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Chapter Corner, Region I (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
For information about the Region I VPPPA Chapter including hotel reservations, sponsorship information, specialty programs and more, please visit their Web site at www.vppregion1.comChapter Contact
ChairpersonJack Popp, CSP
Hasbro, Inc
Vice President - Technical Services
443 Shaker Rd
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Phone: (413) 526-2491
Fax: (413) 526-4473
Email: Jack Popp
Conference & Workshop Information
Region I VPPPA Chapter ConferenceMay 16, 2011 - May 18, 2011
Ocean Edge Resort & Golf Club
Brewster, MA
Chapter Updates
As always The Best of the Northeast aka VPPPA Region I Chapter welcomed the spring season. While our winter weather overall wasn't as wintry as normal, after four months of cold, the 101 VPP sites in New England covering 58,939 workers were ready for a warm-up. Spring also indicated that our much anticipated annual Region I VPPPA Chapter Conference was just around the corner.Our chapter's conference and exposition this year was June 14-16, 2010, at the beautiful Sugarloaf Resort in Carrabassett Valley, Maine. The Region I VPPPA Chapter Conference is annually the Premier Safety and Health Conference in the New England Region focusing on the Voluntary Protection Programs and VPP Excellence. The Conference offered an overall great value. Once again L.L. Bean lead our conference sponsorship as a Platinum level sponsor.
Three pre-conference workshops were held: VPP Application Workshop®, Ergonomics and Strengthening Star Quality. Response to our Call for Speakers exceeded expectations and, as a result, four additional breakout sessions were added to the agenda. The 24breakout sessions were presented by member sites, OSHA representatives and vendors/ consultants. John Drebinger was the keynote speaker and he also be presented a breakout session. The early vendor response was encouraging, giving us a full exhibit hall! We announced our chapter awardees (Mentor of Year and scholarship winners) at the Conference Awards Dinner. Due to popular demand: social networking, entertainment and wellness events were planned for the conference. Chapter work continues also in preparation for the 2011 regional conference, the location of which has not yet been finalized.
Our first quarter 2010 Chapter Meeting and Meet n'Greet took place April 1 at Flexcon Corporation in Spencer, Mass. We will report on the meeting in the next issue of The Leader. Regrettably, our Region I VPPPA Chapter and Board of Directors lost two valuable members in the first quarter due to job changes. We will miss General Electric Co.'s Kimberly Hill, our chapter vice chair, and L.L.Bean's Bob McKinley, our chapter treasurer. We thank them for their many contributions and wish them continued success.
Congratulations to the L.L.Bean VPP site in Freeport, Maine, on their flag raising ceremony February 20. The groundhog saw a shadow but it was from the beautiful VPP flag! Congratulations also to new VPP sites Milton Roy, in Acton, Mass., and Raytheon Tewksbury, Mass.
Mentoring continues throughout the region and new inquiries of VPP interest and requests for mentoring are being received at a steady rate. An SGE training class was held May 11-13, 2010, at Raytheon in Portsmouth, R.I.
The region continues to urge its m embers to contact their elected officials and ask for their continued support and funding of VPP and preventing workplace injuries. Much progress has been made through VPP and we all need to ensure we continue the progress going forward.
If you've never been to northern New England, consider joining us for the Region I VPPPA Chapter Conference and Exposition. You'll be glad you did!
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