Re: DISASTER PLAN

[Jody Nolin <jody.nolin@gmail.com>]

Speaking personally, (and really, what else can one do?), I had a
scare when my hard drive started growling one day.  We bought a backup
drive for the 4 or 5 PCs that we have at home, and some automatic
backup software.  I just knew that Rita would kill me if I lost the
SJI membership and financial data.....if I wasn't already dead.
This doesn't protect us from a meteorite, or suddenly obsolete
software, but is a small step we can take.
I really like the idea of redundancy for data storage.
And the idea of written procedures that are shared.

We could take some preliminary steps toward this by designating backup
delegates and sharing data and procedures with them.  This might buy
us some time while a grand plan is worked out.





On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Robert Pries <robertpries@embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Redundancy Memo: Disaster Plan
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> An organization the size of AIS should have a disaster plan. Redundancy in
> some positions is one way of coping. Another is back-ups of critical data.
> What if The Lowes were struck by a meteorite. do we have a back-up of the
> checklists off site. What if California had their great earthquake is there a
> copy at another site of our financial records. What if the memberships
> chairb s house burned down do we have offsite a copy of membership records.
> What if the exhibitions chair went into a coma from a car wreck, etc etc. B
> It seems to me we are vulnerable as an organization if we donb t have
> suitable back-up and redundancy policies that are outlined and maintained. T
> HIS SHOULD BE SOMETHING WE COULD WORK OUT BEFORE THE BOARD MEETING.
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