E TN GOOGLE GROUP UPDATE

Greetings ET VOAD Members:

A reminder to please update your Google Group profiles to include yourfull name, organization and contact information. To do this, after logging on to the ET VOAD google group, locate the"profile" link in the upper right corner of the screen (just to theleft of the "sign-out" link). Click on this link and follow the update profile directions. Thanks for taking care of this.

Regards...
John Jarrard
Chair, ET VOAD

E TN Google Group Registration

Hello All,

We have created a Google Group with information posted about East Tennessee VOAD. You will find the Resource Listing, meeting minutes, VOAD By-laws, etc. This is where we will keep updated information on our organization.

To have access to this group, you will need to first request membership by logging in to http://www.groups.google.com/group/easttnvoad.

You will be able to download the Resource Listing to your own computer so you can make copies for those in your organization who will need it. Also, if your organization is not included in the Resource Listing, this means that we either do not have your information or the information we have is not complete.

Managing Spontaneous Volunteers in Times of Disaster

The Synergy of Structure and Good Intentions


Click here < http://nvoad.org/ManagingSpontaneousVol.pdf > to download a PDF file that was created and published with the generous support of The UPS Foundation. This publication is offered as a basis for developing a national strategy on working with unaffiliated volunteers and is based on an analysis of effective practices and models. It is an outgrowth of an earlier publication, Preventing a Disaster Within the Disaster: The Effective Use and Management of Unaffiliated Volunteers, which outlined the challenges involved in working with unaffiliated volunteers and offered recommendations on how to develop a national strategy.

E TN VOAD - Introduction to Bulletin Board

This blog was created to be a "bulletin board" for members of East Tennessee Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (E TN VOAD).