for epicenter, i'm going to turn it over to john mcknight at the salvation army. eople talk about whole community planning, what that means for emergency management, but i'm pleased we have such incredible partnerships with john, salvation army and the red cross. >> thank you. for those of you who may have attended last year you know we're able to create an engaging conference bringing in top speakers and locally speaking about real life responses to emergency management. focus this year is called whole community. we realize in the first few hours and dates of a disaster, we're focused on the emergency management capabilities and yet after that, the long-term recovery rests on the side of the nonprofit community. partners we've spent time with. and we need to make sure we integrate these responses across all fields. the epicenter will be a 2-day conference. we're looking for 200 attendees. if you're able to attend, i want you to take a serious look at those two dates, if you can make it, e-mail mike. e-mail him or do it right now while you're listening. our focus i