Read and accepted

a). May 10th - Lane County Sheriff Aaron Cobert ?? will give a presentation entitled "DETECTIVING DRUG USE"

b). June 14th - Roundtable Group Hot Topics discussion and installation of new officers.

c). September 2007 - June 2008 Safety Management System Elements Kickoff & Implementation

d). Previously suggested topics;

1). Doug Perry , Emergency Preparedness Eugene Fire Marshals office.

2). Gary Hyatt with Northwest Natural Gas, "Natural Gas Safety", "Incident rates, what they are and how to use them.

3). Dale Knight, Sr. Loss Control Consultant with SAIF Corp. - "Leading Edge Safety"

a). Dave Bogart will update web site & post link fee rate schedule & send email to those most likely.

Prospects - this has been tabled until Sept 2007, Steve Bridges will forward guidelines provided by ASSE national.

b). Sharon Pleu needs the Non-Profit status certification for Treasurer Responsibilities.

c). Wesley Dukes needs the most current By-Laws for posting on the web site. (Mary Lou has these)

d). ROC Pacific Rim will present a One Day PDC on the Big Island 4/16/07 then fly to OWAHU for 4/17-18/07 for ROC meeting. (Mary Lou Wilson will be attending)

e). Mary Lou will be sending out a summary of the meeting to the CCET for the Program Brainstorming Session held at Monaco.

f). MaryLou will forward approved by Law to Wesley Dukes for posting on the web site.

g). Officers and members are encourage to bring door prizes for the General Meeting.

h). Starting in Sept 2007 the monthly General Meeting will be held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month with the Officers Meeting held directly afterward at the Sizzler Restaurant. The Sizzler Restaurant Manager has scheduled us for that block for the next year.

i). NAOSH week was coming up 5/16-12/07. This is important to get on board to promote safety awareness throughout companies and the community. Here's a link to ASSE National http://www.asse.org/newsroom/naosh07/

a). President: Not Present due to emergency

b). Vice President: Mary Lou at ROC Conference

c).Treasurer: Gave report current balance is $22,829.06. CD will be transferred to Conference Fund. No major bill came in. Earthlink Web-hosting Charges were cancelled by Steve Bridges.

d). Member At Large: Present - new business below.

e). Secretary: Present- transferred web site, cancelled Earthlink webhosting, prepared & distributed meeting notes.

f). Government Affairs: Dave Bogart until new appointment

g). Membership Chair: nothing to report.

h). Conference Committee Chair: Conference Committee Chair: Not present, but a special meeting will be held 4/19/07 at the Sizzler from 11:30 to 1:30 in the smaller east side meeting area.

a).Dave Bogart & Wesley Dukes have made an impressive overhaul of the web site. Input and suggestions from the membership is encouraged. You can send emails to Wesley Dukes at wdukes@dwbogart.com

b). Wesley Dukes with DW Bogart and Associates will be joining the ASSE Cascade Chapter.

c). The officer nominating committee met directly after the General Meeting as nominees will be announced at the April 12th general meeting. Tentatively the new slate of officers and chair nominations is:

President: MaryLou Wilson, Vice President: Duane Grange, Member at Large: John Nagy, Secretary: Elizabeth Bartleson, Membership Chair: Steve Bridges, Governmental Affairs: David Bogart, Program Chair: Gretchen Brannon, Conference Chair: Steve Nichols

d). Elizabeth Bartleson will draft a membership promotion letter will be drafted and presented for review at the next meeting it will be mailed to local businesses, SAIF, OR-OSHA, Liberty Insurance, etc.

e). Steve will print up more Meeting Invitation Cards for committee members to pass out.

f). Dave Bogart read a letter that had been composed and mailed by Doug Caven. Dave requested that Doug send a retraction indicating that the ASSE Cascade Chapter has no formal position regarding the subject of the letter. Something about bill 30-60 being dead and another bill being ghost written by Paula Allen. First reading was 3/6/07 which was referred to the Business Accountability Committee . ???

g). Dave Bogart & Dan Hadley had a great brain storming session at Wildish Group for 1st three months of the proposed program. Had a rough layout for a promotional brochure that needs input and polishing. Will need to be printed for distribution by handing out to clients or through mail. Will promote program through the web site and email. Suggested there be tracks at the Safety Conference in March where one could make up for missed tracks. OR-OSHA will be invited to participate in meetings. How do we get to the objective 3+ monthly presenters. Can SHare with other Chapters and Coop.

h). Dave Bogart reported on several governmental affairs issues: HB 222 has been referred for passing will affect all employers not just those with 10 or more employees. Ergonomics will come back as issue with a Democratic Administration. There will be an attempt for a Federal Standard.

George Goodman is watching and can mobilize employers throughout Oregon if needed.

There is an attempt to hide this in Safety Committee Improvement bill. Duane Grange suggests that a Joint Committee address this issue to be ProActive instead of Reactive. He will poll the other Oregon Chapters and report back accordingly.

a).GOSH Conference Roundtable Discussion was moderated by Gretchen Brannon and Dave Bogart.

1). What Did We Learn?
2). What would be recommended for the Cascade Occupational, Environmental & Health slated for March 18-20, 2008. See supplemental addendum for notes:

a). We need topics and speakers for future meetings.

b). Be sure to greet and meet new attendees at the general meetings

a). The next General Meeting will be Round Table Discussion of what attendees found most useful at the recent GOSH Conference in Portland. It will be held on Thursday, April 12, 2007 at The Sizzler Restaurant off Gateway Blvd. at 1010 Postal Way, Springfield, Oregon.

b). Executive meeting at 10:30am. General Meeting at 11:30am.

c). Bring a Friend or Associate! Free Lunch for first time guests!

• Attorney, Geoge Goodman presentation went well
  
• Confined Space Classwas a disappointment
  
• Got some good information on how to deal with Managers, Vendors and Employees
  
• Middle Management is the hardest to get through to
  
• All need to strive for Self Managed Safety Programs
  
• Three types of organization: 1) SWAMP = drowning 2) NORM = Reactive 3) Pro=Proactive
  
• Company's need to build a Safety Team Culture
  
• Reward, System, Solution
  
• Program = On/Off VS. Process = Continual
  
• Suggestion: Put out CD for Conference Cap of all the notes from the classes in Adobe Acrobat format
  
• Most classes taken were for Leadership. All of it was enriching
  
• Don't like lecture class format. Needs to be more interactive. Some went to sleep.
  
• OSHA workshops are good because they have time for interaction. Q&A.
  
• Hoffman Construction was disappointed in # of Vendors in attendance
  
• Is there a good general Safety Orientation Video out there???
  
• 2/3 of Hall was used by vendors vs full hall in years past
  
• To have a Safety Change is uncomfortable to get to World Class they have to recognize value. Businesses never know what is saved in dollars, lives, and loss.
  
• CPS should be able to supply this information. Cost ANalysis is available monthly.
  
• How Many Vendors? _______ How Many Booths?______ How Many Attendees?_____
  
• LevelRite had an impressive product.
  
• Ceratoid Artery Survey was interesting
  
• Sleep Apnea Booth was interesting over 1/2 of the NFL football teams has sleep apnea. How many in the workplace are plagued with this problem? How does it affect the work performace and safety?
  
• Needed more Coffee, Water and Juice
  
• Walk around breakfast was discussed both sides, Pro-Con and Reality
  
• Quiz?