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2023-2024 NET Program Realignment (view source)
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* '''NETs want to engage with the neighbors who live around them.''' Related to the Service Area issue, Glenn and I hear consistently from NETs that they ''really'' want to help get their immediate neighborhoods prepared. That is, the level of the block, the street, or (in the case of apartment/condo buildings) the floor. But PBEM has not provided clear and engaging paths to doing that. | * '''NETs want to engage with the neighbors who live around them.''' Related to the Service Area issue, Glenn and I hear consistently from NETs that they ''really'' want to help get their immediate neighborhoods prepared. That is, the level of the block, the street, or (in the case of apartment/condo buildings) the floor. But PBEM has not provided clear and engaging paths to doing that. | ||
== Program Realignment Proposals == | |||
My vision for a realignment would have teams that: | |||
# Are organized at an appropriate geographic level (i.e. appropriately sized service area boundaries); | |||
# Are generally led by fully trained NET volunteers, but are made up mostly of prepared neighbors and ATVs; | |||
# Have regular, well attended meetings that all members find engaging for purposes of training, socializing, or both; | |||
# Maintain earthquake response plans that guide teams from goal to goal. | |||
This vision also includes a program of training opportunities for NET volunteers on multitudes of topics, and on a regularly occurring schedule. | |||
Here's how I suggest we do it: | |||
Let's break the functions of PBEM volunteers into four volunteer touchpoints. They are: | |||
# Centralized Deployments | |||
# BEECN | |||
# Training Centers | |||
# Neighborhood earthquake response | |||
I'll take these one at a time... | |||
=== Centralized Deployments === | |||
Nothing changes here. This is when the city has some kind of emergency or event that fully trained/active NETs can help at. PBEM organizes and leads the deployment. | |||
=== BEECN === | |||
Nothing changes here either, at least for now. BEECN program goes on as it has. BEECN volunteers continue to operate independently of NET. | |||
=== Training Centers === | |||
== Notes and References == | == Notes and References == | ||