Pacific Northwest Coordination Group Steering Committee (PNWCG SC)
February 20, 2008 Conference call - Final Notes
On the call: Chair Cory Winnie, Vice Chair Randy Simpson, Pam Ensley, Carl Gossard, Mark
Kahley, Paul Perz, Bob Anderson, Bill Lafferty, Paul Bell and Executive Director Pat Kelly.
Chairs remarks: Cory commented that we were doing the conference call in lieu of an in
person meeting as we did not have many decision items on our agenda and that we would not
have been able to have an in person quorum.
International Association of Wildland Fire’s proposed 2009 Safety Summit – Shelby Gales
The IAWF has approached Shelby Gales about its desire to have their 2009 Safety summit – the
10th – in the Pacific Northwest. (See the IAWF document which was handed out at the January
meeting titled “Benefits of Hosting the Safety Summit”.) The session will have worldwide
appeal and will attract 300-500 attendees. USFS R6 and OR/WA BLM are very interested in
having the session in the PNW and plan to use it in place of their annual PNW Fire
Operations/Safety conference. No funds are needed from PNWCG or its members.
Nonreimbursed assistance from PNWCG and its members is requested. With a 12-18 month
planning timeline the session would be in the Spring of 2009. Likely location would be the
greater Portland area.
Questions for PNWCG SC to answer in March:
1) Does PNWCG want to officially sponsor the Safety Summit?
2) If yes, does PNWCG SC want to delegate coordination of PNWCG’s member agency
participation to a Task Force?
PNWCG SC Charter
Cory will make a few minor changes and bring the updated charter to the March meeting for
signature.
PNW IC Council
Cory will edit the document per our discussion and bring to the March meeting for approval.
Steering Committee/Work Team Spring meeting
See attached agenda “proposed workshop” dated 1/29/08 for review and comments at our March
meeting.
Crew contract
See letter of Feb. 12, 2008 from Burke Mayer, Procurement Supervisor, Oregon Department of
Forestry for the latest status.
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Bin items
PNWCG Strategic Plan
Cory sent out the revised Strategic Plan for review. It will be on the March agenda and will be
shared with the WT chairs at the WT/SC meeting.
Website
It’s up to date and several parties involved in potential litigation and actual litigation are using it.
Quick Place
Mary Ann will be able to be with us again in April. Pat will contact Mary Ann and ask her to
resend the log in procedure to each member.
AAR
+ Short and to the point
+ Flexibility in doing a quick reschedule from the previously scheduled in person meeting
- Some confusion at the start of the call with an unscheduled call on the line.
Meeting Adjourned.
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