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== Welcome ==
== Welcome ==
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This wiki is a gathering place for people involved in rescue and relief for animals caught up in disasters such as hurricanes, tornados, floods, fires, and earthquakes.
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=== Mission ===
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This wiki is a neutral gathering place for people involved in rescue and relief for animals caught up in disasters such as hurricanes, tornados, floods, fires, and earthquakes. The planning time frame is for the next disaster. When disasters strike, each group will depend on their own channels for communication and will use this wiki to locate needed resources.  
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The goals are to:
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=== Goals ===
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# Introduce the benefits of wiki technology  
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DARN goals are to:
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# Introduce the benefits of wiki technology and other internet technologies
# Create a knowlege base for sharing information to:
# Create a knowlege base for sharing information to:
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## Coordinate requests for assistance
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## Coordinate requests for assistance between groups
## Categorize links to resources on the internet
## Categorize links to resources on the internet
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## Categorize State and city resources
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## Categorize national, regional, state, county and local resources
## Prepare for disasters
## Prepare for disasters
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### Train relief workers
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### Store supplies
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### Transport routes and drivers
# Assist animal groups with their own wiki pages to:
# Assist animal groups with their own wiki pages to:
## Provide contact information and description of the group
## Provide contact information and description of the group
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# Provide a meeting place for different groups to share plans
# Provide a meeting place for different groups to share plans
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=== Editorial Viewpoint ===
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This wiki will follow the model created by [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] will be the "Wikipedia for disaster animal relief".
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This wiki will follow the model created by [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] and will become the "Wikipedia for disaster animal relief". This means the Neutral Point of View (NPV) is the preferred editorial viewpoint.  Hot debates will be directed to a sidebar section of the wiki.

Revision as of 21:18, 9 April 2006

DARN Disaster Animal Relief Network

Contents

Welcome

Mission

This wiki is a neutral gathering place for people involved in rescue and relief for animals caught up in disasters such as hurricanes, tornados, floods, fires, and earthquakes. The planning time frame is for the next disaster. When disasters strike, each group will depend on their own channels for communication and will use this wiki to locate needed resources.

Goals

DARN goals are to:

  1. Introduce the benefits of wiki technology and other internet technologies
  2. Create a knowlege base for sharing information to:
    1. Coordinate requests for assistance between groups
    2. Categorize links to resources on the internet
    3. Categorize national, regional, state, county and local resources
    4. Prepare for disasters
      1. Train relief workers
      2. Store supplies
      3. Transport routes and drivers
  3. Assist animal groups with their own wiki pages to:
    1. Provide contact information and description of the group
    2. Provide a portal for group members to enter the wiki
    3. Creat their own wiki at editthis.info Wikia.com or other wikifarm.
  4. Provide a meeting place for different groups to share plans

Editorial Viewpoint

This wiki will follow the model created by Wikipedia and will become the "Wikipedia for disaster animal relief". This means the Neutral Point of View (NPV) is the preferred editorial viewpoint. Hot debates will be directed to a sidebar section of the wiki.

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