St. Louis County ARES® Minutes of the February 13, 2006 meeting

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Minutes of the February 13, 2006 Meeting

Steve Wooten, KC0QMU, the Emergency Coordinator, presided at the monthly meeting of the St. Louis County ARES^® group on February 13, 2006.

Steve said that St. Louis County ARES^® had a table at Winterfest 2006, and had asked ARES^® members who stopped by to sign up for an "attendance prize". He announced the two prize winners.

Steve said that he had attended a SEMA (State Emergency Management Agency) conference, and that 40% to 50% of the discussions were about Amateur Radio participation. Chuck Wehking, KC0QKS, had also attended the conference. Chuck said that everything SEMA wants from Amateur Radio operators are things that the St. Louis County ARES^® group is already doing.

Steve said that the Section Manager and Section Emergency Coordinator had asked him to make sure that anyone wishing to bring up general ARES^® matters or Amateur Radio issues at the St. Louis County ARES^® meetings be allowed to do so. He then asked if anyone had anything they would like to discuss.

Gary Hoffman, KB0H, the Assistant Emergency Coordinator - Operations thanked everyone who had signed up to participate in the upcoming Aftershock exercise. He promised that they would all learn something and come out of the exercise better prepared to handle emergencies.

Craig Klimczak, K4LSU, said that the group would like to have 20 minute presentations about general radio topics at every meeting. He called these presentations "Radio 101". He passed around a list of topics that had been suggested and asked if anyone would volunteer to talk about any of them. Four people agreed to take a topic, and Craig signed them up for specific meetings. (Note: See the Calendar of Events to see when various topics will be discussed.)

Steve mentioned that there are two upcoming events for which Amateur Radio operators have been asked to volunteer, the Hundred Acre Wood Road Rally and the Spirit of St. Louis Marathon. (Again, see the Calendar of Events for dates.)

Craig Hirsh, K0CMH, gave the third of his training presentations leading up to the Aftershock exercise. This presentation was about net procedures.

Craig and Gary handed out instructions and exercise kits to all attendees who had signed up for Aftershock. Those people who had signed up for Aftershock but could not attend the meeting will receive their kits in the mail.

Jim Conley, N0OBG, announced that there was now a St. Louis County Amateur Radio Emergency Service, Inc. (Note: SLCARES is a corporation set up to provide support to St. Louis County ARES^®.)

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