Nov 23 2011
The goals of the newly reconstituted Multihazard Mitigation Council (MMC) are simple—to promote disaster resilience and whole building strategies and to become a focal point of credible information. However, these goals, while worthy, present a unique set of challenges that will require collaboration with homeowners, commercial/industrial property owners, researchers, the public sector and many others in order to be achieved.
Come to the MMC Annual Meeting, Wednesday, December 7, from 8:00 am-5:00 pm at the Washington Convention Center and provide your input to achieving these MMC goals. With your help, the MMC will look to utilize the internet, social media and good old fashioned on-the-ground work to reach out to the local level. The MMC can produce and publish the best science and engineering in the world, but if this information is not usable, credible, understood and implemented, it is ultimately meaningless. The challenge before all members of the MMC is to continue to think beyond the science and engineering into the realm of public policy and private lives. Get involved. Register now. Select the Exhibit Only pass and enter the code “EARLY” to attend the MMC meeting for free.
