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== Background == | == Background == | ||
Service Area policies changed several times since Portland NET started in 1994, often reflecting the reach of the program and interests of volunteers. In the first years of NET, Service Areas conformed with [[Portland Fire & Rescue|Portland Fire & Rescue fire management areas]] (FMAs). As the number of NET volunteers increased over the years, Service Area boundaries shifted to follow Portland's neighborhood system. That is how most Service Areas boundaries are drawn today, but PBEM encourages teams to reconsider their boundaries and "right size" them to match resources and team priorities. Creating more nuanced boundaries is also more plausible than in past years thanks to the | Service Area policies changed several times since Portland NET started in 1994, often reflecting the reach of the program and interests of volunteers. In the first years of NET, Service Areas conformed with [[Portland Fire & Rescue|Portland Fire & Rescue fire management areas]] (FMAs). As the number of NET volunteers increased over the years, Service Area boundaries shifted to follow Portland's neighborhood system. That is how most Service Areas boundaries are drawn today, but PBEM encourages teams to reconsider their boundaries and "right size" them to match resources and team priorities. Creating more nuanced boundaries is also more plausible than in past years thanks to the increased availability of GIS mapping systems. | ||
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# Is there an appropriate location inside the Service Area to place a [[NET Staging Areas|NET Staging Area]]? | # Is there an appropriate location inside the Service Area to place a [[NET Staging Areas|NET Staging Area]]? | ||
# How many NET volunteers live inside the Service Area? If you're not sure, a Team Leader can request member addresses from PBEM and drop them into an application such as [https://www.batchgeo.com/ BatchGeo] (as long as the address information is kept strictly confidential). To be a member of a team, a volunteer does not have to reside inside the team's Service Area, but does need to be within walking or biking distance of the [[NET Staging Areas|NET Staging Area]]. | # How many NET volunteers live inside the Service Area? If you're not sure, a Team Leader can request member addresses from PBEM and drop them into an application such as [https://www.batchgeo.com/ BatchGeo] (as long as the address information is kept strictly confidential). To be a member of a team, a volunteer does not have to reside inside the team's Service Area, but does need to be within walking or biking distance of the [[NET Staging Areas|NET Staging Area]]. | ||
=== Submitting to PBEM === | |||
Once a NET has agreed on the Service Area boundaries, the Team Leader submits them to their PBEM Liaison for approval. There is no prescribed format for the submission as long as they are clear. Probably the best way to do that is to email a map with the service area shaded in, along with specific descriptions of what streets (or other features) are the boundaries (e.g. "North to E Burnside, east to SE 82nd, south to SE Taylor, west to SE 73rd"). | |||