Eastern IMT Conference Newsletter - February 25, 2010

SILENT AUCTION RESULTS

The auction raised $1,750 for the scholarship fund. Twenty-nine items were on the block with
the camping gear being the single highest item at $210. Bill Archambault won the most items
with three bids. People’s Choice Award went to the ECIMT’s basket…next year’s
auction will knock your socks off!

CEMA AWARDS PRESENTED

Ten individual awards were presented yesterday by CEMA
President Jim Lancy. JoAnne Stone received the CEMA President’s Award for lifetime
achievement. Mike Gelski was posthumously awarded the Outstanding Volunteer
Achievement Award. Mike’s wife Karen accepted the award. Regional Emergency
Manager of the Year awards went to seven members. West Region winner is Jennifer
Dinsmore; Northwest Region is John Hutchins; Merrie Harper was selected from the
North Central Region; Pat Mialy was chosen from the Northeast Region; Kimberly Brant
was selected from the San Luis Valley Region; The South West Region winner was Drew
Peterson and Don Taylor from the South Central Region round out the regional selectees.
Jason Finehout was awarded the CEMA Rookie Emergency Manager of the Year.
Congratulations to these outstanding CEMA folks!

VENDORS

Hopefully you have had a chance to visit the Vendor areas here at the
Conference. This year we have a total of 35 vendors. Thanks are extended to the Vendor
group for the social hour that they provided yesterday which presented an excellent
opportunity for attendees to network with each other as well as interact with the vendors.
Conference attendees are reminded that CDs of each presentation are available at check-in.
Please stop by and pick-up your copy. These will also be posted online at
http://coemcon.blogspot.com/

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Be sure and check out the following site regarding conference activities, presentations,
audio/visual and other coverage of the Conference real-time. The Conference is also being
covered online at http://search.twitter.com/ and search for #coemcon.

Eastern IMT Conference Newsletter - February 24, 2010

(for questions on this newsletter, contact the Eastern Colorado IMT PIO Larry Helmerick at larryhelmerick@att.net)

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

A photojournalist with KRDO, Channel 13 arrived early yesterday to cover opening remarks from various state and local officials. The visit ended with a 20 minute interview with Hans Kallam, DEM Director. Because of the TV coverage, more stations may respond to document the conference.

The Eastern Colorado Incident Management Team (ECIMT) has begun their third year supporting the EM conference. This year’s team is headquartered in the Board Room around the corner from check-in. Stop by and see a state Type-3 Command and General staff in action.

The Colorado Department of Agriculture (DOA) recently signed a MOU with the ECIMT. Because of this first of a kind agreement, $34,000 in equipment support has been given to the team. Thanks to Bill Bennett of DOA for his coordinating efforts to make this MOU happen. Conference attendees are reminded that CDs of each presentation are available at check-in. Please stop by and pick-up your copy. These will also be posted online at http://coemcon.blogspot.com

Be sure and check out the following sites regarding conference activities, presentations and commentary, audio/visual and other coverage of the Conference real-time. The Conference is also being covered online at http://search.twitter.com and search for #coemcon

SILENT AUCTION

Don’t miss the Silent Auction in the Colorado Room for the benefit of the CEMA Scholarship Program. All proceeds will be used for conference registration in 2011. Check out the neat stuff and place your bid! Checks and cash accepted, so bring your money and lets make this a success. There are 30 different stations with a total value of over $3,500. Bid on the mystery boxes, who knows what treasure they might contain.