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ASIS Chapter 02 Meeting Minutes General Membership Meeting March 25, 2010 Meeting called to order at 12:05pm Invocation led by Harold Patin Introduction of members around the room Old Business – Kent Lirette ASIS Conference in Dallas October 12th – 15th New Business – Kent Lirette ASIS Courses in New Orleans next month April 12 – 13 (Enhanced Violence Assessment and Management April 12 – 14 (Managing Your Physical Security Program) April 14 – 15 (Active Shooter) Introduction of Guest Speaker, Phil Constantin, CPP, PSP, PCI – Kent Lirette Phil Constantin, CPP, PSP, PCI is a Protective Security Advisor for the New Orleans District of Department of Homeland Security. The New Orleans district includes much of Southeast Louisiana. PSA’s are the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) community-based critical infrastructure and vulnerability assessment specialist assigned to local communities. PSAs serve as liaisons between DHS and the protective community at the State, local and private sector levels in geographical areas representing major concentrations of CIKR across the United States. PSAs assist the Homeland Security Advisor (HSA) in the identification of CI/KR assets and corresponding interdependencies in their State or district. PSAs maintain a close working relationship with Federal, State, territorial, local, and tribal public safety officials, especially law enforcement, and owners and operators of CI/KR. PSAs may coordinate requests from CI/KR assets for services and resources to include training, scheduling of site surveys, Buffer Zone Plans (BZPs), and technical assistance visits. When needed, PSAs may act as the “on-scene” Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP) representative within State and local emergency operations centers (EOCs), as well as at sites of potential or suspected terrorist or other incidents. His contact email is Philip.constantin@dhs.gov, and phone number is (504) 202-1081 Special Thanks to all of the ASIS members for attending. Non-Members please visit www.asisonline.org, or www.asisneworelans.org to see the numerous benefits of membership A special thanks to Phil Constantin for providing a very valuable presentation today as well. Meeting Adjourned at 12:55pm _________________________________________________ February 25, 2010 Members Present � 16 Guests Present � 4 Speakers Present � 1
Meeting called to order at 12:05pm by Kent Lirette Invocation led by Eric Amerland Pledge of Allegiance led by Kent Lirette Introductions around the room Email from Ruben Orr W/ ASIS � Kent Lirette An ASIS Course on physical security case studies & presentations will occur in New Orleans. It will be available at a discounted rate to Chapter 029 members if we get 10 or more chapter members to attend. Kent will be sending out an email to all members of Chapter 029. Introduction of guest speaker, Mr. Dexter Accardo � Kent Lirette Mr. Accardo is currently the Director of the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness for St. Tammany Parish Presentation by Mr. Dexter Accardo � Controlling entry during times of emergency -Multiple agencies in surrounding areas must volunteer to assist -Common sense must prevail -Millitary poses difficulties because too strict, and not willing to use common sense. -Placard reentry system -Placard reentry system categorizes the people reentering an affected area, and places them into tiers. -Law passed to indemnify faith based organizations who are volunteering to assist people in the affected areas -It does no good to bring people back into the area too early. If people return to the affected area before gas stations, grocery stores, and pharmacies are reopened it could be a hindrance to the emergency responders trying to help get the area up and running. -It is important for businesses to apply for placards well in advance. -Private Security Force -Without the existing private security force, law enforcement alone could not handle emergency events such as hurricane evacuations -St. Tammany Parish Super Emergency Operations Center -A Super EOC is being planned in St. Tammany Parish. This EOC will help ST. Tammany, as well as surrounding parishes. -EOC will provide people with detailed directions on how they can get to where they need to go upon reentry into the parish. -EOC will act as a bunk house for lower parishes� equipment in the event of an evacuation -Mr. Accardo raffled off (2) emergency radios -Radios were won by Steve Hebert, and C.J. Kerner Presentation of Certificate of Appreciation to Mr. Dexter Accardo � Kent Lirette
ASIS Chapter 029 Meeting Minutes January 28, 2010 Meeting Guest Speaker Special Agent Robert D. Thibault -Meeting called to order at 12:05pm -Pledge of Allegiance led by Kent Lirette -Invocation led by Bernard Mitchell -Introductions -�Espionage in the Big Easy� Guest Speaker, Special Agent Bob Thibault -Mr. Thibault spoke in great detail about the Espionage case involving Kuo, Bergenson, and Kang -John Tobbler, CPP installed the following officers of ASIS Chapter 029 for 2010 -Kent Lirette, CPP, Chairman -Ellen Dollacker, CPP, Treasurer -Bernard Mitchell, Assistant Chairman -Eric Amerland, Secretary -Bill Moran, CPP, Vice Chairman (Absent)
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August 24, 2009 Guest Speaker - Ed Kuhnert of Edison Chouest Offshore Members Present- 24 Guests Present -2 -Meeting called to order at 12:00pm, followed by prayer, pledge of allegiance, and introductions (Kent Lirette) -Brief introduction and bio of Ed Kuhnert (Kent Lirette) -Guest Speaker, Mr. Ed A. Kuhnert, Executive Security Director of Edison Chouest Offshore -Mr. Kuhnert spoke about the 18 sectors of critical infrastructure that were established by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) - The DHS imposes ridiculous amounts of rules and regulations on private companies causing them to spend millions of dollars, but can not name any particular threats on the individual infrastructures that they are trying to protect to justify the spending of the money. -At first DHS advised these private companies that they were a partnership with them to make things more secure, now they have changed their mind and claim to be a regulator and not a partnership. -Most important critical infrastructure sector Everyone is, and no one is. Everyone needs the support of everyone else - GPS systems and threats to the syste -ASIS National Convention 2009 (Kent Lirette) -CPP Study Group -Meeting was adjourned at 12:45pm for lunch to be served -------------------------------------------------- Chapter 29 Meeting Minutes Don's Seafood Hut 14 Members Present 2 Guests Present 2 Speakers Present
Meeting was called to order at 12:05pm Prayer led by Harold Patin Pledge of Allegiance Introductions for Members, Guests, and Speaker in attendance Chapter Briefings Kent Lirette Collection of dues Post office Box Minutes now uploaded online on www.asisneworleans.org Guest Speaker Captain Ken Curlee,Louisiana State Police Troop B Commander Captain Curlee talked about hurricane preparedness Evacuations, Planning Early, Contra flow, and the 50-40-30 Hour plans were discussed in great detail Captain Curlee stressed that once a mandatory evacuation is in place; your freedom of movement is limited. Louisiana State Police has their Hurricane and Evacuation Guide posted on www.lsp.org Captain Curlee discussed the tiered placard reentry system that is in place for essential personnel to return Captain Curlee stressed that once a storm passes, all bridges have to be inspected by an engineer before being reopened to the public. Open Forum LSP answered general law enforcement, hurricane planning, and traffic questions from members and guests Captain Curlee shared a few stories Meeting was adjourned at 1:15pm -------------------------------------------------------------------- ASIS Chapter 29 April 30, 2009 Meeting Minutes Don's Seafood Hut Meeting was called to order at 12:00pm Introductions for Members, Guests, and speakers in attendance Prayer led by Eric Amerland Pledge of Allegiance led by Kent Lirette Reinstatement of yearly dues for Chapter 29 Other chapters currently charge between $50.00 and $100.00 per year for dues. Chapter 29 will keep the dues at $30.00, which is the same amount as they were before in 2005 Literature from ASIS International Kent Lirette Literature was obtained from ASIS. Literature on the ASIS Bookstore, Educational Certifications, and ASIS Membership will be available at every monthly meeting. Post Office Box for Chapter 29 Kent Lirette Chapter 29 is going to obtain a P.O. Box for members to send dues, and other correspondence. Once the address is issued, it will be sent to all members. 2011 ASIS International Seminar & Exhibits John Tobler In 2011,New Orleans will host the ASIS International Seminar & Exhibits It is important to start re-establishing Chapter 29 now in order to assist the national with organizing the seminar The reinstatement of the chapter dues is a step in the right direction for re-establishing Chapter 29 Port Of South Louisiana Pandemic Flu Preparedness Plan John Tobler A plan which was prepared by Lester Millet III with the Port of South Louisiana was shared with the members The website to access the plan is www.portsl.com. Darryl Delatte with the Governors Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness was a guest speaker at this meeting Darryl is the Region 1 Coordinator, Regional Support Section A handout on the swine flu pandemic from the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals was given to all members. Tim Thompson with New Orleans Homeland Security was another guest speaker Tim spoke about the strength of inter-agency cooperation between the parishes in the Greater New Orleans area Tim talked about the 1st Regional Intelligence, and Infrastructure Support Center that is planned to be built on the Westbank. This will be a new regional coordinating concept Kent Lirette awarded Darryl Delatte, and Tim Thompson with certificates of appreciation from ASIS Chapter 29. ASIS Chapter 29 members
As most of you are aware, Chapter 29 has not collected any chapter dues since 2004, or before hurricane Katrina. The chapter has been surviving on only the money collected at the luncheons, which is most of the time a break even at best. In order to one day return to sponsoring functions previously held by this chapter, it will be necessary to re-instate yearly chapter dues. Chapter dues are voluntary and will not affect your standings within the ASIS organization. Dues for other chapters range from $50 to $100 per year, with most chapters our size in the $50 range. The last time we collected dues, it was $30. In these tough economic times, I do not want to put any more financial burden on anyone. I am proposing that we resume collecting $30 membership dues per person, per calendar year for the time being. We can then increase dues at a later date if necessary.
You can bring your dues to the meeting this Thursday, April 30th. Receipts will be available. If you cannot make the meeting, payment information will be posted at a later date
Thank You,
Kent Lirette PSP February 5, 2009 Meeting Greetings from your 2009 Chapter Chairman  Dear Chapter 29 members, It is with great pleasure that I assume the role of Chapter Chairman of ASIS Greater New Orleans Chapter 29. My name is Kent Lirette and I have been a member of ASIS since 2003. I have earned a PSP and am presently working on my CPP Certification. I am still relatively a newcomer to the organization, and through most of my experience here, the chapter has been in a rebuilding mode from Hurricane Katrina. Although it has been a long road back, I feel the chapter is well on it's way to recovery. Meeting attendance has increased to pre-Katrina levels. In the future, we need to focus on re-instituting some of the programs that have been lost since the storm. We have a new group of officers being assisted by some of our veteran members to insure a smooth transition. I am looking forward to working with you this next year to continue bringing this chapter back to the level of excellence that is emulated by the name ASIS. Please join me for our first meeting of the year on: Date: Thursday, February 5th, 2009 |
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