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  1. Great to catch up w/ FEMA VAL Ian. First met him during a tornado response project in May 2008. He was leading a team of sawyers from STL
  2. Gov't looking for public comments on disaster recovery : http://www.disasterrecoveryworkinggroup.gov/disasterresources.cfm
  3. just changed schedule. Will be in NYC on this coming Tuesday for a FEMA/HUD/WH presentation & forum on disaster long term recovery
  4. Hanging out at a Cosi, checking email and doing a little work then of to meet up with Ian from FEMA in Chicago.
  5. Waiting for friend of Persevere & HODR Mark S to arrive in Cedar Rapids, then it is off to Chicago. He's going to drive back to MA w/ me
  6. @caroldn thanks! good to make it home once and a while...
  7. Interesting to learn about state level best practices & initiatives that play down to local level during response & ongoing recovery
  8. Solid 2 hours at "rebuild Iowa office". Left my head spinning, in a good way. Walked out w/ 200pgs of reading. Much to talk & think about
  9. Spent time with Ruth, the C Rapids political knowledge bank, this AM. Was nice to catch up
  10. In Des Moines, heading to rebuild Iowa office for a mtg. In case you were wondering, they still grow corn IA, just drove by 120 miles of it
  11. Tremendous mtg & first step w/ AmeriCorps NCCC Vinton, IA campus toward a future training program & partnership for disaster recovery.
  12. Meeting set with Rebuild Iowa Office (RIO) tomorrow http://www.rio.iowa.gov/
  13. working from Panera today...My car lives! Saw Paul & Al from Cedar Hills earlier, fun to catch up with Iowa friends.
  14. RT @HODRopsIN: During HODR's 2006 earthquake response project in Indonesia, our peak volunteer # was 18. We reached that today, in 10 days!
  15. @gracegirl65 Jeez Ive been here for like 4 hours....
  16. Following up with Jerry from Mennonite Disaster Services MDS, Jeremey will follow up with World Vision, some of the new contacts we made
  17. Looking to have a couple of weeks of rebuild work in April, will begin recruiting skilled volunteers for drywall, carpentry... interested ?
  18. Then had a great mtg w/ Sue & Dan at the community recovery center. Talked about April 2010 as potential return for HODR to C Rapids
  19. caught up at lunch w/ Tracy and Marie from The Cedar Hills Community Church, Cedar Rapids, Iowa aka:"The Heartland Home of HODR"
  20. Just ran into Congressman Loebsack at CID. Gave him HODR annual report, he was pumped about the pic of him w/ vols gutting a house last yr