St. Louis County ARES® Minutes of the March 11, 2009 meeting

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Minutes of the March 11, 2009 Meeting

Steve Wooten, KC0QMU, the Emergency Coordinator presided over the monthly meeting of the St. Louis County ARES^® group on March 11, 2009. The Meeting was held at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital.

Steve welcomed vistors and had everyone introduce themselves. He said that St. Louis County ARES^® now had 89 members. He urged everyone to continue to promote the group.

Steve described the group's Planning Committee and said that he is looking for more people to join.

Steve said that the next ARES^® event will be a call-out and deployment exercise. It will take place on Saturday, May 2, 2009 at 11:00 AM. A call will be made on the 146.850 repeater for members to get their gear together for deployment and to report to a staging location that will be announced at that time. All other details will be disclosed at the staging location.

Steve said that St. Louis County Amateur Radio Emergency Service, Inc, a corporation that was set up to support St. Louis County ARES^®, has now been given 501(c)(3) Not for Profit status by the IRS.

Craig Klimczak, K4LSU, gave a presentation on Learning Unit 2 of the ARECC Level 1 course.¹

Steve mentioned that during emergencies Central County Emergency 911 will request that we send operators to the CCE911 office and to the fire stations which they serve. The Veterans Administration Medical Center will request that we send operators to its two hospitals and three clinics.

Steve explained why he had asked group members to provide him with transcripts of the FEMA courses they had taken.

Steve asked what presentations the attendees would like to see at future meetings. Suggestions included -

Making wire antennas
Placing PL-259 connectors on coaxial cable
What is APRS and how can we use it
Go bags and what is best to have in them
Radio carry boxes

Steve will try to arrange with KC0NRK, KB5YZY, and KC0UKR to give presentations on Go Bags and Radio Carry Boxes at the April meeting.

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