Re: EM Standards List

Hi Tom,

Please don't leave the list.

I think it is important to highlight the current scope of this work in  
the incubator group is not to create anything new (yet), but just to  
get an understanding of what is out there in terms of standards for EM  
- an environmental scan, if you will. Changing the world comes later -  
hence the focus is on what exists now. Then we can have the discussion  
on where we would like to be and identify the gaps.

Also, I wasn't able to see which article you were referring to on your  
blog page.

So, I do support Don trying to keep us on topic on this list,  
otherwise we won't achieve our objective. One of the reasons I'm  
trying to focus on getting content in the wiki rather than discussing  
things on the list. Many of us have already been bogged down in  
similar discussions on H-ICT, and I would not want to see the same  
start here.

Humanitarian-ICT is probably still the better list to discuss where  
you would like to see things heading for the time being.

Cheers Gavin

PS and defining what a credentialed emergency manager looks like is  
not easy. The only formal credential I'm aware of is the Certified  
Emergency Manager (CEM), and if that was the requirement, then this  
list would be a very lonely place. There are many EM qualifications,  
but these alone do not make the individual certified as emergency  
managers nor does it give them any legal standing (compared to say  
chartered engineers or similar that have their credential defined in  
law).

On 2008-03-03, at 1124, Tom Worthington wrote:

>
> At 02:04 PM 27/02/2008, donc@internode.on.net wrote:
>> ... this particular initiative has a well defined mission to create  
>> an ontology for the EM domain; and that at least at this point in  
>> time the mission does not include trying to reinvent the science of  
>> emergency management (noting EM is nowadays qualified and  
>> quantified by academic and other globally recognised  
>> certifications ...
>
> Apologies, it appears I am not qualified to participate in the list  
> as I am not a credentialed EM specialist. So I will un-subscribe and  
> wish you well with the work.
>
> Perhaps W3C might consider a new activity to involve EM specialists  
> with IT people such as myself, to use the web for EM communications  
> to and between the public. To get an idea of what I have in mind: <http://www.tomw.net.au/blog/labels/emergency%20management.html 
> >.
>
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Received on Monday, 3 March 2008 00:12:49 UTC