2006 Executive Council Input

[Eastern Canada Chapter]

Submitted by Bob Fletcher

July 30-31, 2006

Marriott Hotel

Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.

System Safety Society Eastern Canada Chapter

Annual Report30 July 2006

Chapter Officers for Society Year

SY2006

President - Bob Fletcher Vice President - Jim StewartTreasurer - Gerry EinarssonSecretary - Heather Henderson

Executive Advisor - Russ McDowell

Program Chair - Ann LindeisMembership Chair - Monica MullaneNewsletter - Bob FletcherWebmaster - Russ McDowellPublic Relations Chair - Derek Howes

Chapter Officers for Society Year

SY2007

President - Bob Fletcher, re-elected

Vice President - Bryce Fisher, July 1, 2006

Treasurer - Gerry Einarsson, re-elected

Secretary - Raj Rao, July 1, 2006

Executive Advisor - Russ McDowell (to be re- appointed)

Committee chairs - to be appointed in Sep 06

• Local presentation activities (5) have been reasonably strong and well attended (good speakers, interesting material and opportunities to involve new people). Produced DVDs of the presentations

• Several Administrative executive and committee meetings

• Several promotional activities

• One newsletter was created and distributed via email & and placed on chapter website

• Held first election

Chapter Summary for Society Year

SY2006

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Chapter Summary for Society Year

SY2006

1. September 23, 2005; Ottawa Public Library, Dr. Alex Richman, Automated Risk and Trend Assessment for Aviation Safety Management (attendance = 20)

2. October 28, 2005; Ottawa Public Library, Mr. Doug Mein, A Framework for the Evaluation of Safety Performance (attendance = 16)

3. January 27, 2006; Ottawa Public Library, Mr. Terry Kelly, And Now for Something Completely Different…” (attendance = 15)

4. March 3, 2006; Nav Canada, Simulation Centre Theatre, Mr. Bryce Fisher, The Safety Spectrum (attendance = 30)

5. 26 May 2006; University of Ottawa, Ann Lindeis, Dan Maurino, Nancy Durbin, Charles Packer, Maury Hill, Panel and Workshop - An Exploration of Safety Culture (attendance = 45)

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Promotions for Society Year

SY2006

• 26 to 29 Sep. 05: Provided brochures and other advertising material at the First Helicopter Safety Symposium in Montreal, Canada. Dr. Alex Richman represented our Canadian Chapter. He said all of the brochures disappeared quite quickly.

• 17 Nov. 06: Supported the Safety in Health Care “Governance & Patient safety: How to make health care a high reliability service” seminar in Vancouver, Canada. The ECC provided $500 to support this seminar. It was a success. The contribution helped to build support within Canada for System Safety activities.

• 24 to 26 Apr. 06: ECC funded Gerry Einarsson to attend the Canadian Aviation Safety Symposium (CASS) in Halifax, Canada to promote the System Safety Society. Gerry said the brochures and advertising material was well received.

• Participated with other Associations and Societies: Society of Reliability of Engineers (SRE), IEEE. Computer Human Interface & Ergo Safety. Also attempted to build bridges with other Groups: Professional Engineers, Project Management Institute, etc.

• JSS: Encouraged Canadians to submit articles for Journal of System Safety. The articles / papers by Doug Mein and Bryce Fisher were sent to Niles.

• ISSC 24: Gerry Einarsson and Heather Henderson served on the Albuquerque Conference organizing committee as Conference Vice Chair and Public Relations / Promotions Chair.

• ISSC 25: Bob Fletcher is serving as International Chair on the ISSC25 organizing committee. • ISSC26: Supported discussions to try to assess the resources available to potentially host the ISSC26 in Western

Canada.

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Chapter Goals for Society Year

SY2007

• To maintain and grow the local chapter out of Ottawa• To start at least one other chapter in Canada within 2

years• To support the ISSC25 • To support ISSC26 in 2008 (possibly hosted in

Vancouver)

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Financial Status

• Account balance 1 Jul.05 = $7897.41

• Account balance 30 Jun.06 = $7361.47

• Loss = - $535.74*

*Some expenses in July 06 from May Event

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Concerns

• The people who have been keeping the chapter alive include several who have been volunteering their time for several years now and they are getting tired. It is difficult to find new people who have the same level of commitment.

• The resources in Canada to host the Vancouver conference are not very extensive. It is difficult to measure the risk associated with hosting this conference

• Due to the amount of work involved with organizing and sustaining a chapter, the few number of participants at each location, and the great distances across Canada; we have been exploring the possibility of having one chapter to unite the whole country with the possibility of starting new chapters as the numbers in the various locations increase. It is uncertain how to best encourage continued growth throughout Canada and how to sustain the satellite groups which connect to the Ottawa based chapter.

• We will need to find people to fill the appointed positions (Programme Chair, Membership Chair, Promotions Chair) starting in September 2006.

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Chapter of the Year Award Criterion

Chapter Totals: Report Contains Detail Information • Number of Admin Meetings 12• Number of Presentations 5• Number of Chapter Newsletters 1 • Number of Special Events (same as #1 above)• Number of Promotional Activities (same as #1 above)• Number of New Members 2• Number of Awards Program Recipients 0• Number of JSS Articles ?• Chapter Members on 30 June 2005: 29• Chapter Members on 30 June 2006: 21

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Chapter Admin Meetings for SY 2006 (1)

1. 15 Sep.05, EXECUTIVE MEETING: Goal - To expand the knowledge and practice of system safety techniques throughout Canada.

2. 28 Oct. 2005, Goal - To establish a Business Plan and a Framework of operations.

3. 25 Nov. 2005, Goal - To further develop the details of the Business Plan and a Framework of operations.

4. 1 Dec. 2005, Goal - Nominations Committee meeting. To select individuals to serve on the executive.

5. 12 Jan. 2006, EXECUTIVE MEETING: Goal - To expand the knowledge and practice of system safety techniques throughout Canada. To consider hosting a ISSC in Western Canada in 2008.

6. 2 Feb. 2006, Goal – First meeting to plan for a System Safety Event in March 2006.

7. 9 Feb. 2006, Goal – Second meeting to plan for a System Safety Event in March 2006.

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Chapter Admin Meetings for SY 2006 (2)

8. 7 April 2006, Goal - To explain the roles and responsibilities of the SSS ECC VP position.

9. 24 April 2006, Goal - To plan for a System Safety Event in May 2006.

10. 12 May 2006, Goal - To further plan for a System Safety Event in May 2006.

11. 17 May 06, Goal - To further plan for a System Safety Event in May 2006.

12. 16 June 06, EXCECUTIVE Meeting: Goal - To discuss how best to support the ISSC 26 proposed to be hosted in Western Canada.

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Canadian Members (1)

1. MARTIN BOULANGER, TRANSPORT CANADA, MONTREAL

2. CATHERINE CAMPBELL, INTERNATIONAL SAFETY RESEARCH, OTTAWA

3. PAUL DROUIN, TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD OF CANADA, QUEBEC CITY

4. GERALD K. EINARSSON, NAV CANADA retired, OTTAWA

5. ROBERT W. FLETCHER, NAV CANADA, OTTAWA

6. HEATHER HENDERSON, NAV CANADA, OTTAWA

7. BILL IRVINE, CANADIAN NATIONAL DEFENCE HEADQUARTERS, OTTAWA

8. DR. JEFFREY J. JOYCE, CRITICAL SSTEMS LABS INC., VANCOUVER

9. BILL LEE, NAV CANADA retired, OTTAWA

10. ANN LINDEIS, NAV CANADA, OTTAWA

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Canadian Members (2)

11. BRIAN McDONNELL, McDONNELL CONSULTING INC., TORONTO

12. CHRIS MORROW, TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD OF CANADA, DARTMOUTH NOVA SCOTIA

13. MONICA MULLANE, NAV CANADA, OTTAWA

14. JAY NOTAY, GEORGIAN DRIVE, BARRIE, ONTARIO

15. HEATHER PARKER,TRANSPORT CANADA, OTTAWA

16. WILLIAM POMFRET, SAFETY PROJECTS INTERNATIONAL, OTTAWA

17. RAJ RAO, TRANSPORT CANADA, OTTAWA

18. ALEX RICHMAN, ALGO PLUS CONSULTING, HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA

19. MICHAEL N. RODGERS, M.N. RODGERS CONSULTING, KINGSTON, ONTARIO

20. JON J. STUART, TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD OF CANADA, OTTAWA

21. ANTHONY MASYS, DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE, OTTAWA