St. Louis County ARES® Minutes of the January 17, 2005 meeting

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Minutes of the January 17, 2005 Meeting

Steve Wooten, KC0QMU, the Emergency Coordinator, and John Weis, N0UFB, Official Emergency Station appointed as advisor to the group presided over the monthly St. Louis County ARES^® meeting held on January 17, 2005.

John handed out a 'Planning Committee sheet' which outlined the purpose, structure, and current operations of the Planning Committee. He said that the group had, up until now, an informal planning committee consisting of those members who showed up at the monthly meetings. He now wanted to see a formal committee that met monthly, had a chairperson, and would be initially concerned with increasing membership.

Gary, KB0H, Paul, K0AZV, and Kurt, KB0ZNJ, volunteered to be on the Planning Committee.

Steve said that the group would have a table at the upcoming Winterfest hamfest.

Steve handed out a list of weekly nets to which members should check in and promote ARES^®.

Steve passed out a calendar of events for 2005.

Steve said that Fred, W0UX, the DEC, would be the guest speaker at the February meeting.

Steve said that everyone who checks into the weekly net receives a personal note via email or postal mail.

Kurt asked if the ARRL helps fund the local ARES^® group. (The answer was 'no'.) Kurt wondered about getting grants. Steve replied that we would first need to obtain 501 (c)(3) status.

John said that he would be putting most of his energies into developing the St. Louis City ARES^® group. He asked to be removed from the regular Net Controller roster. He said he would like to see the reports from the Planning Committee meetings.

There was some discussion about the ARES^® Public Information Officer (PIO) position, prompted by a question from Max, K0AZV.

Eric, N0UIH said that he had given ham radio promotions on the WSIE radio station.

Kurt said that he was interested in digital modes and would like to see more information about them made available.

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