Our 60-plus came together and worked well as a group to brainstorm ideas, identify issues and shortfalls — whether it be the medical area or communication, or just a variety of areas that have to be addressed in this plan.

Our 60-plus came together and worked well as a group to brainstorm ideas, identify issues and shortfalls whether it be the medical area or communication, or just a variety of areas that have to be addressed in this plan.

The facilitators captured the ideas, the brainstorming, the feedback and the state has provided a template for a response plan.

This is all in support of a national support plan.

We certainly have critical resources in this region that impact not only the state, but the nation. We're developing a plan to use local resources to enable us to develop an overwhelming regional response to a catastrophic event.

We bring together the best ideas - turning the meetings of our top managers into intellectual orgies.