QRZ! Ham Radio 1/QRZ Ham Radio Callsign Database - December 1993.iso/ucsd/races/racesbul.257

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TO:  ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES VIA AMATEUR RADIO
INFO:  ALL RACES OPERATORS IN CA (ALLCA: OFFICIAL)
       ALL AMATEURS U.S.         (@ USA: INFORMATION)
FROM:  CA STATE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES (W6HIR @ WA6NWE.CA)
       2800 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA  95832  [phone]
       Landline BBS open to all: [phone]
RACESBUL.257                                DATE: Jan.18, 1993
SUBJECT: MGT - The importance of planning - part 1/2

     Good communications are essential for the success of any com-
plex operation that requires people to function effectively in uncertain
and rapidly changing situations. The nature of those communications
depends greatly on the number of people involved, the level of sophisti-
cation of their equipment, the distances between them, environmental
conditions, and any number of other factors.

     Most organizations develop an effective means of communica-
tions that meets their needs within their system. Usually that includes a
communications interface with other similar organizations and systems.
But, as the number of organizations involved in a situation increases
and their character becomes more diverse, the likelihood of all of them
being able to communicate with each other diminishes significantly.

     The key to solving these problems is communications conducted
calmly before the fact, when all the parties involved can work out a plan
that will meet their needs. The communications plan has to be as
comprehensive as possible and yet sufficiently flexible to adapt to
changes as they occur in the situation and in the capabilities of the
organizations involved.

(To be concluded in the next Bulletin)

EOM