In June 1972, Frank Wills, at the age of 24, was working as a private security guard at the Watergate office building on the shores of the Potomac River.[3] This was the location of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters. In the one year that Wills had worked here, there had been only one attempted burglary so his job was not of major importance. It was also considered so safe that security officers in the building only carried around a can of mace.[3]
On the night of June 17,[5] Wills noticed a piece of duct tape on one of the door locks when he was making his first round.[1] The tape was placed over the latch bolt to prevent the door from latching shut. He removed the tape and continued on his patrol. Thirty minutes later, Wills came back to the door and he noticed there was more tape on the door. Without hesitation, Wills rushed up to the lobby telephone and asked for the Second Precinct police.[3] Five men were found in the DNC offices and arrested.[6] Details that emerged during their questioning and trials triggered the Watergate scandal. The five men arrested were Bernard L. Barker, Virgilio Gonzalez, Eugenio Martinez, James W. McCord Jr., and Frank Sturgis.[7]
Meeting opening with Judy giving the morning invocation.
Rita gave the Secretary's report of $5,750.59
Secretary Ron mentioned Scott Peters' blog which is great reading. See last weeks bulletin for web address for blog.
Jim Tomanek reporting on the Pantry Packing on previous Wednesday night.
Dr. Roger Breed stood in for Neil in collecting $$$$ from the group.
President Roger reported on the Watergate Security Guard who cooked President Nixon's Goose. See separate story.
Our speaker of the day was Jim Thompson of Elkhorn Computer. Jim talked about computer security which Elkhorn Computer provides to about 60 percent commercial and 40 percent individual. Jim stressed the importance of BACKING UP your computer frequently and in appropriate media such as their services and individual remote hard drives, clouds, etc. His company provides FIREWALLS for commercial and individual computer systems.
Jim announced the next pantry packing party will be Wednesday, September 20 at Peace Presbyterian Church at 6:30PM with a mini dive to follow. VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED FOR ONE HOUR - Mini Dive is Optional
Ron Woerner is the Director of Cybersecurity Studies at Bellevue University. He has over 25 years of corporate and military experience in IT and Security and has worked for HDR, TD Ameritrade, ConAgra Foods, Mutual of Omaha, CSG Systems and the State of Nebraska. Ron earned a B.S. from Michigan State University and a M.S. from Syracuse University. He was awarded the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) in 2001, the Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) in 2014, the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) and Toastmasters Advanced Communicator and Leader designations. He is the Air Force Association CyberPatriot 2013-2014 Mentor of the Year for his work with high school cybersecurity competitions. He loves to talk to others who are passionate about security and privacy.
Presiding: Jim Tomanek presided as Acting President in place of Mike Ough
Invocation: Judy Ackland gave the invocation
Treasurer: Rita reported a balance of $6,244.16Secretary: Ron discussed the smart phone app for Club Runner. Apparently no one has been using the app, except the Secretary who only uses it occasionally for rapid access to the club roster.
Lunch Bunch: Jim reported on the lunch bunch at Shevy's where Jim Thompson from Elkhorn Computer Sales and Service was our guest speaker. Jim Thompson will also be a future Thursday speaker.
Future speakers: Ron Woener will be speaking on computer security on Sept 21st, Jon Reichmuth will be speaking about advance "planning" to the group on September 28th, Frank Axiotes of SEI will be speaking on home security on October 5th and Mary Ann Borgeson, Douglas County Commissioner, will be speaking on October 19th.
Speaker: Our speaker of the day was Scott Peters, graduate of Elkhorn High School and now resides in Haiti after a variety of positions in carpentry, facilities management and education. Scott is married to a Haitian native Madanm and they have two daughters. When Scott talked to us, he described a plethora of things he is doing to help the citizens of Gonaives, Haiti. Rather than try to repeat all he said, I would suggest you google his blog www.scottsinhaiti.blogspot.com. His activities include english language school, carpentry, water supply, missionary related work and a spokesman for Haiti people.
