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The ARES E-Letter February 16, 2011
Editor: Rick Palm, K1CE
The View from the World
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IARU, ITU, and Emergency Communication
If you were to ask most Amateur Radio operators what entity is responsible
for granting privileges to use portions of the radio spectrum the answer
would likely be their own national telecommunication authority. Here in the
US, that would be the FCC, of course. However, that's only partially true.
The ultimate authority for the use of the radio spectrum is the
International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Every radio amateur should
understand what the ITU is and why its work and decisions are important.
There are three sectors in the ITU: Radio-communication (ITU-R), Development
(ITU-D) and Standardization (ITU-T). The International Amateur Radio Union
(IARU) is a Sector Member of both the ITU-R Sector and the ITU-D Sector. The
IARU participates in both sectors by attending meetings that involve issues
that may impact the amateur or the amateur-satellite services.
The ITU-R Sector is important for radiocommunication services, including the
amateur and amateur-satellite services. Every four or five years the ITU
holds a World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) to revise the
international Radio Regulations.
ITU-D is where much of the ITU's work on disaster response takes place. The
development arm of the ITU considers emergency telecommunications an
integral part of its projects integrating telecommunications/information and
communication technology in disaster predication, detection, and alerting.
Emergency telecommunications play a critical role in the immediate aftermath
of disasters by ensuring timely flow of vital information, which is much
needed by government agencies and other humanitarian actors that are
involved in rescue operations and providing medical assistance to the
injured. IARU's task in the ITU-D Sector is to ensure that Amateur Radio's
role in disaster communications is understood and appreciated by the ITU
members. The ITU-D Sector also conducts a worldwide conference.
The ITU also sponsors regional and global exhibitions called TELECOMS. An
ITU Telecom offers a global Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
community platform that gathers stakeholders from across the
telecommunications/ICT sector to connect, collaborate and create the future
ICT landscape. Forums and seminars are conducted at the Telecoms and IARU
has participated in such forums, usually on topics related to emergency
communications. - IARU E-Letter, January 2011 issue, International Amateur
Radio Union (IARU) Secretary Rod Stafford, W6ROD [Here is a good site for
information on ITU activities relating to disaster response, mitigation, and
the Tampere Convention - K1CE]
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In This Issue:
The View from the World
ARRL Sets EmComm Interests in Legislative Goals
New Monthly ARES/EmComm Survey
Emergency Messaging Webinar February 26
Urban Search for CERT and ARESİ
Are You Training Followers or Leaders?
Radio Club d'Haiti Receives Repeater from ARRL and Radio Club Dominicano
Letters
Large EmComm Exercise in Georgia a Cooperative Effort
ARRL Partners' News Roundup
SKYWARN Training on St. John a Win-Win for Island and Forecasters
ARRL International Humanitarian Award Goes to EmComm Op
ARESİ Staff Changes
K1CE For a Final
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ARRL Sets EmComm Interests in Legislative Goals
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The ARRL Board of Directors held its 2011 Annual Meeting January 21-22, 2011
in Windsor, Connecticut, under the chairmanship of President Kay Craigie,
N3KN, a former Section Emergency Coordinator of the ARRL Eastern
Pennsylvania section. The Board discussed its legislative program in the
111th Congress and plans for the 112th, particularly the reintroduction of
the Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Enhancement Act into the House of
Representatives and the expected similar Senate bill. The Board voted to
adopt seven legislative objectives for the 112th Congress that affects us as
ARESİ members and emergency communicators, and Amateur Radio as a whole:
Expansion of the "reasonable accommodation" of Amateur Radio antennas to
all forms of land use regulation;
Opposition to the reallocation of amateur spectrum;
Opposition to legislation that diminishes the rights of federal licensees
in favor of unlicensed emitters;
Seeking recognition of the unique attributes of the Amateur Radio Service
in any legislation addressing communications in emergencies, disasters and
homeland security matters;
Supporting the legislative objectives of other radiocommunication services
that require spectrum access and protection from interference for
noncommercial purposes that benefit the public;
Opposition to distracted driving legislation that does not exempt two-way
mobile transmitters operated by FCC licensees, and
Supporting The FCC Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act.
More on the ARRL Board meeting here.
New Monthly ARES/EmComm Survey
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Starting in February we will have a monthly survey question related to ARES
and EmComm similar to the Quick Stats found in QST and on the ARRL website.
To access the poll click here. The February survey will be available until
the 28th and results will be published in next month's ARES E-Letter. We ask
that you only submit your answer once.
Do you have an idea for a survey question? Submit your idea to
emergency@arrl.org
Emergency Messaging Webinar February 26
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ARRL Atlantic Division Director Bill Edgar, N3LLR, will host a webinar for
ARRL members on using Narrow Band Emergency Messaging Software (NBEMS) -- a
set of programs used to send messages and files via Amateur Radio using an
audio interface. On Saturday, February 26 at 10 AM (EST), NBEMS developers
Dave Kleber, KB3FXI, and Western Pennsylvania Assistant Section Emergency
Coordinator Harry Bloomberg, W3YJ, will present a two hour webinar that
covers NBEMS's advanced features. Learn about the use of NBEMS FLWRAP and
FLMSG to send and receive spread sheet/database data and form-based messages
such as the ICS-213 and NTS/Radiogram forms. Bloomberg and Kleber will also
be covering HF digital net procedures and protocols and hope to incorporate
a live HF demonstration that will be viewable by all those attending the
webinar. Register for this webinar here. -- ARRL Letter
Urban Search for CERT and ARESİ
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Amateur Radio operators and CERT members can help save lives by learning how
to search for missing children and at-risk adults during a one-day training
event to be held Saturday, March 19, in Stockton, California.
The "Urban Search for CERT and ARESİ" workshop will kickoff creation of a
new rapid-response program using Amateur Radio operators and Community
Emergency Response Team members as searchers. Volunteers attending the class
will become the program's first members.
Taught by leaders of the Alameda County Sheriff's Search and Rescue Team,
the class will give volunteers the basic skills necessary to safely look for
missing kids and at-risk adults in the urban or suburban environment.
The event will be held at the San Joaquin County Agricultural Center, 2105
E. Earhart Ave., Stockton, California, adjacent to the Stockton airport. The
event runs from 8 AM until 4 PM. It is sponsored by the Amateur Radio
Emergency Service of San Joaquin County. The workshop is open to anyone
interested; however, seating is limited and priority will be given to
current ARESİ and CERT members. You need not be a San Joaquin County
resident to attend. There is no fee for the class, although donations will
be accepted to support the event and search program.
The workshop marks the second anniversary of the search for Sandra Cantu, an
8-year-old Tracy girl who was abducted near her home on March 27, 2009. Her
body was discovered just over a week later. The organizers and instructors
were involved in the search for Sandra. While later investigation found the
child was likely deceased even before she was noticed to be missing, San
Joaquin ARESİ hopes this program will make a difference in the lives of
children in the future.
Elders with dementia or other cognitive disorders are a second focus of the
program. Statistics show that many of these patients will wander from
facilities and caregivers. If not found quickly, a significant number will
eventually be discovered deceased.
The goal of the program is to, in cooperation with law enforcement, get 10
two-searcher teams on-scene within one hour of notification. Such a response
would dramatically increase the resources available to search for the
missing person. For additional information, please contact David Coursey,
N5FDL, ARESİ Emergency Coordinator, San Joaquin County, California
Are You Training Followers or Leaders?
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Here's something that I've known for a while but recently jumped out at me:
Am I training leaders or followers?
Our group has become involved in a project -- setting up and managing
portable emergency vaccination clinics -- that is supposed to require
between 40 and 75 volunteers per shift per site. With four sites, that's
potentially 300 volunteers per shift or 1,200 per day!
Obviously, we don't have enough volunteers to staff this ourselves. At best
we could run one clinic all by ourselves for two shifts-a-day. And that's if
we brought lots of friends to help!
Nevertheless, when the time comes (I am no longer thinking "if" in terms of
public health emergencies), I am betting we will have all the volunteers we
need. They will come, if not out of the woodwork, out of churches, schools,
and other volunteer sources.
But these volunteers will all have one thing in common: No training.
That means the volunteers we train in advance, such as ARESİ/ACS/CERT
members, will need to train and then manage the convergent volunteers that
appear when we need their help.
That subtly changes how we train our own people. Our folks need to know not
just how to set-up an emergency clinic, but how to manage it, and train the
other volunteers who will do all the non-medical work, such as registering
people, organizing supplies, maintaining order, etc.
If all we create are good followers, "do as you're told" volunteers, we
don't have a chance of success. We need volunteers trained to, as the
military puts it, "take charge and move out."
You don't even need a complex assignment, like managing vaccination clinics,
to require your volunteers to have management training. All you need is a
mutual aid incident.
If a bunch of mutual aid ARESİ members are headed for your county, someone
is going to have to get them organized, equipped (if necessary), signed-in,
staged, dispatched to their assignments, etc. That means your local folks
may spend a lot of their time getting the out-of-towners positioned to
actually do the work that needs to be done.
In my county, the worst disaster we plan for is a big earthquake or other
emergency in San Francisco that sends us thousands and thousands of urban
refugees. We're sixty miles out from SF and a major staging area for Bay
Area relief efforts, which will also need our support. See where this is
headed? Mayhem that can only be controlled if we train for it.
So, let me thank you in advance for all the help we're going to need in such
an emergency. But, to be ready for all the help that will arrive, our
members have to be able to manage the stampede.
There is a corollary to this management story: Our folks also need to know
how to be a good mutual aid resource if sent to help somewhere else. But,
that's for another discussion. In the meantime, think about your members as
being managers when your "big one" -- whatever it may be -- hits. -- David
Coursey, N5FDL, EC, San Joaquin County, California. His emcomm blog is
n5fdl.com.
Radio Club d'Haiti Receives Repeater from ARRL and Radio Club Dominicano
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As part of the relief efforts after the earthquake in Haiti, the ARRL --
through its Ham Aid Program -- with the help of IARU Region 2 and the Radio
Club Dominicano (RCD), delivered a Vertex VXR-7000 repeater to the Radio
Club d'Haiti. This repeater, part of the original equipment sent by the ARRL
during the devastating Haitian earthquakes in January 2010, will help with
radio communications coverage in that devastated nation. Both the Radio Club
Dominicano and the Radio Club d'Haiti are IARU Member-Societies.
The repeater was originally sent by the ARRL to members of the RCD who were
helping to provide communications support in Haiti following the earthquake.
Earlier this month, Doug Lapin, K1OY, the Dominican Republic's Ambassador
Accredited to the Secretary of State of Foreign Relations, delivered the
repeater to Radio Club d' Haiti President Jean-Robert Gaillard, HH2JR.
According to Lapin, the repeater will be linked to other repeaters on the
island nation, building a new nationwide Amateur Radio network.
The Ham Aid Fund was created in 2005 in response to the need for equipment
and resources to support the Amateur Radio response to Hurricanes Katrina,
Rita and Wilma. Ham Aid equipment is available on loan to Amateur Radio
organizations during disaster response when communications equipment is
unavailable. The ARRL Ham Aid Fund is supported by businesses, manufacturers
and individual financial contributions. If you are interested in
contributing to the Ham Aid Fund, please contact ARRL Chief Development
Officer Mary Hobart, K1MMH, via e-mail or by phone at (860) 594-0307. -ARRL
Letter
Letters
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Twitter for Alerting?
I have requested a quote from the One Call Now company that you mentioned in
the January issue of the ARESİ E-Letter. Are you aware of any ARESİ groups
using Twitter for alerting? One of my members recently suggested it, but I
couldn't find anything with a quick search so I thought that I would ask
you. Once I get that quote I will be getting in touch with our membership as
well as polling to see who's on Twitter -- I bet most of my members are not.
-- Jeff Dovyak, VE4MBQ, Emergency Coordinator, Winnipeg ARESİ
Tabletops in Colorado
Since 2006, O.M.E.G.A. has worked table top exercises to full scale
exercises for the Colorado North Central Region All Hazards District
involving a number of our ARESİ Districts. We are participating in an
exercise with FEMA Region VIII's DICE 2011. Mile High D.I.C.E. 2011 is an
exercise to allow agencies to discuss and validate Agency continuity plans
and capabilities after a series of Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
detonations along the Colorado Front Range Area causes agencies to activate
their respective Continuity Plans. OMEGA's portion of the exercise is titled
Operation Snake Eyes. For more info, please see our Web site:- Dave Cook,
KC0MHT, RMMC 70 Weather Spotter: D-12 OMEGA
Transmitting the ICS-213 Form
I noted some discussion in the December ARESİ E-Letter regarding the issue
of transmitting the ICS-213 form. Here's how I explain it to radio amateurs:
When you ship a package via UPS, FEdEx, etc. you've addressed the package.
The shippers will place some additional labeling information on your
package, however; such things as tracking numbers, routing codes, etc. This
is for their audit trail.
The same is true for the 213 form if it must go via relay. If you're sending
it directly to the site where it will be received and handled, by all means,
send the 213 form raw. But, if your station isn't Winlink equipped, an
attachment isn't an option.
If it must be handled via a relay, and that's *any* intermediate step
between you and the receiving location by all means append that radiogram
header information, i.e. number, precedence, handling instructions, call
sign of originator, group count, place of origin, time and date filed. For
best results, and to alleviate confusion, use local time and date. But, if
you use UTC make sure the UTC date corresponds with UTC time.
The radiogram information allows those intermediate stations to provide
proper tracking control. The 213 in its raw form is an interoffice speed
memo, and does not contain information to enable proper tracking through a
system of relays. If you ask me to relay that information, or any
information via manual modes, i.e. voice or cw, then to adequately provide
the accountability you *must* have that seemingly irrelevant radiogram
information gives me, and you, the tools we must have. -- Richard Webb,
NF5B, Chair, ARRL NTS Central Area Staff
Training Suggestion: IS-317, IS-324
After reading your latest newsletter on training, I would like to suggest
IS-317 (CERT) and IS-324 (Community Hurricane Preparedness). CERT gives a
lot of good knowledge on self-survival for the first 72 hours of a disaster.
Taking the course online though does not give you the hands-on CPR training,
etc. I also took the CERT training here so I could get the hands-on
training. ICS-324 is for the Emergency Manager, but it also helps to
understand the decisions he or she has to make. It explains how the NWS
works with EM in trying to make sound decisions. -- John T. Fleming, W3GQJ,
The Villages, Florida
Large EmComm Exercise in Georgia a Cooperative Effort
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An emcomm exercise conducted by the Cherokee County, Georgia, ARESİ group,
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and a significant number of
clubs throughout the Atlanta, Georgia North Metro area took place Saturday,
January 15. It was the first exercise of this type or magnitude ever
conducted in the state. There were more than 113 check-ins recorded during
the drill, encompassing 16 counties. During the previous week Atlanta was
crippled by a massive snow and ice storm, which served as the backdrop for
the exercise.
Net schedules were formulated, repeater coordination and permissions for use
were secured and net control operators were designated. Coordination with
the LDS Church Bishops Central Storehouse (K4BCS) was a major focus.
Finalization of all net schedules took place and the Friday afternoon e-mail
notification was sent out to the participating ham groups. Five repeater
clubs across Atlanta granted use of their repeaters for the exercise and
were participating. In total, the drill involved five coordinated,
simultaneous nets all working together and checking in on a schedule with
the LDS Church Bishops Central Storehouse located in Tucker, Georgia.
Repeaters weren't the only communication conduits. Simplex was used on one
net to test its effectiveness. Taking it a level lower, some neighborhoods
having ham operators activated an FRS calling tree making contacts with
unlicensed residents and even, in some cases, sending runners out to get
face to face contact with members that did not have access to radios of any
kind. This went a long way towards adding realism. A few direct EchoLink
check-ins to one net control operator also took place.
One Church unit tested an emergency preparedness plan and established a
command center as part of that plan. They, as part of their operations test,
formulated a simulated casualty and loss message that was transmitted and
verified with the Tucker location.
The drill was so successful that several organizations are calling for a six
month interval for similar tests. -- Jim Alderdice, N1ABM, Woodstock, Georgia
ARRL Partners' News Roundup
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American Red Cross
Winter Storms Wreaking Havoc Again (February 9, 2011)
APCO International
APCO Releases ANSI Approved Minimum Training Standards For Public Safety
Telecommunicators (February 9, 2011)
Civil Air Patrol
Texas unit stages successful balloon launch, retrieval (January 21, 2011)
FEMA
FEMA encourages all Councils and CERT Programs to register in the new
National Registries. The registries collect and display contact information
for each Program and Council making it easier for individuals to learn more
about safety and security in their community and get involved in local
activities. To learn more about Citizen Corps, click HERE. To learn more
about CERT, click HERE.
International Association for Radio, Telecommunications and Electromagnetics
Workshop on High Power Electromagnetic (HPEM) Threats - High Altitude
Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) and Intentional Electromagnetic Interference
(IEMI) to be held March 14-15, 2011, Chicago, Illinois
National Communications System
The SHARES (Shared Resources) High Frequency Radio program is charged with
promoting interoperability between High Frequency radio systems used by the
Federal departments and agencies.
NVOAD
National Level Exercise 2011 (May 16-20, 2011) -- The purpose of National
Level Exercise 2011 (NLE 2011) is to prepare and coordinate a
multiple-jurisdictional integrated response to a national catastrophic event
- specifically a major earthquake in the central United States region of the
New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ).
NLE 2011 will involve thousands of government officials at the federal,
state, local and tribal levels, members of the private sector, and the
general public. Participants will conduct simultaneous, related exercise
activities at command posts, emergency operation centers and other locations
in the Washington D.C. area and the eight affected central U.S. states
(Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, and
Tennessee).
REACT
While REACT has been associated primarily with Citizens Band in the past,
the organization has widened its focus to embrace amateur and other
services. ARRL and REACT share common goals in terms of emergency
communication.
Salvation Army
The Salvation Army ALM Division Ready As Winter Weather Approaches. Once
again, much of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi are bracing for frozen
precipitation and The Salvation Army is preparing to respond. As
sub-freezing temperatures settle in across the region, The Salvation Army is
expanding shelter capacity. (February 9, 2011).
Society of Broadcast Engineers
SBE at the 2011 NAB Show (February 3, 2011). The Society of Broadcast
Engineers has been NAB's organizational partner for the presentation of the
NAB Broadcast Engineering Conference (BEC) since 1995. Following previous
years, this year's BEC will be the largest and most comprehensive broadcast
technical conference in the world. The conference begins with the SBE Ennes
Workshop on Saturday, April 9 and ends on Thursday, April 14.
SKYWARN Training on St. John a Win-Win for Island and Forecasters
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It always helps to have eyes on the ground. A SKYWARN training session,
hosted last year by local St. John hams and presented by representatives of
NOAA and the National Weather Service, will help forecasters fill a critical
void in on-the-ground weather information from this small, tropical US
Virgin Island - a gateway for weather traveling to Puerto Rico and westward.
St. John's unique geographic location - being the eastern-most part of the
United States Virgin Islands and resting on the edge of FAA radar located in
San Juan - makes on-the-ground weather information critical and necessary
for accurate forecasting. "There is no accurate way to tell if there is a
waterspout just off shore, or just how intense rain and other aspects of
storms are on St. John by looking at current data," said Robert Mitchell,
Lead Forecaster from the NWS in San Juan, one of the presenters at the
training. Mitchell was joined by Althea Austin - Smith, senior hydrologist
with NWS and NOAA, who toured the island before the training session looking
at areas currently impacted by flooding and landslide during heavy rains.
The St. John SKYWARN session was the culmination of four years of effort by
St. John Amateur Radio Club member George Cline KP2G, and Club President
Paul Jordan NP2JF. "With severe weather crossing from one country to
another, and moving from island to island each day, cohesion in reporting
and collection of weather data is critical to local public safety," said
Jordan, who is also a member of St. John Rescue and St. John ARESİ. "We had
the training session set up several times, only to have it postponed,
largely due to budget. We were eager to get the National Weather Service
training here to help residents and visitors better prepare for and respond
to weather events, and to help local forecasters," said Jordan, NP2JF.
Part of the unique challenge here is that, unlike areas in the contiguous 48
states where radar often overlaps to provide several views of a given area,
St. John is only seen on the edge of the San Juan radar. With weather radar
angled to avoid picking up ground objects, that degree above the earth
becomes more elevated at the outer circumference of the radar, sometimes
missing lower-lying clouds or other weather-related features. This is what
makes the need for on-the-ground weather watchers so critical. More than a
dozen attendees took part in the training including members of the St. John
Amateur Radio Club, St. John Rescue (an all-volunteer emergency
first-responder group), representatives of the Transportation Safety
Administration from St. Thomas international airport, and the St. Thomas
Amateur Radio Club. Weather watchers were provided with direct contact
numbers and e-mail addresses for reporting severe weather events to the
National Weather Service in San Juan, PR. - Phyllis Benton, NP2MZ, ARRL
Public Information Officer, US Virgin Islands Section News
ARRL International Humanitarian Award Goes to EmComm Op
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Ron Tomo, KE2UK, of North Bellmore, New York, is the recipient of the 2010
ARRL International Humanitarian Award. Tomo's life exemplified Public
Service through Amateur Radio, from providing phone patches during the
Vietnam War, and providing communications support during 9/11 with MARS and
the United States Service Command, as well as serving in the US Coast Guard
Auxiliary as a Communications Officer where he played a pivotal role during
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
During the Haitian earthquake in January 2010, Tomo -- at his own expense --
served with a team of doctors, providing communication support between the
on-site doctors and the hospital in Miami. According to Jack Satterfield,
W4GRJ -- one of his many nominators -- Tomo provided critical communication
links at multiple levels, "from coordinating helicopter relief to a stranded
village, to handling emergency evacuations to the nearby USS Comfort
hospital ship. Ron even provided the extra hands needed to hold flashlights
at the operating table when the power went out at night. He went on a rescue
mission to help carry stretchers, bringing back patients to their facility.
Ron has a polio-inflicted disability which never seemed to slow him down;
however, in the dark and confusing night while carrying a stretcher, he
missed a step and took a pretty bad fall. He needed medical attention, but
Ron was adamant about seeing to the other patients before himself. His
efforts while in Haiti were undoubtedly and directly attributable in the
saving of so many lives."
ARRL New York City/Long Island Section Manager Mike Lisenco, N2YBB,
concurred: "At his own expense -- about $10,000 -- Ron purchased more than
15 new radios and added others from his massive collection which he used to
set up a tactical network in a tent hospital. This network proved to be a
lifesaving setup where Ron was personally credited by the doctors in his
tent hospital for saving at least eight lives and helping hundreds more due
to his ability to find hospitals to handle the patients who had been triaged
and stabilized. Ron gave out his radios to several people and hospitals,
thereby giving his hospital both incoming and outgoing communications to
expedite the transport and intake of new patients." -- ARRL
ARESİ Staff Changes
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New Indiana Section Emergency Coordinator
Tony Langer, W9AL, has departed the Indiana Section staff as of December,
2010, with thanks for his four years of service. The new SEC is Joseph
Lawrence, K9RFZ. In setting his initial priorities, Lawrence centered on
ARESİ net topics: "I think the ARESİ Net should be used to discuss recent
ARESİ policy changes, significant lessons learned from public service events
or emergency exercises, problems the EC faced and how he or she solved them,
and problems the EC faces and wants suggestions for solving."
"Some issues need more discreet one on one consideration, but most EC's face
similar problems of team participation, EMA cooperation, etc," Lawrence
said. "What works in one team may work fine for others. Rather than
re-inventing the wheel, EC's need more opportunities to share ideas. I'd run
the net more like a corporate staff meeting. Each member is expected to
discuss recent issues, actions, and plans forward. I think it's also useful
for the general ARESİ team member to hear and participate in these
discussions." -- John Poindexter, W3ML, Indiana Section Manager
Alabama Searches for New SEC
Spencer Edwards, KZ4J, has resigned as Alabama Section Emergency
Coordinator. Edwards' recovery from a number of surgeries over the past
months has taken longer than expected and due to health concerns he has
stepped down. He is hopeful that he will be able to return in some capacity
in the future. Alabama Section officials wish Edwards a speedy recovery, and
thanked him for his work as SEC.
The search has begun to seek a replacement for the Section Emergency. --
David M. Drummond, W4MD, Alabama Section Manager
K1CE For a Final
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It has been an extremely difficult winter for many parts of the country,
with probably countless ARES activations conducted in severe environments. I
am looking for reports on how operators worked under these conditions of
cold, snow and ice for educational purposes in future newsletters. Please
send brief accounts and observations to your editor. Thanks! See you next
month!
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