Membership
Local
and county emergency planning and response agencies have been actively
working in the Union Pass area for several years. Their experiences
led them to suggest that resident participation in related projects
could significantly increase the scope and effectiveness of their
efforts. To respond, a small group of residents met to consider
the possibility of forming a grass-roots organization of property
owners willing to help turn scattered ideas into coordinated actions.
After carefully
listing what we accepted as broad objectives, we focused on the
many ways in which projects of our choosing could be included within
a single ongoing structure. The unanimous conclusion was that creating
an area-wide council, open to participation of all residents, would
probably be the most effective way to maximally contribute our resources
and energies to support and supplement those of the agencies working
in our behalf. Our vision became the "Union Pass Emergency
Preparedness Council".
We based our
core operating philosophy on the convictions that:
1.) All participation be voluntary;
2.) The group not assume any activity that would involve enforcement
powers;
3.) The Council initiative include all areas of Union Pass.
The actual organizational
structure was then designed to promote accomplishment of both long
term on-going and short term specific-goal projects, providing opportunities
for active involvement of all interested full and part-time residents
as well as those who own yet-undeveloped properties.
The Council
is structured with an executive body consisting of three officers,
each serving a one year term:
Chairman
Co-Chairman - intended to assume Chairmanship
Recorder
They
are supported by a Steering Committee made up of representatives
of as broad a geographical area of Union Pass as possible. These
individuals will be expected to meet regularly in order to become
knowledgeable about the many aspects involved in emergency preparation
and response, and to select and organize projects for general Council
membership participation, open to any and all willing workers. Most
of the project work will occur in summer and fall.
The UPEPC statement
of purpose and objectives defines a unique and critical role that
only we as property owners can fill. However, the success of achieving
its potential rests with the willingness of all Union Pass neighbors
to join in the work to create a safer mountain for our futures.
Please Contact:
UPEPC MEMBERSHIP
426 Union Pass Rd
Dubois, WY
Officers:
Chairman: Dale Corkill
Co-Chairman: Don Goheen
Recorders: Pat Corkill
Nancy Gilbert
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