2023-2024 NET Program Changes

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.

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.