August 1, 2006...The 2006 WOCCU Conference is
history but its benefits have just begun!
I do all my own web
maintenance so I apologize in advance if some
links don't work. You can always find everything
in our R&D library.
Also,
thanks to firewalls and blockers, I don't always
get your emails. I suspect some of mine are also
being block. I stopped sending RM e-News in 2003
and send only two planned mass emails a year.
Rich
Thank you WOCCU and the
Irish League of Credit Unions of all you did to
make this conference a huge success. We reviewed
the latest in disaster response best practices,
launched a global version of the Credit Union
Incident Command System, and heard from those
who survived tsunamis, hurricanes, terrorist
attacks, and tornados. Refer to the WOCCU CD for
comments from Katrina survivor Chris Maurer, CEO
University of New Orleans FCU, and branch
banking advocate Carroll Beach, President of the
Credit Union Services Corporation.
Click here
for a direct link to Carroll's
http://www.cusc.net/
web site. Tsunami survivor Ranjith Hettiarachchi, CEO Association
of Asian Confederation of Credit Unions is
sending me the visuals he used during our
session to post in our R&D library.
And
Click here for
a master copy of my program on credit union best
RM practices before, during, and after
disasters. And read my white papers
on Katrina Best practices (Click
Here).
Click on
1st
responders,
victims,
and
evacuees
for trifolds you can forward to credit union
employees and chapter leaders.
I do all my own web
maintenance and design, so if the above links
don't work, look below for links I posted before
the conference. You can also reach these link
through our R&D Department, and posted white
papers.
Please
don't hesitate translating these handouts to
your own language. All I ask is you email me a
copy so I might post them in my library for
others to read!
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A message from
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Rich Woldt CEO The Risk Management Learning
Center
Welcome
WOCCU members and International Credit Union Risk Managers.
Thank you for attending the 2006 World Credit
Union Conference and our "summit" titled
"Preparing For and Rising Above Natural
Disasters. We're holding this "summit" because
you're part of a world movement focused on preparing for and responding to any natural
disaster. In Dublin, I'll be joined by Carroll
Beach, President of the Credit Union Service
Corporation in Duluth GA, and Chris Mauer,
President/CEO UNO Federal Credit Union -
University of New Orleans. Carroll and Chris
will share their "hands-on" experiences
with Hurricane Katrina and I'll report on the
"best practices" of our International Credit
Union Risk Managers and the success we've had
using the Credit Union Incident Command System.
August 1, 2006...
Please complete the RM surveys under my picture in the
right column. These surveys
help
benchmark or compare your Risk Management programs to an international RM performance
standard. I've been privileged to
work at WOCCU conferences since WOCCU was
organized in 1971 and A. A. Patty Bailey lead
the charge to safeguard the world credit union
movement. Thanks to Patty, WOCCU, and the Irish
Credit Union League for allowing me to be part
of your world class movement. As tsunami victim
Ranjith Hettiarachchi highlighted in his
comments (click here) we've faced disasters in
the past and we'll face new danger in our
future. However, because our grassroots movement
in inherently a "people helping people" movement
we'll be ready to take command and control the
next time disaster strikes. We don't know if
it's going to be another hurricane or tsunami,
or pandemic, or terrorist attack. What we do
know is thanks to your taking the time to
assemble in Dublin, our movement will be ready
to take command and control of whatever
endangers our members.
July 30, 2006... Thank YOU International Credit Union Risk Managers
who attended WOCCU Conference in Dublin!
I commend you all for your RM efforts to control
risks and reduce losses during the natural
disasters (hurricanes, floods, tsunamis, etc.)
of '05 and 2006.
Click here for
a master copy of the power point visuals I used
at this 2006 World Credit Union Conference. I encourage you to brief your local fire
chief and Director of Emergency Government on
how the credit union movement is using the
Incident Command System.
Click here to
download my summary of the ICS we used when Ivan
hit Jamaica.
So that we can learn
from our experience with Katrina, please
complete the "Katrina Best and Worst
Practices"(Click here) and read my white papers
on Katrina Best practices (Click
Here). Thank you also for
distributing the Instructions for
1st
responders,
victims,
and
evacuees.
I suggest you also read the handouts I used at
CUNA Management Schools this year and monitor
our R&D department for updates on the Credit
Union Incident Command System.
Southwest CUNA
Management students and credit union leaders who
attended the Western States Conference in Las
Vegas are helping me design a credit union
specific Incident Command log-in survey. This
survey simply gives us a faster way for credit
unions to tell incident commanders what they
might be able to deliver to the incident staging
areas. We're using such a survey to assemble
Wisconsin veteran' resources for the incident
commander of the Ellison Bay gas explosions. If you're a
US military veteran, please complete the Incident Command
Veteran Log-In Survey (click here).
I'm using that incident to field test this
protocol. I can see such a survey being used by
your sponsor or any organization responding to a
disaster. Keep an eye on
www.cops007.com
site as that's the site I'll be using to
role out much of this in 2007. The goal is to
have each industry function as a
"unified" command during the next natural
disaster or terrorist attack. Expect to hear
more about the Incident Command System and NIMS
in 2007.
Thank you all for
whatever role you've played in past disasters
and for your willingness to share your best
practices for our future. Your input and
best practices will help to save lives, reduce
property damage, and speed our recovery from the
next disaster. I hope to see
you all at furture WOCCU
Conferences.
Rich
Woldt - CEO - The Risk Management Learning
Center
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- If the above links to handouts
don't work, try the following
links:
- For instructions for victims
during a disaster...Click
here
- For instructions for first
responders during a disaster...Click
here
- For instructions for evacuees
during a disaster...Click
here
- For my white paper on Katrina'
Best Practices...Click
here
- For my white paper on "Staging
Area Resource Management...Click
here
- For my report on how the Jamaica
Credit Union League used the
Incident Command System during
Hurricane Ivan...Click
here
- To download the power point
visuals I'll use in Dublin...Click
here
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