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==BACKGROUND: The case for making changes to the NET program== | ==BACKGROUND: The case for making changes to the NET program== | ||
Both PBEM and the City of Portland are undergoing (and undertaking) the most sweeping bureaucratic changes seen in decades. This is resulting in reprioritizing and movement of resources, and that does impact NET programming directly. Expanding our view beyond City government and into the sociological, the COVID pandemic and climate change has made permanent changes to how we view disaster, resilience, and community organizing. | Both PBEM and the City of Portland are undergoing (and undertaking) the most sweeping bureaucratic changes seen in decades. This is resulting in reprioritizing and movement of resources, and that does impact NET programming directly. Expanding our view beyond City government and into the sociological, the COVID pandemic and climate change has made permanent changes to how we view disaster, resilience, and community organizing. | ||
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==== People are accustomed to meeting and organizing on virtual platforms ==== | ==== People are accustomed to meeting and organizing on virtual platforms ==== | ||
It's difficult to believe that before the pandemic, virtual meetings were still a relative novelty. Sure, we had Skype ([https://www.wired.co.uk/article/skype-coronavirus-pandemic remember them?]) but that was more often used to connect with your granny living thousands of miles away. Today, we're meeting over Zoom with people sitting literally in the next ''room''. | It's difficult to believe that before the pandemic, virtual meetings were still a relative novelty. Sure, we had Skype ([https://www.wired.co.uk/article/skype-coronavirus-pandemic remember them?]) but that was more often used to connect with your granny living thousands of miles away. Today, we're meeting over Zoom with people sitting literally in the next ''room''. | ||
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<br />'''5.) ISSUE: NETs want neighborhood scale response planning, but also want to preserve the community/social aspects and training aspects of Portland NET.''' | <br />'''5.) ISSUE: NETs want neighborhood scale response planning, but also want to preserve the community/social aspects and training aspects of Portland NET.''' | ||
==What are the proposed solutions?== | ==What are the proposed solutions?== | ||
