Re: changing name , asap please?

I am fine with disaster management too, however if their is enough 
opinion against this term I would suggest crisis management as an 
alternative.

Chamindra de Silva
http://chamindra.googlepages.com


paola.dimaio@gmail.com wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto:gt@kestrel.co.nz>> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>     On 23/06/2007, at 15:44, paola.dimaio@gmail.com
>     <mailto:paola.dimaio@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>      > 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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> 
> 
> Paola Di Maio *****
> School of Information Technology
> Mae Fah Luang University
> Chiang Rai - Thailand
> *********************************************

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