Steve Wooten, KC0QMU, the Emergency Coordinator, presided over the monthly meeting of the St. Louis County ARES^® group on May 10, 2010. The meeting was held at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital.

Steve welcomed everyone, acknowledged visitors, and had everyone introduce themselves.

Steve used the room's audio-visual system to display the St. Louis County ARES^® Web site. He encouraged members to check the Members Only section and showed how to access it. A few members indicated that they were still having access problems.

Bill Wallace, KC0TGY, noted that with Firefox the left-side sub-menus appear in the wrong place. He said that if you reload the page the sub-menus will behave correctly.

Steve showed the Resources page and where various forms could be obtained.

Steve said that the next ARES^® exercise will tke place on Saturday, June 5, 2010, probably at about 10:00 AM. It will be a message handling exercise.

There will probably be a "Packet Day" in late July or early August. This will be to demonstrate various packet radio features that the group uses and to familiarize members with the equipment and programs that are used.

Steve went over the St. Louis and Suburban Radio Club's upcoming events and urged everyone to participate.

Steve said that ARES^® would have a VHF/UHF digital position at the St. Louis & Suburban Radio Club's Field Day site. He said that he needed volunteers to help man it.

Bill Wallace held an impromptu drawing and gave away two 12 volt power supplies.

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