08:03:31 PM Avagene Moore:Good evening! Welcome to the EIIP Round Table! ... 08:03:55 PM Avagene Moore:Tonight we will discuss ... 08:04:08 PM Avagene Moore:why the emphasis on dialogue with and outreach to the global or international community. ... 08:04:18 PM Avagene Moore:We are happy to have Janet Dilling, CEM, with us tonight. ... 08:04:35 PM Avagene Moore:Janet has been extremely good to help us in various ways in the Virtual Forum... 08:04:44 PM Avagene Moore:Janet chairs the IAEM International Development Committee and will lead our discussion. ... 08:04:55 PM Avagene Moore:Janet's committee met in the Virtual Forum Partner Room this afternoon and accomplished some work on their strategic plan for the year. ... 08:05:05 PM Avagene Moore:I hope everyone is ready to freely discuss the global emergency management community tonight. ... 08:05:15 PM Avagene Moore:Janet, the floor is yours. 08:05:21 PM Janet D:I'm the jack of all trades, huh Avagene. Thanks! 08:05:30 PM Janet D:Hello Everyone! Glad you could all join us. 08:05:45 PM Janet D:We would like to keep this as informal as possible. Please feel free to send in comments or questions at any time. 08:05:58 PM Janet D:Let me start off by giving you a little background on the committee that I chair in the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM). 08:06:11 PM Janet D:The International Development Committee has been in existence for several years but this year with the name change of our organization from the National Association of Emergency Mangagers (NCCEM) to IAEM has come both new challenges and new opportunities to our committee. 08:06:33 PM Janet D:IAEM's mission statement is "to effectively serve the emergency management community and society through professional excellence by providing the forum for information and technology transfer to strengthen global collaboration and address the diverse needs in existing and emerging issues of the world". 08:07:03 PM Janet D:I am not sure until recently we have begun to address a lot of that mission 08:07:18 PM Janet D:And, one of it's philosophies is to "foster commitment to global collaboration. 08:07:34 PM Janet D:Our International Development Committee sees it's mission as being the organizational advocate to ensure we are achieving that philsophy. At the same time we and the organization have a deep responsiblity to its core membership - U.S. emergency managers. 08:07:55 PM Janet D:Hence, one of our challenges... 08:08:07 PM Janet D:Let me also for the record that presently one of IAEM's best outreach instruments towards achieving that global collaboration is the EIIP... 08:08:34 PM Janet D:Don't you all agree? 08:08:52 PM Avagene Moore:I certainly do, Janet. 08:09:02 PM Amy Sebring:This is the WORLD WIDE web after all Janet. 08:09:08 PM Janet D:I'll bet, Avagene! 08:09:12 PM Ashley Streetman:Absolutely. 08:09:16 PM lois mccoy:absolutely! 08:09:17 PM Janet D:And, I might also add, that our committee recogizes the strength of this tool and are planning extensive use of it in the attainment of our goals... 08:09:24 PM Isabel McCurdy:You bet.!! 08:09:31 PM Janet D:For example, to promote and utilize the EIIP Library as a repository of global experiences, lessons and solutions. 08:09:52 PM Avagene Moore:Love that idea, don't you, Isabel? Isabel is our Librarian. 08:10:19 PM Janet D:We certainly have common problems and probably common solutions but I do not think the global community has even begun to think about how we can share with one another. 08:10:20 PM Isabel McCurdy:Ditto. 08:10:40 PM Amy Sebring:(We have a new paper from Eastern Europe by the way.) 08:10:49 PM Janet D:Does anyone have good examples of where this is happening? 08:11:02 PM Isabel McCurdy:New paper? 08:11:58 PM Avagene Moore:Janet, you may not be aware that the EIIP through Isabel has contacted people we met in Europe last fall and requested their papers for the EIIP Library. 08:12:03 PM Amy Sebring:We had a participant from Israel last week. 08:12:28 PM Janet D:No, I did not know that - that is great!! Some good papers 08:12:34 PM Isabel McCurdy:And a couple Canadians too. 08:12:46 PM Avagene Moore:I think the virtual conferences sponsored by the IDNDR have done a lot to share experiences and ideas. 08:13:03 PM Rick Tobin:Yes, they have... 08:13:14 PM Janet D:I would particularly welcome this groups comments on how we could get more international participants into EIIP discussions. 08:13:27 PM Amy Sebring:The recent VITA online conference on communications was very interesting. 08:13:34 PM Rick Tobin:In 1989 a conference in Boulder, Colorado set a lot of IDNDR commitments in motion. 08:14:04 PM Rick Tobin:Janet, may I propose a technical idea? 08:14:15 PM Janet D:Of course, Rick.. 08:14:25 PM Amy Sebring:Participants from around the world were able to describe current state of communications infrastructure in developing nations. 08:14:35 PM Amy Sebring:(sorry Rick, go ahead) 08:14:40 PM Rick Tobin:There will soon be methods to perform virtual translations. I believe that would bring in more foreign interest. 08:15:07 PM Janet D:WE talked a little about that at our meeting earlier today. Are you aware of the best examples? 08:15:32 PM Amy Sebring:email97 already exists. Don't know how accurate it is. 08:15:45 PM Rick Tobin:Well, a nice touch is the site on the Internet that does "rough" translations of many languages on the Internet for no cost. It's great. 08:15:50 PM Janet D:We also need to explore translation software for newsletters translations, web site info. etc. 08:16:12 PM Amy Sebring:http://www.e-corp.com/home.asp 08:16:33 PM Janet D:Ideally we could identify a resource inventory of translators to check things for us periodically. 08:16:48 PM Janet D:Thanks Amy! 08:17:29 PM Janet D:This is good info. Let me talk a little more about what we are thinking about as a committee and maybe you can give us some more great suggestions... 08:17:55 PM Janet D:There are really 2 priority issues our committee is attempting to deal with... 08:18:01 PM Amy Sebring:6 languages: French, Italian, German, Spanish,and 08:18:12 PM Amy Sebring:Portuguese. 08:18:22 PM Janet D:To develop IAEM as an effective international organization.. 08:18:34 PM Janet D:which would include things like ensuring that we have international speaker representation at conferences; have international articles in our newsletters; develop an international information section on the IAEM website, etc. 08:18:51 PM Janet D:Basically ensuring that IAEM incorporates international perspectives throughout the organization 08:19:26 PM Janet D:Do any of you have anything to share with other organizations or experiences that might relate to some of that? 08:20:01 PM Janet D:We also need to change the perspective of what "international" means to membership 08:20:56 PM Janet D:That is an important issue for our organization. 08:21:05 PM Amy Sebring:Janet, I think local managers or field workers face similar problems around the world, and that common interest needs to be identified, and represented. 08:21:22 PM Amy Sebring:If you think this job is tough here... 08:21:33 PM Amy Sebring:consider where there is NO warning infrastructure in place. 08:21:55 PM Janet D:I think the key is identifying other global organizations and exchanging a lot of information so that everyone can see the similarities in what we do. 08:22:51 PM Amy Sebring:In the international arena, the emphasis has been on disaster relief or recovery... 08:23:17 PM Janet D:Are you saying as opposed to preparation and mitiagion? 08:23:20 PM Amy Sebring:there are interests in changing that around. By showing the importance of management.. 08:23:33 PM Amy Sebring:there can be strong appeal. 08:23:41 PM Avagene Moore:(That is so irritating. Couldn't get back in. Had to shut down completely. I will be quiet and try to catch up.) 08:23:53 PM Rick Tobin:There also has to be a value-added to bring many developing countries to the table. I have a thought on that. 08:24:13 PM Janet D:Go ahead. 08:24:53 PM Rick Tobin:Without competing with private sector consultants, IAEM should have a "hot topics" support team that could be called on to answer a tough question within 24 hours of notice. 08:25:24 PM Janet D:That is a cool thought! 08:26:11 PM Janet D:Isn't IAEM working on a membership resource strength database? 08:26:29 PM Avagene Moore:Yes, they are, Janet. 08:26:50 PM Amy Sebring:One of the areas some of our members have is that we do not yet have our act together enough to serve as an example to the world. 08:27:04 PM Janet D:Maybe we could look into integrating those two concepts. 08:27:18 PM Amy Sebring:But I think we can learn from the relief community, and they can learn from us. 08:27:39 PM Amy Sebring:ReliefWeb is a major player in this. 08:27:49 PM Rick Tobin:People just want options in many cases...they'll find their own answers. You'd be surprised how much a few ideas could help someone in a corner. 08:27:53 PM Janet D:Everyone can learn something from everyone - the two heads theory. 08:28:10 PM Janet D:Amy, what is ReliefWeb - is that the UN site? 08:29:09 PM Avagene Moore:It is pretty obvious that much of the world looks to the US for EM advise and knowledge. 08:29:27 PM Isabel McCurdy:Amen to that Avagene. 08:29:35 PM Avagene Moore:I think Relief web is the ARC, but not positive. It isn't the UN. 08:29:38 PM Janet D:Yes, now we need to get more of our folks looking to the rest of the world. 08:30:15 PM Avagene Moore:We all have the same risks and problems. Need to network a great deal more. 08:30:32 PM Janet D:Our second issue as a committee is to help provide outreach to the global Emergency Management community. 08:30:38 PM Avagene Moore:I am surprised that the terminology is pretty standard too. 08:31:06 PM Janet D:Part of that is to expand our network of global partnerships in Emergency Management 08:31:33 PM Janet D:The terminology probably goes back to your earlier point, Avagene. 08:32:04 PM Janet D:We need to identify potential global partners in Emergency Management and establish communication and dialogue 08:32:18 PM Janet D:I am not so sure that is going to be easy. Any ideas? 08:32:20 PM Avagene Moore:Exactly, funny how it didn't translate in business and industry that way. 08:32:25 PM Rick Tobin:Janet, if you can break the outreach in partnership into rural and urban, I believe it will have a stronger impact. 08:32:54 PM lois mccoy:Janet: You have the ideal tool for outreach in this EIIP Chat Room 08:33:16 PM Janet D:So, Rick are you suggesting that we do sort of a needs assessment and break differnet objectives down that way? 08:33:36 PM Rick Tobin:Yes, but it's more of an audience target assessment, also. 08:33:50 PM Avagene Moore:The EIIP is seeing more and more interest from global emergency mgmt interests. 08:33:56 PM Janet D:I know Lois, we just need to get the word out better - the whole thing is a cycle incorporating all mediums. 08:34:42 PM Janet D:In an earlier committee meeting we talked about hosting chats on the EIIP in differnet languages with different hosts? do you think that would work? 08:35:03 PM Janet D:Then we could translate the transcripts. 08:35:21 PM Amy Sebring:We are planning one in the fall, with separate sessions in English and Spanish. 08:35:31 PM Isabel McCurdy:Who will do the language edits? 08:35:39 PM Ashley Streetman:I think different languages is an excellent idea. 08:35:46 PM Rick Tobin:Just translating existing records would be a great aid...and then marketing them very carefully and continuously. 08:35:47 PM lois mccoy:I suggest we put the translator on the message first and conduct the 08:35:48 PM Avagene Moore:We are doing that with the Spanish speaking community in an upcoming virtual conference for the Office of American States in the fall. (thinking the same thing, Amy) 08:35:48 PM Janet D:Great, please keep me informed and let us know if we can help spread the word. 08:36:01 PM Amy Sebring:(a voice from our transcript editor!!) 08:36:11 PM Janet D:Isabel, I think our librarian could do that. :<) 08:36:13 PM lois mccoy:sessions in English for the benefit of all languages involved in the Chat. 08:36:45 PM Ashley Streetman:I would be glad to help in any way I can with translating... 08:36:59 PM Janet D:Isabel, I think that sounds like a job for the librarian (smile) 08:37:10 PM Janet D:test 08:37:17 PM Avagene Moore:That is something to aim for, Lois. 08:37:18 PM Isabel McCurdy:smile. 08:37:40 PM Avagene Moore:Don't take this one too seriously yet, Isabel. 08:37:44 PM Amy Sebring:We are not quite ready for that ambitious an undertaking. 08:37:53 PM Isabel McCurdy:I'm not! 08:37:58 PM Avagene Moore:Need software to handle the job. 08:38:12 PM Avagene Moore:It is a good goal for the future. 08:38:21 PM Isabel McCurdy:Excellent goal. 08:38:34 PM Amy Sebring:We lost Janet. 08:38:41 PM Amy Sebring:Hopefully she will be back. 08:38:49 PM Avagene Moore:Even most International conferences are in English presently. Janet will be back, I am sure. 08:39:15 PM Avagene Moore:She was having some problems getting in earlier. 08:39:31 PM Avagene Moore:Lois, are there any international reps in the XII now? 08:40:09 PM lois mccoy:No international reps in XII but Canada and Australia are interested in the system 08:40:19 PM Janet Dilling:Sorry guys, I got bumped off. 08:40:48 PM Avagene Moore:I am sure more countries will be interested as things progress. 08:41:12 PM lois mccoy:Folks: Do you have any idea why or what is bumping you off?/ I'm interested due to XII. 08:41:23 PM Isabel McCurdy:What is this XII/ 08:41:27 PM Janet Dilling:I don't have a clue. 08:41:41 PM Isabel McCurdy:XII? 08:41:48 PM Avagene Moore:Lots of quirks with ISPs and systems and phone lines, I think, Lois. 08:41:54 PM Avagene Moore:Just happens occasionally. 08:42:06 PM lois mccoy:it is the architecture for interlinking local, state and federal & military 08:42:36 PM lois mccoy:together in a common operating communications envitoment--regardless or 08:43:02 PM lois mccoy:platform, hardware or software you are using. It rides on the Web. 08:43:53 PM Amy Sebring:We should also mention the GDIN effort (Global Disaster Information Network). 08:43:59 PM Avagene Moore:The Web is not a science yet, Lois. We have all had great and bad experiences with it. 08:44:03 PM Janet Dilling:Wonder if someday we will be talking about global links 08:44:05 PM Amy Sebring:http://members.nova.org/%7Elroeder/gdinintl.htm 08:44:26 PM Janet Dilling:Gees, Amy, you are fast with those links! 08:44:36 PM Amy Sebring:A conference is planned for July to move this forward, hopefully. 08:45:00 PM Janet Dilling:Amy, could you give a short description of GDIN objective? 08:45:06 PM Avagene Moore:That conference focus is international, I believe. 08:45:27 PM lois mccoy:There is a big push for the Global Grid. And yes, the Internet & Web 08:45:31 PM Amy Sebring:There are three... and I will have to type it. 08:45:55 PM lois mccoy:are babies in many respects. At my age I remember the crank party line telephone. 08:46:30 PM Janet Dilling:While Amy is typing... does anyone have any ideas on how we can hone into key global issues that might spark debate without them being too general? 08:46:31 PM lois mccoy:Not everything is without hiccups at first! 08:46:32 PM Amy Sebring:But basically it is to set up links to get critical info to field, worldwide. 08:47:21 PM Avagene Moore:It is dealing with federal agencies basically, wouldn't you say, Amy? At least that is who is involved currently. 08:47:53 PM lois mccoy:(Rick.I'm receiving and trying to send.(Not working!) 08:48:01 PM Amy Sebring:ú First, to provide disaster managers and relief workers with a systematic tool to rapidly access existing information , to include sensor data, imagery, derived products, maps, situation reports, etc., that is pertinent to their specific needs; 08:48:21 PM Amy Sebring:ú Second, to provide a mechanism whereby, in the absence of sufficient relevant existing information, disaster managers and relief workers can promptly communicate with reliable sources (e.g. governments, international organizations) to request that the necessary information be generated and made available in usable form; 08:48:44 PM Amy Sebring:ú Third, to make it possible for disaster- prone countries and regions that have poor communications capabilities to upgrade these capabilities so that they can receive alerts or request information in a timely manner. 08:49:07 PM Amy Sebring:GDIN is a State Dept. effort. 08:49:15 PM Amy Sebring:Possible sponsorship may be UN. 08:49:45 PM Janet Dilling:How do they propose the communication upgrades - grants for purchase? 08:49:46 PM Amy Sebring:There seems to be very good respect for the Office of Humanitarian Affairs at the UN. 08:50:15 PM Amy Sebring:They don't yet. 08:50:36 PM Amy Sebring:However, I think the Local voice must be heard in these efforts. 08:50:48 PM Janet Dilling:I see a future where we can all get involved in helping match resources to countries that need them. 08:51:05 PM Janet Dilling:At least a future I would like to see. 08:51:17 PM Amy Sebring:We need to ASK them what they need from us. 08:51:34 PM Avagene Moore:Back to your question, Janet.... 08:51:39 PM lois mccoy:Everything starts at the Local level. That is why your organization is so important to be involved. 08:52:13 PM Janet Dilling:I tend to think big but I was wondering if we could find a home for a resource need page, sort of like a job listing page on our web site. 08:52:29 PM Avagene Moore:I firmly believe that networking in this country and abroad is the way to move the emergency management profession and function along. Don't wait for governments to do anything for you. 08:52:32 PM Amy Sebring:Otherwise, it will get wrapped up in national level politics Lois, and not just in our country. 08:53:19 PM Janet Dilling:Hopefully our committee can also help by encouraging the exchange of papers, speakers, and attendees at international conferences. 08:53:20 PM lois mccoy:Of course! 08:53:24 PM Rick Tobin:Now, that type of a needs page could make for a good public-private partnership with US firms that are international and hold interests in many of the countries with emergency management resource shortfalls. 08:53:28 PM Avagene Moore:Janet, are you speaking in terms of other countries' needs? 08:54:01 PM Janet Dilling:Yes, Rick and Yes, Avagene. but it might also hold true for smaller jurisdictions in our country. 08:54:05 PM Avagene Moore:(we have 2 or 3 thoughts going here) 08:54:30 PM Janet Dilling:I know, isn't it excting? 08:54:37 PM Amy Sebring:We ought to do a Sister Cities type program. 08:54:52 PM Avagene Moore:Sounds like our typical conversations, doesn't it, Janet? 08:55:03 PM lois mccoy:I like that Sister Cities idea. 08:55:10 PM Amy Sebring:Was that considered Janet? 08:55:10 PM Avagene Moore: I like that idea too. 08:55:11 PM Janet Dilling:The sister cities concept is a good one amy 08:55:39 PM Amy Sebring:We find one on one can be effective. 08:55:52 PM Avagene Moore:Ron, why are you so quiet? 08:56:04 PM Janet Dilling:Avagene, someday I am going to find a way to do that resource match - you know me once I get an idea into my head. 08:56:23 PM Amy Sebring:Janet, we can't even do it HERE yet! 08:56:37 PM Rick Tobin:Janet, you might ask the predecessors of Armand Hammer about international resource matching. 08:56:42 PM Amy Sebring:That's what EMAC was supposed to be for. 08:56:54 PM Amy Sebring:(Emergency Management Assistance Compact) 08:57:25 PM Avagene Moore:Yes, Janet. Janet and I saw a presentation from the Philipines of a volunteer EMS group that built an ambulance from a burnt vehicle frame. Brought tears to our eyes. I will never forget the pride in that man and his community. 08:57:33 PM Ron Brittan:Anyone interstedin viewing a pretty long list of lobal reief organizations tune into my Web page:http://members.aol.com/ronbrittan/home.html 08:57:33 PM Janet Dilling:Oh, amy, somebody has just got to want to do it to make things happen. And I think EMAC is a differnet scale that what we are talking about. That is large scale assistance. I'm talking about an ambulance or computer. 08:57:51 PM Amy Sebring:Thanks Ron. 08:57:56 PM Amy Sebring:let me put it up live 08:58:00 PM Janet Dilling:Ron, you have been holding out on us. that is great and helpful. 08:58:17 PM Amy Sebring:http://members.aol.com/ronbrittan/home.html 08:58:18 PM Avagene Moore:I looked at Ron's site. Very nice. This is his area of interest. 08:58:58 PM Avagene Moore:Good job, Ron. 08:59:20 PM Janet Dilling:Avagene, Amy, I have really learned a lot and found some new resource to go to tonight - appreciate the great comments from the participants. 08:59:21 PM Avagene Moore:Janet, the ol' clock on the wall .... any closing comments? 08:59:22 PM Ron Brittan:I'm adding to it constantly so stay tuned! 08:59:26 PM Amy Sebring:The Sister City program already exists. We may just need to find a way to tap into it. 08:59:41 PM Avagene Moore:Where? 08:59:56 PM Amy Sebring:Well, I know we have at least one or two sister cities. 09:00:05 PM Amy Sebring:One in Japan, one in Europe. 09:00:20 PM Janet Dilling:Please remember our committee if other ideas come into your mind - we will try to do our part to expand global communication and cooperation even beyond our organization., 09:00:32 PM Rick Tobin:ICMA has the cities program. 09:00:41 PM Amy Sebring:Thanks Rick. 09:00:56 PM Avagene Moore:Does it include an emphasis or mention of EM? 09:01:19 PM Rick Tobin:That's a small part. Actually, they cover every issue in the book for city management. 09:01:32 PM Ron Brittan:I you'd like updates my e-mail is RonBrittn@aol.om 09:01:34 PM Amy Sebring:Janet, we had another Round Table host from ICMA we can get to you. 09:01:40 PM Janet Dilling:Perhaps we need to talk to them about that. 09:01:50 PM Janet Dilling:Great! 09:01:57 PM Avagene Moore:Thank you, Janet for graciously assisting us again tonight. So good of you and a job well done. 09:02:21 PM Janet Dilling:I keep coming back because I believe so much in the EIIP 09:02:22 PM Isabel McCurdy: 09:02:25 PM Ashley Streetman:Yes, thank you Janet. 09:02:26 PM Avagene Moore:Thank you audience for joining in and making this a good session. Appreciate every one of you! 09:02:57 PM Avagene Moore:Lois, it has been awhile -- don't be a stranger. Come back when you can. 09:03:02 PM Janet Dilling:Good Night all! 09:03:03 PM Amy Sebring:http://www.icma.org/resources/exchange.htm 09:03:24 PM lois mccoy:Thanks everyone! Great session! 09:03:24 PM Avagene Moore:Rick, Ron and all. Thanks. Ashley and Isabel and Amy. Many thanks. 09:03:36 PM Avagene Moore:Good night! 09:03:37 PM Ron Brittan:Thank you everybody. Great discussion! 09:03:47 PM Avagene Moore:Thanks Ron. 09:04:04 PM Amy Sebring:Note: Emergency Management is listed on this page. 09:04:21 PM Janet Dilling:Amy, you are a jewel! 09:04:25 PM lois mccoy:Avagene: Good idea in your message to me today. Press on with Beth and randy. Lois 09:04:30 PM Avagene Moore:Great, Amy. Thanks for the note. Yes, she is a wonderful jewel. 09:04:35 PM Amy Sebring:For additional information or answers to questions, contact Tonia Wellons at 202/962-3547 or twellons@icma.org 09:04:44 PM Amy Sebring:Did you get that Janet? 09:04:46 PM Avagene Moore:Will take care of it, Lois. 09:05:05 PM Janet Dilling:Yes 09:05:32 PM Avagene Moore:Hey, guys! I am signing off. Good night! 09:05:39 PM Amy Sebring:Bye Avagene. 09:06:08 PM Avagene Moore:Bye, Amy. By the way (one more thing). Did you see the agenda for tomorrow? 09:06:16 PM Avagene Moore:I finally sent it anyway. 09:06:25 PM Ashley Streetman:Good night! 09:06:36 PM Avagene Moore:'nite Ashley. 09:06:40 PM Janet Dilling:Bye Ashley! 09:06:41 PM Isabel McCurdy:Good night from Canda. 09:06:48 PM Avagene Moore:Bye Isabel. 09:06:49 PM Isabel McCurdy:Canada. 09:06:56 PM Janet Dilling:Bye Isabel 09:06:57 PM Avagene Moore:Gottcha. 09:07:33 PM Amy Sebring:Bye all. Thanks again Janet. 09:07:56 PM Avagene Moore:I am really going now. Meeting adjourned. 09:08:13 PM Janet Dilling:Me too.!