St. Louis County ARES® Minutes of the June 21, 2004 meeting

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Minutes of the June 21, 2004 Meeting

John Weis, N0UFB, District C Official Emergency Station, presided over the monthly St. Louis County ARES^® meeting held on June 21, 2004.

John introduced Bill Grobl, W0WJG. Bill said he represented Metro West Fire Protection District. He said that the MWFPD and several other area agencies had formed a core CERT (Community Emergency Reponse Team) group. It is self-funded. A number of training classes had already taken place and more were planned. They hoped to get about 300 participants. The training sessions were targeted for area residents, but anyone from the metropolitan area can sign up to attend. Bill said he had been designated as the amateur radio contact, which is why he contacted St. Louis County ARES^®.

John polled the room and found that four people had already taken CERT training.

John indicated that he would like to see a group of St. Louis County ARES^® operators up and running on the HF bands as soon as possible.

There was some discussion about the various emergency communications groups in the area and how it seemed that they had no interoperability.

Promotional buttons ("When All Else Fails .. Amateur Radio") were dicussed. John would like to have some ready to distribute on Field Day.

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