Re: changing name , asap please?

thanks gav
I dont know why I dont feel disaster is not the best word,

I think I explained how I feel about disasters, disasters are emergencies
that were not managed properly - I guess that's personal

emergency is used widely, everywhere  'emergency services' there are a
number of services listed, including ambulance, fire brigade, police of
various kinds etc

anyway, we need votes!  maybe we need to wait for more people to join before
we vote


disaster management
gav, don


emergency management
paola


incident management
ed


risk management



On 6/23/07, Gavin Treadgold <gt@kestrel.co.nz> wrote:
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>
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> On 23/06/2007, at 15:44, paola.dimaio@gmail.com wrote:
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> > we seem in agreement that we should change the name from disaster
> > management to something else
> > while a plethora of better option is before us, for brevity and a
> > quick decision, can we go for
> >
> > 1 emergency management , or
> > 2. global risk management
> >
> > I am not comfortable pointing the page with an odd sounding name,
> > and some opportunties to link up with
> > other efforts are materializing we need to be able to move fast
> >
> > thoughts?
>
> Well - global risk management is not an option as it is far broader
> than what I believe we are talking about. We are talking about the
> management of a particular set of community risks.
>
> Given that when you mention emergency management to some people they
> think you are talking about hospitals and emergency departments, I
> would strongly suggest that we stick with disaster management. They
> are still the best two words I've found for communicating to people
> what I do for a living. Emergency management is fine for those in the
> know.
>
> So my vote would be for the status quo.
>
> Cheers Gav
>
>


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