5,022
edits
Affiliated Team Volunteers (ATVs): Difference between revisions
From WikiNET
Affiliated Team Volunteers (ATVs) (view source)
Revision as of 16:17, 30 November 2023
, 30 November 2023no edit summary
mNo edit summary |
mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
An Affiliated Team Volunteer ("ATV") is a volunteer who associates with, and is assigned to, a NET Team but does not possess full "Active" NET volunteer status. <span style="background:#FFFF00"> | An Affiliated Team Volunteer ("ATV") is a volunteer who associates with, and is assigned to, a NET Team but does not possess full "Active" NET volunteer status. <span style="background:#FFFF00">'''They are not deployed or indemnified by the City of Portland, though they can have a profile in the NET volunteer database.'''</span> ATVs appear on NET rosters as prospective response resources for an earthquake response only. | ||
<br/> | |||
<br/> | |||
__TOC__ | |||
<br/> | |||
<br/> | |||
ATV status is a solution to two problems: | |||
# '''It offers NET volunteers an alternative to separating from the NET program entirely.''' If a NET volunteer is unable to meet their [[Minimum Service Contribution (MSC)|Minimum Service Contribution]] but would like to remain a part of their local team, they can do so as an ATV. ATV status is an alternative to making a NET volunteer "Inactive" and completely discharging them from the program. | |||
# '''It encourages''' '''non-NET neighbors to volunteer with their local NET team by giving them a status in the program.''' A neighbor may be interested in disaster response activities with their community and want to plan ahead, but do not have the time and/or inclination to complete Basic NET training. Becoming an ATV gives them a team role to fill by declaring a [[Volunteer Support Functions Introduction and Directory|VSF]] (e.g. radio operator) and makes them more ready to participate with a NET team than a spontaneous volunteer (SUV) would be. | |||
<br/> | |||
<br/> | |||
== ATV Program History == | == ATV Program History == | ||
"ATV" was first coined and suggested to Jeremy Van Keuren (PBEM) by NET volunteer David Given. David worked with Boy Scout volunteers and requested a volunteer status that kept a non-NET disaster response volunteer "in the loop" of NET activities and encouraged forming a planning relationship with local teams. | "ATV" was first coined and suggested to Jeremy Van Keuren (PBEM) by NET volunteer David Given. David worked with Boy Scout volunteers and requested a volunteer status that kept a non-NET disaster response volunteer "in the loop" of NET activities and encouraged forming a planning relationship with local teams. | ||
