[EAS] It's not rocket science...

[Sean Donelan]

On Fri, 22 Jul 2016, Sean Donelan wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Jul 2016, Clay Freinwald wrote:
>> In Washington State, the SECC
>
> Don't assume all states work like one state.

I did a quick count of the 56 State EAS plans (50 states, DC, 5 
territories)

The chair/co-chair are usually one broadcast and one cable representative.

This is the executive secretariat function (i.e. primary funding, 
publishing the state plan, maintaining the web site/mailing list, test 
coordination, answering queries).  I looked at the description of the
SECC in the state plans and the web site publishing the state plans.

29 states = state broadcast association
13 states = state government emergency management agency
3 states/district = society of broadcast engineers chapter
11 states/territories = no public plan or an individual/company

States with the EMA acting as the EAS executive secretariat generally
have the most effective EAS operations (and best funded).

States with state broadcast associations acting as the EAS executive 
secretariat are generally functional and competent.  But they are
membership organizations, and supporting non-members isn't a
priority.

That's not to discount some of the amazing work being done in states
with individual volunteers. Hearding cats is a difficult job for any 
person to do without support.  I salute those one person SECCs.

States with "secret" EAS plans do themselves a disservice, and just
make their own and everyone else's job more difficult.