![](media/image1.png)Eastern Panhandle

FEDERAL EXECUTIVES ASSOCIATION

**of West Virginia**

# c/o U. S. Coast Guard Operations Systems Center 408 Coast Guard Drive, Kearneysville, WV 25430

# Phone (304) 264-2552 FAX (304) 264-2536

# General Meeting -- March 15, 2006

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| Acting       | John  |                       |                       |
| President    | O'    |                       |                       |
|              | Shea, |                       |                       |
|              | OPM   |                       |                       |
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| Speaker      | Dr.   |                       |                       |
|              | David |                       |                       |
|              | Du    |                       |                       |
|              | nlop, |                       |                       |
|              | Pres  |                       |                       |
|              | ident |                       |                       |
|              | of    |                       |                       |
|              | She   |                       |                       |
|              | pherd |                       |                       |
|              | Unive |                       |                       |
|              | rsity |                       |                       |
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| Secretary    | Laura |                       |                       |
|              | Camp  |                       |                       |
|              | bell, |                       |                       |
|              | USCG  |                       |                       |
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| *            |       |                       |                       |
| *Attendees** |       |                       |                       |
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| Jessica      |       | John Quinn, USCG NVDC | Paula McFall, USCG    |
| Liptak, NPS  |       |                       | OSC                   |
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| Mick Feeser, |       | Thomas Willis, USCG   | Kelli King, USCG OSC  |
| VA           |       | NVDC                  |                       |
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| Peter Groen, |       | Doug Cameron, USCG    | John Arata, NPS       |
| Shepherd     |       | NVDC                  |                       |
| University   |       |                       |                       |
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| Jaime        |       | Margaret Bowman, OPM  | Rodney Emery, VA      |
| Nasuti, VA   |       |                       |                       |
| (EPFEA       |       |                       |                       |
| Webmaster)   |       |                       |                       |
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| Rick Lemon,  |       | Patricia Williams,    | Bill Freeman, VA      |
| FWS          |       | USCG NVDC             |                       |
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| Jim Willis,  |       | Joan Woody, USCG NVDC | Alice Baker, USCG     |
| FWS          |       |                       | NVDC                  |
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| Jeff Smith,  |       | Ken Houchens, ATF     | Doris Hall-James, Job |
| GSA          |       |                       | Corps                 |
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| George       |       | Linda Shook, NCTC     |                       |
| Johnson, VA  |       |                       |                       |
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| Marianne     |       | Steven Bock, SSA      |                       |
| Cage, USDA   |       |                       |                       |
| ARS          |       |                       |                       |
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| John O'Shea  |       |                       |                       |
| called the   |       |                       |                       |
| meeting to   |       |                       |                       |
| order at     |       |                       |                       |
| 12:10 and    |       |                       |                       |
| led us in    |       |                       |                       |
| the Pledge   |       |                       |                       |
| of           |       |                       |                       |
| Allegiance.  |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| Minutes from |       |                       |                       |
| the          |       |                       |                       |
| February15   |       |                       |                       |
| General      |       |                       |                       |
| Meeting were |       |                       |                       |
| distributed  |       |                       |                       |
| and          |       |                       |                       |
| reviewed. No |       |                       |                       |
| changes were |       |                       |                       |
| requested.   |       |                       |                       |
| Rick Lemon   |       |                       |                       |
| moved we     |       |                       |                       |
| accept the   |       |                       |                       |
| minutes, Jim |       |                       |                       |
| Willis       |       |                       |                       |
| seconded the |       |                       |                       |
| motion, and  |       |                       |                       |
| it passed.   |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| Linda Shook  |       |                       |                       |
| reminded     |       |                       |                       |
| members that |       |                       |                       |
| the EPFEA    |       |                       |                       |
| has two      |       |                       |                       |
| upcoming     |       |                       |                       |
| training     |       |                       |                       |
| seminars.    |       |                       |                       |
| The          |       |                       |                       |
| Retirement   |       |                       |                       |
| Seminar held |       |                       |                       |
| on April     |       |                       |                       |
| 18-19 has    |       |                       |                       |
| about 20     |       |                       |                       |
| seats still  |       |                       |                       |
| available.   |       |                       |                       |
| The          |       |                       |                       |
| Financial    |       |                       |                       |
| Planning     |       |                       |                       |
| Seminar will |       |                       |                       |
| be held on   |       |                       |                       |
| April 20 and |       |                       |                       |
| about 200    |       |                       |                       |
| seats are    |       |                       |                       |
| still        |       |                       |                       |
| available.   |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| Mick Feeser  |       |                       |                       |
| announced    |       |                       |                       |
| that the     |       |                       |                       |
| Emergency    |       |                       |                       |
| Planning     |       |                       |                       |
| Committee's  |       |                       |                       |
| next meeting |       |                       |                       |
| is March 22, |       |                       |                       |
| 2006. Anyone |       |                       |                       |
| interested   |       |                       |                       |
| in joining   |       |                       |                       |
| the          |       |                       |                       |
| committee    |       |                       |                       |
| should       |       |                       |                       |
| contact him  |       |                       |                       |
| at           |       |                       |                       |
| michael.fe   |       |                       |                       |
| eser@va.gov. |       |                       |                       |
| The          |       |                       |                       |
| committee    |       |                       |                       |
| will be      |       |                       |                       |
| scheduling a |       |                       |                       |
| c            |       |                       |                       |
| omprehensive |       |                       |                       |
| exercise in  |       |                       |                       |
| the fall to  |       |                       |                       |
| test COOP    |       |                       |                       |
| plans &      |       |                       |                       |
| c            |       |                       |                       |
| apabilities. |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| John O'Shea  |       |                       |                       |
| reminded     |       |                       |                       |
| members that |       |                       |                       |
| the          |       |                       |                       |
| Ad           |       |                       |                       |
| ministrative |       |                       |                       |
| Professional |       |                       |                       |
| Day Workshop |       |                       |                       |
| will be held |       |                       |                       |
| on April     |       |                       |                       |
| 19^th^.      |       |                       |                       |
| Registration |       |                       |                       |
| is due March |       |                       |                       |
| 24^th^.      |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| The EPFEA is |       |                       |                       |
| requesting   |       |                       |                       |
| nominations  |       |                       |                       |
| for the      |       |                       |                       |
| D            |       |                       |                       |
| istinguished |       |                       |                       |
| Service      |       |                       |                       |
| Awards.      |       |                       |                       |
| Please       |       |                       |                       |
| submit       |       |                       |                       |
| nominations  |       |                       |                       |
| by April 10, |       |                       |                       |
| 2006. If you |       |                       |                       |
| need more    |       |                       |                       |
| information, |       |                       |                       |
| please       |       |                       |                       |
| contact      |       |                       |                       |
| Carol Beard  |       |                       |                       |
| at           |       |                       |                       |
| <            |       |                       |                       |
| Carol.Beard@ |       |                       |                       |
| med.va.gov>. |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| John O'Shea  |       |                       |                       |
| introduced   |       |                       |                       |
| guest        |       |                       |                       |
| speaker Dr.  |       |                       |                       |
| David        |       |                       |                       |
| Dunlap,      |       |                       |                       |
| President of |       |                       |                       |
| Shepherd     |       |                       |                       |
| University.  |       |                       |                       |
| Mr. Dunlap   |       |                       |                       |
| discussed    |       |                       |                       |
| some of the  |       |                       |                       |
| changes the  |       |                       |                       |
| university   |       |                       |                       |
| has gone     |       |                       |                       |
| through in   |       |                       |                       |
| the past     |       |                       |                       |
| years. This  |       |                       |                       |
| includes the |       |                       |                       |
| changes in   |       |                       |                       |
| curriculum   |       |                       |                       |
| that have    |       |                       |                       |
| developed    |       |                       |                       |
| two distinct |       |                       |                       |
| educational  |       |                       |                       |
| intuitions;  |       |                       |                       |
| Shepherd     |       |                       |                       |
| University   |       |                       |                       |
| and Blue     |       |                       |                       |
| Ridge        |       |                       |                       |
| Community &  |       |                       |                       |
| Technical    |       |                       |                       |
| College to   |       |                       |                       |
| meet the     |       |                       |                       |
| needs of the |       |                       |                       |
| students and |       |                       |                       |
| the          |       |                       |                       |
| community.   |       |                       |                       |
| Mr. Dunlap   |       |                       |                       |
| discussed    |       |                       |                       |
| the          |       |                       |                       |
| partnerships |       |                       |                       |
| Shepherd     |       |                       |                       |
| University   |       |                       |                       |
| has with the |       |                       |                       |
| Blue Ridge   |       |                       |                       |
| Community &  |       |                       |                       |
| Technical    |       |                       |                       |
| College, the |       |                       |                       |
| community    |       |                       |                       |
| and Federal  |       |                       |                       |
| Agencies in  |       |                       |                       |
| the area.    |       |                       |                       |
| This         |       |                       |                       |
| included     |       |                       |                       |
| adding       |       |                       |                       |
| benefits and |       |                       |                       |
| programs to  |       |                       |                       |
| meet the     |       |                       |                       |
| needs of the |       |                       |                       |
| demographics |       |                       |                       |
| of the area, |       |                       |                       |
| developing   |       |                       |                       |
| programs for |       |                       |                       |
| agencies and |       |                       |                       |
| upcoming     |       |                       |                       |
| trends, and  |       |                       |                       |
| the physical |       |                       |                       |
| changes to   |       |                       |                       |
| expand the   |       |                       |                       |
| University   |       |                       |                       |
| itself. He   |       |                       |                       |
| discussed    |       |                       |                       |
| the          |       |                       |                       |
| additional   |       |                       |                       |
| degree       |       |                       |                       |
| programs     |       |                       |                       |
| that are     |       |                       |                       |
| being        |       |                       |                       |
| offered so   |       |                       |                       |
| that         |       |                       |                       |
| Shepherd can |       |                       |                       |
| compete with |       |                       |                       |
| the other    |       |                       |                       |
| educational  |       |                       |                       |
| institutions |       |                       |                       |
| for new      |       |                       |                       |
| students     |       |                       |                       |
| starting     |       |                       |                       |
| their career |       |                       |                       |
| and employee |       |                       |                       |
| coming back  |       |                       |                       |
| to school to |       |                       |                       |
| complement   |       |                       |                       |
| an existing  |       |                       |                       |
| career. Mr.  |       |                       |                       |
| Dunlap       |       |                       |                       |
| touched on   |       |                       |                       |
| the various  |       |                       |                       |
| federal      |       |                       |                       |
| agency       |       |                       |                       |
| connections  |       |                       |                       |
| and how we   |       |                       |                       |
| influence    |       |                       |                       |
| students and |       |                       |                       |
| graduates by |       |                       |                       |
| adding       |       |                       |                       |
| another      |       |                       |                       |
| dimension to |       |                       |                       |
| their        |       |                       |                       |
| education    |       |                       |                       |
| with         |       |                       |                       |
| internships. |       |                       |                       |
| We are able  |       |                       |                       |
| to influence |       |                       |                       |
| their career |       |                       |                       |
| choices by   |       |                       |                       |
| giving them  |       |                       |                       |
| experience.  |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| Jim Willis   |       |                       |                       |
| and John     |       |                       |                       |
| O'Shea       |       |                       |                       |
| presented    |       |                       |                       |
| Dr. Dunlap   |       |                       |                       |
| with an      |       |                       |                       |
| endowment    |       |                       |                       |
| check for    |       |                       |                       |
| \$10,000.00  |       |                       |                       |
| from the     |       |                       |                       |
| EPFEA for a  |       |                       |                       |
| scholarship  |       |                       |                       |
| for Shepherd |       |                       |                       |
| University.  |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| Rodney       |       |                       |                       |
| Emery, of    |       |                       |                       |
| the VA       |       |                       |                       |
| Medical      |       |                       |                       |
| Center,      |       |                       |                       |
| provided a   |       |                       |                       |
| brief        |       |                       |                       |
| overview of  |       |                       |                       |
| the ORAN     |       |                       |                       |
| project. He  |       |                       |                       |
| distributed  |       |                       |                       |
| a diagram of |       |                       |                       |
| the proposed |       |                       |                       |
| a            |       |                       |                       |
| rchitecture, |       |                       |                       |
| showing the  |       |                       |                       |
| existing     |       |                       |                       |
| fiber and    |       |                       |                       |
| new          |       |                       |                       |
| c            |       |                       |                       |
| onstruction, |       |                       |                       |
| and          |       |                       |                       |
| encouraged   |       |                       |                       |
| the mangers  |       |                       |                       |
| to forward   |       |                       |                       |
| the diagram  |       |                       |                       |
| to their     |       |                       |                       |
| information  |       |                       |                       |
| technology   |       |                       |                       |
| staffs. Any  |       |                       |                       |
| questions    |       |                       |                       |
| regarding    |       |                       |                       |
| the ORAN     |       |                       |                       |
| expansion    |       |                       |                       |
| can be       |       |                       |                       |
| referred to  |       |                       |                       |
| Mr. Emery at |       |                       |                       |
| <Rodney.Em   |       |                       |                       |
| ery@va.gov>. |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| John O'Shea  |       |                       |                       |
| adjourned    |       |                       |                       |
| the meeting  |       |                       |                       |
| at 12:55pm.  |       |                       |                       |
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| **Speaker    |       |                       |                       |
| Contact      |       |                       |                       |
| In           |       |                       |                       |
| formation**: |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| Dr. David    |       |                       |                       |
| Dunlap       |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| President,   |       |                       |                       |
| Shepherd     |       |                       |                       |
| University   |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| Sh           |       |                       |                       |
| epherdstown, |       |                       |                       |
| WV           |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| Phone: (304) |       |                       |                       |
| 876-5000     |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| Fax: (304)   |       |                       |                       |
| 876-3101     |       |                       |                       |
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