COA –NE Membership Meeting April 27, 2005

I. Introductions

II. LT Dominic Frasca, spoke about TOPOFF 3 experience

a. Served as a Federal Liaison assigned to the CT Dept of Public Health

b. Mock exercise involving a mass bioterrorism attack in NY, NJ and CT

i. City, State, and Federal involvement

c. Miscommunication, email-phone problems, main concern

d. Training : Secretary Emergency Response Team ( SERT) or Liaison Training on OFRD website, great for Commissioned Officers who do not have a deployment role.

III. COA Scholarship Foundation, requesting donations, our chapter is donating, individuals can donate also, Officers who donate are allowed to be a member of their scholarship committee. See Erich if interested. ekleinschmidt@bop.gov

IV. T-Shirts

a. NE-COA is interested making our own to sell.

b. Tabled until the next meeting

c. People should bring /designs ideas to next meeting, contact Kelly at kval75@gmail.com if interested

V. Meeting in CT for the summer

a. Planning a summer picnic in Southern New England- family oriented event./meeting

b. LT Pappalardo is researching Newport, RI

c. LCDR Thompson is researching New London, CT

VI. Networking for COA National meeting

a. Southwest airlines $70 RT

b. Anyone interested in carpooling? Contact Erich at ekleinschmidt@bop.gov

VII. COA recruiting

a. COA members should contact five PHS officers about the benefits of being a member

b. State Representatives for smaller posts?

c. Any Volunteers to Help? Contact Erich at ekleinschmidt@bop.gov

d. Planning to set up a website. Contact Chris at chris.vantwuyver@fda.gov if interested

VIII. TML opportunities

a. Constitution Inn, Charlestown, MA – contact Helga at hbaca@bop.gov for more info.

b. West Chop Lighthouse, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket House, Nantucket, contact Kelly at kval75@gmail.com for application.