23 Island Aid Team ISLAND-AID Management Structure A Board of Directors oversees the preparation of new ISLAND AID programs, appoints key office holders and monitors field activities. ISLAND AID regularly consults an Advisory Board, composed of major donors and experts in the field, with the board charged with determining the direction of the organization in consultation with ISLAND AID members / volunteers. The Advisory Board will meet annually. Field Teams are managed by a Mission Coordinator, with assistance from a volunteer specialist. Given that operations will be conducted primarily from a ship, it is important that a clear chain of command is maintained. Day to day decisions aboard ship are usually made after consultation with the field team at a breakfast briefing. Team members who have made the commitment to be out in the field with ISLAND AID always have a voice. ISLAND AID has found this management structure to be very efficient and almost universally welcomed by ISLAND AID’s volunteers and partner organizations. It enables ISLAND AID to conduct its work efficiently and effectively. Technical Advisors with specific boat building and design experience have agreed to support this project. Personnel The majority of personnel working with ISLAND AID have been volunteers, but as ISLAND AID expands its reach and scale of operations, additional staff will be employed to manage full-time administrative roles. The mission founders, Rick Cameron and Jane Liddon, live in Padang, West Sumatra and are fluent in Bahasa Indonesia. For the last ten years they have run a surf charter and other businesses in the area, giving them an integral understanding of the social and cultural environment of the island communities. This enabled ISLAND AID to mount an immediate and rapid response to the tsunami utilizing proven vessels, established local networks, and trusted personnel. Their experience provided a solid basis for undertaking effective and non-intrusive aid projects in the area. ISLAND AID now employs three local administrative staff in Padang. One will be retained at our home based headquarters and the remaining staff will work at on location. Communications, administration and volunteer accommodation will be based at the existing hill top headquarters and a wireless link established to network with the Training Center. Hand tools will be packed in a specially designed trailer every evening and transported to headquarters. Materials will be kept in the upstairs office and store areas at the Center both for security and to protect them in the event of a tsunami. The Air Manis Training Center will recruit the following additional full time staff: 1 x Training Center Manager (existing staff) 1 x Production Manager (recruit Naval Architect or Engineer) 1 x Administrator (existing staff) 1 x Accountant (existing staff) 5 x Boat builder/ laminators (recruit locally) 1 x Storeman/ communication (recruit locally) 2 x Trainers for Field Workshops (one current volunteer available - recruit one more) 2 x Boatmen (available locally) 2 x Yardsmen - Nightwatchmen (recruit locally) 1 x Driver/purchasing - (available) 17 TOTAL In addition volunteers will be recruited from around the world with the emphasis on the following skills: - Boat Design / Marine Engineering - Boat Building / Laminating / Production - Metal fabrication / Toolmaking - Electricians / Plumbers - Construction - Sanitation / Water-supply - Administration and Technical Education - Fisheries Volunteers will be expected to pay all travel costs and make a small contribution to cover F&B during their stay. Accommodation will be provided by Island Aid at cost. Board of Directors Rick Cameron ISLAND AID Mission Coordinator Rick is the founder of the surf charter boat organization GBI Ltd / PT MWB - Mentawai Sanctuary, and has operated in the Mentawai Islands for the last 12 years. This has given Rick unique hands-on knowledge and an in-depth understanding of the social fabric and the political terrain in West Sumatra. Prior to this he worked with UNIDO, and his home-built wooden yacht the Electric Lamb set a mono-hull course record and took first in class in the 82 Darwin - Ambon yacht race. (See Appendix ) Jane Liddon ISLAND AID Humanitarian Coordinator / Reserve Mission Coordinator After the tsunami Jane worked full-time with Rick to establish ISLAND AID. For 3 months every year Jane skippers her 25ft 350hp aluminium jet boat in some of the world's most radical seas. Jane fishes in the breakers around the Abrolhos islands otherwise famous as VOC's Batavia's graveyard. After catching live crayfish all morning, Jane and her sons Jesse and Sam work on the family's pearl farm near their tiny atoll fishing camp. The balance of Jane's year is spent in Sumatra where she normally works in her studio designing and producing jewelry and textiles. Jane's family built wooden boats for over 40 years and she has an intimate understanding of fishing boats and gear. See: http://www.dogrockdesign.com Chris Ranken Mission Administrator Chris is an environmental planner and civil engineer from San Francisco. (See http://www.ranken.com) A former volunteer fire chief and Red Cross instructor/volunteer, he has 10 years' experience in rescue operations, emergency medical care, and disaster relief. Chris was the first overseas volunteer to arrive to help ISLAND AID just days after the tsunami. He currently runs ISLAND AID's U.S. non-profit charitable corporation. (see Appendix Q) Chris Willcox Inaugural Chair and Fundraising Coordinator Chris was one of ISLAND AID's very first donors. The generosity of his family and friends so soon after Jane and Rick's initial web appeal was pivotal to ISLAND AID's early success. Chris runs one of Australia’s leading Architectural practices based in Margaret River, West Australia. (See Appendix Q) Adam Bailey ISLAND-AID and UVI Research Coordinator Since graduating from Indiana University in 2003, Adam has been a member of several research teams receiving funding from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as the National Institute of Health. Adam is taking time off from his current multi-cultural studies at the famous Uppsala University in Sweden to join the onsite ISLAND-AID team and will continue his logistical and international fundraising coordination from his base in Sweden upon his return. See: http://www.universityvolunteers.org Advisory Board Professor Ralf Buckley International Center for Eco-Tourism Research - Griffiths University, NSW, Australia. Ralf is a world authority on appropriate tourism development and the author of over 500 papers on this subject including two papers specifically focused on the potential for eco-tourism in the Mentawai Islands. Surf Tourism and Sustainable Development in Indo-Pacific Islands. I. The Industry and the Islands. http://www.mentawai.com/Buckley_paper1.html   Surf Tourism and Sustainable Development in Indo-Pacific Islands. II.  Recreational Capacity Management and Case Study http://www.mentawai.com/Buckley_paper2.html Zukri Saad Past head of WAHLI, Indonesia's respected environmental NGO. Pk Zukri currently consults to the ADB, IMF, World Bank and other agencies. Bp Zukri was recently elected to Panglima Nelayan status in Aceh to advise on the rehabilitation of the fisheries sector. Mick Stevens Honorary Consul for Australia – Medan CEO of The Australia Center - Medan The Australia Center is recognized as one of the most prestigious English Training institutions in Indonesia. Mick has an unrivaled network in North Sumatra and his assistance during the most intense period of tsunami and quake relief was critical to Island Aid volunteers arriving or exiting via Medan. Mick and his wife Lianne provided airport pickups, visa support and in many cases accommodated our volunteers at their home during rotations. Dr Aliza Weisman M.D., M.P.H. Dr Weisman is the emergency Medicine physician at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. She has worked extensively providing health care in developing nations, including Indonesia, Tanzania, and Vietnam. She has also worked in Israel and France, and has additional education and experience in Public Health and Disaster Preparedness. She has been dividing her time between Indonesia and New York ever since the tsunami. Lyn Chambers, J.D. (pending) As ISLAND-AID's legal advisor, Lyn has assisted greatly in obtaining tax-exempt status for ISLAND-AID as a registered US charity. Sam Schultz Team Leader of The "Sumber Reziki Mission"; veteran Aceh aid provider; and founder of Aceh Coastal Fisheries Renewal Project. Sam's immediate post-tsunami relief work was one of the Mission's earliest inspirations. Jason Childs Jason is considered one of the worlds leading action sports and nature photographers. After a week in Nias with Jane and the SAI team, Jason joined Batavia's first mission, boarding in Padang and working alongside our volunteer team to hand load 20tons of supplies. Later Jason flew with the ISLAND-AID and OB teams into remote Aceh villages by helicopter. His images of the early post tsunami conditions in Aceh are a stunning reminder of the destructive forces unleashed on the 26th of December 2004. Technical Advisory Board (click the link) Island Aid Organization Chart Note: Some AMTC staff will hold dual roles and will be called on to assist with field work in an emergency.