Thank you for your interest in volunteering to be part of the Quick-Nets Crisismapping Exercise for RIMPAC.
The purpose of Quick-Nets is to set up communication (cell phones, text messaging, and Internet) as quickly as possible in the wake of a natural or man-made disaster. The goal for Quick-Nets is also to provide local and global websites that allow collaboration and crowd sourcing. See the focus sheet for more info
http://quicknets.org/documents/QuickNets_Brochure.pdf.
Humanity Road is providing exercise planning support for the Crisismapping Exercise for this event. Volunteers participating in the crisis mapping exercise will be provided training on the Quick-Nets program including aspects of the exercise itself as well as filtering, categorizing and Geo-locating inbound incidents on the Quick-Nets system. This volunteer assignment can be done from the event location or remotely online. You will need access to the internet and the ability to join the working team via Skype.
Please complete the below form which will enable us to get you set up for training and scheduling for the crisismapping exercise. Thanks!
To learn more about Quick-Nets visit
http://www.quick-nets.org/To learn more about Humanity Road visit
http://www.humanityroad.org/By signing up to volunteer for this event, all participants agree to comply with the following code of conduct
http://bit.ly/IDn1U3 Incident Submitter - This person creates and submits incidents to be processed for the event
Filter team - Reviews incidents to determine if they are actionable and should be mapped
Categorize - Reviews and classifies according to incident type
Geolocate - Reviews and confirms for location on the map
Broker - Reviews, selects as in progress, fulfills needs and marks resolved
.
Thank you,
Humanity Road
on behalf of the Quick-Nets Team