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Palo
Alto
Homeless
Pets
a.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
Jill Thompson
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
HONORARY TEAM
MEMBERS
Ian Hagerman, Palo Alto
Police Dept.

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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
Video
Helena explaining
Adopt Me

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What we need to be successful - Data
Data 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 - baseline
Dog 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 - Status
See 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 – Status
Electronic 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!