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=== How do ATVs and VSFs fit into this plan? === | === How do ATVs and VSFs fit into this plan? === | ||
To recap, an ATV is an Affiliated Team Volunteer. These are volunteers who are not NET trained and are not indemnified by the City of Portland. But they are MOST of the volunteers | To recap, an ATV is an [[Volunteer Statuses#Affiliated Team Volunteers (ATVs)|Affiliated Team Volunteer]]. These are volunteers who are not NET trained and are not indemnified by the City of Portland. But under this plan, they are MOST of the volunteers making up a Neighborhood Earthquake Response Framework. Most of the people who participate in a NERF will not be NET trained. And that is perfectly OK; in fact, that's part of the idea. | ||
An ATV is '''''who''''' they are. [[Volunteer Support Functions Introduction and Directory|But a VSF is '''''what they do'''''.]] A VSF describes an area of volunteer specialization, such as communications or medical response. | |||
When | When a team does Capacity Assessment, the team will realize they need volunteers assigned to specific VSF areas. Maybe, for an example, they need two volunteers assigned as radio communicators. | ||
I want to point out that VSFs are important not just for organizing your team, but in maintaining a balance with ATVs between what they put in to | I want to point out that VSFs are important not just for organizing your team, but in maintaining a balance with ATVs between what they put in to participating and what they get out of it. For example: you say to an ATV that “if you help us get ready for an earthquake, we’ll arrange for you to be trained and licensed as a HAM operator”. VSFs are how NET leaders are going to build and solidify relationships with their ATVs. | ||
'''To make these ideas work, we would need:''' | |||
* To finalize policies governing ATVs and ATV status; | |||
* Volunteer position descriptions for key VSFs, such as medical response, communications, and search and rescue. | |||
== Notes and References == | == Notes and References == | ||