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RESPONSE TEAM - IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY
      MODEL AVAILABLE  
1
 Establish Board of Directors, Charter and ByLaws  
Yes
  
2
 Recruit Members and determine whether there is enough interest
 
Yes
  
3
 Approach E911 for Establishing Communication Protocol
 
Yes
  
4
 Secure Funds through Donations and/or Fundraisers
  
Yes
  
5
 Obtain Insurance for Liability and Equipment Damage
 
Yes
  
6
 Develop Mission Operation Procedures
 
Yes
  
7
 Define Training and Equipment needs
 
Yes
  
8
 Establish means to Communicate with Members
 
Yes
  
9
 Educate Community About Boater's Assistance Response Team
  
Yes
  
10
 Start Operations  
Yes
  

 

 
RESPONSE TEAM - IMPLEMENTATION STEPS
  #   DESCRIPTION MODEL Model Medium
  1 Establish Board of Directors    
    1a President, Operations, Secretary, Treasurer, Membership,
Training, Communications, Professional Relations, Public Relations, Policy & Planning
    
    1b Define Position Description for each Board Director Yes MS Word
    1c Create Charter and ByLaws
 Yes Paper/MS Word
    1d Establish Federal and State Tax Exempt Status
    
  2 Recruit Members    
    2a Create Member Application Form Yes MS Word
    2b Establish Member Data Base Yes MS Excel
    2c Define Water Coverage Teams
    
    2d Define Geographic Member Pager Groups    
    2e Establish Duty Scheduling Mechanism Yes MS Excel
  3 Establish Interface & Communication Protocol with County E911
    
    3a Request Pagers
    
    3b Request E911 to install Base Station VHF Radio    
    3c Establish Communication Protocol for E911 & BART Yes MS Word
  4 Start Securing Donations and/or Fundraising
    
    4a Create Sponsor Membership Form Yes MS Word
    4b Create BART Overview Presentation Yes PowerPoint
  5 Obtain Insurance for Liability and Equipment Damage Yes Paper
         
  6 Define Mission Operation Procedures Yes MS Word
    6a Create Boater Liability Release Form and Mission Log
 Yes MS Word
    6b Create Mission Assist Summary Report Yes MS Excel
    6c Create Towing Brochure Yes Page Maker
    6d Establish Operations Team to Maintain Procedures and Address Operations Situations    
    6e Team Leaders, Group Liaisons, Vessel Compliance, Group Trainer, Communications, Duty Scheduling, Administration, Marina Coordination    
    6f Define Position Descriptions for each Team Officer Yes MS Word
    6g Consider Developing Water Waypoint List Yes MS Excel,
Garmin MapSource
  7 Define Training Requirements and Equipment needs Yes PowerPoint/Paper
    7a Obtain Mission Equipment for each Pager Group Yes MS Word / Cap.Kit
    7b Train Members    
  8 Establish Member Communication Mechanism/Newsletter Yes MS Word
    8a E-Mail, Fax, Hand Delivery    
  9 Educate Community About Boater's Assistance Response Team    
    9a Distribute Membership Brochures and Business Cards
 Yes PageMaker
    9b Consider obtaining Community & Member Identification Artifacts:
Shirt, Hat, Decal, Pennant
 Yes Various
  10 Start Operations