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This page presents a proposal for realigning elements of PBEM's volunteer programming (which includes NETs, BEECN, and ATVs). '''The objectives of these changes would be to:'''


* Address the fall-off of meeting attendance at routine NET Team Meetings;
* Prepare PBEM volunteer programming to meet and weather through the many changes coming to the City of Portland's government structure and the structural changes taking place at PBEM;
* Ensure programming is structured logically to meet the challenges of both climate change/extreme weather events, '''''and''''' the threat of a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake;
* Encourage the growth and development of block-scale neighborhood teams.
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The notion of '''''realignment''''' is important for this proposal. There is no intention to radically restructure PBEM volunteer programming. Instead, the intention is to better coordinate disparate parts of what we have and assemble them into a program that opens more doors to participating, from full NET volunteers to untrained neighbors.
== Forces Driving Realignment ==
=== Climate change ===
[[File:NPR Climate Change.jpg|alt=Actual photo of a PBEM intern before and after he found out Jeremy stole his lunch out of the fridge. Also, a fair illustration of climate extremes.|thumb|''Actual photo of a PBEM intern before and after he found out Jeremy stole his lunch out of the fridge. Also, a fair illustration of climate extremes.'']]
Since NET's founding in 1994, the threat of a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake provided the urgency behind disaster preparedness and response programming. That threat remains. But a new fighter has entered the ring: extreme weather events caused by climate change. Extreme weather, such as heat domes and snow storms, have (and will continue to) take lives and result directly in more NET volunteers deployed for more hours.

Latest revision as of 09:09, 11 November 2023

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