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President's Comments

I'm excited to report that your board has planned our chapter meetings through the end of 2012. The mix of programs is different from what we have offered in the past and reflects areas of interest from the recent chapter survey. You will also see some different meeting times and locations periodically through the rest of the year. The December luncheon location has been secured, also. Last year we waited too late to select the venue, so our location was not as centrally located for our members.

One meeting in the fall will be focused on an introduction to business continuity and disaster recovery. This will be focused on those new to the subject matter and will focus on the first 4 DRII Professional Practices (https://www.drii.org/certification/professionalprac.php). We will need presenters for each professional practice. Each professional practice would be covered in 20 minutes, so this is something that should not  require extensive preparation. If you are interested in presenting one of the topics, please contact any board member. This will be an opportunity for you to invite those new to our profession and we will have promotional materials that we can all use to encourage people to attend.

We also plan to have our September meeting focused on Emergency Management. Our contacts in this area are limited, so your assistance is critical if this program is going to be offered. This area has not been discussed much over the last few years even though we have many members that work in this discipline.

CPM West and 2 related conferences will be held simultaneously at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine. On Tuesday, October 9, from 2 to 4 p.m., our chapter will host an ACP meeting for all of our members and other ACP members from across the nation. This will be a great opportunity to meet others in our profession who reside outside our DFW region.

We have an exciting year ahead of us. See you on Tuesday, May 1, at our next meeting.

- Michael Carver
  North Texas Chapter President