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Palo Alto Homeless

Petsa.k.a. Palo Alto Homeless

Dogs

Notes for Meeting with

Assistant Police

Chief Beacom,

Business Analyst

Ian Hagerman,

Acting PAAS Director

Connie Urbanski

April 30, 2014

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Agenda

T-shirts!

New Team Members

Palo Alto App Challenge Showcase Sun Apr

27th

Adopt Me!

Data Status

Photo Status

Policies and Procedures Status

Promotion/PR/Events Status

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Palo Alto Homeless Pets Team Members

TEAM*

Cynthia Typaldos

Nancy Cook

Brian Smith

Ruthellen Dickinson

Helena Merk

Justine Hirsch

Cindy Chou

Claudine Lundgren

Kayla Block

Bhanu Iyer

Kathy

Laura Stelzner

William*in chronological order of joining the team

ADVISORS*

Rob Blackwelder

Frank Spies

Elizabeth "Jake" Feinler

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Palo Alto Apps Showcase Apr 27th

Adoptable Pets SlideshowPresentation Slideshow

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Palo Alto Apps Showcase Apr 27th

Maria holding Bobby and Carmen

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Adopt Me!Thanks for hosting and

attending Volunteer

Meeting on Apr 29th –

notes sent via email

Peninsula Humane Society

Very excited about Adopt Me

App!

Sat May 2nd meeting there

with Adoption Staff & some

Volunteers (1400 total volunteers)

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Adopt Me!

Frank and Helena

coding evening of

Apr 29th

VideoHelena explaining

Adopt Me

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What we need to be successful - DataData access and analysis

initially static

eventually semi-realtime

we have specific list of data needs

“What's measured improves” – Peter Drucker

Data - Status

Data Access - Going great! Almost done!

Data Analysis - baselineDog license compliance – done

Pet adoption – have one dataset, need two more

Shelter stay time - done

Adoptable animal outcome/correlation with stay time

Live release

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What we need to be successful - Photos

Great photos posted to Pet Harbor

we have already signed up two professional pet

photographers – they need regular weekly access

photos need to be posted on Pet Harbor promptly

Photos - StatusSee handout

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What we need to be successful – PAAS Policies/Procedures

Policies and Procedures of PAAS

animal control/welfare

volunteer handbook, application, fostering

working with other shelters, rescue organizations

all other policies and procedures

licensing, late fees, fines, etc.

Policies/Procedures – StatusElectronic format the best for sharing

Requested on Apr 23rd

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What we need to be successful – Communication

Regular Communication - Status

When is our next meeting?

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What we need to be successful – Events

Support for us at @hackpaloalto events

Grand Finale: May 31 [Free Ticket] sign up now, in

person/virtual

More info soon about PR effort

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Thank you to these organizations for support

and partnership!

Palo Alto Police

Palo Alto Animal Services

Palo Alto CIO

City of Palo Alto, Mayor, City Mgr, Council

HackPaloAlto

Thank you!