Pipeline Safety Trust Holds Summit

For three days in January the Pipeline Safety Trust held its first annual pipeline safety summit in Bellingham, Washington. The purpose of the summit was to bring together a range of pipeline safety advocates to discuss with the Trust's Board and staff the direction and future of pipeline safety, and then to provide advice to the Trust on how best to move forward towards those goals. The summit helped establish the Trust's annual plan, and also provided a foundation for a nationwide network of pipeline safety advocates. The summit attendees committed themselves to providing continuing advice to the Trust, and also to serve as regional contacts that other people in their area can turn to for advice for local pipeline issues. Having such valuable connections in various parts of the country gives the Trust a leg up on local and regional issues nationwide.

One of the great ideas that came out of the summit was the concept for this newsletter. You will see that many of the contributing writers of this newsletter were summit attendees. Those attendees included:

Summit Participants - January 2005
Glenn Archambault - Oregon
David Bricklin - Washington
Arthur Caldicott - British Columbia
Gini Cooper - Virginia
Marc de Celle - Arizona
Lois Epstein - Alaska
Katherine M. Hansen - Washington
Mike Holstrom - California
Marguerite Jones - Texas
Richard Kuprewicz - Washington
Carol Parker - New Mexico
Bob Rackleff - Florida
Sarah Spence - Washington
Greg Winter - Washington

In the future the Trust hopes to expand these summits to include more citizens, along with representatives from industry and government. If you would like to attend future summits please let us know!