http://petalumaopen.net Our Petaluma Electronic Network Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:08:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In follow-up to my post of November 17, here is a partial list of organizations with contact information. Did I miss one?  It wasn't intentional!  If you are a member or representative  of a volunteer organization providing services to the community, please contact  Frank Simpson at neighborspetaluma@hotmail.  I will continue to add to and ... http://petalumaopen.net/2007/12/13/petaluma-ngo-list-a-beginning-for-2008/ There are over 300 non profit organizations providing services, assistance, or support for Petalumans.  While there are many ways to find information about these organizations, it can be a hit or miss proposition.A small group, working with the City's Technology Committee, is attempting to develop a searchable date base that ... http://petalumaopen.net/2007/11/17/petaluma-ngo-lists/ As stated in Emergency Preparedness Blog #25 … “Stay tuned, the R.Q. averages for zip codes 94952 and 94954 will be released this weekend.” OK, so we a week late; but we wanted to allow time for the “Prepare Petaluma Forum” to be held first … which was last Thursday. ... http://petalumaopen.net/2007/10/21/readiness-quotient-report-for-petaluma/ CaliforniaCityNews.org    This is an excellent web site for those wishing to follow local issues in California.  It features blogs and newspaper articles from around the state--a window into what is going on elsewhere and how they are dealing with it.   If nothing else, check out the "Gadfly Hall of Fame" tab.  There are ... http://petalumaopen.net/2007/10/16/important-california-gadfly-site/ If Bill Soberanes were still alive, today, he would be very pleased with the recent get-togethers of a new community action group – The Sages of Petaluma.  In fact, he would be right in the middle of the group, mingling and having his picture taken with each and everyone. Although ... http://petalumaopen.net/2007/10/14/mingling-with-the-sages-of-petaluma/ On Thursday, Oct. 18, from 7-9 p.m., at the Lucchesi Community Center, the "Prepare Petaluma" Forum, sponsored by HC2 will offer an excellent opportunity for the public to review "Be ready" basics such as: creating a Family Disaster Plan and preparing a Family Disaster Suppies Kit. Then, on Saturday, Oct. 20, the Hagstroms NERT will ... http://petalumaopen.net/2007/10/14/emergency-prepardedness-events-october-18-20/ 8th Annual Petaluma Invitational Band Review a ROARING success! Note: I posted this on my blog on 360, but in the interest of proliferation and getting the news out about music education in as many places as possible, here it is on Petaluma OPEN... Another October weekend has come and gone and ... http://petalumaopen.net/2007/10/08/petaluma-band-review-rocks-p-town/ September 2007 was our 4th National Emergency Preparedness Month. Eighteen hundred organizations sponsored over 1,000 events designed to motivate the American people to “Get Ready” and to prepare for emergencies from natural disasters to terrorist attacks.   Here in Petaluma, our Alliance for Local Emergency Response Teams (ALERT) sponsored or ... http://petalumaopen.net/2007/10/07/what%e2%80%99s-your-rq/ By Frank Simpson There has been a great deal of discussion--online & offline--about the role of bloggers and their impact in the media world.  There are, of course, many types of bloggers covering many topics.  Just look at the variety of bloggers on Petaluma 360 alone.   Last week, someone forwarded a blog link ... http://petalumaopen.net/2007/10/07/blog-news-blog-activism-whats-in-a-blogor-name/ By Frank Simpson It has been almost twelve hours since I first read the article in this morning's Press Democrat about Petaluma's Adobe Creek... "New mess in creek" http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/article/20071004/NEWS/710040356/1033/NEWS01 ) A few minutes ago, I looked at the online comments posted to the article. In many instances, the comments were almost as disturbing as ... http://petalumaopen.net/2007/10/04/petalumas-trashlitterillegal-open-dumping/