notes: 2011 details, tornado recovery, LTRC contacts: http://www.ngumc.org/news/detail/971 LTRCs operating in: Catoosa, Dade, Floyd, Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe, Spalding Counties old website pre2010: http://www.geocities.com/gavoad/ 9/30/09 Flood Response: Next Meeting Date/Location (October 2, 2009) – Today (9/30) was our last daily conference call for this disaster. We are planning to have a face-to-face meeting hosted by FEMA at the JFO on Friday, October 2. The meeting time will be 1 pm. The JFO is located at 4360 NE Expressway, Atlanta GA 30340. It is located on the Westside of I-85 between Pleasantdale and Northcrest. (near spaghetti junction). NE Expressway is a one-way going south so you must access it from the Pleasantdale exit. There is a QT gas station at that intersection. If you have information to go up on the GAVOAD website contact Ed Nance at 770-316-8692. We also have a page up on the CAN website for this particular disaster. =================================================== 9/23: Georgia Flood Response: Still looking for volunteers to man staff VOAD desk at SOC – see Bob if you can assist. Currently looking for 1-2 shifts for 7 am – 7 pm operational period. ==================================================== From their website: GAVOAD: Partnership Before, During, and After Disaster How GAVOAD Serves Its Membership: History: Georgia Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (GAVOAD) is a coalition of voluntary organizations that have a mission before, during, and after disasters that occur in Georgia. After Hurricane Camille in 1969, many national voluntary organizations shared their mutual concern about the lack of coordination between their agencies. Representatives of the voluntary organizations began meeting regularly to share their respective activities, concerns, and frustrations. Their goal was, and still is, to jointly minimize duplication of effort and more efficiently manage activities during disasters. GAVOAD was formed to expand this movement of interagency cooperation, coordination, communication, and collaboration to Georgia. Today, GAVOAD is the primary forum used by the voluntary organizations in Georgia to coordinate activities with each other. Organization: GAVOAD voting members are organizations with a statewide disaster response and/or relief and recovery mission. GAVOAD recognizes local VOAD’s as nonvoting members to provide local voluntary organizations an opportunity to work together. GAVOAD also accepts government and corporate entities as nonvoting partners. GAVOAD is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) corporation governed by a Board of Directors. GAVOAD meets quarterly. GAVOAD is NOT a service delivery organization. GAVOAD supports its members independent relief and recovery services by providing a forum for voluntary organizations active in disaster to practice the four C’s: • Cooperation – encouraging working together and information exchange • Coordination – fostering understanding and providing a liaison with public offices • Communication – providing information to members and the general public through audio-visual, print and electronic means including newsletters, PowerPoint programs, brochures, electronic discussion lists, and websites • Collaboration – encouraging members to work in partnership with each other and with other associations through joint seminars, board meetings, conferences, training programs, and meetings before, during, and after disasters GAVOAD provides its members with a strong liaison and a common voice with state emergency management, including a seat in the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. • GAVOAD Conference Calls – provide an opportunity for all GAVOAD and local VOAD agencies and partners involved in a particular incident to talk with each other and coordinate their work. • Joint Training – combines the resources and efforts of GAVOAD members and partners to provide multiple opportunities to train together through conferences and exercises. Joint agency volunteer training brings in state and national experts to speak on issues of joint concern including communications, case management, response and recovery skills, and many other subjects. • Joint Information Efforts – put GAVOAD members in front of emergency managers and other public officials on a regular basis throughout the year with forums, booths, and other efforts to jointly inform emergency managers and the public about the capabilities of all the state and local VOAD partner organizations. • Annual NVOAD Conference – GAVOAD annually provides scholarships to send member and VOAD leaders to the annual National VOAD Conference to network and learn from other state and national VOAD leaders. Publications and Resources GAVOAD, in partnership with NVOAD produces resources for state and local members that are available in print or are downloadable from the NVOAD website. • VOAD Pamphlets and PowerPoint – help state and local VOAD members explain the VOAD concept to government, response and recovery agency leaders, potential new members and partners and the public in general. Through NVOAD, GAVOAD provides templates for these resources that allow local VOADs to “personalize” the program for their specific area with a professional look that is consistent in design with both the NVOAD and GAVOAD programs • Design for Success – an NVOAD leadership tool that details the goals any VOAD should strive for and methods for achieving those goals • Long-Term Recovery Manual – an NVOAD tool to assist state and local VOAD leaders with preparing for cooperative long-term recovery work • Volunteer Management Manual – an NVOAD tool to assist state and local VOAD leaders with preparing for the cooperative management of both affiliated and unaffiliated volunteers. Important Information 2005 GA VOAD Executive Committee/Board Members President: Bob Tribble (trib713@juno.com) Vice President: Jim Ewings (jewings@worldvision.org) Secretary: Sandra Stone (hs_volmacon@bellsouth.net) [TF: it's my understanding, from the last set of minutes (December 08) that a new Secretary is Giovanni Taylor-Peace...we wish our best to Sandra and Giovanni!] Treasurer: Ken McKenzie (kmckenziewpc@comcast.net) Past President: Carolyn Danese (carolyn.danese@turner.com) GA VOAD Meetings: Meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of each quarter. Membership Dues: Membership Dues are $50.00 annually, and are due on the anniversary date that your agency/organization joined VOAD. Membership Information: To become a member or to partner with GAVOAD, start a local or regional VOAD, or get additional information, contact: GAVOAD Board of Directors 2050 Chamblee Tucker Road Chamblee, GA 30341 Bob Tribble Sandra Stone Information Changes: For changes in your agency/organizations contact or other information, please contact a member of the executive committee. Or write gavoad@yahoo.com Manual Update: The Executive committee is responsible for updating the GAVOAD manual annually. -> July/August Updates on tornado recovery, LTRC contacts: http://www.ngumc.org/news/detail/971 LTRCs operating in: Catoosa, Dade, Floyd, Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe, Spalding Counties old website pre2010: http://www.geocities.com/gavoad/ 9/30/09 Flood Response: Next Meeting Date/Location (October 2, 2009) – Today (9/30) was our last daily conference call for this disaster. We are planning to have a face-to-face meeting hosted by FEMA at the JFO on Friday, October 2. The meeting time will be 1 pm. The JFO is located at 4360 NE Expressway, Atlanta GA 30340. It is located on the Westside of I-85 between Pleasantdale and Northcrest. (near spaghetti junction). NE Expressway is a one-way going south so you must access it from the Pleasantdale exit. There is a QT gas station at that intersection. If you have information to go up on the GAVOAD website contact Ed Nance at 770-316-8692. We also have a page up on the CAN website for this particular disaster. =================================================== 9/23: Georgia Flood Response: Still looking for volunteers to man staff VOAD desk at SOC – see Bob if you can assist. Currently looking for 1-2 shifts for 7 am – 7 pm operational period. ==================================================== From their website: GAVOAD: Partnership Before, During, and After Disaster How GAVOAD Serves Its Membership: History: Georgia Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (GAVOAD) is a coalition of voluntary organizations that have a mission before, during, and after disasters that occur in Georgia. After Hurricane Camille in 1969, many national voluntary organizations shared their mutual concern about the lack of coordination between their agencies. Representatives of the voluntary organizations began meeting regularly to share their respective activities, concerns, and frustrations. Their goal was, and still is, to jointly minimize duplication of effort and more efficiently manage activities during disasters. GAVOAD was formed to expand this movement of interagency cooperation, coordination, communication, and collaboration to Georgia. Today, GAVOAD is the primary forum used by the voluntary organizations in Georgia to coordinate activities with each other. Organization: GAVOAD voting members are organizations with a statewide disaster response and/or relief and recovery mission. GAVOAD recognizes local VOAD’s as nonvoting members to provide local voluntary organizations an opportunity to work together. GAVOAD also accepts government and corporate entities as nonvoting partners. GAVOAD is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) corporation governed by a Board of Directors. GAVOAD meets quarterly. GAVOAD is NOT a service delivery organization. GAVOAD supports its members independent relief and recovery services by providing a forum for voluntary organizations active in disaster to practice the four C’s: • Cooperation – encouraging working together and information exchange • Coordination – fostering understanding and providing a liaison with public offices • Communication – providing information to members and the general public through audio-visual, print and electronic means including newsletters, PowerPoint programs, brochures, electronic discussion lists, and websites • Collaboration – encouraging members to work in partnership with each other and with other associations through joint seminars, board meetings, conferences, training programs, and meetings before, during, and after disasters GAVOAD provides its members with a strong liaison and a common voice with state emergency management, including a seat in the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. • GAVOAD Conference Calls – provide an opportunity for all GAVOAD and local VOAD agencies and partners involved in a particular incident to talk with each other and coordinate their work. • Joint Training – combines the resources and efforts of GAVOAD members and partners to provide multiple opportunities to train together through conferences and exercises. Joint agency volunteer training brings in state and national experts to speak on issues of joint concern including communications, case management, response and recovery skills, and many other subjects. • Joint Information Efforts – put GAVOAD members in front of emergency managers and other public officials on a regular basis throughout the year with forums, booths, and other efforts to jointly inform emergency managers and the public about the capabilities of all the state and local VOAD partner organizations. • Annual NVOAD Conference – GAVOAD annually provides scholarships to send member and VOAD leaders to the annual National VOAD Conference to network and learn from other state and national VOAD leaders. Publications and Resources GAVOAD, in partnership with NVOAD produces resources for state and local members that are available in print or are downloadable from the NVOAD website. • VOAD Pamphlets and PowerPoint – help state and local VOAD members explain the VOAD concept to government, response and recovery agency leaders, potential new members and partners and the public in general. Through NVOAD, GAVOAD provides templates for these resources that allow local VOADs to “personalize” the program for their specific area with a professional look that is consistent in design with both the NVOAD and GAVOAD programs • Design for Success – an NVOAD leadership tool that details the goals any VOAD should strive for and methods for achieving those goals • Long-Term Recovery Manual – an NVOAD tool to assist state and local VOAD leaders with preparing for cooperative long-term recovery work • Volunteer Management Manual – an NVOAD tool to assist state and local VOAD leaders with preparing for the cooperative management of both affiliated and unaffiliated volunteers. Important Information 2005 GA VOAD Executive Committee/Board Members President: Bob Tribble (trib713@juno.com) Vice President: Jim Ewings (jewings@worldvision.org) Secretary: Sandra Stone (hs_volmacon@bellsouth.net) [TF: it's my understanding, from the last set of minutes (December 08) that a new Secretary is Giovanni Taylor-Peace...we wish our best to Sandra and Giovanni!] Treasurer: Ken McKenzie (kmckenziewpc@comcast.net) Past President: Carolyn Danese (carolyn.danese@turner.com) GA VOAD Meetings: Meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of each quarter. Membership Dues: Membership Dues are $50.00 annually, and are due on the anniversary date that your agency/organization joined VOAD. Membership Information: To become a member or to partner with GAVOAD, start a local or regional VOAD, or get additional information, contact: GAVOAD Board of Directors 2050 Chamblee Tucker Road Chamblee, GA 30341 Bob Tribble Sandra Stone Information Changes: For changes in your agency/organizations contact or other information, please contact a member of the executive committee. Or write gavoad@yahoo.com Manual Update: The Executive committee is responsible for updating the GAVOAD manual annually.

client_contact_name: Bob Tribble -> Bob Tribble / Mike Yoder

notes: old website pre2010: http://www.geocities.com/gavoad/ 9/30/09 Flood Response: Next Meeting Date/Location (October 2, 2009) – Today (9/30) was our last daily conference call for this disaster. We are planning to have a face-to-face meeting hosted by FEMA at the JFO on Friday, October 2. The meeting time will be 1 pm. The JFO is located at 4360 NE Expressway, Atlanta GA 30340. It is located on the Westside of I-85 between Pleasantdale and Northcrest. (near spaghetti junction). NE Expressway is a one-way going south so you must access it from the Pleasantdale exit. There is a QT gas station at that intersection. If you have information to go up on the GAVOAD website contact Ed Nance at 770-316-8692. We also have a page up on the CAN website for this particular disaster. =================================================== 9/23: Georgia Flood Response: Still looking for volunteers to man staff VOAD desk at SOC – see Bob if you can assist. Currently looking for 1-2 shifts for 7 am – 7 pm operational period. ==================================================== From their website: GAVOAD: Partnership Before, During, and After Disaster How GAVOAD Serves Its Membership: History: Georgia Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (GAVOAD) is a coalition of voluntary organizations that have a mission before, during, and after disasters that occur in Georgia. After Hurricane Camille in 1969, many national voluntary organizations shared their mutual concern about the lack of coordination between their agencies. Representatives of the voluntary organizations began meeting regularly to share their respective activities, concerns, and frustrations. Their goal was, and still is, to jointly minimize duplication of effort and more efficiently manage activities during disasters. GAVOAD was formed to expand this movement of interagency cooperation, coordination, communication, and collaboration to Georgia. Today, GAVOAD is the primary forum used by the voluntary organizations in Georgia to coordinate activities with each other. Organization: GAVOAD voting members are organizations with a statewide disaster response and/or relief and recovery mission. GAVOAD recognizes local VOAD’s as nonvoting members to provide local voluntary organizations an opportunity to work together. GAVOAD also accepts government and corporate entities as nonvoting partners. GAVOAD is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) corporation governed by a Board of Directors. GAVOAD meets quarterly. GAVOAD is NOT a service delivery organization. GAVOAD supports its members independent relief and recovery services by providing a forum for voluntary organizations active in disaster to practice the four C’s: • Cooperation – encouraging working together and information exchange • Coordination – fostering understanding and providing a liaison with public offices • Communication – providing information to members and the general public through audio-visual, print and electronic means including newsletters, PowerPoint programs, brochures, electronic discussion lists, and websites • Collaboration – encouraging members to work in partnership with each other and with other associations through joint seminars, board meetings, conferences, training programs, and meetings before, during, and after disasters GAVOAD provides its members with a strong liaison and a common voice with state emergency management, including a seat in the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. • GAVOAD Conference Calls – provide an opportunity for all GAVOAD and local VOAD agencies and partners involved in a particular incident to talk with each other and coordinate their work. • Joint Training – combines the resources and efforts of GAVOAD members and partners to provide multiple opportunities to train together through conferences and exercises. Joint agency volunteer training brings in state and national experts to speak on issues of joint concern including communications, case management, response and recovery skills, and many other subjects. • Joint Information Efforts – put GAVOAD members in front of emergency managers and other public officials on a regular basis throughout the year with forums, booths, and other efforts to jointly inform emergency managers and the public about the capabilities of all the state and local VOAD partner organizations. • Annual NVOAD Conference – GAVOAD annually provides scholarships to send member and VOAD leaders to the annual National VOAD Conference to network and learn from other state and national VOAD leaders. Publications and Resources GAVOAD, in partnership with NVOAD produces resources for state and local members that are available in print or are downloadable from the NVOAD website. • VOAD Pamphlets and PowerPoint – help state and local VOAD members explain the VOAD concept to government, response and recovery agency leaders, potential new members and partners and the public in general. Through NVOAD, GAVOAD provides templates for these resources that allow local VOADs to “personalize” the program for their specific area with a professional look that is consistent in design with both the NVOAD and GAVOAD programs • Design for Success – an NVOAD leadership tool that details the goals any VOAD should strive for and methods for achieving those goals • Long-Term Recovery Manual – an NVOAD tool to assist state and local VOAD leaders with preparing for cooperative long-term recovery work • Volunteer Management Manual – an NVOAD tool to assist state and local VOAD leaders with preparing for the cooperative management of both affiliated and unaffiliated volunteers. Important Information 2005 GA VOAD Executive Committee/Board Members President: Bob Tribble (trib713@juno.com) Vice President: Jim Ewings (jewings@worldvision.org) Secretary: Sandra Stone (hs_volmacon@bellsouth.net) [TF: it's my understanding, from the last set of minutes (December 08) that a new Secretary is Giovanni Taylor-Peace...we wish our best to Sandra and Giovanni!] Treasurer: Ken McKenzie (kmckenziewpc@comcast.net) Past President: Carolyn Danese (carolyn.danese@turner.com) GA VOAD Meetings: Meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of each quarter. Membership Dues: Membership Dues are $50.00 annually, and are due on the anniversary date that your agency/organization joined VOAD. Membership Information: To become a member or to partner with GAVOAD, start a local or regional VOAD, or get additional information, contact: GAVOAD Board of Directors 2050 Chamblee Tucker Road Chamblee, GA 30341 Bob Tribble Sandra Stone Information Changes: For changes in your agency/organizations contact or other information, please contact a member of the executive committee. Or write gavoad@yahoo.com Manual Update: The Executive committee is responsible for updating the GAVOAD manual annually. -> 2011 details, tornado recovery, LTRC contacts: http://www.ngumc.org/news/detail/971 LTRCs operating in: Catoosa, Dade, Floyd, Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe, Spalding Counties old website pre2010: http://www.geocities.com/gavoad/ 9/30/09 Flood Response: Next Meeting Date/Location (October 2, 2009) – Today (9/30) was our last daily conference call for this disaster. We are planning to have a face-to-face meeting hosted by FEMA at the JFO on Friday, October 2. The meeting time will be 1 pm. The JFO is located at 4360 NE Expressway, Atlanta GA 30340. It is located on the Westside of I-85 between Pleasantdale and Northcrest. (near spaghetti junction). NE Expressway is a one-way going south so you must access it from the Pleasantdale exit. There is a QT gas station at that intersection. If you have information to go up on the GAVOAD website contact Ed Nance at 770-316-8692. We also have a page up on the CAN website for this particular disaster. =================================================== 9/23: Georgia Flood Response: Still looking for volunteers to man staff VOAD desk at SOC – see Bob if you can assist. Currently looking for 1-2 shifts for 7 am – 7 pm operational period. ==================================================== From their website: GAVOAD: Partnership Before, During, and After Disaster How GAVOAD Serves Its Membership: History: Georgia Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (GAVOAD) is a coalition of voluntary organizations that have a mission before, during, and after disasters that occur in Georgia. After Hurricane Camille in 1969, many national voluntary organizations shared their mutual concern about the lack of coordination between their agencies. Representatives of the voluntary organizations began meeting regularly to share their respective activities, concerns, and frustrations. Their goal was, and still is, to jointly minimize duplication of effort and more efficiently manage activities during disasters. GAVOAD was formed to expand this movement of interagency cooperation, coordination, communication, and collaboration to Georgia. Today, GAVOAD is the primary forum used by the voluntary organizations in Georgia to coordinate activities with each other. Organization: GAVOAD voting members are organizations with a statewide disaster response and/or relief and recovery mission. GAVOAD recognizes local VOAD’s as nonvoting members to provide local voluntary organizations an opportunity to work together. GAVOAD also accepts government and corporate entities as nonvoting partners. GAVOAD is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) corporation governed by a Board of Directors. GAVOAD meets quarterly. GAVOAD is NOT a service delivery organization. GAVOAD supports its members independent relief and recovery services by providing a forum for voluntary organizations active in disaster to practice the four C’s: • Cooperation – encouraging working together and information exchange • Coordination – fostering understanding and providing a liaison with public offices • Communication – providing information to members and the general public through audio-visual, print and electronic means including newsletters, PowerPoint programs, brochures, electronic discussion lists, and websites • Collaboration – encouraging members to work in partnership with each other and with other associations through joint seminars, board meetings, conferences, training programs, and meetings before, during, and after disasters GAVOAD provides its members with a strong liaison and a common voice with state emergency management, including a seat in the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. • GAVOAD Conference Calls – provide an opportunity for all GAVOAD and local VOAD agencies and partners involved in a particular incident to talk with each other and coordinate their work. • Joint Training – combines the resources and efforts of GAVOAD members and partners to provide multiple opportunities to train together through conferences and exercises. Joint agency volunteer training brings in state and national experts to speak on issues of joint concern including communications, case management, response and recovery skills, and many other subjects. • Joint Information Efforts – put GAVOAD members in front of emergency managers and other public officials on a regular basis throughout the year with forums, booths, and other efforts to jointly inform emergency managers and the public about the capabilities of all the state and local VOAD partner organizations. • Annual NVOAD Conference – GAVOAD annually provides scholarships to send member and VOAD leaders to the annual National VOAD Conference to network and learn from other state and national VOAD leaders. Publications and Resources GAVOAD, in partnership with NVOAD produces resources for state and local members that are available in print or are downloadable from the NVOAD website. • VOAD Pamphlets and PowerPoint – help state and local VOAD members explain the VOAD concept to government, response and recovery agency leaders, potential new members and partners and the public in general. Through NVOAD, GAVOAD provides templates for these resources that allow local VOADs to “personalize” the program for their specific area with a professional look that is consistent in design with both the NVOAD and GAVOAD programs • Design for Success – an NVOAD leadership tool that details the goals any VOAD should strive for and methods for achieving those goals • Long-Term Recovery Manual – an NVOAD tool to assist state and local VOAD leaders with preparing for cooperative long-term recovery work • Volunteer Management Manual – an NVOAD tool to assist state and local VOAD leaders with preparing for the cooperative management of both affiliated and unaffiliated volunteers. Important Information 2005 GA VOAD Executive Committee/Board Members President: Bob Tribble (trib713@juno.com) Vice President: Jim Ewings (jewings@worldvision.org) Secretary: Sandra Stone (hs_volmacon@bellsouth.net) [TF: it's my understanding, from the last set of minutes (December 08) that a new Secretary is Giovanni Taylor-Peace...we wish our best to Sandra and Giovanni!] Treasurer: Ken McKenzie (kmckenziewpc@comcast.net) Past President: Carolyn Danese (carolyn.danese@turner.com) GA VOAD Meetings: Meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of each quarter. Membership Dues: Membership Dues are $50.00 annually, and are due on the anniversary date that your agency/organization joined VOAD. Membership Information: To become a member or to partner with GAVOAD, start a local or regional VOAD, or get additional information, contact: GAVOAD Board of Directors 2050 Chamblee Tucker Road Chamblee, GA 30341 Bob Tribble Sandra Stone Information Changes: For changes in your agency/organizations contact or other information, please contact a member of the executive committee. Or write gavoad@yahoo.com Manual Update: The Executive committee is responsible for updating the GAVOAD manual annually.
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notes: 9/30/09 Flood Response: Next Meeting Date/Location (October 2, 2009) – Today (9/30) was our last daily conference call for this disaster. We are planning to have a face-to-face meeting hosted by FEMA at the JFO on Friday, October 2. The meeting time will be 1 pm. The JFO is located at 4360 NE Expressway, Atlanta GA 30340. It is located on the Westside of I-85 between Pleasantdale and Northcrest. (near spaghetti junction). NE Expressway is a one-way going south so you must access it from the Pleasantdale exit. There is a QT gas station at that intersection. If you have information to go up on the GAVOAD website contact Ed Nance at 770-316-8692. We also have a page up on the CAN website for this particular disaster. =================================================== 9/23: Georgia Flood Response: Still looking for volunteers to man staff VOAD desk at SOC – see Bob if you can assist. Currently looking for 1-2 shifts for 7 am – 7 pm operational period. ==================================================== From their website: GAVOAD: Partnership Before, During, and After Disaster How GAVOAD Serves Its Membership: History: Georgia Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (GAVOAD) is a coalition of voluntary organizations that have a mission before, during, and after disasters that occur in Georgia. After Hurricane Camille in 1969, many national voluntary organizations shared their mutual concern about the lack of coordination between their agencies. Representatives of the voluntary organizations began meeting regularly to share their respective activities, concerns, and frustrations. Their goal was, and still is, to jointly minimize duplication of effort and more efficiently manage activities during disasters. GAVOAD was formed to expand this movement of interagency cooperation, coordination, communication, and collaboration to Georgia. Today, GAVOAD is the primary forum used by the voluntary organizations in Georgia to coordinate activities with each other. Organization: GAVOAD voting members are organizations with a statewide disaster response and/or relief and recovery mission. GAVOAD recognizes local VOAD’s as nonvoting members to provide local voluntary organizations an opportunity to work together. GAVOAD also accepts government and corporate entities as nonvoting partners. GAVOAD is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) corporation governed by a Board of Directors. GAVOAD meets quarterly. GAVOAD is NOT a service delivery organization. GAVOAD supports its members independent relief and recovery services by providing a forum for voluntary organizations active in disaster to practice the four C’s: • Cooperation – encouraging working together and information exchange • Coordination – fostering understanding and providing a liaison with public offices • Communication – providing information to members and the general public through audio-visual, print and electronic means including newsletters, PowerPoint programs, brochures, electronic discussion lists, and websites • Collaboration – encouraging members to work in partnership with each other and with other associations through joint seminars, board meetings, conferences, training programs, and meetings before, during, and after disasters GAVOAD provides its members with a strong liaison and a common voice with state emergency management, including a seat in the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. • GAVOAD Conference Calls – provide an opportunity for all GAVOAD and local VOAD agencies and partners involved in a particular incident to talk with each other and coordinate their work. • Joint Training – combines the resources and efforts of GAVOAD members and partners to provide multiple opportunities to train together through conferences and exercises. Joint agency volunteer training brings in state and national experts to speak on issues of joint concern including communications, case management, response and recovery skills, and many other subjects. • Joint Information Efforts – put GAVOAD members in front of emergency managers and other public officials on a regular basis throughout the year with forums, booths, and other efforts to jointly inform emergency managers and the public about the capabilities of all the state and local VOAD partner organizations. • Annual NVOAD Conference – GAVOAD annually provides scholarships to send member and VOAD leaders to the annual National VOAD Conference to network and learn from other state and national VOAD leaders. Publications and Resources GAVOAD, in partnership with NVOAD produces resources for state and local members that are available in print or are downloadable from the NVOAD website. • VOAD Pamphlets and PowerPoint – help state and local VOAD members explain the VOAD concept to government, response and recovery agency leaders, potential new members and partners and the public in general. Through NVOAD, GAVOAD provides templates for these resources that allow local VOADs to “personalize” the program for their specific area with a professional look that is consistent in design with both the NVOAD and GAVOAD programs • Design for Success – an NVOAD leadership tool that details the goals any VOAD should strive for and methods for achieving those goals • Long-Term Recovery Manual – an NVOAD tool to assist state and local VOAD leaders with preparing for cooperative long-term recovery work • Volunteer Management Manual – an NVOAD tool to assist state and local VOAD leaders with preparing for the cooperative management of both affiliated and unaffiliated volunteers. Important Information 2005 GA VOAD Executive Committee/Board Members President: Bob Tribble (trib713@juno.com) Vice President: Jim Ewings (jewings@worldvision.org) Secretary: Sandra Stone (hs_volmacon@bellsouth.net) [TF: it's my understanding, from the last set of minutes (December 08) that a new Secretary is Giovanni Taylor-Peace...we wish our best to Sandra and Giovanni!] Treasurer: Ken McKenzie (kmckenziewpc@comcast.net) Past President: Carolyn Danese (carolyn.danese@turner.com) GA VOAD Meetings: Meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of each quarter. Membership Dues: Membership Dues are $50.00 annually, and are due on the anniversary date that your agency/organization joined VOAD. Membership Information: To become a member or to partner with GAVOAD, start a local or regional VOAD, or get additional information, contact: GAVOAD Board of Directors 2050 Chamblee Tucker Road Chamblee, GA 30341 Bob Tribble Sandra Stone Information Changes: For changes in your agency/organizations contact or other information, please contact a member of the executive committee. Or write gavoad@yahoo.com Manual Update: The Executive committee is responsible for updating the GAVOAD manual annually. -> old website pre2010: http://www.geocities.com/gavoad/ 9/30/09 Flood Response: Next Meeting Date/Location (October 2, 2009) – Today (9/30) was our last daily conference call for this disaster. We are planning to have a face-to-face meeting hosted by FEMA at the JFO on Friday, October 2. The meeting time will be 1 pm. The JFO is located at 4360 NE Expressway, Atlanta GA 30340. It is located on the Westside of I-85 between Pleasantdale and Northcrest. (near spaghetti junction). NE Expressway is a one-way going south so you must access it from the Pleasantdale exit. There is a QT gas station at that intersection. If you have information to go up on the GAVOAD website contact Ed Nance at 770-316-8692. We also have a page up on the CAN website for this particular disaster. =================================================== 9/23: Georgia Flood Response: Still looking for volunteers to man staff VOAD desk at SOC – see Bob if you can assist. Currently looking for 1-2 shifts for 7 am – 7 pm operational period. ==================================================== From their website: GAVOAD: Partnership Before, During, and After Disaster How GAVOAD Serves Its Membership: History: Georgia Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (GAVOAD) is a coalition of voluntary organizations that have a mission before, during, and after disasters that occur in Georgia. After Hurricane Camille in 1969, many national voluntary organizations shared their mutual concern about the lack of coordination between their agencies. Representatives of the voluntary organizations began meeting regularly to share their respective activities, concerns, and frustrations. Their goal was, and still is, to jointly minimize duplication of effort and more efficiently manage activities during disasters. GAVOAD was formed to expand this movement of interagency cooperation, coordination, communication, and collaboration to Georgia. Today, GAVOAD is the primary forum used by the voluntary organizations in Georgia to coordinate activities with each other. Organization: GAVOAD voting members are organizations with a statewide disaster response and/or relief and recovery mission. GAVOAD recognizes local VOAD’s as nonvoting members to provide local voluntary organizations an opportunity to work together. GAVOAD also accepts government and corporate entities as nonvoting partners. GAVOAD is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) corporation governed by a Board of Directors. GAVOAD meets quarterly. GAVOAD is NOT a service delivery organization. GAVOAD supports its members independent relief and recovery services by providing a forum for voluntary organizations active in disaster to practice the four C’s: • Cooperation – encouraging working together and information exchange • Coordination – fostering understanding and providing a liaison with public offices • Communication – providing information to members and the general public through audio-visual, print and electronic means including newsletters, PowerPoint programs, brochures, electronic discussion lists, and websites • Collaboration – encouraging members to work in partnership with each other and with other associations through joint seminars, board meetings, conferences, training programs, and meetings before, during, and after disasters GAVOAD provides its members with a strong liaison and a common voice with state emergency management, including a seat in the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. • GAVOAD Conference Calls – provide an opportunity for all GAVOAD and local VOAD agencies and partners involved in a particular incident to talk with each other and coordinate their work. • Joint Training – combines the resources and efforts of GAVOAD members and partners to provide multiple opportunities to train together through conferences and exercises. Joint agency volunteer training brings in state and national experts to speak on issues of joint concern including communications, case management, response and recovery skills, and many other subjects. • Joint Information Efforts – put GAVOAD members in front of emergency managers and other public officials on a regular basis throughout the year with forums, booths, and other efforts to jointly inform emergency managers and the public about the capabilities of all the state and local VOAD partner organizations. • Annual NVOAD Conference – GAVOAD annually provides scholarships to send member and VOAD leaders to the annual National VOAD Conference to network and learn from other state and national VOAD leaders. Publications and Resources GAVOAD, in partnership with NVOAD produces resources for state and local members that are available in print or are downloadable from the NVOAD website. • VOAD Pamphlets and PowerPoint – help state and local VOAD members explain the VOAD concept to government, response and recovery agency leaders, potential new members and partners and the public in general. Through NVOAD, GAVOAD provides templates for these resources that allow local VOADs to “personalize” the program for their specific area with a professional look that is consistent in design with both the NVOAD and GAVOAD programs • Design for Success – an NVOAD leadership tool that details the goals any VOAD should strive for and methods for achieving those goals • Long-Term Recovery Manual – an NVOAD tool to assist state and local VOAD leaders with preparing for cooperative long-term recovery work • Volunteer Management Manual – an NVOAD tool to assist state and local VOAD leaders with preparing for the cooperative management of both affiliated and unaffiliated volunteers. Important Information 2005 GA VOAD Executive Committee/Board Members President: Bob Tribble (trib713@juno.com) Vice President: Jim Ewings (jewings@worldvision.org) Secretary: Sandra Stone (hs_volmacon@bellsouth.net) [TF: it's my understanding, from the last set of minutes (December 08) that a new Secretary is Giovanni Taylor-Peace...we wish our best to Sandra and Giovanni!] Treasurer: Ken McKenzie (kmckenziewpc@comcast.net) Past President: Carolyn Danese (carolyn.danese@turner.com) GA VOAD Meetings: Meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of each quarter. Membership Dues: Membership Dues are $50.00 annually, and are due on the anniversary date that your agency/organization joined VOAD. Membership Information: To become a member or to partner with GAVOAD, start a local or regional VOAD, or get additional information, contact: GAVOAD Board of Directors 2050 Chamblee Tucker Road Chamblee, GA 30341 Bob Tribble Sandra Stone Information Changes: For changes in your agency/organizations contact or other information, please contact a member of the executive committee. Or write gavoad@yahoo.com Manual Update: The Executive committee is responsible for updating the GAVOAD manual annually.
website: http://www.geocities.com/gavoad/ -> http://www.gavoad.us/contact.htm

parish: -> Statewide
notes: 9/30/09 Flood Response: Next Meeting Date/Location (October 2, 2009) – Today (9/30) was our last daily conference call for this disaster. We are planning to have a face-to-face meeting hosted by FEMA at the JFO on Friday, October 2. The meeting time will be 1 pm. The JFO is located at 4360 NE Expressway, Atlanta GA 30340. It is located on the Westside of I-85 between Pleasantdale and Northcrest. (near spaghetti junction). NE Expressway is a one-way going south so you must access it from the Pleasantdale exit. There is a QT gas station at that intersection. If you have information to go up on the GAVOAD website contact Ed Nance at 770-316-8692. We also have a page up on the CAN website for this particular disaster. 9/23: Georgia Flood Response: Still looking for volunteers to man staff VOAD desk at SOC – see Bob if you can assist. Currently looking for 1-2 shifts for 7 am – 7 pm operational period. From their website: GAVOAD: Partnership Before, During, and After Disaster How GAVOAD Serves Its Membership: History: Georgia Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (GAVOAD) is a coalition of voluntary organizations that have a mission before, during, and after disasters that occur in Georgia. After Hurricane Camille in 1969, many national voluntary organizations shared their mutual concern about the lack of coordination between their agencies. Representatives of the voluntary organizations began meeting regularly to share their respective activities, concerns, and frustrations. Their goal was, and still is, to jointly minimize duplication of effort and more efficiently manage activities during disasters. GAVOAD was formed to expand this movement of interagency cooperation, coordination, communication, and collaboration to Georgia. Today, GAVOAD is the primary forum used by the voluntary organizations in Georgia to coordinate activities with each other. Organization: GAVOAD voting members are organizations with a statewide disaster response and/or relief and recovery mission. GAVOAD recognizes local VOAD’s as nonvoting members to provide local voluntary organizations an opportunity to work together. GAVOAD also accepts government and corporate entities as nonvoting partners. GAVOAD is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) corporation governed by a Board of Directors. GAVOAD meets quarterly. GAVOAD is NOT a service delivery organization. GAVOAD supports its members independent relief and recovery services by providing a forum for voluntary organizations active in disaster to practice the four C’s: • Cooperation – encouraging working together and information exchange • Coordination – fostering understanding and providing a liaison with public offices • Communication – providing information to members and the general public through audio-visual, print and electronic means including newsletters, PowerPoint programs, brochures, electronic discussion lists, and websites • Collaboration – encouraging members to work in partnership with each other and with other associations through joint seminars, board meetings, conferences, training programs, and meetings before, during, and after disasters GAVOAD provides its members with a strong liaison and a common voice with state emergency management, including a seat in the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. • GAVOAD Conference Calls – provide an opportunity for all GAVOAD and local VOAD agencies and partners involved in a particular incident to talk with each other and coordinate their work. • Joint Training – combines the resources and efforts of GAVOAD members and partners to provide multiple opportunities to train together through conferences and exercises. Joint agency volunteer training brings in state and national experts to speak on issues of joint concern including communications, case management, response and recovery skills, and many other subjects. • Joint Information Efforts – put GAVOAD members in front of emergency managers and other public officials on a regular basis throughout the year with forums, booths, and other efforts to jointly inform emergency managers and the public about the capabilities of all the state and local VOAD partner organizations. • Annual NVOAD Conference – GAVOAD annually provides scholarships to send member and VOAD leaders to the annual National VOAD Conference to network and learn from other state and national VOAD leaders. Publications and Resources GAVOAD, in partnership with NVOAD produces resources for state and local members that are available in print or are downloadable from the NVOAD website. • VOAD Pamphlets and PowerPoint – help state and local VOAD members explain the VOAD concept to government, response and recovery agency leaders, potential new members and partners and the public in general. Through NVOAD, GAVOAD provides templates for these resources that allow local VOADs to “personalize” the program for their specific area with a professional look that is consistent in design with both the NVOAD and GAVOAD programs • Design for Success – an NVOAD leadership tool that details the goals any VOAD should strive for and methods for achieving those goals • Long-Term Recovery Manual – an NVOAD tool to assist state and local VOAD leaders with preparing for cooperative long-term recovery work • Volunteer Management Manual – an NVOAD tool to assist state and local VOAD leaders with preparing for the cooperative management of both affiliated and unaffiliated volunteers. Important Information 2005 GA VOAD Executive Committee/Board Members President: Bob Tribble (trib713@juno.com) Vice President: Jim Ewings (jewings@worldvision.org) Secretary: Sandra Stone (hs_volmacon@bellsouth.net) [TF: it's my understanding, from the last set of minutes (December 08) that a new Secretary is Giovanni Taylor-Peace...we wish our best to Sandra and Giovanni!] Treasurer: Ken McKenzie (kmckenziewpc@comcast.net) Past President: Carolyn Danese (carolyn.danese@turner.com) GA VOAD Meetings: Meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of each quarter. Membership Dues: Membership Dues are $50.00 annually, and are due on the anniversary date that your agency/organization joined VOAD. Membership Information: To become a member or to partner with GAVOAD, start a local or regional VOAD, or get additional information, contact: GAVOAD Board of Directors 2050 Chamblee Tucker Road Chamblee, GA 30341 Bob Tribble Sandra Stone Information Changes: For changes in your agency/organizations contact or other information, please contact a member of the executive committee. Or write gavoad@yahoo.com Manual Update: The Executive committee is responsible for updating the GAVOAD manual annually. -> 9/30/09 Flood Response: Next Meeting Date/Location (October 2, 2009) – Today (9/30) was our last daily conference call for this disaster. We are planning to have a face-to-face meeting hosted by FEMA at the JFO on Friday, October 2. The meeting time will be 1 pm. The JFO is located at 4360 NE Expressway, Atlanta GA 30340. It is located on the Westside of I-85 between Pleasantdale and Northcrest. (near spaghetti junction). NE Expressway is a one-way going south so you must access it from the Pleasantdale exit. There is a QT gas station at that intersection. If you have information to go up on the GAVOAD website contact Ed Nance at 770-316-8692. We also have a page up on the CAN website for this particular disaster. =================================================== 9/23: Georgia Flood Response: Still looking for volunteers to man staff VOAD desk at SOC – see Bob if you can assist. Currently looking for 1-2 shifts for 7 am – 7 pm operational period. ==================================================== From their website: GAVOAD: Partnership Before, During, and After Disaster How GAVOAD Serves Its Membership: History: Georgia Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (GAVOAD) is a coalition of voluntary organizations that have a mission before, during, and after disasters that occur in Georgia. After Hurricane Camille in 1969, many national voluntary organizations shared their mutual concern about the lack of coordination between their agencies. Representatives of the voluntary organizations began meeting regularly to share their respective activities, concerns, and frustrations. Their goal was, and still is, to jointly minimize duplication of effort and more efficiently manage activities during disasters. GAVOAD was formed to expand this movement of interagency cooperation, coordination, communication, and collaboration to Georgia. Today, GAVOAD is the primary forum used by the voluntary organizations in Georgia to coordinate activities with each other. Organization: GAVOAD voting members are organizations with a statewide disaster response and/or relief and recovery mission. GAVOAD recognizes local VOAD’s as nonvoting members to provide local voluntary organizations an opportunity to work together. GAVOAD also accepts government and corporate entities as nonvoting partners. GAVOAD is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) corporation governed by a Board of Directors. GAVOAD meets quarterly. GAVOAD is NOT a service delivery organization. GAVOAD supports its members independent relief and recovery services by providing a forum for voluntary organizations active in disaster to practice the four C’s: • Cooperation – encouraging working together and information exchange • Coordination – fostering understanding and providing a liaison with public offices • Communication – providing information to members and the general public through audio-visual, print and electronic means including newsletters, PowerPoint programs, brochures, electronic discussion lists, and websites • Collaboration – encouraging members to work in partnership with each other and with other associations through joint seminars, board meetings, conferences, training programs, and meetings before, during, and after disasters GAVOAD provides its members with a strong liaison and a common voice with state emergency management, including a seat in the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. • GAVOAD Conference Calls – provide an opportunity for all GAVOAD and local VOAD agencies and partners involved in a particular incident to talk with each other and coordinate their work. • Joint Training – combines the resources and efforts of GAVOAD members and partners to provide multiple opportunities to train together through conferences and exercises. Joint agency volunteer training brings in state and national experts to speak on issues of joint concern including communications, case management, response and recovery skills, and many other subjects. • Joint Information Efforts – put GAVOAD members in front of emergency managers and other public officials on a regular basis throughout the year with forums, booths, and other efforts to jointly inform emergency managers and the public about the capabilities of all the state and local VOAD partner organizations. • Annual NVOAD Conference – GAVOAD annually provides scholarships to send member and VOAD leaders to the annual National VOAD Conference to network and learn from other state and national VOAD leaders. Publications and Resources GAVOAD, in partnership with NVOAD produces resources for state and local members that are available in print or are downloadable from the NVOAD website. • VOAD Pamphlets and PowerPoint – help state and local VOAD members explain the VOAD concept to government, response and recovery agency leaders, potential new members and partners and the public in general. Through NVOAD, GAVOAD provides templates for these resources that allow local VOADs to “personalize” the program for their specific area with a professional look that is consistent in design with both the NVOAD and GAVOAD programs • Design for Success – an NVOAD leadership tool that details the goals any VOAD should strive for and methods for achieving those goals • Long-Term Recovery Manual – an NVOAD tool to assist state and local VOAD leaders with preparing for cooperative long-term recovery work • Volunteer Management Manual – an NVOAD tool to assist state and local VOAD leaders with preparing for the cooperative management of both affiliated and unaffiliated volunteers. Important Information 2005 GA VOAD Executive Committee/Board Members President: Bob Tribble (trib713@juno.com) Vice President: Jim Ewings (jewings@worldvision.org) Secretary: Sandra Stone (hs_volmacon@bellsouth.net) [TF: it's my understanding, from the last set of minutes (December 08) that a new Secretary is Giovanni Taylor-Peace...we wish our best to Sandra and Giovanni!] Treasurer: Ken McKenzie (kmckenziewpc@comcast.net) Past President: Carolyn Danese (carolyn.danese@turner.com) GA VOAD Meetings: Meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of each quarter. Membership Dues: Membership Dues are $50.00 annually, and are due on the anniversary date that your agency/organization joined VOAD. Membership Information: To become a member or to partner with GAVOAD, start a local or regional VOAD, or get additional information, contact: GAVOAD Board of Directors 2050 Chamblee Tucker Road Chamblee, GA 30341 Bob Tribble Sandra Stone Information Changes: For changes in your agency/organizations contact or other information, please contact a member of the executive committee. Or write gavoad@yahoo.com Manual Update: The Executive committee is responsible for updating the GAVOAD manual annually.
region: -> Statewide

notes: 9/23: Georgia Flood Response: Still looking for volunteers to man staff VOAD desk at SOC – see Bob if you can assist. Currently looking for 1-2 shifts for 7 am – 7 pm operational period. From their website: GAVOAD: Partnership Before, During, and After Disaster How GAVOAD Serves Its Membership: History: Georgia Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (GAVOAD) is a coalition of voluntary organizations that have a mission before, during, and after disasters that occur in Georgia. After Hurricane Camille in 1969, many national voluntary organizations shared their mutual concern about the lack of coordination between their agencies. Representatives of the voluntary organizations began meeting regularly to share their respective activities, concerns, and frustrations. Their goal was, and still is, to jointly minimize duplication of effort and more efficiently manage activities during disasters. GAVOAD was formed to expand this movement of interagency cooperation, coordination, communication, and collaboration to Georgia. Today, GAVOAD is the primary forum used by the voluntary organizations in Georgia to coordinate activities with each other. Organization: GAVOAD voting members are organizations with a statewide disaster response and/or relief and recovery mission. GAVOAD recognizes local VOAD’s as nonvoting members to provide local voluntary organizations an opportunity to work together. GAVOAD also accepts government and corporate entities as nonvoting partners. GAVOAD is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) corporation governed by a Board of Directors. GAVOAD meets quarterly. GAVOAD is NOT a service delivery organization. GAVOAD supports its members independent relief and recovery services by providing a forum for voluntary organizations active in disaster to practice the four C’s: • Cooperation – encouraging working together and information exchange • Coordination – fostering understanding and providing a liaison with public offices • Communication – providing information to members and the general public through audio-visual, print and electronic means including newsletters, PowerPoint programs, brochures, electronic discussion lists, and websites • Collaboration – encouraging members to work in partnership with each other and with other associations through joint seminars, board meetings, conferences, training programs, and meetings before, during, and after disasters GAVOAD provides its members with a strong liaison and a common voice with state emergency management, including a seat in the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. • GAVOAD Conference Calls – provide an opportunity for all GAVOAD and local VOAD agencies and partners involved in a particular incident to talk with each other and coordinate their work. • Joint Training – combines the resources and efforts of GAVOAD members and partners to provide multiple opportunities to train together through conferences and exercises. Joint agency volunteer training brings in state and national experts to speak on issues of joint concern including communications, case management, response and recovery skills, and many other subjects. • Joint Information Efforts – put GAVOAD members in front of emergency managers and other public officials on a regular basis throughout the year with forums, booths, and other efforts to jointly inform emergency managers and the public about the capabilities of all the state and local VOAD partner organizations. • Annual NVOAD Conference – GAVOAD annually provides scholarships to send member and VOAD leaders to the annual National VOAD Conference to network and learn from other state and national VOAD leaders. Publications and Resources GAVOAD, in partnership with NVOAD produces resources for state and local members that are available in print or are downloadable from the NVOAD website. • VOAD Pamphlets and PowerPoint – help state and local VOAD members explain the VOAD concept to government, response and recovery agency leaders, potential new members and partners and the public in general. Through NVOAD, GAVOAD provides templates for these resources that allow local VOADs to “personalize” the program for their specific area with a professional look that is consistent in design with both the NVOAD and GAVOAD programs • Design for Success – an NVOAD leadership tool that details the goals any VOAD should strive for and methods for achieving those goals • Long-Term Recovery Manual – an NVOAD tool to assist state and local VOAD leaders with preparing for cooperative long-term recovery work • Volunteer Management Manual – an NVOAD tool to assist state and local VOAD leaders with preparing for the cooperative management of both affiliated and unaffiliated volunteers. Important Information 2005 GA VOAD Executive Committee/Board Members President: Bob Tribble (trib713@juno.com) Vice President: Jim Ewings (jewings@worldvision.org) Secretary: Sandra Stone (hs_volmacon@bellsouth.net) [TF: it's my understanding, from the last set of minutes (December 08) that a new Secretary is Giovanni Taylor-Peace...we wish our best to Sandra and Giovanni!] Treasurer: Ken McKenzie (kmckenziewpc@comcast.net) Past President: Carolyn Danese (carolyn.danese@turner.com) GA VOAD Meetings: Meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of each quarter. Membership Dues: Membership Dues are $50.00 annually, and are due on the anniversary date that your agency/organization joined VOAD. Membership Information: To become a member or to partner with GAVOAD, start a local or regional VOAD, or get additional information, contact: GAVOAD Board of Directors 2050 Chamblee Tucker Road Chamblee, GA 30341 Bob Tribble Sandra Stone Information Changes: For changes in your agency/organizations contact or other information, please contact a member of the executive committee. Or write gavoad@yahoo.com Manual Update: The Executive committee is responsible for updating the GAVOAD manual annually. -> 9/30/09 Flood Response: Next Meeting Date/Location (October 2, 2009) – Today (9/30) was our last daily conference call for this disaster. We are planning to have a face-to-face meeting hosted by FEMA at the JFO on Friday, October 2. The meeting time will be 1 pm. The JFO is located at 4360 NE Expressway, Atlanta GA 30340. It is located on the Westside of I-85 between Pleasantdale and Northcrest. (near spaghetti junction). NE Expressway is a one-way going south so you must access it from the Pleasantdale exit. There is a QT gas station at that intersection. If you have information to go up on the GAVOAD website contact Ed Nance at 770-316-8692. We also have a page up on the CAN website for this particular disaster. 9/23: Georgia Flood Response: Still looking for volunteers to man staff VOAD desk at SOC – see Bob if you can assist. Currently looking for 1-2 shifts for 7 am – 7 pm operational period. From their website: GAVOAD: Partnership Before, During, and After Disaster How GAVOAD Serves Its Membership: History: Georgia Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (GAVOAD) is a coalition of voluntary organizations that have a mission before, during, and after disasters that occur in Georgia. After Hurricane Camille in 1969, many national voluntary organizations shared their mutual concern about the lack of coordination between their agencies. Representatives of the voluntary organizations began meeting regularly to share their respective activities, concerns, and frustrations. Their goal was, and still is, to jointly minimize duplication of effort and more efficiently manage activities during disasters. GAVOAD was formed to expand this movement of interagency cooperation, coordination, communication, and collaboration to Georgia. Today, GAVOAD is the primary forum used by the voluntary organizations in Georgia to coordinate activities with each other. Organization: GAVOAD voting members are organizations with a statewide disaster response and/or relief and recovery mission. GAVOAD recognizes local VOAD’s as nonvoting members to provide local voluntary organizations an opportunity to work together. GAVOAD also accepts government and corporate entities as nonvoting partners. GAVOAD is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) corporation governed by a Board of Directors. GAVOAD meets quarterly. GAVOAD is NOT a service delivery organization. GAVOAD supports its members independent relief and recovery services by providing a forum for voluntary organizations active in disaster to practice the four C’s: • Cooperation – encouraging working together and information exchange • Coordination – fostering understanding and providing a liaison with public offices • Communication – providing information to members and the general public through audio-visual, print and electronic means including newsletters, PowerPoint programs, brochures, electronic discussion lists, and websites • Collaboration – encouraging members to work in partnership with each other and with other associations through joint seminars, board meetings, conferences, training programs, and meetings before, during, and after disasters GAVOAD provides its members with a strong liaison and a common voice with state emergency management, including a seat in the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. • GAVOAD Conference Calls – provide an opportunity for all GAVOAD and local VOAD agencies and partners involved in a particular incident to talk with each other and coordinate their work. • Joint Training – combines the resources and efforts of GAVOAD members and partners to provide multiple opportunities to train together through conferences and exercises. Joint agency volunteer training brings in state and national experts to speak on issues of joint concern including communications, case management, response and recovery skills, and many other subjects. • Joint Information Efforts – put GAVOAD members in front of emergency managers and other public officials on a regular basis throughout the year with forums, booths, and other efforts to jointly inform emergency managers and the public about the capabilities of all the state and local VOAD partner organizations. • Annual NVOAD Conference – GAVOAD annually provides scholarships to send member and VOAD leaders to the annual National VOAD Conference to network and learn from other state and national VOAD leaders. Publications and Resources GAVOAD, in partnership with NVOAD produces resources for state and local members that are available in print or are downloadable from the NVOAD website. • VOAD Pamphlets and PowerPoint – help state and local VOAD members explain the VOAD concept to government, response and recovery agency leaders, potential new members and partners and the public in general. Through NVOAD, GAVOAD provides templates for these resources that allow local VOADs to “personalize” the program for their specific area with a professional look that is consistent in design with both the NVOAD and GAVOAD programs • Design for Success – an NVOAD leadership tool that details the goals any VOAD should strive for and methods for achieving those goals • Long-Term Recovery Manual – an NVOAD tool to assist state and local VOAD leaders with preparing for cooperative long-term recovery work • Volunteer Management Manual – an NVOAD tool to assist state and local VOAD leaders with preparing for the cooperative management of both affiliated and unaffiliated volunteers. Important Information 2005 GA VOAD Executive Committee/Board Members President: Bob Tribble (trib713@juno.com) Vice President: Jim Ewings (jewings@worldvision.org) Secretary: Sandra Stone (hs_volmacon@bellsouth.net) [TF: it's my understanding, from the last set of minutes (December 08) that a new Secretary is Giovanni Taylor-Peace...we wish our best to Sandra and Giovanni!] Treasurer: Ken McKenzie (kmckenziewpc@comcast.net) Past President: Carolyn Danese (carolyn.danese@turner.com) GA VOAD Meetings: Meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of each quarter. Membership Dues: Membership Dues are $50.00 annually, and are due on the anniversary date that your agency/organization joined VOAD. Membership Information: To become a member or to partner with GAVOAD, start a local or regional VOAD, or get additional information, contact: GAVOAD Board of Directors 2050 Chamblee Tucker Road Chamblee, GA 30341 Bob Tribble Sandra Stone Information Changes: For changes in your agency/organizations contact or other information, please contact a member of the executive committee. Or write gavoad@yahoo.com Manual Update: The Executive committee is responsible for updating the GAVOAD manual annually.

notes: gavoad@yahoo.com From their website: GAVOAD: Partnership Before, During, and After Disaster How GAVOAD Serves Its Membership: History: Georgia Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (GAVOAD) is a coalition of voluntary organizations that have a mission before, during, and after disasters that occur in Georgia. After Hurricane Camille in 1969, many national voluntary organizations shared their mutual concern about the lack of coordination between their agencies. Representatives of the voluntary organizations began meeting regularly to share their respective activities, concerns, and frustrations. Their goal was, and still is, to jointly minimize duplication of effort and more efficiently manage activities during disasters. GAVOAD was formed to expand this movement of interagency cooperation, coordination, communication, and collaboration to Georgia. Today, GAVOAD is the primary forum used by the voluntary organizations in Georgia to coordinate activities with each other. Organization: GAVOAD voting members are organizations with a statewide disaster response and/or relief and recovery mission. GAVOAD recognizes local VOAD’s as nonvoting members to provide local voluntary organizations an opportunity to work together. GAVOAD also accepts government and corporate entities as nonvoting partners. GAVOAD is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) corporation governed by a Board of Directors. GAVOAD meets quarterly. GAVOAD is NOT a service delivery organization. GAVOAD supports its members independent relief and recovery services by providing a forum for voluntary organizations active in disaster to practice the four C’s: • Cooperation – encouraging working together and information exchange • Coordination – fostering understanding and providing a liaison with public offices • Communication – providing information to members and the general public through audio-visual, print and electronic means including newsletters, PowerPoint programs, brochures, electronic discussion lists, and websites • Collaboration – encouraging members to work in partnership with each other and with other associations through joint seminars, board meetings, conferences, training programs, and meetings before, during, and after disasters GAVOAD provides its members with a strong liaison and a common voice with state emergency management, including a seat in the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. • GAVOAD Conference Calls – provide an opportunity for all GAVOAD and local VOAD agencies and partners involved in a particular incident to talk with each other and coordinate their work. • Joint Training – combines the resources and efforts of GAVOAD members and partners to provide multiple opportunities to train together through conferences and exercises. Joint agency volunteer training brings in state and national experts to speak on issues of joint concern including communications, case management, response and recovery skills, and many other subjects. • Joint Information Efforts – put GAVOAD members in front of emergency managers and other public officials on a regular basis throughout the year with forums, booths, and other efforts to jointly inform emergency managers and the public about the capabilities of all the state and local VOAD partner organizations. • Annual NVOAD Conference – GAVOAD annually provides scholarships to send member and VOAD leaders to the annual National VOAD Conference to network and learn from other state and national VOAD leaders. Publications and Resources GAVOAD, in partnership with NVOAD produces resources for state and local members that are available in print or are downloadable from the NVOAD website. • VOAD Pamphlets and PowerPoint – help state and local VOAD members explain the VOAD concept to government, response and recovery agency leaders, potential new members and partners and the public in general. Through NVOAD, GAVOAD provides templates for these resources that allow local VOADs to “personalize” the program for their specific area with a professional look that is consistent in design with both the NVOAD and GAVOAD programs • Design for Success – an NVOAD leadership tool that details the goals any VOAD should strive for and methods for achieving those goals • Long-Term Recovery Manual – an NVOAD tool to assist state and local VOAD leaders with preparing for cooperative long-term recovery work • Volunteer Management Manual – an NVOAD tool to assist state and local VOAD leaders with preparing for the cooperative management of both affiliated and unaffiliated volunteers. Important Information 2005 GA VOAD Executive Committee/Board Members President: Bob Tribble (trib713@juno.com) Vice President: Jim Ewings (jewings@worldvision.org) Secretary: Sandra Stone (hs_volmacon@bellsouth.net) [TF: it's my understanding, from the last set of minutes (December 08) that a new Secretary is Giovanni Taylor-Peace...we wish our best to Sandra and Giovanni!] Treasurer: Ken McKenzie (kmckenziewpc@comcast.net) Past President: Carolyn Danese (carolyn.danese@turner.com) GA VOAD Meetings: Meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of each quarter. Membership Dues: Membership Dues are $50.00 annually, and are due on the anniversary date that your agency/organization joined VOAD. Membership Information: To become a member or to partner with GAVOAD, start a local or regional VOAD, or get additional information, contact: GAVOAD Board of Directors 2050 Chamblee Tucker Road Chamblee, GA 30341 Bob Tribble Sandra Stone Information Changes: For changes in your agency/organizations contact or other information, please contact a member of the executive committee. Or write gavoad@yahoo.com Manual Update: The Executive committee is responsible for updating the GAVOAD manual annually. -> 9/23: Georgia Flood Response: Still looking for volunteers to man staff VOAD desk at SOC – see Bob if you can assist. Currently looking for 1-2 shifts for 7 am – 7 pm operational period. From their website: GAVOAD: Partnership Before, During, and After Disaster How GAVOAD Serves Its Membership: History: Georgia Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (GAVOAD) is a coalition of voluntary organizations that have a mission before, during, and after disasters that occur in Georgia. After Hurricane Camille in 1969, many national voluntary organizations shared their mutual concern about the lack of coordination between their agencies. Representatives of the voluntary organizations began meeting regularly to share their respective activities, concerns, and frustrations. Their goal was, and still is, to jointly minimize duplication of effort and more efficiently manage activities during disasters. GAVOAD was formed to expand this movement of interagency cooperation, coordination, communication, and collaboration to Georgia. Today, GAVOAD is the primary forum used by the voluntary organizations in Georgia to coordinate activities with each other. Organization: GAVOAD voting members are organizations with a statewide disaster response and/or relief and recovery mission. GAVOAD recognizes local VOAD’s as nonvoting members to provide local voluntary organizations an opportunity to work together. GAVOAD also accepts government and corporate entities as nonvoting partners. GAVOAD is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) corporation governed by a Board of Directors. GAVOAD meets quarterly. GAVOAD is NOT a service delivery organization. GAVOAD supports its members independent relief and recovery services by providing a forum for voluntary organizations active in disaster to practice the four C’s: • Cooperation – encouraging working together and information exchange • Coordination – fostering understanding and providing a liaison with public offices • Communication – providing information to members and the general public through audio-visual, print and electronic means including newsletters, PowerPoint programs, brochures, electronic discussion lists, and websites • Collaboration – encouraging members to work in partnership with each other and with other associations through joint seminars, board meetings, conferences, training programs, and meetings before, during, and after disasters GAVOAD provides its members with a strong liaison and a common voice with state emergency management, including a seat in the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. • GAVOAD Conference Calls – provide an opportunity for all GAVOAD and local VOAD agencies and partners involved in a particular incident to talk with each other and coordinate their work. • Joint Training – combines the resources and efforts of GAVOAD members and partners to provide multiple opportunities to train together through conferences and exercises. Joint agency volunteer training brings in state and national experts to speak on issues of joint concern including communications, case management, response and recovery skills, and many other subjects. • Joint Information Efforts – put GAVOAD members in front of emergency managers and other public officials on a regular basis throughout the year with forums, booths, and other efforts to jointly inform emergency managers and the public about the capabilities of all the state and local VOAD partner organizations. • Annual NVOAD Conference – GAVOAD annually provides scholarships to send member and VOAD leaders to the annual National VOAD Conference to network and learn from other state and national VOAD leaders. Publications and Resources GAVOAD, in partnership with NVOAD produces resources for state and local members that are available in print or are downloadable from the NVOAD website. • VOAD Pamphlets and PowerPoint – help state and local VOAD members explain the VOAD concept to government, response and recovery agency leaders, potential new members and partners and the public in general. Through NVOAD, GAVOAD provides templates for these resources that allow local VOADs to “personalize” the program for their specific area with a professional look that is consistent in design with both the NVOAD and GAVOAD programs • Design for Success – an NVOAD leadership tool that details the goals any VOAD should strive for and methods for achieving those goals • Long-Term Recovery Manual – an NVOAD tool to assist state and local VOAD leaders with preparing for cooperative long-term recovery work • Volunteer Management Manual – an NVOAD tool to assist state and local VOAD leaders with preparing for the cooperative management of both affiliated and unaffiliated volunteers. Important Information 2005 GA VOAD Executive Committee/Board Members President: Bob Tribble (trib713@juno.com) Vice President: Jim Ewings (jewings@worldvision.org) Secretary: Sandra Stone (hs_volmacon@bellsouth.net) [TF: it's my understanding, from the last set of minutes (December 08) that a new Secretary is Giovanni Taylor-Peace...we wish our best to Sandra and Giovanni!] Treasurer: Ken McKenzie (kmckenziewpc@comcast.net) Past President: Carolyn Danese (carolyn.danese@turner.com) GA VOAD Meetings: Meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of each quarter. Membership Dues: Membership Dues are $50.00 annually, and are due on the anniversary date that your agency/organization joined VOAD. Membership Information: To become a member or to partner with GAVOAD, start a local or regional VOAD, or get additional information, contact: GAVOAD Board of Directors 2050 Chamblee Tucker Road Chamblee, GA 30341 Bob Tribble Sandra Stone Information Changes: For changes in your agency/organizations contact or other information, please contact a member of the executive committee. Or write gavoad@yahoo.com Manual Update: The Executive committee is responsible for updating the GAVOAD manual annually.
client_contact_name: -> Bob Tribble
client_contact_email: -> gavoad@yahoo.com

notes: gavoad@yahoo.com From their website: GAVOAD: Partnership Before, During, and After Disaster How GAVOAD Serves Its Membership: History: Georgia Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (GAVOAD) is a coalition of voluntary organizations that have a mission before, during, and after disasters that occur in Georgia. After Hurricane Camille in 1969, many national voluntary organizations shared their mutual concern about the lack of coordination between their agencies. Representatives of the voluntary organizations began meeting regularly to share their respective activities, concerns, and frustrations. Their goal was, and still is, to jointly minimize duplication of effort and more efficiently manage activities during disasters. GAVOAD was formed to expand this movement of interagency cooperation, coordination, communication, and collaboration to Georgia. Today, GAVOAD is the primary forum used by the voluntary organizations in Georgia to coordinate activities with each other. Organization: GAVOAD voting members are organizations with a statewide disaster response and/or relief and recovery mission. GAVOAD recognizes local VOAD’s as nonvoting members to provide local voluntary organizations an opportunity to work together. GAVOAD also accepts government and corporate entities as nonvoting partners. GAVOAD is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) corporation governed by a Board of Directors. GAVOAD meets quarterly. GAVOAD is NOT a service delivery organization. GAVOAD supports its members independent relief and recovery services by providing a forum for voluntary organizations active in disaster to practice the four C’s: • Cooperation – encouraging working together and information exchange • Coordination – fostering understanding and providing a liaison with public offices • Communication – providing information to members and the general public through audio-visual, print and electronic means including newsletters, PowerPoint programs, brochures, electronic discussion lists, and websites • Collaboration – encouraging members to work in partnership with each other and with other associations through joint seminars, board meetings, conferences, training programs, and meetings before, during, and after disasters GAVOAD provides its members with a strong liaison and a common voice with state emergency management, including a seat in the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. • GAVOAD Conference Calls – provide an opportunity for all GAVOAD and local VOAD agencies and partners involved in a particular incident to talk with each other and coordinate their work. • Joint Training – combines the resources and efforts of GAVOAD members and partners to provide multiple opportunities to train together through conferences and exercises. Joint agency volunteer training brings in state and national experts to speak on issues of joint concern including communications, case management, response and recovery skills, and many other subjects. • Joint Information Efforts – put GAVOAD members in front of emergency managers and other public officials on a regular basis throughout the year with forums, booths, and other efforts to jointly inform emergency managers and the public about the capabilities of all the state and local VOAD partner organizations. • Annual NVOAD Conference – GAVOAD annually provides scholarships to send member and VOAD leaders to the annual National VOAD Conference to network and learn from other state and national VOAD leaders. Publications and Resources GAVOAD, in partnership with NVOAD produces resources for state and local members that are available in print or are downloadable from the NVOAD website. • VOAD Pamphlets and PowerPoint – help state and local VOAD members explain the VOAD concept to government, response and recovery agency leaders, potential new members and partners and the public in general. Through NVOAD, GAVOAD provides templates for these resources that allow local VOADs to “personalize” the program for their specific area with a professional look that is consistent in design with both the NVOAD and GAVOAD programs • Design for Success – an NVOAD leadership tool that details the goals any VOAD should strive for and methods for achieving those goals • Long-Term Recovery Manual – an NVOAD tool to assist state and local VOAD leaders with preparing for cooperative long-term recovery work • Volunteer Management Manual – an NVOAD tool to assist state and local VOAD leaders with preparing for the cooperative management of both affiliated and unaffiliated volunteers. Important Information 2005 GA VOAD Executive Committee/Board Members President: Bob Tribble (trib713@juno.com) Vice President: Jim Ewings Secretary: Sandra Stone (hs_volmacon@bellsouth.net) [TF: it's my understanding, from the last set of minutes (December 08) that a new Secretary is Giovanni Taylor-Peace...we wish our best to Sandra and Giovanni!] Treasurer: Ken McKenzie Past President: Carolyn Danese GA VOAD Meetings: Meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of each quarter. Membership Dues: Membership Dues are $50.00 annually, and are due on the anniversary date that your agency/organization joined VOAD. Membership Information: To become a member or to partner with GAVOAD, start a local or regional VOAD, or get additional information, contact: GAVOAD Board of Directors 2050 Chamblee Tucker Road Chamblee, GA 30341 Bob Tribble Sandra Stone Information Changes: For changes in your agency/organizations contact or other information, please contact a member of the executive committee. Or write gavoad@yahoo.com Manual Update: The Executive committee is responsible for updating the GAVOAD manual annually. -> gavoad@yahoo.com From their website: GAVOAD: Partnership Before, During, and After Disaster How GAVOAD Serves Its Membership: History: Georgia Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (GAVOAD) is a coalition of voluntary organizations that have a mission before, during, and after disasters that occur in Georgia. After Hurricane Camille in 1969, many national voluntary organizations shared their mutual concern about the lack of coordination between their agencies. Representatives of the voluntary organizations began meeting regularly to share their respective activities, concerns, and frustrations. Their goal was, and still is, to jointly minimize duplication of effort and more efficiently manage activities during disasters. GAVOAD was formed to expand this movement of interagency cooperation, coordination, communication, and collaboration to Georgia. Today, GAVOAD is the primary forum used by the voluntary organizations in Georgia to coordinate activities with each other. Organization: GAVOAD voting members are organizations with a statewide disaster response and/or relief and recovery mission. GAVOAD recognizes local VOAD’s as nonvoting members to provide local voluntary organizations an opportunity to work together. GAVOAD also accepts government and corporate entities as nonvoting partners. GAVOAD is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) corporation governed by a Board of Directors. GAVOAD meets quarterly. GAVOAD is NOT a service delivery organization. GAVOAD supports its members independent relief and recovery services by providing a forum for voluntary organizations active in disaster to practice the four C’s: • Cooperation – encouraging working together and information exchange • Coordination – fostering understanding and providing a liaison with public offices • Communication – providing information to members and the general public through audio-visual, print and electronic means including newsletters, PowerPoint programs, brochures, electronic discussion lists, and websites • Collaboration – encouraging members to work in partnership with each other and with other associations through joint seminars, board meetings, conferences, training programs, and meetings before, during, and after disasters GAVOAD provides its members with a strong liaison and a common voice with state emergency management, including a seat in the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. • GAVOAD Conference Calls – provide an opportunity for all GAVOAD and local VOAD agencies and partners involved in a particular incident to talk with each other and coordinate their work. • Joint Training – combines the resources and efforts of GAVOAD members and partners to provide multiple opportunities to train together through conferences and exercises. Joint agency volunteer training brings in state and national experts to speak on issues of joint concern including communications, case management, response and recovery skills, and many other subjects. • Joint Information Efforts – put GAVOAD members in front of emergency managers and other public officials on a regular basis throughout the year with forums, booths, and other efforts to jointly inform emergency managers and the public about the capabilities of all the state and local VOAD partner organizations. • Annual NVOAD Conference – GAVOAD annually provides scholarships to send member and VOAD leaders to the annual National VOAD Conference to network and learn from other state and national VOAD leaders. Publications and Resources GAVOAD, in partnership with NVOAD produces resources for state and local members that are available in print or are downloadable from the NVOAD website. • VOAD Pamphlets and PowerPoint – help state and local VOAD members explain the VOAD concept to government, response and recovery agency leaders, potential new members and partners and the public in general. Through NVOAD, GAVOAD provides templates for these resources that allow local VOADs to “personalize” the program for their specific area with a professional look that is consistent in design with both the NVOAD and GAVOAD programs • Design for Success – an NVOAD leadership tool that details the goals any VOAD should strive for and methods for achieving those goals • Long-Term Recovery Manual – an NVOAD tool to assist state and local VOAD leaders with preparing for cooperative long-term recovery work • Volunteer Management Manual – an NVOAD tool to assist state and local VOAD leaders with preparing for the cooperative management of both affiliated and unaffiliated volunteers. Important Information 2005 GA VOAD Executive Committee/Board Members President: Bob Tribble (trib713@juno.com) Vice President: Jim Ewings (jewings@worldvision.org) Secretary: Sandra Stone (hs_volmacon@bellsouth.net) [TF: it's my understanding, from the last set of minutes (December 08) that a new Secretary is Giovanni Taylor-Peace...we wish our best to Sandra and Giovanni!] Treasurer: Ken McKenzie (kmckenziewpc@comcast.net) Past President: Carolyn Danese (carolyn.danese@turner.com) GA VOAD Meetings: Meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of each quarter. Membership Dues: Membership Dues are $50.00 annually, and are due on the anniversary date that your agency/organization joined VOAD. Membership Information: To become a member or to partner with GAVOAD, start a local or regional VOAD, or get additional information, contact: GAVOAD Board of Directors 2050 Chamblee Tucker Road Chamblee, GA 30341 Bob Tribble Sandra Stone Information Changes: For changes in your agency/organizations contact or other information, please contact a member of the executive committee. Or write gavoad@yahoo.com Manual Update: The Executive committee is responsible for updating the GAVOAD manual annually.

town: -> Chamblee
address: -> 2050 Chamblee Tucker Road
notes: gavoad@yahoo.com -> gavoad@yahoo.com From their website: GAVOAD: Partnership Before, During, and After Disaster How GAVOAD Serves Its Membership: History: Georgia Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (GAVOAD) is a coalition of voluntary organizations that have a mission before, during, and after disasters that occur in Georgia. After Hurricane Camille in 1969, many national voluntary organizations shared their mutual concern about the lack of coordination between their agencies. Representatives of the voluntary organizations began meeting regularly to share their respective activities, concerns, and frustrations. Their goal was, and still is, to jointly minimize duplication of effort and more efficiently manage activities during disasters. GAVOAD was formed to expand this movement of interagency cooperation, coordination, communication, and collaboration to Georgia. Today, GAVOAD is the primary forum used by the voluntary organizations in Georgia to coordinate activities with each other. Organization: GAVOAD voting members are organizations with a statewide disaster response and/or relief and recovery mission. GAVOAD recognizes local VOAD’s as nonvoting members to provide local voluntary organizations an opportunity to work together. GAVOAD also accepts government and corporate entities as nonvoting partners. GAVOAD is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) corporation governed by a Board of Directors. GAVOAD meets quarterly. GAVOAD is NOT a service delivery organization. GAVOAD supports its members independent relief and recovery services by providing a forum for voluntary organizations active in disaster to practice the four C’s: • Cooperation – encouraging working together and information exchange • Coordination – fostering understanding and providing a liaison with public offices • Communication – providing information to members and the general public through audio-visual, print and electronic means including newsletters, PowerPoint programs, brochures, electronic discussion lists, and websites • Collaboration – encouraging members to work in partnership with each other and with other associations through joint seminars, board meetings, conferences, training programs, and meetings before, during, and after disasters GAVOAD provides its members with a strong liaison and a common voice with state emergency management, including a seat in the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. • GAVOAD Conference Calls – provide an opportunity for all GAVOAD and local VOAD agencies and partners involved in a particular incident to talk with each other and coordinate their work. • Joint Training – combines the resources and efforts of GAVOAD members and partners to provide multiple opportunities to train together through conferences and exercises. Joint agency volunteer training brings in state and national experts to speak on issues of joint concern including communications, case management, response and recovery skills, and many other subjects. • Joint Information Efforts – put GAVOAD members in front of emergency managers and other public officials on a regular basis throughout the year with forums, booths, and other efforts to jointly inform emergency managers and the public about the capabilities of all the state and local VOAD partner organizations. • Annual NVOAD Conference – GAVOAD annually provides scholarships to send member and VOAD leaders to the annual National VOAD Conference to network and learn from other state and national VOAD leaders. Publications and Resources GAVOAD, in partnership with NVOAD produces resources for state and local members that are available in print or are downloadable from the NVOAD website. • VOAD Pamphlets and PowerPoint – help state and local VOAD members explain the VOAD concept to government, response and recovery agency leaders, potential new members and partners and the public in general. Through NVOAD, GAVOAD provides templates for these resources that allow local VOADs to “personalize” the program for their specific area with a professional look that is consistent in design with both the NVOAD and GAVOAD programs • Design for Success – an NVOAD leadership tool that details the goals any VOAD should strive for and methods for achieving those goals • Long-Term Recovery Manual – an NVOAD tool to assist state and local VOAD leaders with preparing for cooperative long-term recovery work • Volunteer Management Manual – an NVOAD tool to assist state and local VOAD leaders with preparing for the cooperative management of both affiliated and unaffiliated volunteers. Important Information 2005 GA VOAD Executive Committee/Board Members President: Bob Tribble (trib713@juno.com) Vice President: Jim Ewings Secretary: Sandra Stone (hs_volmacon@bellsouth.net) [TF: it's my understanding, from the last set of minutes (December 08) that a new Secretary is Giovanni Taylor-Peace...we wish our best to Sandra and Giovanni!] Treasurer: Ken McKenzie Past President: Carolyn Danese GA VOAD Meetings: Meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of each quarter. Membership Dues: Membership Dues are $50.00 annually, and are due on the anniversary date that your agency/organization joined VOAD. Membership Information: To become a member or to partner with GAVOAD, start a local or regional VOAD, or get additional information, contact: GAVOAD Board of Directors 2050 Chamblee Tucker Road Chamblee, GA 30341 Bob Tribble Sandra Stone Information Changes: For changes in your agency/organizations contact or other information, please contact a member of the executive committee. Or write gavoad@yahoo.com Manual Update: The Executive committee is responsible for updating the GAVOAD manual annually.
zip: 00000 -> 30341
latitude: -> 33.885402
longitude: -> -84.303623
website: -> http://www.geocities.com/gavoad/
mission: -> From their website: What Is VOAD? Purpose: NVOAD coordinates planning efforts by many voluntary organizations responding to disaster. Member organizations provide more effective and less duplication in service by getting together before disasters strike. Once disasters occur, NVOAD or an affiliated state VOAD encourages members and other voluntary agencies to convene on site. This cooperative effort has proven to be the most effective way for a wide variety of volunteers and organizations to work together in a crisis. NVOAD serves member organizations through: * Communication – disseminating information through electronic mechanisms, its Newsletter, the directory, research and demonstration, case studies, and critique. * Cooperation – creating a climate for cooperation at all levels (including grass roots) and providing information * Education – providing training and increasing awareness and preparedness in each organization * Leadership Development – giving volunteer leaders training and support to build effective state VOAD organizations * Mitigation – supporting the efforts of federal, state, and local agencies and governments and supporting appropriate legislation * Convening Mechanisms – putting on seminars, meetings, board meetings, regional conferences, training programs, and local conferences * Outreach – encouraging the formation of a giving guidance to state and regional voluntary organizations active in disaster relief

cat_notes: -> 12/09/08 Minutes: Bob Tribble, President Jim Ewings, Vice President Secretary, recently voted: Giovanni Taylor-Peace Ken McKenzie, Treasurer

notes: -> gavoad@yahoo.com
other_contacts changed.

facility_type: School -> Info/Hotline