Subject: NOVAD Info From: Frank Mackey - VA SEC/State RACES Officer NVOAD NEW AND IMPROVED WEB SITE WITH LINKS TO 31 ORGANIZATIONS WASHINGTON (November 12, 1997) -- The National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) is a consortium of 31 organizations that assist FEMA in disaster-relief work. NVOAD recently upgraded its Web site (http://www.vita.org/nvoad) with new information and improved features. Many new and improved features of interest to those involved in disaster relief include: * easy access to home pages of NVOAD's 31 national members * new section dealing with leadership documents * NVOAD history * single page summaries of member organizations disaster response programs * links to other disaster related pages * coming soon: an on-line form allowing state, substate and national member organizations to update their roster information while visiting the NVOAD home page _____________________ Frank Mackey - K4EC Virginia State RACES Officer Section Emergency Coordinator mackeyf@aresva.org