PIER Work Group Meeting Summary - January 19, 2012
PIER Work Group
Attendees
- Michael Walter (Houston OEM)
- Lach Mullen (Fort Bend County OEM)
- Melanie Manville (Fort Bend County HHS)
- Gil Martinez (Montgomery County OEM)
- Brian Murray (Harris County OHS&EM)
Workgroup Changes
The PIER Work group discussed a proposal to change the name, scope and mission of the workgroup. The revised proposal will be sent out to this group next week, and will be presented to the Regional Collaboration Committee on February 8, 2012.
We also launched several Working groups, as outlined below:
| Group Name | Type | Chair | Folder | Expires |
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| Regional JIC Site | Working Group | Brian Murray | 4/15/2012 | |
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Develop the UASI Regional JIC Site by April 15 including naming and branding. |
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| PIER Training | Subgroup | Lach Mullen | Ongoing | |
| Coordinate the development of a training system with PIER Systems, Inc. | ||||
| Social Media | Subgroup | Melanie Manville | Ongoing | |
| Determine regional emergency SMEM coordination possibilities. | ||||
| Mass Notification | Working Group | Michael Walter | 3/29/2012 | |
| Recommend next-steps for coordinating mass notification region-wide. | ||||
| Open Government | Working Group | Lach Mullen | 5/31/2012 | |
| Determine open-government best practices and recommended adoption in the region. | ||||
At the next meeting, the PIER Workgroup will have opportunities to sign-up to participate in the groups listed above.
Enhancement Progress
We had more enhancement money than was discussed at the previous meeting, so we were able to request PIER tackle all the requests PIER had quoted. Lach Mullen is currently working with Kevin Boxx to get the enhancements completed and paid by April 15, 2012.
There is also an additional possibility of developing SharePoint integration, allowing smaller jurisdictions to participate in the regional Emergency Public Information System even if they are ineligible for UASI funds or cannot afford PIER maintenance.
PIER Training System Development
Lach Mullen brought up the UASI 2010 project, and the current status of the training plan. PIER has send along the training topics they have in the system already, and the PIER Training subgroup will begin grouping and rearranging them into training modules for the region. After the modules have been designed, PIER will develop curriculum, videos and training materials for us. The deliverable date for this project is April 15, so we can begin training throughout the region before June. The Regional PIER Training Subgroup was formed for this purpose.
A PIER Regional Training Calendar will be developed when this group has finalized training contents and the program is completed.
Meeting Schedule
The PIER Workgroup Meeting will occur on the last Thursday of every month, at 1000 in the HEC Media Room. This is the same day as the GIS and Technology Workgroup meetings, so those of us from outside Houston can consolidate meetings to one day.
Adjourn
The meeting adjourned at the scheduled time. Our next meeting date is Thursday, February 23 at 1000.
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