point Across Without Killing the Other Person” presented by: Cynthia Heller Alt, PhD, Alt Consulting.
An intensive hands-on workshop specifically customized to introduce and develop key communication skills. In addition to understanding how communication works, Participants are given the opportunity to discover (through a self assessment) their communication style and learn how to adapt their style to fit the individual and situation. Successful communication tips are also provided.
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May 12, 2010

"How to View Business Continuity from an Executive Perspective". Disasters don’t kill organizations; organizations kill organizations. That’s right; the failure of leaders to understand the value of preparedness leaves their institutions prepared to fail. It is up to us to educate executives and leaders on the importance of Business Continuity Planning to mitigate risk and to help them understand the crucial difference between Common Practice and Best Practice approaches.


Mary Carrido, founder and CEO of MLC & Associates, Inc., will facilitate an interactive working session in which the audience will discover whether there is a disconnect between their perspective and that of their leadership team. Ms. Carrido has over 23 years of experience managing and conducting disaster recovery and business resumption projects for cities, transportation agencies, utilities, financial institutions, telecommunications, distribution, hospitals, and manufacturing companies.

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April 14, 2010

"Why Flu is Still an Important Emergency Preparedness Issue", presented by Sadina Reynaldo, Assistant Program Director, Pandemic Influenza Unit, L.A. County Deptartment of Public Health

"Pandemic H1N1 in Orange County: An H1N1 Retrospective and Business Snapshots",

presented by the Orange County Health Care Agency

   Keith Olenslager, MPH, Health Disaster Management Division

   Michele Cheung, MD MPH, Deputy Medical Director, Epidemiology

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March 10, 2010

ACP-OC 2010 Spring Conference

Preparedness GPS - Directions for Resilient Positioning


Time: 8:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (8:00 a.m. registration and continental breakfast) Being held in lieu of the regular monthly meeting.
Location: Cal State Univ Fullerton, Garden Grove Campus, 12901 Euclid Ave., Garden Grove
Cost: Members FREE; Guests $10
Program:
· Key note speakers:

  Judy Bell, Disaster Survival Planning Network

"Table Top Exercise - scenario:  "What if?""

"Table Top Handout"

  Phil Lambert, The Center for Continuity Leadership
           "Is There an ROI in Business Continuity?"

· Breakout sessions:

  "Business Continuity Supply Chain Vendor Mgmt",

     Barry Gorelick, Sr VP, Enterprise Business Continuity, Union Bank  

  "The Impact of Loss of Key Personnel",

     Tony Adame, Sr VP, Marsh Risk and Insurance Services

  "BC Planning from Ground Zero",

     Mike Anzis, Director, Worldwide Business Continuity, Ingram Micro

  "Introduction to BC Plan Testing",

     Rich Schiesser, President, RWS Enterprises, Inc

· Vendor exhibits

· Networking

· Prize Drawings

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Feb 10, 2010

"Prepare OC: Web-Enabling County of Orange Incident Preparedness , Response and Recovery to Achieve True Organizational Collaboration”, presented by Lynne Halverson, Business Continuity Manager, County of Orange
Organizations and the people who work for them are often involved in multiple, overlapping, and competing initiatives. This type of redundancy is of little use when it comes to incident preparedness, response, and recovery planning and activities. Establishing a collaborative environment in which resources and communications are open and available to the entire organization – while also meeting disparate organizational needs – is critical to the success of any continuity program, be it large or small. This presentation will look at how the County of Orange developed PrepareOC, a secure, Web-based environment on which it is building a truly collaborative and comprehensive program. The site takes a holistic, regional approach to providing County agencies, Operational Area member jurisdictions, participating non-profits and area partners with access to shared calendaring, message boards, contact lists, plan templates and more. The presentation will feature a live demo of PrepareOC.

"Meeting the Challenges of Business Preparedness", presented by the Orange County chapter of the American Red Cross

    Monica Ruzich - Disaster Preparedness Specialist, Corporate Education

    Marsha McNamara - Workplace Safety Consultant

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January 13, 2010

“BCM Program Awareness Trends and the Maturity of your BCM ”, presented by Cheyene Haase, President, BC Management

“Workshop - How to Measure an Organization's State of Readiness ”, presented by Phil Lambert, President & Founder, Center for Continuity Leadership


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  2009 Meetings      
December 9 , 2009

Annual Holiday Luncheon ,
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Foxfire Restaurant - Sonoma Room, 5717 E. Santa Ana Canyon Rd., Anaheim Hills, CA 92807
Cost: Members $25; Guests, $30 (please pay by cash or check, at the door)
Members or guests receive a $5 lunch discount when they bring any item to donate (toys or sundries valued at $10 or more) to the Someone Cares Soup Kitchen, a 501(3)c non-profit agency.

Program: “Annual Holiday Luncheon”
· 2009 Chapter Achievements
· Announcement of ACP OC’s 2009 Most Valuable Player - MVP Award
· Announcement of ACP OC’s 2009 Member Recognition Point Program Winner
· Installation of 2010 ACP Board
· Someone Cares Soup Kitchen presentation by Shannon Santos, Executive Director
· Holiday networking, fun, games and gifts

RSVP by December 2nd to Patty Thews at pthews@aol.com. Please provide Patty with your name, phone number and email address.
Please note: SPACE IS LIMITED, NO WALK-INS

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November 11, 2009

“Business Continuity Forensics”, presented by Tom Stein, President, GreyHawk Enterprises. Tom will discuss how the enhancement of business continuity program development and management through the use of aviation mishap analysis methodologies used in the Commercial Aviation industry for cause investigations.


“A Year of Disasters – Lessons Learned”, presented by Bill Wostenberg, Business Continuity Planning Manager, Automobile Club of Southern California


“Election of ACP-OC’s 2010 Board of Directors”,
ACP-OC members are encouraged to attend this meeting and cast their vote for the incoming Board of Directors.

Location: Ingram Micro - 1600 E. St. Andrew Place; Santa Ana - Please note the change in meeting location.

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October 14, 2009

“Disaster Communications”, presented by Kim Fieux, Western Region Account Manager, Dialogic Communications Corp (DCC)


It’s midnight and your business, organization or community is threatened by a disaster event that threatens the well being of individuals and families as well as your critical operations. How will you get word out to mobilize your emergency management team as quickly as possible. What will you do to ensure others are notified of the event?
The recent disasters have reinforced the need for comprehensive crisis response strategies with proactive communications at their core. This presentation will demonstrate how emergency notification technology is a proven and viable means for controlling the flow - and integrity - of information in disaster. It will also explain how such a solution works and will share applications and uses, helping any organization maintain business continuity and ensure employee well-being when faced with a disaster threat.

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September 9, 2009

The Business Case for BCM Software: Three Factors, presented by Chris Alvord, CEO, COOP Systems
Large organizations are increasing concerned with their enterprise risk exposure of all types, including operational risk factors like information technology, people, processes, business relationships, physical assets, sales, marketing, supply chain, business interruption, health & safety, and fraud. Business Continuity Management (BCM) software is a key contributor to the mitigation of operational risk.

Surprisingly, despite the many benefits, organizations often fail to use BCM software, settling for Word and Excel documents. To BCM practitioners, the need for a software package to help their programs is obvious. Senior management frequently does not see the same benefits. How do BCM practitioners make a convincing case for their needs?

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Aug 12, 2009

"Planning for Health Disasters"

For some, the recent swine flu outbreak provided an opportunity to exercise pandemic response plans. It was also a discovery that plans based solely on the World Heath Organization alert did not take into account severity of the incident. For others, this was a wake up call to develop emergency response plans, as well as business recovery plans in preparation for a health disaster that disrupts critical business operations.
The August ACP-OC program will cover preparedness and recovery planning for health emergencies such as pandemic influenza as well as bio-terrorism (anthrax, small pox etc.) and other events. Presentations will be delivered by:
· Sadina Renaldo, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Pandemic Influenza Unit, LA County, Dept, of Public Health

· Keith Olenslager, MPH, Pandemic Preparedness Program Manager, Health Disaster Management Division, Orange County Health Care Agency

· Nicole McCarty, MPH, Cities Readiness Initiative Coordinator, Health Disaster Management Division, Orange County Health Care Agency

Presentations: 

Los Angeles County Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Measures and Methods

Enhancing Private Sector Preparedness In Orange County

PODS

Vendor Spotlight - Dialogic Communications Corporation

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July 8, 2009


Developing & Implementing BC Standards in
your Organization
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presented by Jackie Woods, Southern California Edison

Update on the BC Management 8th Annual Survey presented by Zoye Boyles, BC Management

Vendor Spotlight - Service Master, the premier provider of restoration services for water, fire, smoke and mold damage, professionally minimizing business interruptions when disaster strikes one of its customers

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June 10, 2009

Tour of the Airside and Landside Facilities - John Wayne Airport, Thomas F. Riley Terminal

Lunch WILL NOT be provided so the meeting time will be from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Cost: There is no lunch, therefore no cost
Note: Due to the special nature of this event, security restrictions and space limitation, only the first 40 RSVP’s.  No walk ins will be allowed.  When sending RSVP must include members name, position, company, email address, and phone number.

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May 13, 2009

“ShakeOut 2008: The Aftermath”, presented by Margaret Vinci, Manager, Office of Earthquake Programs, Caltech
Margaret Vinci will provide an overview of ShakeOut 2008 – What was learned during the exercise, how it has effected policy change in business and government, and what the future holds for you and ShakeOut 2009.


“H1N1 Influenza A Roundtable”, facilitated by ACP-OC Board.  The H1N1-A virus is still sweeping the world and each of us have implemented our Pandemic or Response Plans to be prepared for or because we are already affected by this flu virus. Through a roundtable discussion, share and plan components or implementation techniques to improve our own plans.

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April 8, 2009

Business Continuity Planning and Security - presented by Russell Rowe, President, Chief Security Officers, LLC

Survival of the business depends on survival of its data and information infrastructure including firewalls, proxies, access controls, VPN, encryption, and authentication mechanisms.  Russell Rowe will present how BC programs can incorporate security measures through a discussion on five key integration topics.

Virtual Server Replication - presented by David Feinglass, Solution Engineer and Ben Olbon, Account Executive, Sungard Availability Services

Virtual Server Replication Services: an infrastructure that provides an availability protection solution for both physical and virtual environments.  Learn about comprehensive replication, aspects of failover, and monitored recovery.  Learn the answer to the question:  Is Virtual Server Replication a more cost effective alternative to the protection of a second data center?

Vendor Spotlight - SunGard Availability Services- one of the world’s leading software and IT services companies

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Mar 11, 2009

“Practical Continuity, It Happens By Design, Not By Accident”, presented by Phil Lambert
Having plans and planning are quite different from having a corporate Business Continuity Program. A powerful and successful program includes a program charter, policies, a strategic plan, a tactical plan, a maturity model and measurable matrixes to ensure that measurable progress is made in a reasonable amount of time. We will cover each of these components in this workshop.

“Crisis Management Planning, a Work Place Violence Perspective”, presented by Tony Adame, Senior VP, Marsh Risk Consulting

Vendor Spotlight - Cybernetics - Specializes in the design and manufacture of high performance disk, tape and virtual tape storage solutions

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Feb 11, 2009

Building a Culture of Preparedness presented by Susan Marticek, Emergency Management & Preparedness Consultant

Continuity of Operations Program for California Judicial Council presented by Marie Schlesinger, Security Analyst, EMP, Judicial Council of California

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Jan 14, 2009 “Recent Business Continuity Planning Regulations, Audits, Governance, and Compliance Issues”, presented by Anupama (Anu) Sahni, Senior Manager, Ernst & Young
Regulations and compliance are having more sway on how we do business--especially within the financial, healthcare, and now the preparedness industries. Anu will cover industry trends, provide a comparative analysis between standards and regulations, help us figure out which ones to use, and discuss audits, governance, and compliance issues.
“Regulation Roundtable”, Facilitated by Susan Jacobo, Program Director, ACP OC Chapter
Many business continuity professionals are progressing or struggling with activities related to the implementation of Title IX, HR1 and Public Law 110-53 Private Sector approaches to Framework for Voluntary Preparedness, SoX, Presidential Declarations, and other government or industry imposed compliance requirements. This is an opportunity for members to share what they have learned, developed, and continue to implement. Members are encouraged to bring sanitized copies of any templates they have developed.
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  2008 Meetings      
Dec 10, 2008 Annual Holiday Luncheon - Orange County Mining Company   Flyer Map
Nov 12, 2008

Hurricane Ike:  A Lesson in Enmeshed Dynamics by Bill Wostenberg, Mgr BCP and Rex Owens, Mgr Facilities Planning and Services- Automobile Club of America

Failure of BCP to Drive Integration of Risk Management by Tim Coates, Senior Mgr Audit and Enterpise Risk Services - Deloitte and Touche

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Oct 8, 2008

How to Conduct a Successful BIA by David Graves

Presentation Materials:

BIA Questionnaire Template , References , BIA Objectives-Directive, Steps for Creating and Implementing a BC Plan, Ten Steps to a Successful BIA, BIA Definitions,

BCM - BIA Course

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Sept 10, 2008

The Great Southern California Shake Out presented by Cal Tech

Business Continuity - USA 2007 Compensation Report by Cheyene Haase, President BC Management

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Aug 13, 2008

Pandemic Plan Components by Michael Amado, Business Continuity Mgt, So Cal Edison & Monique Weiland, Continuity Planner, California ISO

Of Virus and Pandemics by Hildy Meyers, MD, MPH, Medial Director Orange County Department of Health Services

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July 9, 2008

Tour Captial Groups Dedicated Recovery Facility in Long Beach - The Capital Group would like to welcome the Southern California chapters of ACP to an in depth tour of Capital Groups 88,000 square foot dedicated internal recovery facility. The tour will highlight the culmination of over four years of planning for the facility, implementation, usage, maintenance and support models.

Address: 4403 E. Donald Douglas Drive, Long Beach, CA 90808

Introduction Presentation

Presentation Captial Group Program

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May 14, 2008

Business Continuity and Risk Management are they Complimentary or Contradictory by Richard Cooper, Business Protection Systems International (BPSI)

Planner as Trainer:  How to do More with Less and Achieve Greater Results by Phil Lambert, President The Center for Leadership Continuity

Vendor Spotlight -Message One - Email Management Services, EMS Rapid Archive, AlertFind

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April 9, 2008

Climate Change Issues for BCP Manager by Karen Scott- Martinet

FBI's Infragard Program and Threat Awareness Packages by Mark Hoffman, Infragard

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Mar 12, 2008

Risk Analysis by Eric L. Nelson, CIPP, Privacy and Risk Management Consultant, Secure Privacy Solutions

White Paper - Your Growing Exposure For Identity Theft Risks

Vendor Spotlight - Emergency Disaster Systems (EDS)

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Feb 13, 2008

Lessons from History:  TheTitanic by Mark Cozak-Holland, Author, Consultant, and Historian

Note:  This is a special event cost is $20 for members and $30 for non-members

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Jan 9, 2008

Human Factors - Much More Than Having a BC Plan by Rick Shaw founder and CEO of Awareity

Convergence for the Real Wold:  How will Security and Continuity Look in a Few Years by Tony Adame, Vice President Business Continuity Risk Management Marsh Risk Consulting

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  2007 Meetings      
Dec 12, 2007

Annual Holiday Luncheon OC Mining Company

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Nov 14, 2007

A Different Approach to Risk Assessment and BC Planning Assumptions by Mike Anzis from Ingram Micro

Conducting the Perfect Tabletop Exercise by Rich Schiesser

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Oct 10 , 2007

Presentation by Mike Marshall from Option One

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Sep 12, 2007

Biological Agents and the Threat of a H5N1 Influenza Pandemic by Gunnar Kuepper of IAEM - International Association of Emergency Managers

Workshop:  Pandemic Notification and Escalation Using Incident Management Products such as NotiFind by Strohl Systems

Vendor Spotlight - Strohl Systems

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Aug 8, 2007

Stopping the compliance insanity: Countrywide's sane approach to managing business continuity compliance of critical vendors by Philip Bigge, SVP, Business Continuity, Countrywide Financial Corporation.  Mr. Bigge will discuss how Countrywide maintains its business continuity vendor risk management program to satisfy company and regulatory requirements, especially the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.  Presentation Materials

Private/Public Partnership - 84% of essential services are privately held.  How does this affect the public? by Don Boland, Executive Director of CUEA. Presentation Materials


Vendor Spotlight - NC4    Presentation by NC4

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Jul 11, 2007

Fire Season - Preparing for Combustion by Randy Marsile Fire Management Organization of SCE
Data backup and storage including "CDP, near-CDP, and data-depuplication backup systems, and the current “real-world” status of each" by W. Curtis Preston - Glasshouse Technologies

Vendor Spotlight - TBD

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Jun 28, 2007

Special Event

MOCK DISASTER EXERCISE WORKSHOP with DSPN

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Jun 13, 2007

**Cancelled **

ACP-OC is in the process of transitioning to a new meeting location so the June meeting has been canceled.  We hope that members will take advantage of attending the June 28 special event.

     
May 9, 2007

Dare to prepare.org - Caltech seismo lab by Mark L. Benthien, Director for Communication, Education, and Outreach, Southern California Earthquake Center, University of Southern California
Vendor Spotlight - TBD

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Apr 11, 2007

Emergency Housing by Susan Becker, Oakwood Corporate Housing and
OCSD Private Sector Terrorism Response Group and Ready OC by Heather Houston, Orange County Sheriff's Terrorism Early Warning Group and Larry Barrios, Allison & Partner
Vendor Spotlight - Glasshouse

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Mar 14, 2007

USAID: Its Role in Disaster Mitigation and Assistance by Mary Ann Marks - Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance Bureau
Vendor Spotlight - Phil Lambert and the Center for Continuity Leadership

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Feb 14, 2007

Tour - Orange County Emergency Operations Center - by Donna Boston
Vendor Spotlight - None

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Jan 10, 2007

"12 Common Mistakes of a BIA" by Rich Schiesser, RWS Enterprises
Vendor Spotlight - Sungard Presented by Michael Pleasant

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Important Registration Information:

  • Send e-mail registration to Donna Griffin
  • Payment at the door accepted with pre-made e-mail reservation. (Because of lunch, it is difficult to accommodate walk-ins without a 3-day notice.)
  • Please make checks payable to "ACP Orange County".
  • E-mail registration must be received by date indicated under "Register by" located in the "Date" column above.
  • You will receive an e-mail confirmation and a receipt will be provided at the meeting.
  • Allow extra time for your arrival to accommodate parking and security processing.

Member Recognition Points Program

  • 5 pts When a Member donates a raffle gift
  • 5 pts When a Member accepts a Board position
  • 5 pts When a Member presents at a member meeting
  • 4 pts When a member participates on a committee or provides support to a Board Member
  • 3 pts When a Member's Guest joins OC ACP
  • 2 pts When a Member brings a Guest to the meeting
  • 1 pts When a Member attends a Chapter meeting

    When a Member's guest joins OC ACP at the meeting, the Member receives a coupon for $10 off their next membership renewal or event discount!
    When a Guest joins OC ACP at the meeting, they receive an automatic 10% discount!

New Opportunity for Chapter Members

Would you prefer to write out one single check and one single expense report? The ACP-OC Chapter is now offering our members who pre-pay 12 months in advance one free chapter meeting! The cost for a 12 month advance purchase is $165 versus $180. You can begin this at any time. Please note, our December meeting is not included in this offer. If you are unable to attend a meeting after you've pre-paid, you will forfeit your payment for that month and will not be refunded. Should a Chapter meeting be canceled, you will be granted an automatic one month extension.

If you would like more information about this offer, please contact Donna Griffin.






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