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- Bid: $RACESBUL.327
- Subject: RB327 Agency Mission Statement
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- TO: ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES VIA AMATEUR RADIO
- INFO: ALL COMMUNICATIONS VOLUNTEERS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE
- INFO: ALL AMATEURS U.S (@USA: INFORMATION); CAP, MARS
- FROM: CA GOVERNORS OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
- (W6SIG@WA6NWE.CA) Ph: 916-262-1600
- 2800 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA 95832
- Landline BBS Open to All: 916-262-1657
- RB 327 RELEASE DATE: May 23, 1994
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- Subject: MGT - Agency mission statement
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- A MISSION STATEMENT for an emergency management agency
- communications reserve (such as the Auxiliary Communications
- Service, RACES or equivalent) has several advantages.
- (1) It provides the initial aspect of key leadership that
- is so vital to the success of the communications reserve program.
- (2) It protects the agency, and the people whom the
- agency serves, against loss of a valuable resource.
- (3) It precludes future misunderstandings between an
- administrator and program participants. A well written mission
- statement can minimize the chance for a serious disagreement that
- could have been otherwise avoided.
-
- Although avoiding a statement in writing and playing
- things by ear can work --- up to a point --- it has its problems.
- The major problem occurs when the official leaves the position
- without having documented the mission statement of the volunteer
- communications reserve. A change in emergency management
- coordinators may be rather frequent in some jurisdictions. A new
- staff official can then be at a complete loss to understand the
- program. When that happens, the new official may find it easier
- to scrap an otherwise good program and its valuable volunteers
- for lack of comprehension of its role and mission.
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- In summary, an astute manager of a communications reserve
- unpaid staff (volunteer) program will:
- 1. immediately protect the future and those who follow
- with a mission statement
- 2. look far beyond ones own expected term in office; and
- 3. realize that if it's worth doing right, it's worth
- writing down.
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- For ideas or help in the preparation of a mission
- statement for your agency, assistance is available by those with
- experience in such preparation in a variety of governments. Call
- for Stan Harter or Cary Mangum at 916-262-1600.
- eom.
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