• Continued to provide an open forum for sharing ideas and gaining valuable input from the experience of other 9-1-1 educators.
• PETs, in conjunction with CSEC, created characters, script, and related classroom materials for the Cell Phone Sally DVD, an upgrade to the Red E Fox video.
• Continued to offer PET Resource Manual CD which includes The 9-1-1 Pub Ed Toolkit and ideas for public education items/campaigns. Implemented procedures to ensure that artwork and ideas created by PET/CSEC are reproduced only by 9-1-1 Public Educators, protecting creative ownership from vendors who exploit it for their own profit. Incorporated legal language in the PET Resource Manual CD to prevent or allow for recourse.
• Collaborated with Commission on State Emergency Communications (CSEC) and Texas Association of Broadcasters (TAB) to implement a statewide 9-1-1 PSA Campaign for the State of Texas. Initial statewide investment of $80,000 netted over $1.4 million in actual airtime.
• Continued development of support materials with consistent 9-1-1 messages for the public.
• Actively participated in National Emergency Number Association (NENA) Conference by conducting public education sessions, hosting a PET booth in the Exhibit Hall, and facilitating 2nd meeting of 9-1-1 National Public Educators Forum, a national network group of 9-1-1 Public Educators.
• Participated in Texas-NENA Conference by presenting several educational sessions and hosting PET booth in the Vendor Hall.
• Continued to contract with a webmaster to maintain PET website, adding new features to enhance use of website.
• PET members actively participated in NENA’s Public Education/Training Ops committee.
• PET members attended Mexico’s 2nd annual 9-1-1 national conference.
• Provided detailed meeting minutes that are a valuable reference tools for all 9-1-1 public educators, whether or not they were able to attend workshops.
• Attendance at quarterly meetings averaged 35-45 public educators, representing 9-1-1 entities from across the state of Texas.
• Contributed PET articles to each issue of Texas-NENA’s quarterly newsletter, TENA Transfer.
• Article about the PET group was published in NENA’s monthly magazine, Emergency Number Professional.
• Researched pros/cons of PET group becoming a non-profit for the purpose of applying for grants—decision was made not to pursue non-profit status until a later date.

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