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Subject: NEMA Annual Conference
Friends, The registration materials have just come out for the NEMA (National Emergency Management Association) Annual Meeting. This is the association meeting for all state EM directors and FEMA folks. Booth space is limited and expensive as are travel arrangements due to the location - Anchorage Alaska (rooms are only $161 while they last, though). The annual meeting each year is located in the home state of the outgoing NEMA president. The mid-year is always located in DC for access to political resources during that time of year. I have participated in this conference for 7 years and have seen many changes. For example, the Private Sector Committee has become more engaged and respected by the Directors. At the mid-year this past Feb, I was invited to present the status of the EIC, CAP and EDXL to the Preparedness Committee during the conference. This was a very welcomed opportunity. At this annual meeting, I am expecting to be able to do a larger focus on CAP as well as EDXL although the details have not yet been worked out. The current NEMA president, Dave Liebersbach was a founding member of the Partnership for Public Warning (PPW). The PPW as many of you know was the breeding ground for much of the work that started CAP. The PPW funded Art Botterells involvement in OASIS throughout it's existence. Art and I were both active in PPW from its inception with a focus on improving public warning. NEMA this year would be an excellent time to do an interop demo that will get quite a bit of exposure. Please let me know if you are interested in doing a demonstration at this conference and we can talk about the right way to structure it for best effect. The details for the conference can be found at: www.nemaweb.org?1331. Regards, Elysa Jones, Chair OASIS EM-TC Engineering Program Manager Warning Systems, Inc. 256-880-8702 x102
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