Notification Subcommittee Charter - First draft for discussion

[Art Botterell <acb@incident.com>]

Friends - What follows is just a strawman draft for discussion. - Art


NOTIFICATION METHODS AND MESSAGES SUBCOMMITTEE
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

At any moment the "operational picture" of reality as perceived by 
each individual and organization represents an accumulation and 
fusion of various streams of incoming information.  The accuracy and 
completeness of that operational picture, and the quality of the 
decisions based upon it, depend in large part on the scope, 
transparency and efficiency of the incoming information flows.  And 
the effectiveness of coordinated effort among individuals and 
agencies depends in large part on their having access to the same 
flows of information (including information about each other's status 
and intentions) and thus sharing a common operational picture.

The Notification Methods and Messages Subcommittee will address 
procedures and formats for exchanging new and updated information 
related to public safety, emergency response and homeland security.

LIST OF DELIVERABLES

[I'm thinking we can start to discuss this at the F2F next week. - Art]