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Subject: RE: [emergency] Emergency Interoperability Member Section
When you are ready, we have members who are accessibility experts, ranging from Massachusetts Commission of the Blind to the UK Royal National Institute for the Blind. They are currently focusing on the Open Document Accessibility SC, as part of the guidance we received from ISO and IEC. Scott... >-----Original Message----- >From: Rex Brooks [mailto:rexb@starbourne.com] >Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 10:44 AM >To: Tom Merkle; Elysa Jones; emergency@lists.oasis-open.org >Cc: Scott Mcgrath; Harlin R. McEwen; wernerc@charlottesville.org; >wanda@tc911.org; Marilyn Ward; stilev@apco911.org >Subject: RE: [emergency] Emergency Interoperability Member Section > >FWIW, I agree completely with Tom in this. > >I'm sure that comes as no great surprise. I would add, and will do >the research necessary, to add some groups for those with special >needs, e.g. hearing, vision, mobility impaired constituencies, both >national and international. > >I would also like to suggest that we start considering, in >consultation with DHS, and appropriate international bodies, >developing an Emergency Management/Situational Awareness Information >Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC). > >Cheers, >Rex > >At 7:39 PM -0500 11/27/06, Tom Merkle wrote: >>Elysa, >>I strongly urge the TC to reach out to the major public safety >>groups such as the International Assoc of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), >>International Assoc of Chiefs of Police (IACP), Assoc. of Public >>Safety Communications Officials - International (APCO), and the >>National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC). >>These associations have the expertise in their respective fields and >>all participate on the international level. >>Let's not lose focus that we are developing protocols for an >>international (as well as national, regional, state, and local >>levels). I respectfully suggest we coordinate our efforts with the >>groups I mentioned. >> >>Regards, >> >>Tom Merkle >> >>CapWIN: <http://www.capwin.org/>www.capwin.org >>Phone: (301) 614-3720 >>Cell Phone: (240) 375-1966 >>Fax: (301) 614-0581 >>e-mail: <mailto:tmerkle@capwin.org>tmerkle@capwin.org >> >>CapWIN >>6305 Ivy Lane Suite 300 >>Capital Office Park >>Greenbelt, MD 20770 >> >> >> >>From: Elysa Jones [mailto:ejones@warningsystems.com] >>Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:13 PM >>To: emergency@lists.oasis-open.org >>Cc: Scott Mcgrath >>Subject: [emergency] Emergency Interoperability Member Section >> >>Dear TC Members, >> >>I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving Holiday. On 11/17, the >>draft meeting notes from our 11/14 were posted. Our discussion >>about the member section was summarized. >> >>It seems the following issues were prevalent: >> >>1. There should be more public safety representation in the EIC if >>that board is to take on the initial role of the steering committee. >>Brought up by Tom agreed to by Rex. The Public Safety Communication >>Council and NENA were sited. >> >>Further info: Chris Cooper is an EIC board member but in addition >>to his role at IBM, is an Assistant Fire Chief with the Latrobe Fire >>Protection District under schedule with CDF and has over 20 years of >>first responder experience. ComCare is a NENA member. The First >>Response Coalition might be joining the EIC. >> >>How should we reach out to other organizations or should the EIC? >>How should they participate in the steering committee? >> >>2. Scott McGrath was going to look into the WiFi, OGC Compliance >>Testing framework which is Open Source as well as the ISO/IEEE >>Models and report back to the group. >> >>3. Thoughts on just standing the Member Section up for the mission >>of developing interoperability demonstrations at first and decide >>whether the test/certify/compliance piece is something we want to do >>via the member section at a later time. >> >>Please comment to the list on these topics. We will have our EM-TC >>telecon meeting 1/28 at 12:00 EST. >> >>Regards, >>Elysa Jones, Chair >>OASIS EM-TC >>Engineering Program Manager >>Warning Systems, Inc. > > >-- >Rex Brooks >President, CEO >Starbourne Communications Design >GeoAddress: 1361-A Addison >Berkeley, CA 94702 >Tel: 510-849-2309
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