2023-2024 NET Program Realignment: Difference between revisions
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=== Training Centers === | === Training Centers === | ||
[[File:Hillsdale.jpg|alt=Hillsdale NET after a training event.|thumb|350x350px|'' | [[File:Hillsdale.jpg|alt=Hillsdale NET after a training event.|thumb|350x350px|''NETs at Maplewood Elementary School. Maplewood and Hayhurst were joined with volunteers from other SW NET teams.'']] | ||
This might confuse folks a bit because '''a Training Center is a role for a ''person'', not a place.''' Calling this role a "training center" puts the parlance in line with organizations such as [https://goto.hsi.com/safety-management-software?leadsourcelvl1=MKT+-+Google+Adwords&leadsourcelvl2=EHS+-+US+-+Search&leadsourcelvl3=safety-management-software&kw=safety%20training%20programs&cpn=19753733452&utm_term=safety%20training%20programs&utm_campaign=SMS+-+US+-+Search+-+EHS+Essentials&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=5110386882&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_cam=19753733452&hsa_ad=652468232856&hsa_kw=safety%20training%20programs&hsa_grp=147979472832&hsa_mt=b&hsa_ver=3&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=aud-470099037279:kwd-14027133&gclid=Cj0KCQiAr8eqBhD3ARIsAIe-buNZGM0PqhVO2p1ufMbrJ-BCnt8VdGKCmwYwO1CO7nAVW7AJEIDD7hIaApwrEALw_wcB HSI]. Glenn, for example, is an HSI Training Center.<ref>If you're wondering, HSI is the organization through which PBEM certifies for Stop the Bleed, First Aid, Wilderness First Aid, and a smattering of other stuff.</ref> In that role, he can schedule HSI classes, assign instructors, and certify trainees. It's the same idea here, but for Portland NET. The role would be available to any active NET volunteer in good standing. | This might confuse folks a bit because '''a Training Center is a role for a ''person'', not a place.''' Calling this role a "training center" puts the parlance in line with organizations such as [https://goto.hsi.com/safety-management-software?leadsourcelvl1=MKT+-+Google+Adwords&leadsourcelvl2=EHS+-+US+-+Search&leadsourcelvl3=safety-management-software&kw=safety%20training%20programs&cpn=19753733452&utm_term=safety%20training%20programs&utm_campaign=SMS+-+US+-+Search+-+EHS+Essentials&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=5110386882&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_cam=19753733452&hsa_ad=652468232856&hsa_kw=safety%20training%20programs&hsa_grp=147979472832&hsa_mt=b&hsa_ver=3&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=aud-470099037279:kwd-14027133&gclid=Cj0KCQiAr8eqBhD3ARIsAIe-buNZGM0PqhVO2p1ufMbrJ-BCnt8VdGKCmwYwO1CO7nAVW7AJEIDD7hIaApwrEALw_wcB HSI]. Glenn, for example, is an HSI Training Center.<ref>If you're wondering, HSI is the organization through which PBEM certifies for Stop the Bleed, First Aid, Wilderness First Aid, and a smattering of other stuff.</ref> In that role, he can schedule HSI classes, assign instructors, and certify trainees. It's the same idea here, but for Portland NET. The role would be available to any active NET volunteer in good standing. | ||
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===== Q: Will there be support for NETs who want to start a NERF but have no other nets in their immediate area? ===== | ===== Q: Will there be support for NETs who want to start a NERF but have no other nets in their immediate area? ===== | ||
A: Yes; essentially, that's the curriculum. The curriculum will assume that a NET is the only one in the service area, and it also will work for neighborhoods that have ''no'' NETs. | '''A:''' Yes; essentially, that's the curriculum. The curriculum will assume that a NET is the only one in the service area, and it also will work for neighborhoods that have ''no'' NETs. | ||
===== Comment: My understanding is that our current NET groups really have three options... ===== | ===== Comment: My understanding is that our current NET groups really have three options... ===== | ||
...1) continue our NET group as it is, 2) let people know they can go to a block scale model, or 3) allow NETS to be unaffiliated and support PBEM deployments, attend trainings as they are able, yet be ready to self respond during a big earthquake event. | ...1) continue our NET group as it is, 2) let people know they can go to a block scale model, or 3) allow NETS to be unaffiliated and support PBEM deployments, attend trainings as they are able, yet be ready to self respond during a big earthquake event. | ||
A: Yes, precisely. | '''A:''' Yes, precisely. | ||
'''Q:''' '''What problem is this intended to solve?...''' | |||
... Where is the data to justify it? This smells of someone looking to justify spending or building a palace in the sky rather than fixing a real problem. Of course, if the problem cannot be articulated, the solution is intended serve an ulterior motive. | |||
'''A:''' Yes, PBEM has been recruited by [[wikipedia:Illuminati|The Illuminati]] to use NET to cover up the JFK assassination and this is the first step. I've already started photoshopping NET hard hats on the grassy knoll and printing NET IDs that say "Clint Hill" on them. You found me out. But no seriously, I wrote a whole section answering this question, [https://volunteerpdx.net/index.php/2023-2024_NET_Program_Realignment#What_is_Driving_Realignment? please go back and read it]. Also, do you realize what happens if NETs don't approve these changes? ''I have less work to do.'' I'll bet you didn't expect "Creating more work for myself" as the breathtaking ulterior motive, did you? | |||
===== Q: But NETs <u>will</u> self deploy in response to a windstorm, like the Columbus Day Storm! ===== | |||
'''A:''' Admittedly not impossible, but very unlikely. Hurricanes, for example, can and do knock out cell service (Hurricane Ian, with highest winds at 160 mph, positively murdered cell phone coverage...by comparison, high winds during the Columbus Day Storm were 170 mph near Portland). So yes, in that scenario, a self deployment is possible. But the storm would also need to sneak up on us, without warning. If we saw a storm like that coming (and we almost certainly would) we would prep teams for deployment and therefore it wouldn't be a self-deployment. | |||
So sure...not impossible, but very unlikely. I would prefer to focus on the widespread self deployment we would need in the event of a CSZ quake, because that would be several magnitudes more complicated. If we can handle the earthquake, we can handle a windstorm. | |||
== Notes and References == | == Notes and References == | ||
