[EAS] The words we use

[Ed Czarnecki]

That's an interesting observation.  CanOps is the group that worked up the
their Canadian Profile of the CAP  (CAP-CP), the specifications (or at least
requirements) for the National Public Alerting System (NPAS) and the
National Alert Aggregation Dissemination (NAAD) system.  

Also contributing in a significant manner is their SOREM group (Senior
Officials Responsible for Emergency Management), which is a federal,
provincial and territorial group body that is involved in harmonizing
emergency practices across the country.  Under SOREM, a cross-functional ad
hoc group created the Common Look and Feel guidance for broadcast alerts
(and is currently working on their look and feel for mobile alerts) (I am
part of that group).  

So, an interesting theme in the acronym soup above is that the alerting
requirements and approach were built consensually, from bottom-up, rather
than top-down (as is the case with so much of US EAS).

Another interesting feature in Canada is that the actual "core" of the
system (their version of IPAWS OPEN) is operated by Pelmorex Media, a
company that produces weather programming, apps and websites (analogous to
The Weather Channel).

-----Original Message-----
From: EAS [mailto:eas-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Botterell,
Arthur at CalOES

It's also been said that the reason faculty politics at small universities
can get so vicious is because so little is at stake.

I'm actually intrigued by what the Canadians have done.  Rather than attempt
to have a single government agency take charge of their national "Ready