OPEN Special Interest Group (SIG)
The OPEN SIG can benefit you by providing opportunities for exchange with other developers, and feedback to project staff.
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Monthly Webinars
Monthly online presentations are scheduled on a range of topics of interest to OPEN developers, normally the third Wednesday of each month beginning at 12:00 Noon Eastern Time, utilizing Live Meeting and a telephone conference bridge. Subscribe to the OPEN SIG mailing list (above) to get program notices with meeting-specific information. See Participant Instructions below for general information on using Live Meeting and guidelines.
Next Presentation: January 20, 2009 12:00 Noon Eastern
Topic: The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System
Happy New Year to all! You are invited to join us next Wednesday January 20, 12:00 Noon Eastern, for a special Joint Meeting of the DM Practitioner and Developer Special Interest Groups (SIGs). Antwane Johnson, Division Director and Program Manager for the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS), and Wade Witmer, IPAWS Deputy Director, will provide an overview of the IPAWS concept of operations, current status, and plans for the transition of the Disaster Management-Open Platform for Emergency Networks (DM-OPEN) and DM-Framework collaboration and emergency management tools to the IPAWS Program. The move will be a simple shift of ownership within the agency to ensure the continued development and implementation of these services for the benefit of system users and stakeholders.
Please make plans to participate in this informative meeting on January 20th. We will use Live Meeting and a conference bridge to conduct this program, and your questions and comments will be welcome.
This program is intended primarily for software application developers. As always, your questions and comments are welcome. Please make plans to join us via conference bridge and Live Meeting.
IMPORTANT: If you have not logged into Live Meeting before, check out the following connection instructions and participant guidelines prior to next week’s meeting:
http://www.disasterhelp.gov/disastermanagement/library/documents/LiveMtgInstruct.pdf
https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/eiip/join?id=DMprogram&role=attend (2) Call into the Conference Bridge number as follows: 1 (800) 366-7242 PIN 3647 6736#.
If you are unable to attend this month’s meeting due to other commitments, a recording will be accessible. Previous programs will be stored in the FEMA Library.
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