WESTERN REGION MASTER MECHANICS ASSOCIATION

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November 9, 2005 6:00 – 9:30pm WSA HOSPITALITY DINNER, NO HOST BAR, DOOR PRIZES

WINNEMUCCA NV – SAN FERMIN’S RESTAURANT

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NOVEMBER 10, 2005 WRMMA MEETING AGENDA –

WINNEMUCCA NV – CONVENTION CENTER

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7:00a.m. to 7:30a.m. Registration / Sign in – Kevin Hughes

Dues $40.00 per person $140.00 for 4 persons or more from one mine site

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

Your Officer’s

Co-Chairman Bob Frayser - Newmont

Co-Chairman Ellis Ritz Placer Dome Cortez

Secretary / Treasurer Kevin Hughes – Barrick Gold

Minutes Stenographer – TBA

7:30a.m. to 10:00 a.m. General Business – Report Outs

• Bob Frayser – Opening Comments, Introductions
• EVERYONE TO BRING AN OPERATIONS REPRESENTATIVE!
• Everyone bring 3 best practices, two in equipment maintenance and one in safety
• Kevin Hughes – WRMMA Business Report
• Bob Frayser – WRMMA Web Site report Community Highlights
• Kevin Hughes – Review of Last meeting 3Ws - See Below

9:00a.m. to 9:15a.m. Break

9:15 a.m. to 10:00a.m. Updates from each site attending: Changes, News, and Gossip - Continued

REPORT OUT TOPICS

NOTE – IF UNABLE TO ATTEND PLEASE SEND A REPLACEMENT PREPARED TO PRESENT YOUR PART

10:00a.m. to Noon Sharing Best Practices Presentations

· Where to find employees – Geotemps – Jocelyn – Presentation – 15 minutes

· Where are training agencies for “New Hires” Geotemps Inc. – Jocelyn Cervantes – to give presentation – 15 minutes

· How do you distribute procedures so the mechanic uses or looks at them? All Sites to report out - 4 minutes each site max

· Track changing procedures. All Sites to report out – 4 minute each site max

· Fuel Break-Away fittings – Newmont East – Ken Andress – 5 minutes

· Fast Moving Parts management – Barrick Goldstrike – Kevin Hughes – 15 minutes

Noon to 1:00p.m. Lunch break (Provided by WSA)

1:00p.m. to 3:00p.m. Sharing Best Practices Presentations

• Goodyear Two-Piece Tire Presentation - Ellis Ritz / Goodyear Representative – 30 minutes
• Fuel filter plugging / Fleetguard Cortez test – Quick Report – Cortez – Ellis Ritz – 5 minutes
• G.E. Betz – Fuel Additives – Quadra Robinson Mine - John Palmer – 20 minutes
• Latch Bar safety procedures / Top Loading Latch Bar – Cortez / Barrick – Ellis Ritz, Rich Fifield, Kevin Hughes – 25 minutes

• Twin Trip Motor Setup – KUCC - Mike Trujillo –Presentation – 20 minutes
• Hitachi EX3600 Cooling package changes – Bald Mountain Mine – Carlos Guzman 20 minutes
• Cool tool Presentation – Bob Frayser – 5 minutes

3:00p.m. to 3:15p.m. Break

3:15p.m. to 3:45p.m. General Meeting Review

What worked?

What didn’t work?

Suggested changes of formats, dates, locations, frequency, newsletter, etc.

Selection of vendor for company/equipment updates.

3:45p.m. to 4:30p.m. Action Planning

Topic selection process for next WRMMA meeting study groups. 3W review.

NO	What	Who	When	Comments
1	Hire a Stenographer for taking minutes at the next meeting	Ellis Ritz	Nov10, 2005	Locate an individual and set up for meeting
2	Each Site member to bring an operations person to the next meeting	All Sites	Nov 10, 2005	Typically one who interacts the most with maintenance personnel, i.e. Trainer, Coordinator, Dispatcher, etc.
3	Post Minutes to Website for November Meeting	Bob Frayser	Nov 24, 2005	Finalize and post to website.