Oregon VOAD is a group of faith-based, community service and state government organizations with disaster relief roles related t short and long-term recovery from disasters. Functions include but may not be limited to: damage assessment, building repair, donations management, child care, clean up, clothing, communication, counseling, disaster welfare inquiry, financial assistance, food, human relations, mass care, sheltering, transportation, volunteer staffing, warehousing and bulk distribution. ORVOAD coordinates disaster planning with member agencies to ensure reduction of duplication and an increase in effective delivery of services. Some helpful links to Oregon flood resources and information: Social Media related: (see bottom of this page for more helpful social media tips) Oregon VOAD on twitter: @ORVOAD Oregon VOAD on Google Plus helpful twitter hashtag searches and lists: #ORwx twitter search #ORflood twitter search #pdxtst twitter search twitter lists Pacific NW Social Media Emergency Management twitter list ( by @sct_r) PNW Social Media Emergency Management list including news media (by @cherylble) ____________________________________________________________ Travel and weather related : ____________________________________________________________ Information on what ORVOAD-related orgs are doing around this flood: (Try entering "Flood" or "Water" and view search results.) ____________________________________________________________ Oregon Office of Emergency Management:
Oregon Emergency Management (OEM) website OEM on twitter: ____________________________________________________________ Misc.: Oregon ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Services) Info on county districts and emergency ham radio net frequencies Regarding volunteering: Your help will be appreciated and needed, but wait to be asked. Self-deploying to disasters before officials are ready and requesting volunteers can be unsafe, and can cause difficulties and hardship for those affected by the disaster. Also, sometimes help is needed well after the response phase for long-term disaster recovery - if you can't help now, you can stll be a great help later! ____________________________________________________________ Next regular bimonthly ORVOAD meeting: Tuesday, March 20th from 2 to 4pm at:
American Red Cross, Oregon Trail Chapter
Tillamook Room 3131 N. Vancouver Ave. Portland OR 97227 Agenda and Minutes available soon VOADs and Social Media in Disasters Social Media (facebook, Twitter GooglePlus, etc...) is rapidly becoming a very important part of disaster response. we need to prepare ORVOAD organizations so that we understand the role of Social Media in disasters and how to use it as another tool to help people and communities recover from disasters. Here's an interesting article from National VOAD on the increasingly common use of Social Media such as Twitter and Facebook in disaster response and recovery. If you have time, please look at: • This Red Cross Wiki on the recent Red Cross "Emergency Social Data Summit in Washington DC. Great information and links to the entire conference on CSPAN. • A wealth of information on the history and developing field of Social Media in Disaster studies, which is referred to as "Crisis Informatics," at the University of Colorado ORVOAD is now on twitter at http://twitter.com/ORVOAD (in twitterspeak that's "@ORVOAD") Note: Skip Booren suggested a great link that demonstrates why a social media plan is so important for all of our organizations. View a great instructional video here, and a suggestion for a book on social media here. GETTING STARTED with SOCIAL MEDIA Here's a great 2-page introduction to twitter (PDF) by Cheryl Bledsoe (@CherylBle) of Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency (@CRESA). SM4EM.org (Social Media for Emergency Managers) has a great getting started in social media page. I would also highly recommend "The Twitter Book." NOTE: Last December I helped operate a small social media fire recovery effort in Astoria - have a look at the Astoria Fire Blog, then follow the links to the facebook, the Google Map and Storify curation sites to see how these free tools can be used to help people to help themselves to recover from a disaster. Time for Dues
Members will be receiving a reminder that it's that time of year again - annual dues are how we ensure startup funds for disaster operation and build skills through training and our participation beyond Oregon in activities such as the annual NVOAD conference. Questions? You can reach Sam Pellecer, our treasurer through email; treasurer@orvoad.org
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Oregon Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
 We encourage more effective service delivery to people affected by disasters through
cooperation, collaboration, coordination of efforts, education and communication at all community-based levels, including individuals, not for profit agencies, faith based organizations and governmental resources.
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