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2023-2024 NET Program Realignment (view source)
Revision as of 15:21, 15 November 2023
, 15 November 2023→Comment: All this talk of NET getting downshifted to ATVs for not getting hours...
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''Full question: All this talk of NET getting downshifted to ATVs for not getting hours, and these changes make me anxious as a NET who has been shut out of participating due to PBEM's lack of priority for accommodating my disabilities. (Not at all helped by Jeremy's shared thoughts on virtual participation.)'' | ''Full question: All this talk of NET getting downshifted to ATVs for not getting hours, and these changes make me anxious as a NET who has been shut out of participating due to PBEM's lack of priority for accommodating my disabilities. (Not at all helped by Jeremy's shared thoughts on virtual participation.)'' | ||
'''A:''' | '''A:''' There are two things to unpack here: hours/ATVs, and accommodation for persons with disabilities. | ||
'''<u>First, concerning logged hours and ATVs:</u>''' I want to be very clear about this: for at least ten years, active status in the NET program (e.g. indemnification) has been predicated on three things: 1.) Completing basic NET or CERT training; 2.) logging a minimum of twelve service hours each calendar year; and 3.) attending at least one team meeting each year. Not two of those and not one of those, or one of those and not two of those...'''''all three conditions need to be met.''''' Meeting those conditions satisfies the City's risk concerns for indemnifying an individual disaster response volunteer (and in my personal opinion, I would call that a surprisingly low threshold). It makes a disaster response volunteer a "deployable resource". This information is presented in Basic NET training, and is also in the [https://www.portland.gov/pbem/neighborhood-emergency-teams/documents/net-guidelines/download NET Guidelines] which we encourage NET volunteers to read. | |||
== Notes and References == | == Notes and References == | ||