1. Outreach Committee Project Review
Bill Brownlow, Chair
Charles Bryson, Vice Chair
November 18, 2008 1

2. Editorial Review Working Group
Develop Working Group Mission and Charter; Recruit Working Group Chair & Vice Chair – Bill Brownlow (Action Item #OR )
Working Group Chair Approved: Bette Rinehart
Vice Chair: Open
Volunteers: Bill Brownlow, Stu Overby, Len Fatica, Alan Bull, Ralph Haller
Mission, Summary, & Goals (Proposed):
Mission: The Editorial Review Working Group insures NPSTC published documents are without grammatical or spelling error prior to publication. Members of the working group are appointed by the Working Group Chair.

3. Editorial Review Working Group
Mission, Charter, & Goals (Proposed) (Cont’d):
Summary: Review all NPSTC Publications and Articles
Goals:
Review NPSTC Monthly
Review NPSTC Quarterly
Review NPSTC Tech Briefs
Review NPSTC Governing Board Meeting Minutes
Review NPSTC After Meeting Report
Review all NPSTC articles
Assist in Creation and Review of NPSTC Regulatory Update

4. Volunteer Coordination Working Group
Develop Working Group Mission and Charter; Recruit Working Group Chair & Vice Chair – Bill Brownlow (Action Item #OR )
Working Group Chair Approved: Tom Abernathy
Vice Chair: Open
Volunteers: George Carbonell, Paul Leary, Charles Werner;
Mission, Summary, & Goals (Proposed):
Mission: The Volunteer Working Group engages Governing Board members and meeting participants to meet the goals and objectives of NPSTC, its committees, and working groups to further public safety communications on all levels. Members of the working group are appointed by the Working Group Chair.

5. Volunteer Coordination Working Group
Mission, Charter, & Goals (Proposed) (Cont’d):
Summary: This Groups purpose is to engage new participants and educate them on the structure of NPSTC.  This group should also teach new participants how they can make a difference within NPSTC and how valuable their skill sets are to the work that NPSTC does at both the national and local levels.
Goals:
Welcome new participants into NPSTC at each of the four NPSTC Governing Board Meetings
Informally interview each new participants to access their skills and interests.
Access which working groups would be a good fit for the new participants skills and interests.

6. Volunteer Coordination Working Group
Mission, Charter, & Goals (Proposed) (Cont’d):
Goals (Cont’d):
Report to the Outreach Committee what new participants skills and interests as well as make suggestion of which working group would be best suited for them.
Introduce new participants to various governing board, committee, and working group members so that the new participant feel that everyone within NPSTC is approachable.
Collect contact information on each new participant (the SO may already have this information).

7. Website Review Working Group
Develop Working Group Mission and Charter; Recruit Working Group Chair & Vice Chair – Bill Brownlow (Action Item #OR )
Working Group Chair Approved: Richard Reynolds
Vice Chair: Open
Volunteers: Tom Sorley, Rich Steiner, George Carbonell, Ron Mayworm, Bill Brownlow;
Mission, Summary, & Goals (Proposed):
Mission: The Website Review Working Group insures the NPSTC website reflects the highest standards professional appearance and insures the content is correct, relevant and targeted to its intended audience. Members of the working group are appointed by the Working Group Chair.

8. Website Review Working Group
Mission, Charter, & Goals (Proposed) (Cont’d):
Summary: Review and Quality Control of
Goals:
Review all Hyperlinks throughout the NPSTC.org website.
Review all text and Photos throughout the NPSTC.org website.
Present suggest changes to the NPSTC.org website
Assist in the Creation and review of the NPSTC Library
Assist in Category creation
Assist in Functionality review
Assist in Quality Control

9. Summary Outreach Committee Action Item Status 11/18/08WG
Issue
Action Item
Status
Editorial Review
Develop Working Group Mission and Charter; Recruit Working Group Vice Chair
#OR
Open
Volunteer Coordination Working Group
#OR
Website Review
= Board Action Needed