A plea for local government to embrace Social Media Emergency Management. SoutholdVOICE is a not for profit organization of waterfront property owners and others interested in the preservation of Southold's extensive and fragile shoreline, on the east end of Long island, New York. Prepared by Joanna Lane for Southold VOICE

1. Southold Town- New York GET SMEM SMART! A plea forSocial Media Emergency Management

2. What’s the problem?

3. What’s the Town’s response? On Facebook? NO On Twitter? NO On Channel 22? NO List of road closings? NO

4. What’s the town response? Press conference before? NO Press conference during? NO Press conference after? NO

5. Anything on the Town website?

6. NO! CLOSED DUE TO STORM!

7. Dec 26 2010 ……

8. Two weeks later…… Southold Town Trustees release the Emergency Trustee Application Toolkit Only $50! Only 10 pages to submit! A full application required later

9. Help!

10. …to save us…

11. …our homes & our beaches

12. What’s the plan? The Emergency Trustee Application Toolkit! Only $50! Only 10 pages to submit! A full application required later

13. Do we have any other plan?

14. We have a DRAFT Plan!

15. Training starts in August!

16. Final DRAFT ready in October!

17. Yikes! What about now?

18. We’ll have a focus meeting! COASTAL EROSION MEETING NOTICE Supervisor Scott A. Russell has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of discussing short-term and long-term coastal erosion, especially along Route 48 and the LI Sound area in Southold. Representatives from the Army Corps of Engineers, the DEC and the Suffolk County DPW will be in attendance together with Legislator Ed Romaine and town officials. Realistic expectations for a solution to this erosion challenge will be the focus of the agenda. We will meet at Southold Town Hall, 53095 Route 25, Southold on Wed February 2, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend. For additional information, please contact Supervisor Scott Russell’s office at 631- 765-1889.

19. What’s the problem?

20. Yikes! Southold needs #SMEM Social Media Emergency Management

22. Use mobile friendly websites

23. Stream data about local conditions

25. to build mobile friendly websites

26. to stream data in real time

29. Search for SoutholdVOICE