FMA Region 3 & 4 Conference
FMA Region 3 & 4 Conference
Managing Through the Chaos
September 12 - 14, 2025
Shelton Yacht Club
701 E Pine Street
Shelton, WA 98584
All Federal Managers Association Regions 3 & 4 members are welcomed and
encouraged to attend this spectacular event. See below for more information.
REGISTER
Agenda:
Friday 12 Sep. 2025 - night social either Hartstine Point North Beach and/or Marina:
• Food and beverages: Burgers, hot dogs, s-mores, oysters barbecued on grill
• Guitar jam session
• Cruise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiTE3MLCxtk&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube-nocookie.com%2Fembed%2FhiTE3MLCxtk
Training Day, Saturday 13 Sep. 2025 - at Shelton Yacht Club
• 0900-0930 Pledge of Allegiance and Opening Remarks
• 0930-1030 PAC Report, Greg Stanford, Director of Government Affairs
• 1030-1045 Networking break
• 1045-1145 Emergency Planning: Continuing the mission after a catastrophic event with Dr. Jim States and Mr. Jan Glarum, Emergency Planning Director for Kitsap and Mason County. Learn how to plan for the worst for your mission, community, family and self
• 1145-1300 Lunch and Learn “Retirement Strategies for Turbulent Times” with GPIS Employee Benefit Specialist
• 1300-1330 Networking break and Stretch
• 1330-1530 “Innovating in Uncertain Times” with Norbert Merjerus, https://www.leandriveninnovation.com/
• 1530-1600 Networking break
• 1600-1700 “Out of Chaos Opportunity” - a group activity to develop actions addressing short and long term challenges for the mission and FMA facilitated by Vince Stamper:
• Based on what we learned in the previous sessions, what actions can we take to strengthen our missions and organization?
• Develop objectives and actions, assign responsibility and due dates.
• 1700-1800 PAC Raffle and closing remarks
Saturday evening activities
• Yacht cruise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiTE3MLCxtk&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube-nocookie.com%2Fembed%2FhiTE3MLCxtk
• Little Creek Casino: https://littlecreek.com/
Sunday 14 Sep. 2025 activities:
• Wild cat sanctuary tour: https://www.wildfelids.org/
• Boating and yacht cruise
• Golfing: https://www.yelp.com/search?cflt=golf&find_loc=Shelton%2C+WA+98584
Lodging in Shelton starts at $109/night: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g58739-Shelton_Washington-Hotels.html
Travel Logistics:
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) is the closest major airport 71 miles from Shelton.
Drive time is about 1 hour 21 minutes. Recommend that we coordinate rental cars and can provide pickup and drop off for a limited number of travellers using our seven passenger van.
For those travelling on a budget, we can accommodate up to eight people at the Stamper’s vacation house on Harstine Island. Camping is also avaialble at Jarrell’s Cove State Park.
Speaker Bios:
Norbert Majerus
Beginning in 2005, Norbert implemented a principles-based lean product development process at the three Global Innovation Centers of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. For more than a decade he was Goodyear’s lean champion in research and development. Norbert, born and raised in Luxembourg, has a Master’s degree in Chemistry from the Universitaet des Saarlandes, Saarbruecken, Germany. He joined Goodyear in Luxembourg in 1978, transferred to Akron in 1983, and has worked most disciplines in the Goodyear innovation centers in Luxembourg and Akron. In 2016, Norbert published his first book, Lean-Driven Innovation (Norbert Majerus, CRC Press, 2016), which received the Shingo Research Award. Also in 2016, with Norbert’s guidance the Goodyear R&D organization applied for and received the AME Excellence Award. Norbert is a popular keynote speaker and has conducted workshops in the United States and many other countries. Since retiring from Goodyear in 2018, he continues to share his extensive lean expertise via Norbert Majerus Consulting.
Jim States
Dr. States has extensive experience climbing at high altitude, including expeditions to South America, Mt McKinley, Nanda Devi, Makalu & Everest. Since 2011 he has sailed 20,000 nautical miles in a 24’ Pacific Seacraft on BC Coast to Alaska. He brings his expedition & austere medicine experience into his work in Disaster Preparedness for Mason & Kitsap counties. He applies the lessons of energy utilization & conservation necessary for sailing & high altitude climbing to Disaster Readiness where resources are limited. Prior to retirement, he was dual board certified in Family Medicine & Adolescent Medicine, & provided consultation to rural Tribal Health Clinics in Washington regarding the complex medical-psychological disorders of high risk youth & adults.
Jan Glarum
Jan has extensive experience in the fields of Emergency Medical Services, fire, law enforcement, healthcare, public health, and emergency management, including response to federally declared disasters. He has an extensive background in planning, training, and exercises at all levels of government and serves as the Director of Emergency Management for Kitsap County. He received validation as a Department of Defense CBRNE Medical Subject Matter Expert in support of the SBCCOM initiative. He was a member of the Disaster Vulnerability Assessment Training and Exercise (DVATEX) program, a joint operation with the United States (US) Navy, to conduct assessments of Navy medical facilities worldwide, conduct disaster preparedness assessments, training and exercises. He has authored or co-authored several books on subjects including biosecurity and bioterrorism, emergency management, hospital HazMat response, Incident Command and Pandemic Planning and Response.