AGENDA:  Eighth Meeting 
of the DHS/FEMA Region VIII
Regional Advisory Council


Date/Time:		Wednesday, December 15, 2010 	10 a.m. Mountain Time
			
Call-in Information:		(800) 320-4330, PIN:  #########



Agenda Items:

A.  Roll Call and Introductions						Hans Kallam

B.  Welcome									Robin Finegan

C.  Pertinent Reports and Updates:

* Region VIII Activities							RVIII staff
* Regional Interagency Steering Committee (RISC) Activities		Pete Bakersky
* National Advisory Council (NAC) Activities				Donovan Puffer

D.  Old Business:

* Progress on RAC Recommendations for 2009				Donovan Puffer
* Region VIII homeland security activities synchronization		Hans Kallam
* RAC Recommendations for 2011						Hans Kallam

E.   New Business:

* Report & Recommendations of the Preparedness Task Force		Hans Kallam,
										Dwight Henninger
* FEMA Administrator’s Remarks at NCAI Conference			Del Brewer		
* Governor Transitions in 2011						RAC members
* Changes in RAC membership & officers					Donovan Puffer

F.   Discussion of Next Meeting						Hans Kallam

G.  Adjournment								Robin Finegan





Note:  The Preparedness Task Force has a webpage, www.fema.gov/preparednesstaskforce/, where you can access information relevant to their efforts and download a copy of the report 
of findings and recommendations they submitted to Congress on October 8, 2010.	

Current Region VIII RAC Membership: 

Robin Finegan			Regional Administrator, FEMA Region VIII (RAC Chair)
Hans Kallam			Director, CO Div. of Emergency Management (RAC Vice Chair)
Del Brewer			Tribal Representative, Oglala Sioux Tribe (RAC 2nd Vice Chair)
Chris Burbank			Chief of Police, Salt Lake City UT Police Department
Dr. Greg Burcham		Denver emergency physician, Colorado US&R Task Force
Dwight Henninger		Chief of Police, Vail CO Police Department
Bruce Hoover			Chief, Fargo ND Fire Department
Jeff Jahnke			Colorado State Forester
Joe Moore			Director, Wyoming Office of Homeland Security
Mark Peck			Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
Keith Squires			Deputy Commissioner, Utah Department of Public Safety
Pete Red Tomahawk		Tribal Representative, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Kristi Turman			Director, South Dakota Office of Emergency Management
Greg Wilz			Director, North Dakota Department of Emergency Services






POC for Council support:  Donovan Puffer, (303) 235-4632, Donovan.puffer@dhs.gov



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